Codex Pirates

Chapter 190 Sauron's Challenge

Koshiro and Pattinson are receiving William as carefully as possible.

"I know you've been busy with government affairs recently and didn't want to bother you, so I didn't notify you immediately after Kuina's accident. I didn't expect you to come anyway." Koshiro said calmly.

After hearing this, William looked at Koshiro intently and asked, "Is Kuina really dead?"

Koshiro froze for a moment, then said nonchalantly, "Of course."

"But I see how you look," William looked Koshiro up and down, "Why don't you look sad at all?"

Koshiro smiled wryly and said, "I am the master of the dojo and the teacher of the students, so I can't appear to be devastated."

William was noncommittal about this, and asked instead: "I heard that Kuina fell from the attic and died of serious injuries?"

"Oh, I forgot, you also have eyeliner in Shimotsuki Village," Koshiro smiled, "Yes, that's right."

"Based on Kuina's skill, he would die from such a small injury as falling from the attic?" William raised his voice slightly, "Where's her body?"

"It has been buried."

William sneered: "So anxious?"

"Enough!" Pattinson on the side suddenly interrupted the two, stood up, and strode up to William, "You are no longer a member of the dojo, even if you are, you are just a student of the dojo. What right do you have to question your teacher?"

William, who was kneeling on the tatami, raised his head slightly, gave Pattinson a cold look, then turned his head to look at Koshiro, and said, "I have heard about what you have done in the dojo all these years, and what is your purpose?" , I also have some guesses, this is your own business, I don't want to worry about it, and I have no right to ask, but Kuina is your daughter, and she is just a child, I don't know when you involve her, Didn't take her feelings into consideration."

"I'm just following Kuina's own will," Koshiro said in a deep voice, "I don't want to go against anyone's wishes and involve my affairs on them."

William pursed his lips, and then said, "In this case, I have nothing to say."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Pattinson, who had been left aside by him before: "Do you think I am not qualified to ask questions? I am the first consul of the Kingdom of Navia, so what right do you have to question me?"

Pattinson said without showing any weakness: "This is the Yixin Dojo!"

William glanced at the calm Koshiro, smiled suddenly, and said to Pattinson: "You know, Edmund has always wanted to trouble you, but I stopped him, in his current capacity, because the old Complaining about troubling you will make people think he has a small belly, but now it seems that I really shouldn't have stopped him, otherwise you wouldn't still not be able to recognize your position."

"You thought that I was a student who had just entered the dojo, and could still give orders to me?"

As soon as William finished speaking, his calf snapped like a spring, driving his body to jump up from the tatami, and then his right hand stretched out to grab Pattinson's collar.

Pattinson also reacted quite quickly. Although he didn't expect William to make a sudden move, he quickly took half a step back and raised his left hand, intending to block William's grasping palm.

Pattinson has long been dissatisfied with William's behavior all the time. Whether it was the last time he swaggered into the ashram with a few cadres, or this time he brought a few boats of pirates to surround the ashram, in Pattinson's eyes, there was nothing wrong with him. With a somewhat domineering taste of a villain's success, it is full of meaning to show off his current power.

Therefore, when he saw that William took the initiative to make a move, he would not just defend. After his left hand made a defensive movement to resist William's palm, he stretched out his right hand, pinched it into a claw, and grabbed William's throat.

Neither of them used a sword, obviously they didn't want to separate life and death, but they did it suddenly, it was almost a shame.

William has the specialty of [Lightning Reflex], and his reaction is so fast. Pattinson's movements are clearly in his eyes. He sneered, tilted his head, and his outstretched palm did not change, and still grabbed Pattinson. Mori's collar.

William, who has initially mastered the "return of life", is able to lock the steam pressure and use it for his own use, and has developed the trick of [steam power], his strength has doubled, and his temperature has also been further increased.

After William's palm touched Pattinson's left hand, Pattinson's face twisted slightly. His left hand, where the skin of the two touched, became red and swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the tremendous power contained in William's palm , also opened his arm directly, and easily grabbed his collar.

Before Pattinson could react, he felt dizzy for a while, and was knocked down ten times by William, grabbed his collar and threw him towards the door.

At the same time, William's left hand was palmed like a knife, and he waved at Pattinson from the air. The steam pressure tightly locked in his body suddenly found a vent, and rushed along his waving left hand. Out, under control, the pressure of the steam and the force of his knife swing formed a strong wind with scorching temperature, hitting Pattinson's body.

Boom!

Pattinson's strong body broke through the thin wooden sliding door, and fell on the open space outside the door like a gourd. The drizzle hit him, and a burst of water vapor appeared, as if he had been thrown into the big It was as if it had been boiled in a pot, the skin was flushed red, and some decorations on the clothes that were not resistant to high temperatures were also curled up.

"Devil Fruit..." Pattinson panted heavily, and got up from the ground in embarrassment. His right eye could not be opened due to the pain, so he could only forcefully open his left eye and stared at the room, looking through the broken window. William looked down at him from the gate.

Because of the humiliation, his face, which was already flushed, was almost bleeding at this moment, and his right hand subconsciously grabbed the handle of the knife at his waist.

Koshiro, who had been sitting on the tatami, finally couldn't ignore it, he got up suddenly, and at the same time, when Pattinson put his hand on the handle of the knife, under the [steam power] high-pressure state, William, whose strength doubled, Already rushing towards Pattinson like an arrow, he crouched down, lunged with his feet, his whole body was like a hard bow, and his whole body tensed up.

It was almost impossible to see William's figure clearly in the rain, and the water vapor from the drizzle falling on William's body seemed to appear as a series of phantoms after being left behind by him.

Pattinson's left eye moved slightly along the phantom of the water vapor, and just as he pulled out the knife halfway with his right hand, William himself had already come to him and drew the knife out of its sheath.

"William!"

Koshiro called out at this moment.

Swish!

The direction of the knife in William's hand was slightly deviated, and it passed over Pattinson's head.

A hot, breathless gust of wind whizzed past Pattinson's face, making his cheeks tremble like a comedian, and the bun on his head was cut off and fell down, making his hair disheveled.

At the same time, behind Pattinson, a steam mist formed by the high-temperature evaporation of rainwater appeared in an instant. The ground that was originally wet by the rain also became dry for an instant, but then no matter whether it was the mist or the land, everything was gone again. Because of the continuous drizzle, they all returned to their original state.

William glanced at Pattinson, who was as motionless as if he had been immobilized, and put his knife back into its sheath. At the same time, a few meters in front of him, the rockery and the entire wall that had been blown by the wind of his knife suddenly crashed. collapse.

Pattinson's body also sat limply on the ground. The moment William swung his knife to look at him, he was enveloped by the murderous intent of William, who had been in a high position for a long time and had blood on his hands. He really felt that he was going to die.

William was merciful at the last moment, and instead of slashing the knife on Pattinson's head, he swung it across his head. In fact, Koshiro didn't make such a cry, and William would not really kill him because of Koshiro's face.

Koshiro came to the door, looked at the situation in front of him, and was stunned: "Your strength has improved again, but with the power of the devil fruit, can it still be regarded as swordsmanship?"

"Swordsmanship is made by people," William said coldly, "You said that people are the center, and the power of swordsmanship and devil fruit belongs to me. I will combine the two and use the ability of devil fruit to make better use of it. Why is the power of the sword not counted as swordsmanship?"

Koshiro stared at the student who retorted to him in an impolite tone, and was dazed.

William is already twenty-one years old. He has experienced so many things since he went to sea. Whether it is appearance or temperament, he is completely different from the immature appearance when he was only sixteen years old when he first arrived at the dojo.

After a long time, Koshiro said sadly: "You already have your own understanding of kendo, and I seem to have nothing more to teach you."

William was silent, and took a last look at Pattinson who was like a lost soul: "In this case, I don't need to go back to the dojo again."

Seeing William turn and leave, Koshiro asked loudly, "Aren't you going to see Kuina's grave?"

"A fake tomb is not worth my time." William said without looking back.

...

When William came to the front yard, his knife was quite powerful before, and he chopped down the entire wall of the dojo. Edmund and Aramis had been hesitating whether to go to the back yard to see him. They all stood up.

"Let's go." William glanced at the dojo students in the distance who shrank their heads and looked at this side, and said to Edmond and Aramis after seeing these half-grown children scared to avoid him when they saw him coming.

Aramis didn't say anything, but Edmund couldn't help asking, "What happened?"

"It's nothing." William glanced at the backyard for the last time, in the direction of Koshiro. "The teacher doesn't want to implicate us."

"That Guyina..." Edmund wondered.

William shook his head and said, "It's okay, let's go."

With his head down, Edmund followed William along the path towards the gate.

As William walked, he said softly: "This may be the last time we will go back to the dojo. The teacher doesn't want to implicate us, and I shouldn't be so selfish, getting too involved with the dojo and the teacher, and involving us too much here. "

Aramis and Edmund were silent, but their pace slowed down.

Edmund's expression was a little confused. Compared with Aramis and William who later entered the dojo, he grew up here after all. At this moment, feeling the plants and trees in the courtyard, he seemed to "hear", " saw" something different.

After the three of them slowly came to the gate of the dojo, Aramis waved to a group of subordinates. These strong men who had stood in the rain for a long time followed the three of them silently and walked towards the pier.

In the dojo, Sauron watched William and his party go farther and farther, suddenly gritted his teeth, and rushed to catch up in the rain. Several of his friends didn't notice for a while, and didn't hold him back. Just when they were surprised, they saw that he was Folding back, he ran to his usual resting place, and held Kuina's saber "Hedao Yimonji" in his hand, together with the other two knives.

"Zoro, what are you doing!" Sauron's friend in the dojo ran up to stop him

"I'm going to defeat him," Sauron gritted his teeth, looked down at He Dao's words again, "and help Kuina fulfill her long-cherished wish."

Sauron's friend was shocked: "You will not be his opponent, you can't even beat Kuina!"

The other person also quickly persuaded: "Don't be overwhelmed, don't you usually hate Guina the most?"

"You don't understand!" Seeing William and the others walking further and further away, Sauron broke free from the obstruction of several friends and strode after them.

After two thousand failures, others might resent, curse, feel relieved, or even gloat over the death of Kuina, a dojo classmate who always overwhelmed him, but Sauron only had regrets and sympathy in his heart.

He regretted that he had no chance to redeem his defeat, and sympathized with Guina's untimely death.

Sauron himself just never had the chance to challenge such a powerful enemy as Kuina, and Kuina lost the chance to challenge everyone.

That's why Sauron ran back and brought He Daoyi's words. He was just out of sympathy. He didn't want Kuina, a powerful enemy, to die in peace. He hoped to help Kuina, his respectable and hateful opponent in the dojo, complete the long wish--

Beat William!

"stop!"

A slightly childish shout sounded from behind the team.

William, who was leading the way, stopped and turned to look behind him. A group of people behind him also tacitly dispersed and stood on both sides, leaving an aisle to let out the figure of Sauron behind him.

Sauron panted heavily, and nervously glanced at William who was frowning, and then at the people in front of him. After swallowing, he suppressed his chaotic mood.

"Morgan William, I'm Roronoa Zoro," Zoro tightened the word "Hedao" in his hand, summoned up his courage and shouted, "Compete with me!"

The scene was a bit cold, only the sound of Sauron's own panting and the sound of rain water pouring on the ground.

There was no expected response, and William still looked at him with a frown. The strong men in black suits who heard his words had different expressions, but none of them spoke.

The sudden silence made Zoro feel a little embarrassed, but seeing that William was silent, he gritted his teeth, pulled out the word He Dao, bit it hard, and pulled out the other two he had brought one after another. Throw the knife and the scabbard at your feet.

"I made a move!"

Sauron, who was biting the handle of the Hedao Yiwen knife, let out a vague cry, and then rushed towards William.

William still didn't make a move. Watching Sauron rushing over, his eyes stopped for a while on the word He Dao in his mouth and the scabbard thrown on the ground by him. Not only was he defenseless, but his eyelids even drooped slightly.

Sauron stepped on the rain, rushed to William quickly, jumped up, jumped high, twisted his waist, and slashed at William with both hands and the three knives in his mouth.

Why is he not moving? Sauron thought suspiciously.