Chapter 331 My Great Swordsman Neighbor

The Kingdom of Sitskeal, the former site of the royal palace.

The corpses that were rotting into bones gave off an overpowering stench. Even the world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye Mihawk, couldn't help but frown slightly when he saw this.

Walking into the depths of the palace, the original luxurious decorations were smashed and dismantled by the rebels and became dilapidated. Dry and wet garbage was scattered everywhere.

With a gentle swing of the sword, a sword wind blew them to the corner. The eagle eye found the king's palace and observed it before walking out again.

"You can live in it, but you need to clean it up first."

He thought for a while and went out to find the baboons again.

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Xiaochao Village, Ji Xing's home.

Ji Xing is counting the unexpected gains from maintaining law and order in Xiaochao Village. Doflamingo has always been a wholesaler of good goods, and the Devil Fruits in his hands are always being robbed. Ji Xing never thought that he would be able to grab one just by maintaining law and order.

This is a light yellow fruit in the shape of a peach, with spiral patterns all over it like Devil Fruits. Ji Xing knows that it is a superhuman fruit, but it is not clear what it is.

Ji Xing stared at it for a while, and then he felt a faint attraction coming from his body, and the instinct to eat it came from his body, but this feeling was very weak, far less than a brain flower to a monster!

"It seems that so many children eating it by mistake are not all because of greed. This thing looks very weird. Who would eat it casually except for Luffy?" Ji Xing thought to himself: "Oh no, again Forget that there are a lot of mental illnesses in the world.”

Studying how Devil Fruit affects human genes is Ji Xing’s biggest goal after invading the pirate world, but there is no condition and it’s not the right time yet, so Ji Xing puts it away first.

‘If you bring back a Devil Fruit when choosing profit, what will it become if the rules of the world change? ’ Ji Xing rarely brings items for income, and he feels most secure when all his abilities are his own.

But it seems like supernatural items like Devil Fruits shouldn’t be considered?

In addition to the Devil Fruit, there are also some jewelry and the most important three swords.

There are no good knives in Xiaochao Village. The dignified police officer still uses the same ordinary saber as the guards. Now he can finally change his sword.

Two of them are similar to the knives he obtained when he was in the Ten Thousand Kingdoms, and the forging workmanship is good.

And the remaining one...

Clang - Ji Xing drew his sword out of its sheath.

The half-clear, half-dark blue blade shone with a strange luster under the sunlight. Holding the pitch-black handle in his hand, he felt like he had complete control over it. Ji Xing casually pulled out a piece of hair and threw it away. The swaying hair was easily cut in half by the motionless blade.

No need to blow dry it to break your hair!

"A good sharp knife works for fifty times?"

"Or the twenty-one skills of the sharp knife?"

Except for the special Zanpakuto, even the forging process of the Nichirin Sword is far inferior to it. Ji Xing feels that this should be one of the 71 famous swords.

The twelve skills of the supreme sharp sword are unlikely.

"But I can raise it up."

Like Demon Slayer's He sword, the swordsmen in the pirate world can use their armed haki to cultivate the black sword, which increases the sword's lethality exponentially. Ji Xing's haki has long been enough to control the heat, but the previous Not to mention keeping that knife, he didn't dare to try his best to wrap it around the weapon.

No matter how powerful a swordsman is, he must be equipped with a good sword!

…

The jet-black blade is a T-shaped sword with heavy flowers. One of the 12 skills of the Supreme Great Knife, the strongest Black Sword Night, sends out a powerful chop in the hands of Hawkeye.

Amidst the roar like the earth was shaking, a hole dozens of meters deep was cut out. Hawkeye put the knife back into its sheath, and the baboons behind him carried the corpses and garbage with frightened faces and buried them in it.

Hawkeye supervises the work silently.

After a while, he suddenly stretched out his hand to stop one of the baboons and said, "Wait a minute."

The baboon was about to throw away a damaged scroll that was covered in mud and footprints when Eagle Eye took the scroll and looked at it.

There are four people in the painting, the king with beige hair wearing a crown, the eighteen or nineteen-year-old prince with the same beige hair, the gentle princess with a bright red smile in her black hair, and the cute girl princess who inherited the princess's hair color.

"If you occupy their home, don't erase their last traces."

Eagle Eye gently patted the soil on the scroll and handed it to the baboon: "Put it back in the palace hall."

…

"Brother Sheriff." Natalia faced Ji Xing, her eyes were red, and she bowed deeply and said, "Thank you for saving me, thank you for being my father... for my father , mother and brother took revenge, I caused trouble to the village. "

The red streak in her hair has disappeared. The pure black hair and ordinary fisherman-like clothes are no longer so dazzling. Of course, her temperament and appearance are still a bit eye-catching compared with ordinary villagers.

Ji Xing shook his head: "You're welcome. As the village's police chief, every civilian who enters the village is under my protection. What, has the little princess settled down in Xiaochao Village?"

Aunt Kirsty smiled and said: "Well, don't call her little princess, Holo. Call her Nata, and she will be my daughter from now on."

Several people told him what happened after Ji Xing left that day.

Only a few people and Abe knew Princess Natalia's identity. The village chief kept it a secret for her and only said that she was the daughter of a merchant who was robbed by pirates. Her parents were unfortunately killed. When Aunt Kirsty saw her, She had nowhere to go and she was adopted.

As for Ji Xing, he went to deal with another group of pirates, zealously avenging Nata, and preventing another group of pirates from attacking Xiaochao Village again, and fulfilling his duties as a peace officer. So when they knew Ji Xing was back, they immediately came over to check his confession to avoid being exposed and causing unnecessary trouble.

"Jolo, those rebels are now..."

"I'll kill them all." Ji Xing said, "I've dealt with them from beginning to end. If nothing happens, don't make any public announcements. No one will be able to find Nata again."

Really kill them all? ! The rebel army that captured a country was completely wiped out by the police chief of our village? Although there are not many rebels left, this feeling...how to put it, is like the old man who plays chess with him every day suddenly turns into a monster, which is as surprising and confusing as it is.

But this is a good thing for Xiaochao Village.

In a place like this where pirates are often encountered, there is a strong security guard to protect the villagers, and the happiness index of the villagers rises.

Aunt Kirsty gently hugged the excited little princess, looked at Ji Xing, and wanted to praise the good boy, but felt it was inappropriate.

The village chief was surprised, but also a little worried: "By the way, Holo. This time, the news about you arresting more than 40 people by yourself spread out, and several other village and town chiefs sent people to inquire about the news. , even the navy knows about it, and the G19 base asked you if you are interested in becoming a navy..."

Ji Xing smiled and said: "Xiaochao Village is my home. If the town wants to promote me to be the chief constable of Tidal Island, I will agree. However, I will still stay in our village on weekdays, but as a navy, in a short time I had no intention of doing so.”

The village chief instantly took reassurance and said with a smile: "In this era, everyone is yearning for the sea. If you want to become a navy, we will not delay you. But as the village chief, of course I secretly hope that you can always Protect the village.”

"By the way, there's one more thing." He looked at Nata and said, "I had people temporarily hide the property you seized from those rebel ships that day. Look at these things..."

"Give it to Nata. This is originally the wealth of her country." Ji Xing said: "Don't refuse, I will keep the other half of the rebel army's wealth."

Nata closed her little mouth that had just been opened, thought for a while and said, "I don't need so much money, just keep a few pieces of jewelry from my mother."

She forced a smile: "Aunt Kirsty will feed me, won't she?"

"You girl." Aunt Kirsty couldn't help but smile: "It's not okay to just freeload. Starting tomorrow, you have to help me sell things."

"Yeah." Nata agreed, then hesitated and said, "Brother Sheriff, I have one more request. Can you...can you teach me swordsmanship?"

Ji Xing didn't ask why. Suffering always makes people grow. He smiled and said, "No problem. It's actually a little late for you to learn at your age. It will be very hard. You have to be mentally prepared."

"Um!"

"What kind of swordsmanship can a little girl learn..." Aunt Kirsty muttered without saying much, knowing that Nata's heart was still fragile at this time.

Nata's lips curled into a smile.

When she walked out of Ji Xing's house, the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on her face, and two more tears rolled down her eyes, which soon changed to a strong expression.

‘Thank you, the village chief, Aunt Kirsty, and brother Sheriff! ’

The mountain that weighed on my heart was lifted.

She felt like she had been given a new lease of life.

…

Boom——Boom——

Amidst the roaring sound of the explosion, two powerful chop waves smashed two crooked buildings into pieces, leaving the front of the palace empty.

The baboons went to clean up the ruins in awe, fear and frustration. Hawkeye stood on the steps of the palace and watched the sunset. He then swung his knife and cut away the building that obstructed the view, nodding slightly.

that's it.

Hawkeye, who has always been able to go wherever the ship floats, this is the first time he has occupied a base. It is not that he yearns for stability because of his age, but that after constantly challenging the strong and becoming the world's greatest swordsman, he wants someone worthy of his challenge. Running out.

The remaining ones are very powerful, so it is not easy to pull them out for a one-on-one battle.

It's better to find a place to practice your sword by yourself.

What satisfied him most about this place was not that it was empty and basic, but that it was the baboons.

With the efforts of the baboons, he had a simple dinner and moved into the empty palace.

Early the next morning, standing in the empty square in front of the palace, Hawkeye pulled out the black knife, held it with both hands, raised it, lowered it, and waved it again and again.

No power is injected into it, and the swung sword only brings up gusts of breeze. But if there is a strong person here, you will find that the amplitude of each swing of the sword is exactly the same, not less than a millimeter, and even the direction of the wind each time. All the same size!

Swordsmanship is the most unforgivable practice. No matter how powerful a swordsman is, he must go through accumulated training. Even the best swordsman in the world will not relax!

Not long after the practice, a group of baboons suddenly ran over and lined up behind Hawkeye, imitating his imitation of swinging the knives they picked up from the battlefield.

The corner of Hawkeye's mouth curled up into a slight smile.

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"Swordsmanship is the most unforgettable practice. If you want to become a powerful swordsman, you must go through thousands of boring and repetitive exercises!"

In the open space of Xiaochao Village, Ji Xing said to the five men and two women who were practicing sword-wielding in front of him: "Fedolenko, don't be lazy with your wrists, stand still! Rexidan, don't hold your chest so high!"

Since you want to practice swordsmanship with me, you must have perseverance and determination. If you can't persist, it doesn't matter if you quit. Your level is enough to be a guard in Xiaochao Village. "

"Boss Holo! We can do it!"

"drink--"

The seven people did not relax, all persisted.

The five men and one woman here are guards under Ji Xing. Because they know that Ji Xing is powerful and heard that Abei pestered Ji Xing to learn swordsmanship, they also expressed their desire to learn, so they appeared here.

Ji Xing now has only these six guards under his command. The original seventh person is 42 years old. Before Ji Xing emerged, he was the first choice to take over the position of sheriff. He has been a guard for 20 years. He was very dissatisfied that his position was taken away by such a young man like Ji Xing.

Ji Xing was quite active in the past half month when he was away, and even said something he shouldn't have said. Last night, Abei was chopped out of the village with a knife and moved away. Ji Xing only got the news this morning.

He doesn't care. He is not Bailey, and it is impossible for everyone to like him. The seventh person in front of him is naturally Nata, who said yesterday that she wanted to learn swordsmanship, and the number of people has been made up to seven.

This little girl also has some basics. She has at least learned etiquette swordsmanship before, but she is young and lacks physical strength. After less than a hundred times of repeated swinging the knife, her forehead is covered with sweat, and her hands are obviously sore and weak. She is gritting her teeth to hold on.

Such training will hurt herself, but Ji Xing did not stop her. Seeing her getting weaker and weaker and shaky, he did not call for a stop. Instead, the other six guards with good physiques were under great pressure.

The youngest Nata did not stop, and Ji Xing did not call for a stop. He kept correcting her non-standard movements. Who dared to give up first, who dared to stop first?

Until Nata, whose little face was stained by sweat, threw the knife that she could not hold on to the ground with a clang, her body swayed and was supported by Ji Xing. The other few people lost their strength, but heard Ji Xing say: "Rexidan, come here. You five, come 100 more times!"

"Ah——"

"Boss Holo..."

"Don't talk nonsense, just swinging the knife 100 times more than 15-year-old Nata, is it a lot?" Ji Xing asked back.

"Not much!" Abei gritted his teeth and replied.

"I can hold on, too, boss." Rexidan is the only female among the guards, 25 years old, with short hair and very firm chest muscles.

"I asked you to come here so that you can learn something else." Ji Xing helped the exhausted Nata to sit on the ground and said, "Watch this, from now on, you and Nata should do this to relax each other's muscles and reduce soreness."

As he said this, he clasped Nata's shoulders with his two big hands and twisted them counterclockwise. Nata's sweaty face also twisted with it, but she found that her arms seemed to be able to lift a little.

"Well... Sheriff brother..."

"I see your determination, Nata, but don't rush." ​​Ji Xing smiled and said, "You will become stronger, but becoming a strong person is a process of accumulation. Come, Rexidan, I'll teach you how to press."

As soon as he finished speaking, he glanced at the five male guards who were peeking at him: "What are you looking at? Wrists! Shoulders! Is anyone tired and wants to quit?"

The five men quickly straightened their eyes and waved their knives.

Abei's heart was pounding. The boss had become so strict, so... cool~~~~~

...

The following development was somewhat beyond Ji Xing's expectations. He thought that these guys would be enthusiastic for only a short time, and two of them would leave after two days of training. In the end, it would be good if there were four people who followed him to practice swordsmanship.

But perhaps because of Nata's stimulation, they didn't want to be the first to embarrass themselves, or perhaps everyone in the pirate world had the ambition to become a strong man, so all seven people persisted.

As a result, Ji Xing, the sheriff, sometimes had to take on some patrol tasks.

But this was nothing to him.

The process of guiding the newbies was also a process for Ji Xing to check for omissions and make up for his shortcomings. He had basically taught few apprentices, but he had some new experiences, and the time he spent was worth it.

In the blink of an eye, another month of peace passed, and a small boat arrived at the East Port of Tidal Island.

The candlelight on the black cloth cross seemed to come from the underworld. It was Hawkeye's unique wooden boat!

Traveling in the dangerous waters of the Grand Line, Hawkeye has always been alone on his boat. His powerful swordsmanship helped him defeat the celestial phenomena. Flying and slashing were the power of his wooden boat. Perhaps when no one was watching, he would also use the black knife to slash a few times.

He got along well with the baboons during this period. He did not plan to move, but came here for supplies.

There are a lot of supplies in the ruins of a country, but Hawkeye could not go around picking up rags.

Especially when things like salt were almost used up, he always had to go to the inhabited city to buy them, and the tidal island next to the island, which was two days away from the gloomy island, naturally became his first choice.

Because he had no money, and there were always walking wallets on this island.

Sure enough, it didn't take him long to find a group of pirates. The pirate captain's bounty of 32 million berries and his rude attitude when he saw him approaching made him very satisfied, so the world's number one swordsman used the decorative knife hanging on his chest to reward the other party. In a panic, he carried the body to a nearby place to exchange some money, and walked around the street, and soon came to a prosperous fishing village.

"Xiaochao Village... seems to be the largest of the five fishing villages on this island."

I'm a little stuck, so I wrote and deleted. Sorry, 4600 words are short and weak, so I'll just go through it.