One Piece: I Weave the Pirate Codex with My Zanpakuto

"Conqueror's Haki!?"

Brogy dropped the roasted dinosaur leg he was holding, picked up the axe and shield, and looked serious.

"Dongli, our battle might need to pause for a while. These two humans—no, these four humans—look very strong!"

"Don't worry about Brogy."

Dongli stood up and drew the greatsword from his waist.

"After defeating them, it will be time for us to settle the score."

"I will definitely be the victor this time!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dorry rushed toward Hana Hanafuda, who had already turned into a lizard monster.

The greatsword in his hand cast a large shadow as it swung down.

"This is my first time fighting a giant!"

Hana Hanafuda's eyes were filled with a desire for battle, and her hands, brimming with domineering aura, were raised above her head.

"Let me test the power of the giant first!"

The ground was instantly shattered, and the deafening roar echoed far and wide.

"This guy, Ross, are you sure there's something wrong with his head?"

Crocus's incredulous gaze made Rose feel somewhat ashamed.

"Trying to withstand a giant's attack with your own body? Tsk tsk tsk, I've never seen anything like this in all my years of life."

Ross turned his head and coughed lightly a few times.

"He might be a little mentally unstable right now, but he'll probably be fine after he gets his revenge."

"Let's go hunt dinosaurs first, and then we might have a grand feast later."

Crocus found a safe spot to put his suitcase down, then rolled up his sleeves and walked into the wilderness with Ross.

"Do you need me to treat him? Don't let my muscles fool you, I'm actually a doctor."

"I feel like his symptoms are like water getting into his brain. You could just make a hole in the back of his head and wash his brain with saline solution and he'd be fine."

"...This joke is not funny at all. Please don't tell lame jokes anymore."

As Ross and his companion walked away chatting, the battle on the other side had already ended.

Locus glanced at the blood on the blade of his right hand and gave a soft snort.

"I didn't expect I'd still have to draw my sword. You're quite strong, aren't you?"

"cough……"

Broki lay sprawled in a pool of blood, his eyes vacant.

Do you know who Lao Tzu is?

Rocks rested one hand on Broki's forehead.

"My name is Lox D. Giebeck, and I'm a close friend of that guy Harald."

"In other words, it's not unfair that you lost to me because you underestimated me. Didn't I say before that I would finish the fight in three minutes?"

Chapter 175 High-Stakes Gamble

That night--

Beside the huge campfire, Broki, now fully recovered, picked up his glass, a long-lost look of intoxication on his face.

"Thanks, Ross. If it weren't for your help in treating me, I would definitely have fainted from blood loss."

"Clatter, clatter, clatter~~ I'll remember this kindness!"

Ross raised his glass to the giant, and the two drank their drinks at the same time.

Crocus, standing to the side, was still questioning his existence, muttering to himself:

"If we had this kind of healing ability, what would we need doctors for? Damn it, why are there so many monsters coming from this ocean..."

“Rocks,”

Brogy leaned down and asked curiously:

“Do you really know Harald? He’s a good friend of mine and Donley’s; we’ve sailed together before.”

"However, because of a human's words, Dongli and I temporarily disembarked and stayed here to determine the winner."

“It’s the real deal. You’ll know once you return to the mortal realm and arrive at Auersto Castle, just ask Harald,” Lockes replied.

Upon hearing the name Auersto Castle, Brocky's doubts vanished.

He would still have doubts if the other person said Elbaf or Ida Tavern or something similar.

But it's different if it's Auersto Castle.

That was one of Harald's residences in the mortal realm, a place where his father, the former Giant King, received important figures.

"But Harald has become the Giant King. It seems we haven't been back for a long time."

Brogy let out a burp and picked up the nearby barrel to refill it.

"Hey, Dongli~~ Stop hitting him!"

"I lost, come over and drink!"

The sounds of men roaring and fighting could still be heard from the nearby forest.

"Ignore them. Hana Hanafuda will not stop fighting until they are completely immobilized."

Hearing Ross say this, Brogy simply stopped urging him.

The same applies to Hana Hanafuda and to Tori.

"I should have chosen you as my opponent; at least I wouldn't have lost so badly."

"Me?" Ross asked with a strange expression.

Rocks, standing nearby, spat out his drink and mocked:

"Don't joke around. If we're talking about overall strength, he's stronger than me."

"You'll only lose faster if you choose Rose. I reckon he'll let you unleash your full power and then easily defeat you."

"By then, you won't even be able to use the excuse of underestimating your opponent."

Seeing Brogy's suspicious look, Rocks didn't bother to explain further.

Rose is only lacking two things right now.

A stronger body and a stronger Conqueror's Haki.

But the stronger benchmark is him, not anyone else.

If it were a powerful figure like Golden Lion or Linlin, Ross's current domineering aura would be more than enough.

"Don't look at me like that. Just think of me as an ordinary person who can't even kill a chicken."

Ross waved his hand with a smile, showing no airs of a top expert.

"I don't care who is stronger or weaker. It's not very meaningful to talk about these things now. In a few decades, the strong ones will be the young people of the future."

"I rarely see such a magnanimous person as you."

Brogy remarked:

"However, Dongli and I haven't been out and about for over sixty years, so we don't know what the outside world is like now."

They drank from dusk until late at night, and when they woke up at noon the next day, they could still hear the booming sounds of battle.

"They're still fighting..."

Crocus loosened his belt, muttered something, and ran to the side to relieve himself.

"Young people have such high energy; they're still going strong after all this time."

"The battle of Elbaf is a matter of honor for the Titans, and we will not end the battle easily before a victor is decided."

Crocus instinctively looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a "waterfall" cascading down from the sky.

His lips twitched, and he pulled up his pants and left.

I will never go to the toilet with a giant again...

"I won, hehehe~!"

Upon hearing this voice, Ross shook his head and used Instant Step to rush to the battlefield.

He didn't know how the Straw Hat crew had managed to defeat Dorry and Brogy, given their current skill levels.

At that time, the main characters had absolutely no chance of winning.

Not to mention Baroque Works, that group of comedic relief members are good for nothing but making jokes.

Hana lay in the deep pit, her gaze passing over the shadow cast by Ross and looking up at the sky.

"Is there anything you want to say?" Ross asked while helping with the healing with the Return Channel.

"If you lose, you lose. You'll win next time."

Hana Hanafuda replied softly, "As long as I live, I will definitely become stronger."

Rocks sat on the edge of the pit, the end of his sword resting against his thigh, the hilt of his knife on his shoulder.

"Ross, if, I mean if, Hana Hanafuda got the demon sword, how strong would he become?"

Upon hearing this, Hana Hanafuda also cast a curious glance.

"...I don't know, but maybe it can instantly grant me captain-level combat power."

Ross had high hopes for the Blackwing Demon, but he didn't dare to be too certain.

Hollows' Zanpakuto are very different from those of Shinigami.

Unlike Shinigami who gradually cultivate their swordsmanship and strengthen their power, Arrancar's Zanpakuto is the embodiment of their own power.

Reclaim your power.

This is why the Arrancar use Resurrección instead of Shikai; by releasing the seal, the power returns inward, restoring the Hollow's original fighting stance.

Ross even doubted whether the Blackwing Archdemon even had a concept of resonance.

Suddenly, Ross replied that the light had stopped.

Noticing something was amiss, Hana Hanafuda asked, "What's wrong?"

"No, I suddenly remembered something."

Rose reactivated the path, but his brows furrowed at this moment.

He remembered that Hana Hanafuda had eaten a Devil Fruit, a Zoan-type Lizard Fruit, Ancient Zoan type, Giant Lizard form.

One of the conditions for unlocking the Blackwing Demon is the Vampire Fruit.

Hana Hanafuda, having already eaten a Devil Fruit, cannot eat a second one. This means it remains to be seen whether Hana Hanafuda will be able to obtain the power of Blackwing Daima…

Ross felt uneasy and could only pin his hopes on another possibility: that the Giant Lizard Fruit was the fruit needed by another Arrancar Zanpakuto.

If Hana Hanafuda fails to awaken after taking the potion and is defeated after turning to the dark side, she will most likely become a special life form with the power of the void.

At that time, Hana Hanafuda would definitely be one of the materials for an Arrancar Zanpakuto. As for whether it could unlock Resurrección, that would depend on luck.

"That's enough. Get up and stretch a bit, then go get something to eat."

After patting the now fully recovered Hanafza, Ross turned and jumped into the deep pit.

"What happened?" Lockes asked immediately.

"No, it's nothing major. It's related to our trip to the Holy Land, Mary Geoise, later."

Ross led Rocks to one side, making no attempt to conceal the Black Switch plan.

"You want to use Im's Dark Transformation Domination to grant Hana Hanafuda demonic power?!"

Lockes clicked his tongue in amazement; this was the first time he had ever heard of such a complete and outrageous plan.

"The way to break the Black Domination is to put the target into a near-death state, which I remember telling you before."