While the tired Muichiro was looking at the sinking ship, and everyone else was experiencing complex emotions, the one who sank almost the entire fleet of Don Krieg was slowly approaching them.
They all noticed him, even Muichiro, who would normally have his head in the clouds.
"My big ship!!! CHOPPED UP??!! - not believing it, Krieg tried to figure out who it was. But I noticed that the same Mihawk was floating near them.
—That bastard! He's tracked us down!
"What are you doing here, Dracul Mihawk?"One of Kring's subordinates asked.
"Killing time.".. Mihawk answered them.
— What are you waiting for, idiots? SHOOT HIM! Kring shouted.
His subordinates immediately started shooting at him, but Mihawk continued to sit in his seat.
He just took out the Cannon that was on his back and redirected the bullets into the sea.
Meanwhile, on the deck of the restaurant ship:
— Is this the Hawkeye you were talking about? Muichiro asked.
— There can be no mistake, it's definitely him! - the hungry pirate replied, remembering this man with horror... But there was another horror for him, and that was Muichiro, who cut up their ship.
Muichiro was curious about this man and what kind of danger he posed, but after hearing the story about him from the bandit himself, he couldn't help but admire this man.
Even he doesn't inspire terror in people's hearts so much, on the contrary, they underestimate him and think that he is not dangerous and it's easy to take the candy away from him, and the weaklings, moreover, could not appreciate him. After all, his aura was suppressed and he was no different from a civilian, but he was given away by the sword that hung from his left belt, so they were a little more collected.
Muichiro couldn't help but recall Zoro's words when they were training:
— Why are you so fixated on defeating this man?
"I once promised someone that I would become the greatest swordsman in the world and become stronger than anyone with a sword.
"Then I must disappoint you."...
- what?
"Nothing.".. It's just that if you're in danger, I'll need to step in so that you don't accidentally die.
— no! I am not afraid of death. Even if this person is that strong, then don't interfere. At least I'll die with the honor of a swordsman instead...
— As you wish.. - Muichiro didn't listen completely and interrupted Zoro. He just turned around and went to do his own words.
Meanwhile:
- what is it? I was hitting for sure... One of Kring's subordinates began to speak in fear.
— And he retaliated... He changed the trajectories of the bullets with his sword tip. Zoro replied to Kring's subordinates
"That doesn't make sense.. Hey, who are you? The same man asked as Zoro walked towards Mihawk.
"Three whole swords?" But why? One of them asked.
"I've never seen a sword fly with such grace." That's what Zoro said. In fact, he had seen Muichiro's swordsmanship and even lost to him. But he knew that if he fought Mihawk, he would win.
And then all he had to do was fight Muichiro and defeat him, and only then could he be the strongest.
Mihawk, who thought he had finally found a worthy opponent, did not want to pay attention to Zoro. So many years after losing a worthy opponent. It was after losing the Red-haired Shanks' arm that he lost interest in fighting him. It didn't feel the same as before. He was bored and started looking for rivals one by one. Once he had an idea, but it was so ridiculous that he immediately put it out of his head. He wanted to have a constant rival. Strong enough to make him surpass him when he gets stronger. But so far it has been unsuccessful. He had not met a single person capable of this.
But still, he decided to answer Zoro the following:
"A sword driven by force alone is weak.
"Did you really destroy those 50 ships with one sword?" Zoro asked.
— Of course... Mihawk replied
"You really are the strongest...I went to sea just to meet you. Zoro resolutely took out his armband and began to prepare for battle.
"Your goal?" Dracul asked.
— Become the strongest. Zoro replied.
Dracul Mihawk just grinned. What a guy....
—Fool..." he quoted.
"Are you bored?" Shall we fight? Zoro unsheathed his sword and pointed it at Mihawk.
And then they began to recognize him.
"Wait a minute, it's Zoro, the pirate hunter Reonoro Zoro.
"Wait, what?"
— Master of the three swords style....
— Tsk. The pirate hunter...
"The one?"
Watching this, Muichiro was surprised at how famous Zoro was in these circles. But still, Muichiro's curiosity reached a new peak and his gaze turned to another person, he wanted to see the very Mihawk force that sank 50 ships. He couldn't have done that.... He had spent so much effort on several moon disks of such size, which was able to cut this ship, that he could still feel this fatigue in his chest. He didn't expect this technique to devour so much power.
But he continued to watch how Zoro was able to challenge his so-called idol and future rival to a duel. He was so determined to defeat Mihawk that he didn't pay attention to the others.
"Fight a weakling?" You probably aren't even a swordsman, because you couldn't understand the difference in strength between us... What motivates you? Stupidity or recklessness? Zoro suddenly appeared in front of him. - Maybe even courage..
"Confidence in victory," Zoro replied, and prepared to use his three-sword style against Mihawk.