Chapter 331 My Swordsman Neighbor
Kingdom of Sitskeal, former site of the royal palace.
The corpses that were rotting into bones exuded an overpowering stench. Even the world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye Mihawk, couldn't help but frown slightly when he saw this sight.
Stepping into the depths of the palace, the originally luxurious decorations were smashed and dismantled by the rebels and became dilapidated. Dry and wet garbage was scattered everywhere.
Swinging the sword gently, a sword wind blew them to the corner. The eagle eye found the king's palace and observed it before walking out again.
“You can live in it, but you need to clean it up first.”
He thought for a while and went out to find the baboons again.
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Xiaochao Village, Ji Xing’s home.
Ji Xing is taking stock of the unexpected gains from maintaining law and order in Xiaochao Village. Doflamingo has always been a wholesaler of good goods, and the Devil Fruits in his hands are always being robbed. Ji Xing never thought that he would be able to grab one just by maintaining law and order.
This is a light yellow fruit in the shape of a peach, with spiral patterns all over it that are common to Devil Fruits. Ji Xing knows that it is a superhuman fruit, but it is not clear what it is.
Ji Xing stared at it for a while, and then he felt a faint attraction coming from him, and the instinct to eat it came from his body, but this feeling was very weak, far less than that of a brain to a monster!
"It seems that so many children eating it by mistake are not all because of greed. This thing looks very weird. Who would eat it casually except for Luffy?" Ji Xing thought to himself: "Oh no, again Forget that there’s a lot of mental illness in the world.”
Studying the changes that devil fruits can have on human genes is Ji Xing’s biggest goal after invading the pirate world, but there is no condition and it’s not the right time yet, so Ji Xing puts it away first.
‘If you bring back a Devil Fruit when choosing profit, what will it look like when the rules of the world change? ’ Ji Xing rarely brings items for income, and he feels most secure when all his abilities are his own.
But it seems that supernatural items like devil fruits cannot be considered?
Besides the Devil Fruit, there are also some jewelry and the most important three knives.
There are no good swords in Xiaochao Village. The dignified police officer still uses the same ordinary saber as the guards. Now he can finally change his sword.
Two of them are similar to the swords he obtained when he was in the Ten Thousand Kingdoms, and the forging workmanship is good.
And the remaining one…
锵啷—Ji Xing drew his sword out of its sheath.
The half-clear, half-dark blue blade shone with a strange luster under the sunlight. Holding the pitch-black handle in his hand, he felt like he had complete control over it. Ji Xing casually pulled out a piece of hair and threw it away. The swaying hair was easily cut in half by the motionless blade.
You can break your hair without blowing it!
“A good sharp knife costs fifty works?”
“Or the twenty-one skills of a sharp knife?”
Except for the special Zanpakuto, even the forging process of the Nichirin Sword is far inferior to it. Ji Xing feels that this should be one of the 71 famous swords.
The twelve skills of the supreme sharp sword are unlikely.
“But I can raise it up.”
Like Demon Slayer's He sword, the swordsmen in the pirate world can use their armed haki to cultivate the black sword, which increases the sword's lethality exponentially. Ji Xing's haki has long been enough to control the heat, but the previous Not to mention keeping that knife, he didn't dare to try his best to wrap it up with the weapon.
No matter how powerful a swordsman is, he must be equipped with a good sword!
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The jet-black blade is a T-shaped sword with heavy flowers. It is one of the 12 skills of the Supreme Great Knife and the strongest black sword. It sends out a powerful chop in the hands of Hawkeye.
With a roar like the earth was shaking, a hole dozens of meters deep was cut out. Hawkeye put the knife back into its sheath, and the baboons behind him carried the corpses and garbage with frightened faces and buried them in it.
Hawkeye supervises the work silently.
After a moment, he suddenly stretched out his hand to stop one of the baboons and said, "Wait a minute."
The baboon was about to throw away a damaged scroll that was covered in mud and footprints, when Eagle Eye took the scroll and looked at it.
There are four people in the painting, the king with beige hair wearing a crown, the eighteen or nineteen-year-old prince with the same beige hair, the gentle princess with a bright red smile in her black hair, and the cute girl princess who inherited the princess's hair color.
“Having occupied their home, don’t erase their last traces.”
Hawkeye gently patted the soil on the scroll and handed it to the baboon: "Put it back in the palace hall."
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"Brother Sheriff." Natalia faced Ji Xing, her eyes were red, and she bowed deeply and said: "Thank you for saving me, thank you for being my father...for my father, My mother and brother took revenge, and I caused trouble for the village.”
The red streak in her hair has disappeared. The pure black hair and ordinary fisherman-like clothes are no longer so dazzling. Of course, her temperament and appearance are still a bit eye-catching compared to ordinary villagers.
Ji Xing shook his head: "You're welcome. As the village's peace officer, every civilian who enters the village is under my protection. What, has the little princess settled down in Xiaochao Village?"
Aunt Kirsty smiled and said: "Well, don't call her little princess, Holo. Call her Nata, and she will be my daughter from now on."
Several people told him what happened after Ji Xing left that day, sentence by sentence.
Only a few people and Abe knew Princess Natalia's identity. The village chief kept it secret for her and only said that she was the daughter of a merchant who was robbed by pirates. Her parents were unfortunately killed. When Aunt Kersty saw her, She had nowhere to go and she was adopted.
As for Ji Xing, he went to deal with another group of pirates, zealously avenging Nata, and preventing another group of pirates from attacking Xiaochao Village again, and fulfilling his duties as a peace officer. So when they knew Ji Xing was back, they immediately came over to check his confession to avoid being exposed and causing unnecessary trouble.
“Jolo, those rebels are now...”
“I’ll kill them all,” Ji Xing said. “I’ve dealt with them from beginning to end. If nothing happens, don’t show off. No one will be able to find Nata again.”
Really killed them all? ! The rebel army that captured a country was completely wiped out by the police chief of our village? Although there are not many rebels left, this feeling...how to put it, is like the old man who plays chess with him every day suddenly turns into a monster, which is as surprising and bewildering as it is.
But this is a good thing for Xiaochao Village.
In a place like this where pirates are often encountered, with the protection of a powerful peace officer, the happiness index of the villagers will rise.
Aunt Kirsty gently hugged the excited little princess, looked at Ji Xing, and wanted to praise the good boy, but felt it was inappropriate.
The village chief was surprised, but also a little worried: "By the way, Holo. This time, the news about you arresting more than 40 people by yourself spread out, and several other village and town chiefs sent people to inquire about the news. , even the navy knows about it, and the G19 base asked you if you are interested in becoming a navy..."
Ji Xing smiled and said: "Xiaochao Village is my home. If the town wants to promote me to be the chief constable of Tidal Island, I will agree. However, I will still stay in our village on weekdays, but as a navy, in a short time I had no intention of doing so."
The village chief instantly took reassurance and said with a smile: "In this era, everyone is yearning for the sea. If you want to become a navy, we will not delay you. But as the village chief, of course I secretly hope that you can always Protect the village."
"By the way, there is one more thing." He looked at Nata and said: "I had people hide the property you seized from those rebel ships that day. Look at these things..."
"Give it to Nata. This is originally the wealth of her country." Ji Xing said: "Don't refuse, I will keep the other half of the rebel army's wealth."
Nata closed her open mouth and thought for a moment, "I don't need that much money, just keep a few pieces of jewelry from my mother."
She forced a smile: "Aunt Kirsty will feed me, won't she?"
"You girl." Aunt Kirsty couldn't help but smile: "It's not okay to just eat for free. Starting tomorrow, you have to help me sell things."
“Yeah.” Nata agreed, then hesitated and said, “Brother Sheriff, I have one more request. Can you... teach me swordsmanship?”
Ji Xing didn't ask why. Suffering always makes people grow. He smiled and said, "No problem. It's a little late for you to learn at your age. It will be very hard. You have to be mentally prepared."
“What kind of swordsmanship can a little girl learn...” Aunt Kirsty muttered without saying much, knowing that Nata’s heart was still fragile at this time.
Nata’s lips curled up into a smile. When she walked out of Ji Xing's house, the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on her face, and two more tears rolled down her eyes, which soon changed to a strong expression.
‘Thank you, the village chief, Aunt Kirsty, and brother Sheriff! ’
The mountain that weighed on my heart was lifted.
She felt like she had been given a new lease of life.
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Boom—Boom—
Amidst the roaring sound of the explosion, two powerful chop waves chopped up two crooked buildings, leaving the front of the palace empty.
The baboons went to clean up the ruins in awe, fear and frustration. Hawkeye stood on the steps of the palace and watched the sunset. He then swung his knife and cut away the building that obstructed the view, nodding slightly.
that's it.
Hawkeye, who has always been able to go wherever the ship floats, this is the first time he has occupied a base. It is not that he yearns for stability because of his age, but that after constantly challenging the strong and becoming the world's greatest swordsman, he wants someone worthy of his challenge. Running out.
The remaining ones are so powerful that it is not easy to pull them out into a one-on-one battle.
It’s better to find a place to practice sword practice by yourself.
What satisfied him most about this place was not the openness and foundation, but the baboons.
With the efforts of the baboons, he had a simple dinner and moved into the empty palace.
Early the next morning, standing in the empty square in front of the palace, Hawkeye pulled out the black knife, held it in both hands, raised it, lowered it, and waved it again and again.
No power is injected into it, and the swung sword only brings up gusts of breeze. But if there is a strong person here, you will find that the amplitude of each swing of the sword is exactly the same, not less than a millimeter, and even the direction of the wind each time. All the same size!
Swordsmanship is the most unforgiving practice. No matter how powerful a swordsman is, he must go through accumulated training over time. Even if he is the best in the world, he will not relax!
Not long after practicing, a group of baboons suddenly ran over and lined up behind Hawkeye, imitating his imitation of swinging the knives they picked up from the battlefield.
Hawkeye's lips curled up into a slight smile.
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“Swordsmanship is the most unforgettable practice. If you want to become a powerful swordsman, you must go through thousands of boring and repetitive exercises!”
In an open space in Xiaochao Village, Ji Xing said to the five men and two women who were practicing sword-wielding in front of him: "Fedolenko, don't be lazy with your wrists, stand still! Rexidan, don't hold your chest so high!"
Since you want to practice swordsmanship with me, you must have perseverance and determination. If you can't persist, it doesn't matter if you quit. Your level is enough to be a guard in Xiaochao Village. "
“Boss Holo! We can do it!”
"drink-"
The seven people did not relax, but persisted.
The five men and one woman here are the guards under Ji Xing's command. Because they knew that Ji Xing was powerful and heard that Abe was pestering Ji Xing to learn swordsmanship, he also expressed his desire to learn, so he appeared here.
Ji Xing now has only these six guards left under his command. The original seventh man was 42 years old. Before Ji Xing suddenly emerged, he was the first choice to take over as the Sheriff. He had been a guard for 20 years and was replaced by a young man like Ji Xing. The young man grabbed the position and was very dissatisfied.
Ji Xing has been quite active during the past half month, and even said some things that he shouldn't have said. Last night, Abe was hacked out of the village with a knife and moved away. Ji Xing only got the news this morning.
It doesn’t matter to him, he is not Pele, so he cannot be liked by everyone. The seventh person in front of them was naturally Nata, who said she wanted to learn swordsmanship yesterday, and the number of people was increased to seven.
This little girl also has some basic skills. She has at least learned ceremonial swordsmanship before, but she is young and lacks physical strength. After swinging the sword less than a hundred times, her forehead was covered with sweat, and her hands were obviously sore. Gritting his teeth hard.
Practice like this will hurt yourself, but Ji Xing didn't stop her. He didn't stop when he saw her getting weaker and weaker, but instead made the other six guards with good physiques feel a lot of pressure.
The youngest Nata didn’t stop, and Ji Xing didn’t yell to stop, and kept correcting the non-standard movements. Who dared to give up first, and who dared to stop first?
It wasn't until Nata, whose face was stained with sweat, threw the knife that she couldn't hold on the ground with a clang, and was supported by Ji Xing as her body swayed, that the other few people let go of their strength, but heard Ji Xing say: "Rexidan, come here. You guys. Five, 100 more times!”
"ah-"
“Boss Holo…”
“Don’t talk nonsense, I only swung the knife 100 times more than 15-year-old Nata, which is a lot?” Ji Xing asked back.
“Not much!” Abe replied through gritted teeth.
“I can hold on, boss.” Rexidan is the only female among the guards. She is 25 years old, has short hair, and has very strong chest muscles.
"I asked you to come here so that you can learn something else." Ji Xing helped the exhausted Nata sit on the ground and said, "Look, from now on, you and Nata will do this to each other to relax your muscles and reduce soreness."
As he spoke, he clasped Nata's shoulders with his two big hands and twisted them counterclockwise. Nata's face, which was covered in sweat, also twisted, but he found that his arms seemed to be able to be raised a little.
“Well…Brother Sheriff…”
"I see your determination, Nata, but don't be anxious." Ji Xing smiled and said: "You will become stronger, but becoming strong is a process that takes time. Come, Rexidan, I will teach you how to press .”
After finishing speaking, he glanced sideways at the five male guards: "What are you looking at? Wrists! Shoulders! Who is tired and wants to quit?"
The five people quickly raised their swords with their eyes straight.
Abe’s heart was beating loudly. The boss has become so strict, so... cool~~~~~
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The next development was somewhat beyond Ji Xing's expectation. He thought that after three minutes of popularity, two of these guys would leave after two days of training. In the end, it would be good to have four of them practice swordsmanship with him.
But perhaps because of Nata's stimulation and not wanting to be the first to be embarrassed, or perhaps because everyone in the pirate world has the ambition to become a strong person, all seven of them persisted.
As a result, Ji Xing, the peace officer, sometimes has to take over some patrol duties.
But that’s nothing to him.
The process of guiding new students is also a process for Ji Xing to check for omissions and fill in the gaps. He has had some completely new experiences after having barely taught a few apprentices, and the time he spent was well worth it.
In the blink of an eye, another month of peaceful time has passed, and a small boat has arrived at Tidal Island East Port.
The black cloth cross with candlelight seems to come from the underworld, it is Hawkeye’s unique wooden boat!
Walking on dangerous waters like the Grand Line, Hawkeye has always been a man and a boat. His powerful swordsmanship helped him defeat the celestial phenomena. Flying and slashing were the driving force of his wooden boat. Perhaps when no one saw him, he would also use a black knife to draw. Up and down twice.
He has been getting along well with the baboons during this period. He does not plan to move, but is here for supplies.
There are a lot of materials in the ruins of a country, but it is impossible for Eagle Eye to go around picking up rags.
Especially when he has almost used up salt and other things, he always has to go to the inhabited city to buy them, and Lindao Tidal Island, a two-day sail from the gloomy island, naturally became his first choice.
Because he had no money on him, and there were always walking wallets on this island.
Sure enough, it didn't take him long to find a group of pirates. He was very satisfied with the pirate captain's bounty of 32 million Baileys and the rude gesture when he saw him walking over, so the world's greatest swordsman He rewarded the other party with the decorative knife hanging on his chest. In a fit of panic, he carried the body nearby to change some money, went shopping, and soon came to the outside of a prosperous small fishing village.
“Xiaochao Village... seems to be the largest of the five fishing villages on the island.”
It’s a little stuck, I’ve written and deleted it, I’m sorry, the 4,600 words are too short and I can’t go overboard.
(End of this chapter)