Chapter 398: Against Hawkeye (Part 1)

After this period of training, Esdeath is now much better at using the Ice Imperial Artifact than before. Before, Esdeath relied on the power of the Ice Imperial Artifact to crush the enemy, and did not have much skill in using it. However, this is not Esdeath's fault.

As the last descendant of a minority, she has been working hard for survival and has no time to learn more knowledge. In fact, among the four, Esdeath has the lowest level of knowledge. The killer education received by Akame and Kurome also contains a lot of knowledge.

Needless to say, Chelsea had been working hard to become an upper-class person and a noble until she became a servant of the governor's mansion. After discovering the darkness of the so-called upper-class people and obtaining the Imperial Artifact, she immediately joined the Revolutionary Army.

The upper-class person and noble that Chelsea wants to be are not like those greedy and evil nobles.

"Let's go and meet the world's number one swordsman." Creek was just a small episode for Shen Fei. If he hadn't taken the initiative to provoke him, he would have wanted to see Luffy fight Creek.

"Finally dead?" Shen Fei, who was walking out of the door, had already found that the demon Ajin had also died. Even though the people in the pirate world were very strong, they were shot so many times after all.

Strictly speaking, guns are not useless in the pirate world. Look at the Red Hair Pirates, almost all of them use guns. If you cover the bullets with Armament Haki, just like the warriors of Nine Snake Island covered the arrows with Armament Haki, it will naturally greatly enhance their power.

During the war at the top, even Whitebeard was hit by more than a hundred bullets. The injuries may not be too serious, but if accumulated, it will also affect his actions.

"Brother Zoro." Outside the restaurant on the sea, Zoro was standing on the deck, staring at a small boat approaching slowly in the distance. On the Golden Merry on the side, two young men were waving at Zoro with excitement, but Zoro completely ignored the two men's intentions. At this time, his eyes were only on the approaching Hawkeye Mihawk.

"Sword God, Sword Saint?" Seeing the two men admiring Zoro, Shen Fei couldn't help but think of some of the stalks before crossing, the alternative masters in the pirate world.

Sword God, Sword Saint, Axe King, King of Fists, Ruthless Sword, Bandit King and others, in the pirate world, all have considerable achievements. They threatened to kill Hawkeye, injured Garp with an axe, knocked Garp to the ground with a punch, pierced Whitebeard's body with a sword, kicked Red Hair to the ground, and poured wine on him.

If these achievements are taken out, they can still scare many people, just like the member of the fake Straw Hat Pirates two years after Luffy's training.

In fact, there is one person who dares to touch Admiral Fujitora's mind. He is the strongest minion.

"The captain is finished." The pirates who jumped into the water to avoid the gas bombs waited for a long time and did not see the gas rising. Some of them could not help but look in the direction of the restaurant door, and then found Creek frozen there.

The death of the captain and the demon Ajin made the survivors of the Creek Pirates look confused. Not everyone who becomes a pirate has a clear purpose. Many people just follow the crowd.

"You bastard, why did you attack us." As Hawkeye approached, someone in the Creek Pirates roared with reluctance.

Chasing all the way here made these pirates extremely angry. The moment before, they were ambitious because of entering the Grand Line, but the next moment they became dogs without a home.

"To kill time." Facing the angry pirates, Hawkeye, sitting on the boat with his legs crossed, said calmly.

"Just because of this, go to hell." Several pirates immediately raised their pistols, aimed at Hawkeye, and pulled the trigger, but as the big knife behind Hawkeye was unsheathed, it drew a trajectory, and all the bullets deviated from the direction and fell on the sea in the distance.

"What a soft sword." After Zoro sighed, he immediately took off the headscarf tied on his arm and wrapped it on his head. This is Zoro's serious mode.

"A sword with only power is not powerful." Hawkeye looked at Zoro with a little surprise. His sword just now looked very simple, but the kendo skills contained in it were not simple. It was not hard power, but soft power. However, this point could not be seen if it was not a kendo expert.

Although Zoro's current strength is not strong, he is not weak in the swordsmanship of kendo. This is all thanks to his good teacher. Zoro now only has theory, but once his strength is reached, these powers will turn into his actual strength.

"I went out to sea to find you. You are very free now, let's compete." Zoro said and pulled out the three swords on his waist. Of course, because he was too poor, Zoro now has only the one with the Wado Ichimonji, and the other two swords are not famous swords.

"Oh, what's the purpose?"

"The strongest."

"How stupid, as a swordsman, even if you haven't fought, you should know the gap between each other. You dare to draw your sword against me. I really don't know whether you are courageous or ignorant."

Even though Hawkeye said so, his figure immediately disappeared from the boat and appeared on the deck of the shattered Creek Pirates' dreadnought battleship Sabre, floating on the sea, about five meters away from Zoro.

"Of course it's my ambition." Zoro said as he bit the Wado Ichimonji in his mouth, holding the other two swords in his hands, and took a stance, "and the promise between my best friend."

"What kind of battle will it be between the pirate hunter Zoro and the world's strongest swordsman Hawkeye?" The ferocious pirate chef Paddy looked at the two people confronting each other with anticipation.

"No one can be the opponent of Big Brother."

"Big Brother is the strongest."

The Sword God Sword Saint shouted loudly on the Golden Merry.

"Are you serious? Have you even forgotten the other party's identity as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?" Seeing that everyone else was looking forward to the battle, Shen Fei, who was standing behind Esdeath, couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart. In order to avoid being discovered by Hawkeye, Shen Fei stood in a very hidden position. If you don't pay attention, you won't be able to find him.

Although Shen Fei sighed, he didn't want to interrupt this battle. This battle was a crucial battle for Zoro.

"Is that so." Perhaps because he heard Zoro talk about the agreement between him and his best friend, Hawkeye tore off the cross on his neck and pulled out the knife hidden inside.

"What do you mean?" Hawkeye's actions made Zoro very angry.

"I'm different from those beasts who will use all their strength even if they fight a rabbit with a lion. I'm sorry that I don't have a smaller knife with me. Frog in the well, today I'll let you see how big the world is." Although Hawkeye was holding a small knife, his eyes did not look down on Zoro at all.

"There is a limit to underestimating people. Don't blame me if you die, Demon Slash." Zoro bit the Wado Ichimonji in his mouth, and the next moment he quickly rushed towards Hawkeye, slashing at Hawkeye with three swords at the same time.

The opponent was Hawkeye, who was known as the world's greatest swordsman, and Zoro went all out as soon as he attacked.

Dang.

The Demon Slash's sure-win attack was easily blocked by Hawkeye with the cross knife in his hand, and the timing was just when the three swords crossed in a line.

"Impossible, big brother's slash was so easily blocked, that was a trick that could chop the enemy away with one blow." Seeing that Zoro's powerful attack was so easily blocked, the two people on the Golden Merry could not accept it the most.

Zoro certainly could not accept it at this time, but at this time he didn't even have the strength to speak. His body was now in a state of being completely immobile. His body was completely shocked by the momentum emitted by Hawkeye in an instant. Zoro didn't feel the fleeting momentum at all.

"How is it possible? How is it possible that there is such a big difference?" With cold sweat on his forehead, Zoro was filled with disbelief.

"It's also fortunate that Zoro's confidence didn't seem to be hit at all, but it strengthened him. If it were someone else, I'm afraid their confidence would collapse directly."

The huge gap in strength, that kind of gap, is not something that everyone can accept. After entering the New World from the first half of the Grand Line, the pirates who wanted to escape back to the first half of the Grand Line at the first time, were eager to escape because of this gap.

There are also Crocodile and Gekko Moriah. They are the same. Because of the powerful strength of Whitebeard and Kaido, both of them began to fall. Crocodile began to pursue Pluto, hoping to use external forces to deal with Whitebeard, and Gekko Moriah began to create a huge zombie army.

"It's impossible to have such a big gap." Zoro roared and launched a violent attack on Hawkeye.

"What a violent swordsmanship." Only attacking without any defense, this is Zoro's swordsmanship, but unfortunately, his violent swordsmanship has no effect in front of Hawkeye. Hawkeye easily dissolves Zoro's attack with the cross knife in his hand, that is, he has no intention of attacking, otherwise the battle would have ended long ago.

"That pirate hunter actually." This scene made the people watching the battle around stunned. For these people, the world's number one swordsman, although famous, has no intuitive impression of his strength because they are too far away, but they are not as impressed as the pirate hunter Zoro.

It's like an ordinary student and a student who can participate in the Olympic competition. The impression of the latter student is that he is very powerful, but how powerful he is can't be explained at all.

Little do they know that the gap is that everyone is in the same grade, but ordinary students may not even understand the Olympic competition questions. They know every word, but when they are connected together, they are confused.

"The world can't be that far away." Angry and incredulous, Zoro's swordsmanship became more and more chaotic as time went by. The difference in strength made him completely confused. After being gently pushed by Hawkeye, he fell to the ground.

"This is impossible, big brother is invincible." The two bounty hunters were still yelling, but no matter how they yelled, they couldn't change the situation in the field.

"What a boring battle." Esdeath suddenly said coldly. Not only Esdeath, but also Red Eye and Black Eye who were watching the battle on the side were not interested in the battle in the field.

For Shen Fei, Zoro represents the good old days, so he can always treat this battle with appreciation, but for Esdeath, Akame and Kurome, they only saw a swordsman who overestimated his own abilities.

"Don't say that, big brother." The two bounty hunters yelled at Esdeath immediately after hearing her words. Even in the face of Esdeath's cold eyes, they did not flinch. It must be said that these two are Zoro's die-hard fans.

"He is very weak now, but his potential is very high. There is a chance that he will become the world's number one swordsman in the future." Zoro's current strength is indeed very weak, but his swordsmanship and will are rare, otherwise he would not be recognized by Hawkeye. Do you really think Hawkeye is so idle?

Looking at what happened to the Creek Pirates, you can know what the situation is. If Zoro did not have potential, Hawkeye might have chopped him with a sword.

After all, he is Koshiro's favorite disciple, and his swordsmanship is the true teaching of Koshiro. This true teaching is not the sword moves that Zoro will learn in the future, but the advanced theory of kendo.

For a swordsman who wants to cut, he can cut steel and diamonds. If he doesn't want to cut, he can't even cut a piece of white paper. This is a powerful swordsman.

Ordinary children will only laugh when they see Koshiro trying so hard that he can't even cut a piece of white paper. But if a real expert sees it, he will only feel horrified. Let an ordinary person cut a piece of white paper with force and let him see if he can't cut it.

Bang.

Zoro, who got up again and attacked Hawkeye, was hit again by him, but this time Hawkeye didn't look at Zoro, but looked in the direction of Shen Fei. He heard his previous comments on Zoro.

"Hi, Mihawk, I didn't expect you to be so idle." Seeing Hawkeye's eyes looking at him, Shen Fei naturally didn't need to hide, and walked out openly, smiling and saying hello to Hawkeye.

As to why Hawkeye was so hardworking, even if he chased the Calm Belt to kill the Creek Pirates, there were also many speculations on the Internet in the previous life. Although Hawkeye said that he was killing time, how could such a weak pirate group kill time.

So everyone on the Internet showed their magical powers, most of them speculated that Hawkeye's bad scene at sea was seen by the people of the Creek Pirates, so there was the subsequent pursuit.

What about rowing with a black knife, going to the bathroom on the boat, etc., there are so many.

Thinking of this, Shen Fei suddenly laughed again. The sudden laughter made Esdeath and others, as well as Hawkeye, look at him with confusion, not knowing why he suddenly laughed so much.

However, Hawkeye quickly gathered his mind and focused on fighting Zoro. Even though Zoro's strength was too weak for him, as a swordsman, the etiquette of fighting did not allow him to be rude.

Hawkeye did not want to end the battle so quickly, after all, it was rare to meet a good swordsman, but because of Shen Fei's appearance, Hawkeye did not want to continue, so he immediately put away the cross knife and pulled out the black knife night, one of the twelve supreme swords on his back.

"This is the last blow." At the same time, Zoro, who had experienced a breakdown in his heart, began to gather his mind.