The First Battle of the Yoshikas Yoshiyoka

Musashi was already on the move his hair bristling like a lion's mane He was bounding toward the shadowy form behind the spreading pine Genjiro hugged the tree trunk screaming help. Gazimone jumped forward howling as though the blow had struck him, but it was too late Musashi sword sliced a two-foot strip of bark off the trunk It fell to the ground by Kenjiro's blood-covered head And it seemed he had had this in mind from the beginning The assault was of a savagery beyond conception "I think this is the first time onlookers who had a clear view of him covered their eyes in horror"