"...The Hawk-Eye!"
Zoro heard the name, was a little surprised, suddenly got up, and his eyes fell straight on the man in the corner.
Hands on the knife, unconsciously tightly.
"What happened to Zoro?" Some people have a doubt.
Reiner doesn't know what he's going to do, but
"The power gap is too big to stop him." Reiner couldn't help thinking.
He doesn't guarantee that the story will develop the same as it did if Zoro hangs straight here.
However, when he looked up and saw Zoro's resolute eyes, he gave up the idea of blocking again.
This is Zoro's own way, and even if he persuades Zoro, he will certainly not listen.
The Hawk-Eye went straight to the door, without looking at the burning Zoro.
"Wait a minute!" Zoro exclaimed, "You are the world's largest sword."
He pointed a knife at the Hawk-Eye: "I'm going to challenge you!"
"I'm not interested in the weak."
The Hawk-Eye opened lightly and walked out of the door.
"There's no bastard in the eyes!" Zoro gritted his teeth and chased out.
"Hello, Zoro!" Nami shouted hurriedly, looking at a few people, "You go to stop him; did you not hear each other cut off the pirate ship?"
"No, Nami." Luffy also put down his food at this time and said seriously, "I promised Zoro that it would not be an obstacle for him."
"Oh, let's go." Reiner sighed and got up and went to the door.
Several cooks stood in the same place and then immediately ran to the back cook.
"Hey, come out and see! The guest at the table is going to challenge the Hawk-Eye!"
"Really fake!"
"Wait a minute, isn't that a famous bounty hunter?"
"It's really him, Roronoa Zoro!"
The kitchen was full of people, and they came out of the restaurant.
Sanji looked strange, put down the kitchen utensils in his hand, and walked out. "Really, what is the situation of this group? Do you like dueling so much?"
On the outside deck of the restaurant, Zoro stopped Hawk-Eye, and the words of Luffy had bitten in his mouth.
His purpose in the sea was to find the man in front of him.
Defeat him, let his reputation ring through the sea, and complete the agreement he made that year.
There was never before in Zoro's eyes.
"I appreciate your look, and if so, exercise after dinner."
The Hawk-Eye said, taking off the cross from his chest, and pulling out a knife, "I have no smaller knife, come on."
On the second-floor deck, in addition to the few Reiner people, there was also a station full of Baratie chefs headed by Sanji, who looked at the showdown with all looks of anticipation.
"The world's largest sword hero vs. Roronoa Zoro!"
"I didn't expect to see a showdown at that level."
"I can't imagine what it's like to fight."
All the chefs looked down, and they only knew that both sides were strong, but how strong they had no specific concept.
Because their strength is far less than the level of any one of them, they can only rely on reputation to make judgments, and Zoro's reputation in this East Blue is not small.
However,
Three minutes later.
"Injuries on the back!"
"It's a shame for the swordsmen!"
"..."
Wouldn't it be polite to laugh now?
For this famous scene, Reiner felt good and funny, and his eyes were worried at the same time; he could not help but admire Zoro a little.
Hawk-Eye pulled out the Yoru and ended the battle with the last blow.
With his back to Zoro, who fell to the ground, the Hawk-Eyed idleness left, leaving only one sentence:
"Go and be stronger, Roronoa, and I will wait for you on the throne of the first sword."
Zoro, who was lying on the deck, covered his face and raised a fist to the sky:
Before defeating him! I will never lose again!"
It's like listening to everyone in the room.
It's like swearing an oath to someone in heaven who doesn't exist.
At the end of the showdown, Reiner and Usopp rushed down and lifted up Zoro, who had fallen to the ground.
A person's mouth is shocking, spreading from the top right side to the whole upper body.
Reiner jumped back into the boat to find the wound, and the two were bandaged for Zoro.
At the same time at the restaurant door.
"That idiot is your partner; why don't you stop him?" Sanji lit a cigarette and asked on the side of Luffy.
Luffy looked at Sanji. "That is his dream; Zoro has his own way."
"Do you need to go this way?" Sanji looked up and spit a sip of smoke, lightly saying, "Dream, this kind of nihilistic thing, worth gambling on life?"
"That's why it's called a dream." Luffy's tone was gentle and firm. "Don't you have anything worth gambling on life in your heart?"
"Things that block life."
Close your eyes against the wall, and then say, "Have you ever heard of the All Blue?"
"The All Blue?"
"It is a legend that brings together a sea of all the fish in the four seas.
"It is said that somewhere in the Grand Line, when the old man dies, I will go to the Grand Line, and even if it takes a lifetime, I will find the ocean."
Luffy couldn't help but look at Sanji, suddenly showing a strange expression. "Greetings, we also want to enter; we're just missing a cook. You come with us!"
"No, I have a reason to stay here."
"What, don't you mean going to the Grand Line?"
On the third-floor deck, Zeff leaned his hands against the guardrail, looked down at Sanji and Luffy below, and, his mouth slightly raised, muttered:
"Smile very well, boy; maybe you'll be on the boat you're worth getting on."
Reiner helped Zoro to help the restaurant after bandaging so that there was no damage to the heart, and the Hawk-Eye was still a pity.
Although the wound is very deep, it only hurts the skin, and it is better to rest and rest in Zoro's physique.
Seeing that Zoro did not feel any trouble, many people were reassured.
Reiner and Nami and Usopp slowly enjoyed the food, and Luffy and Sanji continued to finish their duel.
It is worth mentioning that under the entanglement of Luffy, they made a bet for this duel; Luffy won, Sanji went with them, and they lost. They will never come to Baratie to find him.
Except for Nami.
"Winning with the amount of Luffy's meal." Nami confidently said that she had just seen how Luffy had tied up five villagers yesterday.
Reiner was disapproving: "It's hard to say; I'm already thinking about how to cheat."
Yes, I mean, that's right.
However, before Reiner started, someone in the kitchen was already a step ahead.
"Sanji, it's time to get out of here." Zeff spoke lightly.
Sanji was unmoved, and he was busy with Luffy's battle, focusing all his attention on the kitchen utensils in his hand.
"I said, 'You've been fired from Sanji.' Zeff continued.
At this time, Sanji slowly put down the kitchen utensils in his hand, and his face gradually became difficult to look at:
"Damn, what are you kidding about?"
"Do you want me to die with guilt? Go out to sea, Sanji; I don't want to be your bondage."
"Tell me what bondage is unbound! The old man wants to stay here; it has nothing to do with you!"
"Where is the All Blue?" Zeff's voice remained calm.
"When you die, I'll go to sea!"
"It is better to tell me that the All Blue is really real when I can live for a few years."
Zeff turned to look out the window at the blue sky and the calm sea. "We two; someone has to look at it, don't they?"
...
Gradually the kitchen became quiet, and Sanji took off the cigarette with his head down, and the blond hair covered his face, and I couldn't see the look in his shadow.
Bam.
Until a drop of bean-sized beads crossed his face, he suddenly pounced on his knees, and his hands throbbed against Zeff.
"Thank you!" Then Sanji cried out:
"Thank you! My dear, I will never forget your great grace."
There was silence in the kitchen, and all the cooks left consciously as Zeff came in.
Zeff looked down at the man with a big hand, and the corner of his eye couldn't help but burst into tears, but he immediately raised his hand and wiped it clean because a man touched it inappropriately.
"I'm sorry, I'm on the wrong track."
At the kitchen door, Reiner stood in the same place, his toes were buckled out on the floor, and the touching scene in front of him was a little embarrassing.
Looking down at the nest of ants holding in his hand, it was the dead spirit that had just been found outside and was preparing to sneak up.
As soon as I entered, I saw this scene.
"I'm sorry, I didn't see anything."
Sanji: "..."
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