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"Welcome to Impel Down," Magellan said with a smile on his face as Ikki took Nami and Nojiko to the coast. "I've heard of your name for a long time, Mr. Ikki. And Mr. Ikki's partners, you are also welcome to come."
"The rumored Impel Down Director Magellan, it's my honor to meet you," Ikki replied, raising his head and hand to greet him.
He hadn't taken Nico Robin and Kalifa out of the ship, but left them in the gym of the Explorer. Although the two of them wore masks, there were many people in Impel Down. Moreover, this was also a place where criminals were imprisoned, and he didn't want Robin and Kalifa to have too much contact with Impel Down's people.
"This must be Mr. Hannyabal, the deputy director of Impel Down," Ikki said, his eyes glancing at Magellan, Sadi-chan, and Domino before settling on Hannyabal. "I heard from Fleet Admiral Sengoku that you also have a famous sword in your hand. I wonder if you'd be interested in having a swordsman-to-swordsman battle with me over our reputations? If you defeat me, I can promise to let you take away a very powerful sword from my possession."
"I..." Hannyabal began.
"Mr. Ikki's power is extraordinary – Hannyabal is not your opponent, and this isn't a fair bet," Magellan interrupted, glaring at Hannyabal as if urging him to make a decision. "If Mr. Ikki wants to get the sword in Hannyabal's hand, please use your swordsmanship teaching in exchange."
Hearing this, Ikki shrugged a little. "It's a pity – I thought I could get the sword directly."
He was really sorry, thinking back to that time in Cocoyasi Village when he could trick Arlong into fighting him. Now that he was famous, he could no longer use this method to get people to fight with their famous swords at stake.
"Then the question is, is he going to use the sword in his hand to let me guide him in swordsmanship training?"
"If Miss Nami, who just used Thunder sword techniques, is willing to be my teacher and have more contact with me, I'm willing to hand over my sword," Hannyabal said, pulling out the scabbard of his famous sword 'Kessui' and approaching with a lecherous expression.
In the end, he had decided to take out his sword in exchange for strength. Only he knew whether he really wanted to make contact with Nami.
Seeing this scene, Ikki and Nami immediately frowned.
BOOM!
"It hurts!" Hannyabal covered his head and looked puzzled at Magellan, who had punched him. "What did you do, Director? Why did you hit me?"
"Idiot, be serious! Don't show your vulgar expression to the guests!" Magellan looked at Hannyabal with frustration.
He had seen that when Hannyabal approached Nami, she had already put her thumb against the sword at her waist, as if she was ready to teach him a lesson at any time.
Sure enough, Magellan had just finished speaking when Nami spoke.
"Ikki, I hate this guy," she said. "Do we really want him to come to our ship to practice? He'll definitely try his best to spy on everyone. Besides, the hot springs and gym aren't suitable for him to use, right? I think it's enough for you to be the most perverted person on board the Explorer."
Upon hearing this, Hannyabal showed an expression of extreme distress. "Why? I'm not that kind of person."
However, Hannyabal's words only elicited a vicious look from Nami. Obviously, his performance just now had lowered his standing in her eyes.
"Hey, am I really that perverted?" Ikki rubbed his nose and looked at the sword in Hannyabal's hand with an embarrassed expression. "Looking at the luster of this blade, it must be a skillful grade sword. Although I want this sword very much, as you can see, my partner doesn't like you, so I don't plan to let you come study with me."
After thinking about it, Ikki decided to give up on Kessui. He was aware of Hannyabal's character. If he really allowed him to come to the Explorer for training, it would indeed cause inconvenience to the women on board.
It would be fine if he was just taught breathing swordsmanship, but the problem was that the Marines' condition was that Ikki should teach swordsmen to master the Innate Demon Slayer Mark. As a result, Hannyabal would definitely stay on the Explorer for a long time.
"What? Can't you be adjust or something?" Hannyabal exclaimed.
It was like what you couldn't get was always the best. Hannyabal had originally thought that as long as he handed over the sword, Ikki would be willing to guide his practice, so he'd always felt the initiative was in his hands. When Ikki said no, he became extremely worried about gain and loss.
However, at this point Ikki no longer planned to talk to Hannyabal. The skillful grade level of 'Kessui' could only exchange for one lottery chance, which wasn't enough to make him pay too much.
Of course, this didn't mean he was really willing to give up taking 'Kessui.'
Glancing at Hannyabal, who looked very anxious, Ikki raised the corner of his mouth and looked at Magellan.
"Director Magellan, can you please hand me 'Raiu,' one of the Great Grade swords?" he asked. "I've agreed to Fleet Admiral Sengoku's conditions and temporarily accommodated two Marine ladies, Tashigi and Hina, on my ship. After that, I'll definitely let the two of them master the power they should master."
Magellan looked at Smoker not far away and saw him nodding. He took Raiu from Domino.
"Mr. Ikki, this is the Great Grade sword 'Raiu.' Please accept it."
Ikki narrowed his eyes and glanced at 'Raiu.' Then he shook his head, with some surprise in his eyes.
"I'm sorry, Director Magellan. This blade originally belonged to warden Shiryu. If possible, can you allow me to compete with him and then take this sword away after defeating him?"