Pirate's Freedom

"...!!!"

Cyrus wanted to step forward and found that the hand on his shoulder was like a mountain, and a strange power enveloped his whole body.

"when?!"

"How about giving it a try and moving on?"

In the ears of Cyrus, who could not move, the man made a suggestion in his spare time.

"..."

Cyrus, who found that he could not break free no matter what, quickly calmed down, and after a moment of silence, he asked.

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Having gone through thousands of battles without losing a single victory, Cyrus, you are a legend in this [Bullfighting Arena]."

He spoke of Cyrus's glory in a strange tone. It was also a compliment, but it made Cyrus feel very uncomfortable.

"However, this world is much broader than this arena. If you lose, you will lose far more than just your life."

As soon as the words changed, the person who met him for the first time warned Cyrus, but the words of the strong always carry more weight.

"Whether you are active or forced, you will have to walk out of here one day. Before that, the more prepared you are, the better. This way, when you want to protect something, you will not regret your weakness. "

Take off the mask.

Finally, the man answered Cyrus's initial question.

"As for me, in this arena, I am just a [Sword Fighter]. If you want to ask me what I am asking for, isn't it obvious?"

Tata Toth put down his hand, walked up to Cyrus, and looked directly at him seriously.

"Cyrus, you have nothing now. All I seek from you is a defeat."

"..."

Cyrus was convinced, and things returned to the track he was most familiar with, swinging the sword, just swinging the sword.

"I'll be waiting for you in the arena."

"It's not even close to when I'm going to play."

Unexpectedly, he did not want to appear in the arena immediately, or in other words, Tata Toth had no interest in the current Cyrus.

"You have ninety-nine battles left, Cyrus. I will go on the field at twenty-eight hundred battles, and you must defeat me then."

From Tata Toth's words, Cyrus felt something different from all his previous opponents and something different from himself.

"Before this, you can ask me if you have any questions. I can fight with you anytime, anywhere."

Like victory, there is also the same desire for failure, or in other words, for battle, victory or defeat is nothing more than an external object.

"But if you can't beat me on the official day, I will kill you without hesitation."

Tata Tot exuded an astonishing killing intent, and there was no need to doubt the authenticity of his words. Cyrus, who thought he was a murderous [beast], had already tensed up his muscles.

"If you don't believe it, you can go and take a look at the reward notice."

It was like punching the air with all his strength. Tata Tot suddenly relaxed his momentum, which made Cyrus, who was subconsciously preparing to take action, extremely uncomfortable.

"Although it is not completely accurate, it also reflects a person's position in the world from a certain aspect."

In order to make Cyrus feel more nervous, Tata Tot easily revealed his identity.

"If you know where I am, you almost know where you are."

……

Cyrus, who rarely left the arena, surprised people, but he quickly returned to his room after walking around outside.

"Let me see! The gap between you and me."

Cyrus held a thick stack of bounty orders in his hand, and the top one with a bounty of 25 billion had already been wrinkled.

"are you ready?"

Tata Tot took his time and explained kindly.

"Although I won't kill you, I won't show mercy either."

"..."

Clenching the sword in his hand, Cyrus silently took a stance...

After a moment.

"Right, that is it!"

Tata Tot easily dodged Cyrus's slash, and even though he just pressed his hand lightly on his chest, Cyrus gasped in pain as if struck by thunder.

"As long as you keep fighting, no matter if it's good or bad, you'll always get an answer."

Tata Tot looked down at Cyrus who fell on the ground, sideways dodged a sudden upward move, and waved his hand to miss the slash from above.

"Cyrus, the worst option is better than no choice at all."

Looking at Cyrus who was trying to regroup, Tata Tot smiled.

"You can't move forward if you just dwell on the past. In the end, what you lost in the past is irreversible, and what you have now will be lost!"

……

Cyrus won 2710 battles.

[Bullfighting Arena], in Cyrus's room.

Another battle initiated by Cyrus ended in a disastrous defeat.

"Cyrus, being unable to use Armament Haki is a fatal flaw for you."

Tata Tot took the initiative to stir up the topic while Cyrus was recovering his strength.

"But let's not talk about that today." Skipping the domineering part of the armed color, Tata Tot got to the point.

"Let's talk about seeing and hearing Haki."

His expression became unusually serious.

"Where do you think the end of the domineering power of seeing and hearing is?"

"..."

Cyrus awakened his knowledge and color haki unintentionally. To be honest, until now, he only has a partial understanding of his knowledge and color haki.

Seeing his confused look, Tata Tot no longer expected him to come up with any dazzling answers, but chose to let him understand in practice.

"Look further and extend your [sight] forward."

Tata Tot just stood there relaxedly, but Cyrus suddenly waved his sword to block, and the next moment he suddenly retreated. After several inexplicable movements, he finally lost his balance in the process of turning around and staggered. fell to the ground.

"Cyrus, you have to remember."

Tata Tot remained motionless. After Cyrus stood up in embarrassment, he finally spoke calmly.

"Your knowledge and color will respond to your own will. As long as you want to see something, your knowledge and color will definitely let you see it."

The strong contrast between the violent attacks in the scene and the calmness in reality made Cyrus try his best to suppress his body's defensive instinct.

"There is a flaw!"

Tata Tot suddenly raised his hand and slapped Cyrus on the head. Although the speed was not fast, Cyrus, who was struggling with himself, did not react at all and was hit and fell to the ground.

"Although I don't expect you to beat me now, but you lost so stupidly, I will punish you by not eating for a day!"