One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 9: Sparring and Failure

The next morning,
"Ahaha————" Lily sat up from the bed and stretched.

"Huh?" Lily suddenly realized something was wrong and quickly shook her right hand.

"Okay?" Lily had broken bones before, and although she recovered quickly, usually within three days, this was the first time she recovered in just one night after eating a meal. To be on the safe side, Lily gently removed the bandage, loosened the splint, and used her hands to confirm along the bone bit by bit. After all, Lily's adoptive father was a surgeon, and although this doctor was better at dissection than treatment, Lily still learned the basic bone-touching skills.

After confirming a little bit at a time, Lily was sure that the fracture in her right arm had indeed healed. She did not feel any discomfort or loss of strength whether she was clenching a fist or waving. After confirming that there was no problem with her right arm, Lily quickly checked her left leg. After the same process, Lily was 100% sure that she had fully recovered.

Lily was very grateful to the hermit for treating her. After she packed up the bandages she had taken off, she prepared to go out to thank the hermit again and watch him make breakfast. Although it couldn't be considered a reward, it was at least a way to express the agreement.

"Squeak-"

"Ding Ling Lang" As the door opened, the sound of a glass bottle falling to the ground was heard.

What caught Lily's eyes was the floor full of wine bottles and Hermit and Zhizhi lying among the bottles, sleeping soundly with their legs spread out.

"You, you, how much did you drink last night!!!?" Lily's roar broke through the early morning.

The dividing line for waking up the two people…

"Oh, sorry, sorry. I accidentally drank too much yesterday. Hahaha." The hermit touched the back of his head and laughed, and the treasure-stealing mouse Zhizhi also scratched his head.

"Really, aren't you a doctor? Why do you drink so much wine?" Lily tied up the big bag containing the wine bottles. During dinner last night, the Hermit took out two bottles of wine from somewhere, saying that today was a happy day and they must have a drink. However, only the Hermit and Zhizhi were drinking, while Lily, who was injured, was only allowed to drink water. So after dinner, Lily was asked to go back to the house to rest, while the Hermit and Zhizhi drank in the living room all night.

"I told you, yesterday was a happy day, so of course we had to drink a little." The hermit took the big bag from Lily's hand and threw it casually. A whole bag of wine bottles flew out of the window and landed precisely in a shell-shaped trash can outside.

"Are you happy? To be honest, I should be happy. You saved my life, gave me treatment, and allowed me to stay here temporarily. I am very grateful." Lily thanked the hermit respectfully.

"Well, of course I have my own selfish motives. However, before I talk about my own business, I would like to ask what your plans are next?" The hermit waved his hand casually, but then changed his tone and asked seriously.

"As for me, I haven't thought about it yet. Maybe I can go out to sea to look for my stupid brother. I don't know if he survived." Lily rubbed her horns and thought.

"Is that so? Then let me ask you another question. What do you think of your strength?"

Lily almost blurted out "Not bad", but suddenly she thought of the one against two rear admirals, the hermit's movements that she was completely unable to react to, and the most helpless thing, she couldn't catch Zhizhi.

"I don't know." Lily lowered her head helplessly.

"Hahaha, don't underestimate yourself. Judging from your physical fitness, your strength is still good, at least in the first half of the Grand Line and the Four Seas. But the world is not so superficial. You said before that you want to build a free world without being governed by the World Government, right?" The hermit patted Lily's shoulder gently to comfort her. "Yes, this is my dream. I hate those nobles who are high above and never consider the people below." Lily nodded.

"That's right, take your knife and come outside with me." The hermit said, turned and walked out of the house, and Zhizhi followed him out.

Looking at the hermit, Lily felt a little puzzled. Was he going to teach her a few moves? But why? Was there something special about her? But before Lily could think about it, the hermit's urging voice came from outside the door. Lily hurried back to the house, took out her sword and went outside.

"In order to let you see the difference and let me get a feel for it, let's have a sparring match." The hermit took off his hat and black cloak, revealing a strange outfit that looked a bit like a suit.

"Click." Lily quickly stepped back, grabbed the handle of the knife with her right hand, put her left foot in front and her right foot behind, stood in a lunge, lowered her body, and stared at the hermit.

"Oh, your reaction speed is indeed good, but you made a mistake." The hermit raised a finger and shook it, "Your opponent is not me."

Just as she finished her words, there was a sound of "Squeak!" and a white furry ball rushed up at an extremely fast speed. Lily quickly drew her knife. She knew it was Zhizhi. She had experienced the speed of this little guy yesterday, so Lily did not hold back and chopped it with her knife.

She thought that even if the attack was successful, it would at least force Zhizhi to retreat. However, Zhizhi was not afraid at all and just charged straight towards the knife. It was too late for Lily to retract her strength, so the knife hit Zhizhi, but the bloody scene she had imagined did not happen.

"Bang!!!" With the sound of metal collision, Zhizhi's whole body turned purple and black. At the same time, a huge force attacked Lily. Fortunately, as a ghost, Lily's strength was not weak. She pressed her left hand on the back of the knife and used force to withstand Zhizhi's attack. After all, Zhizhi was in mid-air. As long as Lily withstood the initial force, Zhizhi quickly fell to the ground because there was nowhere to borrow force, but Zhizhi's attack did not stop.

Although Zhizhi was very strong, she was a mouse and strength was never her strong point, speed was. The moment she landed, Zhizhi turned into a white lightning again, rushing towards Lily from left to right. Zhizhi was too fast, and for a moment, Lily could only defend passively.

Maybe the hermit had made preparations in advance, and Zhizhi's attacks were almost all directed at the knife in Lily's hand. If it was directed at Lily herself, Lily might have been bitten with several bloody holes.

Perhaps it was because she discovered this that Lily slowly calmed down and began to observe Zhizhi's movements, hoping to find out the pattern of Zhizhi's movements. She just discovered that Zhizhi's invulnerable purple-black form can only be used when attacking, and Zhizhi cannot change color while running. This may be her breakthrough point.

As Zhizhi continued to attack, Lily also began to observe. Finally, Zhizhi turned his body habitually, and Lily suddenly took a step forward, "Blade·Qi!" Lily instantly drew a cross and attacked Zhizhi. Just when Lily thought that he had finally succeeded, Zhizhi suddenly braked, and the whole mouse stopped forcibly in an extremely unscientific posture, completely ignoring inertia.

Then, Zhizhi jumped with both feet and passed over the cross sword energy. His whole body turned purple and black again, and he kicked Lily with his right hind paw in a strange posture.

“Squeak, squeak!!!”

"Bang!" Zhizhi's little claws collided with Lily's blade. This time the force was far greater than any previous time. Lily's hands went numb and the long sword flew out in a spin.

Rose Lily VS the treasure-stealing mouse Zhizhi, Zhizhi wins!

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