The Dashing Swordsman

Rayleigh had nothing left to say. That damned Gaban—why did he tell everyone everything? Rayleigh was starting to suspect Gaban had even told Ryan about the Final Island, Laugh Tale.

"Ah." Rayleigh sighed. "I don't have an Eternal Pose to Wano, but I know roughly where it is. It's in the latter half of the New World, beyond Charlotte Big Mom's territory, the Totto Land Kingdom, and before the Giant Tribe's kingdom, Elbaf!" [That's right, Elbaf comes after Wano. I'm calling it now, and I'm not afraid to be proven wrong!]

"Got it." Hawkeye turned to leave.

"Mihawk, where are you going?" Ryan called after him before he had taken more than a few steps.

"To Wano, to challenge every swordsman under heaven! When I return, you and I will settle things once and for all!"

For some reason, Ryan saw the fire of adolescent grandiosity burning in Mihawk's eyes.

"How are you getting there?"

"I... I'll take a boat!" Mihawk hesitated for a long while before answering Ryan's piercing question.

"Are you planning to build another coffin boat and paddle there with your Supreme Grade Sword?"

"Hahaha!" Hawkeye had yet to reply, but Rayleigh burst out laughing. He could already picture it.

Out at sea, a stern swordsman sat atop a coffin with candles burning on it. Supreme Grade Sword in hand, he stared resolutely ahead and paddled with painstaking care toward the distant horizon.

If the weather turned nasty, the swordsman would climb inside the coffin and seal it shut until the seas calmed. Then some unsuspecting soul would find the coffin floating on the water and open it, only to be greeted not by treasure, but by the swordsman's slash!

Ignoring Rayleigh, who was lost in his imagination, Hawkeye asked Ryan, "Then what do you suggest?"

"Wait