One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

"Then, Miss Gion, why don't you spar with me for a couple of moves? I see you also use a sword, right?"

The flying squirrels and the others curled their lips, thinking to themselves that Fire Mountain was simply trying to show off in front of the beautiful women while the four of them, including Gig, were away.

Speaking of Huoshaoshan, he's quite the reserved guy. He usually looks all smiles and like an honest man, but he gets more excited than anyone else when he sees a beautiful woman.

In the manga, he even has the glorious feat of being petrified by the Empress, which is quite embarrassing compared to the flying squirrel who faced the Empress before.

Gion glanced at Mount Kasho briefly, nodded slightly, and said,

"Okay, it's true that it's a bit against the rules to challenge the strongest right away."

As she spoke, she slowly drew her sword from her waist, gave a swordsman's salute to the burning mountain, and looked extremely serious.

Fire Mountain quickly returned the greeting, drawing his katana at the same time. Suddenly, the flying squirrel beside him spoke up.

“Miss Gion, if I’m not mistaken, the sword in your hand should be the famous sword Kinpira.”

As a pure swordsman, Momonga is very familiar with most of the famous swords in existence, and he remembers their appearances very clearly. He often falls asleep at night while looking at pictures of famous swords!

Gion, therefore, looked at him with newfound respect and said softly,

"That's right, this Kinpira was a birthday gift from Sister He, and I like it very much."

"Sister Tsuru... I've been wanting to ask this since earlier, does the 'Sister Tsuru' that Miss Gion is referring to mean Vice Admiral Tsuru?"

"Yes."

"hiss......"

After receiving confirmation from Gion, everyone gasped in shock. Vice Admiral Tsuru's prestige at headquarters was at its zenith, placing him in the same tier as Admiral Sengoku and others.

This background already made it a veritable naval elite family for Momonga and the others who were still trainees.

Jessica whispered in Ginny's ear.

"She's actually Lieutenant General Tsuru's sister. It's a bit troublesome for Gige to be entangled with someone like that!"

Ginny remained remarkably calm throughout, merely nodding and saying "oh," showing complete disdain for Gion's so-called background.

In her opinion, what does it matter how powerful someone's background is? Can it be more powerful than her brother Jige?

Huoshaoshan wiped the cold sweat from his brow, feeling a pang of regret.

This is Lieutenant General Tsuru's sister! If he hurts her too badly later... Although Lieutenant General Tsuru wouldn't hold a grudge, there's no guarantee someone won't stand up for him!

Gion seemed to have anticipated everyone's thoughts, and she chuckled softly.

"Don't worry, this is a normal competition, it won't involve any messy things, besides..."

A sharp, cold light flashed across the blade of Kinpira's sword. Gion's entire demeanor changed; all traces of feminine weakness vanished, and her voice turned icy.

"I don't think I'm weaker than men!"

Swish!

Gion's figure vanished from the spot, only to reappear behind Mount Kasho in the next second, wielding the Kinbira and thrusting it towards his lower back.

Driven by male instinct, Kashoyama reacted with astonishing speed, turning around abruptly and blocking Gion's attack with his sword.

The tremor from the sword made Huoshaoshan completely put aside his random thoughts. He roared and used brute force to shake off Gion. Then, the long sword in his hand vibrated at an extremely fast frequency.

As soon as Gion landed, she saw flames erupting from the sword of Fire Mountain. She narrowed her eyes and whispered,

"A flame formed by high-speed friction with the air? A very peculiar technique."

With both hands gripping the hilt of his sword, Kashoyama leaped into the air and slashed fiercely down at Gion below.

Faced with this powerful and heavy blow, Gion did not choose to take it head-on, but instead easily dodged it with her agile movements, thus creating distance between herself and the Fire Mountain.

Just as Kashoyama was about to draw her sword and pursue again, Gion suddenly sheathed Kinpira, tilting her body slightly as if to draw her sword.

Compared to the wildly dynamic movements of the blazing mountain, Gion seemed to be frozen in place. As she drew closer to the blazing mountain, she finally moved.

She drew the scabbard from the sword again, and it drew a graceful arc in the air, from which a pink sword aura burst forth, striking the samurai sword of the burning mountain precisely.

After making this move, Gion twirled her sword and turned to walk towards the Momonga and the others who were watching the battle, seemingly declaring her victory.

Fire Mountain was still gritting his teeth and resisting the sword energy unleashed by Gion, but in the end he couldn't hold on for more than a few seconds. He was sent flying, sword and all, and finally landed on the ground in a very sorry state.

The flying squirrel looked solemnly at Gion walking towards them and murmured,

"She actually unleashed sword energy! No wonder she's Vice Admiral Tsuru's sister..."

Facing the astonished gazes of the crowd, Gion placed one hand on her hip, a bright smile returning to her face, and said loudly,

"If this is the standard of the naval academy, then I probably won't have to wait for Gigg to come back."

Chapter 33 Ginny VS Gion

Gion's words were particularly grating to everyone's ears. Momonga drew his katana with a whoosh, ready to fight, but Ginny was already standing in front of Gion before him.

She looked directly into Gion's eyes and said, word by word,

"You're getting a bit cocky. You can't question Giger's strength!"

Gion chuckled. Having been pampered since childhood, she already held Ginny's behavior of wholeheartedly admiring one man in contempt. She said in a disdainful tone,

"Say what you will. In the end, you're just a little girl who's blinded by love. Wake up, little sister. Your brother Jige might not be as good as you think."

Jessica, standing to the side, showed anger on her face. With her straightforward personality, she didn't care about background or anything else and rushed forward to confront Gion.

Ginny grabbed Jessica with tremendous force, and Jessica was pulled behind her with almost no resistance.

Taking out the gold pistol that Giggs had given her, Ginny said coldly,

"You came here to challenge me? Fine, I'll fight you!"

"you?"

Gion crossed her arms, her gaze sweeping over Ginny's slender figure, and said,

Are you stronger than that guy from before?

"You'll know once you start fighting."

Gion, recalling the speed Ginny had unintentionally displayed earlier, nodded. She pointed the Kinpira in her hand at Ginny and said,

"Make your move and let me see your strength."

Ginny said no more, and unleashed a powerful sweeping kick. Gion dodged it, glancing at the cracks left by the kick on the ground. She nodded slightly, thinking to herself,

"The power is good, but the speed is not fast enough."

When she looked at Ginny again, she found that Ginny had disappeared from her sight.

However, Gion was not flustered at all. She had already awakened her Observation Haki, and with the help of her Observation Haki, she quickly sensed Ginny's location.

Two gunshots rang out, and two bullets came from behind Gion. Without even looking, she swung her sword backward with one hand, cleaving the incoming bullets in two.

She turned gracefully and spoke to Ginny, who was standing not far behind her.

"Little sister, you're already quite skilled at shaving. I have to admit that you're much better than that guy just now."

Huoshaoshan, standing in the crowd of spectators, blushed deeply, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Ginny didn't take those words to heart at all. With Gigg as her role model, she wouldn't be smug about such cheap praise.

She bit her lip, knelt on one knee, the gun in her hand still emitting white smoke, and thought to herself that this woman was much more formidable than she had imagined.

She wasn't very skilled with Arashi script, and Gion was clearly known for her speed, so it was expected that she would be dodged.

So her "Storm Kick" was just a facade from the beginning; her real skill was gunplay, since bullets are much faster than her "Storm Kick."

She had just found the best shooting position using the shaving technique, but Gion easily saw through it, causing her to lose two bullets for nothing.

It should be noted that her bullet count is limited. Once she runs out, she will have to rely on physical skills to fight against Gion's Kinpira head-on, which is obviously very disadvantageous for her.

Gion raised her chin, a charming smile playing on her lips, and said,

"To be honest, this open area isn't really fair to someone like you who uses a gun. I won't give you a second chance like that. Why don't you just admit defeat? It wouldn't look good if you got hurt later."

Ginny snorted coldly, slowly straightened up, and said in a cold voice,

"You don't need to worry about that. Who wins and who loses is still uncertain!"

Gion stretched, slightly displaying her impressive curves, and said in a languid voice,

"Okay, okay, let's continue."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Ginny used Shave again, and in a flash, she was right in front of Gion.

Gion hadn't expected that Ginny, a gunslinger, wouldn't try to distance herself from her, but instead directly engaged the swordswoman in close combat. She immediately laughed.

"What? You seem a bit too hasty. Playing melee with me is not a wise choice."

As she spoke, she flipped the golden blade over and lashed it hard at Ginny's abdomen with the back of the blade. The blow was powerful and heavy; if it had hit, Ginny would likely have lost her ability to fight.

However, Ginny did something that shocked everyone present. She met the drawn dagger with one hand, grabbed it tightly, and held the blade firmly in her hand.

The result was that the sharp blade cut her delicate fingers, and blood dripped from the blade onto the ground. Gion's eyes widened in shock, and she exclaimed...

"Are you crazy! Aren't you afraid of becoming crippled?"

If Ginny hadn't controlled her strength properly, given the sharpness of the famous sword Kinpira, cutting off several fingers would have been an easy task.

Gion was terrified, she never expected that Ginny, who looked so delicate, could be so ruthless to her.