In the East Sea!
How could there be such a strong creature?
The armor on their leader should be something no one can break.
But that creature.
He easily poked through it with one finger.
And the one who can stretch his arm.
It is also very strange.
Could it be the legendary Devil Fruit user?
Why is this happening in this tiny East Sea?
Two such powerful beings appear?!
It makes no sense.
All the crew of the Krieg pirate crew are going down to retrieve their captain's ship.
But the demon Gin stays on the deck, looking a little lost.
Raynor looks coldly at Gin!
He speaks slowly:
"How? You're still not leaving? Do you also want us to throw you into the sea?"
Hearing this,
Gin clenches his teeth.
Then he also jumps into the sea to chase Krieg!
Since they were at fault first, the opponent's counter‑attack is understandable.
Seeing this,
Sanji feels something stir inside.
These two
are willing to offend a great sea pirate like Krieg just to protect the sea restaurant.
Sanji's heart wavers!
He hesitates whether to go out to sea with Raynor.
[Ping! Congratulations, you have completed a hidden quest, helped Luffy defeat Krieg, earned some forging materials, and can draw an item design draft once!]
[Ping! Do you want to draw it now?]
Hearing this, Raynor does not hesitate and says straight:
"Draw it, draw it now!"
[Ping! Congratulations, you have successfully drawn a Rat Talisman design draft, would you like to forge it now?]
Raynor does not hesitate!
He chooses to forge.
Very quickly!
In his mind, the scene of forging the Rat Talisman appears!
But this time,
it is not like the one‑shot success before!
The first forging of the Rat Talisman
fails!
Then!
A lot of the forging materials in the system space disappear for no reason!
The Rat Talisman automatically starts a second forging!
This time the forging succeeds!
When he gets the Rat Talisman!
Raynor's heart bursts with excitement!
This is the Rat Talisman!
It holds the power of life, able to give life to non‑living things!
Then!
Raynor eagerly puts the Rat Talisman away.
When he looks back,
he sees Zeff staring at him with a shocked face!
Raynor also looks at Zeff's broken leg!
He suddenly gets an idea.
The Rat Talisman can give a person the power of life.
It can also turn stillness into motion.
If he gives that fake leg the power of life,
wouldn't that be like…
repairing his leg?!
Thinking this, Raynor looks at Sanji and says:
"Sanji!"
"I know you don't want to board our ship because of old man Zeff's situation."
"But if I can fix old man Zeff's leg, won't you have no more worries?!"
Hearing this!
Not only Sanji, even Zeff is moved.
Raynor's great power!
He just saw it.
So he has no doubt at all!
Raynor has this ability!
He lost his leg
over a dozen years ago and has always dreamed of getting it back.
Then!
Zeff kneels on one foot and bows to Raynor.
Seeing this,
Raynor lifts him up and says:
"Old man!"
"This time I fix your leg completely because of Sanji's favor."
"As long as Sanji can join us on the ship!"
"That's the biggest thanks you can give."
Zeff's eyes fill with tears, and after a moment Sanji says:
"If you really can fix old man's leg, I will board your ship."
Hearing this,
Raynor and Luffy are both happy.
From now on,
they will never worry about food at sea.
Luffy slaps Raynor's shoulder with his hand and says:
"Raynor, you really have it all, you got the chef onto the ship so easily."
Hearing his silly captain's words!
Raynor sighes.
If he hadn't drawn the Rat Talisman design draft,
it wouldn't have been so easy!
Then!
Raynor takes the Rat Talisman out of the Universal Treasure Mirror!
He sticks it on Zeff's foot.
In an instant!
Zeff's foot turns into a normal human foot!
Immediately!
Zeff is back to his old self, able to move freely!
After Raynor puts the Rat Talisman away,
everyone present is shocked, showing a look of disbelief.
Zeff feels something amazing.
In this world!
There are still such strange fruit abilities?!
It's unbelievable.
Zeff kicks his own foot.
It feels just like a real leg.
Right away!
He kneels again and bows to Raynor, saying:
"Your great kindness will stay in my heart."
Hearing this!
Raynor helps him up and says:
"Don't say that, we haven't even thanked you yet for giving Sanji such a good crew member!"
Both of them laugh.
And Luffy, standing behind Raynor, quietly says:
"Raynor!"
"It feels like I'm the captain, I should be the one to say that!"
Raynor smiles helplessly.
"Look at the sea, what is that, is it a person?"
Just then!
A shout comes from outside the door.
Hearing this, Raynor furrows his brows and walks out right away.
At that moment!
Zoro is already standing on the deck, looking at a point in the sea.
Luffy also comes out!
He looks around like a monkey.
When he sees clearly!
He shouts loudly.
"That's amazing, that person can float on the sea."
At the same time!
The three of them look at that point.
They see!
A man with a big sword on his back and a small beard, slowly drifting toward the sea restaurant.
Just then!
Krieg's only remaining big ship!
Stops in front of the man, blocking his way.
Suddenly!
The man slowly pulls a knife from behind his back.
With a quick slash!
Krieg's huge ship splits into two at once.
Seeing this!
Zoro and Luffy both show surprised faces.
"How did he do that? Amazing!"
Luffy exclaims!
Zoro grits his teeth.
Because the person who came is
the world's recognized number one sword master!
Hawk Eye Mihawk!
He is the man Raynor has wanted to challenge his whole life.
But today, seeing this, Zoro clearly understands the huge gap between them.
Zoro's hands are trembling!
Raynor can see that Zoro really wants to fight Hawk Eye.
But!
He knows the gap is huge!
Zoro can't win!
"Since I've met the world's number one sword master, if I don't challenge him now…"
"I'm sure I'll never get another chance like this in my life!"
Thinking this, Zoro darts forward toward Hawk Eye.
Seeing this, Raynor does not stop him, he just stands still!
He knows Zoro will lose.
But this is something Zoro must go through.
If he doesn't, Zoro cannot grow quickly.
Understanding the gap with a master is a needed step for growth.
When Zoro flies toward him,
Mihawk doesn't even look at him.
He just keeps drifting forward!
Zoro does not attack right away.
Between men!
They must face each other!
"Mihawk, I've been looking for you for a long time, accept my challenge."
"I want to beat you and become the world's number one sword master!"
At this moment, Zoro stands on a floating deck, points his sword at Hawk Eye Mihawk and says!
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