Lott was not at all surprised that Hawkeye possessed Conqueror's Haki.
With swordsmanship or Armament Haki alone, and no Devil Fruit ability, becoming the world's greatest was bound to be impossible.
Coupled with Hawkeye's proud, composed personality, his possession of Conqueror's Haki made sense.
At the same time, Lott could not help marveling at the presence Hawkeye displayed.
The feeling Hawkeye gave him was hardly inferior to any of the Four Emperors.
If he had an Emperor's crew at his disposal, he would certainly have a place among the Four Emperors of the New World.
After all, in the original story, his Wanted Poster had carried a bounty as high as 3.59 billion! That was a full-fledged Emperor's bounty.
Likewise, Lott already had an idea of how Zoro's battle with Hawkeye would end.
Hawkeye suddenly exerted more force, and Zoro flew backward like a streak of light.
Boom!
With a tremendous crash, Zoro's body shot away like a cannonball.
He was about to slam into an enormous cross-shaped gravestone.
He hurriedly twisted in midair and planted both feet against the gravestone, finally stopping his backward flight.
Zoro could not help grinning as he shouted, "That hit the spot! Again!"
Then he kicked off the air several times, his entire body shrouded in green Demon Aura and Haki.
Hawkeye also abandoned his defensive stance, bending his knees slightly and stamping hard against the ground.
The tremendous force blasted an incredibly terrifying crater straight into the earth.
At the same time, he shot toward Zoro like an arrow loosed from its bow.
He gripped the Black Blade, Yoru, in both hands, coating it in Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki.
Countless bolts of red-and-black lightning instantly streamed from the entire blade. "Come, Roronoa Zoro. Let me see your strength!"
Zoro shifted his stance