This Is Zoro

Seeing this, Ener did not dodge. Instead, he charged straight into the bullets. With Observation Haki, he could completely predict the path of every bullet.

Thus, he weaved through the gunfire without a scratch and rushed toward them at high speed.

"How is that possible?!"

The Bloody Hand Pirates' vice-captain could not help widening his eyes, his gaze filled with horror. Among the pirates of the East Blue—

When facing bullets, they either dodged or used something to block them!

Or they parried them with blades!

A scene like someone weaving through a barrage of bullets had never happened before.

"Whoosh..."

In the blink of an eye, Ener had reached them. He swung the Flame Dragon in his hand. "One-Sword Style—Flame Tornado!"

He spun rapidly, his entire body whirling like a top.

The Flame Dragon in his hand generated a fierce wind, while searing heat burst from its blade. A fiery tornado quickly formed around him.

It swept the nearby men into the air and ignited their clothes.

When Ener stopped his attack, the pirates had become blazing fireballs that crashed down like meteors.

Having dealt with this side, Ener pushed off with both legs and leaped onto the other pirate ship. The slaughter began once more...

"Sail! Sail! Get the ship moving!"

The pirates on both sides had been scared out of their wits by the three of them. Were these really Marines?

They were more brutal than pirates—absolutely ruthless.

Not a single survivor had been left so far.

If they did not flee now, they would be the next to die...

By the time the battle ended, only six pirate ships remained in the harbor. All the other pirates had fled.

"Ah..."

When the three gathered together, Ener could not help sighing. In the end, he had not yet reached the level of a Master Swordsman. Otherwise, a flying slash could have cut those pirate ships in half.

Then how could he have let those pirates escape?

The three did not immediately enter the island. Instead, they sat at the harbor to recover their strength. After all, the real battle was still ahead.

After they had rested for a while, Daniel, who had been using binoculars aboard the Warship to watch the island, suddenly shouted a warning. "Captain Ener, be careful! Someone is heading this way..."

"Oh?"

Ener, Lina, and Gin immediately went on guard and looked toward the interior of the island.

Soon, someone entered their field of vision.

He had short green hair, a dark green bandana tied around his left arm, a white T-shirt on his upper body, a green haramaki around his waist, dark green pants, and black boots.

Most notably, three swords hung at his waist.

As he drew closer, they could even see three gold, teardrop-shaped earrings dangling from his left ear.

"Holy shit..."

Ener's eyes widened. He recognized him at a glance—his favorite character from One Piece, Roronoa Zoro.

He had never expected to meet him here.

But after thinking about it, it made perfect sense. Zoro was currently a bounty hunter, and this was a gathering place for pirates.

What better place could there be to hunt pirates?

But then Mok's pupils suddenly contracted. Zoro had clearly just gone through a fierce battle. Not only was he injured—

He was even carrying a head in his hand. Blood still dripped from it, making it obvious that it had only just been severed.

Mok could not help recalling Zoro's original introduction.

A demon-like bounty hunter.

That was right. This was Zoro. This was the real world.

A bounty hunter was not a Marine. If he could take a head, why would he capture someone alive?

He could collect the bounty with a head, so why drag around dead weight?

If something went wrong on the way, he might even be killed in a moment of carelessness. After all, these pirates all had blood on their hands.

They were not lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

And at that moment, Zoro seemed like an Asura who had walked out of hell. His presence was utterly intimidating.

Calling him a demon-like bounty hunter was not an exaggeration in the slightest.

But Ener's gaze soon shifted behind Zoro. Seven people were frantically chasing after him...

Among them were the four pirate captains Daniel had listed, each with bounties exceeding ten million. The other three had bounties of several million. Clearly, this bounty hunter had successfully killed one of them in this pirate gathering place.

It was a blatant slap in the face!

If they let this guy leave Black Thorn Island today, they might as well stop showing their faces in the East Blue.

"Hm?"

As Ener noticed them, Zoro and the pirates also noticed Ener's group of three.

Both sides froze for a moment.

However, their reactions were completely different. Zoro was a bounty hunter. Although he had a notorious reputation, precisely because he was a bounty hunter... he was not hostile toward the Marines.

After all, he had never accepted missions in the underworld to hunt Marines.

But the men behind him turned deathly pale. Even their pupils trembled violently!

Their pursuit faltered, and they slowed down. Even an idiot could see it—their companions left aboard the pirate ships had all been dealt with.

Zoro quickly rushed up to Ener, Lina, and Gin, then tossed the head over. "Black Bear Pirates, Captain Black Bear!"

"You're Marines. I can collect the bounty from you, right?"

Zoro was in a very good mood right now. He had already been prepared to jump into the sea and escape, but he had not expected to encounter Marines here.

And after collecting this bounty, he could buy two good swords. Of the three swords he currently had, aside from the Wado Ichimonji his master had given him, the others were the most ordinary blades.

They simply could not withstand his full strength. After only a few battles, they would break.

Gin and Lina exchanged a glance, then both looked Zoro over before glancing at the head rolling on the ground.

They could not help feeling wary.

After all, Black Bear, captain of the Black Bear Pirates, had a bounty as high as sixteen million Beli.

Ener, however, smiled. "Of course..."

Then his gaze fell on the pirates behind Zoro. "But do you want to work together?"

"What do you mean?" Zoro asked, somewhat puzzled.

Ener said, "Those pirates all have decent bounties. As a bounty hunter, don't you have any thoughts about that?"

At those words, Zoro turned to look at the pirates who had been chasing him.

The corners of his mouth lifted slightly into a cold smile.

It was not a bad suggestion.

If he killed another one, the bounty alone would be enough to buy two famous swords. Of course, that was assuming he could find them.

But in the end, his gaze settled on Blood Butcher, captain of the Bloody Hand Pirates. "Blood Butcher is mine."

Just as expected of Zoro!

He had killed Black Bear, who had the second-highest bounty, and now he had immediately set his sights on Blood Butcher, the one with the highest bounty.