On the Golden Merry, two young swordsmen who hadn't seen each other for a long time were catching up. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The two of them mingled with several empty bottles scattered across the deck, and it seemed that they were having a good conversation.

"Phew, the rum on this island tastes so good. Zoro burped in satisfaction and wiped the corners of his mouth.

"Hahaha, you're still such a good wine. ”

The purple-haired young man sitting opposite filled Zoro's wine glass, and said with a smile: "The wine I bought is just street goods, and those real wines are for auction, and I can't afford them." ”

Zoro held his wine glass while quietly looking at the face of the purple-haired youth, and the weather-beaten and resolute face gradually overlapped with the childhood friend in his memory, making Zoro can't help but look reminiscing.

"I can't believe I'll meet you here...... Saka. ”

Saka and Zoro had been training together at Koshiro's kendo field since they were young, and apart from the deceased Guina, the green-haired swordsman's best friend was Saka.

The two of them were once active together as bounty hunters in the East China Sea, but Saka lost his right hand in an accident to save Sauron, and since then, Sauron has not seen his friend since.

"Yes, fate always likes to play a joke on people. ”

Saka chuckled as he looked up at the top of the Merry's mast, the skull flag with a black background in a straw hat squirming in the sea breeze.

"And I didn't expect that the [Pirate Hunter], who was at the top of the East China Sea, would now become a pirate with a bounty of 63 million Bailey. ”

"I really don't know how the old man will feel when he sees your bounty order. ”

"Forehead......" Zoro was speechless for a moment, he remembered that his friend still had a lot of prejudices against pirates, so the green-haired swordsman took a sip of wine and asked:

"What about you? Are you still a bounty hunter? and ......"

Zoro once again shifted his gaze to the other party's right hand, which was wearing black leather gloves: "...... What's going on with your right hand?"

"Oh, that's what you say. ”

Saka took off his leather gloves and rolled up his sleeves, revealing a mechanical arm that shimmered with a metallic sheen, and the sci-fi prosthetic leg made the green-haired swordsman raise an eyebrow.

"Zoro, I don't know if you've heard of the Falconi family. ”

"......" The expression of a certain green algae head suddenly became exciting, and he said in his heart I have not only heard of it, but not long ago, the long nose on our ship also gave the eldest young master of this family a second with a slingshot!

Saka didn't notice Sauron's abnormality, and still explained to himself: "This mechanical armor is the latest product developed by the Falconi family, and its wrist strength is fifty times that of ordinary people!"

Zoro looked surprised, knowing that the wrist strength of the fish-man was ten times that of a human, it was amazing enough, and this mechanical armor was actually five times that of the fish-man, how terrifying should that power be?

"And it was with the power of mechanical armor and my own swordsmanship that I became a lieutenant colonel of the G2 branch. ”

Click! Saka's mechanical right hand clenched hard, and the force of the force pinched the air in his palm into a dull pop.

"So you're a Navy now, aren't you?"

Zoro looked at his childhood friend with a very complicated gaze, and whispered, "Then you came this time to arrest me and my companions?"

As soon as the words fell, the original harmonious atmosphere of love and affection on the Merry vanished in an instant, and there was a faint smell of gunpowder in the air, as if in the next second, there would be a burst of swords and swords between these two old friends who were drinking and talking!

“……”

Saka took a sip of wine and didn't answer, glancing at Zoro's waist without a trace, and found that this thing was actually with a knife when meeting with an old friend.

("Remember, to be a good swordsman, you must always keep a clear head and be ready to fight at any time.") ”）

The purple-haired young man's mind suddenly recalled this sentence, which was the teaching of Koshiro to several of their apprentices when he was in the kendo dojo.

(No wonder the master always said that you are his most satisfied disciple, and he also handed over the big fast knife of Hedao to you.) ）

(But alas, Zoro, I'm going to be stronger now...... ）

Feeling the powerful power from the mechanical armor, the corners of Saka's mouth couldn't help but show a mysterious smile, and then he drank the wine in the cup and said with a smile:

"Why, I didn't know I would meet you here, I came to Hannabal for some other purpose. ”

"Oh, that's right. Zoro suddenly relaxed and grinned.

The atmosphere on deck returned to harmony.

"That's right, Zoro. Isn't your dream to become the world's number one swordsman?"

Saka suddenly remembered something: "I got a piece of information that the world's No. 1 swordsman, Hawkeye, seemed to have gone to the East China Sea a while ago. ”

"Well, I know, I challenged him at the time. Zoro looked calm.

"What?" the purple-haired swordsman was a little suspicious of his ears.

Sauron silently lifted his clothes, and on the angular muscles, the huge scar that almost split his entire body in two was shocking.

Saka gasped, even if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he could imagine what a terrible battle his friend had been going through when he saw the scar.

"Is it the first time you think you're so weak?" Saka's eyes were a little foggy as they poured rum into their glasses.

Sauron took a sip of wine and nodded.

"Hehe, I thought so at the time. ”

Saka smiled bitterly, looked at his mechanical right hand, and muttered, "When I first entered the Great Voyage, I sadly found that I wasn't even a fart in the Navy. ”

"I've tried my best, my right hand is gone, so I've been practicing my left-handed sword, but no matter how hard I try, it didn't work out until Dr. Ziegler installed this mechanical armor on me, and I was given a new life!"

"She's really an angel!" Saka looked excited, his gratitude to Dr. Ziegler.

"Angel? ”

Sauron was a little unimpressed, after all, he had seen a large group of winged "angels" when he was on the Sky Island.

"Yes, she's very powerful, don't look at Dr. Ziegler as a woman, but she's very skilled, and she's the leading scientist of the Falconi family!"

Saka said solemnly: "And it is said that there is a ninja from Wano Country in the Navy Headquarters, he is on the verge of death, and most of the organs in his body have been necrotic, but Dr. Ziegler miraculously rescued him, and transformed him into a powerful transformer through mechanical armor technology!"

"I'll give you a word of advice, Zoro. The purple-haired swordsman suddenly changed his words, he pondered his words for a moment, and continued:

"As I gave before, there are many ways to get stronger, and you don't have to be rigid all the time. ”

"Sarkar, what are you talking about?" Zoro frowned.

"I mean, if you want to become stronger, you don't necessarily have to work hard to improve your swordsmanship, and I know this firsthand. ”

As he spoke, Sakayang raised his mechanical right hand: "A powerful weapon, a Devil Fruit, or installing mechanical armor like me can quickly make a qualitative leap in your strength, since it is more efficient to use external force than cultivation, then why do you have to stick to cultivation......

"Enough!"

Zoro suddenly interrupted Saka's words with a dark face: "Saka, my dream is to become the world's number one swordsman, but if you can defeat Hawkeye with an invincible sword and a hand made of iron sheets, then I would rather not be the number one in the world!"

The Three-Sword Swordsman raised his head and stared directly at his friend, whom he hadn't seen for many years, and he suddenly felt that the other party was so strange.

"It seems that you have really forgotten what Master Koshiro taught back then, the real strength of a swordsman is not the sword in his hand. ”

"Hehe, you guy is still so opinionated. Saka couldn't help but feel a little angry when he saw that the other party didn't appreciate the slightest affection after listening to his kind advice.

He shook his head, then stood up and walked slowly in the direction of the ladder, saying without looking back as he went:

"Sauron, for the sake of your and my many years of friendship, I would like to give you one last piece of advice: do not participate in that [Death Race], and leave this island with your companions as soon as possible. ”

"Otherwise, I will use the sword in my hand to show you how vulnerable you and Master believe in [Mighty]!"

The green-haired swordsman quietly watched the figure of his childhood friend drift away, and his mood was very dull.

Because Sauron knew very well that it was as if the past would not go back, and that his childhood friend would never return.

"Cut, come on, I'm still afraid that you kid won't make it?"

Sauron gave his trademark wicked grin, then tilted his head and drank the rum from his glass.