One Piece: The Magician

Chapter 276 Sauron’s old friend

On the Golden Meili, two young swordsmen who had not seen each other for a long time were reminiscing about the past.

The two of them drank wine and drank wine, and there were several empty wine bottles scattered on the deck. It looked like they were having a great time chatting.

"Huh, the rum on this island tastes really good." Zoro burped with satisfaction and wiped the corners of his mouth.

"Hahaha, you are still such a good drinker."

The purple-haired young man sitting opposite filled Sauron's wine glass and said with a smile: "The wines I bought are just street goods. Those real fine wines are all for auction, and I can't afford them. "

While holding the wine glass, Zoro quietly looked at the face of the purple-haired young man. The weather-beaten and resolute face gradually overlapped with the childhood friend in his memory, making Zoro couldn't help but look back with a look of reminiscence.

"I never expected that I would meet you here, Saka."

Saka and Zoro practiced together in Koushiro's sword dojo when they were young. Apart from Kuina, who has passed away, the green-haired swordsman's best friend was Saka.

The two of them were active together as bounty hunters in the East China Sea, but in an accident, Saka lost a right hand while trying to save Sauron. After that, Sauron never saw his friend again until today.

"Yes, fate always likes to play tricks on people."

Saka chuckled. He raised his head and looked at the top of the mast of the Mellie. The black skull and crossbones flag wearing a straw hat was flapping in the sea breeze.

"And I never thought that the most famous person in the East China Sea would now become a pirate with a bounty of 6300 million Baileys."

"I really don't know what Master, the old man, will think after seeing your reward order."

"Uh" Zoro was speechless for a moment. He remembered that his friend was quite prejudiced against pirates, so the green-haired swordsman took a sip of wine and asked:

"What about you? Are you still a bounty hunter? And"

Zoro once again shifted his gaze to the opponent's right hand wearing a black leather glove: "What's wrong with your right hand?"

"Oh, you said that."

Saka took off his leather gloves and rolled up his sleeves, revealing a mechanical arm that shone with metallic luster. The sci-fi prosthetic made the green-haired swordsman raise his eyebrows.

"Zoron, I wonder if you have heard of the Falconi family."

"" A certain green algae head's expression suddenly became wonderful. He said to himself, not only have I heard that, not long ago, the long nose on our ship killed the eldest son of this family with a slingshot.

Saka did not notice anything strange about Sauron and continued to explain: "This mechanical armor is the latest product developed by the Falconi family. Its wrist strength is fifty times that of ordinary people."

Sauron looked surprised. It is amazing to know that the wrist strength of a fish-man is ten times that of a human being, but this mechanical armor is actually five times that of a fish-man. How terrifying is that power?

"And I relied on the powerful power of the mechanical armor and my own swordsmanship to become the naval lieutenant colonel of the G2 branch."

Kacha Saka clenched his mechanical right hand hard, and the powerful force squeezed the air in his palm with a dull explosion.

"That means you are now a marine."

Sauron looked at his childhood friend with very complicated eyes and whispered: "Then you came here this time to catch me and my companions?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the original harmonious atmosphere of love and affection on the Meili disappeared in an instant. There was a faint smell of gunpowder in the air. It seemed that in the next second, there would be a flash of swords and swords between these two old friends who were drinking and chatting happily.

""

Saka took a sip of wine and didn't answer. He glanced at Sauron's waist without trace, and found that this guy actually kept the knife close to his body when meeting his old friends.

The purple-haired young man suddenly recalled this sentence in his mind. This was the teaching Koushiro gave to several of their apprentices when they were in the sword dojo.

Feeling the powerful power from the mechanical armor, Saka couldn't help but reveal a mysterious smile. Then he drank the wine in the cup and said with a smile:

"How could it be? I didn't know I would meet you here. I came to Hannabal for other tasks."

"Oh, that's it." Zoro immediately relaxed after hearing this and grinned.

The atmosphere on deck returned to harmony.

"By the way, Zoro. Isn't your dream to become the world's greatest swordsman?"

Saka suddenly remembered something: "I got information that the world's greatest swordsman Hawkeye seemed to have gone to the East China Sea a while ago."

"Well, I know, I challenged him at that time." Zoro said calmly.

"What?" The purple-haired swordsman doubted his ears.

Zoro silently lifted up his clothes. On the angular muscles, the huge scar that almost split the entire body in two was shocking.

Saka took a breath. Even if he didn't see it with his own eyes, he could imagine what a tragic battle his friend went through when he saw the scar.

"At that time, was it the first time you felt that you were so weak?" Saka filled their glasses with rum one after another, and Saka's eyes were a little blurry.

Zoro took a sip of wine and nodded.

"Haha, I felt the same way at the time."

Saka gave a bitter smile, looked at his mechanical right hand, and murmured: "When I first entered the Grand Line, I sadly discovered that I was nothing in the navy."

"I also tried hard. My right hand was gone, so I practiced sword fighting with my left hand, but no matter how hard I tried, there was no success at all. It wasn't until Dr. Ziegler installed this mechanical armor on me that I regained my life."

"She is really a genius," Saka said with excitement, and his gratitude to Dr. Ziegler was beyond words.

"Angel sounds very powerful."

Zoro was a little unconcerned. After all, he had seen a large group of "angels" with wings when he was on the empty island.

"Yes, she is very powerful. Even though Dr. Ziegler is a woman, her medical skills are very superb, and she is also the leading scientific researcher of the Falconi family."

Saka said seriously: "And it is said that there is a ninja from Wano in the Navy Headquarters. He is on the verge of death, and most of his organs are necrotic, but Dr. Ziegler miraculously revives him. And he was transformed into a powerful cyborg through mechanical armor technology."

"Let me give you some advice, Zoro." The purple-haired swordsman suddenly changed his tone. He considered his words and continued:

"Just like the example I gave before, there are actually many ways to become stronger. You don't have to be so rigid all the time."

"Steady Saka, what are you talking about?" Zoro frowned slightly.

"What I mean is that if you want to become stronger, you don't necessarily have to work hard to improve your swordsmanship. I know this firsthand."

As he spoke, Saka raised his mechanical right hand: "A powerful weapon, a devil fruit, or installing a mechanical armor like me can quickly make a qualitative leap in your strength. Since you can use external force to compare Cultivation is more efficient, so why bother to stick to it?"

"enough"

Sauron suddenly interrupted Saka with a dark face: "Saka, my dream is to become the world's greatest swordsman, yes, but if I rely on an invincible sword and a hand made of iron, I can If I can defeat Hawkeye, then I would rather not be the best in the world."

The three-sword swordsman raised his head and stared directly at his friend whom he had not seen for many years. He suddenly felt that the other person was so strange.

"It seems that you have really forgotten Master Koshiro's teachings back then. The true power of a swordsman is not the sword in his hand."

"Haha, you are still so stubborn." Saka couldn't help but feel a little angry when he saw that the other party didn't appreciate his kind advice at all.

He shook his head, then stood up and walked slowly towards the ladder. As he walked, he said without looking back:

"Zoron, considering that you and I have known each other for many years, I will give you one last piece of advice: Never participate in that, and leave this island with your companions as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, I will use the sword in my hand to make you understand how vulnerable you and Master believe in."

The green-haired swordsman quietly watched his childhood friend's figure drifting away, feeling very depressed.

Because Zoro knew very well in his heart that just as the past time would not go back, his best friend from childhood would never come back.

"Tch, come on, I'm afraid you're a kid."

Zoro showed his trademark evil smile, then raised his head and drank down the rum in the glass. .

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