The bloody hand Mary of the pirate

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

But fortunately, Mary is not without nothing to do. On the contrary, she is extremely busy now.

“One more set!!!”

In the training room of the Golden Merli, Mary, who had stripped down to just 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.

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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, and 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, brushing technique, retreating technique, drawing technique, and grating technique.

, starting technique, returning technique, knocking down technique.

These are the most basic sets of moves in Kendo, and almost all sword skill schools are extensions and variations from these moves. Zoro has only learned the basic sword moves, but he has practiced them quite well in terms of strength, speed, and momentum.

effort.

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 frantically 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, she has a treasure trove without realizing it.

Although Mary also trained in Donghai, she spent most of her time in sparring training. She was proficient in fighting skills, but she did not make good use of her 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? You have been doing it all day, night and morning. You have done more than 30,000 push-ups, run more than 4,000 laps around the field, and you have been training like crazy except for eating. How come you are 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 already stunned.

"call!"

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

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

Mary looked down at her hands and clenched her fists hard.

I have indeed neglected to exercise basic skills in the past. Physical fitness does not represent the strength of the skills, but represents a physical upper limit.

I have never done high-intensity strength training before. Now that I have done so, 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 are no physical problems that cannot be solved by consuming life force. If there are any, then use more.

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

Otherwise, Mary doesn't need to stop until all her life force is exhausted.

Of course, she has to rely on exercise to consume all her vitality, and Mary will probably need 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 and approach in a lustful manner - 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 raising her head.

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. Its greatest role was to make up for it at critical moments. This was why Mary exchanged Murasame forging it.

However, since Mary had made up her mind to improve her swordsmanship, she couldn't just cope 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 condenses on the tip of the knife, 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, Mary has to take those words seriously.

The system must have a way to strengthen its own swordsmanship, just like the sword that contains the experience of Sasaki 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. She couldn't use many skills proficiently, such as the magic eye and the fruit of desire.

The power gained directly is like a researcher suddenly getting a paper that shocked the past and the present. He can become famous based on that paper, but once he studies the principles in depth, researchers who have not studied carefully will not be able to answer the question 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 this situation - this is caused by unfamiliarity with the skills.

But if she only uses those 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 the beginning to the end, the only things that really changed her nature were the Life Fruit, Life Return and those body reshaping fluids.

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

The foundation is 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 swordsmanship on her own. Start from scratch and slowly master it. Maybe she can learn from some swordsmen's insights in the system, but this is just a reinforcement for Mary.

From now on, blood will be used as the main method of long-range combat, while sword skills will be used as the main method of melee combat. Other fruit abilities will be used as auxiliary methods 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 her thoughts on the 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 don't have anything else to do. That's what it means to be able to reach the gods with just one thought - Sasaki Kojiro.

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

…

Mary took a deep breath, feeling a little discouraged.

Maybe her realm is far from enough. She kept murmuring these words in her heart, but she gained nothing.

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 placed directly on it, and the shadows are sparse and bright.

Mary stood up and repeated the actions Sauron 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 some small but not insignificant things.

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

For example, the mental image world can not only roughly affect mental attack 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 closely. As a cook, he could not tolerate people on his ship going hungry - even if they were his enemies in a broad 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 sound.

It's not that he cares about Mary's progress or anything like that. He is afraid that if he disturbs Mary, she will be angry and he will 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 moved 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, spring and thunder can all be known with one sword. Ghosts and gods can be understood with one thought.

Maybe it was some kind of special force-generating technique, maybe it was 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, in the entire space, fallen leaves were divided into two parts.

"!"

Mary woke up suddenly.

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 together.

"That was just now..."

Ikarem 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 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 cut through the surrounding objects.

This is the ultimate swordsmanship.

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

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 independently created, it represented her official entry into the art of swordsmanship. 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].