Red-Haired Pirates (Willful, More Bonus Chapters!)

"So this is what the Supreme Grade Sword are like?"

Hearing Gion's words, Gawain was genuinely surprised.

How could he have imagined that the forging of a sword would actually involve the swordsman himself?

However, after thinking about it again, Gawain did understand somewhat.

Let's leave aside the others for now and start with Whitebeard.

Whitebeard's weapon when he set sail as a child was Naginata.

What is Naginata?

We can consider it a weapon similar to the Guan Dao Moon Blade.

Imagine if this sword hadn't been custom-made for Whitebeard...

What swordsmith in a world where samurai swords are the mainstream would dedicate their entire life to forging a Supreme Grade Sword like the Murakumogiri, which is nine meters and ninety centimeters long Naginata- type sword?

If this weapon wasn't specifically made for Whitebeard, then how could someone who has used Naginata Whitebeard childhood be so lucky?

His luck was so good that, just after he grew taller, he found a Supreme Grade Sword, Murakumogiri, of the Naginata type, whose length perfectly matched his.

Therefore, judging from Whitebeard's appearance, his Murakumogiri must have been specially crafted for him by a master swordsmith!

Furthermore, whether it's Mihawk or Roger, their Supreme Grade Sword all perfectly match their personal styles, which is no coincidence!

This also confirms another point of doubt.

Why aren't there many Supreme Grade Swords on the high seas?

Imagine, since Whitebeard, Mihawk, and others can all have their Supreme Grade Sword forged to perfectly suit their individual needs.

The person who forged the Supreme Grade Sword for them should, in theory, also be able to forge other Supreme Grade Sword!

Why?

When even a weapon can be custom-made, then standardization is certainly not a problem.

Personalized customization requires fulfilling every single requirement of each client, which is definitely more difficult than a swordsmith creating their own design.

The Murakumogiri thicker, while the Yoru-giri should be thinner. The Murakumogiri longer, while the Murakumogiri nine meters long, and the Yoru-giri should be 1.8 meters long. The Murakumogiri the Yoru-giri should have a 90-centimeter handguard.

See, even faced with such demanding requirements, the swordsmith can still forge the weapon his client needs into Supreme Grade Sword. Isn't that incredibly difficult?

If a swordsmith didn't need to deal with so many special requirements, wouldn't the forging process be much simpler for him?

But across the entire ocean, only a handful of people wield Supreme Grade Sword.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Grade Sword left behind by the ancients are conspicuously unused by any other swordsmen...

Just as Gawain was pondering, Gion continued her introduction.

"Because the swordsman himself must participate, each Supreme Grade Sword can greatly improve the swordsman's abilities."

Take my Kompira as an example. The length of this sword is a perfect match for my height, and its weight and balance are a perfect match for my wrist strength.

For other Skillful Grade Swords and Great Grade Swords with their own unique designs, swordsmen need to adapt to them. Swordsmen need to spend a lot of time familiarizing themselves with famous Famous Sword before they can completely become one with a Great Grade Swords or Skillful Grade Swords.

But the Supreme Grade Sword is itself an extension of the swordsman's arm and body!

At this point, Gion looked at Kompira with a blissful expression, and then continued.

"However, even the Supreme Grade Sword is not the best sword in the world. As for the reason, you yourself have already explained it."

There is another kind of knife in this world, called the Black Blade!

Above the Supreme Grade Sword stands the figure of the Black Blade, so rare that it might not appear even once every several eras.

For example, in this era, among all the swordsmen, only Mihawk has mastered his own Black Blade!

Before him, there was a rumor that the legendary dragon-slaying Ryuma had also forged his sword into Black Blade.

However, with Ryuma's death, Shusui also disappeared, so we cannot be certain of the veracity of the news that Shusui is the Black Blade!

As soon as she finished speaking, Gion couldn't help but glance at her Kompira, her eyes filled with anticipation.

She also really wanted to forge Kompira into Black Blade...

After glancing expectantly at Kompira, Gion turned to Gawain and continued explaining.

"The reason why Black Blade are rarer than Supreme Grade Sword is that as long as a Supreme Grade Sword swordsman meets a top-level swordsmith, a supreme grade sword can basically be produced."

But even after thousands of battles and decades of using Armament Haki to forge Black Blade, it may not be possible to complete one.

I even suspect that the appearance of the Black Blade is related to the swordsman's own spiritual level.

In terms of swordsmanship, whether it's me, Rayleigh, or Shanks, we've all almost reached a peak.

But among us, only Mihawk mastered the Black Blade, and relying on Black Blade advantage, he always surpassed us in swordsmanship by a level.

How do we differ from Mihawk?

Just because he has eyes like a hawk doesn't mean he can master the art of Black Blade, does it?

The only difference between us is our spiritual level!

Gion let out a long sigh.

"After all, on this vast ocean, only Mihawk is a top swordsman who is truly a person who has no desires or wants other than the way of the sword."

He was all alone, always staying in his own home.

If he goes out, he must be looking for someone worthy to fight him in swordsmanship.

Even though he became Shichibukai, it was to avoid being hunted down by our navy and disrupting his life at home.

He even traveled only in a small sampan without a sail...

The rest of us simply can't do that!

Whitebeard and Shanks both had their pursuits, and I have mine. Perhaps if our hearts weren't pure enough, we wouldn't be able to forge the Black Blade?

At this point, Gion's expression momentarily blankened, but she quickly regained her composure.

She continued speaking with utmost seriousness.

That was just my guess, and I don't even believe it myself.

In my opinion, perhaps those with purer hearts can more easily master the Black Blade, but those whose hearts are not solely devoted to the sword will simply need to spend more time!

I believe that in my lifetime, I will definitely be able to give Kompira a black coat!

As soon as she finished speaking, Gion patted her Kompira sword with a sigh.

Beside him, Gawain nodded thoughtfully, then asked softly.

"Since the Black Blade so powerful, then... what exactly makes it so strong?"

Upon hearing Gawain's question, Gion nodded slightly and answered.

"I asked Mihawk about this very point once after we sparred."

He answered me with a single gesture.

At this point, Gion suddenly drew her Kompira and slashed fiercely at the sea!

In that instant, a nearly two-kilometer-long tear appeared in the sea, and the unparalleled sword energy prevented the sea currents that had been torn apart from closing up for a long time.

At the same time, Gion said to Gawain.

"I can unleash such sword energy more than six thousand times in a row, but that's only more than six thousand times."

Mihawk's physical abilities are similar to mine, but he could unleash a sword strike like that one at least 60,000 times!

Similarly, in a battle, after I cover Kompira with the strongest Armament Haki, my Armament Haki can allow Kompira to withstand about eight thousand powerful slashes.

After that, my Armament Haki will reach its limit, making it impossible for me to protect Kompira anymore.

But Mihawk.

"If we only keep slashing at his Black Blade, his Armament Haki will never run out!"

Gion gently sheathed the Kompira sword, then spoke longingly to Gawain.

"Do you understand what I'm saying, sir?"

The Black Blade can amplify the power of the user's sword skills, allowing the user to achieve the effect of a top-level sword skill with just a single ordinary strike.

As for Armament Haki, the Black Blade is so hard that it doesn't need Armament Haki to protect its blade.

Unless the opponent is Logia Devil Fruit User, or the opponent's Armament Haki is extremely strong.

The owner of that Black Blade hardly needed to use Armament Haki for offense during battle!

Upon hearing this, Gawain suddenly recalled a scene: after Zoro obtained Shusui, whenever he unleashed a sword aura attack with all three swords simultaneously, Shusui's aura was always the largest.

The sword energy unleashed by the other two swords would always merge into the sword energy emitted by Shusui.

So this is the characteristic of Shusui —to amplify the effect of sword energy!

Gawain, lost in thought, didn't notice that Gion's eyes were gradually becoming excited.

A moment later, Gion gently licked her lips, then excitedly said to Gawain.

"My lord, it's rare to see you so curious about the life of a swordsman. How about we practice our swordsmanship a bit tonight?"

As soon as she finished speaking, without Gawain's reply, she waved her hand directly at Yi Xiao.

"Mr. Issho, since the master hasn't Awakening his Observation Haki yet, I'll just take up a little time between 8 and 10 tonight!"

Without waiting for Yixiao's reply, Gion grabbed Gawain 'Gawain arm and dragged him towards the training field.

And so, tonight, countless clanging sounds of metal being struck echoed across the sea...

During Gawain and his group's journey to Water 7...

The World Economic Journal also took about three days to distribute the latest newspaper from Morgans' printing presses all over the world to the entire ocean.

This issue of the newspaper reports on the war between Gawain and his group Whitebeard!

Near Reverse Mountain, on Twin Capes, a colossal whale named Laboon came to the beach to rest after crashing into the Red Line for a full day.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Crocus, the former ship's doctor of the Roger Pirates, returned to Twin Capes through Laboon's open mouth and began preparing various medicines.

Carrying a huge amount of medicine, Crocus returned to Laboon's side and gave Laboon a simple treatment for the wound on his head.

As he finished tending to the new injuries Laboon had sustained earlier that day, the seagull that delivered the newspaper happened to land beside him.

Crocus narrowed his eyes expectantly as he looked at the seagulls.

"Seagull, is there any news about that old man Rayleigh in today's newspaper?"

If not, I won't buy it!

Upon hearing this, the seagull immediately looked pitifully at Crocus and then nodded its head.

Upon seeing this, Crocus immediately burst into laughter.

After he finished laughing, he took out two Beli and generously stuffed them into the seagull's bag.

"Thank you for your hard work, Seagull! You've really brought me some news that I'm really interested in, haha!"

Here, I made some dried fish, I'll give it to you along with it.

Please also send me the next issue of the newspaper!

Crocus stuffed dried fish into the mouth of a seagull whose face was beaming with happiness, while taking the latest newspaper with his other hand.

After waving to the seagulls that took flight, Crocus picked up a newspaper and sat down on the sofa not far from Laboon to read it.

The newspaper cover was particularly eye-catching, showing the moment when Gawain and Whitebeard's Conqueror's Haki clashed.

The photos perfectly capture the moments when the Dark Bird Ship and Moby Dick disintegrated.

The photo also captures the sea and sky in the background.

The shattered clouds in the sky and the sea near the Dark Bird Ship and Moby Dick, which looked as if it had been struck by a meteorite, filled this photo with a sense of power and awe!

Looking at this photo, Crocus frowned in surprise.

"Damn it, after nineteen years, Rayleigh's Conqueror's Conqueror's Haki has become this terrifyingly strong?"

After speaking, Crocus continued flipping through the newspaper.

Since this was a special newspaper temporarily printed by Morgans, this issue was entirely about the battle between the Dark Bird Group and the Whitebeard Pirates.

Besides the cover, this issue of the newspaper also featured nearly thirty photos of various sizes.

This includes photos of Gawain's Conqueror's Haki completely overwhelming Whitebeard, photos of Whitebeard's earthquake causing the sea to surge, photos of him summoning a meteor with a smile, and photos of the meteor being shattered.

Of course, there are also distant photos of Rayleigh and Whitebeard fighting.

After Crocus finished reading the entire newspaper, he nodded in understanding.

"I knew it! This wasn't Rayleigh's Conqueror's Haki. Even Roger's Conqueror's Haki wouldn't reach this level!"

However, the Saint Gawain mentioned in the newspaper...

Crocus frowned deeply.

"How can a Celestial Dragon cultivate such terrifying Conqueror's Haki?"

"Can true heroes be born from garbage?"

After a moment of confusion, Crocus picked up a pair of scissors and trimmed the newspaper slightly.

He said with a smile as he cut the fabric.

"But it doesn't matter. I'm just Roger's doctor. I don't care whether the ocean develops according to Roger's plan or not."

And even Rayleigh made his choice.

Well... haha, this Gawain is at least as interesting as Roger, right?

At this point, Crocus cut out the photo from the newspaper of Rayleigh clashing with Whitebeard.

After carefully framing the photos in his album, Crocus crumpled the newspaper into a ball and casually tossed it into the sea.

The newspaper swayed far in the sea breeze before finally falling into the sea and disappearing completely.

Crocus, with an expression full of reminiscence, flipped through his photo album.

At that moment, he seemed to see Roger's smile again, Rayleigh's boastful demeanor, and Gaban fighting Rayleigh.

He even saw the ridiculous sight of him and Roger fighting until they broke the ship's side and fell into the sea.

As he looked around, Crocus's gaze fell on Rayleigh, whom he had just added to his photo album.

He rubbed his old eyes and murmured something with emotion.

"I see news about you in the newspapers again, but it's not about your arrest."

And then I saw you raise your fists at the whole world, with excited smiles on your faces..."

Crocus tilted his head back, wiping away his tears with a blissful expression. Looking at the spotless sky, he exhaled a long breath.

"This is wonderful..."

Meanwhile, at the same time that Twin Capes received the newspaper, in the most chaotic seas of the New World...

A seagull, wearing a bulletproof vest and helmet, carefully dodged stray bullets and hovered over the harbor where the Red Fox was docked.

Meanwhile, at the port, Shanks pulled Gryphon off the corpse he had been trampling on.

Shanks flicked his blade lightly, looked up at the sky, and then called out to his busy companions.

"Our flag can now be raised on this island; the war should end."

Now, let's make room for the seagulls to perch.

"Alright, Shanks, I'm getting started!"

Not far away, Raki Lu responded while raising the pig leg in his hand, then stomped his foot on the ground.

Instantly, the piles of corpses and wounded around him were sent flying far away by his kick.

After clearing a space, Raki Lou flashed a childlike, sunny smile and shouted to the seagulls in the sky.

"Hey, you newspaper-delivering seabird, you might as well land here with me!"

Upon hearing Raki Lu's words, the trembling seagulls began to slowly descend.

Shortly afterward, Shanks folded up the newspaper he had read and handed it to Ben Beckman and Yasopp, who were waiting nearby.

As the two of them read the newspaper, Shanks murmured softly, recalling Gawain's photo.

"So he's a Celestial Dragon with Conqueror's Haki..."

I have to get another nucleic acid test. When will this ever end?

I don't know if you've seen our news, but I'm from Dandong.

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