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Chapter 354 Mihawk's Culinary Journey!

Konoha Pirates.

Hawkeye Mihawk lay on the deck, soaking wet.

This voyage was originally intended to meet Luffy, the Straw Hat Boy Shanks had mentioned. His curiosity about strangers led to this defeat, which was to be expected.

but…

This made Mihawk even more curious about this pirate crew.

Because Madara Uchiha, who defeated him, didn't seem to be a Devil Fruit user. He even pulled him out of the sea, which made him seem completely unlike a cursed landlubber.

"Your Mightiness…"

"Why don't you kill me?"

Mihawk looked at Madara Uchiha's back.

"Killing someone would be too wasteful. We'll have you come with us to do something..."

Madara Uchiha stepped next to Mihawk, looking down at the world's greatest swordsman. He had also heard the mission from Sasori of the Red Sand about Kagura Akihara, and chuckled, "Killing a Celestial Dragon shouldn't be a problem for you, right?"

"!!!"

A look of shock suddenly appeared in Mihawk's eyes!

This ship…

It's not a proper pirate ship!

What respectable pirate would want to kill a Celestial Dragon!

And why are these guys dragging him along to kill the Celestial Dragons? Don't they know they're one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea appointed by the World Government?

This is just asking for trouble!

However, Mihawk had no choice but to accept. He had lost to Madara Uchiha and was a prisoner. In addition, he was also curious about this pirate crew and why they were so powerful yet unknown. He decided to treat his time with the Konoha Pirates as a trip.

This pirate crew is small in number, but none of them are simple characters. Each of them has extremely special abilities, and the strongest one even makes him feel apprehensive!

The only problem is...

The food on this ship is not very reliable.

Everyone was eating something called "soldier's ration pills," which tasted so awful it made you want to vomit. I don't know how much hardship they could endure to eat something like that...

but…

The soldier's ration pills can actually restore some of the domineering aura and mental strength within the body!

In that case...

The pirate crew's food was not particularly stingy; in fact, it was a bit too extravagant.

However, Mihawk, who was used to living a life of luxury, couldn't stand the taste of the soldier's rations and took the initiative to take on the responsibility of cooking, making them a meal that humans could eat.

"Please stay here and be the chef!"

Hashirama Senju sincerely invited Mihawk to join the pirate crew. He didn't care about Mihawk's status as the world's greatest swordsman, but only about his superb cooking skills!

"..."

Mihawk shook his head, sincerely declining the invitation: "Sorry, I don't want to join any pirate crew."

Especially…

This pirate crew is about to assassinate a Celestial Dragon who is visiting the East Blue, and it looks like they're definitely going to cause some big trouble.

but…

This doesn't prevent Mihawk from spending some time with them.

Mihawk was quite surprised that none of the pirate crew had ever learned Haki, yet they possessed an even more special ability than Haki, which they called Chakra.

This chakra…

It can even be given to others.

As payment for Mihawk's instruction in Haki and swordsmanship, Kaguya Otsutsuki bestowed upon Mihawk a wisp of chakra and taught him how to synthesize chakra.

I have to say…

Chakra is an extremely convenient ability.

The mere fact that he could walk on water was enough to excite the world's greatest swordsman, as it would allow him to fight without restraint on the open sea!

Besides that…

Chakra can also be used to perform other amazing techniques!

Whether it's Fire Release, Water Release, Wind Release, or Lightning Release, this amazing ability makes it impossible for anyone to sit idly by, and any force that knows about it will definitely keep an eye on this ability!

Unfortunately, only these people can use these chakra techniques. Hawkeye Mihawk isn't a chakra genius; he even has to figure out the trajectory of chakra flow on his own…

As for the source of chakra…

Mihawk learned something from this group of people: Kaguya Otsutsuki had eaten the Chakra Fruit, and perhaps chakra was her Devil Fruit ability.

"Like the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit..."

Mihawk slowly synthesized the chakra within his body, recalling Charlotte Linlin, one of the Four Emperors of the sea, who could steal other people's souls and forcibly give life to inanimate objects!

Chakra Fruit…

Perhaps even more powerful than the Soul-Soul Fruit!

Because this fruit's power can grant new abilities to others!

"In that case..."

Mihawk watched a group of ninjas attempting to awaken and train their Haki, and subconsciously began to think, "Perhaps the entire world's situation will change from this point on..."

"That man has obtained chakra."

Sasori of the Red Sand had been observing Hawkeye Mihawk's every move, slowly and methodically reporting the situation remotely in his mind: "Give him chakra as a seed, and it seems he can synthesize chakra on his own, at least possessing Kage-level chakra..."

"Have you awakened your domineering aura yet?"

Akihara Kagura's voice echoed in Sasori's mind.

"Observation Haki and Armament Haki are both easy to master; they're simply a fusion and transformation of mental and physical power..."

When Sasori mentioned these things, he couldn't help but sigh at the difference between people: "But Dracule Mihawk mentioned a kind of Conqueror's Haki, which is said to be a kind of Haki that only a very few people out of a million can awaken. Once awakened, one possesses the qualities of a king. Apart from me and Orochimaru, everyone else has awakened Conqueror's Haki..."

As Sasori spoke of this, he continued, "However, Orochimaru plans to find a pirate with Conqueror's Haki, use his technique to seize the pirate's body, and thus obtain the pirate's Conqueror's Haki. I can also try to find a powerful corpse with Conqueror's Haki and turn it into a human puppet..."

"..."

It should be said that...

No wonder he comes from a research background.

This pirate crew is truly a group of unique individuals, each displaying their own ingenuity. Even Orochimaru and Sasori, who don't possess Conqueror's Haki, managed to come up with a way to acquire it.

"How's the situation on your end?"

Sasori of the Red Sand was very interested in Kagura Akihara's life in the Navy and took the initiative to ask, "Do you have any suitable corpses to make into adult puppets...?"

"On my end..."

Akihara Kagura's voice carried a hint of teasing as she casually remarked, "We're almost done fighting here..."

"Once you've silenced that Celestial Dragon, I'll be able to report everything that happened here truthfully. Want to guess how the Navy handled it?"

Kingdom of Alon.

The battle between the Straw Hat Pirates and the Arlong Pirates has ended.

The sixteen-year-old Straw Hat Luffy, captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, led his crew to defeat the Arlong Pirates. With a single blow, he defeated Arlong with his Gum-Gum Axe, shattering the entire Arlong Kingdom!

"Nami is my partner!"

Straw Hat Luffy glared angrily at Arlong. He already knew what had happened, and he glared furiously at the fishman he had defeated: "Nami doesn't like it here, and she doesn't like being forced by you, you bastard, to stay in these little houses drawing sea charts! I'll take her to the Grand Line and draw a sea chart for the whole world!"

"..."

Ah Long's face was covered in blood, and he lay weakly in the ruins, unable to respond.

"..."

Nami looked at Luffy, who was also covered in blood.

Even though Luffy defeated Arlong, he still had many wounds on his body from Arlong's sharp teeth. Her heart suddenly clenched, and she covered her lips and cried loudly!

The shadow that had haunted her since childhood suddenly vanished at this moment; since the death of her adoptive mother Bellemere, Nami had no one to rely on, but at this moment she felt as if she had found someone to rely on again!

"..."

The other members of the Straw Hat Pirates also looked at Luffy with some shock.

of course.

They weren't shocked that Luffy defeated Arlong.

Instead, the little captain in front of us, in a fit of rage, ruthlessly destroyed the entire high-rise building!

This sixteen-year-old captain innocently proclaims that he wants to become the Pirate King, and now everyone believes that he possesses the will to become king!

This small boat defeated Alvida, a pirate with a bounty of 5 million Berries, then Buggy, a pirate with a bounty of 15 million Berries, dealt with Kuro, a pirate with a bounty of 16 million Berries who was hiding his identity, defeated Krieg, a great pirate with the highest bounty in the East Blue of 30 million Berries, and now it has defeated Arlong, a fishman with a bounty of 25 million Berries who is known as the strongest pirate!

Pirates throughout the East Blue...

He actually beat them all up!

"Let's go home..."

Nami covered her eyes, sobbing uncontrollably.

this moment…

Nami wanted to go home first.

Nami wanted to go home and tell her sister, and all the villagers of Cocoyasi Village, that Arlong the fishman had been defeated, and that the nightmare that had been hanging over everyone's heads was finally over!

Cocoyasi Village.

The Straw Hat Pirates returned here surrounded by heroes.

However, when Nami returned home with her friends and companions, she saw a figure wearing a navy hat, which startled her!

At this time...

How could there be navy personnel in her house?!

"navy?"

Usopp immediately became alert and frightened.

"They must be the surviving navy personnel, right?"

Zoro thought of the several Marine corpses lying there.

There was even a group of sailors who had been wiped out on the warships outside.

This navy officer must have been hiding and not participating in the battle between the navy and the fishmen, which is why he wasn't discovered by those bloodthirsty fishmen.

This navy must be very weak.

Zoro wasn't worried about encountering any danger at all.

"Nami!"

Nami's older sister is named Nojiko.

Not long after Nojiko met the Marine third-class private who claimed to be Nami's friend, she saw her sister return and quickly greeted her, "Nami, your friend is here to see you! This Marine says he's your friend!"

"Long time no see."

Marine Private Kagura Akihara slowly turned around, still peeling an orange in his hand, and looked at Nami, who had a puzzled expression on her face: "You should still remember me, right?"

"Huh?"

When Straw Hat Luffy saw this Marine, his brows immediately furrowed, and he tilted his head, seemingly trying to recall something but unable to.

"like…"

"Have I seen you somewhere before?"

"Wait... I remember now!"

Straw Hat Luffy suddenly remembered—he remembered Karin, fully armed, from that time: "You were accompanied by a red-haired woman!"

"..."

Nami paused for a moment.

I remembered the poor wretch I had stolen from before!

That guy…

He's actually a navy officer?

Why would this guy come knocking on my door at this time?

"Don't worry, I'm not here to arrest you."

Akihara Kagura carefully peeled her orange, casually saying, "I heard you defeated Arlong, so I'm here to help you with the aftermath..."

"As expected of the Navy..."

Sanji, the Straw Hat Pirates' cook, lit a cigarette. He also had a wound from fighting with the fish-men. He had also seen the warship filled with Marine corpses. He slowly revealed the truth: "They probably deserted during the battle, but after the pirates won the fight, they wanted to take credit for themselves..."

"There's nothing we can do about it..."

Kagura Akihara peeled her orange and slowly said, "However, I need a large sum of money to bribe the Straw Hat Pirates so that I can claim credit for your victory over Arlong. I hope the Straw Hat Pirates can be generous..."

"..."

Zoro looked puzzled.

The Straw Hat Pirates present all wore puzzled expressions. They couldn't understand why this Marine Private would ask them, a group of pirates, to pay for his promotion.

In this world…

How can there be such a navy?!

No wonder that bastard Ah Long has been lingering here!

Akihara Kagura was still peeling the orange bit by bit when she slowly began to speak: "A-Long has been bribing my superior, Colonel Rat, to establish the A-Long Kingdom here..."

"navy…"

"It's really filthy..."

Sanji exhaled a long smoke ring.

Sanji was the first among everyone present to understand the underlying meaning of Akihara Kagura's words. It was nothing more than that Akihara Kagura could use their bribes to get promoted, protect them with Marine officer positions, and let them build a new Straw Hat Kingdom here, or something like that...

next moment!

Sanji suddenly kicked Akihara Kagura!

The usually gentlemanly pirate chef looked at Akihara Kagura with a serious and indifferent expression, and said coldly, "So, don't dirty Nami's house here!"

However, this Marine Private's speed was so fierce that he grabbed Sanji's leg with one hand and slammed his body to the ground!

The moment Sanji landed...

A jet-black gun barrel was pointed at Sanji's head!

The others were immediately too frightened to move!

Luffy and Zoro's expressions suddenly changed!

Because the two of them noticed how fast Akihara Kagura's movements were. This was no ordinary naval soldier; the speed was so fast that even their eyes couldn't see it clearly!

"Don't insult those you shouldn't insult, and don't steal what you shouldn't steal."

Akihara Kagura pointed his musket at Sanji's head, his gaze sweeping over Nami before finally settling on Luffy: "Don't think that just because you saved someone, you're completely safe here..."

Ugh, it's late again!

Today, Luffy's mentor is Akihara Kagura...

Starting tomorrow, I'll be promoted!

A mere third-class naval officer!

(End of this chapter)