One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

On the ground ahead, the fat boss was still desperately pleading with the scarred pirate to spare his son.

But the other party remained completely unmoved, continuing to tear at the boy's clothes.

Hawkins approached the shopkeeper from behind and whispered, "Sorry, I forgot my money. But I can do you something to earn money for this meal. You..."

"Is there anything I can do?"

The tavern owner had blood at the corner of his mouth, tears streaming down his face, and was in a state of utter confusion.

He collapsed to the ground, wailing, "Please, spare my child! Someone, please help me, save my child!"

"Should we save them?"

Hawkins nodded slightly, reached his right hand to his waist, and a longsword gleaming with cold light was instantly drawn, slashing in front of him with lightning speed.

"I've fulfilled your request. Consider the meal payment on my behalf."

He slowly sheathed his longsword and stepped away.

Behind him, the scarred pirate's ferocious expression froze on his face.

A line of blood appeared on his neck.

puff!

Chapter 40 Iaijutsu [Please add to your favorites]

puff!

Blood gushed out like a fountain, spurting the scarred pirate's hideous head high into the air before slamming it onto the table in front of him with a thud.

Blood-red raindrops fell, splattering Jimmy's head and face.

The boy stood frozen like a statue, staring at the headless corpse still clutching him tightly in its arms, his mouth trembling like a leaf in the wind.

"what?"

After a brief moment of deathly silence, a series of clattering sounds filled the tavern.

The pirates all stood up, staring in horror at the bloody and cruel scene.

"Who is that guy? He killed Pete in one move!"

"That bastard Pete may like to brag, but he was still a pirate with a bounty of 900 million Berries. How could he be killed so easily?"

"Without any warning, that guy is a dangerous element. Find out which pirate crew he belongs to!"

Some pirates followed Hawkins out.

The tavern owner scrambled to his feet, rushed forward, pried open the headless corpse's hands, and tightly embraced his terrified son, staring blankly as the tall, blond figure walked out of the tavern.

"When did such a powerful swordsman arrive in the Kingdom of Prince? Hey, young man, can you tell me who you are?"

As soon as Hawkins stepped out of the tavern, he saw hundreds of pirates wielding swords crammed into the street outside.

The three in the lead exuded a violent and powerful aura, drawing attention.

The speaker was a middle-aged man with two broadswords hanging from his waist.

Hawkins glanced at him, ignoring the giant man, who was over four meters tall, standing next to the middle-aged man.

"I have no obligation to tell you that we are not on the same path."

With that, he started walking towards the other side of the street.

The middle-aged man, Sith, paused for a moment, then a cruel smile appeared on his lips. He crossed his hands and slowly gripped the hilts of the twin swords.

"Then, I'll ask one more question..."

He slightly arched his body, stomped his foot on the ground, and instantly vanished from his original spot, appearing in the air behind Hawkins. The two swords in his hands reflected the dazzling sunlight, like a pair of scissors crossing over each other, aiming for the back of Hawkins' neck.

"Did you kill Trul?"

Clang!

Sparks flew as a slender, narrow-bladed longsword suddenly appeared, blocking the attacks of the two broadswords.

Hawkins turned and gripped his sword, his face cold and his gloomy eyes unwavering. "I don't know any Trull."

"Really? But I still don't quite trust you. Hehehe, since I can't trust you, I might as well just kill you."

Sith, gripping his twin swords, was parried by Hawkins and fell to the ground, his cruel smile growing even more pronounced.

At that moment, the pirates in the tavern also came out.

Upon seeing the crowded streets, the pirates were initially taken aback.

Upon seeing the faces of Mig Jones, Sith, and Hughton, the pirates immediately became nervous and retreated.

"It's...it's Mig Jones!"

"What are they trying to do? Even the man-slaying demon sis and the cyborg Hughton have come."

Standing three meters tall, his body covered in metal pipes, with metal shields on his shoulders and elbows, Hugh opened his massive, black mouth and roared at the panicked pirates in the tavern with a grating metallic scraping sound:

"You bunch of trash, listen to me!"

"Now I have a task for you. Some troublemakers have infiltrated this city, and I need you to spread out immediately and find those guys."

The pirates exchanged nervous glances, hesitant and uneasy.

They are not members of the Giant Insect Pirates, so there's no reason for them to work for them.

A short, stout pirate muttered under his breath, "We're from the Giant Hammer Pirates, we have no reason to help you Giant Worm..."

boom!

Hugh raised his arm, and the shield on his shoulder slid open, revealing a hole from which a fist-sized cannonball flew out and slammed into the short, fat man's face.

Instantly, a violent explosion sent up thick smoke.

The short, fat man didn't even have time to scream before his head was blown off by the bomb.

Blood and flesh fragments flew everywhere, landing on the faces and bodies of the surrounding pirates, who nodded repeatedly in terror at Hughton.

"No problem! No problem! We will definitely find those troublemakers!"

"Hmph! Get lost!"

Hughton snorted coldly and waved to the large group of people behind him.

"You all go look for it too!"

"Yes!"

Pirates surged in all directions like a tidal wave.

On the other side, Sith was already wielding his twin swords, slashing wildly at Hawkins.

The three longswords blurred into afterimages in mid-air, colliding and sparking with a clanging metallic hum.

Dual Swords Style! Storm!

The more Sith slashed, the more excited he became. He leaped high into the air and began to thrust wildly at Hawkins below with both hands and feet.

The sword tip flashed incessantly, making it seem as if dozens of cold lights appeared above Hawkins' head, completely obscuring the direction he was dodging.

Hawkins' face remained completely expressionless.

Faced with the storm-like thrusts from above, he actually sheathed his longsword and returned it to its scabbard.

"Hahaha, giving up now? You're quite self-aware! Go to hell!"

Sith laughed and pounced.

Hawkins looked up, then suddenly bent down, gripping the scabbard with his left hand and the hilt with his right.

Upon seeing his movement, Sith's eyes narrowed.

"Iai swordsmanship!"

Hawkins drew his sword with lightning speed and swung it.

"Iai-Shadow Flash!"

The bright sword light pierced through the pouring rain and struck the blades of Sith's twin swords squarely.

clang!

With a loud bang, Sith groaned, his body bounced high into the air, flying more than ten meters before landing on the ground.

He shook his hands, which were gripping the sword, and his face turned grim.

"You actually know Iaido swordsmanship, you..."

"Enough! I don't have time to play games with him here. I'm furious right now!"

The four-meter-tall, one-eyed giant impatiently strode over Sith's head, clenched his right fist, and lunged at Hawkins.

boom!

The enormous fist shattered the air in front of him, carrying a strong gust of wind, and slammed into Hawkins' face.

Hawkins sheathed his sword once more, bent down, and drew it!

"Iai-Shadow Flash!"

bass!

The longsword traced a silvery arc before striking its target in an instant.

"The speed at which you draw your sword is quite fast, but unfortunately..."

Jones grinned, and a faint black tinge appeared on the surface of his right fist.

It was this light black color that blocked Hawkins' powerful Iaijutsu, without even breaking the skin on the surface of his fist.

"The power is too weak!"

The fist pressed down, grinding against the longsword, and with lightning speed, smashed into Hawkins' chest.

Bang!

Hawkins gritted his teeth and flew backward, blood spurting from between his teeth.

Armament Haki!