Chapter 51

The next morning, Roger and his party came to the tavern to drink. I don't know if he has any serious illness. Red Hair seems to have this habit later. He stays in Windmill Town and drinks in Makino's tavern every day. "What a bad habit." Darrow said with a pout. He doesn't want Roger to hang around Lu Jiu now. Although Darrow will not forcibly stop the two from meeting, he still can't accept it now. Darrow's attitude towards Lu Jiu's fate is very clear. He can exert influence but will not force intervention. If the two of them end up together, as long as it is Lu Jiu's choice, Darrow will respect it. But he will definitely protect Lu Jiu and let her no longer experience the tragic experience in the original book. Absolutely! "Good morning, please give us a cocktail each."

Jabba, a drunkard, has been fascinated by this interesting way of drinking since he tried a cocktail. He also said that he would try all the wines in the store in the next two days.

This touched Rector, the bartender, very much. The two of them seemed to be close friends.

"Brother Trek, is there anything interesting on the island?" Roger asked. As expected, Roger preferred adventures over drinking.

"Ah? Then you are late. Otherwise, you could sign up for the Bull Horn Qualifying Tournament. Now you can only be spectators." Rector handed the prepared wine to Jabba.

"Bull Horn Qualifying Tournament?"

"It sounds interesting. Where is it?" Jabba not only likes drinking, but also loves fighting. When he heard that there was a fighting competition to watch, he was more active than anyone else.

"Just turn left on the street ahead, at the duel arena." Rector answered truthfully.

He seemed to have a good impression of the Roger Pirates. It seemed that they were different from all the pirates he had seen before. The personalities of these pirates were not very bad.

"Oh, by the way, there is a game this afternoon, and Boss Darrow seems to be participating." Rector added.

"Oh, then how about we all go and cheer for Brother Darrow?" Roger thought it was interesting and planned to join in the fun.

"Oh."

The people in the Roger Pirates cheered.

Darrow, who was eating breakfast upstairs, didn't know that the entire Roger Pirates would cheer for him in his game in the afternoon.

This cheerleading lineup can be said to be unique in the entire pirate world.

Those who drink drink, those who rest rest.

Time soon came to 2:10 in the afternoon.

Darrow saw that it was almost time and went out. His game was scheduled for the second game.

But the first match included the match between Izumi Reiken, and because he had to explain the reason for Sonny's bet, Darrow planned to go there early.

"I should be able to watch half of the game." Darrow said with calculation.

After packing up his things, Darrow walked to the lobby downstairs. Seeing Darrow coming down, the Roger Pirates, who were drinking happily a second ago, suddenly became quiet, and then stood up one by one.

"What are these guys doing?"

Because he had the predictive ability of the dead eye, he did not sense the murderous intentions of these people, so he did not panic, but he was still confused by the behavior of everyone.

"Hahaha, is Brother Darrow going to participate in the competition?" The half-drunk Roger walked to Darrow and put a hand on Darrow's shoulder very familiarly.

"Everyone said they were going to cheer you up together, hahaha."

"Oh, let's go cheer for Brother Darrow." Jabba drank the wine in his hand and slammed the glass heavily on the table and said.

"..."

Daro didn't say anything. After all, his legs were on someone else's body, so he could only accept this reality with tears.

Walking on the street, with a long line of people from Roger's pirate group following behind him, Daro felt like the leader of the Axe Gang in Stephen Chow's movie "Kung Fu" in his previous life.

No, it was much more impressive than the Axe Gang. What kind of lineup was following behind?

That was the Pirate King Group, and the cards were all drawn.

Finally, after experiencing the painful social death, Daro arrived at the entrance of the duel arena. As soon as he walked in, he heard a huge shout in the venue.

Sure enough, the second game hadn't finished yet, and Izumi Liqian's side seemed to have just started.

As a player, Daro could go through the player channel, but Roger and his group couldn't. They could only buy tickets to enter, so Daro separated from Roger and his group.

"Wow, this place is so big." Jabba said as he looked at the huge duel venue

Said.

"Well, the atmosphere is also very good, it really deserves to be the Duel Island." As the most normal person in Roger's pirate group, Rayleigh finally spoke.

"Haha, it seems really interesting." Jabba looked around excitedly.

...

When Roger's pirate group bought tickets and sat down, the battle on Izumi Reiken's side was about to end.

Izumi Reiken put the knife back into the scabbard, followed by his left hand holding the scabbard, his right hand tightly holding the hilt, and then slowly bent down.

"Hey, Iai?" Roger noticed Izumi Reiken in the fourth field as soon as he sat down, and said with some surprise.

[Iai·Heidan]

Izumi Reiken on the field suddenly exerted force with his right hand, and completed the action of drawing the knife in an instant. The blade was pulled out by him at a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye, and a huge flying slash was swung at the opponent.

The blue flying slash flew quickly towards the enemy. Fortunately, Izumi Reiken held back. The slash grazed the opponent's body and flew straight out, leaving a deep gully on the ground.

A spark of blood splashed into the air.

Izumi Reiken's opponent covered his injured arm and looked at Izumi Reiken in astonishment. After a moment of stunned silence, he admitted defeat very tactfully. After all, his life was more important than winning or losing.

After hearing his opponent's surrender, Izumi Reiken made a sword flower, made a gesture of returning the sword to the sheath, put the sword in his hand back into the sheath, ignored the audience's reaction, and turned around and walked directly to the player channel.

"Oh!!!"

"No way, that's Izumi Reiken?"

"Izumi Reiken can send out flying slashes, which means he is also a swordsman."

"Impossible, impossible."

The scene just now stimulated all the audience on the field, and the entire audience exploded like a frying pan.

In their eyes, Izumi Reiken is a waste. How could that guy who has been hiding in the sword hall for five or six years have such swordsmanship, let alone a swordsman who can send flying slashes.

"Oh, a swordsman, it's really scary." Jabba said in surprise.

In the four seas and even the first half of the Grand Line, the swordsman can be regarded as a well-known strong man, and Izumi Reiken in front of him looks like he should be only sixteen or seventeen years old.

He didn't have this strength when he was the same age.

Compared with the praise of everyone, Rayleigh, who was sitting next to him, looked at Izumi Reiken on the field with some surprise, and said hesitantly: "The sword of that guy is a bit strange, and there is a very awkward feeling."

As a sword master, Rayleigh naturally saw more than others, and he keenly noticed the disharmony in Izumi Reiken's moves.

"Haha, Rayleigh, as expected, you also saw it." Roger said cheerfully, while the other members of the pirate group looked at Roger in confusion.

Fortunately, Roger did not keep the secret and continued, "The sword of that young man is very strange, as if his swordsmanship is contrary to his original intention."

Roger has the ability of seeing and hearing to listen to the voices of all things, so he can always sense something that others cannot know.

"Can you become a swordsman if you go against your original intention?" Rayleigh was stunned for a moment and muttered to himself.

Rayleigh knew what Roger was talking about, and this was what surprised him.

In other words, everyone has their own style of using swords, some are fierce, some are clever, some are indomitable, and some are ever-changing. What kind of swordsmanship depends on each person's personality and state of mind.

If you let a peerless tough guy use that kind of clever and soft swordsmanship, it will definitely be very awkward.

This is because his swordsmanship does not match his state of mind, so he can't hear the breathing of the sword.

This may happen in the early stage of kendo, but as kendo continues to deepen, the improvement of state of mind is the main way of kendo.

The sword in the heart becomes the sword in the hand, this is the way of kendo.

For every kendo master, the heart and the sword are in harmony.

"A sword that goes against its original intention can't go far." Rayleigh sighed.

Whether it's amazement or doubt, let's put it aside for now and put our eyes back on the game. With Izumi Reiken's exit, the third game is about to begin.

In the next game, Darrow will face Benjie the Ripper.