Chapter 44

Facing Vivi's tearful accusation and the ironclad evidence before them,

Most of the rebel army came to their senses, staring at Crocodile with unfriendly eyes.

But no one acted rashly.

Vivi suddenly said: "Are you really Koza? Or Mr. 2? The Koza I know has a black mole under his neck. Why don't you have one?"

Mr. 2 was shocked upon hearing this!

Subconsciously, he argued: "I... I got hurt in the battle, and the mole was rubbed off!"

"Liar!" Vivi scolded angrily: "Koza doesn't have a black mole at all! Why aren't you refuting me, but finding excuses to explain?"

Now Mr. 2 was completely panicked!

He was exposed so quickly; this mental quality was really...

"Hmph!" Lord Lord Sima Di said with a vicious look: "Since I've been exposed... it's just as well that everyone is here. As long as I bury you all, this country will still be mine!"

Saying this,

He directly used the Sand-Sand Fruit to stir up a giant sand tornado, covering most of the city, making it impossible to see one's own fingers.

It was a posture of wanting to bury everyone!

But in fact, it was all thunder and no rain, just to scare them.

Chopper and Usopp shouted from the crowd.

"Crocodile, our Straw Hat Pirates won't let you succeed!"

"Captain, hurry and stop him!"

"They went to the east of the city!"

"Chase him!"

The sandstorm slowly dissipated,

Leaving the bewildered rebel army and Royal Army staring at each other.

And their former leader "Koza," at this moment, was confronting Sanji with an okama face.

"Let's settle this! This time I will definitely defeat you! I'll keep my chivalry!" Sanji vowed.

Mr. 2 saw that things were exposed and understood that there was nothing more to be done.

Now his only hope was to defeat Sanji in front of him; only by taking him hostage could he have a chance of survival!

"Then let's fight!"

The rebel army saw that Koza was really someone else in disguise and finally woke up completely!

"Clang!"

Following the first person who dropped their weapon, everyone put down their weapons and turned to run toward the east of the city.

Sure enough, they saw Crocodile and Luffy dueling in the open space.

Although Crocodile had a strangely large belly, his moves were ruthless, leaving no room for mercy, intent on killing his opponent.

It perfectly matched his mood of being furious and wanting to kill his opponent to vent his anger after his plan was exposed!

"Straw Hat boy, kill Crocodile!"

"Damn! This old schemer actually dared to lie to me? Beat him to death!"

"Right! Hit him in the face!"

"Don't let that beer belly off either, do it!"

Since then,

Vivi, without spending a single soldier, quelled the unsolvable conflict between the rebel army and the Royal Army, and they even turned their conflict back toward the culprit, Crocodile.

This scene made Vivi cry with joy; she really did it!

And it was far beyond her imagination, with no innocent people harmed!

It really was...

"Lord Lord Sima's plan is too perfect!"

And at this moment,

Lord Lord Sima Di, having finished his part, came to the north of the city to watch the duel between Zoro and Mr. 1.

Better to come early than to come by chance,

Lord Lord Sima Di happened to see the scarred Zoro standing in a pool of his own blood, his breathing carrying a unique rhythm, and then he swung his sword seemingly casually—

"Whoosh—"

The giant rock beside him split open, the cut as smooth as a mirror.

"Having realized the profound meaning of cutting steel, you are no longer my opponent."

Zoro sheathed his sword, no longer using the Three-Sword Style, but assuming the starting stance of an Iai slash.

Realizing the danger, Mr. 1 tried to attack first, but Zoro's sword was faster.

"One-Sword Style..."

The sword light flashed, and their figures crossed.

"Thank you for making me stronger."

Mr. 1, known as the "Swordsman Killer," fell into the pool of blood where Zoro had stood before.

At the same time,

Lord Lord Sima Di finally signed in at Zoro's famous scene—

[Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the famous scene "The Birth of a Master Swordsman!", and receiving the sign-in reward "..."!]

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54. The coolest Zanpakuto! Another famous scene signed in!

[Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the famous scene "The Birth of a Master Swordsman!", and receiving the sign-in reward "Toshiro Hitsugaya's Zanpakuto, Hyorinmaru"!]

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"Toshiro Hitsugaya's Zanpakuto, Hyorinmaru": The strongest ice-type Zanpakuto in Soul Society. It has a wide attack range, can use spiritual pressure to freeze water in the air to form an ice dragon, and can even control the weather!;

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[Reward has been stored in the system space!]

Oh wow!

I thought I was just checking in normally, I didn't expect such a cool reward!

Lord Lord Sima Di took Hyorinmaru out of the system space. The first thing he saw was the very distinctive eight-pointed star on the handguard. He drew the sword, revealing a single-edged blade like a Tang Dao, shimmering with a cold, chilling light.

The overall aesthetic was quite to Lord Lord Sima Di's liking.

Moreover,

As a Zanpakuto, what truly makes it shine is its "Shikai" and "Bankai" states. Hyorinmaru is one of the coolest Zanpakuto, and it can summon an ice dragon to circle around, looking incredibly cool!

However,

In "Bleach," Hyorinmaru has a weakness: if a Zanpakuto with spiritual pressure far stronger than Hyorinmaru's and an opposite attribute appears, all of Hyorinmaru's Bankai ice-type skills will fail to activate.

But in this world, apart from Lord Lord Sima Di, there are no other Zanpakuto.

The reason is,

Because the moisture in the atmosphere cannot be used, Hyorinmaru has no moisture to condense into ice, so it can only retain Hyorinmaru's Shikai freezing ability.

If the Magma-Magma Fruit and Flame-Flame Fruit are pushed to the limit, they might restrain Hyorinmaru.

It is still a distance away from Seeing Seeing Kuzan's Chilly-Chilly Fruit.

"But is power important?"

"Being cool is a lifelong thing!"

Lord Lord Sima Di satisfiedly unhooked his Tang Dao, hung Hyorinmaru at his waist, and then walked toward the fallen Zoro.

Zoro: ?っQ?;)っ

"Don't come over!!!"