However, it was just a move.

Such words could only arouse Hawkeye's interest, but could not make him completely recognize Zoro.

Zoro still did not believe in evil, but no matter what kind of attack he launched, the result was easily blocked by Hawkeye.

Even so, it could not stop Zoro from swinging his knife. He attacked again and again, and Hawkeye blocked it again and again with a knife, and then attacked again. Until Zoro was completely exhausted, Hawkeye hit him on the back of his neck with a hand blade and flew out after a moment of distraction.

But Zoro, who should have fainted because of Hawkeye's attack, remembered the promise he made with his best friend in his childhood, and stood up again tremblingly. Even though he could not muster any strength in his body, Zoro still slowly raised his broken body and chopped at Hawkeye with all his strength.

The slow slash did not even allow Hawkeye to catch it. Hawkeye just turned his body slightly, and Zoro fell to the ground directly due to inertia.

Even though he had fallen to such a state, the beast-like eyes of this young swordsman frightened Hawkeye.

"What are you carrying? At the end of being strong, what are you longing for, weakling."

"I... will never lose!!!"

Zoro held on and spoke with difficulty, but his eyes never left Hawkeye for a moment.

Deep in his mind, Zoro recalled the people he met along the way.

"Tiger--"

Ji Shengsheng, Luffy, Nami, Usopp, Johnny, Joseph, the guy named Sanji, the little girl in Shields Town, and...

Guina...

"Hunting!!!"

He attacked Hawkeye with his special move, but Hawkeye, who was one step ahead, pierced the skin of his left chest with a knife first.

Red dripped onto the deck, and Zoro's arms lost all their strength. After all, [Tiger Hunting] did not hit Hawkeye.

But even so, Zoro still did not put down the two knives in his hands.

"Do you want to be pierced through the heart? Why don't you retreat?"

Hawkeye was puzzled.

He was very confident in his control of strength. After the battle with Zoro, he also understood Zoro's strength. If nothing unexpected happened, Zoro could dodge his attack.

But... Zoro didn't even dodge.

"I don't know... I don't know myself... I just think..."

"I just think that even if I take a step back here..."

"Then all the important vows and promises so far will disappear. In that case, I will never be able to move forward even one step!!!"

The deafening words were roared out by the man in front of him, shocking the Hawkeyes. Looking at Zoro who was so serious, Hawkeye showed a serious expression for the first time.

"That's right, this is called defeat."

"Haha, then I can't retreat even more!"

Regardless of the injuries on his body, Zoro looked at Hawkeye with sharp eyes.

"You won't retreat even if you die?"

At this moment, even this man with eagle-like eyes seemed a little less sharp than Zoro.

"It's better to die!!!"

This is exactly Zoro's answer.

How strong is this heart! Would you rather die in battle than lose?

At this moment, the world's number one swordsman recognized the fledgling boy in front of him.

"Puchi~" sounded, and the knife was pulled out of Zoro's body by Hawkeye and then retracted. He stepped back a few steps and faced Zoro seriously.

"Boy, tell me your name!"

Zoro raised the sword in his hand and took a stance, holding back the pain, and laughed defiantly.

"Roronoa Zoro!!!"

"I will remember it, the long-lost strong man!"

Then Hawkeye pulled out the big knife behind him.

"Then, to show my etiquette as a swordsman, I will use this world's strongest black sword to bury you in the sea!!!"

"I'm really grateful!!!"

With a strong fighting spirit, a black color emerged from Zoro's body, spreading from Zoro's hands and covering the blades of the three swords.

Hawkeye's eyes were solemn again. In this posture, did he completely understand the armed color?

Showing greater respect, Hawkeye's slash and Zoro's current strongest secret [Three Thousand Worlds] intertwined. And the final result was not unexpected. Hawkeye's tyrannical strength directly broke Zoro's armed color, and also destroyed the two ordinary blunt swords in his hands.

A touch of blood splashed from Zoro's body, and his body softened and fell, but he forced himself to put [Wado Ichimonji] into the scabbard and faced Hawkeye with open arms.

"What are you doing?"

Hawkeye was puzzled.

Zoro, however, did not look like a loser at all, and said with a wild smile.

"The scar on the back is a shame for a swordsman!!!"

"Great!!!"At this time, Hawkeye had already stood in awe and gave Zoro the final blow.

As the blade slashed across Zoro's body, bright red petals bloomed on Zoro's chest, and Zoro, who had lost all his strength, fell into the sea with a smile on his face.

Looking at Zoro's figure, Hawkeye sighed in his heart.

Don't be in a hurry to die, young swordsman.

"Zoro!!!"

"Brother!!!"

Luffy and Johnny Joseph couldn't help it. Luffy threw his body onto the battlefield, while Johnny and Joseph went into the sea to save people. Usopp and Nami also covered their faces and cried.

"Why?!"

Even Sanji, who was standing next to Ji Shengling, looked unbelievable.

The cigarette in his mouth had already fallen unconsciously, and Sanji, who witnessed the battle with his own eyes, could not understand this obsession at all.

"Did that idiot lose his mind?! Why didn't he dodge this attack? He'll die!!"

Even though they don't have a good relationship, Sanji doesn't want Zoro to die.

"The opponent is the strongest in the world. It's not shameful to fail, right? He should know the result! Why go up?! It's just ambition! Can't he just give up?!!"

"Because Zoro has a reason to fight to the last moment."

Ji Shengling came to Sanji's side with a serious face.

"That's not just the so-called dream ambition. If he really retreats even one step, it will be just as he said, he will never have the chance to reach the throne of the world's strongest."

"The height of the fountain will not exceed its source, and the limit of a strong man will not exceed his belief!!! Even if he dies, he will not give up."

At the end, Ji Shengling looked at Sanji on the side.

"You are the same, aren't you?"

I... am the same?

Sanji was stunned, not knowing what else he could say.

At this moment, he seemed to understand Zoro.

At this time, Zoro had been rescued by Johnny and Joseph, and Usopp and Nami also rushed over to give Zoro medicine.

Hawkeye looked at Zoro who survived and shouted to him.

"It's too early for you to die! I am Joracol Mihawk! See yourself clearly, know the world, and become stronger!!! No matter how many years pass, I will be waiting for you at the strongest position! Surpass this sword! Surpass me! Roronoa Zoro!!!"

And Zoro raised the Wado Ichimonji and shouted to the sky with his last breath.

"Luffy! And everyone! Did you hear it?! Sorry to make you worry! I... If I don't become the world's strongest swordsman, you will be very troubled! I... I won't lose again!!! Before defeating him! Before becoming a great swordsman! I will never lose again!!! Do you have any objections?! Pirate King!!!"

The invisible momentum emanated from Zoro's body, and in an instant, both the chefs of the sea restaurant and the people of the Creek Pirates almost fainted.

The domineering Haki of the man named Roronoa Zoro awakens and sweeps the whole place!!!

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