One Piece: Under the Throne

A large ship was flying slowly over the East China Sea.

"Captain, that Mihawk guy is still chasing those pirates."

Gloria put down the telescope with an impatient look on her face. She couldn't remember how many times she had repeated this sentence in these days. She really couldn't understand Hawkeye's behavior. What fun was there in wasting time with that group of weak guys?

At the other end of the ship, Ajin was silently wiping the deck. He already knew the target Hawkeye was chasing, that was his previous captain, Creek. Two and a half years ago, Ajin was captured by Leo, and then was forced to pledge allegiance to the Golden Lion. But it didn't take long for him to learn of the Golden Lion's plan to destroy the East China Sea. He tried to stop it but failed.

Then the Golden Lion was defeated by Leo, and Ajin was recognized by everyone for his behavior of destroying the Golden Lion plan regardless of his life. From then on, Ajin joined the Mobile Life Team as a trainee crew member.

The days spent with everyone changed Jin's view of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. There was no intrigue among pirates here, and no class division between superiors and subordinates. Everyone was equal on this ship.

So everyone gets along with each other very naturally. They can laugh out loud at their companions' sudden embarrassment, or quarrel over a trivial matter.

The longer Ajin spends with Leo and the others, the more he can appreciate the uniqueness of this team. They are more than just companions. If you have to say, they feel like family.

Gradually, Ajin accepted his identity as a member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, although he is still an apprentice.

But what Ajin didn't expect was that after being silent on Sky Island for two and a half years, he met the former captain as soon as he went out to sea, and the other party was being chased by a big shot who was as famous as his own captain.

Ajin's mood was complicated at the moment. Although he was no longer a member of Creek's crew, he still owed that guy a life. So Ajin wanted to repay this favor, but he didn't know how to tell Leo.

Just when Ajin was worried about this matter, the situation at sea changed again. Creek's ship stopped next to another strange-looking ship. The bow of that ship was a fish head, and there were semicircular terraces on both sides. It didn't look like a ship that could go ocean-going at all.

An hour later, Hawkeye also caught up in his coffin-shaped boat. Before he got close, Hawkeye swung his sword and cut Creek's boat in half.

Seeing this, Gloria's eyes lit up and she finally took action. This cat-and-mouse game was finally coming to an end: "Captain, Mihawk took action. He cut the opponent's ship in half with one sword."

Afu also put down the telescope, with a hint of fighting spirit in his eyes. He saw Mihawk's current strength from that casual slash. Recalling the scene when they first met twenty years ago, if he dueled with Mihawk again, Afu was no longer sure he could defeat him.

Thinking of the news about Mihawk over the years, Fuku smiled: "The world's greatest swordsman? What an amazing achievement."

Feeling the fierce sword intent emanating from his butler, Leo asked, "Hey, you're finally a little motivated. I believe you'll have a fight soon."

"Well, the next duel with him must be when we both touch the pinnacle of swordsmanship, and the winner will step into that realm."

"Haha, even though I don't understand, I believe you will be the one who makes it to the end. Okay, let's continue watching the show."

Leo released a flying surveillance Den Den Mushi, which transmitted the battle scenes in front back to the deck. Eight people sat around in front of the projection and watched Hawkeye's battle.

The Den Den Mushi monitor that was modified by Leo has a very clear picture, but there is no sound, and everyone can only see the other person's mouth moving, just like watching a pantomime.

A green-haired young man walked out of the crowd. Judging from the three swords on his waist, he was also a swordsman. The young man said something and the onlookers showed surprised expressions at the same time. Then Mihawk took off the cross from his neck.

Charles sighed, "Mihawk needs to pray for salvation before killing someone. What a gentleman!"

The Prime Minister also teased Ah Fu who was standing beside him, "As a fellow swordsman, Hawkeye's behavior is not as elegant as yours at the moment."

Hearing this, Ah Fu's face darkened instantly: "What nonsense, look carefully, that is a knife."

Leo couldn't help laughing. "I think that guy must be very distressed. Mihawk will definitely say that I really can't find a smaller knife than this."

"Fuck! Thai pants are hot! x5."

"Elegant! So elegant! It seems that Mihawk has improved more than just his swordsmanship over the years!" Afu said with certainty.

Leo: ...

Ajin was the only one who didn't say anything because he saw the picture of Creek wearing golden armor.

After a brief pre-battle exchange, the green-haired young man took the lead in attacking, slashing at Mihawk with three swords in succession, but they were all blocked by him with his knife. After a few moves, the green-haired young man became obviously impatient, and he used strange swordsmanship to slash at Mihawk again.

Mihawk simply pushed the knife forward gently, and the knife pierced the young man's chest.

Then the two people in the picture had another conversation. I don’t know what the green-haired young man said, but Mihawk actually pulled out his black sword "Night".

The two men passed each other, and the two knives in the young man's hands were chopped into pieces. As expected, Mihawk won easily.

Gloria sighed, "It's over. The young swordsman paid the price for his recklessness!"

Will pointed at the screen and reminded: "Look, the swordsman is standing up again."

"Hey, he even exposed his chest to Mihawk."

Then, under the gaze of everyone, Hawkeye swung his sword, blood splattered on the chest of the green-haired young man, and he was also cut into the sea by the sword.

Seeing that everyone had different expressions, Gloria and Will shook their heads, Charles looked puzzled, Gloria and Victoria covered their mouths and eyes respectively as if they couldn't bear to watch any longer. The most special one was Ah Fu, he first narrowed his eyes slightly, then his eyes brightened, the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up, revealing an expression of appreciation.

"That boy is great. I haven't seen such a newcomer in a long time. He is a pure swordsman."

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Ah Fu explained: "Because for a true swordsman, scars on the back are a shame."

"Oh! So awesome!" Everyone exclaimed in admiration.

Leo curled his lips and said, "I really don't understand you swordsmen. If you lose, just work hard at training. Why do you have to make it so ceremonial? In my opinion, after Mihawk defeated the young swordsman with one move, he should have performed some sword dances and said, "I'm the world's greatest swordsman, I give you a concession." Then Creek would be so angry that he would sneak attack and knock Mihawk down, pointing at his nose and saying, "I'm so concession, I'm so concession!"

As soon as the words fell, the scene described by Leo unconsciously appeared in everyone's mind, and they all shuddered. It was too funny.

The corners of Ah Fu's mouth twitched slightly, and his emotions were made a little incoherent by Leo's words.

While everyone was discussing, something happened on the battlefield. Luffy and the chefs were fighting with pirates, and the fight set the half-moon shaped terrace on fire.

As the screen kept flashing, Leo suddenly paused, because he saw a picture that was different from his memory. Hawkeye did not leave, but was a bystander on Tetsuo's ship. The eagle-like eyes looked at Leo for a moment through the Den Den Mushi screen.

"That guy has already discovered us. Ah Fu, the fight between you two may have to start earlier."

Alfu slapped Leo on the back of his head, obviously he didn't want to pay any attention to Leo.

"Tsk! Stingy."

Although the battle in the distance seemed to be just a fight between weaklings, everyone couldn't help but get excited as they watched.

"Luffy is a very courageous boy. Look, he broke the tip of the big guy's gun with his fist."

"Hiss~ Luffy actually used his fist to hit the cloak full of iron nails. It hurts just looking at it!"

"Luffy, beat him!"

Luffy's fighting style infected everyone, and everyone spontaneously cheered for him across the screen.

At the same time, Ajin suddenly walked up to Leo and knelt on one knee: "Captain, I want to go down..."

Leo raised his eyebrows and pretended not to know and said, "What's wrong, Jin? Just say whatever you want to say, don't hesitate."

Ajin trembled for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Captain Leo, Creek was my former captain. I want to save him. I know my request is excessive, but I owe him my life, so I can't just watch him get beaten to death."

As soon as Akin finished speaking, the originally noisy deck suddenly became silent. Everyone's eyes were focused on Akin, while Leo continued to stare at the screen expressionlessly. At this time, Luffy wrapped his hands and feet around Creek, and then knocked Creek down with a rubber headbutt.

Ajin spoke out his thoughts in one breath, his body became extremely tense. He was waiting for Leo's verdict. Although Leo was polite to everyone, he was still a captain after all, and no captain would allow his crew to have second thoughts.

Just when Jin thought he was finished, Leo's voice reached his ears: "Oh? To repay a favor? In that case, go ahead. Just treat it as an order. Go and defeat the other group of pirates. Win."

Ajin couldn't believe his ears. Captain Leo actually agreed. Ajin lowered his head and shouted excitedly: "Yes, Captain!"

On the battlefield, Luffy and Creek had a decisive battle on the wreckage of the sunken ship.

Luffy used the rubber machine gun, and countless punches hit Creek's golden armor, but Creek didn't move at all, and said with disdain: "Your fists are powerless in front of this alloy armor."

Luffy, who was too stubborn, didn't care about that. He rushed towards Creek and yelled, "Gu-gu-no, I must die and escape!"

It was actually just an ordinary punch, the attack called rubber pistol hit the golden armor, causing Creek's body to bend.

After a brief silence, Creek suddenly launched a counterattack. The golden gun without the tip lifted Luffy up and then smashed him down. After it came into contact with the deck, it exploded and directly blew Luffy away.

Creek walked towards Luffy and said, "Your attack won't break the alloy armor even if you get hit by hundreds of punches."

Luffy shook his head and asked in confusion: "It's almost there, where's Hey?"

Crick jumped onto the broken mast and announced to everyone from above: "The strongest force plus the strongest equipment is the strongest force, and the strong are the kings. A kid like you won't understand."

As expected, Luffy couldn't understand what Creek said. It should be said that he was too lazy to understand. Luffy rushed towards Creek again along the mast: "Gu-gu-no, bazooka!"

"It's useless, it's useless. Some things can't be achieved by willpower alone."

Creek held high the explosive spear and waited for Luffy, but this time Luffy was prepared and used the time difference to dodge the attack. Creek watched Luffy rush out of the smoke and be blown away by the rubber rocket launcher.

The armor that Creek thought was indestructible was also broken by this blow. Luffy took advantage of the victory and hit it with another rubber rocket launcher, finally breaking the golden armor into pieces. Creek also lost consciousness briefly by this blow.

Everyone looked up at the sky in surprise. Luffy showed a victorious smile, but everyone underestimated Creek's willpower. After a brief loss of consciousness, he still had the strength to fight back. An iron net covered Luffy who was celebrating in advance, and the two fell into the sea together.

If Creek succeeded, he would have truly completed a counterattack. Even at this critical moment, Luffy did not retreat at all. He struggled to stretch his hands and feet out of the iron net, and then clamped Creek's head with a spiral scissors kick.

At the critical moment, Akin fell from the sky, accurately caught Creek, and at the same time threw Luffy back to the sea restaurant.

Everyone stared with their mouths wide open at the man who suddenly joined the battle. Jin exhaled and looked at Luffy: "Come on, I'll be your opponent!"

Luffy: ...Who are you?