One Piece: Seeing Proficiency, I Became a Legend

"Absolutely true. I wouldn't lie to you over a wooden-handled sword!"

After saying that, Hawkeye swept his gaze over everyone present, a strange gleam flashing in his eyes. His look sent an involuntary shiver through them all.

Suddenly, their hearts grew heavy, and they stepped back in terror. Every one of them had imagined the same dreadful possibility: if Hawkeye suddenly started killing, none of them would have any chance to resist.

As the saying went, wealth tempted the heart. Every one of them wanted that wooden sword now, so how much more must Hawkeye want it?

Suddenly, Hawkeye asked, "Did Dongze give this to you personally?"

Zoro paused, then asked curiously, "Who else could snatch something from that guy?"

Hearing that, Hawkeye understood at once. He withdrew his earlier gaze, then said softly, "Boy, do you know what this wooden sword represents?"

Zoro said nothing.

Hawkeye chuckled. "Perhaps here in the East Blue, you don't know the weight the name Dongze carries. But once you reach the Grand Line, and especially the New World, you'll discover just how dazzling that name is—and how heavy!"

"He pioneered an entirely new path of swordsmanship! An Emperor who nearly sank the Holy Land Mary Geoise into the sea. With a single call of 'Swords, come!' he summoned millions of flying swords, like dark clouds hanging over the sky, and sank half of Whole Cake Island, the territory of Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors..."

"This wooden sword is the key to that new path of swordsmanship, a ticket to standing at the pinnacle of the seas! That's why countless people fight over them! Marines and pirates alike all hope to own one. Even the World Government has taken an interest!"

"Of course, I have one too! He gave it to me