I am brushing up materials in One Piece

Nothing unusual happened in the first two days aboard the merchant ship. The ship sailed very smoothly. Kos spent most of the time in his room resting. When he couldn't sleep, he tried to use meditation to dispel the uneasiness of leaving land.

Occasionally, he would go on the deck in the early morning and at night when there was no one on the deck and dance with Shang Fang and Bie Yun to prevent his swordsmanship from getting rusty.

On this day, as usual, Kosi went on the deck to practice his three sword skills while most people were still sleeping.

After those days of practice in the dojo and Koshiro's guidance, those three moves have evolved into some variations, which can basically be adapted to most actual combat situations, but they have never been used in actual combat.

"Hey, little brother, what era are we in, and we're still using traditional weapons."

A voice came from behind Kos. He put away his knife and turned around to see that the person coming was a man wearing a cowboy hat.

The man walked up to Kos without any signs of life, leaning on the side of the ship with his hands and looking at the still dark sea.

After noticing that Kos was staring at him, the man smiled and turned around, leaning against the side of the ship to look at Kos. At the same time, he pulled out a beautifully decorated short-barreled flintlock gun from his waist.

The man threw the flintlock gun and threw it upward. The flintlock gun spun a few times in the air and then fell into the man's hand.

"This is the age of guns."

As he said that, the man pretended to point his gun at Kos.

"No matter how powerful a swordsman is, he will fall with just one shot like this."

Kos did not respond directly to the man, but just smiled silently. He laughed that the man had no idea how high the sky was, let alone the firearms in this world that he thought were a bit backward, even if he was facing some modern weapons he knew. It may not be useful even for a truly great swordsman.

Of course, all this still depends on the user of the weapon. For example, the same flintlock gun can make a general raise his hand in the hands of Ben Beckman, the deputy captain of the red-haired pirates.

The man in front of him was obviously not the kind of person who could use a flintlock to a superb level. At least Kos himself had the confidence to subdue the man before he shot him within seven steps.

After all, the man was only level 13 and had no skills. At the same time, his hands did not have calluses from holding guns for a long time.

It seems that he may be a passionate young man who thought that a cowboy hat and a shotgun looked cool, so he decided to buy this outfit on a whim.

When the man saw that Kos was staring at him, he misunderstood and thought that Kos was unconvinced, so he waved his hand and said, "Even if you look at me like that, I won't fight with you. After all, I The gun is not like a knife that can be used for fighting. This guy will take away a life with a 'pop--' when he takes action."

After saying that, the man thought he was very handsome and blew the non-existent smoke from the muzzle of the gun.

Kos did not continue to talk to the man, but turned around and walked towards the cabin.

Seeing that Kos didn't want to pay attention to him, the man had no intention of pestering him. He turned around and looked at the sea, aiming aimlessly at something with his gun.

After returning to the cabin, Kos had a simple breakfast first, and then returned to his room to read the books he brought back from the dojo, but only one or two of them were about swordsmanship, and most of the others were fantasy novels. Class leisure books.

After spending most of the morning with a book, Kos found that the hull of the boat suddenly shook violently, and at the same time there was a burst of noise outside the door.

He opened the door and went out to catch a person running from the deck. After questioning him, he realized that he seemed to have encountered a pirate ship.

So Kos immediately boarded the deck with weapons.

Unlike those who panic and lose their sense of proportion, Kos understands that it is not always safe to stay in the cabin when encountering a pirate ship.

——The pirates usually let the pirate ship and the merchant ship run parallel first, and use artillery rounds to destroy the resistance on the merchant ship and cause panic. Since the artillery is installed on the side of the ship, the place where the cannonballs damage is the merchant ship. The cabin part of the ship in a similar position.

In other words, people hiding in the cabin are often attacked by artillery shells. Even if they are not killed directly, they may be trapped in the damaged cabin due to the damage of the shells.

But after the bombardment, the pirates started a boarding battle to seize valuables from the merchant ship, so the deck was actually not safe.

In other words, the decisions those people made in panic may not be completely wrong. What if they were trapped in a hidden corner and escaped the pirates who boarded the ship as a blessing in disguise?

When Kos arrived on the deck, he found that there were several other heavily armed people on it. They should be the escort on the ship, and the man with the gun from before was also among them.

When those people saw Kos coming up, they all looked at him warily. When they saw the sailor sword on his waist and the long straight-edged sword on his back, they drew their weapons and pointed them at him.

"This little brother is on our ship!"

The man with the gun jumped out quickly to stop the misunderstanding between the two parties. He smiled and said to the members of the escort,

"I saw him dancing with his sword on the deck this morning."

After hearing the man's explanation, the people in the escort team breathed a sigh of relief. They soon understood that Kos was also a passenger who was coming to help fight against the pirates.

However, although they understood that Cos was not an enemy, the members of the escort did not show much enthusiasm for Cos. They just nodded and then stood on the side of the ship and looked to the right rear of the merchant ship.

Kos also leaned over and looked in the same direction.

There was a pirate ship that was only a hundred or two hundred meters away from the merchant ship and was still getting closer.

The moment he saw the flag flying on the pirate ship, Kos's originally relaxed expression was immediately filled with gloom.

Originally, he thought that even if he encountered pirates in the East China Sea, it would not be a big deal. With his own strength and the members of the escort team, he should be able to deal with them.

But just like to fulfill the flag he set when he boarded the merchant ship, Kos not only encountered pirates when he boarded the merchant ship twice, but he also encountered the same pirate group!

Yes, the pirate flag hanging on the pirate ship that is about to catch up with the merchant ship is the red-nosed skull and crossbones flag of the Bucky Pirates.

Not only do they have a grudge with Kos, but they are also probably the top group among all the pirate groups in the East China Sea.

Kos quickly took a look at the levels of the surrounding escort members, and found to his despair that there was no one above level 20.

So he could only make up his mind and use all the remaining experience materials to upgrade himself to level 26. Although there was no obvious improvement, one more point of strength would provide more insurance in the face of danger.

He originally wanted to wait for a while to practice at the Shinshin Dojo before settling the score with the Baki Pirates, but now it seems that the grudges between them will be settled here.