From Demon Slayer: Thunder Swordsman

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Two hours later, the Canglong and Jiujo Ju finally arrived at the edge of the island where Windmill Village belonged.

Looking at the old man who was waiting at the edge of the island, Kujo Tachibana jumped directly from the deck and landed beside the old man.

"Old man, is this Vice Admiral Garp asking you to wait for us here?"

Up Slab nodded and said:

"I'm the mayor of Windmill Village. Garp has already gone after the pirates on the village ship. He asked you to go to Rogue Town to block the pirates' path and prevent them from taking Luffy into the Grand Line."

Hearing this, Kujo Tachibana nodded with some regret. He was originally planning to go see Ace!

Forget it, let’s talk about it after we’re done. The speed of the Soryu is very fast, and it is more than enough to send Kujo Tachibana to Rogue Town before the Red Hair Gang.

I don’t know what’s wrong with Shanks?

How dare you kidnap our prince?

Jiujo Ju was also a little confused.

Chapter 58 The World's Greatest Swordsman's Slash

In Rogue Town, when Jiu Tachibana returned to the starting point once again, everything had changed.

The second-in-command of Rogue Town at this time, the chain-smoker Smoker, was holding two cigars in his mouth. While puffing smoke, he was introducing the recent situation of Rogue Town to Jiujo Tachibana.

The number one commander, Major General Sack, left Rogue Town yesterday to follow old man Garp in pursuit of the Red Hair Pirates.

At this time, the Navy and the Red Hair Pirates were circling around in the waters of the East China Sea.

Red Hair is not a fool. He knew what it meant that Vice Admiral Canglong's Canglong did not follow him. They must be waiting for him to fall into their trap in Rogue Town.

However, unless their ship could suddenly fly and fly over Rogue Town from the sky, Shanks would have to pass the level of Navy Admiral Canglong!

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Looking at this classmate, who is also a navy general with a significant role in the comics, Kujo Tachibana couldn't help but remind him:

"Smoker, while you are developing the power of the Smoke Fruit, you still need to improve your Haki!"

"After all, Haki is the essence, and the development of fruit abilities is also based on physical strength."

"If you feel that the attack power of the Smoke Fruit is insufficient, I suggest that you first cultivate your Armament Haki, and then combine your Armament Haki with the fruit ability. I think this is the path that is more suitable for you."

As he spoke, Jiujo Tachibana pointed at Tina beside him, looked at the smoking man Smoker, and explained:

"Look at Tina. Her ability of the Kankan no Mi is very well combined with the Armament Haki. Based on my observation, Smoker should not be able to defeat Tina with your current strength."

"If you are willing, I will be in Rogue Town during this period of time and can guide you in the training of your Armament Haki and Observation Haki."

"Well, then I'll trouble you, Vice Admiral Canglong." Although Smoker was a little unconvinced when he heard this, he didn't say much, although he, the Smoker, was a well-known troublemaker within the navy.

But facing his brilliant classmate Kujo Tachibana, he could only admit defeat.

After all, in just a few years, he not only became a candidate for general, but also accomplished so many major events that shocked the whole world. What is Smoker?

The leg hairs of Golden Lion and BIG MOM are not even as thick as his own, so what is there for him to be dissatisfied about!

"But, is it really true that I can no longer defeat Tina?"

Smoker glanced dazedly at the pink-haired girl next to Kujo Tachibana, who looked a little lonely.

It seems like it's getting farther and farther away...

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A week later, at the training ground of the Naval Branch in Rogge Town.

At this time, Smoker the Smoker was being suppressed in a corner by his opponent Tina.

Even if he turned into smoke, he couldn't escape from the cage of armed color domineering that was like an iron net...

"Huff..." After taking a deep breath of air, Smoker finally gave up after struggling for a while...

"I lost again, Tina."

Hearing this, the pink-haired girl just smiled heartily, retracted the iron fence created by her fruit ability, and said softly:

"Tina is very happy. Smoker, you have made progress again. Compared with a week ago, the gap between the two of us is not that big. Tina also needs to work harder!"

"Smoker, we two have to work hard together! After all, we can't be left too far behind by a transfer student, right? Don't you agree, Smoker?"

Facing the girl in front of him, Smoker Smoker rarely smiled and nodded in agreement.

But at this moment, Kujo Tachibana, who was standing next to the training ground, deliberately acted unhappy and interrupted:

"Hey, hey, hey, who do you two think is the transfer student? If it wasn't me, would you guys be able to graduate early with your level? I'm afraid your current military rank will be reduced by one or half a level!"

After a week of domineering teaching, Kujo Tachibana and the troublemaker Smoker have become familiar with each other.

Upon hearing this, Tina rolled her eyes and retorted:

"The transfer student Tina was talking about is you. How dare you say this? If it weren't for you, we could have continued to study under Teacher Zefa for a while. Maybe Tina would be stronger now!"

"Uh... is that so?" Jiujo Tachibana rubbed the back of his head and laughed...

As for whether Tina will become stronger, doesn’t he, Kujo Tachibana, know it yet?

Tina, even if you were to reach your current level after ten years, you wouldn't be able to do it...

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That afternoon, the Red Hair Pirates, who had managed to shake off Garp's pursuit, began to follow the passing merchant ships and bravely entered Rogue Town!

However, Kujo Tachibana, who had already received the news from old man Garp, stood alone in the air in front of Rogue Town, blocking the ship of the Red Hair Pirates.

Faced with such a sudden change in the plot, Kujo Tachibana did not want to really fight with Red Hair and his gang, so he had to cooperate with the current plot and threatened the "kidnapper" Shanks:

"Red-Haired Shanks! As long as you hand over Luffy, I, Vice Admiral Canglong, promise you here that not only will I not harm anyone on your ship, but I will also let you leave safely!"

"If you don't agree, no one today! No ship! Can pass through Rogue Town to the Grand Line!"

"Anyone who dares to provoke me will be struck by this sword!"

As soon as Jiu Tiao Ju finished speaking, he raised his hand and the black sword Lei Long in his hand was unsheathed and slashed down with a flying blow.

"boom..."

The thunder exploded instantly, and along with the sound of thunder, the sword was sheathed again, leaving behind a terrifying ravine more than ten thousand meters deep, several kilometers long and nearly a hundred meters wide in front of the Red Hair Pirates!

With this strike, Jiu Tachibana almost hit the Dragon Palace directly!

For a moment, both humans and ghosts were afraid!

This ghostly and god-like slashing attack frightened dozens of ships that were preparing to pass through Rogue Town.

There were even more than ten ships that turned back and left...

If this knife fell on their boat, what would happen to this man?

Is there any powder left?

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Is this the strength of the world's greatest swordsman?

Not to mention the ordinary merchant ships in the East China Sea, Shanks was also deeply shocked by the power of this sword.

Damn, even Captain Roger’s “divine avoidance” is only this good, right?

At this moment, Shanks began to doubt deeply:

"When did Hawkeye become so strong that he can fight against such a person?"

Chapter 59

What's even more bizarre is that this terrifying ravine that leads directly to the deep sea has not been filled with sea water for a long time, as if there is some force blocking the surrounding sea water...

On the deck of the red-haired gang's ship, everyone was shocked by the knife, except for one iron-headed kid who didn't know what fear was. He just kept shouting stupidly:

"Siguoyi! Siguoyi!"

"By the way Shanks, what did you just say?"

The silly Luffy hugged the railing in front of him, turned his head and asked Shanks.

Shanks shook his head. After a few days of pirate culture education and inheritance, Shanks was no longer so eager to bring Luffy along.

Because Shanks has seen that Luffy is destined to become a great pirate, and this world cannot restrain Luffy's free soul...

It’s not because he was afraid of Kujo Tachibana that he didn’t take Luffy with him. With Shanks’s personality, he could face death calmly, so how could he be afraid of it?

However, the reason why Luffy was refused to board the ship before was that he was too young.

He was just a child of six or seven years old, and they were going to the most dangerous place in the world, the second half of the Grand Line - the New World!

Go to that "new world" to explore, to fight, to conquer, to risk your life, and in the process, one of your crew members may suddenly die at any time.

They have all made up their minds to this, but what about Luffy?

He is only a six or seven year old kid...

After thinking about it, Shanks finally chose to take off the straw hat on his head, put it on Luffy's little head, and taught him the last lesson.

"Luffy, I'm going to give this hat to you for safekeeping. It's the most important hat to me. If we have a chance to see each other again in the future, remember to return it to me. When you become an outstanding pirate, I'll give it to you."

After saying this, Shanks shouted loudly to the nine oranges in the sky:

"If you want to take Luffy with you, you have to defeat his captain!"

"Vice Admiral Canglong, let's find a place and have a fight!"

Kujo Tachibana did not reject Shanks' proposal. At worst, he could just let go and rescue Luffy, and it would be better for the Red Hair Gang to let him go.

It is always a bit awkward that one of the Four Emperors is missing, and now because of his sudden rise, the World Government and the Five Elders have begun to subtly target their navy. Having a Pirate Emperor can just balance the strength of both sides.

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On a small island near Rogue Town, Kujo Tachibana and Red-Haired Shanks were facing each other about ten meters apart.

"Shanks, why do you want to take Luffy with you when you have nothing to do?" Kujo Tachibana couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Ah?" Shanks scratched the back of his head, recalled for a moment, and then said: "Maybe it's the bond of fate!"

"That's not right..." Kujo Tachibana said halfway and then stopped talking.

"What's wrong?" Shanks asked curiously.

Kujo Tachibana shook his head and did not answer Shanks' question. He couldn't tell Shanks that you didn't make the current choice in the original timeline.

There is only one reason why Shanks underwent this transformation, and that must be because of this extra character.

Kujo Tachibana did not give up and continued to persuade Shanks:

"Shanks, please leave Luffy here! I asked you to leave, but you should know that you are not my opponent right now."

Shanks smiled and shook his head. He felt that the navy on the opposite side seemed a little different. He did not have any ill feelings towards them pirates... no! Or towards him, Shanks himself.

Slowly pulling out the famous sword Griffin from his waist, Shanks walked towards Kujo Tachibana:

"If you don't arrest me, then maybe I'll buy you a drink."

"But here and now, this battle is inevitable."

"Please draw your sword! Canglong!"

Since they asked like that, how could Kujo Tachibana refuse?

There was only a "clang" sound.

At this time, the black sword Thunder Dragon, which was praised by the world as "the best in the world, not inferior to the twelve supreme swords", was unsheathed again.

Kujo Tachibana said loudly:

"Then I'll wait for your drink."

Hearing this, Shanks' expression changed.

Waiting for my drink?

Aren't you going to arrest me?

This navy vice admiral Canglong is really hard to figure out...

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In this way, both of them had their own purposes and started this strange showdown on this deserted island.