From a distance, one can only see the dense forests on the island of Kraingana, which does not look much different from the uninhabited islands on the sea.
"Then let's say goodbye, Tina, by the way." Yongze said goodbye to Zefaian and the others with a smile, then got off the boat with Tina and went to the island.
Zefa Ain and others watched Nagase and others leave.
"It's a pity that Admiral Nagase is such a good man, but he was punished for fighting pirates." Binz said with regret as he looked at Nagase's back.
Although they didn't spend much time together, Nagaze had left a relatively deep impression on him.
Although Nagaze is very powerful, he is a kind person. He never puts on airs as a general. Even when his subordinates criticize him, he just smiles.
Even the younger generations who had nothing to do with them were willing to be taught carefully. During the days of being taught by Nagase, Binz felt that he had gained a lot.
Ain also watched Yongze leave, but she didn't say anything, just watched quietly.
"Stop looking. It's time for us to set off." After Nagase Tina's figure disappeared into the forest, Zefa said with a loud laugh.
Zefa patted Binz's head hard, and then said, "Why, do you want to watch Nagase's Hawkeye fight?"
Binz smiled sheepishly and said, "After all, it was a battle between a general and the world's greatest swordsman. Anyone who came would be curious, right, Ain?"
"I'm curious, but the task of defeating pirates is more important." Iin turned around and said calmly.
Although she was curious about what the battle between Nagase and Hawkeye would be like and who would be the final winner, if Ein had to choose between watching the battle or continuing to fight pirates with Zephyr, Ein would choose the latter.
Ien respects Zefa very much and regards him as her own father. It is not only because of Zefa's teachings, but also because of Zefa's fierce protection during that incident. If it were for Zefa, she could give up a lot. After all, if it weren't for Zefa, she might have died in that incident.
Zefa looked at his two favorite disciples and gradually had some ideas in his mind.
He wanted Ain and Binz to go to Nagase and serve as Nagase's subordinates.
All his family members were killed, and disciples like Einbinz who had followed him for a long time were treated as family members by him.
If possible, he would naturally want to be better to his family.
Following Nagase is undoubtedly more promising than following him. Nagase is not only powerful but also kind and generous. He is also generous in guiding his subordinates. As a boss, he is the best.
Following Nagase will help us to defeat pirates better in the future, there are so many benefits.
"When Nagaze returns to the naval base, I will apply to transfer you to Nagaze's side." Zefa suddenly said.
Binz was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said: "Teacher, I just said it casually, I still want to fight pirates with you."
Binz thought that it was his words that made Zefa angry.
"Teacher, I don't want to go anywhere. I want to follow you forever." Ian said with great seriousness on his fair little face.
Zefa laughed twice, then suddenly became serious and said: "Have you forgotten what I taught you before? As a marine, you must put justice first!"
"Following Yongze, you will have more opportunities to enforce your justice. This is a good opportunity."
"But I..." Ian had a complicated expression, but he didn't want to refute Zefa's words.
"Don't act like we are going to be separated forever. I've just been transferred to Nagaze. It's not like we won't see each other anymore in the future. Maybe I will retire soon, and then I will be an instructor in the headquarters' school again." Zefa said.
The death of Whitebeard II had resolved a knot in his heart. Plus, he was indeed not young anymore, already 73 years old. If he retired and returned to the headquarters to teach, he was serious about it, not just to appease Ein and Binz.
As for why he went to teach in the navy again instead of quitting directly, it was because Zefa could no longer imagine where he would go after leaving the navy, and now the navy was everything to him.
… …
Not long after Yongze and Tina walked into the forest, a group of baboons armed with various weapons rushed out and surrounded them.
The baboons had a wide variety of weapons, including both cold and hot weapons. Nagase even saw a baboon practicing three swordsmanship with two knives in each hand and another in his mouth.
"Tina is so confused, what's going on with these baboons?" Tina looked at this group of unique baboons and slowly typed a question mark.
It's not that she had never seen baboons before, but she had never seen a baboon like this one holding a variety of weapons and looking so imposing.
Just as Tina was about to clean up these armed baboons, Nagaze suddenly burst out with a terrifying aura, and the powerful domineering aura hit the baboons like a huge wave.
Plop, plop, in an instant, all the baboons fell to the ground, stunned by Yongze's powerful momentum. Only a huge baboon could barely hold on, but he also looked at Yongze with horror, completely losing his previous arrogance.
"Conqueror's Haki!" Tina looked at Nagaze in surprise. She didn't expect Nagaze had such a trick up his sleeve. Nagaze had good control and it didn't affect Tina.
"What's so surprising about this? Aren't there many people awakening to the new world?" Nagase said with a smile.
"Those are pirates. Only a very small number of people in the navy can awaken this domineering power." Tina said.
In her impression, the only navy officer who could use the domineering color was Marshal Sengoku.
It’s not that the navy has no talent or is worse than pirates, but because of the environment, pirates, a group that is eager to see the world in chaos, are more likely to awaken the domineering Haki.
In fact, Tina didn’t say one more thing. Not only are there very few people who have awakened, but it is also rare to see a pirate with a domineering Haki as strong as Nagase.
Hawkeye, who was drinking tea and reading a newspaper in the castle, noticed something. He put the teacup on the long table and looked into the distance through the castle window.
Bored Perona was fiddling with her dolls. When she saw Hawkeye get up, she thought he was going to make lunch, so she asked, "What's for lunch today?"
However, Hawkeye did not respond to Perona at all, but kept staring in a certain direction.
This couldn't help but make the bored Perona angry. Perona crossed her arms, puffed up her cheeks, and deliberately floated in front of Hawkeye.
"Damn you, can't you hear me talking to you?" Perona said angrily while floating around and stomping her feet in the sky.
Hawkeye gave Perona a knife-handed attack with an expressionless face, knocking down Perona who was floating around like a ghost.
"You little devil, don't bother me. There are people coming to the island." Hawkeye said.
"Who is it? Is someone looking for you?" Perona asked like a curious baby.
"I don't know." Hawkeye replied briefly.
"What? This is nothing." Perona felt that she was wasting her time.
Hawkeye walked out of the castle. The sudden outburst of momentum just now was really extraordinary.
At this time, Zoro was still practicing his swordsmanship meticulously outside. When he saw Hawkeye coming out, he just paused for a moment.
Over the past year, Hawkeye has taught him a lot, and now he still needs to strengthen his own practice.
Hawkeye nodded indifferently, and just as he was about to step forward to investigate, he stopped because the person he was looking for appeared in front of him.
"Admiral Fujiwara no Nagase..." Hawkeye frowned slightly. He didn't expect that the person who came was the new navy admiral.
"Admiral of the Navy?" Zoro stopped moving, stopped training and looked towards Nagase.
In fact, Zoro once had a battle experience with a navy admiral, that was with Aokiji, but although it was called a battle, it was actually just a one-sided kill, so he knew a little about the strength of the admiral to a certain extent.
Zoro felt that he had grown a lot, and even if he encountered the same situation again, he would definitely not feel so powerless.
"Yes, I am." Nagase admitted generously.
"But I'm not here this time because of anything in the navy. I just want to pick a fight with you." Nagase explained with a smile.
Tina: …
It's okay to come and find trouble, but will you die if I say something to exchange ideas
"Joracol Mihawk, we are not here to represent the navy, but ourselves. Please do not make any associations here. My boss, Admiral Nagasawa, is also a great swordsman and wants to have a swordsman battle with you." Tina said quickly.
"The swordsman's battle..." Hawkeye glanced at the Ryujin Jakka on Nagase's waist, nodded and said calmly, "Then come on."
When reading the newspaper before, Hawkeye paid a little more attention to Nagase, and the result was just as he expected.
However, he did not expect Nagase to come and fight him. Generally speaking, the navy rarely does this.
When fighting with the admiral, Hawkeye naturally didn't want to fight next to his own home, because after the fight, there would probably be nothing left.
Hawkeye took Nagase directly to the other side of the island, ready to fight with Nagase there.
Zoro and Perona quickly followed.
Zoro wants to see how far he is from becoming a top-level warrior through the battle between the admiral and Hawkeye.
Tina noticed Zoro's presence, and the first thought in her mind was to capture Zoro, and then give up immediately.
Because she has already said that she does not represent the navy, but an individual, it would not be a good idea to capture Zoro at this moment when she doesn't know what his relationship with Hawkeye is.
Tina is a rational person, so she didn't do anything.
Nagaze and Hawkeye looked at each other from a distance of three meters. After staring at each other for nearly a minute, Hawkeye slowly pulled out his world's strongest black knife from behind and aimed it at Nagaze.
And Nagase also slowly drew out Ryujin Jakka.
"In this world, you are the second person who made me draw Ryujin Jakka, and you are also the first person who made me interested in competing in swordsmanship, because the first ones were a group of pirates who committed serious sins and I couldn't help but want to kill them all." Nagase gripped the hilt of the sword tightly with his right hand, a huge spiritual pressure burst out, and his aura gradually rose.
He only used the captain's template power. Even though his current fusion degree is only 80%, the power that the template can provide is extremely exaggerated.
Hawkeye didn't say anything. He was observing Nagase with his eyes as sharp as a hawk.
Powerful, extremely powerful!
This is an extremely powerful swordsman. This is the conclusion Hawkeye came to after observing him.
Hawkeye let out a breath and gripped the world's strongest black knife even tighter in his right hand.
Hawkeye longs to fight with a powerful swordsman, because only in this way can he hope to break through to a higher peak.
So during the Battle of Marineford, he stopped after fighting with sword energy for a while.
There was no point in besieging Whitebeard with others, so he wanted to challenge Whitebeard who was in good condition alone.
Although he failed to achieve his wish in the end due to strange reasons, it seems that he has now met an opponent who is equally worthy of the challenge.
Hawkeye's gaze was focused, and he raised the broadsword, with powerful armed color domineering covering the blade.
Immediately, Hawkeye swung Ye down suddenly, and a green and blue slash of more than 30 meters flew towards Nagaze. The ground affected by the slash quickly cracked, forming a long and narrow gully.
The huge green sword energy seemed to be able to cut the world in half, destroying everything that stood in its way.
When Zoro saw Hawkeye's slash, he held his sword tightly, his eyes full of unwillingness.
The gap was too big. As soon as Hawkeye made a move, Zoro knew that the gap between them was still huge.
After the end of the Battle of Marineford, Luffy witnessed the battle between truly top-level masters, so he used special means to inform his companions and told them a message, which was to practice hard and then meet at the Sabaody Archipelago two years later.
Zoro practiced very hard. He didn't want to experience the feeling of being powerless to protect others when something like this happened again. He wanted to stand by Luffy's side and fight with him.
When Tina saw Hawkeye's terrifying attack, she became a little worried.
Although Nagase kept talking about how powerful his sword was and that Hawkeye would be defeated once he drew the sword, Tina was still a little worried because she had never seen it with her own eyes.
"Everything in the universe will be reduced to ashes, Ryujin Jakafire!" Nagase unleashed his Zanpakuto, and the flames on Ryujin Jakafire became brighter. The spiritual pressure on Nagase increased again, and his momentum soared. Then Nagase swiftly swung his sword.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Nagaze slashed out an equally huge flame, and the red flame burned fiercely, causing the temperature around it to begin to rise.
The huge flames seemed to burn everything in the surrounding world to ashes. In an instant, the moisture in the nearby plants evaporated and they began to wither.
The red and blue flames collided with each other, and a huge explosion sounded.
Boom boom boom!
!
The ground that had sustained the aftermath of the slashing explosion began to crack continuously, with burn marks everywhere, a doomsday scene.
"So strong!" Zoro couldn't help but say.
The blows from either of these two people were beyond what he could withstand at the moment.