The Pirate Garen

The top powerhouses all have their own unique temperaments. There are moody people like Big Mom, prudent people like Warring States, and unrestrained people like Karp.

And Hawkeye Mihawk's character is a textbook-style "outsider expert" template, born with aloofness and willfulness.

Simply put:

Those who are pleasing to the eye are another matter; those who are not pleasing to the eye can be killed as soon as they are said.

If Galen showed a cowardly look in front of Mihawk and directly admitted that he used tricks to force a 50-50 split with the other party, Mihawk would definitely become angry because of the deception and insult he received.

However, Galen's ignorance of the heights and depths of the sky and his lack of timidity like now, actually played into his hands.

Galen not only confronted Hawkeye head-on, but also blatantly changed the concept:

I can block your slash, not because my ability is too weird, but because your blade is not sharp enough.

If this slightly provocative sentence is told to other strong men, nine out of ten will make the other party angry.

But Hawkeye Mihawk was deeply touched by this sentence:

Whether it's swordsmanship or fruit ability, these are actually not important.

As the world's number one swordsman, would his blade be afraid of those weird sword skills and fruit abilities?

There is no invincible swordsmanship in the world, and there is no invincible devil fruit.

The sword masters and fruit ability users who were defeated by this black knife have long been unknown, and nothing in the world can completely stop his slash.

However, today there actually appeared a "strongest shield" that even Hawkeye's black knife could do nothing about.

Mihawk tightened the rigid lines of his face, his eyes were as sharp as knives.

After a while, Mihawk, who stood silently like a sculpture, finally sighed:

"I still can't cut it open."

"you win."

Hearing Mihawk's declaration of admitting defeat, Galen was slightly surprised.

The secret of pretending to be evasive is to accept as soon as it is good. Galen, who has been seen through by Mihawk, immediately showed the humility and respect of "a late student":

"No. My swordsmanship is still very shallow, and it's only because of my swordsmanship that I can catch your slash."

"How can this be regarded as my victory?"

"snort!"

Mihawk snorted lightly, and said coldly:

"I didn't lose to you, I just lost to that style of swordsmanship."

"but."

Mihawk asked again with great interest:

"It is impossible for pure swordsmanship to completely resist my full blow. What method did you use?"

"My fruit ability."

Galen once again used the almighty Devil Fruit as a shield:

"My devil fruit has given me many special abilities, and this sword skill is one of them."

"good."

Mihawk nodded and accepted the statement.

To him, it doesn't really matter what method the other party used;

The important thing is: in the lonely career of standing at the peak, there is another thing worthy of his challenge and allowing him to sharpen his sword.

Although the opponent's weird "fruit ability" blocked his strongest slash at this moment, Mihawk believed:

As long as his blade is strong enough, there is nothing absolutely indestructible in the world.

And this new challenge that suddenly lay in front of him will inevitably become a stepping stone for him to reach a higher peak in the way of swordsmanship.

A high-spirited fighting spirit gradually appeared in his amber pupils, and the slender body towering over the sea was like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath, and an unstoppable invisible momentum shot straight into the sky, and there seemed to be thunder in the silence ring.

"I have a request."

Although it is a 'request', there is always an irrefutable force in Mihawk's deep voice:

"I'm short of a sword-testing stone to sharpen my black knife, and I hope I can walk with you temporarily."

"Very happy."

Galen readily agreed, and he didn't have the guts to refuse anyway.

The Fearless Pioneer Saber continued to head towards Alabasta, and finally entered the surrounding waters of the Kingdom of Alabasta after a long voyage.

Although no one could recognize the golden sword flag hanging on the ship on the great channel, many eyes still noticed this strange giant ship coming from the East China Sea.

The one who noticed Galen's whereabouts was none other than Crocodile, the target of Galen's trip.

After reading Galen's information, Crocodile realized that this knight of the Eastern Sea, who had a shallow reputation on the great waterway, was actually a tricky character:

Pretending to be a hero, engaging in infiltration, and conspiring to steal the country all coincided with his brilliant plan.

Although there is a huge difference in level between the small remote country of Goa Kingdom and the Kingdom of Alabasta, Crocodile has to admit that the Eastern Sea Knight's methods are very clever.

More importantly, during the vigorous investigation of Galen by the work agency, Crocodile was also somewhat surprised to find that:

There is a problem with the origin of the defected female agent of the work agency who was cited by Galen as a confidant!

Before Weiwei was recruited by Galen, she was a candidate for a middle-level agent with a high status in the work agency, and she was a conspicuous figure whose rank was only lower than a dozen middle-level and senior agents.

And no matter how reclusive and low-key Weiwei lived when she was a princess, there will always be traces left.

It's okay not to investigate carefully, but the true identity of the princess of the Kingdom of Weiwei will be revealed after vigorously digging.

Crocodile immediately became nervous:

What is the reason why he dared to attack the great kingdom of Alabasta and it went so smoothly?

It is not because of the poor coping methods displayed by the Alabasta royal family in handling domestic affairs.

But now, Crocodile was surprised to find:

An ambitious man who is as resourceful as himself has hooked up with the royal princess, and blatantly shows his intention to intervene in the internal affairs of Alabasta.

Once the king changes his mode of action because of this guy, it will inevitably have a great negative impact on Crocodile's plan to steal the country.

Naturally, this was not what Crocodile wanted to see, and this ignorant Eastern Sea Knight naturally became a thorn in Crocodile's side and a thorn in his flesh.

After careful analysis of Galen's intelligence, Crocodile finally discovered the most fatal weakness of his opponent:

Not strong enough.

Although the information received varies, Crocodile can roughly guess that Galen's strength will not exceed Mr. 1 by much.

Although this kind of strength is already considered a good hand in the first half of the great channel, it is obviously not enough for him, the king of Qi Wuhai and a natural ability user.

After thinking about it for a long time, Crocodile, who has worked hard to transform into a resourceful role in recent years, quickly regained his roughness and fierceness when he was a pirate, and sentenced Galen, who had never met, to death in his heart.

His plan is very simple and crude:

Set up guard posts in the waters around Alabasta, and then intercept and kill Galen at sea before he arrived in Alabasta, so that this nosy East Sea knight and the restless royal princess sank in the sea to feed the fish.

And after the subordinates of the work agency sent the information about the dreadnought battleship, Crocodile immediately took action on it, and even took a boat to the sea to carry out the killing mission.

Not only did he come in person, but he came alone.

Because Crocodile knew that Galen could defeat even the strongest agent under his command, MR.

Moreover, Crocodile wants to continue to hide his identity.

In order to play the positive role of the hero of Alabasta, Crocodile and the subordinates of the work agency have always relied on the secretary Robin for one-way communication. Except for Robin, no one in the work agency knows the true identity of the president. .

And MR.1, who was regarded by Crocodile as a capable man and firmly held the chief throne in the work agency, didn't even know until his death that the big boss on his head was actually a well-known king Shichibukai.

So Crocodile came to the sea alone, and quietly sailed close to Galen's Dreadnought Vanguard Saber.

Seeing the golden sword banner, Crocodile couldn't help showing a cruel smile on his face:

"Want to steal my business?"

"Then please stay in this sea forever!"

After writing here, I suddenly found out that there was a bug in the previous word counting.

Although the pair of MR.1 and Miss. Two Fingers were allowed to meet in advance for the sake of the plot, even so they should not know the identity of their own boss, so it is impossible for Miss. Two Fingers to meet a guy who likes to raise crocodiles. (/ω＼)