Pirate Bloody Hand Mary

Zoro's sudden challenge silenced the crowd for a moment.

Then, without knowing what kind of tacit understanding they had, the red-haired, Ace and others all distanced themselves silently.

For a moment, only Luffy was still hanging on Zoro.

Zoro, on the other hand, raised his knife and faced Mary squarely.

Far behind them, a small ghost was floating in the sky.

"...Luffy, go away."

Zoro maintained a serious expression and pulled Luffy hanging on his body.

"Don't worry about it." Luffy yelled and glanced at Mary, then let go and jumped down.

"Don't die."

"I won't kill you directly..."

Mary's mouth twitched.

To be honest, Mary still has a little bit of resentment towards Sauron.

After all, according to the doctor in charge of Dasqi, it was after talking to Sauron that Dasqi's attitude showed some subtle changes, and he no longer cared so much about his own life.

But if you think about it carefully, it was Sauron who saved Daschi's life, not to mention it was Daschi's own choice, so... Mary originally just wanted to have the opportunity to teach Zoro a lesson to vent her anger, but now Zoro challenges Just given this opportunity.

However, after being interrupted by Luffy, the originally tense atmosphere calmed down.

Mary shook her head helplessly, and then asked:

"I don't want to cause trouble this time. Challenge me? Is it up to you? What's the reason?"

"You defeated Hawkeye Mihawk."

Zoro said sonorously and stared at Mary with sharp eyes.

"Mihawk was the former world's greatest swordsman, and he was also my goal. At the same time, Mihawk was also half my swordsmanship teacher."

"You defeated and beheaded Mihawk, so I want to challenge you - I want to become the world's greatest swordsman, so I must defeat you!"

"..."

Mary frowned, then nodded in agreement with Zoro's idea.

"Okay. But Zoro, I want to remind you first, I am not a swordsman in the strict sense, I just happen to use a sword as my weapon. To defeat Mihawk, swordsmanship does not play a big role."

"My swordsmanship may not be as good as yours, but...even Mihawk's swordsmanship has not defeated me. Your challenge does not have much meaning."

After that, she spread her hands and said, "Have you ever seen someone call me the world's greatest swordsman?"

"I understand all this, but..."

Zoro stared at Mary.

Mary also narrowed her eyes.

"Do you want to find a way forward? That's fine. I haven't paid you yet for rescuing Daschi, so let me give you some advice now."

"I don't want to spend more time. You and I only have one move to make, and one move determines the outcome. Is there any problem?"

Zoro nodded.

"With the difference in strength between you and me, there is no point in fighting a protracted war."

"The most valuable thing about a person is self-awareness."

After hearing this, Mary took a high look at Sauron.

A few seconds later, Zoro looked at Mary who made no other movements, paused, and asked:

"You...don't use the knife?"

"You strike first. If I strike, you won't have a chance."

Mary said coldly, and the ghostly aura began to spread on her body.

The temperature of the surrounding air suddenly began to drop, and the strong killing intent made Zoro feel a suffocating chill in his bones.

But this chill did not frighten Sauron, and Mary's words did not anger him, but only made his face calmer.

"Then, I'm sorry..."

All three swords were unsheathed, and Zoro assumed a familiar posture.

The ghostly aura and armed domineering energy wrapped around the blade, so refined that Mary was stunned for a moment.

Although Mary herself is not good at armed color and knowledge color, Zoro's armed color at this time has a stronger stinging feeling than her armed color... I don't know which one is stronger than her own, but it has already Amazing enough.

"It seems like you haven't been standing still during this period."

Mary put away her contempt for Sauron, her emotions spread, and at the same time, her hair, hair, and eyes all turned bright red.

Bad blood.

Zoro did not answer Mary, and the blade in his hand spun.

The airflow converged towards his body, gradually forming a whirlwind.

The aura accumulated on his body is getting heavier and heavier——

Thick as a solid.

"That guy has officially entered the way of swordsmanship..."

Shanks, who was also accomplished in the art of swordsmanship, couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene.

In the past six months, he had personally witnessed Sauron's life-threatening practice day after day.

From a distance, Perona watched this scene with some worry.

She knew very well that Zoro could not defeat Mary. Zoro's strength was far inferior to that of Mary in the last battle.

But...she currently hopes that Sauron will not lose too miserably.

A thunderous explosion burst out from Sauron, and the strong momentum collapsed and splashed out the moment it was compressed to the limit.

The strong wind swept across the square, and the strong wind blew Mary's military cap directly away, and her long golden hair was scattered behind her.

Three meters - for a swordsman, this is a distance within reach.

But in such a short distance, Zoro condensed all the sword skills he had practiced so far into one move!

"The Secret of Three Sword Styles: One, Three, Thousand, and the Great Thousand Worlds!"

"

Zoro's blade turned into a black shadow and slashed towards Mary at an extremely exaggerated speed.

The next moment, the majestic sword wind swept through the vast mountain forest, and the mountain made a deafening roar.

The townspeople of Windmill Town were horrified to see a green gust of wind rising from a hill not far away, leveling the entire hill.

"Those pirates are doing something in the back mountains again..."

The mayor looked at this scene and cursed.

"..."

"Click, click..."

The dust kicked up by the sword energy fell to the ground.

Zoro's body froze, his eyes widened, looking at the scene in front of him in disbelief.

His three swords were intertwined with cold light, and the sharp sword intent on them was enough to make any swordsman who was not an elite swordsman dare not look directly at them.

However, there were just three knives—grabbed by a small hand.

Mary stretched out her hand and clasped it where the three knives intertwined.

There was blood in her hands, and Sauron's secret even slightly broke through her overlord-colored defense.

But - that's it.

"one hand……"

The red-haired child shrank slightly.

"Kakakakakaka..."

Mary's hand slowly pressed down, and Zoro's body was pressed down involuntarily.

He soon saw the cold light and appreciation in Mary's eyes.

"Very good, Zoro. Really good."

"With this move... I see your future in swordsmanship, and I feel Mihawk's aura in you."

Mary narrowed her eyes and said, then the subject changed the next moment.

"But your problem is also obvious - you are too mixed. Your moves are not concise and clear enough. As the secret you use to deal with me, you use too much effort to prevent me from catching the whereabouts of the blade."

"This is useless effort. You place your hopes on the trajectory of my invisible blade. But in the field of speed and reaction, no one in the world is my opponent."

"This may be your habit, but it's not suitable for you. You are not suitable for quick attacks, but are more suitable for taking Mihawk's path and cutting everything off with pure power."

"At least, if you still have the idea of ​​defeating me, you should simplify your tricks and use pure slashes to make me unable to dodge or resist."

After saying that, Mary waved her hand and pushed Sauron out.

Zoro staggered back a few steps and immediately looked up at Mary.

Mary took a step forward and stared into Sauron's eyes.

At this moment, he seemed to see a ferocious beast.

"It's my turn next."

"This move I used is a move Mihawk has used. Feel it carefully and understand it well - this move is also my highest or only understanding of the way of the sword."

"--take it!"

Zoro immediately tensed up his body, ready to deal with Mary's sword slash at any time.

But he didn't see Mary draw her sword.

Suddenly, he saw a black light flash from Mary's eyes.

"!——"

At this moment, Zoro's vision completely turned into black and white. A dazzling pale sword light split the world in his eyes into two, and then the world turned into pieces and collapsed in front of him.

"Snapped!"

With a soft sound, Zoro came back to his senses.

Mary had already walked to him, raised her hand and put it on his shoulder.

Then, her hand suddenly became stronger.

"thump!"

Zoro sat on the ground with a dazed look on his face.

"Zoron!"

Two voices, a man's and a woman's, sounded from the crowd at the same time, and Luffy and Perona ran out of the crowd one after the other.

Zoro shuddered and waved his hand to stop the two from approaching.

After a while, he turned to look at Mary.

Mary was already looking at him, as if waiting for him to ask something.

"...Just now, was that a knife?"

Zoro asked hesitantly.

Mary did not answer the question directly, but said:

"Sometimes, a swordsman doesn't necessarily have to use a sword to cut something."

"Sometimes a swordsman can't cut something with his sword."

"Keep practicing. One day you will surpass Mihawk. I'm waiting for you."

"..."

Zoro looked down at the word "Wado" in his hand, a little lost in thought.

Mary stared at him for a moment, the cold expression on her face collapsed, and she nodded with a smile.

"Wonderful."

Shanks said, applauding and walking towards Mary.

His arrival also indicated that the battle between the two had come to an end. Luffy and Perona immediately gathered around Zoro, and Ace quickly approached.

"One more thing has been solved..."

After Mary glanced at Sauron, she walked not far away, picked up the military cap that had been blown off, patted the dust and put it back on her head.

When he looked up, Ace had already walked beside him.

"The next step is the battle between us."

Mary raised her eyebrows: "Do you want to fight here?"

"Of course not." Ace immediately shook his head, "The two of us have to fight with all our strength - I don't want to wipe out my hometown."

"Yeah, it's hard to stop fighting you."

Mary nodded with deep understanding.

We haven't seen each other for half a year, but this time we meet, Ace's nature of life has become closer to that of an elf.

Between the special perception brought about by the ability to see and hear the Fate Fruit, Ace's sense of existence is completely different from others.

After all, she was one of the frontline F3s who faced off against Yin Mu at that time. Although Mary was sure that she was stronger than Ace, it was still unclear how much stronger she was. And if we go all out, if nothing else, Windmill Town will definitely not be able to be saved from this distance.

Thinking of this, she looked at Ace and asked:

"So where do we play? Do I choose the position, or do you choose the position?"

"The battle between us needs people to witness it, so I have already thought of the location."

Ace adjusted his cowboy hat and said with a smile, "Alabasta, how are you?"

"Alabasta..."

Mary was stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

Alabasta...

The place where he first met Ace, when he and he were still comrades fighting side by side.

At that time, I was still a newbie, and I didn’t have a general direction for my future, nor did I have any particularly amazing determination and will.

But the battle against Crocodile in Alabasta was indeed of extraordinary significance to him.

Vivi, Desert United, Inherent Barrier, Pluto's Destiny, Ace...these people or things all got together for the first time in Alabasta.

Compared to the East China Sea, Mary felt that Alabasta might be her true starting point after coming to this world.

"Since you have chosen Alabasta, you have decided who will witness the battle between us, right?"

Mary said with a smile.

Ace hugged his shoulders and leaned back.

"Of course Nefertari/Viv."

The two said at the same time.

"This is a battle between you and me. It would be nice to have one more witness." Ace said, "Only three people are enough."

"No, I want to go too!"

As soon as Ace finished speaking, Luffy's shouting could be heard from the side.

At this time, he had determined that Zoro was fine. After hearing the conversation between Ace and Mary, he immediately ran over.

Ace subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Mary said one step ahead:

"Can."

"Mary..."

Ace immediately frowned at Mary.

Mary continued without changing her expression:

"Ace is Roger's son and has the blood of the Pirate King."

"Luffy is the red-haired person who yearns for the Pirate King, and he is also the man of destiny."

"Since I want to settle my grudges with the pirates and end my eight-hundred-year fate, then a battle with Luffy is inevitable."

After saying that, she held up her military cap and grinned.

Half a year after the liberation of the Holy Land, the crazy smile that belonged to Mary returned to her face again.

"In that case, you two should come together."

"As a brother, as a remnant of the old era, come and fight me to see if I have the qualifications to completely end the old era!"

"..."

Ace's hands clenched quietly.

He also smiled dangerously.

"Are you sure? This crazy approach...are you so confident that you can defeat us - two people?"

"How many people on the sea are not crazy? What's more, I have and must have such confidence."

Mary stretched out her hand to Ace: "Why, are you a little scared when you see the familiar me?"

"No……"

Ace's face was also filled with fighting spirit, and he held Mary's hand: "It would be better to say that I'm even more excited!"

"It's you who I want to defeat!"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't talk to yourself!"

Luffy slapped the two of them on their joined hands.

"You guys! Count me in!"