Chapter 261 General, something happened! (Two in one)
Yoshikazu Tsugakuni did not pay attention to the information reported by the Fishman Island Naval Branch. This was not the first time such a thing had happened, so after giving the order, he put the matter behind him.
After a short rest, Yunyi returned to the training ground with his bamboo sword and started sparring with Mihawk.
Ever since the battle with Kaido on Redhill Island, Yoriichi Tsugakuni has been seeking ways to increase the power of his strikes. As his body has grown more mature over the years, his physical strength has also been significantly enhanced.
At full count, Tsugikuni Yoriichi is now nineteen years old, and after two years of rapid growth, his height has reached 2.8 meters, far exceeding that of a normal human. The long sword that once required removing the sheath and requiring some skill to draw can now be drawn with ease.
The growth of his body allowed Yoriichi Tsugikuni to easily suppress Mihawk when fighting with him.
After all, he was tall and strong, so the most convenient way to attack Mihawk with his sword was to chop from above. For a swordsman, the difference in power between the power he could use when slashing with his sword and the power he could use when raising his sword to block was quite large.
The explosive increase in physical strength also makes the power of Tsugikuni Yoriichi's slashing force have a qualitative leap when he uses Haki to fight.
As he grew older, Tsugikuni Yoriichi grew stronger not only in physical strength. Through years of training, his three-color Haki also improved significantly.
During this period of time, there has been no qualified opponent to allow Yuichiro Tsuchikuni to feel the fighting power he can exert when he gives his all. Therefore, up to now, Yuichiro Tsuchikuni no longer has a clear understanding of his own strength.
At this time, Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who was fighting with Mihawk, closed his eyes and his figure flashed, and he easily dodged Mihawk's charging slash.
Ji Guoyuan held the bamboo sword in one hand downward, facing Mihawk's attack, and had no intention of fighting back.
Seeing that Yoshikazu Tsugakuni could easily dodge his attack with his eyes closed, Mihawk did not show any surprise on his face. He just kept swinging his sword with an indifferent look, gradually increasing the frequency of his attacks.
As Mihawk's sword speed increased, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi could no longer rely on dodging to avoid the attack as he had just done. Under Mihawk's attack, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi occasionally swung his sword to block, in order to interrupt Mihawk's attack rhythm.
And each of Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's blocks was very delicate, and every time he made a defensive move, it seemed as if he had predicted the direction of Mihawk's next attack.
In fact, Yoshikazu Tsugakuni was really able to predict the direction of Mihawk's attack.
No, it cannot be said to be a prediction, but his observation Haki has already foreseen Mihawk's next move!
Yuichiro Tsugikuni can now briefly see the future within a dozen seconds!
His sparring with Mihawk is to constantly strengthen his ability in this area.
The sun gradually set in the west, and the "training" of Tsugakuin Yoshiichi and Mihawk finally came to an end. Mihawk dragged his tired body, slowly walked to the stone bench next to the training ground, and slowly sat down.
In the second half of the training, Mihawk began to use Haki to increase his sword-drawing speed. After a day of fighting, Mihawk had consumed a lot of physical strength and Haki.
When he and Yuichiro Tsugikuni were sparring, they were training in completely different aspects.
“Huh~”
"I worked up a sweat, but it felt really good!"
The sea breeze was blowing gently, and Jiguo Yuanyi walked to Mihawk's side, casually leaned the bamboo sword in his hand on the stone bench, took a deep breath, looked at the sea, and said with a smile.
The battle with Mihawk allows Jiguo Yuanyi to experience the feeling of progress, and this feeling is very addictive.
"Yuichirō, if I practice this way, can I also advance my observation Haki to your level?"
Mihawk placed one hand on the stone table, raised his head slightly, glanced at Tsugikoku Yoriichi, and asked. Staying by Tsugikoku Yoriichi's side, Mihawk had a clear goal to pursue. In the battle with Tsugikoku Yoriichi, he clearly knew which path he should take.
Whether it's his domineering aura or sword skills, he is improving every day.
It's just that his progress wasn't as fast as Yoriichi's. However, the gap between the two hadn't narrowed for a long time, and young Mihawk couldn't help but feel a little impatient.
"Hmm?"
Hearing Mihawk's words, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi turned his head slightly and looked at Mihawk, feeling a little surprised. It wasn't that he was surprised that Mihawk would ask such a question, but he could sense the impatience in Mihawk's heart.
In Yoriichi's opinion, someone like Mihawk would not have such emotions.
Mihawk has a clear goal and he has been working hard for it. In Yoriichi's opinion, Mihawk is a determined person.
I just didn’t expect that such a determined person would also have moments of confusion and impatience?
But then again, Mihawk is a normal human being after all, and he is still very young. Since joining the navy, Mihawk and Yoriichi Tsugakuni have been inseparable. It is precisely because he is close to Yoriichi Tsugakuni that his heart begins to waver.
If a goal is fixed, no matter how far away it is, it will not shake Mihawk's heart.
But a goal that makes you leap forward every day, at a rate faster than your own progress, is enough to make anyone feel despair.
Being able to hold on for so long before wavering, Mihawk's mental fortitude was far superior to that of an average person. People like Cyrus and Koshiro, when it came to swordsmanship, had never even considered imitating Tsugokuni Yoshiichi's footsteps.
"Observation Haki!"
"If you ask me that, I can't actually give you a definite answer."
"There's no point in lying to you, Mihawk. I think things like this depend somewhat on talent."
In fact, Tsugikuni Yoriichi himself didn't know how his Observation Haki was improved to this level. For him, he was able to achieve it by practicing.
Just like eating too much will make you fat, it is a natural thing.
Of course, Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who has a clear view of the world, can give Mihawk some advice.
"Mihawk, the essence of Observation Haki is to enhance the five senses of humans, thereby strengthening the ability to gather information."
"Sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste."
"In combat, touch, vision, and hearing are the most important."
"And the ultimate observation Haki is not actually the enhancement of these abilities."
“It’s essentially about strengthening the brain’s ability to process things.”
"In battle, after using Observation Haki to control the overall situation of the battlefield, the brain analyzes the existing intelligence and the inevitable result after deduction is the so-called Ultimate Observation Haki, which achieves the effect of briefly foreseeing the future!"
"My training method is simply to strengthen the sense of touch and hearing."
"If you train like me, I'm not sure if you can achieve the same abilities as me."
"But one thing is certain. Strong five senses are the foundation of ultimate observation Haki. Training is necessary before the brain becomes accustomed to processing so much information."
Facing Mihawk, Tsugikoku Yoriichi had no intention of hiding anything and revealed all his understanding of Observation Haki. While ordinary people have five senses, Tsugikoku Yoriichi actually has an additional sense, which is the ability to see through the world.
His ability to gather intelligence during battle is stronger than that of the average person, and with enough brain power, he can see farther.
Listening carefully to Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's explanation, Mihawk's heart quickly calmed down under the blowing of the sea breeze. Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's words can be summed up as "steady work".
If you want to improve your own strength, you have to rely on solid practice.
After being reminded by Yoriichi, Mihawk quickly realized the imbalance in his mentality and quickly adjusted his mentality.
"Sure enough, the road to success isn't that easy."
“It really makes me look forward to it!”
Mihawk smiled, crossed his legs, turned his head and looked at the sea in the direction of Yoriichi Tsugikuni's gaze.
The sun sets in the west.
The afterglow was reflected on the sea surface, and seabirds flew quickly past his eyes. Mihawk smelled the fragrance of cooking smoke lingering on the island, and his heart felt calmer than ever before.
"Let's go and eat first."
"Continue tonight!"
After standing quietly for a while, Jiguo Yuanyi picked up the bamboo sword and walked towards the branch building in the distance. Mihawk slowly stood up and was about to leave when he heard the ringing of the Den Den Mushi from inside the military uniform on the stone table.
"Bululu~"
"Bululu~"
Tsugikoku Yoichi, who had not walked far yet, also stopped, took two quick steps back to the stone table, and took out a Den Den Mushi from his clothes.
If the phone call hadn't come in at this time, Yuanyi, who was preparing to go out for dinner, would have forgotten his clothes on the training ground.
"Gah~"
After a slight ring, Tsugumi Yoshiichi picked up the receiver and put it to his ear. The moment the call was connected, Jinbei's slightly heavy voice came from the other end of the receiver.
"I'm Jinbei."
"General, something happened."
The first half of the Grand Line.
The sun had completely sunk into the sea. Seven or eight slave ships were anchored on the slightly dark sea. Amidst the rippling water, broken wooden boards floated up and down with the sea water.
On the deck of a slave ship, Jinbei, wearing wooden clogs and a loose kimono, squatted on the ground with a Den Den Mushi receiver in his hand, looking at the back of the little boy in front of him with a gloomy expression.
Behind him, the fishmen who were traveling with Jinbe were looking at Jinbe with trepidation.
On other ships, Aaron was leading the rest of the fishmen warriors to fight against the CPs guarding the slaves. The slaves' guarding force was not very strong, and the fishmen warriors were very powerful. Even if they were difficult to deal with, Aaron would use his brains to force them into the sea.
There were quite a few slave ships setting out from the Sabaody Archipelago, but the strength of Jinbe's branch was only enough to intercept these few ships.
The other ships, upon realizing that someone had intercepted the slave ship, all left.
The team led by Jinbei was the fastest, and it only took a few minutes to resolve the battle. After he released the slaves from the prison on the ship, he realized that he had gotten into trouble.
At this time, in front of Jinbei, stood a little boy who was about ten years old. Jinbei held the receiver in one hand and lifted the boy's clothes with the other hand.
On the boy's back, there was a "mark" made by a branding iron.
Jinbe had heard of this mark, it was called the Celestial Dragon's Hoof.
The meaning of this logo is that the slaves they rescued are all private property of the Celestial Dragons.
Before, when Jinbei was leading the team to attack the slave ship, he was still thinking that the slave traders who were wearing black suits and looked like bodyguards were quite powerful.
It was not until now that Jinbe finally understood that those people were not slave traders at all, but guards of the Celestial Dragons and members of CP9!
Feeling that something was wrong, Jinbei immediately called Yoriichi to report the situation.
"The hoof of the Celestial Dragon?"
"A Celestial Dragon slave ship?"
Hearing Jinbei's report on the other end of the phone, Tsugikuni Yoriichi was also a little surprised. He hadn't thought that intercepting a slave ship could be related to the Celestial Dragons.
Aren't the Celestial Dragons' slaves supposed to be in the Holy Land of Marinjoa? How did they end up in the Sabaody Archipelago?
Even if the Celestial Dragons were taking their slaves out for fun, these slaves should have been with them. Why would such a large number of slaves appear at sea?!
"Jinbei, you told me before that these slave ship fleets left the Sabaody Archipelago at the same time as the World Government's fleet, right?"
"Are the World Government's fleet and the navy still around?"
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi reacted quickly. He also realized that the matter seemed to be serious, and immediately asked.
"No, the World Government's fleet is very fast, and the two fleets are not operating together."
"But the direction of travel seems to be the same."
"You mean"
Jinbei's pupils shrank slightly, and he thought of something.
"The two fleets are together."
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi sighed softly and stated his own judgment. He had previously ignored this possibility after listening to Jinbe's report, but now that he had discovered the Celestial Dragons' slaves on the slave ship, it was a certainty.
"Jinbei, you two should leave there for now."
"If I'm not mistaken, the warships protecting the World Government's ships will soon be back to provide support."
"Take your men and retreat back to Fishman Island first."
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi said this to Jinbe, but Jinbe suddenly hesitated when he heard this.
“.”
"But."
"If we leave, we won't be able to take these slaves with us!"
“I don’t think we can just let this go!”
In response to Tsugikuni Yoriichi's order, Jinbei expressed his thoughts, his eyes focused on the boy in front of him.
The little slave in front of Jinbe had scars all over his back, which were caused by being whipped.
Some of them have healed, while others are still very new. Jinbei gently pressed his palm on the boy's back and could feel the pain and suffering behind the scars.
Under Jinbei's touch, the boy's body trembled violently. The feeling of being touched not only did not comfort him, but instead awakened the horrific memories deep in his heart.
After hearing Jinbei's words, Tsugikoku Yoriichi also fell silent.
At this time, Mihawk, who was next to Tsugakuni Yoriichi, also heard the entire conversation between Tsugakuni Yoriichi and Jinbe. He leaned his bamboo sword on the ground with both hands, looking at the sea with a calm face.
"Is that so."
"I understand what you mean."
"Jinbei, retreat first and send someone to track down these slave ships."
“.”
After a short silence, Tsugikoku Yoriichi seemed to have made a decision and said in a deep voice:
"I'll be there soon!"
(End of this chapter)
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