Roronoa Zoro

A certain sea area in the East Blue.

Seagulls chirped joyfully as the warm, gentle morning sun shone down upon a small sailboat.

The sea breeze blew steadily, the waves crashed rhythmically, and a muscular, shirtless man swung his blade incessantly. Large beads of sweat dripped from his body onto the deck, forming a dark pattern.

Hard training alone is ultimately inferior; one must engage in life-and-death battles to rapidly improve one's strength!

Daddy sheathed Sandai Kitetsu, grabbed a towel to wipe his body, and casually picked up a bottle of water to gulp down. With his throat bobbing continuously, the bottle was soon emptied.

He took out Baba Yuba's Two-Color Haki Training Manual and continued his study. Armament Haki could be trained through sheer repetition to constantly enhance physical fitness, but Observation Haki required a partner or a dangerous island filled with beasts for rigorous practice.

However, the best way was still to engage in life-and-death struggles with enemies to master it at a faster pace!

Currently, Daddy could only blindfold himself and rely on dodging dozens of iron balls swinging from the ceiling to conduct preliminary training for his Observation Haki.

But the results were not very good; after all, the speed of these iron balls was too slow, and they lacked intent.

Daddy turned the sails and manipulated the rudder to control the direction of the small sailboat, then began to cook his own meal.

This is too much of a waste of time. I must find a few subordinates as soon as possible!

While eating, Daddy checked the newspaper. This was a local East Blue paper, not the global publication issued by Morgans' World Economic Journal.

However, these local presses also cooperated with Morgans and had channels to receive the News Coo delivery service; they even seemed to have the shadow of the World Government behind them.

Regardless of which paper it was, Daddy would buy a copy; he would not be stingy with the Berries, as newspapers were his only source of information for now.

Currently, he had neither his own intelligence network nor any allies or partners.

Daddy took out a stack of East Blue bounty posters and looked at the wanted criminals on them. They were all small-time losers, but they could all serve as sacrifices to feed Sandai Kitetsu.

Slaughter could increase the cursed aura of a Cursed Blade, and Armament Haki could nurture and temper a blade into a Black Blade. He wanted to try and forge a Black Blade himself.

Some famous blades were already at the level of Wazamono or Great Wazamono the moment they were forged, starting from a very high point.

Other blades, however, were forged by their masters from ordinary swords into famous Black Blades through countless battles and the tempering of Armament Haki.

In the Wano Country arc, Gyukimaru had said that the Black Blade Shusui was a blade that Shimotsuki Ryuma had tempered into a Black Blade through a lifetime of battles!

When Hawkeye Mihawk taught Zoro to coat his blade in Armament Haki, he also said, "All blades can become Black Blades!"

Daddy continued to look through the bounty posters. He couldn't find the wandering pirate crews for the time being; only those with established territories could be located with certainty.

In fact, there was one thing Daddy couldn't figure out: why didn't Smoker the White Hunter go to arrest pirate crews that held territory, like Arlong or Buggy the Clown?

If Arlong relied on bribing Captain Nezumi and colluding with the Marines to evade capture, then Buggy the Clown occupied Orange Town, yet no Marines went to deal with him either.

Could it be that the Marine branches had strict regulations preventing them from crossing jurisdictions to arrest criminals?

Otherwise, how could Captain Nezumi in the 16th Branch and Captain Morgan in the 153rd Branch act like local tyrants, completely lawless?

Smoker was also a branch captain in Loguetown. In terms of rank and position, they were peers, so even if there was a massive gap in strength, they still had no authority to interfere in areas under another's jurisdiction.

Later, Smoker defied his superiors' orders, forcibly left his post in Loguetown, and entered the Grand Line to pursue the Straw Hat Pirates.

If it hadn't been for the fact that he picked up the scraps in Alabasta and Marine Headquarters gave Smoker the credit for arresting the Shichibukai Crocodile, Smoker's rank would likely have been demoted several levels.

After all, repeatedly disobeying orders and abandoning one's post were major taboos in the Marines.

If branch captains can only operate within their own jurisdiction, then the Marines from Headquarters seem to be able to enter the Four Blues to arrest pirates!

Daddy remembered that the Headquarters Lieutenant Fullbody was able to enter the East Blue to pursue the remnants of the Krieg Pirates, and even captured Gin the Man-Demon, holding him for several days.

Forget it, the Marines' business is none of my concern! I'll find a few pirate crews to practice on first, then find some subordinates!

Daddy continued to steer the small sailboat forward, heading toward Buggy the Clown's territory, Orange Town. Besides the fact that Buggy had a relatively fixed base, he was also very interested in this former apprentice of the Pirate King!

However, things did not go as planned. Just after he adjusted his course according to the East Blue map, he discovered a pirate ship quietly appearing behind him. It pursued him directly and even fired cannons at Daddy's small sailboat.

Daddy was not panicked; he was actually a little excited. He hadn't expected a practice dummy to deliver itself to his doorstep.

He immediately turned the boat and blocked the cannonballs. The pirates on the other side seemed to realize that Daddy might be a bit formidable, so they stopped firing and slowed down.

Daddy quickly pulled the sails and turned to chase after the pirate ship. They wanted to leave after blowing up his boat? Not a chance!

The next moment, another small boat appeared rapidly from the right. There were only three people on it, but one of them had a particularly eye-catching head of green hair.

"It's him!!!"

Daddy's eyes lit up. He had actually encountered the moss-head Roronoa Zoro; what a coincidence!

Wasn't this the kind of powerful, loyal crewmate with infinite potential that he needed?

At this moment, on the Tulip Pirates' ship, a long-faced man wearing a blue jumpsuit with a pink sash tied around his waist, carrying two long swords and sporting a purple tulip on his head, looked somewhat panicked with his hands on his hilts.

He was the captain of this pirate ship, Rika, a small-time pirate from the East Blue with a bounty of only eight million.

"Captain! That guy over there looks like the Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro! Let's run!"

A pirate underling with a yellow tulip on his head hurriedly advised his captain.

He saw the green-haired Pirate Hunter rowing frantically, and that small boat was approaching them at high speed. The speed of his rowing sent splashes several meters high, showing the opponent's immense strength.

"What... what are you afraid of! There are only three of them! Fire the cannons and blast them to pieces!!"

Captain Rika ordered immediately, though a few cold beads of sweat appeared on his face. After all, he had heard of the reputation of the East Blue's Pirate Hunter.

"This is bad! Captain, the sailboat we just attacked is also charging toward us at high speed!"

The pirate lackey carrying a cannon barrel shouted; all the shells he had just fired had been blocked by the person opposite him, and it was clear at a glance that the opponent was also an expert.

Roronoa Zoro was the same right now, standing on the bow of the ship and easily slicing through their cannonballs.

Seeing the two ships closing in from both sides, the Tulip Pirates had no choice but to turn and flee frantically, cursing their luck for running into two experts on the same day.

.You are reading "One Piece: I Open Susanoo with the Barrier-Barrier Fruit" by the great Great Wildfire.