One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 952: Sauron vs. Lawless

"Damn, you're really tough, harder than iron."

Zoro slid back and avoided Lawless's pursuit. Although this guy looked stupid and rough, he was actually surprisingly agile and very fast. This guy was a typical numerical monster. He didn't have any dazzling abilities, just steady punches and palms. However, the powerful strength and speed made it impossible to find any flaws.

"Hahahaha! How can steel compare to a well-trained body? But you're not bad either, are you? I was worried that my opponent would be the kind of guy who only relies on the power of the fruit, but I didn't expect it to be a well-trained warrior like you. This is great, quite great."

When Lawless heard what Zoro said, he did not chase after him, but stood there with his arms folded across his chest, looking at Zoro, although his voice was as hoarse as a cat's claw on a blackboard.

"It seems that you are looking forward to such a battle."

Zoro took a deep breath and said that he was hesitating whether to use this move. After all, he was not very proficient in this move and it might even backfire. However, the guy opposite was obviously an opponent he had to do his best to defeat, unlike the guy with curly eyebrows.

"Of course. Don't you look forward to it? There are too many people in this world who start taking shortcuts. I know quite a few people who could have become strong, but because they wanted to take shortcuts, they ate a devil fruit. What did they become in the end? They did gain great power in a short period of time, but they stopped moving forward. They were satisfied with their own strength. In the end, the expressions they showed when they were surpassed by me made me feel sorry. They obviously had better talents than me, but they wasted it all."

A sad look appeared on Lawless's face. As the most upright guy in the team, some aspects of him simply did not fit the identity of a member of the World Government's secret team, because this guy was a typical martial arts fanatic. He did not care about any conspiracies or tricks. The only thing he wanted was to enjoy fighting.

Unlike Robert who is the captain, Lawless admires the navy hero Garp very much. After all, Garp does not have the ability of the fruit, but relies on a pair of iron fists to make a name for himself in the world. This kind of strength is what he wants. Unfortunately, Lawless also knows that his talent is indeed not enough, but if he lacks talent, he will make up for it with hard work. He relies on the effort of a thousand times that of ordinary people, and trains himself in a way that can be called self-abuse, so that his body successfully reaches the peak he can reach.

You know, when Spandine was their leader, he advised him to eat the devil fruit more than once, but without exception, all of them were rejected by Lawless. In his view, even if he could not go further, he would not increase his strength through external forces.

Zoro is also such a person. If we ask who has the largest amount of training in the entire Straw Hat Pirates, it is undoubtedly Zoro. Although unlike the original timeline, Kuina is also in the Straw Hat Pirates, but Kuina's training volume is still insignificant compared to Zoro. At least few people can train like Zoro with dozens of tons of stuff all day long and not let the ship be damaged.

And it was because Lawless felt this kind of similarity in Sauron that he was so excited.

"Indeed, when I was a pirate hunter, I encountered many such guys. After eating a devil fruit, they thought they were invincible."

Zoro couldn't help laughing when he said this, because he had been in contact with Yamato and others since he was a child, and he had been out to sea with Kuina, which led to Zoro knowing the existence of devil fruits before he became a pirate hunter. Among the pirates he captured at the beginning, there were some people with fruit abilities, but they were not strong. Most of them were animal-type guys who could only rely on brute force, and other than that, they had no other abilities. They could bully ordinary people, but they were often no match for Zoro and Kuina.

"Hahahahahaha, I knew there would be someone who would agree with me."

After hearing what Sauron said, Laurie burst into laughter. People around him didn't understand his choice. He didn't expect that when he went out on a mission today, he would meet a guy who had the same idea as him. If the timing was not wrong, he really wanted to have a drink with Sauron.

"Indeed, our ideas are similar in some aspects, but not exactly the same. After all, devil fruits are good in some aspects, such as improving physical fitness. As long as you don't give up training, it doesn't matter whether you eat devil fruits or not. In the final analysis, devil fruits are just tools. As long as people control the tools instead of being kidnapped by the tools, then it's fine."

Zoro can't say that he agrees with Lawless. After all, Lawless is obviously the kind of person who thinks that all devil fruits are wrong, while Zoro thinks that it doesn't matter whether you eat devil fruits or not, as long as you don't lose your way. Just like Kuina, Kuina eats devil fruits to enhance her physique, which in disguise smooths out some of the physical differences between her and him. There's nothing wrong with this. Kuina's strength has not been pulled down because of this, but has become stronger and stronger. Isn't this a good thing? So Zoro will not be like Lawless, completely considering eating devil fruits as a mistake.

"Well, it seems that our ideas are still somewhat different, but I never expect everyone to have the same idea as me. After talking for so long, let's see the truth with our own hands!"

When Lawless heard what Sauron said, he sighed helplessly, but he didn't feel too disappointed. After all, it was difficult to find someone who had the same ideas as him. He might not meet one in his whole life. Lawless had already gotten used to this feeling. However, he believed that there must be people in the world who thought the same as him. Now was more important to fight. After all, now was not the time to chat. "Ah, no problem. Thank you for waiting for me for so long."

Zoro said half-jokingly.

"That's fine. If you really want to thank me, then use your real skills to kill me, or I will kill you. But I feel that I will be the winner in the end."

Lawless said this, raising his fists again and looking at Zoro, but this time Lawless' body was actually covered with armed color domineering. Unlike the previous playful feeling, this time Lawless really used all his strength.

"Ha, how interesting, I have the same idea as you."

As Zoro spoke, he held Xuezou and Sandai Kitetsu in his hands and sneered. At this time, Zoro had more than just armed color domineering. The most shocking thing was that some ominous purple aura emerged from Zoro's body, lingering around him like flames.

"Hoo~~ Nice momentum. I'm starting to look forward to it."

Lawless looked at Sauron and immediately became interested.

"Then feel my power! Ghost energy! Nine Swords Style!"

Along with Zoro's low voice, the next moment, as if it was an illusion, Zoro turned into a three-headed, six-armed appearance. That was not all. The number of knives in Zoro's mouth and hands also increased exponentially.

"What is this? You are also a user of the fruit ability? No! I saw you swimming before, which means, hahahahaha! Great! It's great to have an opponent like you! As expected, fighting with you is the right choice. You actually made me hallucinate just by your momentum! Hahahaha! Come on! Let me feel whether your sword is sharper or my fist is harder!"

Lawless said as he looked at Zoro and gave him a smile that could scare a child to tears.

"As you wish! Ghost energy! Nine sword styles! Ghost Nine Flashes!"

Zoro was ready, and the next moment, he rushed towards Lawless at an astonishing speed.

"My style! Hao Quan!"

Lawless concentrated all his strength on his fist, abandoned all defense, and punched towards Zoro's head. Neither of them defended. In their opinion, there was no need to defend at this moment. The outcome of the battle depended on this moment. Either Zoro would successfully injure Lawless and break Lawless's indestructible body, or Lawless would successfully block Zoro's attack and defend his own strength.

“Squeak!” “Dang!” “Sizzle!” “Puff!”

As four different voices rang out almost at the same time, the battlefield fell into an eerie silence.

(End of this chapter)