One Piece: Almost Exposed That I Am Stronger Than Roger - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Hawkeye’s Thought Began to Dive Deeper

Hawkeye’s body was immersed in the sea, and his mind was filled with the picture of Solo just splitting the sea with his sword. Immediately afterward, Hawkeye felt a little numbness in his mouth, caused by the impact he received when subconsciously resisted the sword’s energy.

It also means Solo blocked his air slash.

“No…”

The sword aura I swung at the beginning was not with my full strength, and I didn’t even use Yoru.

Thinking of this, Hawkeye glanced at the sea separated by the sword energy, and at a glance, the bottom of the sea was clearly visible. The scariest thing was the abyss-like gully has no limit at all!

Yes, even with Hawkeye’s extraordinary vision, e can’t see the end of the crack at a glance, coupled with what Solo said casually just now, he wanted Buggy to walk to Loguetown from the road under the sea.

“This guy’s sword energy really spread to Loguetown…”

Hawkeye blinked involuntarily, seriously doubting whether he had some hallucinations. Otherwise, how could one have such unrealistic ideas? One must know that they are several days away from Loguetown, even if it is a patrol boat., it is a suffice to explain the distance problem.

“If it were me, would I really be able to do this?”

For a moment, Hawkeye couldn’t help asking himself. With his current swordsmanship, he can collapse mountains with one blow, divide seas with one blow, and even split meteorites with a knife. He has enough confidence to do it.

Only in the face of Solo’s swordsmanship, he—the man who bears the name of the world’s greatest swordsman was shaken.

Soon, Hawkeye woke up from a dream, and his heart was shocked again. He never dreamed that he would meet such a terrifying monster in East Blue, the weakest place in the world!

“No…”

Suddenly, Hawkeye rolled his throat and swallowed nervously. Although East Blue was the weakest of the four seas, top-level powerhouses have been born in this sea area.

Wasn’t the famous Pirate King Roger born in Loguetown? And Garp, the man hailed by all as the Marine Hero. Aren’t they all from East Blue?

“Marine”

Hawkeye looked at Solo again. Although he still had an expressionless expression, his heart was like swept by a violent storm, unable to calm down for a long time. Thinking about it carefully, from the moment he saw Solo, his attitude was very casual, it’s like he doesn’t care about anything.

And his marine uniform, also just a branch Warrant Officer. A Warrant Officer of a branch has such amazing strength?

No, to be precise, it should be a monster with such amazing strength, why is he just a Warrant Officer?

“This guy, has he been hiding his strength?” Hawkeye’s brain works fast.

This seemingly ordinary man in front of him must have a huge conspiracy.

If it weren’t for the ambition to shake the world. How could a man urge himself to become a strong man with no other intention?

According to Hawkeye’s knowledge, the reason why Solo is so powerful, in addition to his own talent for swordsmanship, must also have enough hard work and sweat. This is almost common sense in every swordsman’s heart.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that at this moment, Hawkeye fully reacted. Why did Solo choose to jump off the boat just now, and why did he choose to swim away from here? Because with his strength, he can definitely do this!

“Wait a moment, if you think about it, then he just refused to fight me, maybe…”

“Not out of fear.”

“Instead…”

“Do you think I am not qualified to force him to make a move?”

In an instant, Hawkeye’s eyes were wide open, and he, who had always been expressionless, now showed an unbelievable expression. He, Hawkeye, the man proclaimed as the world’s number one swordsman, unexpectedly, the desire for fighting in Solo was aroused in his heart.

And if this situation happened to him, there was only one reason. That is, the strength of the opponent is too weak so he has no interest in making a move at all!

I was underestimated by Solo?

For a moment, Hawkeye was completely shocked by the series of logic he had made up in his head. In fact, what kind of ambition and conspiracy does Solo have?

It was just too troublesome to compete with Hawkeye, there are no such-and-such thoughts at all. However, due to the lack of information, coupled with Solo’s understatement and very casual attitude, caused Hawkeye’s thoughts to be a little jumbled, completely heading in the wrong direction!

He subconsciously determined that Solo is a monster of some sort. As a result, the soul of a warrior deep in Hawkeye’s heart was completely ignited at this moment!

He, Hawkeye, wants to fight Solo!

“Marine!”

Thinking of this, Hawkeye couldn’t hold back his heart anymore, aimed at the direction where Solo was swimming and raised Yoru in his hand.

The next second, Hawkeye’s arm was directly wrapped by Armament Haki as he swept it out forcefully.

Call out!

With the sound of the air being cut, the extremely exaggerated sword energy flew out. It was hundreds of meters wide, and unlike before, after being wrapped around by the Armament Haki, Hawkeye’s sword aura was immediately dyed black.

Just the power and influence pushed the sea surface down several meters.

“It’s not over, is it…”

Soon, Solo, who was swimming, felt this momentum approaching him. The sea kept rolling and the waves were rough.

Moreover, the scope of this sword energy is extremely large, making it inevitable for him to avoid it. There was no other way, Solo had no choice but to pull out the Zanpakut? and put on a parrying motion.

Boom!

A loud noise exploded in Solo’s ears. If his eardrums were not strong enough, he might become deaf on the spot. But, Solo didn’t use his strength to dissipate the sword energy, he simply used his strength to let Hawkeye’s sword energy blow him away.

Solo’s body left the sea, drew an excellent parabola in the air, landed in the sea again, and was far enough away from Hawkeye for three or four nautical miles.

Then, Solo completely abandoned Hawkeye and the others and swam toward the Red Line without looking back.

“Sure enough, warriors are all lunatics…”

While swimming, Solo did not forget to complain about Hawkeye. On the contrary, it was Hawkeye, who was messy on the sea alone. The sword energy just now was countless times stronger than the usual slash.

The result, not only did it have any impact on Solo but was used by him to leave making him unable to chase him.

“This feeling, what’s going on…”

Grunt.

Hawkeye swallowed, looking down at his hands, and an incredible scene appeared. His hands were shaking constantly, not out of fear, but excitement!

He wants to fight Solo!

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