Pirate Bloody Hand Mary

Sailing on the sea seems interesting at first, but after a long time it becomes endlessly boring and boring.

But fortunately, Mary didn't have nothing to do. On the contrary, she was extremely busy now.

“One more set!!!”

In the training room of the Golden Merrie, Mary, who had stripped down to only a single shirt, was sitting crazily doing push-ups with one hand, carrying Zoro, who was sitting cross-legged, shirtless, and a sleepy Weiwei on her back, dripping with sweat. .

The swordsmanship in the world of One Piece is very simple and unpretentious, and there are no mysterious things like swordsmanship in fantasy novels.

The core is simple: strength, speed, momentum.

After that comes things like sword skills.

According to Zoro, when he was a child, his master Koshiro Shigetsuki only taught him the most basic set of sword moves: Ippon Technique, Continuous Technique, Flick Technique, Retreat Technique, Drawing Technique, and Scratch Technique. , starting skills, returning skills, knocking down skills.

These are the most basic sets of moves in kendo, and almost all swordsmanship schools are extensions and variations from these moves. Zoro only learned basic sword styles, but he practiced very hard in terms of strength, speed, and momentum.

Learning only a few simple sets of moves also gave him a very solid foundation. Whether he was learning swordsmanship from other schools or developing his own swordsmanship, it was extremely easy.

Time was running out, so Zoro naturally couldn't make Mary master swordsmanship quickly. All he could do was teach Mary all the most basic sword moves, and then he would crazily train Mary's strength and speed.

In terms of aura, Mary doesn't need to exercise at all. With her ghost aura and A-level domineering aura, she is almost at the top level in the world in terms of aura. But in terms of strength and speed, Mary is still lacking.

According to Zoro, although Mary's physical fitness is strong, it has not been developed to the extreme. To put it simply, it is a treasure trove without knowing it.

Although Mary also trained in Donghai, she spent most of her time training in sparring. He is proficient in combat skills, but he does not make good use of his body's potential.

And Zoro's current plan for her is to find ways to push Mary to her physical limit.

but……

"I said, you guy..."

Sauron said speechlessly:

"Is your physical strength a bottomless pit? It's been a whole day, a night and a whole morning. You've done more than 30,000 push-ups and run around the field for more than 4,000 times. You've been training like crazy except for eating. How come you're not tired yet..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Weiwei on the side had already fallen asleep.

She is not a physical pervert like Mary and Zoro. She can no longer hold on after sparring for so long.

She had fallen asleep and leaned to one side, falling to the ground with a thud.

As soon as she fell to the ground, Weiwei woke up from the pain. She jumped up in excitement and looked around in panic.

"What? What happened?"

She was stunned.

"call!"

Mary took a deep breath and stood up suddenly, causing Zoro to stumble.

"That's it. This kind of exercise is enough."

Mary looked down at her hands and made a fist.

I really neglected to exercise the basic panel before. Physical fitness does not represent panel strength, but represents a physical upper limit.

I have never done high-intensity strength training before. Now that I have done this once, the effect is almost immediate.

She can clearly feel that the strength of this body has made great progress now.

As for whether she will be tired, Mary can only say that there is no physical problem that cannot be solved by consuming her life force. If so, consume more.

Considering Weiwei's condition and the fact that she really couldn't do physical exercise all the time, Mary stopped.

Otherwise, Mary would not need to stop until all her life force was exhausted.

Of course, to use up all her vitality through exercise, Mary would have to exercise for several years.

"Miss Weiwei, Miss Navy——"

The door to the training room opened, and Sanji came in to greet him warmly.

"Lunch is ready, you can go out to eat!"

To be honest, if it were only Vivi, Sanji wouldn't be so reserved. He would probably just twist his body to get close to her in a lustful way - but he wouldn't be able to eat tofu.

But since Mary used a bloody knife to cut off a bit of his bangs at noon yesterday, Sanji has become very serious and honest.

After all, strictly speaking, the little loli in front of me can fight more than the entire crew combined.

"Zoron, please send Weiwei out."

Mary said without looking up.

Zoro nodded and helped Weiwei, who was a little exhausted, to leave the training room.

As the door closed, Mary was left alone in the training room, deep in thought.

She slowly unsheathed the Dusk Saber from her waist, held it in front of her, and looked at it quietly.

In the past, Mary had always regarded the Dusk Saber as a tool to increase her own strength, as long as she used it smoothly. It's greatest role is to hit the target at critical moments. It was for this reason that Mary exchanged Murasame forging into it.

However, now that she has made up her mind to improve her swordsmanship, Mary can't just deal with the tasks.

Looking at the knife carefully at this time, Mary realized its beauty for the first time.

There are no lines on this knife, and its surface is as smooth and cold as a mirror. A bit of cold light on the simple blade condensed on the tip, illuminating Mary's snow-white face.

"No wonder so many people like the gorgeousness of Touken Ranbu. Swords, such sharp weapons, are really fascinating."

She quietly thought about the basic techniques she learned from Zoro, and what she remembered from anime in the past, how most swordsmen understood the way of the sword.

If it were her previous life, she would have used these words as a joke, or she might have thought they were cool and used them to show off.

But since there is such a thing as traveling to the world of One Piece, and there is such a strange system around her, Mary has to take those words seriously.

The system must have a way to strengthen one's swordsmanship, just like the sword that contains the experience of Zuo Zuomu Kojiro.

However, if all the power is brought by the system, Mary's vast and complex skill system will not only fail to strengthen her, but will actually drag herself down.

Mary discovered this during these few fights. There are many skills that she cannot use proficiently at all, such as the magic eye and the fruit of desire.

The power gained directly is like a researcher suddenly getting a paper that shocks the past and the present. He could become famous based on that paper, but once he delved into the principles, researchers who didn't study it carefully couldn't answer it at all.

Mary gained these powers, but she was unable to use them skillfully without any excess.

The more skills she has, the slower she will be when fighting, because she will be hesitant about how to deal with the situation - this is caused by unfamiliarity with the skills.

But if she only uses a few skills, wouldn't it be a pure waste of PT for her to exchange for other skills?

The skills exchanged at the exchange office can only be used as reinforcements and icing on the cake. From beginning to end, the only things that really changed her essence were the Life Fruit, Life Return, and those body-reshaping base fluids.

After Zoro told her about Koushiro's teachings to her when she was young, Marie realized these things belatedly.

The basics are the most important.

Now that she knows this, Mary doesn't plan to rely too much on the system when practicing swordsmanship this time.

She plans to hone her sword skills on her own. Start from scratch and slowly master it. Maybe it can be seen from the insights of some swordsmen in the system, but this is just a reinforcement for Mary.

From now on, blood will be the main method of long-range combat, while sword skills will be the main method of melee combat. Other fruit abilities can be used as assistance to deal with various situations - this is also a very standard and typical combat method for ability users.

Mary looked at the Dusk Saber, and the thoughts about swordsmanship mentioned by those swordsmen in the past came to mind.

The sword is a murderous weapon, and sword skills are techniques for killing people - Himura Kenshin.

Unfortunately, I have nothing else to do. That's what it means to be able to communicate with the gods with just one thought - Sasaki Kojiro.

Emptiness is nothingness, even no thought can be cut off - Miyamoto Musashi.

…

Mary let out a deep breath, a little discouraged.

Maybe her realm is far from enough. I kept murmuring these words in my heart, but to no avail.

Well, you can't say that, she gained a lot of irritability.

"Is my heart too complicated..."

Mary frowned.

Many swordsmen have proposed that one must have a calm mind. Only by being calm can one realize and realize the Tao.

She often has to think about various things - at least since she came to this world, she has been thinking about it almost all the time.

"Could it be that this is also the so-called ultimate intention? Empty your mind, be empty and mysterious..."

Mary calmed down, took a deep breath, and thought about some pictures.

Fallen leaves, bright moon, remaining flowers, evening breeze.

The knife is on it, the shadows are sparse and the light is shining.

Mary stood up and repeated the actions Zoro said.

One skill, continuous skill, brush attack skill, retreat attack skill, pull attack skill, scrape attack skill, exit skill, return skill, and knock down skill.

One skill, continuous skill, brush attack skill, retreat attack skill, pull attack skill, scrape attack skill, exit skill, return skill, and knock down skill.

Repeat over and over again.

As time passed, she slowly entered a mysterious realm.

It was as if all external objects were leaving her, and all she could see was the knife and the falling leaves dancing in the moonlight.

——It is dancing, an action full of beauty and ritual.

She didn't know how those basic movements evolved into what they are now, but just like a matter of course, these movements appeared naturally.

Sometimes, Mary often overlooks things that are small but not insignificant.

For example, ultimate intention is an ongoing state, not a one-time opportunity.

For example, the mental image world can not only roughly affect mental offense and defense, but its optimization itself can also subtly change Mary's mental state.

For example, the body reshaping base fluid not only transformed Mary's physical talents, but also subtly improved her understanding.

Before she knew it, more than half an hour had passed, and Mary was still immersed in this state and couldn't extricate herself.

"Your Majesty the Navy, why haven't you...well..."

Zoro suddenly pushed the door open, but when he saw the scene in front of him, he immediately closed his mouth tightly, and a look of shock appeared on his face.

This is……

Sanji followed Zoro in. As a cook, he would not allow people on his ship to go hungry—even if they were his enemies in the broadest sense.

But just when he was about to speak, Zoro raised his hand to signal him.

Silence.

Sanji was also sensitive to the subtlety of the atmosphere and stopped decisively to prevent himself from making any noise.

It's not like he cares about Mary's progress or anything like that. He was afraid that if he disturbed Mary and Mary got angry, he would have to go to heaven to find ALL BLUE.

Time gradually passed, and slowly, everyone on the ship gathered at the door of the training room, making the place extremely crowded for a while.

But they all chose to watch quietly without making a sound.

Luffy, the only one who could speak out, was forced to cover his mouth by Zoro.

As both swordsmen, Zoro naturally understood that Mary was in an extremely important situation.

'What an enviable talent...'

Zoro looked at Mary and thought helplessly.

But Mary turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside and danced selflessly.

The blade of the knife flows like light, constantly cutting through the fallen leaves.

But there were more and more fallen leaves. No matter how she danced the knife in her hand, some fallen leaves would fall on her.

The speed of the knife is the key among the keys. speed……

Stone fire and spring thunder can be known with one strike. One thought can communicate with ghosts and gods.

Maybe it's some special force-generating technique, maybe it's something more advanced. In the gentle dance, Mary suddenly felt that her body was changing involuntarily.

Then--

Hold the knife.

The next moment, the sword flashed.

Quiet and silent, there is no bright sword light or clear sword cry.

Some are just the rustling sound of being sheathed.

And, throughout the space, fallen leaves were split into two.

"!"

Mary suddenly woke up.

She opened her eyes, and the mysterious state before had not completely faded away, causing her eyes to sparkle with surprise.

And many objects around her were split into two in just an instant.

"..."

Everyone swallowed in unison.

"That was just now..."

Yin Kalem spoke in disbelief, his tone dry.

At that moment, he only saw a few subtle white lights, and then nothing more.

Those objects seemed to slowly crack apart on their own without any warning.

"This kind of sword skill..."

Zoro narrowed his eyes. As the person with the most profound knowledge of swordsmanship on the ship, he saw clearly what had just happened, and was even more frightened because of it.

In an instant, not even 0.001 seconds, her knife had already slashed through the surrounding objects.

This is extremely fast swordsmanship.

Sauron's swordsmanship is more focused on strength and momentum, and he is not good at speed at the moment. But that didn't stop him from seeing how terrifying this move was.

Is this guy really just a beginner?

The more Zoro thought about it, the more his heart grew colder.

"call……"

Mary let out a long breath.

She was recalling the blissful feeling just now.

Is this the ultimate intention... Taking the lead with one's own mind and not relying on the power of the system, is this a condition that can trigger the ultimate intention?

Speaking of which, is what she just realized her own realization, or is it brought about by the system?

- This has no effect.

Because Mary has completely understood the action she just made, and can use this move again in the blink of an eye - this shows that she has mastered this move very well.

She looked at Dusk Saber thoughtfully.

This is probably the biggest progress she has made in this world.

"As expected, you still have to act according to your heart." Mary nodded with deep understanding, "Besides, the knife is indeed a good thing."

As for what this move is called...

As the first sword skill she learned and the first ability she created independently, it represented her formal entry into the sword. For this commemorative significance, Mary had to give it a name very seriously.

In one breath, all leaves were chopped off.

Let’s call this move [Man’s Breath].