Gradually Diminishing Dragon

After seeing this scene, the whole audience was silent.

Two years ago, the title of the world's strongest man had changed ownership, and today, Hawkeye, the world's greatest swordsman, had also retired from the throne that he had held for more than ten years.

Is this the torrent of the times? The hearts of the people are a little emotional; there is a feeling of witnessing history.

"It's true that he won!" Vista sighed slightly but was not surprised by the result. Although Apophis was limitedly stronger than Hawkeye, many weak advantages accumulated, which sealed the battle's victory.

"The world's greatest swordsman? Kuina, sensei, Hawkeye ..." Zoro's mood is even more complex, two years ago, just out of the sea to defeat him by an absolute margin, and the word left for him to challenge Hawkeye failed and also lost to that man!

"Those who want to take away the title of the world's greatest swordsman from my hands, be prepared to die before you can come and challenge me!" Apophis gave the crowd a condescending look, then turned away.

Then, Eneru and others also cheered and quickly followed.

"Longinus-dono, then we ..." Rhine came back from the shock and looked in the direction where Apophis left and asked tentatively.

"This is indeed a rare opportunity, although unlikely, but it is worth trying." Longinus pondered for a moment and then said, "You guys go back to the Holy Land first to provide relief, I'll wait and see, if there is no certainty I will follow you as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

After their words fell, they split into two groups and left.

Seeing the big shots leave one after another, the slightly depressing Shattered Canyon finally came alive.

"It's so exciting! Being able to witness this kind of sword duel has no regrets even if I die!"

"Stupid! Talking as if you could see their fight clearly!"

"Heh! You poor bastard! I bought ten Den Den Mushi to record all aspects!"

Hearing them mention Den Den Mushi, Zoro's heart is hurting again; when thinking about whether to go to rob a Den Den Mushi or two, he heard someone mention again.

"Speaking of which, it seems that the Saijo O Wazamono appears to have fallen into the sea with Hawkeye, right?"

"Right! That's a Saijo O Wazamono!"

A good sword can be better for swordsmen than almost everything, and rightfully so, these swordsmen rushed to the sea like crazy.

Zoro's eyes slightly glued, and he took a deep breath and also followed the rush.

...

Above the Red Line Continent, in the forest called Tatamu Plain.

Looking up at the sky-rushing fire in the Holy Land direction and feeling the violent turmoil coming from beneath their feet, the gaze of the four members of the Revolutionary Army was somewhat dumbfounded.

"This, this ... is what is going on?" Seeing this scene, Morley could not help but stammer and ask.

"It must be the idiots of the World Government who accidentally played themselves to death, hehehe!" Ivankov laughed as he danced around.

"But sensei is also in the Holy Land and mostly locked ... up by the Kairoseki," Sabo said with a worried look on his face.

Ivankov's smile froze on his face for a moment, then panicked and shouted, "Dragon, he should be fine, right?"

Victor, on the other hand, was much calmer, "Trust him, he's not the kind of man who will be easily defeated!"

Saying that, he looked at Morley again, "Morley, just punch through the hole in the ground from here, our route, is to lead from here to ..."

Just then, a familiar voice rang out, "Appreciate it, but just to be clear I'm out."

The four turned their heads to look and could hardly believe their eyes; the chief they were planning to rescue had appeared in front of them!

"Is it an illusion?" Morley asked as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Not a hallucination!" Victor answered his question in an affirmative tone but was still a bit skeptical, "Dragon, how did you escape on your own?"

"It was a comrade of the revolutionary army who sacrificed himself to get me out." It's not that Dragon didn't trust the four, but he had now understood some of Longinus' concerns, and this kind of risk, he was the only one who could take it!

So, he had to put all the credit on that martyr!

"Our comrade from the Revolutionary Army?" Ivankov was a little surprised, "Although we do have a lot of power within the World Government, however, with the status of all those comrades should not be enough to accomplish such a task!"

"It was that Julius from five years ago who developed his underlings in the top echelons of CP0."

"Julius!" Ivankov's heart was shocked, then he turned his sultry gaze to Dragon, "Didn't you also say at that time that he wasn't from our revolutionary army?"

"It is indeed not." Dragon shook his head slightly, "He should have realized the idea of revolution on his own, but he and the organization have not yet had the time to contact each other."

"Let's go back and talk about this." Victor interrupted, "What about Mariejois now? What was that big explosion all about?"

"I was the one who found the Dyna Stone in Mariejois and blew them up by hand." A flash of worry flashed in the depths of Dragon's pupils.

He had followed the route provided by Longinus deep into the Domain of the Gods. After discovering a specific weapon, he got wiped out by one strike from that weapon's ruler to destroy his doppelganger.

To not let that unknown powerhouse follow some possible connection to him, he only had the second doppelganger detonate the Dyna Stone as fast as he could!

"That big explosion was made by you, Dragon?" Ivankov's jaw dropped before he laughed in relief, "Those bastards in the World Government have lost big time this time!"

Victor looked at Dragon with suspicion, "How could the World Government put a super dangerous item like Dyna Stone in Mariejois?"

On the other hand, Dragon said blandly, "Oh, this is what the fallen comrade found for me."

Victor wanted to ask two more questions but heard Ivankov asked excitedly, "The World Government is now suffering a heavy blow, can we take advantage of this opportunity to launch a total attack? Or maybe ... a few of us take the opportunity to sneak into Mariejois and make a big mess?"

"Absolutely not!" Dragon decisively denied.

Seeing Dragon speak so decisively, Ivankov said somewhat depressedly, "There is no room for a little discussion?"

Dragon also woke up to the fact that his reaction was a little too agitated, so he quickly calmed down and said, "I happened to sense the breath of Longinus returning when I left Mariejois, and if I go back now, there is a good chance that I will run into him."

"That man is indeed very dangerous!" Sabo pupils slightly contracted, "In the case of sensei did not heal, we all together are not necessarily his opponent, and, his ability is also totally different from the World Government's gang of losers comparable! At times like this, it's better for us not to take any chances."

Ivankov also nodded scornfully, "he" although still thinking about turning Longinus into an Okama. Still, in fact, "he" also extremely afraid of that man's existence, can not help but deflate said:

"That guy is too lucky, just not in Mariejois when the big explosion happened, if the big explosion can kill him, we do not have to bother!"

Seeing Ivankov gave up that dangerous idea, Dragon's heart, relieved at the same time, is secretly thinking, "That is the pressure that Longinus has been alone to bear? No wonder he told me that to change this world one must unite all the forces available to do so!"

Published in Qidian, November 21, 2019