Report my ass!!
He could one-shot a sixteen-million guy, so could Gin, with his twelve-million bounty, take one extra move?!
At that moment, Krieg's thoughts were extremely simple.
Get the hell out of this troublesome place.
What he failed to notice, however, was this.
On the sea a mile away, a Coffin Small Boat lit by Ghost Fire was slowly approaching.
The man aboard sat with his fingers interlaced, his eyes as sharp as a hawk's, a black longsword strapped to his back.
Hawk Eyes had finally arrived.
On the Coffin Small Boat, Hawk Eyes looked at the battered warship blocking his path and stood up expressionlessly.
Black Blade Night suddenly left its sheath!
The air shrieked as an Emerald Green Slash dozens of meters long tore through the sky. At lightning speed, it crossed a thousand meters and sliced through the Warship-Armament Saber in an instant.
Before that slash, the massive warship was as fragile as tofu and was cleaved straight in two.
The wreckage of the ship, now split into two halves, capsized in opposite directions.
The slash swept over the sea, sending waves surging wildly outward.
The Baratie began rocking violently with the spreading waves.
Inside the restaurant.
Carmen had just served the final dessert to table three and was about to leave when the ship suddenly lurched.
Amid cries of surprise, she lost her footing and fell to one side.
Reno reacted quickly, rising to catch Carmen and preventing an accidental exposure.
"Th-thank you." Carmen thanked him instinctively.
Reno smiled and nodded in response.
"What happened outside?!" Makino hurriedly caught the juice that had nearly tipped over.
The sea had been calm just moments ago. Why had things suddenly become so chaotic?
Could it be a storm?!
"Hawk Eyes is here." Reno had already sensed his presence.
An aura like that of a wild beast.
"Hawk Eyes?! Never heard of him. Is he famous?!" Nami looked outside but did not spot anyone.
"He is one of the current Shichibukai, and also the World's Greatest Swordsman."
Reno patiently explained it to the women as he waited for Hawk Eyes to arrive.
"World's Greatest?! He's that strong?!" Nojiko's mouth fell open in surprise.
Reno nodded. There was no denying it.
Hawk Eyes was Oda's officially recognized number-one swordsman in the world, without question.
"Then isn't he way stronger than Arlong?!"
Reno laughed at Nami's question.
Arlong?!
He was nothing but shit.
"The two of them aren't even comparable. Without his status as a Shichibukai, Hawk Eyes' bounty would probably be around 3.5 billion Belly."
3.5 billion?!!
A ten-digit bounty with eight zeros?!
The women were deeply shocked. It was their first time encountering a pirate whose bounty was measured in hundreds of millions.
Nami swallowed nervously and asked tentatively, "Reno, the person you came here to find... it couldn't be him, could it?!"
"He's here."
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Chapter 26: Infinite Slashes, Hawk Eyes' Mentality Collapses! (Please Support with Data)
Feeling Hawk Eyes' powerful aura, Reno's blood began to boil!
Nami froze.
It was the first time she had seen Reno look so serious.
No words were needed. His actions said it all.
"Wait here. I'll be right back." After instructing the women, Reno walked out of the restaurant.
The Coffin Small Boat docked, and Hawk Eyes had arrived at the Baratie.
His hawk-like eyes locked firmly onto Krieg and Gin.
His secret absolutely could not be revealed.
Anyone who saw him rowing with Black Blade Night had to die.
His cool image could not be ruined.
Krieg and Gin were truly about to go mad.
A herd of ten thousand alpacas raced through their minds.
Damn it!
Hawk Eyes had really pursued them all the way from the Grand Line to the East Blue.
Wasn't he tired?!
Did he really have to kill them all?!
Hawk Eyes strolled toward Krieg. His rhythmic footsteps sounded like a death knell, counting down the two men's remaining lives.
However, at that moment.
Hawk Eyes suddenly stopped and raised an eyebrow.
He sensed a powerful Fighting Spirit directed at him.
"Who are you?!" Hawk Eyes stared at Reno and, unusually, took the initiative to speak.
Facing Hawk Eyes' sharp gaze, Reno calmly said, "Who I am isn't important. Since we've run into each other, are you interested in a fight?!"
"Do you know who I am?!" Hawk Eyes frowned slightly when Reno challenged him.
"Of course." Reno shrugged. "Hawk Eyes Mihawk, the World's Greatest Swordsman."
"Then let us fight."
The chilling killing intent surrounding Krieg vanished. As if granted a pardon, Krieg let out a heavy breath.
The pressure had been too terrifying.
He decided he would only mess around in the East Blue from now on. He no longer wanted to become the Pirate King; someone else could have it.
Reno held Wado Ichimonji as a wild red glint flashed through his eyes.
A powerful aura erupted from his tall body.
"Looks like another fairly capable fellow has emerged in the East Blue."
Seeing the blade in Reno's hand and his steadily rising aura, Hawk Eyes was slightly moved.
"Wave Slash!!!"
Reno attacked first. Wado Ichimonji swung repeatedly, and two golden Sword Glows pierced the night sky as they shot toward Hawk Eyes.
"This move!" Hawk Eyes' gaze sharpened.
Why did it feel so familiar?
Before he could think further, Hawk Eyes swung Black Blade Night and launched a basic slash.
The next instant, their slashes collided in midair, and a violent explosion echoed through the sky.
"Not a bad slash, but it isn't enough." Hawk Eyes spoke expressionlessly.
As his words fell, Hawk Eyes suddenly vanished, and Black Blade Night rapidly slashed toward Reno.
"Competing in speed?!"
"You've kicked an iron plate!"
A playful smile appeared on Reno's lips. The next instant.
Hawk Eyes' attack missed. His Observation Haki frantically warned him of danger, and a sense of crisis came from behind him.
At the critical moment, Hawk Eyes decisively activated Armament Haki, forming an indestructible Haki Armor over his body.
The instant it covered him, Wado Ichimonji had already struck Hawk Eyes across the back.
Sparks flew, accompanied by the clang of metal striking metal.
What fast reaction speed.
Reno clicked his tongue inwardly.
After all, what he had used just now was Teleportation. The instant Hawk Eyes saw him disappear was also the instant Wado Ichimonji slashed at his back.
Even so, Hawk Eyes had still managed to use Armament Haki.
Hawk Eyes' pupils suddenly constricted, and for the first time, an ugly expression appeared on his face.
He quickly retreated, widening the distance between himself and Reno.
What ability was that?!
Even Observation Haki could not keep up with it.
More precisely, Observation Haki had caught him, but just as Hawk Eyes was about to react, Reno appeared somewhere else again.
Reno vanished once more.
He gave Hawk Eyes no chance to remain surprised.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
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Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Teleportation unfolded. In a single second, Reno changed positions in the air more than a dozen times while unleashing dozens of golden Wave Slashes.
They formed an airtight barrage, sealing off every possible retreat route for Hawk Eyes.
Hawk Eyes' face darkened. By the time he reacted, curved Sword Slashes were rushing at him from every direction.
He had nowhere to dodge.
Hawk Eyes was getting annoyed.
Black Blade Night continuously launched basic slashes, doing its best to destroy the incoming attacks.
As for the ones he could not block, he endured them all with Armament Haki.
Damn it, he had never fought such a suffocating battle before.
Even against Marine Admiral Kizaru's Glint-Glint Fruit, he could still trace a pattern.
But Reno's attack trajectories were completely random, without any pattern whatsoever.
He could clearly catch them, yet he could not keep up.
Kizaru's Teleportation was merely an exaggerated description.
Reno, however, was genuinely teleporting.
Several curved Sword Slashes slammed into Hawk Eyes' back. Though they did not break through his Haki Defense, the powerful impact made Hawk Eyes stumble forward, nearly sending him sprawling face-first.