The Paper Fruit Among the Pirates

  Chapter 26 Absolute Gap Swordsman Oath

   "Sauron the Pirate Hunter!"

  "I'm a master, maybe I can..."

   "That guy?" Sanji who was standing in the restaurant frowned. Isn't he the waiter Luffy's partner...

  "Sauron..."

"what?"

  Facing Sauron's wary eyes, who turned his head, Roman opened his mouth, and finally only uttered three words.

"····Be careful."

  ?

  Take a deep breath, and Roman takes a stiff step. Maybe only he really understands the horror of Hawkeye here, and everyone else is just ‘unclearly aware’.

   "Roman, where are you going?"

   Facing Luffy’s question, Roman waved his hand and left with his back to the crowd.

   "I'll get the medicine kit."

  ? ?

  ———

"Lamentable,"

   "The weak."

  Faced with Sauron’s challenge, the man named Mihawk stood up.

   "If you are also a swordsman, then the gap between us should be clear at a glance."

   "What makes you dare to challenge me? Is it arrogant? Or-simple ignorance?"

  Holding his childhood sweetheart's "He Dao Yiwen" in his mouth, holding his own double knives in his hands, the man named Sauron set himself out.

"This is my dream,"

  "This is a dream agreed upon by a close friend of mine!"

   Facing Sauron, who was full of fighting spirit, the man opposite just took off the cross on his chest and opened it—it turned out that it was a knife.

  Well, it must be a good knife for peeling and scraping fish and cutting grilled meat.

  But: its role should never include combat!

  "Are you looking down on me?!"

  Faced with Sauron’s angrily questioning, Mihawk just answered calmly.

   "Sorry, this is my smallest knife."

  Fortunately, he didn’t bring a nail clipper, otherwise...

   "Don't blame me if you die!"

   With a roar, Sauron rushed forward, and the three samurai swords shone with cold light!

  The battle begins.

  —————

   "Ah this..."

  It was just to get a medicine box, in front of Roman who was able to fly, but only ten seconds. However, when he came back, the scene was already:

  Sauron was beaten up by a small knife, and even his chest had been pierced by the opponent. The man nicknamed "Eagle Eye" is still immaculate.

   is exactly the way adults play with children...No, it should be said that Ultraman plays with children!

  "Why don't you withdraw?"

   Facing Sauron, who was almost pierced into his heart, a wave of waves flashed in the indifferent yellow pupils of Hawkeye.

  "I don’t know...but I feel that if I retreat, many important vows and things will be lost..."

   "This is failure!"

   "Hehe, then I can't go back even more."

  It’s a bit interesting. Instead of failing, it’s better to die?

  Hey, hey, don’t be silly, Sauron!

  Luffy who endured hard, Joseph and Johnny who were suppressed by Luffy on the deck, and Roman with a serious face. They both stared intently at the two in the fight, or their companion: Sauron.

  How could you have played Hawkeye...

   "Very good, it's been a long time since I met such a strong man."

  Hawkeye took a few steps back, put away the knives used for jokes, backhanded out the huge black knife behind him-Ye!

   "Report your name!"

   Obviously, he recognized Sauron. —Although it is not strength, but the determination to be a swordsman.

   "Roronoa Zoro!"

   "Come on, I will kill you with the world's number one black knife."

  Faced with Hawkeye’s declaration, Sauron just silently put the three-handed sword across his chest, and then:

   "Three Swords Style Profound Meaning-Three Thousand World!"

  Eagle Eye: Ping-A

  The two figures interlaced in a flash. As for the result:

   Click!

  In addition to the word "Waudoichi" in his mouth, the two samurai swords in Sauron's hand broke into fragments all over the floor!

  I lost...it doesn’t matter,

  Never thought that I would lose...

  Sauron, who was soaked in blood, recalled the appointment he had made with the little girl when he was a child. There is also Roman’s solemn words: ‘Facing those masters, we will be killed with a single look! ’

  Is this the power of the world's number one swordsman...

  Roman, you are right, I was sitting in the well and watching the sky.

  锵!

  The word Hedao in his hand suddenly fell back, and the man named Sauron turned around and opened his arms to face the enemy!

"What do you mean?"

  Faced with Hawkeye’s problem, Sauron raised his head boldly, his face undaunted, even smiling!

   "The scar on the back is the shame of the swordsman!"

"well said,"

  The huge black knife flashed, and Sauron's chest was splashed with blood!

  ····Skills not as good as humans·····

   "Sauron!!!"

  Soaring—

  嗖—

  Using his arms to stretch out, Luffy suddenly threw himself at the man named Hawkeye! The clenched fist is full of anger! However, the opponent only flashed to the side calmly, letting Luffy's attack miss.

   "Are you this swordsman's partner?"

  Wow~~

  While Luffy attacked, Roman also flew to Sauron's side and kicked him backward while holding him up! The white wings spread behind him flew back with the two of them upside down.

   "Don't worry, he is still alive."

  ?

  Luffy, who was still about to attack, immediately turned his head and looked back.

   "Roman!"

   "It didn't hurt to the point,"

  Fast treatment of the wound, Roman's words calmed the angry Luffy. -Although the knife wound across Sauron's chest looks terrifying, it magically skipped all the large blood vessels, nerves and tendons. It was a veritable ‘skin wound’!

  This kind of superb swordsmanship can only be hacked by the world's best?

   "My name is Jorakl Mihawk."

  The man who put the black knife back on his back looked at Sauron who was being rescued by Roman.

"know yourself,"

"know the world!"

   "Be stronger, Roronoa!"

  After finishing speaking, he turned around chicly, and leaped gently to sit down on his small raft.

  "In the years to come, I will wait for you on the throne of the'world's strongest'! Try to surpass me."

  Is this the kind of strong man...

   "Boy, what is your dream?"

  Hawkeye glanced at the boy who had just attacked him, and the straw hat on his head.

  Are there two demon fruit capable people who saved people just now?

   "One Piece!"

   Facing Luffy's answer without hesitation, Hawkeye didn't laugh at him for being overpowered, but nodded seriously.

  "This is a difficult road—more difficult than surpassing me."

   "I don't care, I will be the Shanghai Thief King!"

  "····Hello····Luffy····"

   On the other side, lying on the ground, Sauron, who was bandaging his wounds by Roman, erected the last knife, ‘Hedao Yiwen’.

  "···Can you hear····I lost····"

  "···If you can't even become the world's number one swordsman... it will make you feel uneasy..."

   "Hey, don't talk."

  While quickly cleaning up the blood, Roman who sutured the wound calmly stopped Sauron.

   "The wound is about to open."

   "I will never... lose again!"

  However, the tearful Sauron just yelled to himself.

   "Before I beat him...I will never lose again!"

  What an idiot...for winning or losing...just to be worthy of being a crew member of Luffy's "One Piece"...No, it should be Luffy's trust.

  Roman's hands covering the wound paused, and then they moved again. Let Sauron continue to shout!

   "How do you like it? One Piece!"

  ··············

  The arrogant words echoed in the battlefield, silenced all around, then:

"Hahahaha,"

  The hearty Luffy grinned, "I have no objection."

   "Nice team."

  Hawkeye nodded indifferently.

   "I look forward to seeing you again..."

  ———

   "Sauron's injury has stabilized, but—"

  Hawk-eye left in a dashing manner, leaving behind a mess. After the bandage was over, Roman looked at Luffy.

   "I can't sense the direction of Nami's bandage... Are you sure you don't leave with us?"

   "No, I still have something to deal with."

  Obviously, Luffy will never give up unless he recruits a ‘chef’. And—the Creek Pirates next to it are eyeing the ‘Restaurant on the Sea’, and this place will soon fall into chaos. Sauron, who was just badly injured, Usopp who was not suitable for melee...So:

   "Well, Sauron and Usopp and I will go after Nami first."

  Roman did not pretend, and used a ‘paper stretcher’ to support the injured Sauron and flew to the nearby merchant ship.

   "I will bring Nami back, so you can convince the chef to join us."

   "Well, of course!"

  (End of this chapter)