The Strongest Swordsman In One Piece

Chapter 17's

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"hatred!"

Seeing that Kuina did not take herself seriously, Zoro was angry, but she still stood to the side reluctantly.

Now, he was no longer the idiot boy who had come to Challenge the Dojo.

After losing to Kuina over a thousand times, she knew that she was still far away from Kuina.

Moreover, dealing with the people who kicked the hall was indeed the duty of the village chief.

"After defeating you, can I challenge the owner of the Dojo?"

El looked directly at Kuina, who was about the same height as him, then glanced at Zoro.

"Or do I have to defeat everyone here before I can challenge the Dojo's owner?"

"...If you can defeat me, the next step is the Dojo owner as your opponent."

'The arrogance' of El caused Kuina's brows to frown slightly, but she still replied with a serious expression.

El glanced at Koushirou, who was already sitting cross-legged on the futon, with a narrowed gaze. Koushirou, who did not interfere, nodded towards Kuina.

"Then, let's get started!"

After she finished speaking, El took out a sword from her waist, handed it to Carina who was standing beside her and walked to the dueling area with Kuina.

Coming to a wooden barrel full of bamboo swords, El took out a bamboo sword, turned to look at Kuina, who was already holding a bamboo sword, and followed the 'teacher' who taught her swordsmanship for several days, and taught him the ethics of swordsmen.

"My name is El, please advise."

"My name is Kuina, please advise me!"

Looking at El, who was completely different from Zoro back then, she was definitely not a rookie, Kuina inevitably showed a hint of fighting intent on her face.

As a genius swordsman who could defeat adults at the age of nine, except for his father, no one in the Dojo was his opponent.

Kuina exuded a trust that made Carina and Nami envious.

That substantive temperament was an aura accumulated from countless victories.

If Kuina could continue to maintain this aura, she would definitely get twice the result with half the effort when she came into contact with Haki's power in the future.

Although not yet competing, El must admit.

If said before meeting Kuina, Carina was the best friend El had ever met.

So now, with Kuina in front of him, the light on her body completely obscured Carina.

It was unfortunate that the girl who was completely o who was definitely no less than Gion, suddenly fell down the stairs and died in an accident.

Thinking of this, El looked at the girl in front of him, who, like Carina and Nami, did not give off any ominous aura, and suddenly got an idea.

Perhaps, he could change the fate of this girl.

"ready, go!"

At this moment, the middle-aged man who had just turned into a referee, stood beside El and Kuina, shouting loudly.

"drink!"

Kuina did not notice the disturbance of El.

With a soft drink, he held the bamboo blade in both of his hands and slashed towards El.

Looking at the enlarged bamboo sword in his eyes, El regained his senses, and then mercilessly showed strength at different dimensions in front of the girl, and even all the students.

Swah——

they saw El gently swinging the bamboo sword in his hand.

An incredible cold light, like a white line, flashed past Kuina's eyes.

Later then...

he only felt light in his hand, as if a bamboo blade had fallen from his hand.

But the bamboo sword blade was cut in half and fell to the ground.

Judging from its smooth and straight surface, this bamboo sword seemed to be slashed in the middle by the sharpest weapon in the world.

In fact, the weapon that cut the bamboo sword did not have sharpness at all. This is a bamboo sword specially designed for beginners to practice swordsmanship.

no doubt about it...

The scene of El cutting the bamboo sword shocked the audience.

At the same time, Koushirou, who did not speak from beginning to end, was also shocked.

Koushirou opened his narrowed eyes, with a rare look of surprise in his eyes, looking at El who was holding a bamboo sword in one hand and looking calm.

"swordsman who can cut steel."

Those words slowly came out of Koushirou's mouth and spread throughout the desolate gymnasium.

"Master... Master Swordsman?!"

"What is a master swordsman? Sounds like he's really strong!"

"Unbelievably, how did that fellow break the bamboo sword in Sister Kuina's hand?"

"Idiot, it's not breaking up, it's cutting!"

"Really?, how does a bamboo knife cut another bamboo knife?"

"Eh...I don't know either!"

"..."

As Koushirou's words fell, the entire Dojo became a sensation.

Everyone's reaction is different.

The middle-aged man who knew something about swordsmanship, and Kuina, who was dumbfounded, looked at El in horror.

And those rookies, or the students belonging to the swordsmen, seemed to know nothing.

"cut steel... Master Swordsman!"

Kuina spoke her father's words and looked at El with a complicated expression.

He never thought about it.

The young man in front of him who looked to be the same age as him turned out to be a swordsman who could cut through steel.

No wonder, he was able to cut his own bamboo sword with his bamboo sword.

But, isn't this too young?!

People of the same age as him had mastered the legendary "Cutting Steel", could he really become the greatest swordsman in the world?

is what my father said right? a woman is always inferior to a man?

At this moment, the confidence gathered by the countless victories of Kuina instantly took a huge blow.

The usual father's disappointment, as well as the importance of Zoro, like the slideshow, kept flashing in Kuina's mind.

Thinking of this, Kuina bit her lower lip hard and ran out with an unacceptable look.

"I...Kuina..."

It was the first time he had seen Kuina lose, and it was also the first time Zoro had seen strength in a different dimension.

All of Kuina's thoughts were seen by El.

However, he did not stop the girl from leaving, nor did he comfort the girl.

Without showing his strength and destroying the girl's self-esteem, a flash of his inspiration would not be able to be realized.

And compared to Kuina, El has not forgotten the true purpose of this journey.

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