Chapter 227

The echoes of the battle between the two Yonkos swept across the country as the newly arrived Marines joined the battle. The admirals have joined in the destruction of the Blood Star Pirates. The wounded King was fighting at full speed with the insane Silver Ax, when suddenly a woman in an officer's cloak came to his aid. New Admiral Gion, a beautiful and tall girl. Notable for her were short shorts and a tattoo on her left thigh. The slender legs immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding pirates. But the girl did not exchange at all for empty words, covering her fists with the will of weapons, she rushed at the surprised pirate. Now he also had to fight with a woman. Unfortunately for his opponents, the Silver Ax's patience is not unlimited. Slowly, the thirst for bloody battle swept through him.

At the same time, Zoro completely killed all opponents in the main castle. Even Orochi couldn't last long. Not a single samurai was able to give a worthy battle to this gambling swordsman, he was about to intervene in Sanji's case, when he suddenly met with another opponent.

- What kind of bloody are you? The swordsman asked displeased, looking down at the enemy. It turned out to be a strange man wearing a hat and wooden sandals. He looked more like some kind of fisherman, not a sentinel. But his status was indicated by a plaid jacket, which was not often found among the sentinels. Admiral Tokikake smiled brightly, pulled the cigarette out of his mouth and looked around. The situation at Orochi Castle looked too sad. Even the new Admiral, famous for his speed, could not prevent what happened. Bodies were scattered all around, some even still alive, like Orochi. But, not without corpses, Zoro did not really follow the taken away lives. He didn’t like to kill, rather it didn’t matter to him. An accidentally severed head could not shake his condition in any way.

In the center of the building, which had lost its roof and walls, sat a green-haired swordsman, he carefully wiped the katana from the blood of defeated enemies, while he himself was flooded with it from head to toe. Zoro narrowed one eye and raised his tone.

- Are you deaf there ?!

- Uh ... - the admiral staggered back in fear and shamefacedly scratched the back of his head: - Excuse me, I was staring a little. - Coughing, he straightened his cloak and bowed slightly: - Admiral Tokikake at your service master.

- Admiral? - Zoro once again examined this "fisherman" and asked with a grin: - Are you sure?

Tokikake quickly nodded.

- Of course I'm sure!

- Okay ... - Zoro reluctantly got up, shook off the remaining drops of blood from the katana and without pulling out the rest directed it at the enemy: - Then, taking out the weapon, the admiral, we will fight.

- Oh! - the timid Tokikake jumped up, but then reluctantly nodded: - Okay. But, I have no weapons, I usually rely on luck ...

- Good luck? Zoro snorted. "Good building a clown." We already have one on the ship, I can't stand them. Attack already!

Tokikake wasn't really pretending much. He didn't really like fights at all, but it is worth admitting that his speed and luck sometimes allowed him to get out of even the most dangerous battles unharmed. Reluctantly, the man threw off his cloak and extended his fists into a fighting stance. He looked very comical, although Zoro was definitely not laughing. Those thin fists were already beginning to irritate him, not to mention the stupid behavior of the admiral ... Roronoa hated the cunning bastards pretending to be weaklings. Therefore, the swordsman abruptly rushed forward with a blade at the ready. He was not going to underestimate the enemy, the first blow is only a test!

When the blade finally reached the body of the admiral cowering in fear, Zoro, who was about to strike, suddenly jumped and grimaced in pain.

Jumping to the side, he abruptly lifted his leg and noticed a thick nail right in the heel. The situation turned out to be bad ... stepping on a nail during a fight, what a shame ?!

Zoro ripped out the sharp object and lunged at his opponent again. The admiral, at this time, in a panic, was looking for a weapon. Noticing in the distance a fragment of a katana, he quickly appeared right in front of the defeated samurai and tore the broken blade from his tight grip. Placing him towards Zoro, he prepared to fight!

At that moment, the swordsman attacked again. Now he even more wanted to bang this fearful admiral. He pissed him off more and more!

In a moment, Zoro approached the enemy again. Tokikake simply slashed the shard of his katana in response. Zoro did not even pay attention to this stump and just made a regular cut, but it was not there ... The floor of the palace suddenly twisted, and Zoro lost his balance, a fragment of Tokikake's katana immediately rushed to his neck. Zoro didn’t even understand what had happened, he only had time to move the body, and then a stump of katana was slashed across the shoulder. Breaking the distance, the swordsman in shock touched the cut ...

"Damn it ... Just a little bit ..." - Zoro slowly began to realize that all this is not easy ... Once again he fixed his gaze on the shaking hands of the enemy, Roronoa grimaced. This admiral didn’t seem to be fighting, but was just pretending to be an idiot. The understanding came by itself:

- Are you a fruit man? The swordsman asked, changing the grip of his katana and pulling out another one. Tokikake smiled and puffed out his chest proudly.

- I ate the Devil Fruit and became lucky! - then he immediately sighed: - Only this usually works for all sorts of nonsense ... Gion continues to ignore me.

Zoro realized that the fight was going to be difficult. The enemy, in fact, did not fight, but this time, luck itself did everything for him. This is the first time Zoro has met such a dangerous fruit ... Surely even Mor would be interested in something like that.

“Hmm, winning is luck itself? Interesting!" - the menacing grin of the swordsman immediately frightened the admiral. No matter how much he wants to come here, he will have to fight ...

***

Sanji and his new comrade Kawamatsu fought with Quinn and his henchmen to the full. The samurai slaughtered the rabble, and Sanji unleashed pillars of lightning. The two quickly found a common language and visibly beat even one of Kaido's strongest men. If everything continues like this, then the winner will be determined quickly. But, everything changed quickly ...

Suddenly, from the direction of the forest, several silhouettes flew out. The three turned into strange monsters using their devil fruits. The fastest was a mustachioed man in an officer's cloak. One of the strongest vice admirals, swordsman Kugo. He was not a fruit man, but his mastery of will and unique sword style made him a name in the Marines. As soon as he noticed the fighting samurai Kawamatsu, he immediately rushed to him. The other three vice admirals rushed towards Sanji, who was pouring golden lightning all over the place.

- More dogs showed up! With a serious air, Sanji held out his hand towards the opponents and said:

- A wall of furious lightning!

In an instant, several golden flashes flew out of the cook's body and crashed into the ground in front of the vice admirals. Now the battle had to develop into something complex and indefinite ...