One Piece: One Hundred Ghosts at Night

On the deck at night.

The bright moon in the sky shines on the deck of the "Mobis".

The bright moonlight contrasted with the blooming cherry blossoms on the deck, and an indescribable beauty was unveiled on the ship.

Under the reflection of the cherry blossoms and the bright moonlight, Nura Koiban still leaned on the cross branches of the cherry blossom tree as always.

He held a half-empty wine bottle in his left hand, and a wine dish the size of two palms in his right hand. There was still clear wine in the wine dish that had just been poured out.

While taking a sip of the wine in the saucer, Nura Liban tilted his head and looked at Ansel, who was constantly honing his sword skills near the cherry blossom tree.

The expressionless young man with short blue hair, although his expression was cold, his blue eyes reflected endless enthusiasm and dedication to the way of the sword.

"Hey, Ansel, why are you so determined to become stronger?"

In fact, Nuliang Li has had this question for a long time, although his first impression of Ans Ayer was not good.

That kind of enthusiasm for fighting and madness made Nuliang Liban immediately classify him as an abnormal person.

But after I defeated him easily, according to normal people's thinking logic, even if I don't hate the guy who almost killed me, I think it's normal people's thinking to stay far away from him.

But Ansel happened to be almost killed and after saving his life, contrary to his initial madness, he directly asked himself to teach him the art of swordsmanship.

And in his perception, this guy still sincerely wanted to ask him for advice and had no other ideas.

That's interesting.

With this idea in mind, Nuliang Liban allowed him to get on the boat.

Then on the boat, Ans Aier's behavior was even beyond Nuliang Liban's expectations. He was not as crazy and fanatical as he expected.

On the contrary, he is a character who doesn't seem to care about anything. It seems that he puts all his enthusiasm into fighting.

Facing Nuliang Liban's question, just when Ansel was about to stop swinging his sword and answer Nuliang Liban's question.

A scolding interrupted Ansel's movements.

"Keep swinging the sword"

"That's your answer to my question."

After hearing Nura Liban's words, Ansel's sword swing slowed down a little, and then immediately resumed its original action.

Then he answered while swinging his sword,

"Of course it's because, in this troubled world, only by becoming stronger can we fight as we wish."

"Continuous fighting, fighting with all kinds of strong people, fighting with all kinds of powerful creatures."

"Use the sword in your hand to challenge every powerful enemy."

"Feel the excitement of fighting, the excitement of colliding with a powerful enemy, and the joy of achievement after winning."

"That's why I'm obsessed with getting stronger."

"Only by constantly getting stronger can you feel the intoxicating joy."

As he spoke, his originally plain face slowly became fanatical and crazy, and even the long knife he swung in his hand began to become stronger and faster in accordance with Ans Al's mood.

"Ah, so that's it? You're really quite innocent."

After hearing Nuliang Liban's words, the original enthusiasm and madness on Ans Aier's face slowly subsided, and he said with a slightly humble and respectful tone,

"It made you laugh."

After drinking all the wine in the wine plate, he stood up from the position where he was halfway on the branch of the cherry blossom tree. He looked at Ansel, who was constantly waving a long knife under the moonlight, and his tone became slightly more serious.

"Then one last question"

Nura Koiban jumped directly from the cherry blossom tree, her long black hair that was always flying flying in the air, and her gray feathers rustled in the sea breeze.

"Why do you insist on using kendo?"

"Although Kendo is indeed a way to become stronger, it is definitely not the only way. Compared with Kendo, which requires talent, hard work and foundation to climb to the top."

“There’s an easier way to climb to the top, isn’t there?”

"Like devil fruits."

"Taijutsu is also a good path."

"I don't want to say it, but your swordsmanship talent is really bad. You obviously have an abnormally strong intuition, and your physical fitness is at the level of a monster, but you can't understand the realm of "cutting iron" and become a swordsman. .”

In response to Nuliang Liban's unkind words, Ans Aier was silent for only a second, and then said firmly,

"For some reason, I must rely on the sword to become the strongest."

Having said this, Ansel stopped talking and still focused on the long knife in his hand.

Seeing Ans Aier's appearance, Nuliang Liban turned the wine bottle in his left hand upside down, and the wine slowly fell into the wine dish in his right hand. While pouring the wine, he sighed helplessly,

"What a willful guy."

Having said this, he drank the wine plate that was already filled with wine in his hand in one gulp, then looked at Ans Ayer with a very cheerful smile, and said with a smile,

"Although he is a willful guy, he is not annoying."

"If you insist so much, then be prepared to sacrifice everything."

"Really, if the old man knew that I did this, maybe he would clean up the house."

Under the bright moonlight, the handsome young man showed a free and easy smile. He was holding a wine bottle in his left hand and a wine plate in his right hand. He was surrounded by flying cherry blossoms. His tone was a little expectant, but he seemed to be hesitant to say something.

"Lord Nuliang, is this the power you mentioned? I finally did it."

Being in the evil ghost figure composed of scarlet gas, although countless negative emotions impacted Ansel's brain.

But there was no panic at all. On the contrary, a sense of joy continued to emerge in Ans Aier's heart.

What surfaced together with the joy was the guidance Nuliang Liban gave him that night.

Fierce battle

The battle was so intense that it was almost impossible for anyone to have a chance to breathe.

Nuliang Liban was using his double sword style to fight with Ralph, but at the same time he said,

"Hey, Rear Admiral, do you know?"

"Harden your body, practice swordsmanship, and then realize the secret of swordsmanship. With the deepening of your understanding of swordsmanship and the tempering of your own body, the swordsman will slowly become a swordsman, a swordsman, and a great swordsman."

To what Nuliang Liban said, Ralph, who had long been possessed by animal nature, naturally had no reaction. Now the only thought in his mind was:

"kill him."

Nothing else.

"Finger gun. Flying claw"

The sharp claws wrapped with a domineering black armor color carried kinetic energy that exceeded that of bullets and gathered at the tips of the claws. With the sound of tearing the air, they turned into five long claw marks and attacked the Nuliang Liban on the ground.

Facing this blow, there was no evasion. Compared to Ralph, who mastered the two movement steps of Moon Step and Shave, Nura Liban's mobility really pales in comparison.

But even though his mobility was not enough to compete with Ralph, facing Ralph's attacks from all directions, Nuliang Liban had only one thing to do.

Nuliang Liban was seen holding his left hand, facing the five claw marks that were flying towards him. With a wave of his hand, the five claw marks were easily cut off.

Although it cannot cause harm to humans, it does not mean that it is not destructive.

The moment Nuliang Liban cut off the claw marks, Ralph's entire body turned into a stream of black light, and a sharp trajectory appeared in mid-air that connected to the side of Nuliang Liban's body.

"razor"

The pace, which combines the characteristics of moon steps and shaving, has the speed of "shaving", but it also overcomes the lack of flexibility in shaving.

Almost at the moment when the sharp trajectory appeared, Ralph also appeared beside Nuliang Liban, but what greeted him was a cold light.

With a whistling sound that ripped through the air, it slashed towards Ralph's abdomen.

Copper head, iron tail, tofu kidney.

Although it is brief, it describes the characteristics of the wolf very accurately.

Although Ralph is essentially human, he does have the weaknesses of a wolf after devouring the "Animal Type, Canine Fruit, and Wolf Form" Devil Fruit.

It is an indisputable fact that the defense of the abdomen is relatively weak compared to other parts of the body.

However, although Nuliang Liban's slash was swift, Ralph's wild instinct was indeed too perverted at this time.

Almost as soon as it appeared, the "razor" appeared again, and another sharp black trajectory appeared directly from the side of Nura Liban's head.

"Iron block. Demonic wolf"

Put your feet and claws together, and then use the power of Mount Tai to press towards Nuliang Liban.

"Shi Yu Cang Yan Liu. Shou Shi Type 4. Five Winds and Ten Rains"

Although Nuliang Liban's mobility is far inferior to that of Ralph, his close-range dodge skills are definitely no worse than anyone else's.

Coordinate with the enemy's breathing and make corresponding evasive movements.

I saw that when Ralph pressed down at extremely high speed, he almost kicked off one foot, and his body moved a few steps away.

Then there was a loud noise and a huge groove appeared in the ground.

This kind of confrontation has happened many times.

Looking at Ralph in the groove, Nuliang Liban did not launch an attack, and continued what he had just interrupted, minding his own business.

"This is the most orthodox path. It is the path to swordsmanship that countless swordsmen have worked hard to open up since ancient times."

"If you want to become the strongest swordsman, you need talent, will, and hard work. Only by turning these three into an extremely sharp sword can you open up the path to becoming the strongest swordsman."

"However, there is such a person in this world. He has a will that no one can shake, and an effort that ordinary people cannot match, but he only lacks the talent as a swordsman."

"They were determined enough and worked hard enough, but they could only die halfway on their way to becoming swordsmen. That unwillingness finally made them open up a new path."

"I call it 'evil'."