Chapter 36 Is it you, Zhang Da, who has become arrogant, or is it me, Tom, who can no longer lift the knife?
The business for the day ended with laughter and joy. The guests were still talking about something when they left. Seeing the excitement today meant they could gossip or brag to acquaintances tomorrow.
Whether Altria is strong or not, whether Tom is smart or not, they are just topics of conversation to them. Anyway, they are not eating for free, so it is not their turn to be beaten.
Zhang Da also closed the door and started evening practice.
When the energy is full, I will stop and draw a prize. I don't want to get a treasure anymore. I just want something practical. Today's luck is -
[Congratulations on winning: Tom's classic car *1, Tom's invisible ink *1]
[Already stored in inventory. 】
"Today is Tom's special again." Zhang Da also closed the page casually, but when he found something wrong, he reopened the item list.
He remembered that Tom had risked all his belongings on that old car in pursuit of a white cat, and when he borrowed the money, he even signed a "one-arm-and-one-leg" agreement and "sold himself as a slave for twenty years."
I don't know if it will be on in the end...
Of course, the focus now is on another prop:
[Tom's invisible ink: put it on so that others can't see you, be careful not to get it wet~]
This is awesome!
Zhang Da also took out this prop, a black bottle with a red label that read INVISIBLE-INK.
Pulling out the cork, Zhang Da also put his finger in and dipped it in the ink: "Aha! My finger is really invisible!"
As the ink flows down the fingers to the palm, the palm also becomes transparent, as if it only needs to be applied on one side to be effective, without the terrifying effect of seeing internal organs when applied on the skin.
Tom lost interest after taking a look at it. It's just invisible ink, very ordinary, right?
Altria came closer and curiously touched Zhang Da's disappearing fingers, but the part of her hand that touched the ink also became invisible.
"It can turn you invisible even though there is no magical aura. What a magical tool." Altria moved her hands and didn't feel anything unusual. "But the shadow is still there."
"This is unscientific..." Zhang Da also looked at the shadow of his hand and found that it was indeed still there. He decisively gave up his poor knowledge of optics and began to think about how to use it.
First of all, you must not do anything that won’t pass the review, otherwise the content of this chapter will be invisible along with him.
So maybe it could be used to spy on the enemy? Or rob the rich and give to the poor?
Emmmm... What's the use of this invisibility? I might as well sell it to Sanji later.
Zhang Da also had an idea and put a little ink on the bamboo sword, wanting to try whether he could make an invisible sword.
The result disappointed him. The bamboo sword didn't change at all. Thinking about it, it was acceptable since even the ink bottle didn't become invisible - then do I have to take off all my clothes if I want to become invisible in the future?
I tentatively applied a little on my sleeves, and as a result, the clothes and part of my arm became invisible. When I took off my shirt, the sleeves returned to normal, but my body did not.
When I put on the clothes again, the sleeves stained with ink were still not invisible - it seems that the invisibility cloak cannot be made.
How does this work? Is it intelligent recognition? I can only say that it is worthy of being a prop from Tom's world.
Put away the ink, wash your hands and continue exercising.
After fighting with Altria and getting beaten up, Zhang Da felt unhappy. After thinking for a while , he shouted, "Tom, let's practice!"
Tom held a small dried fish in his mouth and pointed at himself with a puzzled expression.
"Yes, it's you."
Tom shook his head slowly, not wanting to fight.
Seeing this lazy cat, Zhang Da also promised: "If you win, I will give you my share of milk tomorrow morning."
Tom was overjoyed. He rushed over, picked up the bamboo sword and stood opposite Zhang Daye, eager to try.
Altria walked aside, raised her hand and shouted, "Begin!"
The two of them swung their bamboo swords and fought each other. Each move was well-organized, and the key points of their movements were completely in accordance with the basic techniques taught by Altria.
Although he was very angry, Zhang Da had to admit that he had practiced hard for so many days but was not as proficient as Tom who only learned it once.
After dozens of moves, Zhang Da suddenly felt that maybe he was not weak at all, but Altria's swordsmanship was too strong?
Tom seemed a little impatient. He took a big step back and raised his hand to signal a pause.
Zhang Da also stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"
Tom put down his bamboo sword and reached behind his back, took out a red robe and put it on, then took out a black wide-brimmed hat with white decorations and put it on.
"Is it so ceremonial?" Zhang Da didn't understand what he wanted to do.
Tom picked up his sword again and nodded to show that he was ready.
Zhang Da also noticed that his sword-holding posture had changed, but he didn't care. After all, I was so strong.
"Look at the sword!" Tom's clear and loud words made Zhang Da a little dazed. He actually dared to speak!
He hurriedly blocked the bamboo sword that was stabbing at his abdomen, but Tom drew and retracted the sword quickly, and Zhang Da's attack missed.
At this time, Tom's second sword stabbed again. Zhang Da also felt a pain in his abdomen and subconsciously bent down, and Tom's third sword was pressed against his neck.
"The winner is Tom!" Altria looked at Tom with new eyes. She didn't realize that he was so good at swordsmanship.
Zhang Da also squatted on the ground with his legs hugged, doubting his life. So the reason why I was able to fight with Tom for dozens of moves was because he used an unfamiliar sword technique, which meant suppressing my strength?
Damn it, I’m so jealous. I drew a circle and cursed him for not being able to catch up with the little female cat...
Tom swung the sword in his hand and performed a swordsman's etiquette that even Zhang Da couldn't understand.
"Okay, I lose. Tomorrow's milk is yours."
Tom smiled, turned around and went back to reward himself with another dried fish, but was stopped by Altria.
"Have a fight with me, Tom. It's tomorrow's milk, or any other snack you want."
Tom thought about it and nodded: "Look at the sword!"
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Half an hour later, Zhang Da was also stunned as he watched the two men fighting back and forth from one end of the small courtyard to the other. If this was not a sparring match, the tavern would have been closed long ago.
On the surface, it was hard to tell who was better, but in fact Tom didn't want to fight anymore. He felt tired after fighting for so long, but he was still able to dodge Altria's attacks nimbly.
Altria herself found it incredible that many attacks that she thought were unavoidable were always dodged by Tom with incredible postures.
Tom's dodging ability is actually very confusing. When he is calm, he can remain unscathed by a hail of bullets. When he is panicked, he may not even know to dodge when a telephone pole falls down.
Obviously, there is no need to panic when sparring with friends , and Tom, who is focused on dodging, is incredibly agile.
In the end, Altria used her intuition, predicted Tom's evasive method, and successfully placed the bamboo sword on Tom's neck.
In fact, Zhang Da also doubted whether Tom would just retract his head into his neck in the next second...
