One Piece: Starting with Sharingan, First Mate Uchiha
Chapter 74 A Familiar Face! An Inextricable Bond
Central square of Rogge town.
"Phew... Phew... We're finally here!!"
Luffy ran wildly all the way and finally stood under the legendary execution platform.
He looked up at the high platform that had weathered twenty-two years of storms, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
"Is this where the Pirate King died...? It's so high!"
Luffy, holding onto his straw hat, started climbing up using both his hands and feet:
"I want to climb up there too! To see what the view was like when the Pirate King saw it at the end!"
"Stop right there, Straw Hat Boy!"
Before he could even climb the first step, two figures blocked his way again.
It was the ever-present Alvida and Bucky the Clown.
"You guys are so annoying!"
Luffy was a little annoyed. Without thinking, he swung his fist and threw a powerful punch.
"Rubber rubber—pistol!!"
"It's no use~"
Alvida giggled and puffed out her chest, not flinching at all.
"Slurp!"
Luffy's fist struck her smooth, mirror-like skin, instantly losing its friction and sliding off her shoulder.
Luffy staggered forward due to inertia and lost his balance.
"Now! Captain Bucky!" Alvida shouted.
"Scattered into pieces - Carnival!!"
Bucky, who had been waiting in the wings, activated his ability instantly.
His body split into countless pieces, his two hands gripped Luffy's wrists tightly, and his other two legs kicked Luffy hard in the back of the knees.
"thump!"
Taking advantage of the moment Luffy lost his balance, Buggy manipulated his body parts.
Like a living shackle, Luffy was forcibly pressed into the wooden shackle on the execution platform, which had been empty for twenty-two years.
"Snap!"
The shackles originally used to restrain the Pirate King now tightly fastened around Luffy's neck and hands.
"Why?!"
Luffy struggled for a moment, but found he couldn't budge, and was immediately dumbfounded:
"I can't... I can't move?! Hey! Big Red Nose! You're cheating! Let me go!"
"Hahaha! Cheating? Don't make me laugh!"
Baji stood on the execution platform, looking down at the immobilized Luffy, and let out a hysterical laugh:
"Whether it's cheating or whatever, in the world of pirates, only the result matters! Winning is justice!"
He pulled a gleaming broadsword from his robes, and the thrill of revenge practically overflowed from his face, which was covered in paint.
"To end you where Roger died...that's my most magnificent revenge!!!"
……
The colonel's office at the Navy base in Loguetown.
In the smoke-filled room, Smoker had his feet propped up on the table, two cigars dangling from his mouth.
"Colonel! Something terrible has happened!!"
A marine rushed in in a panic:
"A large number of pirates have gathered at the execution platform plaza! It looks like Buggy the Clown and his crew!"
"And... and Luffy, the Straw Hat Luffy with a bounty of 3000 million, is there too!"
"Bagki? Straw hat?"
Smoker suddenly opened his eyes, grabbed the jitte on the table, and white smoke began to billow around his body.
He put on a coat with the word "Justice" written on the back, strode out, his eyes fierce as a wolf's.
"So they've finally shown themselves... those rats."
"All troops assemble! Target: Execution Platform!!"
"Since they're all gathered together, let's wipe out this bunch of arrogant pirates today!"
……
At the entrance of the weapon shop "Ipponmatsu".
"Stop lying! You are Honglian!"
Tashigi took off her glasses, wiped them vigorously with the corner of her clothes, and put them back on.
This time, her brown eyes no longer held confusion or naivety; instead, they were filled with unparalleled sharpness and anger.
Her gaze passed over Victor and fixed on the white longsword at Zoro's waist—Wado Ichimonji.
"That knife...the grain on that straight blade...it can't be wrong!"
Tashigi's voice trembled slightly with excitement:
"That's the 'Wado Ichimonji,' one of the 21 Great Swords!!"
"Clang!"
Enraged, she drew her famous sword, "Sayonara Shigure," its sharp tip pointed directly at Zoro's brow.
"Why has such a noble and exquisite sword fallen into the hands of a villain like you?!"
"A man like you, who became a pirate for bounties and fame, and kills without hesitation... doesn't deserve it! Give it back!!"
Zoro rested his hand on the hilt of his sword, watching Tashigi's face flush red with anger.
That face...it looks so much like Kuina's.
Even their angry expressions are exactly the same.
Zoro's eyes became extremely complex.
"Tsk..."
Zoro was speechless and didn't draw his sword immediately.
"This is a matter between swordsmen."
Viktor, who had been standing to the side, wisely took a step back, crossed his arms, and leaned against the wall, adopting a spectator's posture.
He glanced at the increasingly thick clouds in the sky and said with a smile:
"Although I really want to take you away directly, judging from your appearance, you won't be able to move without dealing with her."
"I'll give you three minutes, Zoro. Don't let a woman interfere with important matters."
"Hmph, it won't even take three minutes."
Zoro's eyes turned cold. Instead of drawing Wado Ichimonji, he drew the "Yubashiri" sword he had just acquired.
"A villain, huh... call me whatever you want."
"If you want this knife, then take it with your strength!"
"Aaaaaah!!"
Enraged, Tashigi attacked, her movements as swift as a swallow, her Shigure sword transforming into a streak of light, aimed straight for Zoro's throat.
This sword strike was fast, accurate, and ruthless, far surpassing that of an ordinary naval soldier.
But in Zoro's eyes...
"when!"
Zoro, wielding his sword with one hand, effortlessly parried Tashigi's thrust with a single, casual swing.
"Too slow," Zoro muttered.
"It's not over yet!!"
Tashigi gritted her teeth, changed her attack, and unleashed a barrage of sword light.
when!when!when!
Zoro casually parried all her attacks with a single, sweeping motion of his snow-white sword.
Their swordsmanship skills are on completely different levels.
"Is this all you've got?"
Zoro's patience ran out as he watched Tashigi continue to swing her sword desperately.
The instant Tashigi swung her sword down again.
"when--!!"
A crisp, metallic clang rang out.
Zoro exerted his strength, and Yubashiri's blade slammed heavily against Shigure's tsuba.
The immense force instantly numbed Tashigi's hands.
"what!"
Tashigi exclaimed in surprise, and the famous sword in her hand flew out of her hand. After spinning a few times in the air, it "clanged" and stuck into the ground in the distance.
The outcome is decided.
Zoro's long sword stopped just in front of Tashigi's neck, the sharp blade only millimeters away from her skin.
With just a gentle push, this naval girl named Tashigi would perish.
Tashigi closed her eyes tightly, awaiting death.
however.
One second, two seconds.
The expected pain did not come.
"brush."
Zoro sheathed his sword expressionlessly, turned and left, his voice cold:
"I don't kill women, you can leave."
These words were like a needle, piercing Tashigi's pride.
She opened her eyes, looked at her beloved knife that had been knocked away, and then at the back of the person who turned and left. A huge sense of humiliation welled up in her heart.
Tears welled up uncontrollably and streamed down my face.
"Why...why didn't you cut me?!"
Tashigi shouted at Zoro's retreating figure, her voice trembling with tears:
"Because I'm a woman?! If you had been facing a man, you would have already attacked me!!"
"Damn it... I don't need your pity!!"
She knelt on the ground, her hands gripping the earth tightly, tears streaming down her face.
"Whether it's swordsmanship or the dignity of being a swordsman... I lost miserably... Waaaaah..."
"I practice harder than anyone else... Is it just because I'm a woman...?"
Hearing the crying behind him, Zoro stopped in his tracks.
His body trembled slightly, and his sobs seemed to pierce through time, overlapping with the memory of that unwilling, short-haired girl.
—【Girls are weaker than boys when they grow up, I want to become the world's greatest hero too!】
A sudden surge of inexplicable anger rushed to my head.
Zoro whirled around and roared furiously at Tashigi, who was kneeling on the ground:
"Stop talking nonsense!!! Stop blaming everything on men and women!!"
"Crying and wailing after losing, what kind of swordsman are you?!"
"Just looking at your face makes me furious! Can you please just stay away from me?!"
Zoro's roar echoed through the streets.
Tashigi was stunned by the shout, forgetting even to cry, and stared blankly at the fierce-looking pirate.
"Hey, you green algae head."
A hand patted Zoro on the shoulder.
Viktor interrupted the argument, which was filled with a sense of "fate," with a smile.
"It's time. We have to go. Luffy is still there."
Victor pointed in the direction of the square, where a deafening commotion was already taking place.
"cut."
Zoro gritted his teeth, forcibly suppressing his frustration, glanced at Tashigi one last time, and then turned and ran after Viktor.
……
The other two sides of the town.
Seafood market.
Sanji, who was carefully selecting a top-quality bluefin tuna, suddenly heard a huge commotion coming from the direction of the plaza.
"That's... Luffy's voice?"
Sanji's expression changed: "That idiot! Didn't you say you'd be right back?!"
"not good!!"
Sanji threw down the tuna in his hand, took a long stride, and dashed off like an arrow.
On another street.
Usopp, who had just bought the latest windproof goggles, hadn't even had time to be happy when he saw a large number of fully armed marines gathering towards the square.
"That's... the navy? Such a large force?!"
Usopp's legs went weak with fear, but then he remembered the captain who was always getting into trouble.
"Damn it... Luffy... he's definitely gotten himself into trouble again!!"
Despite his fear, Usopp gritted his teeth, adjusted his backpack, and mingled with the crowd as he ran toward the dangerous plaza.
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