One Piece: Starting with Sharingan, First Mate Uchiha

Inside the steel passageway of Building B, the temperature had already dropped below freezing.

The howling wind, mixed with razor-sharp ice and snow, raged through the dark, enclosed space.

Monet completely abandoned his human form, transforming into a gigantic yeti with a massive body and sharp fangs.

She appeared and disappeared unpredictably amidst the swirling snowflakes, using the advantages of her Logia-type Snow-Snow Fruit to launch relentless attacks on Zoro from blind spots.

After exchanging blows for several rounds, the meticulous Monet keenly noticed the unusual nature of Zoro's attacks.

She discovered that although the green-haired swordsman in front of her was a master swordsman with unparalleled skill and his sword energy was sharp and incomparable.

But with each swing of the knife, its sharp edge, capable of cutting through steel, seemed to deliberately avoid her vital points.

Monet suddenly flapped his wings and froze in mid-air amidst the snowstorm.

She stuck out her long tongue, licked her cold lips, and let out a condescending chuckle:

"I've heard of your great name, the great swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates."

"Although your bounty is frighteningly high and your strength is indeed quite good, you... deep down you don't kill women, right?"

"To hold such a naive bottom line on such a life-or-death battlefield is utterly foolish."

Just as Monet was preparing to intensify his efforts to completely bury this merciful swordsman.

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from the other end of the passage.

Tashigi, drawn by the commotion of the fierce battle, rushed over, panting.

She immediately recognized the two people facing off in the middle of the scene, her mind raced, and she made a decision in an instant:

In my current state, I absolutely cannot survive in this dangerous facility alone.

We must first help this green-haired pirate deal with the snow woman in front of him.

Then, using his powerful combat abilities, they can rescue Lieutenant General Smoker from the SAD manufacturing facility, who is in dire straits!

Tashigi took a deep breath and suddenly drew her famous sword, "Shigure".

Without the slightest hesitation, she charged headlong through the thick snow toward Monet in mid-air.

Looking at that familiar face running wildly through the wind and snow, its eyes filled with unwavering stubbornness and resilience, Zoro's mind went blank for a moment.

The cold wind ruffled Tashigi's short hair, and the image of the short-haired girl who had defeated her countless times in the Shimotsuki Village dojo, wielding a bamboo sword, perfectly overlapped with the Tashigi before her at this moment.

An inexplicable irritation and a strange sense of panic instantly gripped Zoro's heart.

He instinctively reached out his hand and roared out as if he had lost his mind:

"Hey! Don't go over there! Kuina!"

Hearing the commotion, Monet sneered, then suddenly flapped his wings in mid-air, forcibly changing direction.

She abandoned Zoro and spread her pure white wings. Like a predatory bird, she swooped down at lightning speed towards Tashigi.

Her sharp, pointed bird claws held down the blade of "Shigure" as if they were iron clamps.

Immediately afterwards, Monet opened his gaping maw, full of terrifying fangs, and bit down hard on Tashigi's slender shoulder.

"ah--!"

Tashigi let out a painful scream.

Hot blood gushed out from her shoulder like a fountain, instantly staining the white, cold snow beneath her.

"Stop it right now!!!"

Seeing Tashigi lying injured in a pool of blood, Zoro's anger was completely ignited.

In that instant, his figure suddenly transformed into a blurry black afterimage, appearing instantly in front of Siqi.

A cold glint flashed in Zoro's eyes, and he swung the Wado Ichimonji he was holding forward with a sudden movement.

An unstoppable, sharp sword aura roared out, forcibly forcing Monet, who was about to continue tearing at the target, back.

Monet tumbled and landed on the snow not far away.

When she looked up, she was met with a pair of eyes that made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

Zoro lowered his head slightly, his eyes devoid of any warmth.

In Monet's eyes, the surrounding wind and snow seemed to have stopped.

The man before them seemed to be a terrifying Asura, slowly crawling out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, exuding an aura of endless destruction.

A sense of fear originating from the deepest part of her biological instincts instantly seized her heart.

"You have indeed seen those docile wild beasts whose teeth have been pulled..."

Zoro gripped the hilt of Wado Ichimonji tightly with one hand as he walked step by step toward Monet.

"But who can guarantee that a real wild beast, when enraged, won't eat people?"

Hearing this declaration, which sounded like the whisper of death, Monet was horrified to discover that under the oppressive force of this pure killing intent...

His proud Logia-type Snow-Snow Fruit body was so stiff that he couldn't move even a single finger.

That deep-seated fear robbed her of all motivation.

She couldn't even manage the most basic elemental escape.

Zoro abruptly stopped, gripping his swords with both hands and raising them high.

Without any domineering aura, relying solely on the swordsman's unparalleled sword energy and that pure killing intent capable of severing souls—

"One-Sword Style: A Tremendous Move!"

A dazzling, peerless sword light flashed past.

In Monet's desperately contracting pupils, the sword light pierced through her body without any hindrance.

The next second, Monet's enormous Yeti body was neatly split in two from the very center, cleaved in two.

Although no Armament Haki was applied, not a single drop of blood flowed from this snow-covered body.

But the extreme fear brought about by the immersive experience of watching himself being cleaved in two caused Monet's brain to shut down completely.

With a piercing, distorted scream, Monet's mental defenses completely collapsed.

Her two halves of her body fell limply to the ground, and after a violent spasm, she was so terrified by the deathly pressure on her very soul that she fainted.

Tashigi collapsed onto the cold snow, clutching her still-bleeding shoulder with trembling hands.

She stared blankly up at the broad back of the man holding a long sword, blocking her way.

Deeply shocked, only one pure thought remained in her mind:

So handsome...

Swordsmanship.

However, this shock lasted only a moment.

The next second, a deep sense of inferiority, humiliation, and indescribable sadness completely overwhelmed her.

She hated herself! She hated her own powerlessness and weakness!

To protect her, Lieutenant General Smoker is currently being brutally beaten by that traitor in the SAD manufacturing room.

And now, she, a naval captain representing justice in the world, actually needs a pirate to save her.

The tears I had been holding back for so long finally burst through the dam in my eyes.

Tashigi lowered her head deeply, buried her face in her intact arm, and cried out in anguish.

Hearing the soft sobs behind him, Zoro slowly sheathed Wado Ichimonji.

He turned his head and looked at Tashigi, who was sitting in the snow crying her eyes out, and sighed helplessly.

He reached out and scratched his short green hair in frustration, muttering under his breath:

"Women are such a hassle."

"And this face..."

He strode up to her and looked down at her.

Although his tone still sounded harsh, a hint of tenderness, which he himself was unaware of, crept into his words:

"Okay, stop crying."

"I understand your resentment and pain right now... I understand how you feel."

"It's really unpleasant to watch yourself helplessly like this."

"But if you don't want to be weak like this for the rest of your life, then wipe away your tears, pick up your sword again, and train with all your might."

Looking at Tashigi, who had fallen to the ground, Zoro's thoughts involuntarily drifted back to his distant childhood.

In his memory, the weakling who could only hide under the moonlight and cry in frustration because he couldn't beat others was himself.

And the one wielding the bamboo sword, incredibly powerful, standing before him with a smile, encouraging and comforting him, was Kuina.

However, fate is fickle, and time flies; now their roles seem to have been completely reversed.

He became the powerful person who could protect others, while she, with the same face, was crying on the ground.

pity……

Kuina, who once promised him that they would become the world's greatest swordsman together, is gone forever.

Thinking of this, Zoro's usually resolute eyes dimmed slightly.

A fleeting, almost imperceptible sadness and loneliness flashed quickly in the depths of his eyes.

Hearing these words, which carried a reprimanding tone yet were inexplicably sincere, Tashigi felt a surge of intense shame and anger.

He, a dignified naval captain, had fallen so low that he was being lectured and pitied by a pirate!

But undeniably, Zoro's soul-searching words ignited the indomitable fighting spirit deep within her.

She gritted her teeth and raised the back of her hand to wipe away the tears and snot from her face haphazardly.

With her uninjured hand, she tightly gripped the hilt of the "Shigure" sword that had fallen to the side.

He braced himself against the cold ground and shakily stood up again.

Tashigi tried to calm her breathing.

In order to get this powerful fighter to rescue Lieutenant General Smoker, who was in dire straits.

For the first time in her life, this female naval officer broke her own principles and told a clumsy lie to a pirate:

"Um... your captain is in grave danger!"

"He needs your help! Please come with me!"

After saying that, Tashigi didn't look Zoro in the eye, but turned her back to the man who had just saved her life.

Then, she turned her head slightly, revealing half of her profile.

The weakness and tears in her eyes had completely faded, and she had regained her determination as a swordsman and her pride as a naval officer.

She looked at Zoro and corrected him earnestly:

"besides."

"My name isn't Kuina, my name is Tashigi, and I'm a Marine!"