boyutpedia Chapter 37 That Man
Chapter 37 That Man
"How much longer do we have to wait?" Bonnie asked.
She turned her little face to look in Barati's direction, her eyes instantly turning red with hearts, drool dripping from her mouth, before turning her head back, looking eager.
How can I not be anxious! That's a super famous floating restaurant over there, with all kinds of delicious food. That's her ONE PIECE!
However, they had been sailing ahead for several days and still hadn't boarded the ship; she was getting increasingly anxious!
"Wait." Kuroro said expressionlessly.
"I'm in a hurry," Bonnie said anxiously.
"I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush, because I'm even more in a hurry than you are!" Kuroro turned around and said fiercely.
Just as the two were arguing, the sound of water being pushed aside was heard. Kuroro picked up his binoculars.
In the distance, a three-story sailboat with a leopard-shaped prow and a black skull and crossbones flag slowly sailed out of the sea.
The ship was dilapidated, as if it had suffered some major trauma.
Seeing this, Kuroro's eyes lit up.
"Here it comes—"
.........
The Black Panther's ship is named "Drydor Nord Saber," and the crew aboard is the Krieg Pirates, whose captain is Krieg, who has a bounty of 1700 million.
However, Kuroro was certainly not waiting for such small fry.
He was waiting for the man who was following behind the ship.
The one who was driven to exterminate Krieg by seeing him rowing with a black sword—Dracule Mihawk, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the world's greatest swordsman.
"Uvogin, go and take care of that ship," Kuroro said without turning his head.
Let Uvogin handle the smaller fish; after all, even a small mosquito is still meat.
"Oh, and make sure you see that guy on the ship named Akin die with your own eyes!"
Who knows which big shot that guy will become on the Grand Line someday? After all, everything can be Gin...
"knew--"
As the Saberu was destroyed, a small boat appeared on the distant horizon.
Seeing this, Kuroro excitedly instructed Nobunaga beside him:
"Have you remembered everything I taught you?"
Nobunaga's expression, however, was somewhat awkward and strange.
"Captain... is this really necessary?"
"Of course~"
"But... those lines are just too cringeworthy!" Nobunaga said, covering his face.
You call it chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur)?! I was totally fired up when I watched it back then!
Kuroro's eyes deepened:
"Nobunaga, it's all for the sake of becoming stronger, isn't it? You know, men care about the result, not the process."
"The other party is the strongest swordsman in the Dark Continent. In order to establish a relationship with him and lay the groundwork for him to teach you later, these are all necessary experiences."
"Don't you want to become stronger? You should know that with your current strength, you're far from being able to establish yourselves in the Dark Continent. You should have realized that through your battle with Bonnie—"
After a moment's hesitation, under Chrollo's manipulation, Nobunaga finally drew Shigure and jumped onto the ship's wreckage.
He gritted his teeth, and said to the man in the small boat ahead with a serious expression:
"I...I went out to sea to see you."
Mihawk first glanced around at the wreckage of the Saberu, then raised his head and calmly looked at Nobunaga:
"Did you defeat these ships...? What is your purpose?"
Nobunaga forced a smile. "The...strongest!"
"I'm here to challenge you... Hawkeye!"
"Clang—" Nobunaga pulled Shigure out an inch.
"Ha, foolish." Mihawk's lips curled into a slight smile.
"I don't plan to give the title of strongest to anyone else just yet~"
whoosh-
He flashed and instantly appeared in front of Nobunaga.
"Pathetic challenger, as a strong person, you must be able to see the gap between us—"
"You dare to draw your sword against me; you must be prepared to die."
"Stop...stop talking nonsense."
Nobunaga's expression instantly turned serious. He gripped the hilt of his sword with his left hand, placed his right hand on the hilt, spread his feet apart, one in front of the other, and bent his body slightly as if preparing for battle.
Although the lines Kuroro taught him to recite were rather cheesy, he was still quite tempted by the strongest swordsman on the Dark Continent!
A swordsman's lifelong ambition is to challenge the strongest—
He also wanted to see just how far he was from the summit of this vast ocean.
"Snap—"
Accompanied by the sound of footsteps crushing wooden planks,
hum-
A circle with a radius of four meters instantly appeared around Nobunaga, and then his body disappeared from the spot, appearing in Mihawk in an instant.
The famous sword Shigure in his hand flashed with a blinding cold light, emitting a sharp sword cry that sliced through the air, aimed at Hawkeye below.
With a single slash—
"Iaijutsu: Draw Sword Slash—"
The members of the Phantom Troupe gathered around Chrollo, stopping to watch the battle unfolding in the distance.
Even Bonnie, with a large chicken leg stuffed in her mouth, got off the table and curiously came to the side of the boat.
"Is that Hawkeye? He really is a terrifying man."
"Kuroro, tell me, between you and him, who's stronger?"
Kuroro remained expressionless and did not answer Bonney's idiotic question about who was stronger...
Although he possesses more than twenty abilities, he is certainly no match for a monster capable of cleaving the ocean in two with a single strike.
However, Kuroro was confident he could escape from Hawkeye's clutches, which was why he dared to stand here.
Nobunaga is a master swordsman. Besides equipping him with a Devil Fruit that suits him, the best way to improve his skills is to receive instruction from Hawkeye.
If Nobunaga can win Hawkeye's appreciation and respect here, he will be able to travel to Kuraigana Island on the Grand Line to receive Hawkeye's instruction.
Therefore, this battle is of paramount importance to Nobunaga.
How long he can hold out against Hawkeye, and what kind of spirit he can display, will determine whether he becomes a stepping stone on the path to becoming a strongman.
So, Nobunaga... keep up the good work!
A sharp glint flashed in Kuroro's eyes as he spoke to the members beside him:
"You must all watch this battle closely. This is our first challenge to those who stand at the top of this sea..."
Nobunaga Hachama is an enhanced Nen user, but unlike Uvogin and Phinks, he doesn't enhance his physical body, but rather... the blade in his hand.
What he pursues... is a slash with extreme speed and sharpness, capable of cutting any enemy in two with a single blow.
And the sword-drawing slash is one of his strongest attack moves.
By sensing any subtle changes in the surrounding air through the circle, the blade is concealed in its sheath, then drawn at an extremely high speed and slashed forward, preventing the opponent from seeing the trajectory of the attack.
It is an extremely practical slashing technique and Nobunaga's trump card.
But......
Nobunaga, maintaining his forward momentum, slightly raised his head, his pupils contracted, and he stared incredulously at the blade in front of him.
There, a man named Hawkeye was using a tiny knife, no bigger than a nail clipper, to deliver the blow he had honed over the years.
It was caught with ease...
"!!!"
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