For the two weeks Garp was back, the villagers were constantly haunted by Luffy's screams.It was like an inescapable background noise, shattering the tranquility of the mornings and the silence of the nights.Uta, however, was treated differently; he only had to do ordinary strength training.As for the "Iron Fist of Love," he was subjected to it every morning, afternoon, and evening.Finally, after two agonizing weeks, Garp received orders from Sengoku to quell a pirate raid on the Grand Line.Luffy was finally freed from his nightmare of iron fists.Watching the departing warships, Luffy shed tears of joy."Finally, this." "Old Deng is finally gone," Luffy said, crying.Just before Garp left, Garp thought Luffy hadn't said goodbye sincerely, so he beat him up again.Uta, on the other hand, suppressed a laugh as he applied medicine to Luffy's wound.In the past two weeks, Luffy had been beaten up countless times by Garp just for wanting to be a pirate, but Luffy just couldn't control his mouth.Every time Garp told him to become the strongest marine, he insisted that he was going to be the Pirate King.This caused Garp to focus more of his energy on Luffy, while he didn't pay much attention to Luffy.
"Detected that Zoro's fateful moment is approaching.Mission activated: Save Kuina and prevent her from falling to her death.Mission rewards: Flower Breathing*1 (from Demon Slayer), Swordsmanship Insight*1, One-Shot Kill.Murasame (from Akame ga Kill!, equivalent to one of the 21 Great Grade Swords of this world)."
Luffy was speechless when he saw the mission rewards.Good heavens, he went to the trouble of saving people, and in the end, he didn't get a single reward for himself; they were all for those two.Clearly, the Flower Breathing technique was for Kuina.The remaining Sword Master's Technique Insight and One-Slash Kill: Murasame were more suitable for Zoro.After all, Kuina wasn't dead, so Wado Ichimonji wouldn't have ended up in Zoro's hands, and One-Slash Kill: Murasame perfectly filled that role.
"Never mind, never mind, I'm quite happy that my crew has become stronger and I'm now the captain." As for how to get to Frostmoon Village, don't forget that the system's newbie gift pack gave me one.As for what to do when I run out?The system shop gives one point for this thing, and I have 5000 points anyway.It's just a small teleportation stone, so I'll just use it.So, while pulling Uta along, after confirming the destination, I crushed the mother stone and headed towards Frostmoon Village.As for this magical stone, Uta didn't ask any questions.After all, everyone has their own secrets.
A flash of white light, and Luffy and Uta arrived at a beach in Shimotsuki Village.Uta curiously looked around, while Luffy looked at the village not far away with some excitement, "So this is the village where my future first mate lives?I can't wait!"
The two quickly arrived at the village, and with the help of passersby, they soon reached their destination—the Shimotsuki Dojo.After Uta gave a heartfelt performance to the dojo master, Shimotsuki Koushirou (saying that his father was dead, his mother was gone, and he only had Luffy as his younger brother, and he wanted to protect him, etc.), Shimotsuki Koushirou accepted Uta as his disciple.However, Luffy expressed that he had no interest in swordsmanship, so Shimotsuki Koushirou had no choice but to give up.He could sense the faint aura emanating from Luffy.Although he couldn't be sure what their purpose was in approaching him, he could sense that at least for now, Luffy and his companion meant no harm.The ones who could sense this aura were Kuina and Zoro, who were standing to the side.Although the aura emanating from Luffy was not a great threat to Koushirou, it was already very powerful to Kuina and Zoro.Therefore, the two approached Luffy and his companion in the evening.
"Hey, you two, what's your purpose in coming here?" Zoro said provocatively, a twig dangling from his mouth.
"What's the purpose?Of course, it's for you two.I heard there are two sword geniuses in Shimotsuki Village in the East Blue, so I came here today.But it seems they're nothing special after all," Luffy said arrogantly, while inwardly apologizing.After all, in his opinion, given Zoro and Gu's personalities, unless he defeated them, he couldn't possibly persuade them to join him.
As expected, Zoro, who has a somewhat volatile temper, drew his wooden sword and was about to attack Luffy upon hearing this, but Kuina calmly pulled Zoro back and said, "So, you've come to challenge us?"
Seeing that Kuina ignored him, Uta pouted angrily, wanting to go up and argue with her.Seeing this, Luffy helplessly pulled Uta back and coaxed him softly for a while before Uta happily sat back down.However, it's not surprising that Kuina ignored Uta; Luffy's aura was much stronger than Uta's, so Kuina subconsciously ignored him.
"Yes, I'm here to challenge you," Luffy readily agreed, taking the opportunity to play along.Zoro's eyes lit up with excitement upon hearing this.He was already quite interested in challenging strong opponents, so he excitedly pulled Luffy to an open area not far from the dojo, drew the three wooden swords from his waist, and stood facing Luffy.Luffy simply stood there casually, but even so, Zoro didn't dare to approach easily.After all, in his eyes, although Luffy seemed full of openings, Zoro felt that if he went up so easily, he would definitely be defeated even more easily.
After a long stalemate, Zoro finally made his move, unleashing a powerful attack.Just as it was about to strike Luffy, Luffy dodged it in an instant.Seeing that his attack had failed, Luffy gritted his teeth and continued to attack Zoro.However, these attacks were all flaws in Luffy's eyes, and he easily dodged them all.Seeing that Luffy was only dodging, Zoro angrily stopped and questioned him: "Why are you only dodging and not attacking?Are you unable to beat me?"
Luffy shook his head helplessly at Zoro's reaction.Shaking his head, Luffy moved to fulfill Zoro's wish.He instantly appeared in front of Zoro, clenched his fist, and punched Zoro.Before Zoro could react and thought he was about to be sent flying, Luffy's fist stopped on his forehead and flicked him on the head.Zoro cried out in pain, clutching his forehead and crouching on the ground.Koushirou, who was hiding in the shadows, was greatly surprised.With his eyesight, he could naturally tell that Luffy was using the Navy's Six Powers technique, Shave.After thinking about his surname.
"Could he be that old man's grandson?If that's the case, then this kid's talent is terrifying!" Koushirou thought to himself.