Pirate Merchant

"The situation of going to sea is probably the same as I said, and the master also agreed. Which of you is the most capable? Today I will only take the strongest among you to go to sea for trade."

In the martial arts training ground in the yard of Yixin Dojo, Mu Qian stood at the front with a notebook, watched by Koshiro who was sitting leisurely in the corridor and drinking tea, and said to his fellow disciples who were neatly lined up opposite him.

"It's just a sword competition, right? If you say who is the strongest in a sword competition, it must be me without a doubt!"

During Mu Qian's questioning, a tall and muscular handsome guy with silver hair combed back walked over. Although the arrogance on his face made people uncomfortable, he had the strength enough to make him proud.

"Senior Brother Saka? Is there any one of you who refuses to accept him? If no one refuses to accept him, then I will take him out to sea."

Mu Qian looked at Saka, who had always had a good personal relationship with himself and Sauron, and nodded after guessing that no one in this group of friends was stronger than Saka.

"Brother Saka, because we are a caravan, we don't have the position of chief swordsman, only the position of combatant, but you don't need to do anything other than fight, and the monthly salary is guaranteed to be 100,000 Berries. Moreover, All the bounties of the pirates you defeat belong to you."

Looking at the brothers who didn't have any objections, Mu Qian opened his mouth to tell Saka about the salary.

"I don't care about money, but I heard from Sauron that you lied to us by hiding your strength for almost eight years. You competed with me and defeated me. I will work for you for free!"

Saka, who heard Sauron come back to tell him about this the night before, raised his bamboo knife and pointed at Mu Qian, yelling angrily.

He was even angrier when he thought of the days when he dutifully taught this bastard swordsmanship, and regarded him as his junior! But he played himself like a monkey? !

"Isn't it? You also believe what Sauron said? Besides, I really don't hide my strength. Look at my figure, does it seem to be hiding my strength?"

Mu Qian gave Saka an angry look, and then took off his shirt to reveal his fair, clean upper body with a small belly.

"Hehe, it's useless to talk too much! I promised Sauron to measure your weight!"

Saka sneered and rushed towards Mu Qian with a brisk stride. In his anger, he didn't pay attention to swordsman etiquette. Instead, he waved the bamboo knife in his hand and slashed towards Mu Qian.

"Mu, let the brothers and sisters take a good look at your strength. Although I don't object to your intentionally hiding your strength, but if you don't show whether you can protect your fellow disciples, I don't feel relieved to let everyone go to sea with you. .”

Smiling Koshiro looked at Mu Qian who raised his hand to grab Saka's bamboo knife, and said leisurely after taking a sip of tea.

".I know Master."

Mu Qian closed his eyes and took a deep breath. His round and fair body muscle fat seemed to be burning and became firm and firm at a speed visible to the naked eye. The bamboo knife in his hand was ignited by the high temperature and instantly melted. for coke.

"I knew you bastard was hiding your strength!"

Saka, who hurriedly let go of his hand and retreated to the side in the heat wave, laughed confidently.

"Brother Saka, my ordinary sword skills are just like that. After all, I am a devil fruit capable user, so all my sword skills are developed on the basis of fruit abilities."

Mu Qian, who opened his eyes, no longer felt lazy and tired, as if there were flames dancing in them.

"It's useless to talk too much! Fight!!!"

Saka caught the sharpened iron sword thrown to him by the senior brother in the crowd, laughed and swung the sword to cut off the waves of heat hitting him, and rushed towards Mu Qian with strides.

"Profound Truth! Dragon Tooth Slash!"

In everyone's eyes, the sharpened iron sword in Saka's hand turned into a huge fang and slashed towards Mu Qian's shoulder. Saka, who didn't dare to be careless at all, used profound meaning to deal with the pouting at this moment. , as if Mu Qian was holding back his laughter.

"Wu Dao Liu Chi Yan Zhu Tian!"

When Saka slashed at him with the profound meaning, Mu Qian crossed his hands in front of him in an X shape with swords in front and back, laughing wildly in the manic feeling that he could no longer bear.

The reddened hands suddenly erupted with a circular shock wave, knocking Saka into the air while he hesitated.

The scarlet sword aura soaring up to the sky stood in the air as if trying to measure the sky and the earth. In the eyes of everyone, the whole world was staggered up and down in that crimson sword aura.

None of the apprentices with insufficient strength could see clearly when Mu Qian, who was standing under the crimson sword aura, waved one hand to slash the sky and the other to shatter the ground.

Saka, who was blown away by the high shock wave and fell to the ground, stared blankly at the crack at his feet and the scorching sword aura floating in the air close at hand.

At this time, ‘Is this a devil fruit? ’ Doubts filled his mind.

"It's a beautiful sword cut, without the sword style? Hehe, I really look forward to seeing what happens when you use the two-sword style."

Sitting in the corridor, Koshiro commented with a leisurely expression on the terrifying chop that Mu Qian made with his fruit ability, and he was not at all surprised that Mu Qian could make such a chop.

"Okay, disciples, this is the true strength of your fellow disciples. Work hard and become a swordsman who can split the world like him soon."

Koshiro put down his teacup and stood up, with a smile all over his face, he walked to Mu Qian who was covering his mouth and his body temperature was dropping rapidly.

With his hands behind his back, he said in a stern tone to his group of disciples who were stunned by that cut.

"Saka, you have underestimated the enemy. Underestimating the enemy and slacking off are taboos. Winning or losing is a split second. You are not weak against him. You just didn't grasp the chance of winning at that split second."

Koshiro walked to the side of Saka who was sitting on the ground, stretched out his hand to help him up, and said to him, patting the dust on his body.

"I know, master, my sword is not fast enough, accurate enough, or sharp enough. If I can suppress him with continuous slashes like Senior Sister Guina, he will never have the opportunity to use it. Such a powerful slash."

Saka, who was lifted up by Koshiro, regained his fighting spirit in his eyes.

His strong desire to compete made him stare like a wolf at Mu Qian whose eyes became lazy again after his body cooled down.

"Hehe, your swordsmanship is still not good enough. It is good for you to go out to sea to sharpen it. You also have the stupid energy to charge straight forward like Sauron. A real swordsman will never lose the sword in his hand. The goal in the middle, and what you lack is only the insignificant determination before becoming a swordsman."

Koshiro, who saw all the duel just now, euphemistically told the reason why Saka just lost.

The retreat in the slash and the hesitation in whether to avoid the sudden explosion of the shock wave were the main reasons for Saka's defeat.

"What about me? What about me?!"

Mu Qian, who ignited once in a while, couldn't help looking excitedly at Koshiro and asked him, wanting to know his own shortcomings from him.

"You? You rely too much on the fruit ability. How many times do you think you will die in front of Kuina during the few seconds you just charged up?"

Koshiro, who was comforting the defeated Saka just now, hit Mu Qian who was the winner with a smile.

"Well~ Indeed, in the previous sword competition with Kuina, she put the sword on my neck as soon as I started to charge up. I just won because Senior Brother Saka didn't know my secrets."

Of course the ghostly Mu Qian knew what Koshiro meant, so he immediately shook his head and sighed with a mournful face, but what he said was also true. In the fourth sword fight between him and Kuina, he was given a second by Kuina in this way. .