Tens of thousands of lightning bolts descended from the sky, illuminating the entire region until it seemed like Hell of Thunder. A spectacle on this scale naturally could not escape the senses of some of the powerful figures currently in Wano Country.
On the outskirts of the Flower Capital, Shanks, who was in the middle of crossing swords with Hawkeye, suddenly turned his head and looked toward the distant lightning with a laugh. "What a huge scene. That's the little girl who ate the Goro Goro no Mi, right?"
Two old men in their thirties did indeed have the right to call Ringo Ameyuri, who was only in her teens, a little girl.
"Mm. She has great potential."
Hawkeye spoke very seriously, and emphasized once again, "They all have great potential."
"I see. Is that why you're willing to stay in Wano Country? To raise yourself a group of future opponents?"
Shanks asked.
"Not entirely..."
Hawkeye shook his head slightly. "The main reason I stayed is Araki. In him, I saw the possibility of taking myself one step further."
"The possibility of taking one step further?"
Shanks said in shock, "No way. Your swordsmanship is already the best in the world. Even if Whitebeard came back to life, his strength might be above yours, but if we're talking about swordsmanship alone, he couldn't possibly be your match."
"Hmph. Of course you wouldn't understand."
Hearing this, Hawkeye looked at Shanks's severed arm with some disdain. "A man who couldn't even keep the hand he uses to hold a sword..."
Originally, he had expected to climb to the peak of the sword with Shanks, only for this guy to make a trip to East Blue and somehow lose his dominant hand...
Although Shanks was still very strong now, if judging only by