Zoro would never admit that he was lost; that would be too embarrassing. He would never admit to having no sense of direction.
He thought for a moment, then spoke.
"Um... I'm here to find Dracule Mihawk; I've gotten separated from him."
Upon hearing that Zoro wanted to find Hawk Eyes, the three brothers were simultaneously startled. Hawk Eyes was quite famous, and as members of the Marines, they were naturally familiar with him.
However, they didn't know that Hawk Eyes had already arrived at Marine Headquarters, Sabo asked.
"How did you find this place? Who let you in?"
"You mean this? Of course, Hawk Eyes brought me here. He should still be in that headquarters building!"
Ace frowned and said,
"Then just go to the headquarters building, it's not hard to find!"
"Forehead..."
Solo's expression froze for a moment. He thought to himself, "Is the headquarters building really that easy to find? I've been looking around for ages and still haven't found it!"
Sabo narrowed his eyes. Zoro's incoherent words made him think Zoro was very suspicious. He winked at Ace and Luffy, and Ace immediately understood and stood next to Sabo.
Luffy, completely baffled by Sabo's meaning, asked in confusion,
"Sabo, why are you staring at me like that? It's kind of scary!"
"..."
Sabo sighed helplessly, pulled out a steel pipe from behind his back, and looked at Zoro with a serious expression.
Zoro also sensed that something was wrong. He placed his hand on the hilt of his sword at his waist, and his entire demeanor instantly changed.
Sabo said in a deep voice,
"Who exactly are you? How did you sneak into Marineford?"
Zoro had already drawn Wado Ichimonji from his waist, and he said coldly,
"My Zoro, and I already told you I was brought here by Hawk Eyes!"
Luffy finally realized something was wrong, and he suddenly waved his hands and yelled.
"Alright, so it's the enemy! Watch me take him down!"
After shouting, Luffy swung his arm and charged forward. Sabo hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and shouted back.
"Luffy! Wait a minute, it's not ready yet..."
Before Sabo could finish speaking, Luffy had already rushed in front of Zoro and unleashed a series of moves resembling a wild, unorthodox punch.
Zoro remained calm. He instantly drew his sword and, seizing the opportunity, struck Luffy in the stomach with the back of the blade.
Although Nika's consciousness within Luffy has been erased by Senga, he still retains most of the characteristics of the Nika Fruit, and his rubber body is extremely strong.
Zoro's blow to his stomach was like being stuck in mud; he couldn't pull it out for a moment.
Just as he was about to draw his sword, Luffy chuckled, took a deep breath, and used his waist to send Zoro flying, sword and all.
"Well done, Luffy!"
Ace cheered Luffy on from behind, as if he wasn't the one who had just beaten Luffy.
Seeing this, Sabo lost his will to fight. He propped the steel pipe on the ground and became a spectator.
"Cough cough..."
Zoro has only been with Hawk Eyes for a few days, so it's naturally difficult for him to defeat Luffy, who has been beaten Luffy by Dragon, Garp, and his two older brothers since childhood.
To put it simply, Zoro hasn't even mastered Armament Haki yet.
But Zoro is not one to give up easily. He got up from the ground, drew his other two swords, and assumed Three Sword Style stance.
Luffy still had a relaxed expression, and he said casually,
"You're going to use three swords at the same time? You're a lot like Uncle Onigumo! Except he has way more swords than you!"
Zoro had no idea who Onigumo was; he was now completely focused on Luffy opposite him.
With his arms crossed in front of his chest, Zoro held his breath and focused, and the next second, he shot out like an arrow released from a bow.
"Three Sword Style: Onigiri!"
"Clang!"
Zoro flashed behind Luffy, maintaining a cool pose. In his mind, Luffy, having been hit by this attack, had already lost his ability to fight.
But when he looked up at Sabo and Ace, he found that their expressions were still indifferent, showing no sign of worry about their companions.
Luffy's voice came from behind him.
"Phew! That was close, that was a pretty good move!"
Zoro suddenly turned around, Luffy's chest was covered with a layer of still-visible blackness, which was Armament Haki.
Upon seeing this, he exclaimed in surprise.
"This... this is the Haki that Hawk Eyes mentioned!?"
"Hehe! That's right! I'm going to get serious now. I've been in the Navy for so long and haven't made any contributions yet. I'll use you as my first merit. I'm going to be a Marine Admiral! Shave!"
After saying that, Luffy's figure disappeared from the spot in an instant. Zoro didn't even have time to react before Luffy punched him in the stomach, causing him to roll his Byakugan back.
With a thud, Zoro fell backward, head tilted back, straight to the ground. Sabo knelt down, checked him over, and then said...
"He's passed out. Good Luffy, this guy's yours."
"Yay! I finally did something right! I wonder if Grandpa will give me a lieutenant colonel rank!"
Ace flicked Luffy on the Luffy and said with a smile.
"Look at you, so easily pleased with just a lieutenant colonel?"
"Hmph! You and Sabo are both Rear Admiral, of course you look down on a lieutenant colonel. I'm still just a major!"
Sabo quipped from the side.
"You're quite the big shot, Major. You held our two Rear Admiral back then, and even exchanged a few blows with Wang. You're pretty awesome!"
"Uh, let's not talk about that. Brother Senga almost beat me to death back then. Just thinking about it makes my whole body ache..."
"That's all your own doing! Brother Senga was just trying to help you, you idiot!"
"I know, I know. I'm just a little afraid of him. Before, whenever I shouted 'I want to be the One Piece,' he would suddenly appear and hit me. I'm almost traumatized by it..."
Luffy shrank back in fear, but just as he feared, a chilling voice rang out from behind him.
"I just heard someone say they wanted to be a king."
Luffy shuddered, stiffly turning around to see Senga, who seemed like a devil to him, and Senga beside Hawk Eyes.
Senga looked at Luffy with a smile, appearing extremely kind.
Luffy swallowed hard, forcing a smile as he spoke.
"It's Brother Senga! You've misheard me this time. My goal now is to become Marine Admiral!"
Senga was just trying to scare Luffy, and after hearing about his new goal, he nodded approvingly.
"That's a good goal, but the pinnacle of the navy is the Fleet Admiral. Why do you only want to be Admiral?"
"That's because the Fleet Admiral is Brother Senga! If you don't go down, I dare not have any other thoughts..."