Sabaody Archipelago, Marine Base, Kenjutsu Dojo, in one room.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Sephiroth and Gion, both with their Armament Haki-infused bamboo swords wrapped around their hands, continuously collided. You came and went, bringing forth sounds of breaking through the sky one after another.
The fighting skills of both parties had long been refined, and they both possessed the knowledge to foresee the future. As soon as a sword move was made, it would be predicted by Observation Haki, the trajectory of the next attack, and even the subsequent movements. Changes would be read. Therefore, the sword fight between the two was essentially a quick break, mutually breaking each other's moves in an attempt to disrupt the opponent's rhythm and interfere with the opponent's Observation Haki perception.
In fact, it was already difficult for this kind of formal competition to give them both any more power increase! You have predicted me, and I have predicted you. Without a direct head-to-head, it's hard to tell the winner! Therefore, many strong men who have reached this level of strength, when fighting, in order not to get involved in a long-term war of attrition, basically choose a clumsy attack method, competing with pure strength and Haki, and even evolving into a situation where injuries are exchanged for injuries!
In short, no matter how fancy your skills are, or how strong your attack power is, it's useless. Whoever can resist a beating will be the winner with the last laugh! Therefore, although people say that Logia-type Devil Fruits are strong, in reality, Zoan-type Devil Fruits are the favorites of the strong!
You can't beat me to death with one set, find me an opportunity, I'll take you with me with one set!
Sephiroth also currently understood why Kaido had the insight to see the future, yet didn't like to avoid attacks. Yes, but there was no need! Rather than hiding and dodging each other and wasting time, it was better to directly use your body to withstand the enemy's attack. When the enemy hits an attack, you will reveal your flaws and directly kill the enemy with your backhand!
Therefore, although Gion was now on par with Sephiroth, if it were a life-and-death struggle and he possessed super-speed regeneration, his fault tolerance rate would be much higher than the former, and the balance of victory and defeat would be tilted directly to his side.
Seeing the sky outside the window gradually darkening, Gion immediately stopped her attack, took out a pink handkerchief from her pink top pocket, and wiped the sweat from her cheeks. In the end, she used her handkerchief to wipe the snowy沟 that was visible from the collar of her clothes on her chest, and wiped away the sweat that flowed out.
Gion gently waved the pink handkerchief in her hand as she placed the bamboo sword in her hand on the knife rest, while jokingly commenting, "How about it? Need me to lend you a rag? It's very fragrant~!"
"..."
The corners of Sephiroth's mouth twitched slightly, but he took the pink handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his face a few times before handing it back to the other, saying, "Hmm! 'The fragrance' is fragrant, but the taste is a bit salty!"
Boom!
Gion gave him a charming glance, took her handkerchief back, and put it back into her top pocket.
"Hey! You've been promoted to Brigadier General, so you don't want to treat?"
Sephiroth pretended to be confused, and said with a puzzled look on his face, "What do you mean?"
Gion put her hands on her hips, her apricot eyes wide open, and she said angrily, "Treat me to dinner! When I was promoted to Vice Admiral and Colonel, I took you out for a big meal!"
"Huh!? Makes sense, just the base canteen!"
"I'll let you eat as much as you want!"
Sephiroth waved his hand and wanted to turn and leave.
However.
"You!... Say!... What!... What!?"
Gion immediately narrowed her eyes slightly, and her tone seemed a little low. She reached out her fair right hand and twisted his ear.
"Hey, hey, hey! Auntie, my ear is about to break!"
"Haha. . .!"
"Okay! Your choice of location."
Seeing this, Sephiroth could only sigh helplessly and agree.
"Now, that's more like it!"
Gion then released his ear, went to the corner of the room, picked up the white justice cloak hanging on the coat rack and inlaid with the rank of Colonel, and wrapped it over her body.
The two walked out of the Marine base side by side, heading towards Inn Street, which had the most restaurants.
Sabaody Archipelago, Island 71.
On the bustling street, under the brilliant neon lights.
From time to time, Sephiroth turned his head and glanced at Gion, who was by his side. He and this woman with her hot figure, good looks, and mature and charming aura all over her body were truly too entangled! In fact, through his emotional perception of Observation Haki, he could very clearly feel the kind of fiery emotions that Gion held in her heart.
The relationship between the two, over the years, had been in a very difficult state, more than just friends, less than a couple. Sephiroth had known Gion's thoughts ever since he developed Observation Haki to the point where he could clearly perceive changes in her emotions.
But.
From all sorts of considerations, he always pretended to be confused and told himself rationally to quickly cut ties with the other person and avoid trouble! But sensibility told him that this woman was excellent in every way and he shouldn't refuse. Therefore, Sephiroth was always tangled. Humans are this complex animal. He knew it shouldn't be like this, but he couldn't give up making a decision.
And Gion had never expressed her feelings to Sephiroth because of her own arrogance hidden deep in her heart. Or, her thoughts had actually been expressed to him through various foul words. After all, when it came to getting along with others, Gion rarely chatted so widely, let alone dragged each other racing.
By the way, could it be that the bad luck between the two of us is coming out slowly while driving and stepping on the gas pedal? Sephiroth suddenly woke up in his heart.
Chomp!
The silver-haired young man frowned slightly, and a trace of disgust and aversion appeared on his face.
Uh-huh!
The Butcher's Blade at his waist suddenly came out of its sheath, and a red light flashed, cutting open a Spatial Door.
"Come with me!"
As he spoke, Sephiroth grabbed Gion's wrist, and in the latter's surprised gaze, he pulled her into a temporarily constructed light green space.
"What are you doing?" Gion said with a puzzled look on her face.
"There's evil trash coming up ahead...."
As the two spoke, at the end of the street, pedestrians on the road knelt and dodged on both sides of the street.
"A Tenryuubito again...."
Gion frowned slightly, with a look of disgust on her face, which could be described as unabashed. While at the Marine G-1 Branch, she had also met several times when Tenryuubito descended from the Red Line and sailed to the New World.
Fortunately, the Marine higher-ups knew the virtues of the Tenryuubito, so every time they were assigned to patrol and defense missions, they would not arrange overly beautiful female soldiers or handsome male soldiers. In fact, those soldiers would be temporarily sent to perform tasks if the Tenryuubito, who had a little lost in his head, would cause trouble and embarrass the Marine.
Therefore, Gion spent three years at the Marine G-1 Branch in the New World without ever meeting a Tenryuubito. The last time she saw a Tenryuubito, it was during her military school days, and she came to visit the Sabaody Archipelago with Sephiroth, Tokikake, and others, and happened to see Saint Charlos shooting civilians.
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