Chapter 23

At this moment,

facing Zoro's challenge,

Hawk-Eye gladly accepted,

but only took out the small cross knife hanging in front of his neck.

Although Zoro felt Hawk-Eye's deep contempt for him,

he had no power to refute it!

Because the facts proved,

that even using only this small cross knife,

Hawk-Eye could still easily block all of Zoro's attacks!

And just when the two were fighting fiercely,

Li Xiao was devouring his meal inside Baratie!

Having a show to watch while eating,

the food in his mouth was indeed even more fragrant!

The only fly in the ointment was,

the progress bar of this show was a bit weak!

In just a few minutes,

Zoro already showed signs of being defeated at any time!

Therefore,

taking advantage of the fact that the progress bar could still hold up,

Li Xiao immediately seized the time to eat!

Hawk-Eye probably wouldn't have guessed,

that his battle with Zoro,

had been treated as a show to watch while eating by someone...

The battle between Zoro and Hawk-Eye could be said to have no suspense,

the two sides were not on the same level at all!

Zoro could at most be considered a small account that had just left the novice village,

while Hawk-Eye was a full-level top-tier big account!

Hawk-Eye against Zoro,

was no different from a full-level big account in a game running to the novice village to bully noobs!

Sure enough,

the battle between the two did not last long.

Just a few minutes later,

with the breaking of the two swords in Zoro's hands,

the battle was declared over!

At this instant,

Li Xiao suddenly felt that his metaphor just now was even more vivid,

this was clearly hitting the equipment durability to zero!

Immediately after,

that classic scene in Li Xiao's mouth came as expected!

Zoro held the last sword, Wado Ichimonji, in his hand,

and chose to take Hawk-Eye's last strike head-on!

After such a battle,

plus Zoro's current behavior,

made Hawk-Eye quite appreciative of Zoro,

therefore,

out of respect for Zoro,

he slowly drew the big cross on his back... oh no, it was the Black Blade - Yoru!

Subsequently,

Hawk-Eye slashed at Zoro's front with a serious expression!

However,

just at this moment,

an accident happened!

Hawk-Eye seemed to have used too much force in this strike,

and in order to show mercy,

he withdrew his strength halfway,

and slightly shifted the angle of this strike!

This caused some residual sword energy to brush past Zoro,

and head straight for the deck on one side of the sea restaurant!

And on that deck,

a person was standing at this moment,

and it was Nami!

Seeing that residual sword energy coming towards her,

Nami's pupils shrank instantly,

a sense of crisis like a needle prick appeared in her heart,

and she immediately wanted to dodge,

but it was already too late!

Although this was only a bit of residual sword energy,

it came from Hawk-Eye's hand after all,

and with Nami's current physical fitness, which was not much stronger than an ordinary person,

she couldn't react in time,

and could only watch helplessly as that residual sword energy got closer and closer to her!

And once hit by such a residual sword energy,

Nami would likely be seriously injured!

Seeing this,

Hawk-Eye frowned slightly,

and immediately raised his hand, preparing to swing his sword again,

to use sword pressure to disperse the residual sword energy directly!

However,

just at this moment,

a cyan longsword suddenly flew out from the restaurant,

and blocked directly in front of Nami!

The longsword swung slightly,

instantly shattering the residual sword energy in the air,

and its remaining power fell onto the sea,

stirring up waves!

Seeing this,

Hawk-Eye's sword, which was about to be swung, stopped in mid-air!

He raised an eyebrow,

his gaze fixed on the cyan longsword hovering in the air,

and a strong interest was revealed in his eyes!

At the same time,

Nami stood blankly in place,

stunned for a long time,

looking at the familiar cyan longsword in front of her,

before she suddenly came back to her senses,

and hurriedly turned to search everywhere inside the restaurant,

until she saw that familiar figure in the corner,

and then she shouted with pleasant surprise:

"Li Xiao!"

Subsequently,

Nami turned around without a word and ran into the restaurant,

running wildly towards Li Xiao's direction,

and then threw herself into Li Xiao's arms!

Seeing this scene,

Sanji not far away instantly turned black and white,

accompanied by a thunderclap in his mind,

Sanji's eyes were filled with tears,

and he knelt on the ground powerlessly...

Facing Nami who suddenly threw herself into his arms,

even Li Xiao was stunned!

He had thought that Nami would be a bit excited to see him,

but he hadn't expected,

that she would be so excited!

But soon,

Li Xiao came back to his senses,

one hand hugged Nami from behind,

and the other hand skillfully rubbed her orange hair,

and laughed:

"Yo, Nami, we meet again!"

Hearing Li Xiao's voice,

Nami gradually came back to her senses,

and broke free from Li Xiao's embrace with a slightly red face.

Just now, when facing that residual sword energy,

her mind had gone blank,

and after seeing that familiar Qing Shuang Sword,

she had subconsciously turned to look for Li Xiao's figure,

and then instinctively threw herself into Li Xiao's arms!

Although she had only known Li Xiao for a little over a month,

and had only spent a few days together,

she had found an unprecedented sense of security in Li Xiao!

This feeling,

ever since Bellemere passed away,

she had never experienced it again!

The moment Nami saw the Qing Shuang Sword,

her heart subconsciously relaxed,

and a sense of security welled up!

And when she stood beside Li Xiao,

she even felt more at ease than when she was at home!

Especially the moment she burrowed into Li Xiao's arms just now,

her whole person naturally relaxed,

and a sense of dependence welled up in her heart!

Thinking of this,

Nami's face couldn't help but turn even redder!

Li Xiao rubbed Nami's orange hair,

feeling it getting smoother and smoother,

it felt like petting a cat at home in his previous life!

Li Xiao brought Nami to sit beside him,

and asked:

"Why aren't you staying at home taking care of the orange orchard, and running here?"

Hearing this,

Nami immediately put on a pitiful expression,

reached out and pinched the corner of Li Xiao's clothes,

and said pitifully:

"I can't help it, home is poor, and we can barely afford to eat!"

"Nojiko stayed at home to take care of the orange orchard, so I had to run out to do some hard labor and earn some hard-earned money!"

"Sigh, I have to work three jobs a day! I'm exhausted!"

Li Xiao rolled his eyes at her,

and said:

"Even if anyone can't afford to eat, it won't be your turn, don't think I don't know that you've buried at least tens of millions of Beli in the orange orchard!"

Seeing that her lie had been exposed on the spot,

Nami was stunned for a moment,

then immediately put away that pitiful expression,

and stuck her tongue out at Li Xiao.

"Blehh~"

Seeing this,

Li Xiao smiled quite helplessly,

then with a thought,

he took out a sparkling sapphire bracelet from his Sumeru Ring,

as well as a small cat ornament made entirely of gold!

"Here, don't say I'm stingy, this is our reunion gift!"

Looking at the sapphire bracelet sparkling in the sun,

and the golden little cat ornament,

Nami's eyes instantly turned into the shape of Beli!

She hurriedly hugged both the bracelet and the little cat ornament into her arms,

and giggled at Li Xiao:

"Hehe, hehehe, Li Xiao, you're the best~~"

Hearing this,

Li Xiao pointed to his shoulder,

and said:

"You've accepted the things, you have to pay something, right?"