Huchi...huchi...

"I lost."

Mihawk lay on the ground with difficulty, breathing heavily. The clothes on his body were in tatters, and several scars were particularly obvious.

The supreme sharp knife was inserted beside him, more than halfway into the ground.

The duration of this challenge is not long, and it can be called short compared to the situation where a life-and-death battle between two people often lasts for days and nights.

But for Mihawk, the situation is very different.

When he recalled the previous battles, his eyes showed no regret or frustration, but only an extremely bright look.

The power of Kozuki Oden did not exceed his expectations. This man was a very famous swordsman in Whitebeard and Roger's ship in the past. In the way of swordsmanship, he has reached the pinnacle of few people in the world.

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Mihawk never underestimated himself, nor did he underestimate his opponent. He knew that he had little chance of winning against Kozuki Oden, but he still came.

Not only did he come, he went all out in the battle and concentrated all his savings in the past period here. But even so, after a difficult battle, he finally lost to Kozuki Oden.

He still has a long way to go in the path of swordsmanship.

Mihawk was defeated without any suspense, and he was convinced, but he was not discouraged. He would continue to walk step by step in the future.

Opposite him, Kozuki Oden's condition was much better, but there was also a very conspicuous wound on his chest that soaked his clothes, and the outcome seemed obvious.

"No, you were defeated, but you were not defeated." Kozuki Oden looked at Mihawk with undisguised admiration in his eyes, "You didn't lose to me, you lost to the lack of time in the past. You again

You are not defeated because you have found your own way of swordsmanship and embarked on your own path. Your achievements in swordsmanship in the future are limitless. I look forward to you coming to me again in the future. When you feel that you can stand by me again

When I'm in front of you, I believe it won't be long."

Some people know that they are mortal enemies as soon as they meet, while others feel sympathy for each other.

Mihawk's challenge is to be upright, without any tricks or intrigues. This kind of character is very appreciated by Kozuki Oden.

A swordsman should be straight and straightforward. A crooked person is not suitable for a real swordsman. There is no doubt that Mihawk's behavior is to Oden's liking. He himself was such a person in the past.

Of course, it is not wrong to say that he is willful.

Mihawk fell into deep thought.

As Kozuki Oden said, he has indeed gained a new understanding of kendo. This understanding lies in his accumulation from childhood to adulthood, and also in the various battles and challenges that have never stopped in the past period, especially after coming to Wano.

After entering the country, I clashed with various schools of swordsmanship almost every day without stopping.

It wasn't until he experienced the strong oppression of Kozuki Oden that all his inspirations were inspired. Just like the knife on Kozuki Oden's chest, it was the most powerful evidence that his swordsmanship had made a significant breakthrough.

Mihawk seemed to recall the situation at that time. At that time, the battle between him and Kozuki Oden had entered a fever pitch, but in fact, since Kozuki Oden started to break out, he was basically in a defensive stage.

His attacks were easily neutralized by the opponent, especially after Kozuki Oden became familiar with his moves.

When one of Kozuki Oden's slashes struck him again, he suddenly felt blessed. Countless insights surged in his heart, and finally they all turned into one sword - the supreme sharp sword Black Blade Night, which seemed to transform into the night in his hand.

The ghost in it suddenly broke through [Yama]'s defense, and when it was wrong, it slashed at this powerful opponent at a speed that even Kozuki Oden could not evade.

Of course, as a price, he was also slashed away with the same sword. Moreover, the injuries he received were more serious than those of Kozuki Oden, but Mihawk didn't care at all. He knew that from this moment on, his swordsmanship took a new step.

step.

"I will stand in front of you again. Next time, next time I will never lose to you. I will become the most powerful swordsman in the world!" At this time, Mihawk was not like the world's No. 1 swordsman later.

A great swordsman is so calm and measured, and he also has a very middle-class temperament.

In this respect, a certain green algae head later was exactly the same as him.

Kozuki Oden grinned: "It's not easy to become the strongest, and I won't have an easy time at this level. But let's not talk about it now. Come to the banquet with us. Put aside fighting and so on, and come and taste me.

Oden, it’s the most delicious thing in the world.”

In this way, 'Eagle Eye' Mihawk, the challenger, was dragged into the banquet belonging to Kozuki Oden and Whitebeard's group in a daze.

Mihawk is also a good drinker, or so to speak. In this world, whether he is a pirate or a navy man, there is basically no man who doesn't like wine.

Although many times, Mihawk, who has quite a family background, prefers red wine.

But at this moment, he couldn't care less about red wine, beer or rum. In short, he was very drunk in the end. He didn't know how much wine he drank and how many people he fought with. The last memory was that he was in a daze.

He even put his arm around Baibeard's shoulders and said that he must compete with him in the future to see who is more powerful.

It was an informal challenge, and Whitebeard readily agreed.

Of course, he also said that before that, there was another person he needed to cross over.

That person is a hurdle in his heart. No matter what, he needs to go through this, otherwise even if his swordsmanship makes great progress, he will lose his courage in the future.

But Mihawk was very tight-lipped, and no matter who asked, he never named the person.

In the end it was settled.

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…

After Mihawk left Wano, some of his deeds in Wano were spread through unknown channels and were also reported on the news.

His evaluation has increased dramatically, especially since he finally escaped from Kozuki Oden's hands, which has once again raised his reputation around the world to an unknown extent.

You know, the last person who escaped from Kozuki Oden was the great pirate Kaido who is now making waves in the new world.

Now Kaido's bounty has exceeded 2 billion. Above him, there are only Whitebeard, who has a bounty of over 4 billion, and BigMom, who has a bounty of over 3 billion.

As for the navy, it directly raised Mihawk's bounty to 800 million. Even now that the era of great pirates has begun, the bounty has begun to increase a lot compared to before. In the new world, the figure of 800 million is still small.

It belongs to the level of a great pirate.

Not everyone is called Whitebeard, and not everyone is called BigMom.

Naturally, more challenges will follow.

Anyone who is ambitious will not feel that they are inferior to others. They would rather take a shortcut to reach the sky in one step. For pirates, fame is more intoxicating than wine.

This made Mihawk a little annoyed. Even though he killed many people, there were still many people who came after him.

But soon, another situation occurred.

The World Government... to be precise, people from Cp0 appeared, and they also brought another thing, which was an invitation to become the King's Shichibukai.

The World Government invites Hawkeye Mihawk to become the King of the Shichibukai!

This is somewhat beyond Mihawk's expectations, but it seems to be being cleaned up again. Compared with other pirates, he, as a nominal pirate, has basically not done any evil on his own initiative.

Moreover, he has a lot of pirate blood on his hands, so it seems logical to become the King of the Shichibukai.

For Hawkeye, his identity is not important, but the position specially created by the World Government as King Shichibukai can help him avoid a lot of trouble.

No matter what, this is an official status and belongs to the pirates recognized by the World Government.

After thinking for a while, Mihawk did not refuse.

He accepted the invitation of the World Government and officially became the second king of the Shichibukai. Before him, there was only one Sand Crocodile.

Such news was quickly spread throughout the world by the World Government in the form of news.

Countless pirates have scolded Mihawk as a lackey of the World Government and the Navy. In fact, they are also considered to be such a lackey. After all, they have the status to legally plunder, but most pirates do not have this qualification.

Many of those with this qualification are not interested in the so-called King's Shichibukai.

But it is true as Mihawk thought, after he became the King of the Seven Warlords, the number of pirates coming to him has decreased a lot, so that he will not be troubled all the time.

Another advantage of becoming a Shichibukai under the king is that no navy will come to trouble him anymore, which is an even better thing for him.

It's not that Mihawk is afraid of the navy, but that he is afraid of trouble. It is difficult for ordinary navy to cause harm to him, but these navy are endless and are chasing him all the time. In this case, what good experience can he have?

That's weird.

But things are different now. Ever since the news of him becoming the King's Shichibukai spread, no navy has ever rushed up to attack him as soon as they saw him.

Any navy basically turned a blind eye to him, which made Mihawk instantly calm.

He also started his next plan.

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…

In the first half of the Grand Line, traces of Allen began to appear frequently.

In the originally lively first half, countless pirates could be said to be unlucky. These pirates who had made trouble because of the great pirate era turned into dead dogs after meeting Allen.

It was easy to meet other marines, but after meeting Allen, even escaping became a luxury.

After all, what pirate ship doesn’t have mirrors?

As long as there is a ship with a mirror, Allen can arrive instantly, regardless of the distance and environment on the sea. Even if the pirates have great luck and encounter a big storm that separates the ship, the storm cannot affect the mirror world. In this way,

In this case, they have only one way.

After a while, Allen had no clues about the Golden Lion. Instead, he caught a group of unrelated pirates.

News like this spread all over the world with newspapers, and some pirates in the East China Sea almost burst into tears. This unreasonably powerful vice admiral finally left the East China Sea to cause trouble for the Grand Route.

You know, when Allen was in the East China Sea, they lived in dire straits.
To be continued...