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South Blue.
Time goes back twenty minutes.
at this time.
Under the leadership of T Bone, the Marine of the 1st Branch has just finished a battle and completely wiped out a pirate group in the South Blue whose total bounty on all members reached 157.6 million berries.
Just as they were about to head to their next destination and continue their sweep of the pirate groups in the South Blue, a Marine officer in charge of lookout on the warship suddenly reported to T Bone.
"Captain Bone, it's a warship."
"A Marine warship appeared about fifteen kilometers northeast of us."
"It looks very shabby."
After hearing the report from his subordinates, T Bone immediately took a telescope from a lieutenant next to him and looked out.
A Marine ship that was extremely dilapidated and even its sails were cut came into view.
"This is a warship from the Grand Line's Marine branch."
T Bone took a closer look and immediately recognized it.
The warships of the Four Seas Branch and the Grand Line Branch are different.
Because the pirates that the Grand Line's Marine branch needs to face are generally more powerful than the pirates faced by the Four Seas branch, the ships they are equipped with are also more advanced.
Not only can it carry more troops and weapons, but the ship is also faster and has a stronger hull.
"What's going on?"
"How could a Marine vessel from the Grand Line suddenly appear in the South Blue, and in such a dilapidated state?"
"It was like running for my life."
T Bone looked at the dilapidated Marine ship in the distance, his brows furrowed.
Just as he was about to order his men to move the warship closer, a deep green light suddenly burst out, like an extremely huge blade, piercing into his pupil through the telescope.
clang
Phew
Under T Bone's incredulous gaze, the dilapidated Marine warship in his sight seemed to be covered by a huge light curtain, and then the entire warship was split into two and sank into the sea along with the many Marine ships on board.
"That's a slash!"
"Moreover, this isn't a slash unleashed by an ordinary swordsman."
"He's a great swordsman."
T Bone's face changed drastically.
As a swordsman, even from a distance, he could recognize at a glance that it was the slashing wave that cut through the warship in his sight.
And it is a slashing wave that can only be released by a great swordsman.
Just as T Bone was shocked, as the warship in front was cut in half, a small boat that had been covered by the warship suddenly came into his sight.
Along with it, there was also a pair of eyes so sharp that just looking at each other, and even looking at each other through a telescope at a distance of more than several kilometers, could make people feel creepy.
"Marine Hunter."
"Dracule Mihawk."
When he saw those sharp eyes that chilled his heart, a name immediately popped up in T Bone's mind.
"I see."
"My colleagues from the Grand Line are truly fleeing."
"No wonder he's in such a mess since he was targeted by Dracule Mihawk."
After recognizing that the person sitting in the small boat was Dracule Mihawk, T Bone reacted immediately.
Why did the warships of the Grand Line branch appear in the South Blue, and they seemed to be fleeing? It turned out that they were really fleeing.
Behind the warship, someone was constantly chasing the warship and the Marine on the deck.
Just like a hunter hunting his prey.
No.
It should be said that it is playing with its prey.
"Prepare the communication equipment."
"Contact Branch 1 immediately."
"Send back the news that Dracule Mihawk has appeared in the South Blue."
As a swordsman, T Bone knew Dracule Mihawk's strength better than anyone else.
Especially after being trained from time to time by Douglas Bullet, he had mastered the Advanced Armament Haki early on, and his strength far exceeded that of his fight with Zoro in the original work.
That's why.
The moment he made eye contact with Dracule Mihawk, he immediately saw the huge gap between them, which was called the chasm between heaven and earth.
Even if he wore the second generation combat uniform, even if he had a hundred-man Marine squadron wearing the first generation combat uniforms around him, they would not be a match for Dracule Mihawk.
Instead, they will be hunted one after another like prey targeted by hunters.
"Besides the Governor, only Mr. Bullet can handle a monster like this."
T Bone had heard of Dracule Mihawk's deeds.
Even if a Lieutenant Admiral of our headquarters is targeted by it, it will be like an eagle in the sky targeting a small snake. After playing with it for a while and losing interest, it will kill it.
The headquarters even sent out a candidate for admiral to hunt down Dracule Mihawk, but ultimately failed to capture him.
In T Bone's opinion, even if one looked across the entire world, only two people could deal with a great swordsman like Dracule Mihawk.
Even in the Marine Headquarters, which is full of monsters, there are no more than five people who can deal with Dracule Mihawk.
"Um?"
Just then.
On a small boat with a cross as its mast and a candle lit on each side of the front, Dracule Mihawk cut off the warship that had lost interest in chasing with a sword, and planned to put the black sword, no, not the black sword yet, but the sword of the night, back on his back.
But suddenly, he seemed to realize something and stood up from the boat.
A pair of eagle eyes that were so sharp that they seemed to be able to see through everything, crossed the distance between the warship where T Bone was, and the gaze was like a sword that shot out and pierced directly into T Bone's body.
"Such Haki."
"Is this really something a mere Captain in the Blue Sea branch can possess?"
"Interesting! I thought there was no one else worth hunting in the four seas except Rosen and Douglas Bullet."
Dracule Mihawk stared at T Bone intently. The more he looked at him, the stronger the fighting spirit in his eagle eyes became.
"A Marine of this caliber."
"This level of Haki."
"After I kill you, my Ye should be not far from completely becoming a black sword."
After sensing an astonishing aura of Haki from T Bone, Dracule Mihawk's usually calm and emotionless heart was now filled with a long-lost excitement.
Originally, he just randomly picked a branch in the Grand Line, destroyed it, and then played with the evacuated warship and the Marine on the deck like toys.
So he drove the warships all the way back to the Four Seas from the Grand Line.
I never thought that I would encounter a Marine in the South Blue that I had to take seriously.
Moreover, it was not Rosen or Douglas Bullet as he expected, but an unknown branch Captain.
"Unknown Marine."
"You've arrived at the perfect time."
"I want you to help me refine the sword."
Dracule Mihawk was a man who acted arbitrarily and did things his own way. Thinking that T Bone could help his sword, Ye, to go one step further, he no longer hesitated and immediately raised the supreme sword in his hand and slashed down from top to bottom.
bump
As the blade fell, a terrifying edge instantly burst out, causing ripples in the surrounding air.
Phew
A dark green slashing wave, like a blue dragon emerging from the sea, easily tore through the sea surface of thousands of meters as if it were a piece of white paper, and rushed all the way to the front of the warship.
Out of respect for the strong, Dracule Mihawk's sword strike was not without reservation, but it was also a real move.
Because, judging from the Haki strength he sensed from T Bone, this Marine was worthy of him using this sword as a gift.
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