Chapter 223 Chapter 223 [VIP]

Megan has been very happy recently, which is something that Deathstroke has noticed, so he asked about it without hesitation during their 'after-school tutoring class'.

Sometimes she is not stingy, so she answered for Deathstroke, waving the unsharpened sword in her hand and saying, "I found my mother's relics and kept them." Megan realized that she had no privacy in front of many people. As the Joker said, they were all paying attention to her, so it was inevitable that they would find out some information.

But she was still depressed.

Deathstroke naturally heard her emotions and glanced sideways at her. "Are you dissatisfied with your lack of privacy? But in fact, those people hiding in the shadows and spying on you are actually checking and protecting you."

This is the truth, but it doesn’t prevent Meghan from being angry: “Huh!”

She is a child who has never committed any crime or done anything bad, but she happens to be surrounded by mentally ill criminals and weirdos. What's wrong with having a little temper?

She swung the slender sword in her hand fiercely, but Deathstroke simply raised the sword in his hand slightly to block her slash, breaking Megan's sword. On the contrary, the sword in his hand did not waver at all, and he even only held the hilt with two fingers.

"Your childish swordplay is terrible, kid. It does nothing but amuse me."

Megan:

She said "Oh", but did not argue or refute it. Instead, she stood seriously. Because her palms were numb from the shock, she took turns holding the sword with both hands and kept shaking her hands. After she recovered, she asked Deathstroke: "Then what should I do?" She never perfunctorily did what she wanted to do. Even if she wanted to learn swordsmanship just on a whim, she would not give up halfway.

This was a good quality, and Deathstroke saw it. After all, he had an extraordinary patience for children who didn't work in crime or related industries. He was aware of the gap between people like them and ordinary people, but he never looked down on the latter. He nodded slightly and said, "You must understand that the strength of your wrist is limited, and it is very fragile. For you, if the force is applied or received in the wrong posture, it will cause dislocation and other consequences."

"If Robin were here, I wouldn't ask him these simple questions, and he wouldn't need my guidance to know them, but you haven't received any relevant training, so you need to first understand your body—"

"Where is hard and where is weak? That's the correct place to start exerting force. Otherwise, there will be no force at all and you will only tickle the enemy."

If Robin was here, he could have turned him into an especially outstanding mercenary, but by some strange coincidence, he didn't kidnap Robin, but instead kidnapped Robin's good friend, the Joker's daughter. He even judged at first sight that the other party had no talent for martial arts, but after thinking about it, he said, "Actually, you've already surprised me, kid. Maybe you have a talent for swordsmanship."

After years of professional experience, his vision is sharp enough. Ever since he learned about Megan's identity, he felt that if she followed the path of the Joker in the future, she might have to learn from the Scarecrow and become a Frankenstein. After all, her physical fitness and physical fitness are not enough for her to engage in the criminal industry.

But as he was hired by the clown and came into close contact with the child, he saw that her physical condition was indeed poor. But when she swung the sword like a small stick, at that moment there was a sincere and pure light in her eyes——

This light can sometimes defeat reality and achieve incredible results.

Swordsmanship is not something that can be acquired through mere effort. Thousands of training sessions can allow one to wield a sword as a weapon, using it to chop and stab to cause slaughter, but it does not necessarily lead to reaching a higher realm. Sometimes, however, a person will 'get it', and once they do, they will be able to master this ability. Perhaps she has this opportunity.

"I will supervise your daily training and teach you how to turn it into a true killing weapon, but please maintain your attitude towards it. Don't be perfunctory or resist. Tell me, what do you think a sword is?"

Megan raised her head and said excitedly: "It's my toy!"

"Good attitude."

Deathstroke seemed to laugh. He took the job seriously and squatted down behind Megan. He gently pinched her wrist with his tactical-gloved hand and applied a little force. Megan knew to follow his force and lift the sword.

The blade of the rapier is particularly slender. Because it was customized for Megan, it is a small children's version. However, Deathstroke did not skimp on the selection of materials and smelting technology. After all, this was a project paid for by the Joker. As long as the money was in place, he could do whatever she wanted. Her sword was not sharpened yet, but once it was sharpened, it would be no less powerful as a weapon.

"It's your toy, so you have to understand it, right?"

"The sword is 93cm long and weighs 352g. It's not a standard sword, but tailor-made for you," Deathstroke swung Megan's hand fiercely, but her wrist didn't have much strength. This was not surprising, because Megan had just got the sword not long ago. Before the formal teaching began, she only waved it like a small wooden stick. This was also a process of understanding.

So only now did they officially begin teaching. His knee gently pressed against Megan's knee. "You have to use your whole body strength, okay? Use your toes to poke the ground, keep steady, can you feel your leg muscles tense? Then use your waist and hips to drive your arms."

"Imagine your wrist as just a medium for generating force. You use it to control the direction and determine whether you are chopping or thrusting, but it is not your whole being. If you want to exert your full force, you must turn your body into a straight line."

He 'manipulated' Megan into performing a standard slash, followed by a stab.

"The chop should be fast and fierce, the stab should be steady and accurate. Once you start to exert force, don't hesitate and trust your body." These are all the experiences of Deathstroke. In his career, what kind of weapon has he not come into contact with and understood?

Although Deathstroke was responsible, he was not a babysitter for the child. After teaching Megan a simple lesson, he let her try and practice on her own. Perhaps most coaches cared about the "standards" during the students' initial learning, but for him, there was no need for that. He only needed to make sure that she didn't pull her muscles too hard, or hurt herself if the sword slipped out of her hand. Even if Megan practiced crookedly, she could still put it back together. What he wanted to see more was whether this child had a talent for swordsmanship.

He stayed in a corner of the training room to make room for Megan. Seeing her holding her favorite toy, a familiar enthusiasm emerged in her. Maybe the little girl was immersed in her own fantasy, thinking that she was a knight with a sword?

She waved it around in a disorderly manner, not realizing, or rather, not thinking, that the weapon in her hand was a killing weapon, but she instinctively felt that she had to master it. At first, she was still using force on her wrists, having a lot of fun, but she suddenly remembered what Deathstroke had taught her, and she began to swing the sword consciously.

Because she hadn't learned swordsmanship yet, she just acted randomly, until she turned around, exerted force on her hips, and swung out a chopping blow—

She still treated the sword as a toy, but she was already invincible.

This illusory force is circulated in the martial arts schools in East Asia. They call it the core of martial arts. It is closely related to the martial arts achievements a person will obtain. Those who master it can become masters as long as they grow up. Those who do not comprehend its essence will be just reckless people throughout their lives even if they are proficient in martial arts, and will have no chance of the so-called martial arts.

Megan didn't realize these things. She liked her new toy, but she felt inexplicably vicious and didn't feel relieved until she swung the sword out.

A child who can break through barriers and stand out from the siege, even if she is stingy with her emotions, disregards other things, and only pursues happiness and joy, there must be a "spirit" in her heart. She must have a desperate determination to survive the painful fate and reach the other side to be reborn.

"I'm going to be my own king," Megan said, raising her sword high.

"It is in my hands, so it is my subject."

This is a sufficiently willful and self-centered, as well as a sufficiently overbearing temperament.

The Deathstroke said, "It's good that you have such an understanding, but who taught you to be a king?" He was really curious and tilted his head to look at the young Majesty. Her eyes were still shining, and she loved the skill she was about to learn very much.

Megan is the happiest child now. She has found her new hobbies and interests. Before she has even imagined what kind of achievements she will make, she has already developed a competitive spirit and wants to conquer them.

She held her head high and answered Deathstroke, "It's Bane! He said he wants to be the king of kings."

They were now completely reconciled, because Deathstroke brought her favorite toy, so the previous conflicts and estrangements were offset. Her attitude change was obvious, and Deathstroke could not fail to sense it. He really couldn't suppress his smile and laughed at this frank child.

Bane is also a mercenary, and Deathstroke naturally knows something about him. He knows clearly that the other party was born in Peña Duro, an isolated and closed prison. Later, he was chosen as the subject of a military biochemical experiment and became the only successful test subject. He then escaped from prison and came to Gotham, and even broke Batman's back.

He said, "It's not surprising that he has such ambitions." After all, Gotham is full of weirdos, and they have all kinds of reasons for committing crimes. Once you put your mind to it, it's really eye-opening. "But how can you learn from him? Does your father know?"

Deathstroke joked, while Megan was thinking seriously, "People are influenced by their environment. It's not surprising that I followed his example."

"That's the truth."

Deathstroke picked up the rapier stuck at his feet, and the tip of the sword pierced through the cushion and into the ground. This was an easy task for him, and his sword was well-made, with the same material and craftsmanship as Megan's sword. After pulling it out, the sharpness of the tip of the sword was not affected at all, but in fact it was not sharpened. After all, he was teaching a child with no basic skills, and it was not time for them to hone their skills with real guns and bullets.

"Some people say you are a child of Arkham. At first I scoffed at this, but now it seems that he is right." She is the only patient in Arkham Asylum who has been cured. She grew up in a high-risk area. It seems that she is incompatible with Gotham and she didn't even follow the Joker's footsteps and choose the path of crime, but she also learned something from her former patients and inmates.

But most importantly, she maintained her self-esteem among a group of mentally ill criminals, which can undoubtedly be regarded as her advantage, a rare advantage.

"Well, the chat time is over, pick up your sword."

Now that Deathstroke has confirmed that she has talent, he is not going to follow the routine and engage in those vulgar and useless processes. So what should he do? He chooses to feed the child directly, which can stimulate her talent and make her gain the most quickly.

This is the importance of a good teacher. Deathstroke's sword moves were not powerful, so of course he could not cause serious injuries to his students during training. If he had other students, he might have come for it, but he could only restrain his strength towards Megan. After all, every child is different and needs to be taught according to their aptitude, otherwise the unpolished jade would be shattered before it is matured. No one would waste a talent like this.

"You must be ruthless, steady, accurate, and quick! King, when you pick up your sword, you are already prepared for a duel. Who dares to compete for your treasure?"

The author has something to say:

(Pa pa) I've never learned fencing, I just made it up.

Meghan: I am the king!

Bain: Yes, I learned it from me.