Chapter 224: Fight with Sauron
Although Leo the Lion has a fierce look and a large size, he is actually considered low on the food chain in the world of One Piece.

After all, in this world, lions of normal size, or lions that are a size larger, have long been out of version.

The more powerful animals in the world of pirates are often more than ten or twenty meters tall. This is just on land. If it is on the sea, there are countless sea kings of several hundred meters, and only sea kings of thousands of meters can dominate the sea. The truly most terrifying monsters have a size of over ten thousand meters.

In comparison, Lion Niche can only hang around in the circus. It can still scare people a little in the East China Sea, but in the Grand Line, its status is probably similar to that of grain reserves.

Uchiha Feiyu and Nami scared the stupid lion a little, and the lion immediately turned against them and became Uchiha Feiyu's pet.

"But Feiyu, what do you want to do by taming this lion? This guy's fighting ability is mediocre, he's timid, and he has no loyalty at all. He eats a lot... It seems to be completely useless."

"It's okay. I plan to do some research on this lion. If I succeed, I might be able to develop something very powerful."

Uchiha Feiyu spoke lightly, looking at the lion Li Ji, making the lion shiver all over and a trace of fear appeared on his face.

Unfortunately, no matter how timid he was at this time, it was too late. Uchiha Feiyu would not change his mind because of this lion.

"Take this lion with you and let's go back to the ship! The Straw Hat Pirates have already arrived in Rogue Town. I wonder if they have done anything to our Golden Merry?"

Hearing Uchiha Feiyu's words, Nami, who was originally smiling, suddenly froze and clenched her fists:
"That's right. It would be terrible if these dangerous pirates attacked our Golden Merry. Let's get back to the ship!"

This pair of robbers and thieves had already regarded the Golden Merry as their own, and it was obviously impossible for them to allow the Straw Hat Pirates to take back their ship.

The two of them rushed to the port with a lion, but when they were halfway there, they saw Tashigi with a serious look on her face. The two sailors she had taken away had been knocked to the ground and were unconscious.

The person who took action was not the pirate Buggy that Tashigi had been chasing, but a swordsman with a green algae head.

Although Buggy is actually much stronger than Dashigi, he was injured at the hands of the Straw Hat Pirates and wanted to escape. He did not get entangled with Dashigi and ran away without a trace.

Tashigi chased for a distance but did not find any trace of Buggy. Instead, she met Zoro who was lost. Seeing the Wado Ichimonji in this guy's hand, Tashigi immediately understood Zoro's identity and was ready to fight Zoro with a knife.

It was also thanks to the fact that Tashigi looked very similar to Zoro's childhood sweetheart that the green-haired man showed mercy and only knocked down two of Tashigi's marines without killing Tashigi herself.

However, to put it nicely, Tashigi is tenacious and unyielding, but to put it bluntly, she has a persistent and clingy character, which also gives Zoro a headache.

"I will never let a famous sword like Wado Ichimonji stay with a pirate! I can hear the sword crying!"

"Asshole, are you kidding me? This sword was given to me by my teacher, and a famous sword is a famous sword. How could you have the idea of ​​crying?"

"A knife is used to cut people, it can't distinguish between good and evil. Don't keep pestering me, woman, or I'll cut you!"

"Even if my swordsmanship is no match for yours, I absolutely cannot..."

"Ms. Dashiqi, what are you doing?"

A familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind, startling Dashiki. Dashiki, who had been facing Zoro with a serious face, quickly turned around and bowed immediately:
"Sorry, it's Uchiha Feiyu-san, I didn't see you just now... By the way, I'm fighting now!"

Then the female swordsman quickly turned around and took a defensive posture towards Zoro. However, after this interruption, the originally serious and even tragic atmosphere disappeared without a trace, and only an awkward atmosphere filled the air.

Zoro blinked and couldn't help but speak:
"Woman, are you... an idiot?"

"How...how rude! What a rude pirate!"

Dashigi's face turned red with anger... or maybe she was just angry and was about to attack again, but at this time, Uchiha Feiyu held her shoulders:

"I've already told you, Dashiqi, you are no match for this guy, just leave him to me!"

"You are... So it's you two! The thieves who stole the Golden Merry!"

Zoro frowned slightly. When he was in the restaurant on the sea, Zoro was seriously injured and paid little attention to the outside world. He did not have a deep impression of Uchiha Feiyu.

But no matter what, the two had met after all, and Uchiha Hiha stole the Golden Merry in the later period, which made the Straw Hat Pirates remember it in their hearts. Even Zoro immediately remembered their identities after taking a look at Uchiha Hiha and Nami.

After remembering their identities, Zoro immediately pointed the tip of his knife at them:

"Hey, I mean, the navy over there, compared to pirates like us who don't even have a bounty, the pair of male and female thieves over there are obviously more dangerous!"

"Don't be ridiculous! Uchiha Touyu-san and Nami-san stole your ship in order to make you walk the right path and stop being pirates. How can you regard them as thieves?"

Zoro: “o(￣ヘ￣o#)…”

Do you want to listen to what you are saying? Is this really what the Navy should say? This is too much of a double standard!

We are a pirate group that is dedicated to justice, has never done anything bad, and doesn't even have a bounty. Are we evil? But those two bastards who stole our ship are the embodiment of justice?
Not to mention Zoro, even Nami couldn't help blushing when she heard this. Only the shameless Uchiha Feiyu stepped forward directly:

"That's right. If you can understand my painstaking efforts, you can just disband the pirate group and join my adventure exploration group!"

"Young man, there is no future in going out to sea to be a pirate. Haven't you heard the saying? You will pay for what you have done!"

"Damn you! Stop talking to me! Take my sword, Three Swords Style - Three Thousand Worlds!" The three blades in Zoro's hands formed three storms and slashed towards Uchiha Feiyu. Uchiha Feiyu curled the corners of his mouth, reached out and grasped the Sandai Kitetsu, and at the moment the sword light approached him, he drew the sword out of the sheath, aimed at a tiny flaw where the three storms intersected, and stabbed in instantly.

The storm formed by the three long swords dissipated in an instant, and the two figures intertwined. Uchiha Feiyu easily put the sword back into the sheath, while Zoro directly spat out a mouthful of blood, and the old wound on his chest was added with new wounds.

"Tsk... your wounds from the battle with Hawkeye haven't healed yet, and you're rushing here to die?"

Uchiha Feiyu said with disdain. With Zoro's current strength, although he was not his opponent, he was definitely not someone who could be killed instantly with one move. However, in the battle just now, Zoro's three sword style was not very coordinated, so there was a flaw.

Against a weak opponent like Dashigi, this swordsmanship is still unmatched, but when facing opponents of the same level or even stronger, the flaws caused by this incoordination become fatal flaws.

Obviously, the injuries left by Hawkeye on Zoro have not fully recovered, which led to this mistake made by Zoro.

"Damn it... don't underestimate me!"

Zoro gritted his teeth and turned his head, still maintaining the three-sword style stance. Although his body was getting weaker and his breath was becoming weaker, the sharpness that was unique to a swordsman was becoming even sharper and brighter.

The Straw Hat Pirates, and even the people in the pirate world, all have some ability to do sit-ups. The more seriously injured they are, the more they can exert their combat effectiveness.

Just now, Zoro was not excited enough, so his old injury affected his body movements, causing a slight deformation in his swordsmanship. But now that he is completely excited, the more serious his injury is, the stronger his attack power will be!

However, Uchiha Feiyu had no intention of getting entangled with Zoro. He simply stretched out his hand and waved it. The domineering aura that emanated from it fluctuated in some strange way and hit Zoro.

This domineering aura seemed to have no destructive power, but the moment it came into contact with Zoro's body, blood suddenly spurted out from the wound on his chest, and the bright red blood spurted out for seven or eight meters.

The famous iron man of the Straw Hat Pirates turned pale in an instant, and his whole body gave people a withered feeling. He fell directly to the ground and could not get up.

In an instant, the feeling of almost all the blood in the body being sucked out is not a very pleasant one. This is because the people in the pirate world have strong vitality. If it were the ninja world, even the Uzumaki clan or the Senju clan would die instantly.

This is also the blood nerve effect simulated by Uchiha Feiyu using the Armament Haki. It is a more delicate operation than internal destruction. As long as there is a wound on the body, the opponent's blood can be squeezed out from the body surface in an instant!
However, the effect is so good only because Zoro doesn't have any Haki at all. Otherwise, if he has Haki defense in his body, the effectiveness of this move would be somewhat discounted.

"Ah... this, Mr. Uchiha Feiyu, you killed him?"

"No, this guy is very strong. Send him to the hospital for treatment. Give him some water and nutrition. He should be able to recover in three to five days!"

Uchiha Feiyu shook his head and gave an order. There was no bounty on Zoro now. Although he was a pirate, for the navy, he could be captured or not.

That's why Tashigi asked a few questions after seeing Zoro's miserable appearance. If it were an ordinary pirate, no one would ask even if he died.

Just at this time, the two marines behind Tashigi also almost got up from the ground. Tashigi simply asked the two marines to carry Zoro, who was almost in critical condition, to the hospital.

However, at the same time, Zoro's Wado Ichimonji and the Snow Sword he just got from Rogue Town were happily taken away by Nami.

Dashiqi looked at the two famous swords reluctantly and said:
"Mr. Feiyu, and this lady, what are you going to do with these two knives?"

"Of course I sold it! The good sword can probably be sold for millions of berries, which is just a bonus. But this big sword and the Dao Ichimonji, if it works well, it's possible to sell it for 1 million berries!"

The little thief Nami immediately issued a statement that was very consistent with her status, which immediately made Dashigi a little anxious:
"How can we do this? We can't let these famous swords fall into the hands of evil pirates again!"

The so-called operation is usually an auction, and people who buy famous swords and have plenty of money are most likely pirates.

"Hey, hey, hey, I get it. I'll be more selective about the buyers."

Nami said it indifferently, but it was obvious that the little thief was just saying it for the sake of courtesy. Although Nami was not a bad person, her moral bottom line was not that high. As long as there was money, she didn't care who the buyer was.

"Okay, it's time to go. Only three members of the Straw Hat Pirates have shown up so far. Isn't there still a long-nosed guy who hasn't shown up yet? Maybe he's planning to drive away our Golden Merry now!"

Uchiha Feiyu's words finally brought Nami back to her senses. She quickly clenched her fists and said:
"That's right, Feiyu, let's get to the dock quickly, we must not let these people from the Straw Hat Pirates steal our ship!"

After saying that, Nami pulled Uchiha Feiyu and continued walking towards the port. Dashigi opened her mouth and wanted to say something more, but in the end she didn't say anything.

On the Golden Merry, a long-nosed crew member was carefully inspecting the ship.

This small sailboat was given to the Straw Hat Pirates by the long-nosed crew member, Kaya, Usopp's childhood sweetheart. Naturally, Usopp cares about it the most on weekdays. In the original work, he even quit the Straw Hat Pirates once because of the incident with the Golden Merry.

Now that the Golden Merry has been recovered, Usopp naturally has to check it carefully.

"Really? Where were Luffy and the other two doing? After finding the Golden Merry, shouldn't they have immediately sailed away? Why did they have to go to Rogue Town to look for those two people?"

There were only two people, Uchiha Feiyu and Nami, so after they both went to Rogue Town, there was naturally no one on the Golden Merry.

After the Straw Hat Pirates arrived in Rogue Town, the first thing they saw was the Golden Merry. At that time, Usopp suggested that everyone just drive the ship away and ignore the ship thieves.

But Sanji said he wanted to go to Rogue Town to purchase food, Luffy said he wanted to see the Pirate King's execution platform, and Zoro said he wanted to challenge these two thieves. No one listened to Usopp's opinion.

(End of this chapter)