One Piece: Starting with Sharingan, First Mate Uchiha

Zoro's hand on the hilt of his sword trembled slightly.

"Thump, thump."

He tried to calm his heartbeat by taking deep breaths, but found that he couldn't do it no matter what.

It wasn't fear, but rather the excitement that made every cell in my body scream.

I can't believe it's happening so soon... I'll really see him soon.

Zoro's eyes blazed with an unprecedentedly intense fighting spirit, as if he wanted to ignite the air in front of him.

The appointed time... has finally arrived.

Viktor glanced at him and was touched by Zoro's tense and fervent expression, which seemed ready to die at any moment.

"Is this... what they call ambition?"

Viktor raised his head slightly and looked up at the vast, boundless sky.

"So, what are my ambitions?"

"Is it inexhaustible treasure, survival in this world, or the attainment of absolute power?"

Looking at the curly-browed chef lighting a cigarette in the distance, Victor suddenly felt a strange urge to try the taste of tobacco.

Perhaps that thing can be useful when contemplating life.

"Luffy! Can you do me a favor?"

Zoro suddenly shouted, interrupting Viktor's thoughts.

He pointed to the still relatively intact, massive wreckage deck above Eagle Eyes, his eyes resolute:

"Take me there!"

"Oh! Leave it to me!"

Luffy, holding his straw hat, grinned and agreed, then instantly stretched out his arm and grabbed Zoro's back.

"Rubber rubber - rocket!!"

……

On the other side, on the floating wreckage of Krieg's pirate ship.

The atmosphere of fear continues to spread.

A pirate who looked like a squad leader, his eyes bloodshot, struggled to his feet and roared at the man on the small boat:

"You bastard!! What did we ever do to offend you?! Why are you hunting us down like this?!"

"Calm down, boss!" His subordinate tugged at him in alarm.

"Boss, shut up! He'll kill us!"

However, he was met with silence.

Hawkeye Mihawk simply sat there quietly, his golden pupils not even bothering to glance at the squad leader.

Silence is the greatest contempt.

"Damn it!!"

Enraged by this disregard, the squad leader suddenly drew his pistol and unleashed a barrage of shots at Hawkeye.

"Bang bang bang!!"

Flames spewed out, and bullets whistled through the air.

Hawkeye remained expressionless and didn't even get up.

He simply raised his right hand slowly and drew the massive black sword, Night, from his back.

Slightly rotate your wrist.

The massive black blade traced an elegant and graceful arc in the air.

"Ding ding ding!"

There was no expected slash; he simply parried the incoming projectiles with the broad blade.

Several high-speed bullets were instantly deflected, easily bounced into the sea, and stirred up a few small waves.

"How...how is this possible?!"

The squad leader dropped his gun, his chin trembling. "I clearly... I clearly aimed..."

"He subtly altered the bullet's trajectory with the edge of his sword."

A deep voice came from behind.

"What?!" The squad leader turned around in horror. "How could a human do something like that! Those are bullets!"

Zoro did not answer these frogs in a well.

He pushed aside the pirates blocking his way and walked forward step by step, each step making a dull sound on the broken deck.

Nearby pirates stared wide-eyed at the three swords hanging from Zoro's waist and the green bib.

"Three swords...that outfit..."

"Could it be...?"

Zoro ignored the stares of those around him.

He stared intently at the man sitting in the small boat ahead, a fanatical smile curving his lips.

"It's a heavy sword that looks clumsy, but in that instant, it showed such flexibility... It's the first time I've ever seen this kind of swordsmanship."

Hawkeye finally turned his head slightly, his sharp eagle eyes glancing at Zoro.

"A sword that only has power has no strength."

His tone was calm, yet it contained profound truth.

"Was that huge ship also cut down with that sword?" Zoro's hand gripped the hilt of Wado Ichimonji tightly.

"Exactly," Hawkeye replied calmly.

"Oh……"

Zoro's eyes blazed with even stronger fighting spirit, and his blood was boiling.

"As expected of the world's strongest."

He slowly untied the dark green headscarf from his arm, solemnly tied it on his head, and his eyes instantly turned sharp as knives as he stared straight at Hawkeye.

"I went to sea to see you."

Hawkeye looked at the young swordsman, a hint of interest flashing in his eyes.

"Oh? What's the target?"

"I'll defeat you!!"

Zoro roared and suddenly drew three swords, their cold light flashing, the tips pointing straight at the world's strongest.

"And then—become the strongest!!"

"Since you're so free right now, let's have a match!!"

These words caused an uproar among those around them.

"Hey!! That guy is Zoro!!"

"What?! It's that famous pirate hunter from the East Blue—Roronoa Zoro!!"

One of the pirates finally recognized Zoro and looked at him in shock, exclaiming, "Is he insane? How dare he challenge that monster!"

On the deck of the Baratie restaurant, everyone stared wide-eyed.

"Who exactly are these guys...?"

Paddy's mouth dropped open; he felt like his worldview was being constantly being challenged.

"That green algae head..."

Sanji stood by the railing, gazing intently at the green figure ahead, unaware that the cigarette in his hand had burned to the end.

Usopp below was anxiously shouting:

"Luffy! Victor! Now is not the time to watch a duel! The fog at sea is too thick; we can't see the Going Merry anymore! Nami is really going to get away!"

Luffy pressed down on his hat, staring straight ahead at Zoro's back, and said without turning his head:

"It's okay, Zoro is in a duel."

Victor raised his arm and gave a command to the crows that were still circling above.

"Clay, stop watching! Go catch up with the Going Merry, or I'll eat you up!"

"Gurgle, gurgle! Grandpa! Leave it to Grandpa Clay!"

Upon receiving the order, Clay let out a strange cry, flapped his wings, and soared into the sky, transforming into a black lightning bolt as he flew towards the black dot that was about to disappear in the distance.

Then, Viktor smiled and looked at the anxious Usopp, pointing to the battlefield ahead.

"Don't rush, Usopp. This is a true swordsman's duel, a rare sight on this high sea. Just watch."

Usopp sighed helplessly and could only lean against the railing.

"Ugh...you lot..."

far away.

Hawkeye on the small boat looked at Zoro, who was assuming a fighting stance, without any change in expression, as if he were looking at an ant baring its fangs and claws.

"What a pathetic weakling."

With a light leap, he landed as gracefully as a feather on the deck in front of Zoro.

"If you are truly a first-rate swordsman, you can see the vast difference in strength between us even without a direct confrontation."

Hawkeye stood still, raised his eagle eyes that could pierce through the heart, and stared directly at Zoro.

"Under the gaze of these eyes, your chances of winning are—zero."

"So... why do you, weakling, even initiate this doomed duel?"

Faced with this soul-searching question and the overwhelming sense of terrifying oppression.

Zoro lowered his head, his body trembling slightly.

That wasn't fear, but rather the body's instinct to resist an invincible enemy.

Then, he suddenly grinned and let out a low laugh.

"Heh...hehe..."

"Probability? Zero? That kind of boring stuff that only mathematicians like, what does it have to do with me?"

Zoro abruptly raised his head, his eyes unwavering, filled only with an unyielding resolve:

"It's not a half-baked question of 'whether we can win.' It's... I have to stand here!"

Zoro gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, his nails digging into his flesh.

"Behind me lie promises I must keep! And ambitions I will never relinquish, even in death!!"

Kuina's face flashed through his mind.

"If I were to back down even a single step because of the reason that I 'can't win'... all those past vows and promises would snap in an instant, crushing me completely!!"

Zoro clenched his fist on Wado Ichimonji, his voice muffled yet deafening:

"For me, that moment of defeat and retreat was more terrifying than death!!"

"So... don't underestimate my ambition!!!"

"Because, there's no way forward behind us!!"