"Excellent job, Zoro. Your improvement rate is outstanding. For you to learn all of that just after a week, that's impossibly great."
"Gasp, Gasp, Gasp. Yeah, Gasp, you say that after defeating me without breaking a sweat, you told me that Hawkeye could beat me while sleeping. I'm starting to think you could do the same, Gasp."
"Well, Zoro, to be honest with you, I'm good, but even I'm not that good yet. Besides, even when I get that good, you'll keep on improving. It's not like you'll stay the same. What you have to understand is that I have sixteen years of experience with swords, ever since I was one year old. I've been training to be a pirate. Besides, you need to improve two of your swords. Your friend Kuina had quite a special sword. You don't find swords like that just lying around."
"Gasp, Gasp, by the way, Ace, what are you going to do with the raft you just built? Did something happen to the old one?"
"No, nothing like that, I just want to leave this behind. If someone gets shipwrecked, they can use it to sail out of here."
I don't remember exactly, but I remember Masked Deuce, one of the original Ace's crew members, was shipwrecked here for a while to be honest I would've loved to have him on my crew but after staying here a week im asking for trouble if I were to wait any longer besides our food storage won't last for long especially in this heat. Well, Deuce, it seems that in this life, you and I won't be crew members, so I leave the raft for you. I hope you find yourself a good crew.
I would love to put the food in the pocket dimension, but I don't want to risk it because imagine the pocket dimension destroying the food, in some way, we would be on a deserted island with no food.
"Tell me something, Ace, you've told me multiple times you're not going to eat any devil fruits, but do you think I should eat one?"
Man, I must say it takes a little bit of time before Zoro grows up to be the guy we all know and love, because the Zoro I know wouldn't even think about eating a devil fruit.
"To be honest with you, Zoro, I don't think you need it. Your swordplay is your strength, and there's no way you can tell me you don't feel the improvement."
"Yeah, there's no doubt I improved. I can still feel this sensation at the tip of my fingertips. I was just a little frustrated because it felt like I was standing still next to you".
"Don't worry, Zoro, it's your destiny to be the best swordsman in the world someday, right? Someone as determined, talented, and possessing a work ethic such as yourself is bound to do great things without a Devil Fruit."
"Thanks, Captain, I appreciate it."
Well, Zoro, I guarantee you that with me as your captain, you will do great things, and I just realized something about Luffy's entire crew: Zoro is the only member Luffy specifically recruited just to fight. Before I came to this world rewatching the whole One Piece anime I got up to the wano arc, I remember in episode 1025 one of the last episodes i got to I saw Zoro blocking maybe the most potent attack in One Piece up to date, a combined attack between both Big Mom and Kaido; he'll do even better things as a member of my crew, I'll make sure of it. Well, now that I've been here with Zoro for a week, I was able to copy two of his abilities.[Open]
Portgas D. Ace
Possessed Talents/Abilities/Skills
Traditional Swordplay(S+)
Magnetic Personality(S)
Unbreakable Willpower(S)
Pirate Genius(S-)
Fighting Sense(A+)
Cat-like reflex(A)
Monstrous Vitality(A-)
Sword Tenacity(A-)
Monstrous Vitality(B+)
Captain's Determination(B+)
Sharp Analytical Skill(C+)
Sword Genius(C+)
Outstanding Composure(C)
Innate Fighting Skill(C)
Extreme Durability(C-)
Sense of Responsibility(C-)
Special/Unique Skills
Warp Portal(S)
Pocket Dimension(A-)
Total points:13
Thanks to teaching Zoro, I was able to copy both the skill Sword Genius and Outstanding Composure. To be honest, I would've liked to acquire another one before we leave, but let's not be too impatient. Zoro is not going anywhere, so I'll copy every skill he has. Eventually, now that it's been a week here, I'm not staying here for one more hour.
"Hey Zoro, get ready, we're getting off this hot island pretty soon."
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