Chapter 243 Swordsman

Grand Line, Albert Island, the sun is nice and warm today.

A handsome guy with red hair and a straw hat was lying lazily on the beach basking in the sun.

"Shanks, the ship has been repaired and all the supplies have been bought. When are we going to leave?"

A fat man with a green and white striped headscarf, black frog sunglasses, and a leg bone in his hand asked Shanks.

"Ah, are you ready? Hahaha, let's go tomorrow! It's rare that the sun is so comfortable today. Lu, tell Beckman that we will have a party tonight!"

"Hahaha, party? I know it's huge. I'll go and inform Beckman and Jesus Bu now!"

The fat man called Lu by Shanks ran away excitedly.

That's right, this is the trainee crew member on Roger's ship, now a pirate, Red-haired Shanks.

After he parted with Buggy in Roger Town, he went directly to find Yesob, who was known as the first sniper in the East China Sea, to set up his own pirate group.

After the invitation was successful, Shanks and Yesob drove a small boat and left the East China Sea, heading for the Grand Line, preparing to cross the Upside-Down Mountain to go to his hometown, the West China Sea.

When crossing the Upside-Down Mountain to the Grand Line, Shanks met the like-minded Lagi Lu, and soon, Shanks invited Lu to become a new partner, and then the three of them crossed the Upside-Down Mountain again and returned to the West China Sea.

The few of them traveled in the West China Sea, and on a certain island, they met Ben Beckman, who was powerful, smart, and cold.

Under Shanks's persistence, Beckman reluctantly accepted Shanks' invitation and joined his pirate group.

Because of his smart mind and his calm state at all times, and his strength was comparable to that of Captain Shanks, Shanks soon recognized him as his vice-captain.

Neither Lu nor Yesob raised any objection to Beckman becoming the vice-captain. On the contrary, the two of them agreed very much.

After all, as a captain, Shanks inherited almost all of Roger's strengths and weaknesses.

He is unconventional, works passionately without thinking, and is often willful. For this reason, both Yesob and Lakiru seem helpless.

However, after Ben Beckman became the vice-captain, the actions of the entire Red Hair Pirates became well-organized.

Therefore, the two had no dissatisfaction with Beckman becoming the vice-captain.

At this time, after traveling in the West Sea, they drove Beckman's medium-sized sailboat over the Upside-Down Mountain again and came to the Grand Line for adventure.

Because they encountered a storm and the sailboat was severely damaged, they came to the nearest island, Albert Island, for repairs, so there was the opening scene.

While Shanks was still lying on the beach enjoying a sunbath, a damaged coffin-like boat slowly drifted to the beach.

A man wearing a burgundy shirt, a black coat, a gentleman cowboy hat, and a huge black knife on his back walked down from the boat.

The moment the man stepped onto the beach, Shanks, who was leisurely basking in the sun, opened his eyes.

"This momentum is so sharp and powerful! It's like a sharp sword out of its sheath!" Shanks sat up excitedly and looked at the man. "Hey! You are so strong! Be my partner!" Mihawk glanced at Shanks who was smiling brightly, his expression was extremely calm. "I am not interested in joining any pirate group." After replying coldly, Mihawk walked towards the village inside the island. However, Shanks was not the kind of man who would give up after being rejected once. He fully utilized his shameless means and caught up with Mihawk with a smile. "Hey, don't reject it so quickly. By the way, my name is Shanks, a pirate who pursues freedom and adventure, what about you?" Mihawk turned his head and glanced at the red-haired man who kept chattering in his ear, his expression was obviously a little impatient. "My name is Jorakul Mihawk, and I'm a man who aspires to become the world's greatest swordsman. Also, don't bother me here!" Mihawk said coldly, and then quickened his pace towards the village. He is very hungry now. A few days ago, he was drifting on the sea with the wind, and suddenly encountered a storm, and all his supplies sank into the sea. After finally waiting for the storm to pass, he came to this island, and now he just wants to have a good meal. However, Shanks didn't know what Mihawk was thinking at this time. He still followed Mihawk and kept saying this and inviting him to join his pirate group. Mihawk, who couldn't bear it anymore, drew out the big sword behind him and slashed at Shanks. "Oh!" Shanks exclaimed, and drew out the long sword at his waist to block Mihawk's slash. "Dang!!" With a loud noise, the two people stepped back several steps at the same time, looking at each other in surprise. Although they both felt that the other party was a master, they didn't expect that the other party's strength was so strong. "Hey! I was right! You are indeed a master of swordsmanship. How about a duel? If I beat you, you can join my pirate group!" Shanks said excitedly to Mihawk. He was very confident in his swordsmanship.

After all, his swordsmanship was personally taught by the two sword masters Roger and Rayleigh, the Pirate King.

He doesn't think that his swordsmanship is worse than anyone else's.

After hearing Shanks' words, Mihawk became obviously interested.

The corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing a smile.

"Oh? Do you want to compete with me in swordsmanship? That's fine. I happen to be in a bad mood right now. Come on, if you can defeat me in swordsmanship, then I will agree to join your pirate group and become your partner. However, If you lose to me, then stop bothering me."

"No problem, hehe, just do your best to become my partner! Mihawk!"

With that said, Shanks rushed towards Mihawk with his sword.

Mihawk clenched the sword with both hands, and then swung it down towards Shanks.

A huge blue slash flew out.

Shanks was also slightly surprised to see such a powerful flying slash being executed so easily.

However, there was no fear in his heart, instead he was filled with excitement.

"A good slash! However, I won't give in easily!"

The long sword held in Shanks' hand suddenly swung a horizontal blue slash.

"God avoids!"

"Buzz!"

In the blink of an eye, the two slashes collided violently.

The powerful sword energy instantly cut countless cracks on the ground where the two of them were.

The surrounding coconut trees were all cut off at the waist by the collision of the two men's chops, and fell on the beach.

Countless coconuts couldn't withstand the pressure of the sword energy in the past two days and kept exploding.

Seeing that their slashes were blocked so easily, the two of them looked equally excited.

"Hahaha, you are really a nice guy! Come on!"

"Oh, it's true. It's been a while since I met a swordsman like you. Come on! Let's decide the winner!"

"boom!"

The swords in their hands collided fiercely.