One Piece: The Human-Human Fruit, it makes sense to be an admiral

This was something that Mihawk had not expected.

I simply cannot understand why Big Bear could do this.

of course.

Outsiders would never know that Ian helped Big Bear rescue his daughter.

What kind of compromise did Big Bear make with the World Government for his daughter?

Big Bear wouldn't talk about these things in front of others.

I can only support Ian in limited actions.

Only he felt in his heart that everything he did for Ian was far from enough.

"You can't understand what happened between Mr. Ian and me."

"Mihawk, you just have to believe that he won't lose to anyone."

Big Bear kept smiling as he responded to Mihawk's question.

Mihawk: "..."

If I don't ask this, isn't it just a waste of time?

Didn't get any valid answers at all.

Moreover, Big Bear saw nothing just like him.

But insisting on speaking so confidently is also outrageous.

Inside the battle scene.

The surrounding smoke and dust gradually dissipated, allowing everyone's vision to gradually become clearer.

The scene of the confrontation.

The sand has obviously collapsed, and the bowl-shaped terrain is upside down at the scene.

Ian released his giant form and returned to his normal appearance.

Shanks's aura had also receded.

Both of them stood on the edge of the bowl, and neither of them fell out of the sand.

Within the rules, the two have yet to determine the winner.

But in fact, Shanks already knew the outcome of this battle in his heart.

Just now when he joined the battle, he was aiming at Ian's body.

However, Ian switched between the giant and normal forms too quickly, causing the divine sword energy to leak out to a large extent.

Shanks originally thought that the sword energy would spread out directly.

did not expect.

It actually reached the edge, but was blocked by Ian's fist.

It wasn't an unexpected obstruction, Shanks could sense it.

Ian had done it on purpose, making their previous confrontation look like a draw.

Actually.

In Shanks' heart, he had already lost.

As one of the Four Emperors, Shanks is so proud. How could he tolerate others giving in to him?

"Ian! Why are you doing this?"

"Didn't you make the rules? Now you're going to break them?"

"Or am I not a respectable opponent in your eyes?"

Shanks said coldly, his expression full of dissatisfaction.

Even if they were about to become partners, Shanks was unwilling to fight with a partner who did not respect him.

"I didn't mean to disrespect you, Shanks."

"Didn't you say that today's event was to see how many awakened forms I have?"

"I just feel that you have only seen so much now. If you stop, wouldn't it be meaningless?"

"Just treat it as an oversight on your part and return it double later, isn't that all?"

Shanks was indeed speechless. It was he who had originally suggested testing one's strength.

Ian has only attacked three times now, and Shanks has already been defeated within the rules.

If it really ended like this, could he be content?

The answer is of course no. It is impossible to give up just like that.

Seeing Shanks' hesitation, his subordinates were all confused and shouted loudly from the sidelines:

"What's going on? Shanks, why don't you fight?"

"Isn't the winner still undecided? Giving up now would be like admitting defeat!"

"Bastard Captain, don't lose so easily! I always thought you would win!"

"..."

Beckman was smoking a cigarette with a very intriguing expression.

Listening to the voices of his companions around him, he tried to dissuade them:

"Forget it, stop shouting. The winner should have been decided just now."

"Otherwise, that guy Shanks wouldn't react like this."

"It seems that we have all underestimated Jock Ian. This guy is really strong!"

Beckman's words attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone knows that Beckman is indeed very strong in observation ability, a level higher than all of them.

What others say may not be true.

When the words came out of Beckman's mouth, it was a completely different concept.

Mihawk came to Beckman's side and asked unwillingly:

"Beckman, can you see clearly what just happened?"

As the world's greatest swordsman, Mihawk doesn't think his observation skills will be inferior to Beckman's.

Even he didn't see clearly what happened, how could Beckman know so clearly?

Looking at Mihawk's expression, Beckman knew what he was thinking.

"Put away your boring competitiveness, great swordsman."

"I didn't see clearly what happened, or what the battle process was like."

"But I know Shanks and his temper."

"Judging from the reaction now, Shanks must have lost in some way."

"Ian must have deliberately not shown it to us on the scene."

After Beckman finished his analysis, everyone was somewhat convinced by his statement.

In the Red Hair Pirates, the person who has followed Shanks the longest is Beckman.

The level of trust and tacit understanding between the two is definitely much stronger than that of others.

Even more interesting is...

After Beckman finished speaking, Ian on the battlefield actually gave him a thumbs up.

It seemed as if he agreed with his analysis and gave it the greatest affirmation as a party involved.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, such performance is more of an arrogant show-off.

"Tsk, did this kid hear everything? What kind of ears does he have to be able to hear from such a distance?"

"Can the user of the Human-Human Fruit also have their hearing enhanced?"

"Now that you put it that way, it seems to make some sense, but I'm still very upset!"

"Doesn't that mean he heard everything from the very beginning when we made the bet?"

"Shanks, why do you care whether he's lost on the inside or not? He's still in the outside looking in! Beat him up!"

"That's right. If you want to save face, keep beating him up!"

"..."

Everyone's reaction was surprisingly consistent.

It’s a pity that they are allies now, and the relationship between the navy and pirates is no longer hostile.

otherwise.

They all wanted to rush up and teach Ian a lesson.

Ian was delighted with everyone's reaction.

Suppress the members of the Red Hair Pirates psychologically.

Seeing them clearly unhappy but unable to fight back is a completely different kind of spiritual enjoyment.

"Swoosh...Zheng!"

On the battlefield, Shanks threw his sword far away.

As a swordsman, you are in the best fighting condition when you have a sword.

Throwing away the sword now is considered an active change.

For the rest of this battle, Shanks will no longer be able to exert his full fighting power.

It was his way of responding to Ian's humility just now.

"This is barely fair, but I still feel really bad!"