Kuraigana Island:
Hawkeye Mihawk was drinking red wine and reading the newspaper in his castle when his gaze suddenly sharpened, looking towards the door.
"Yo, Mihawk, I knew you were home and didn't go out!"
Gaenie walked in very casually, then picked up an unopened bottle of red wine nearby, opened it, and took a sip.
"The situation on the Sea is very tense right now. Weren't you transferred back before? How do you have time to come here!"
Hawkeye Mihawk stared at Gaenie and said.
"Well, it's nothing big, I just wanted to come and advise you. If the World Government comes to recruit you Shichibukai after a while, it's best you don't agree and give up the title of Shichibukai!"
"The Limitless Pirates want to weaken the World Government's power before the war begins, and the Shichibukai, this external force of the World Government, is a very good target to start with."
"Now someone else is already handling the other Shichibukai. I also heard this news and proactively took on this task to find you. After all, we've been friends for so many years. I've come to find you myself, so give me some face!"
Gaenie leaned on the sofa and took another sip of red wine.
"So are you here to persuade me, or to force me?"
Hawkeye Mihawk asked solemnly.
"Well, Mihawk, don't be so nervous. How many years have we known each other? Could I possibly harm you?"
"Furthermore, don't I know what kind of person you are? You're not a World Government person either, why should you fight for the World Government!"
Gaenie advised. He really didn't want to cross swords with Hawkeye, after all, they had been friends for so many years.
"It's no problem if you want me to give up the title of Shichibukai, as long as you defeat me!"
"For so many years, we've fought, and you've never used your full strength, right? This time, let me see your true power!"
Hawkeye Mihawk said seriously.
Then, without waiting for Gaenie to answer, he walked directly towards the castle gate.
In the past, when the two of them fought, they always used the swords in their hands, fighting in the most pure Swordsman manner.
Therefore, Hawkeye Mihawk had never known Gaenie's true strength. This time, he wanted to see it!
"Well, really, in the end, we still have to fight!"
After finishing the entire bottle of red wine, Gaenie followed Hawkeye out speechlessly.
The two came to the beach at the edge of the island, three hundred meters apart. Both held their Supreme Grade Swords and were very serious.
"Mihawk, we've fought many times. How about we decide the winner in one move this time?"
"As long as you can block this move of mine, you win!"
Gaenie said with great confidence.
"Good!"
Hawkeye Mihawk naturally wouldn't refuse!
"Then be careful!"
As the words fell, the endless magnetic force on Gaenie's body instantly erupted, covering an area of several thousand meters in the blink of an eye.
The magnetic field of the entire island and even this Sea area was instantly controlled by Gaenie. As he loosened his right hand that was tightly gripping Ryusui, all the magnetic force swarmed towards it.
Magnetism generates electricity. As the purple lightning was generated, it instantly expanded, and then was compressed around Ryusui by the magnetic force.
The originally formless and qualityless magnetic force, under Gaenie's control, transformed into a tangible force, all like infinitely long springs, constantly compressing and accumulating stronger power.
At this moment, Ryusui was suspended in the air, constantly accumulating power. The entire sky and Sea area darkened, with only Ryusui here shining with incomparably brilliant light. Gaenie's simple gesture with his hand made Hawkeye Mihawk feel as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
"Then let me try your strongest move!"
Hawkeye Mihawk also gathered all his Busoshoku and Haoshoku Haki onto Black Blade Yoru. The red lightning beside him isolated all the approaching purple electromagnetic force.
"Ten Thousand Steps Flying Sword, One Blade Breaks the Sea!"
The moment the power accumulated to the extreme, the black blade, Ryusui, shot out like a purple meteor.
That extreme speed broke through the constraints of space, surpassed Hawkeye's vision, and launched a powerful attack with unmatched power.
Wherever it passed, the earth collapsed, space was torn, and everything headed towards destruction!
Facing such a terrifying flying sword, Hawkeye Mihawk did not retreat at all. Instead, his fighting spirit soared, and he also used his strongest sword technique to meet it!
"Hard-Soft Slash!!"
With one slash, it represented Hawkeye Mihawk's ultimate hardness, and also represented his ultimate change, merging two completely opposite sword techniques into one sword. This was his Hawkeye Mihawk's strongest sword!
The moment Black Blade Yoru and Black Blade Ryusui collided in the air, the magnetic field rioted, the sky and earth darkened, and the clouds in the sky were instantly cleared.
The endless aftershock caused the nearby Sea to churn up waves of hundred-meter-high waves, and the entire island shook as a result.
If these two hadn't considered the castle in the center of the island, the island would have already started to crack.
"Break for me!!"
Hawkeye Mihawk used all his strength to try and cut off Gaenie's attack!
"Bang!!!"
But he didn't expect the power of Gaenie's sword to be so terrifying. The terrifying magnetic force overwhelmed Black Blade Yoru, and Ryusui swept past his neck like a meteor, disappearing from his sight.
However, when Ryusui broke through the sky, it suddenly turned a corner and flew back into Gaenie's hand, while Hawkeye Mihawk still maintained the posture of his previous slash.
It wasn't until Hawkeye Mihawk's severed collar fell to the ground that he put away his black blade.
"I lost!"
Hawkeye Mihawk took a deep breath, put his black blade back behind him, and looked at Gaenie in front of him with complex eyes.
When they used to simply spar in swordsmanship, there was no clear winner, with wins and losses for both sides.
He hadn't expected that when Gaenie truly used his full strength, he would be defeated by a single move.
This contrast made it difficult for him to accept and let go.
However, this feeling of discomfort only lasted for three seconds. After three seconds, he was still the same supremely confident Hawkeye Mihawk!
"Hahahaha, I only won because of the power of the Devil Fruit. If I didn't have the power of the Devil Fruit, we would be evenly matched."
Gaenie laughed.
"Since I lost, I will naturally keep my promise. I will not want the title of Shichibukai anymore."
"It just so happens that I have nothing to do recently, so I'll go wander around the New World to prevent those annoying guys from destroying my castle!"
Hawkeye originally became a Shichibukai for peace and quiet, not wanting the Marine to bother him, which is why he became a Shichibukai.
Now that he wasn't a Shichibukai anymore, the Marine and the World Government would definitely come to trouble him for the sake of face. The thing he disliked the most was trouble, so he could only go to the New World where the World Government and the Marine couldn't reach!
"Hahahaha, it just so happens that I'm also going back to the New World. We're going the same way, I'll take you to fly there, it'll be faster!"
Gaenie said, and with a wave of his hand, a ten-meter-long steel airship flew from the distance in the sky.
"Okay!"
Hawkeye Mihawk wasn't pretentious either. Anyway, that's how they lived when they used to wander together.
After Hawkeye Mihawk and Gaenie got on the ship, this steel airship, under the control of Gaenie's ability, directly soared into the sky and disappeared into the clouds.