One Piece: Shadow of the Navy

It was around eight o'clock in the morning, and Cohen had been practicing swordsmanship for a while in the No. [-] training ground.

For more than three months, Cohen has been learning some basic swordsmanship from Kurt. Although he still mainly relies on speed and strength when fighting now, his attacks or attack transitions are much smoother than three months ago. , the attack methods have also become more diverse.

In addition, Coint did not avoid Zhu Yuan when he taught him, so he also learned a lot of swordsmanship skills.

In these short three months, his strength has been significantly improved. When he fought with the scar-faced man Said Esweed, the last ability he used was in the technique of using Armed Haki. Also, it was originally a very common usage technique.

It's just that the correct way to use it is to cover the blade with armed Haki, instead of pouring Armed Haki into the blade like he did. Although the power will be smaller, the effect is the same, and it won't be used once. It almost drains the body's armed domineering energy and can maintain it for a long time.

Moreover, the number of weapons he carried on his waist in the past three months has changed from two to three. In addition to the original knife and black stick, he has added an ordinary standard knife.

This is because he has been slowly thinking about the two-handed sword style during this period. Since he has decided to carry two swords in the future, he must first become familiar with the two-handed sword style. He cannot bring two swords and end up not knowing how to carry them at all. Two-sword style.

And because the black stick only has a handle and a small blade, which is far from a complete sword, it is not so easy to use during daily practice, so he prepared an extra sword for training. .

Although the black stick is still carried with him and is often corroded and transformed with armed color domineering, it is no longer used for training.

When he first brought the second sword, Coint was surprised. The other party thought he was planning to switch from the two-sword style to the three-sword style.

During the past three months, Keen and Zhu Yuan would discuss swordsmanship with each other from time to time. The two of them had gone from strangers who knew each other's names to friends who could chat with each other from time to time. Of course, chatting There is nothing else besides swordsmanship.

During this period, Cohen received a lot of help and inspiration from Qu Yuan, so he was still happy to chat with him.

Moreover, the two of them would compete against each other from time to time to verify and familiarize themselves with the newly mastered moves or swordsmanship skills. In the beginning, Keen almost always lost, but recently, he and Zhu Yuan have been able to win each other. Lost.

Of course, this was all when Cohen wasn't using his straight-forward fighting style.

Cohen was practicing, and Qu Yuan, wearing hot pants and shorts, walked into the training ground from a distance.

"Good morning, Zhu Yuan." Cohen didn't stop moving his hands, and after glancing at the other person from the corner of his eye, he said hello.

"Morning." Zhu Yuan replied, then walked to the edge of the training ground, took off the knife from his waist, sat cross-legged on the ground, put the knife on his leg, and sat quietly, meditating.

After practicing for a while, Cohen also stopped. He put the two knives into their scabbards, then walked to the side of Zhu Yuan and sat down cross-legged as well.

However, Cohen was not meditating. Instead, he took out a cigarette case and lighter from his pocket, then took one out, put it in his mouth, lit it, and then threw the cigarette case and lighter together on the ground.

Then, Cohen pulled out the black stick hanging at his waist, put it on his lap, held the handle of the knife in his right hand, covered the black stick with his armed domineering energy, and continued to transform the black stick.

After more than three months of continuous transformation, the black stick now not only has a handle, but also has a blade that is as long as one hand's width. Due to the thickness of the stick, the knife after Cohen's modification does not have a jaw. The handle is only slightly wider than the blade.

Cohen didn't pay attention to the beautiful woman next to him at all. He was smoking a cigarette and modifying the black stick.

And Zhu Yuan did not show the slightest surprise at Cohen's performance. In the past three months, it was not the first time that Zhu Yuan saw Cohen like this. However, Cohen would not leave every time he smoked. She was too close and the smoke had little effect on her.

"Hiss!" Cohen blew out the last puff of cigarette, then stubbed out the cigarette butt on the ground and threw it on the ground.

"Zhu Yuan, would you like some later? Your grandpa should be here late today." Cohen turned to look at Zhu Yuan next to him, and after looking at him for a while, he invited.

Zhu Yuan, who was meditating with his eyes closed, heard Cohen's invitation, opened his eyes, turned to look at Cohen, and met his eyes.

"Okay, I just lost a move to you yesterday. I have to win it back today." Zhu Yuan replied with a serious face. Zhu Yuan was not convinced that he lost to Cohen before. She was just a little behind. Just win.

"Oh, it's not that easy for you to defeat me. Before, my swordsmanship was poor, so I kept losing to you. Now my swordsmanship is barely passable, and I'm far stronger than you. , how did you beat me?"

"Swordsmanship does not compare with anyone's strength. Otherwise, wouldn't those strong men be invincible in swordsmanship?" Zhu Yuan did not agree with what Cohen said.

Although strength plays a big role in combat, in swordsmanship competitions, strength is not the only thing. Speed ​​and skill are all important components of swordsmanship. Having strength but not using it is a fool's errand. Not a swordsman.

"But the person with greater strength always has the advantage." Cohen curled his lips. He quite agreed with what Zhu Yuan said, but as he said, with similar speed and skills, the stronger person One side always has the advantage.

"It's useless to talk more." Zhu Yuan picked up the knife on his long leg, stood up, and turned to look at Cohen, who was still sitting on the ground.

Cohen dispelled the armed domination in his hands, stood up, and at the same time inserted the black stick back into his waist.

The two were about to enter the center of the training ground when Coent entered the training ground with a document bag in his hand.

"Oh, you guys came quite early." Coent looked at the two people standing and said hello with a smile.

"Good morning, Commander, I thought it would take some time for you to come over today. I was just preparing to communicate with Zhu Yuan." Cohen also smiled and greeted Coint.

"You don't need to communicate today," Coent said to Cohen, "Keern, you haven't been on a mission for a long time, right?"

Cohen was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't know what Cohen wanted to ask, he still replied, "Well, it has indeed been a long time. I have been practicing swordsmanship with you since I came back from my last trip. It has been three years since I came back." I haven’t been on a mission in months.”

"That's it, then it's really time for you to go out for a walk and perform the following duties as a major."

As he spoke, Coint threw the document bag in his hand to Coen, "This is the task I applied for for you. You will set off tomorrow. You cannot develop powerful swordsmanship just by practicing here."

"By the way, Cohen, you have to find your subordinates later. I didn't make arrangements for you. Zhu Yuan is not from our G-6 branch. She has no conditions, so you have to make arrangements yourself for sailors who are sailing. ”

After saying that, Coint turned around and left.

Ken held the document bag and looked at Coent's back as he walked away.