"I can fight you again, but if you lose this time, no more excuses. Also, even if you're not convinced, you must wait at least a month before challenging me again. Is that okay?"
"Yes." Zoro nodded.
As long as he didn't make eye contact with Rosen, he wouldn't be controlled by illusions.
At that point, this Old Man would have to step down.
At this moment, Zoro's smile was harder to suppress than an AK.
Zoro suddenly attacked Rosen.
His sword stopped on Rosen's body, and Zoro tried to use more force to cut into Rosen's body.
But he never felt like he was hitting anything solid.
Nor was there any significant resistance.
Zoro immediately retreated a few steps.
At the same time, everyone looked at Zoro curiously.
Because they saw Zoro's sword clearly hit Rosen's body, yet he didn't wound Rosen.
"Zoro, what are you doing? Fight seriously," Luffy said, looking anxious.
Zoro's face darkened, and he charged at Rosen again, Three-Sword Style: Purgatory Onigiri!
The blade swung, but still stopped on the Rosen's body surface.
Rosen raised his fist and punched Zoro's face.
Zoro covered his nose and retreated, looking at Rosen in astonishment.
"What exactly is going on?" Zoro asked.
"I don't have a habit of explaining my abilities to my opponents during a fight."
"I don't believe it…"
Three-Sword Style: 360-Pound Cannon!
Three-Sword Style: Tiger Hunt!
Three-Sword Style…
No matter how Zoro attacked, the result was the same; he could never break through Rosen's defense.
And each time he attacked, Rosen would give him a punch to the face.
If only considering the force of the attack, it was very light.
But it just hurt…
Everyone now realized that something was wrong.
It wasn't Zoro holding back, but that he truly couldn't attack Rosen.
Finally, Zoro gave up, looking at Rosen: "I surrender."
"Old Man, what exactly happened?" Luffy asked curiously.
Rosen held out his hand: "Come, shake my hand."
Luffy reached out, and as he approached Rosen's palm, he found that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake Rosen's hand.
"Ah… what an amazing ability, Old Man, how do you do that?"
"This is my Devil Fruit ability. I forgot to mention, I am a Distance Devil Fruit user. I can create an Limitless / Limitless Void. It may seem like only a centimeter or even a millimeter difference, but in reality, this distance is something you can never cross."
Everyone was too lazy to correct Rosen's 'Distance Devil Fruit' at this point.
"Then does that mean no one can hit you?"
"I don't know, perhaps Armament Haki can," Rosen said.
Rosen also couldn't be sure if Armament Haki could attack him.
After all, Armament Haki can even attack intangible enemies, and there's also Advanced Ryou.
Rosen also wanted to know if the strong individuals of this World could break through Limitless / Limitless Void.
Zoro finally despaired. It seemed only by mastering Armament Haki would he have a chance to defeat Rosen.
"Old Man, how do you cultivation Armament Haki?" Luffy asked again.
"I don't know. Getting beaten might accelerate the Awakening of Armament Haki."
"Getting beaten?" Luffy and Zoro both showed thoughtful expressions.
Just then, a huge fish-head ship appeared in front of them.
"That's the Sea Restaurant!"
"We've arrived at the Sea Restaurant." Johnny and Joseph were both very excited.
"What Sea Restaurant?" Luffy asked, puzzled: "Isn't that a pirate ship?"
"That's the best restaurant in the East Blue. Neither pirates nor Marines are allowed to fight there, and aren't you looking for a chef? The Sea Restaurant has many chefs."
"Wow!? Are there chefs? That's great…" Luffy heard it was the best restaurant, so there would definitely be food.
And there were chefs, so he could invite one to join the Going Merry.
A Marine warship caught up from behind, almost colliding with the Going Merry, and docked next to the Sea Restaurant before the Going Merry.
"Bastards, how are you sailing? Do you know how dangerous it is to sail like that?" Luffy and the others cursed at the Marine warship.
"Oh-ho… a pirate ship I haven't seen before." On the warship's deck, a tall man looked at the Going Merry: "I am Marine Captain Iron Fist Fullbody. Who is the Captain? Step out."
"I am Captain Monkey D. Luffy."
"I'm Usopp."
"This is the Going Merry."
"I drew the pirate flag."
"We are the Straw Hat Pirates."
Luffy and Usopp took turns introducing their pirate crew.
"What the heck, what a bunch of inexplicable guys." Fullbody looked disdainful, his gaze drifting towards Johnny and Joseph hiding behind the hatch: "So it's you two useless guys. Have you finally been captured by pirates? What laughable small fry."
"What? How dare you call us small fry? We are pirate hunters! Let me show you the pirates we've captured over the years." Johnny threw out a stack of wanted posters.
But Fullbody looked disdainful. Just then, a beautiful woman in a red dress linked arms with Fullbody: "Darling, let's not waste time. Seats at the Sea Restaurant are hard to reserve."
Fullbody clearly had no interest in the Straw Hat Pirates and directly pulled the beautiful woman to board the Sea Restaurant.
"That hateful guy, how dare he slander us!" Johnny and Joseph were furious.
"Let's go up to the Sea Restaurant too, I can't wait!" Luffy was excited, his mind filled with thoughts of delicious food.
"Alright, stop raging uselessly here." Rosen patted Johnny and Joseph on the shoulders: "Let me give you a special training, as a gift for our acquaintance."
"Old Man, aren't you coming to the Sea Restaurant with us?"
"No, the food up there is very expensive. My Old Man's Kiba aren't good, so I won't go up and waste money." Rosen waved his hand.
"Alright then, I'll bring you some delicious food back."
Most of the time, Luffy's promises were trustworthy, but not this one.
He would never bring food back; he would definitely eat it all on the way.
After everyone boarded the Sea Restaurant, Rosen looked at Johnny and Joseph.
"I'll teach you a few sword techniques."
"Old Man, do you know sword techniques?"
These past few days, Johnny and Joseph had seen Rosen's strange abilities.
But they only thought of Rosen as a strange Old Man with many strange abilities but no real fighting power.
Rosen reached out and gripped, and the sword hanging at Johnny's waist left its sheath and flew into Rosen's hand.
"Joseph, attack me."
"This… wouldn't that be a bit much?"
"I have the Distance Devil Fruit. Even Zoro couldn't hurt me, so you probably can't either."
"Oh… that seems to be the case. Then I'll attack, Old Man, be careful."
Joseph immediately drew his sword and charged at Rosen.
Rosen casually parried Joseph's sword, then placed his sword on Joseph's shoulder.
"No, not enough force. Your sword and your Aura must become one."
"I'm too clumsy, I can't do it."
Rosen raised his sword high: "Watch carefully how I charge."
Rosen made a drawing-sword motion, but not facing Johnny and Joseph.
Maintaining the posture, he explained: "Remember, at this time, your spirit, Qi, and mind must become one. Of course, there's also the most important point: the posture must be cool."
The next moment, Rosen instantly drew his sword and swung it towards the sea.
Hiss—
In an instant, the Water a hundred meters in front was split in two.
Johnny and Joseph's jaws simultaneously dropped to the ground, their eyes wide.
Wrong, wrong… it was all wrong. Boss Zoro completely misunderstood.
This Old Man wasn't just messing around; he was an incredibly powerful swordsman.
Rosen let out a long breath, then turned to look at Johnny and Joseph.
"Did you learn this sword strike?"
Johnny and Joseph simultaneously knelt on the ground, prostrating themselves.
"Please teach us, Old Man."
"It's not a particularly powerful sword technique; it's just a technique for exerting force. Even if you master it, it will be difficult to produce such a large slash. No matter what kind of combat technique, it ultimately comes down to speed and strength." Rosen said: "So you also need to train your constitution daily."
Rosen patted Johnny and Joseph's shoulders, straightening out their internal meridians.
Although it couldn't bring about a qualitative change for them, it could make their future Cultivation smoother.
Just then, inside the Sea Restaurant, Fullbody was on a date with a beautiful woman when a subordinate Marine rushed into the restaurant, interrupting Fullbody's pleasant time.
"Your Excellency, Captain, it's bad, Demon Gin has escaped."
Fullbody's face was filled with displeasure: "If he escaped, he escaped. Since I could catch him once, I can catch him a second time. Now, get out."
"But…"
"Get out." Fullbody's voice deepened a bit.
"Yes, Your Excellency, Captain."
The Marine walked out of the restaurant helplessly and saw a gloomy figure standing in the hallway.
"You… Demon Gin…"
The next moment, Demon Gin had already rushed forward and punched the Marine's neck, breaking it.
But after killing this Marine, Demon Gin walked out of the hallway. After a few steps, his body stumbled, and he collapsed against the wall.
He had been starving for over ten days, and at this moment, he didn't even have the strength to move a finger.
Just as Gin felt he was about to starve to death, a plate of fragrant fried rice was placed in front of him.
Gin looked up at the person who had given him food.
It was a young man in a black suit with golden hair. The man was smoking, and his eyebrows curled upwards.
"You know I'm a pirate, right?" Gin asked.
"I don't know. I only know that as a chef, I cannot watch a person starve to death in front of me." Sanji replied indifferently.
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