Chapter 373 Windmill Village, the Promise of the World's Number One Swordsman [Four in One]

"You can fight, but there is no need for the two of us to fight."

Shanks blocked again and again, but he didn't intend to fight back. Skyler frowned and asked, "Then what do you mean?"

After finishing speaking, Skyler also stopped holding his sword, and Shanks put on a smile when he saw this, and said, "Are you just trying to drive out those of us who shouldn't stay in the world?

If you do it, it's better for me to do it. At least these two don't have to be injured or bear a bad name because of you. You continue your tour, and those people who shouldn't be in the world, I will take care of them. "

Skyler pondered for a moment, squinted his eyes, and said, "Then what? What's the price?"

Although Shanks has always been a difficult person to understand, Schuyler does not believe that Shanks is just trying to keep Qingjiao and Huo Yi from getting hurt. After all, Shanks is not a saint.

Hearing Skyler mention this, Shanks scratched his hair, and leaned over to approach Skyler. This behavior almost made Skyler unable to suppress his instinct to draw a knife, but Shanks waved his hand quickly, with a look on his face. Fear.

Only then did Skyler calm down his instincts, frowning, listening to Shanks' whispers.

"Is that freckled one my captain's child?"

Skyler twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Are you still not sure? I thought you were not a fool."

When we met in Windmill Village before, Skyler mentioned it. Although he didn't say it explicitly, he also hinted that he was the child of someone Shanks knew. With Shanks' feelings for Roger, it is impossible not to recognize him. out.

Shanks scratched his head and said: "Originally, it was confirmed, but you brought him to Marlin Vandor, so I'm not sure. However, when I think about what your family did, I'm not sure about mine." Not sure anymore."

Shanks seemed to be saying a tongue twister, but the general meaning was clearly expressed. Skyler suddenly felt something was wrong, and said, "What is 'our family'? Could it be that we are different from ordinary people?"

"Ahahaha~ahhahaha~ that one"

Shanks smiled awkwardly and wanted to cover it up, but seeing that the murderous look in Skyler's eyes was getting stronger and stronger, he was also quick-witted and said, "Informal! Unique! Unruly!"

Skyler's murderous look gradually subsided, and Shanks smiled again, approached, and said, "Is that kid with freckles really the captain's kid?"

"Yes, then what?"

"Skyler, you don't need to look at me like a thief."

"Aren't you a thief? A pirate is not a thief?"

"It makes sense." Shanks seemed to be taken sideways by Skyler, but he quickly recovered and said, "Just knowing that the captain's child is still alive, I feel enough, I thought."

Saying that, Shanks shook his head, and Skyler's face darkened slightly. After all, Ace was still alive, but when his mother was pregnant, the pregnant women on the island where they lived still had babies.

"Since you have no other ideas, please leave."

After Skyler finished speaking, he continued to look at Shanks with anti-thief eyes, Shanks continued to be cheeky, and said, "What's his name?"

"Portgas D. Ace, he took it himself after he knew the truth of everything."

Hearing this, Shanks nodded and said, "Ace, a name I miss so much, I'm leaving, don't worry, I won't trick him into becoming a pirate, after all, I'm more optimistic about Luffy."

"Boom~"

The moment Shanks finished speaking, Skyler drew two black knives out of their sheaths. As a great swordsman who has practiced the art of keeping knives for ten years, Skyler is the scariest when he draws out his hidden knives.

Even though Shanks had already run away, he was still sent flying by the aftermath of the slash.

But during the flight, he still gave Luffy a big smile when Ace covered his mouth and restricted his movements.

Nurkic sighed helplessly, and then instantly appeared on the way of Skyler's slash, his muscles puffed up, his domineering aura flowed, and he forcibly resisted Skyler's slash.

"Hiss~"

The slash dissipated, Nurkic shook his hands, and was not really injured, but this feeling was not pleasant.

Skyler also retracted his sword at this time, and looked at Shanks whose eyes were in the air, Skyler on the ground, and Brook, who kept going back and forth, as if they didn't know which thing to focus on.

Skyler looked at the two, coughed lightly, and attracted their attention, and then said: "Mr. Green Pepper, Mr. Huo Yi, today is the pirate Shanks' invasion of the Kingdom of Flowers, and the navy and navy of the Kingdom of Flowers Headquarters Zhanye detachment resist together."

Faced with Skyler's behavior of throwing all the blame on Shanks alone, the two heroes Qingjiao and Huo Yi laughed and agreed, after all, they don't need to continue to be beaten.

Qingjiao cupped her hands and said, "Thank you, Lieutenant General Skyler, for drawing your sword to help!"

After looking at Huo Yi and being silent for a while, Qingjiao said: "Huo Yi, thank you, your Yunhe. I will find a way to find the best swordsmith, and see if I can repair or reforge it and return it to you. "

Hearing this, Huo Yi's eyes were moist, and he threw the broken short knife Yunhe on the ground, hammered the green pepper, and said: "Old bastard. The knife is no longer needed. I plan to abdicate and stop fighting."

In the same circle, it is a very painful thing to lose to one person all the time. Huo Yi once hated Qingjiao, but now that they are both grandfathers, it is time to take it lightly.

After all, how do you say that? "Sixty and ears are smooth", I have been obedient for almost ten years, and I have known my destiny for almost twenty years, it is time to let go.

Qingjiao smiled, and hit Huo Yi with his backhand a few times, then looked at Skyler and said, "Lieutenant General Skyler, is the dinner going to continue?"

Skyler was noncommittal, after all, he hit him, and he invited him to dinner in return. Skyler really didn't know how to answer, so let's just acquiesce.

Qingjiao didn't wait for Skyler's answer, but said to Huo Yi: "I heard from Tiger that you want to marry my granddaughter to my grandson? Let's have a drink and talk in detail later?"

Huo Yi was silent, looking at Cai who was still stunned by Shanks' domineering arrogance, and said, "To be honest, I regret it, you grandson."

"How do you talk to labor and management, you turtle? What do you mean 'your grandson'?"

Qingjiao was suddenly furious, and pressed her flat head against Huo Yi. Huo Yi was also angry from his heart, and pressed Qingjiao's head, and said, "What's wrong with your grandson? Could it be that it's not your grandson?!"

Qingjiao finally reacted to Ali at this time, and Huo Yi was talking about Cai. However, Qingjiao was unreasonable and strong, and continued to exert force, saying: "That's not what you can call!!!"

"Because of you, Laozi ruined a good sharp knife, and now the old man can't even call your grandson?"

"Didn't I say that the old man will find someone to compensate you?!"

"I don't want it, I just want to call him grandson, what's wrong?!"

The two disrespectful old men quarreled again like they did when they were young. Skyler watched with relish, and Nurkic walked up to her and asked:

"Sir, are you really asking Shanks to help us deal with those people?"

"Someone is helping with the work, and you still want to stop it? Moreover, we still have to show some face to the countries that are members of the World Government. We found "evidence" in the Kingdom of Germa, but the Kingdom of Flowers did nothing wrong. "

After Skyler finished speaking, Nurkic nodded. He knew that the evidence was not important. This time, he was just bullying others. As long as his chief could make sense, he would not stop.

As the people of the Eight Treasures Navy kept waking up, the preparations for the dinner party were also proceeding in an orderly manner. At the same time, the "confessions" were unified. Whether they were in a coma or Dongliang was injured, they were all the pirate named Shanks made!

After the dinner party, the Zhanye detachment set off again, with no destination, just leisure and relaxation.

Shanks also kept his promise, and kept cleaning up the mafia or the pirates who were entrenched in the West Sea and were unwilling to leave, not only to help, but also to train his men, and to maintain a good environment in his hometown.

Skyler, on the other hand, led the Zanye detachment, and during the trip, arranged to rebuild the regional order after the pirates or mafia were cleared or driven away.

Although in the naturally chaotic place of the West Sea, order will not exist for long, but it can be done, why not do it?

For three full months, apart from training, having fun, and traveling, the Zhanye Detachment focused on rebuilding the order of the West Sea. With the help of Skyler, the West Sea Branch regained those "bad lands".

It was easier than Beihai, but the report was much more beautiful than those two months in Beihai.

And three months later, the red-haired pirates entered the great waterway with a high profile, and the Zanye detachment went directly to the South China Sea via the Red Earth Continent. The West Sea, which had not been calm for a long time, became chaotic again.

When Xihai, many old-fashioned mafia, hadn't recovered from the major blow, something happened in Zhigarek that angered a certain mafia family.

In a winery, a short man wearing a silk shirt, holding a submachine gun in one hand and unbranded spirits in the other, announced that this place will be his territory from now on!

Talented people come out from generation to generation, and a new generation replaces old ones, not to mention pirates and mafia whose average "career" is extremely short?

When the incident happened, the warship of Zhanye Detachment had also passed through multiple transfers and landed in the South China Sea. Skyler found Brook who was playing the violin alone on the rear deck of the hull.

After arriving at the Zhanye Detachment, Brook used the piano the most, followed by the rapier. He seldom used the violin. He would only play it if there were a small number of people gathering or thinking about things alone.

But at this moment, Brooke was obviously thinking about something, but because he had no face, otherwise, he should be frowning, pursing his mouth, and lowering his eyes at this moment.

Because the sound of the piano is very sad, there are even several consecutive notes that are out of tune, so harsh that even a layman like Skyler can hear it, but Brooke, a skeleton who is very passionate about music, didn't notice it.

When Skyler came to him, Brook woke up, put down the violin on his shoulder, and asked, "Madam, what's the matter?"

"Don't go after the mafia that destroyed the dual kingdom?"

Skyler asked, the mafia family that destroyed the dual kingdom experienced a short period of glory, but after the short period of glory, it also quickly became lonely, so lonely that Shanks didn't even clean it up.

After hearing Skyler's question, Brook was silent for a moment, and said: "Every remnant of the dual kingdom is eligible to seek revenge from them.

I was the only one who didn't, because I was a betrayer. If I acted, it would only make those survivors hate someone they could never take revenge in their lifetime. This is too tiring. "

Skyler was silent. She couldn't understand Brook's thoughts, she shook her head, and she said, "Then can you play the song of the Dual Kingdom for us tonight?"

"There is a piano piece called "Dual Rhapsody", which was composed by my first teacher Franz, but I only learned the first fifteen pieces, and I left before he wrote the last four pieces. Dual Kingdom.

But on the way, I have already collected the scores of the next four songs. If you want to listen to them, I can play them for you. "

After thinking about it, Brooke still agreed, Skyler nodded and said, "Thank you."

After thanking him, Skyler turned around and left, while Brook was stunned for a long time before saying, "Thank you."

During the dinner, Skyler called all the team members, crew, and even the imprisoned Revolutionary Army and Yamato, to the deck, and with the dining table, the entire deck became crowded.

There is only a circular space with a gap of more than ten meters. A grand piano is placed in the center, and a brand-new score is placed on it. The cover says "Dual Rhapsody".

After the food and wine were served, Brook sat down on the piano bench, let go of the cover, and turned to the score of the first track. In the upper right corner, it also marked "Dual Rhapsody" NO.1.

"Boom~"

After the first syllable was struck, Brook's ten fingers kept jumping on the black and white keys. He didn't even turn over the sheet music, obviously he had practiced enough to memorize it by heart.

From the first to the fifteenth, Brook played it almost in one breath. It was not until the last few syllables of the fifteenth that Brook opened the piano of the sixteenth track that was bookmarked. Spectrum.

The same perfect rhythm, but Brook seems a little timid, and the upper right corner of the score is no longer labeled "Dual Rhapsody", but simply "Rhapsody" NO.16.

The same is true for the next few songs. Brook played carefully, and the "Dual Rhapsody" on the score also became "Rhapsody". I don't know why.

For two full hours, the Rhapsody stopped abruptly after Brooke struck the keys hurriedly, and the deck was silent for a while, and the applause broke out only after the piano sound disappeared.

Brook was also like a pianist who had just finished playing in the golden hall. He stood up, bowed, and even waved to the "audience". The members of the Zhan Ye detachment also cooperated very well.

"Encore! Encore!"

An "encore" sounded, and Brooke did not leave the stage. Instead, he returned to the stage and sighed several traditional ditties of the Dual Kingdom, which cooled the stage down again, before he bowed again.

Zhanye detachment reluctantly "let go" Brook, and Brook returned to his seat with the score, Skyler looked at him and asked, "Why are the next four named after "Rhapsody"? "

Brook took a sip of the wine and said, "I heard people say that the last four songs were only discovered after the teacher's death. When they were published, the Dual Kingdom had already been destroyed, so it is no longer suitable to be called "Dual Rhapsody." "It's gone."

Hearing this, Skyler did not continue this topic, but said, "Thanks for your hard work."

Brook just nodded without replying and continued with his meal. After a while, Schuyler suddenly said: "When you return to the Great Channel from the East China Sea, go to Upside Down Mountain. You should also know that there is a whale waiting for you there."

Hearing Skyler's words, Brook raised his skull head, then lowered it deeply, and said: "The original agreement, now I am the only one who can't be identified, and what we said before is to surround the great waterway Come back and pick it up later."

"Now do you think you still have a chance to circumnavigate the Great Channel?"

With a smile, Skyler reached out and patted the epaulets on Brooke's cloak of justice. Brooke was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he said:

"Then let's pass by, if it can still recognize me, I will take it away, if it can't recognize me"

"OK."

After Skyler finished speaking, she got up and left. She had dinner two hours earlier than Brooke. As a person with not so high musical literacy, Skyler was not as immersed in music as Nurkic and Hamilton. realm.

During the journey to the West Sea, Skyler did not meet the Revolutionary Army, and he was not able to meet the "Yordle" of the Pirate World, which made Skyler a little disappointed.

Compared with the North Sea and the West Sea, the remaining South China Sea and East China Sea have almost no pirates who are qualified to go to the great waterway. In the current South China Sea, there are almost no pirates who have become successful.

It is difficult to even find a pirate ship that can pass through the Reversing Mountain, so if the Zhanye detachment does not encounter it, it has no intention of going to the pirate group to carry out justice. It's been a sad few years.

It can't be that the other sea area branches have submitted reports one by one, and the South China Sea branch handed over a piece of paper that says "the South China Sea this year, there will be no storms", right? It is estimated that the navy will not be able to survive.

After all, the basic military salary of the navy is not high. Without merit and rewards, it is no problem to live alone. After all, except for a very few branches, most branches have canteens and provide accommodation.

But the navy also has family members and social needs, and the basic military salary Skyler’s lowest military rank in his naval career is 150,000 Berries, except for the recruit training period.

As for the military rank of the Four Seas branch, compared with the same level of the headquarters, the treatment and power will be lowered by three levels.

During the service period, the military salary is actually equal to pocket money, and the reward part is the salary. However, when the navy retires, the guarantee money is very rich, and the longer the service period, the more guarantee money will be.

The money that the navy can receive from the navy system, in addition to the rewards granted by the world government, can be considered generous. There are only two sums of money, one is the retirement security fund, and the other is the pension.

Therefore, pirates are actually very valuable to the branch that is not rich in treatment, including when Skyler first led the team, and when he returned to the East China Sea to clear the navy, the captured pirates would be handed over to the branch.

Although the majority of the rewards will still be given to the Zanye detachment, each detachment can be mixed together, including Karp, who is also very conscious. Although he often returns to the East China Sea to suppress pirates, he will cooperate with the branch.

Even if it's just handing over and docking the pirates, it can make the colleagues in the branch drink soup.

This is also why the elites of the branch, even if they sharpen their heads, try to get into the headquarters or the branch of the Great Channel, because there, even if they are soldiers, the treatment may be better than being an official in the Four Seas branch.

Of course, there are also some branches of the navy who have fallen and chose to work with pirates, but the situation has improved in recent years. After all, because of the previous era of purging the four seas, the chiefs of the branch were rotated, and it was difficult to breed a dark place.

The Zhanye detachment stayed in the South China Sea for two months, and took Bonnie home on the way, but she was stubborn and told her uncle who was the king that she would not escape back if she was not stronger than her father.

I also went to Patrila Island, where Ace was born, where his mother was born and died, and it is a dead city.

In fact, when Ace was born, there were almost no people on Patrila Island. Some of the islanders were afraid of the coming of the world government again, and some wanted to leave this sad place.

And these years, Patricia Island has been completely deserted, Skyler took Ace to the house where his mother gave birth to him, stayed for a few hours, and then left.

Because of Ace's mother, Skyler had told him a long time ago, so the two were very silent on the island. Until the end, Ace just said "I won't let this happen again."

Two months later, the Zhanye Detachment finally came to the East China Sea, the only one that had not yet been "supervised" among the four seas.

But this time, Skyler didn't go to Windmill Village first, but Frost Moon Village.

After becoming a so-called naval hero, Skyler felt that the biggest change was that the people of the Zhanye Detachment had never been aware of the severity, but had become "clear" and aware of the severity.

For some people, this is a kind of enjoyment, of course, there are also people who resent this feeling. For Skyler, she doesn't care, neither enjoys nor hates it.

After all, being surrounded by people will not have less arms or legs, nor will there be more arms and more legs.

The arrangement was the same as the last time I came to Frost Moon Village. Others moved freely, and Skyler came to Yixin Dojo amidst the welcome of many villagers.

Koshiro, who was teaching the students swordsmanship, was a little puzzled when he heard the commotion outside. After all, there were very few lively scenes in Shuangyue Village.

This may also be the reason why the leader of the Revolutionary Army, Drago, likes to come here, because no one disturbs him here. As long as he does not disturb others, this is simply the most suitable place for the Revolutionary Army.

Koshiro was puzzled, Skyler walked in slowly from the outside, perhaps out of respect for Yixin Dojo, the villagers did not come in, after all, if there is no founder of Yixin Dojo, maybe their parents were killed by pirates .

Although that person has passed away, the current successor, Koshiro, has not done anything to save the whole village, but he has kept the children in the village from running around all day long. The villagers also respect Koshiro.

After all, Koshiro does not only teach swordsmanship, but Koshiro teaches characters, culture, dealing with people, and dealing with people in the world. He will teach his students on the way of kendo practice, which will undoubtedly help the villagers solve a lot of trouble.

And after Skyler walked into the Yixin Gym, the gym was also quiet for a while, and they all looked at Skyler silently, not knowing how to say hello, especially Koshiro hadn't said that he could move freely.

On the contrary, there are two children who are still concentrating on training. They are Kuina and Sauron. The two seem to be unable to hear the surroundings become quiet, and they don't know that someone is coming.

After all, the two who were still in the early stages of kendo training didn't know how dangerous it was to be completely focused on the sea. After all, the enemies on the sea were not just the wooden stakes in front of them.

"Ahem~"

Seeing that his daughter and the most talented disciple didn't stop, Koshiro was a little embarrassed and coughed lightly, but the two still didn't respond.

"Zoro, Kuina."

Koshiro had no choice but to make a sound, and it was much louder than the light cough just now. The two finally stopped, turned their heads at the same time, and looked at Koshiro with dissatisfied eyes.

How can you stop training when your body is not too tired to move? !

But what they saw was Koshiro's rare serious and even stern eyes. Both of them realized that something was wrong, but their reaction was to point the bamboo sword in their hands at the gate opposite Koshiro.

"Good remedial reaction, after your companions die, I think you will be praised like that."

Skyler opened his mouth to comment, Koshiro also nodded, he has not experienced any fierce fighting, the only thing he can't teach is tension, and he is not the kind of education method that uses the blade and the power of the sword to sharpen his disciples.

Therefore, after the students in the field have reached a certain level of skill and body, he will allow the students to go out to sea. After all, not everyone is like him, who can become a great swordsman through communicating with the sword.

At this time, the nervous teenager and girl became uneasy because they recognized Skyler's identity after experiencing anger that was too short to stay in their brains.

Kuina was afraid that Skyler would be disappointed in her because of today's performance, and Sauron... just before training, he was still in front of Kuina, intentionally hurt Skyler and praised Mihawk.

There is a saying "Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking at the door", and Sauron is guilty at this time.

Koshiro looked at the performance of the two children, but finally he couldn't harden his heart, and took the initiative to make a rescue: "It's just two apprentices, Lieutenant General Skyler, long time no see."

"Well, I haven't seen each other for some years, and I understand how overwhelmed I was at that time."

Schuyler smiled and nodded, recalling the first time he came to Frost Moon Village. Schuyler at that time was probably far from the kind-hearted person in front of him.

"Lieutenant General Schuyler was joking. Let's talk about it in another courtyard. Let's have a light meal together in the evening."

After Koshiro finished speaking, seeing Skyler nodded in agreement, he turned around and picked up a small bag from the seat just now, and said to Kuina, "Guina, go buy some meat."

Kuina took the purse, with some difficulty concealing her excitement, she asked, "Father, how much do you want?"

As he spoke, his eyes kept drifting to Skyler who was already standing beside him. Seeing his daughter's appearance, Koshiro smiled and said, "Just buy as much meat as you have left, Sauron, you can do it too." Do me a favor."

Sauron lowered his head, only dared to raise it a little, then lowered it again, nodding his head in agreement. If it was an enemy or a target on the sword path, Sauron would not be so frightened like this.

But he "slandered" Skyler too many times, and he had already imagined and slandered her in terms of swordsmanship. She was also imagined to slander her, so this made Sauron very guilty.

It's a guilty conscience of doing something bad, but it's not out of fear of strength or status.

Kuina squeezed the purse, it was a little thick, and she was a little confused, but Koshiro had already urged herself with his eyes, so she had no choice but to let go of her doubts and take Sauron to leave the dojo.

After walking out of the ashram and leaving a certain distance, Sauron asked, "Do you know Lieutenant General Skyler?!"

Kuina shook her head and said, "I don't know her, but I heard from my father that she came here once when I was a child."

"And then? And then? Has Master already fought her? Who won?!"

"I didn't fight, I just chatted, but I heard from my father that Lieutenant General Skyler was already a great swordsman at that time!"

Kuina said proudly, while Sauron was a little disappointed. Seeing Sauron's appearance, Kuina suddenly smiled and said, "Lieutenant General Skyler said he wants to accept me as a student!"

"When? Why didn't you say it before?"

Sauron was a little shocked, but also inexplicably scared, maybe because he was afraid of losing his "rival" as Kuina, or it could be because of other reasons.

Zoro didn't know that Skyler had said that he wanted to accept Kuina as his disciple, even when the two were quarreling about the world's number one swordsman, Kuina didn't say anything.

Because Kuina was not confident in her heart, because Koshiro told her about Skyler's past deeds, joined the navy at the age of fifteen, graduated with the first grade in the same period a year later, and, at that time, he was already a swordsman .

And two years later, Skyler was less than eighteen years old. In the year he came to Shuangyue Village, he had already become a great swordsman in his understanding of kendo.

According to what Kuina learned from Koshiro, a swordsman is a strong man who can easily cut iron, and a great swordsman is a strong man who can cut anything as long as he wants to, and can cut anything as long as he doesn't want to.

This is also the reason why Guina regained her confidence after hearing Skyler's story, thinking that girls are not necessarily inferior to boys, and it is also the reason why Guina is not confident after thinking of Skyler.

After all, the current her, according to her father, has not yet trained her body to the minimum requirement of cutting iron, and she has not even crossed the threshold of kendo, let alone entered the room.

Because of this, Kuina was always afraid that Skyler would not appreciate her talent and chose to go back on her word.

The reason why I say it now is because she witnessed Sauron's rapid growth with her own eyes, and Sauron's talent was what her father said he had only seen in his life.

Kuina, who was not convinced, achieved the same progress as Sauron within the same period of time, and with the addition of thousands of duel victories, her confidence was cultivated again.

Although Skyler's words just now almost made her fail, but as long as Sauron is by her side, Kuina has enough self-confidence.

Therefore, she said with a smile: "Because I feel qualified to be her student until now!"

Looking at Kuina who was facing the sunset with a bright smile, Sauron was a little envious, but soon a dissatisfaction grew in his heart, and it quickly swelled up. He shouted:

"Guina, I will find a swordsman who is stronger than your teacher, and then practice stronger swordsmanship to defeat all swordsmen!"

Kuina looked at Sauron, and for some reason, he felt that Sauron's words were very powerful. Her smile remained unchanged, she raised her fist, and said, "Then when the time comes, I only need to defeat you to become the number one in the world." A great swordsman!"

"That time, I will never lose!"

As Sauron said, he also raised his fist, and the fists of the two touched together.

Under the setting sun, on the street, among the gazes of countless people, perhaps only these two people did not take these words as a child's joke.