Pirate: I Became a Legend by Seeing Proficiency

"He's that strong? Isn't he a Shichibukai?"

Dongze shrugged helplessly. "Yeah. I didn't expect it either!"

"But he's going to get even stronger!"

As he spoke, Dongze's gaze grew distant, as though he had glimpsed a corner of the future: a figure who had grasped Sword Intent and was cutting a swath across the seas.

Whatever came to mind made Dongze's lips curl into a smile. He chuckled. "That makes it more interesting, doesn't it?"

A Conversation with Hawkeye, and Ambition

On Kihobil Island, inside a European-style castle, Hawkeye studied Dongze across from him. A trace of doubt flickered in his hawk-like eyes.

"What is this?"

A small, dark sword lay before him. He could tell it was no ordinary weapon; a faint chill radiated from it.

It was the same power he had sensed when the sea froze earlier, the power that had made him think for a moment that Admiral Aokiji was there.

"As you can see, it's a small sword imbued with Sword Intent."

"What exactly are you trying to do?"

Hawkeye paused at Dongze's words, then asked again.

"I want to spread Swordsmanship throughout the world."

Dongze drained the red wine before him and said it as though it were nothing.

But the words made Hawkeye's pupils tremble. Spread Swordsmanship throughout the world? His first thought was that Dongze had gone mad.

Yet when he looked into Dongze's deep eyes, he saw no joke. Dongze truly intended to do it.

"You must have some sense of how profound Sword Intent is by now. I have several more swords like this, each holding a different Sword Intent I've discovered. As I sail in the future, I'll scatter them across the world."

"You're serious?"

Swordsmen tended to be quiet, and often solitary. Hawkeye spoke little, and every question