Chapter 390 Iron Man vs. Crocodile
[Chapter Header Serial · Lovesickness 18 · 'Drager is motionless']
[Kyuuba Palace. Grandparents and grandchildren reunited after many years, Bonnie burst into tears, Big Bear sat on the ground with a kind smile; on the other side, Sanda and Mary accompanied their sister and took Drager to the side hall to meet the previous generation of Snake Princess... The petrified woman lay on the ground, as if lying on a sickbed, the lines of her eyebrows and eyes were lifelike, and she was thin and thin. Drager stared at her for a long time wearing a cloak and hood.]——
Lynch descended from the sky holding Robin into the bustling arena scene.
Lynch didn't care about the countless gazes and Den Den Mushi cameras around him.
Robin pushed him away, tucked her hair, and asked with a smile: "Is this also to strengthen the image of 'Xu Lun'?"
"Why don't you seize the opportunity to show something different?" Lynch said seriously.
"That makes sense." Robin nodded seriously, and suddenly stood on tiptoe, put his hands around Lynch's neck, and hung on Lynch's body, "Hehehe..."
"Isn't this a bit exaggerated?" Lynch let her hang by her neck, with his two big hands resting on her slender waist.
Her laughter at this moment did not have any of Nicole Robin's reserved and calmness, but was more cute and lovely like a young girl.
Audiences around the world looked at the big screen, and when the camera occasionally swept across, it showed the two people's affectionate scenes, and many people became expressionless.
Is this ever going to end?
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"call……"
At a naval base in the New World, Vice Admiral Kuzan, who was awarded the title of "Aokiji", blew a breath of cold air and turned a cup of scalding hot tea into an iced drink. His round sunglasses reflected the live broadcast of the swordsmanship competition, in which the pirate men and women were stuck together and chatting and laughing.
"Is she really dead, Sauro..."
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Moby Dick, many members of the Whitebeard Pirates continue to pay attention to this game.
"Today is the showdown between Hawkeye and Big Mom's second daughter. It should be very exciting." The captain of the fifth division, Flower Sword Vista, said with a smile.
Marco, the captain of the first team, stared at Giorno on the screen and said casually, "Don't you think it's a pity that you don't participate?"
"Defeat the world-famous number one swordsman," Vista drew out his rapier, a few flashes of sword light flashed, and he made a fancy sword flower, "Wouldn't it be more interesting?"
The huge old man with a white beard laughed out loud, "Gulala, you are worthy of being my son!"
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On the Island of International Cakes, the Charlotte family was undoubtedly more concerned about the outcome of the battle between Armand and Mihawk.
"If nothing unexpected happens, the winner of the first match today will be the final 'World's Greatest Swordsman'. Lick." The eldest son Perospero said with an exaggerated long tongue hanging on his collar, grinning, "If sister Armand wins, I wonder what expressions will be on the faces of those navy men? Lick~~"
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In Marinford, General Sengoku was dealing with documents on his desk while pricked up one ear to listen to the live broadcast of the competition on the resort island on the Den Den Mushi at hand.
"Seven Warlords of the Sea..."
He pushed aside the mountain of documents, rubbed his brow, and looked in the direction of the Grand Line.
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"Dear audience members at the event and around the world! The semi-finals of the World's No. 1 Swordsman Competition is about to begin. After several rounds of preliminaries and elimination rounds, the four contestants who have successfully entered the semi-finals are:
"The man known as Hawkeye, Jurakol Mihawk!"
The host's resonant voice echoed in the noisy scene through countless loudspeaker Den Den Mushi. The audience followed the camera and saw the familiar stern swordsman with a huge black sword on his back at the side of the ring, and they applauded and cheered excitedly.
"The second daughter of the Sea Emperor, known as 'Ghost (Harmony) Lady', Charlotte Armand!"
A huge round hat has almost become her trademark. Armand's tall and slender figure stood on the sidelines, with a rapier of astonishing length slung across her thin waist. Just standing there, she exuded a sharp aura.
"Of course, there is also Rain Shiryu from the World Government Army, and the highly anticipated Giovanna Giorno!
"Giorno is very powerful, I believe everyone can see that! But what you may not know is that Giorno is also the youngest among the more than 1,000 players who have registered for this competition! "He is not even eighteen years old! " "Incredible, right? It's unbelievable! He is only seventeen years old, but he can stand on such a huge stage to compete for the title of the world's number one swordsman, and compete with the top swordsmen from all over the world!
"Perhaps this is the wonder of the sea! It is full of infinite possibilities! "Finally, let us thank the respected Shichibukai for their great efforts in making this competition a success! Without his help, it would have been difficult to overcome all the difficulties encountered during the preparation of this World's No. 1 Swordsman Competition... Let us welcome Mr. Crocodile to the audience at the resort island and around the world!"
Driven by the host's words, the audience seemed to have forgotten that the Seven Warlords of the Sea are also pirates in essence, and they are extremely vicious pirates...
Seeing Crocodile slightly bowing and waving in the special seat on the big screen, the audience cheered excitedly and applauded warmly.
Lynch also laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Rain Shiryu, who was not far from him, snorted coldly while biting his cigar. After the first match between Mihawk and Armand, it was his turn to face Giorno. Naturally, he paid attention to this talented boy.
Lin Qi laughed and said, "I saw something funny, so I laughed."
Robin looked at the Shichibukai on the big screen, who quickly sat back down with an unhappy look on his face, and said softly, "He is a nature type..."
"It's okay, I can launch a sneak attack." Lynch comforted. At the same time, 'BIB' had tacitly transformed into a black shadow and floated towards the special seats on the upper level of the arena where Crocodile was at the moment.
On the sidelines, Hawkeye, who was originally waiting for the host to announce the show, suddenly felt a black phantom floating high up.
That is... where Crocodile is. Mihawk's eyes were sharp, and he looked between the black shadow and Giorno. Thinking of the rumors about this boy, he understood in his heart, is he interested in the devil fruit of the Shichibukai...
What a reckless kid! But this is what a pirate is like.
With a slight smile, Mihawk leaped directly onto the ring.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Uh, this, contestant Qiao La Keer..." The host was startled by his sudden jumping up.
Mihawk didn't bother to talk to him. He drew out the huge black sword from his back, held it horizontally to face the second daughter of Charlotte in the audience and said, "Come and fight."
"..." Raising her wide round hat, Madam Ghost (Harmony) took off the cigarette from the corner of her mouth, threw it away with a flick of her finger, and calmly stepped onto the ring. She slowly drew out the thin and sharp sword from her waist, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Mihawk said, "If it's any later, I don't know if we can still fight."
How could the host really dare to quarrel with these two people? Seeing that they were determined to start fighting directly, he did not dare to say anything more. He quickly ended the speech, announced the start of the game, and immediately slipped off the stage.
Armand didn't quite understand, but he didn't care. He shook the sword in his hand and said, "Come on!"
Mihawk swings the black sword!
Boom! The battle between Hawkeye and Lady Ghost (Harmony) began on the ring. Swords flashed everywhere, like a storm of blades... On the sidelines, Lynch looked back across the vast stands, staring at Crocodile on the high ground.
The latter's face turned pale as he was stabbed through the body by a left straight punch from the man in black armor behind him.
Pierce...
Lynch looked surprised. When "BIB" took away someone else's devil fruit, it would not materialize, nor would it penetrate the other person's body.
For example, when he stabbed Robin before, his entire arm was embedded in Robin's chest and did not penetrate out from the other side.
"Failed?" Robin also turned around and looked at Crocodile high up.
Lin Qi was speechless and said, "Is there something wrong with this guy? Why does he keep the elementalization at a high intensity when he has nothing to do?"
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"BIB" looked down at his left arm that had pierced Crocodile's body. Naturally, he was the first to realize that his ability had not taken effect and that he had failed to extract the chip of the Sand Crocodile's Sand Fruit.
"What happened?" Crocodile noticed the two guys below, especially the female pirate Jolyne, who turned her head to look at him, and his heart was alarmed, "What's going on?!"
He turned his head sharply and looked around, but there was no one behind him.
The sand crocodile was just about to turn into sand and move away first, but behind him, where no one was, the black armor pulled out his left arm and a right hook wrapped in black domineering power greeted him in the face.
Bang! When the audience was enjoying the amazing battle between Hawkeye and Lady Ghost (Harmony) on the ring, a muffled sound suddenly came from above.
Countless audience members looked up, only to see their King Shichibukai flying out from the special seats with a whoosh...
There seemed to be a trace of blood in the air. Was he beaten?! Lin Qi on the sidelines had already soared into the sky with an iron rod, heading towards Mr. Crocodile.
I actually learned this writing style from the Attack on Titan comics...
In the second half of the previous chapter, because I wanted to achieve the feeling of suddenness when Old Sand suddenly saw Lynch looking back at him in the crowd, I could hide Lynch's perspective and focus the narration on Old Sand's side... After the "sudden glance", I would go back and fill in the details of the process. I have tried to write like this before, once when I was fighting Smoker and the others in the South Sea, and once when Aokiji found the Nine Snake Pirate Ship...
(End of this chapter)