Chapter 234: Strengthening Training (12)
Chapter 233: Strengthening Training
"Tch." Zoro clicked his tongue, then drew his three swords.
Seventeen-year-old Zoro was still two years away from meeting Luffy, but he was already worlds apart from the nineteen-year-old youth in the original story.
He had begun training Haki in a more systematic manner, rather than foolishly honing nothing but his physical strength like the idiot he had once been.
Without the right technique, no matter how great your strength was, you could not cut steel. But Zoro could now cut iron with ease, because his teacher Koshiro had given him further guidance, while Hawk Eyes had allowed him to directly understand the gap between himself and the world's strongest swordsmen.
That was why he was now stronger than the version of himself from the original story who had crossed several islands of the Grand Line.
But he was not as stubbornly set on never hitting women as Sanji. In fact, Amazon's female warriors often sparred with him. His strength had thoroughly captivated them. If Tashigi had not been keeping watch nearby, he would probably have long since been dragged into one or several female warriors' rooms.
Zoro, whose heart was devoted solely to becoming stronger, would never look down on any opponent—especially one Leo had designated for him.
Leo had a strange ability. The opponents he assigned always happened to be evenly matched with them, yet difficult enough that they could only narrowly win. He had almost never misjudged. For example, when fighting Ace, he had arranged for Amazon's female warriors to battle the Spade Pirates. When facing Enel, Ace had actually acted on his own; only after Ace failed to take down the enemy did Leo have the Empress step in.
Later, people such as Tashigi, Nami, and Zoro