Chapter 734: Luffy VS. Mihawk!
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Chapter's Events:
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"Haa… This is no time for me to be fighting a guy as strong as that!!!"
"I'm here to save Ace!!! Haa…"
Luffy was forced to stop in his tracks by an extremely powerful figure, but he changed course and ran away from Mihawk.
Before he could rush away, he was targeted by a slashing sword strike. "Ungh…!"
"You remain within my range," said Mihawk.
"U… Ughh… He cut me…!!"
Mihawk didn't allow him rest as he targeted him again, then plunged his sword into the ground instead of Luffy's body.
"Out of the way Strawhat!! We'll stop him for you!!!"
At this moment, two random okamas intervened and ran toward Mihawk.
"Hawkeye! Do you remember us!!?"
"We once faced you in battle! But we are newkamas now, far stronger than we once were!!!"
"Ungh!!"
"Aahh!!"
Immediately after that, they were cut down by Mihawk.
"I do not recall the face of every insect I crush!!!"
"Why you…!! Gomu Gomu… Jet Baz—"
Before Luffy could unleash his attack, in a fraction of a second, he felt that his arms would be cut off if he attacked at that moment.
He quickly pulled back and struck his hands on the ground.
"Haa… that was close…!!! Just now… if I'd stuck my arm out… It would've been sliced off!!"
"You seem unusually calm…"
Mihawk said as he cut with unusual force.
Luffy dodged the sword that would have cut him in half, but instead, the attack sliced through the entire iceberg.
Seeing this widened Luffy's eyes in awe.
"The glacier is falling this way!!!"
Marines nearby retreated so the sliced iceberg wouldn't fall on them.
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Seeing this scene in the manga widened the eyes of readers worldwide and intensified their breaths.
Mihawk was at a completely different level of strength than expected!
"This power…!!!"
"Insane! Oh my god, Luffy was almost cut in half!!"
"Why the hell is this monster targeting Luffy!?"
"Mihawk is terrifying! Is this what the world's strongest swordsman means!?"
"Oh my god, he cut the iceberg like it was butter!"
"Unbelievable… Luffy would have lost both arms if not for his exceptional intuition…"
"What is this…! This excitement… this adrenaline… I feel my blood boiling watching this battle from one side!"
"Is this how that young man will become in the future!? What immense power! That's why he's a legendary hunter despite his young age…"
"I do not recall the face of every insect I crush!!! What a powerful line!!"
In Ohara's art store, readers of all genders and ages were shocked by Mihawk's strength in the manga.
Upon hearing the stunned reactions of readers to his performance in the manga, Mihawk's lips curved into a slight smile.
"Fufu~ It seems your popularity is going through the roof again, Hawkeye."
Doffy laughed before looking at Mihawk and saying,
"That's right, the enemies Luffy faces with despair in front of them are few and far between, you are one of them," added Enel.
"I feel like your counterpart truly wants to kill Luffy… Doesn't Garp see this? Why doesn't he intervene and show you the fate you wonder about, fufufufu~"
No one knows if Doffy is mocking Mihawk or Garp or both.
"I see your tongue has grown longer, boy."
Mihawk's eyes, which resembled hawk's, narrowed as he stared at Doffy.
Hearing that, Doffy took out a small knife and handed it to Mihawk, whose eyes narrowed further upon seeing the short knife.
"Here, I don't have anything longer than this knife, but it'll do the job, fufu~"
Doffy stuck out his tongue and said, "Cut my tongue to make it shorter~"
Seeing this, Rosinante, Enel, and even Issho held their breaths so they wouldn't laugh at this moment.
Everyone knows that Mihawk hates short knives ever since any opponent he fought pulled out a knife and told him he didn't have anything longer.
"You're flirting with death…" Mihawk's lashes trembled as he tried to remain calm.
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"Sigh~"
Seeing this scene from afar, Rob shook his head and could only sigh.
Doffy was truly a loose cannon.
Even though he's been beaten repeatedly, he still repeats what he always does; you can undermine iron and Kairouseki but not Doflamingo.
"Why does big brother Doffy bully big brother Mihawk again even though big brother Mihawk always defeats him?!"
Rob laughed after hearing Robin's puzzled question.
"Haha! Your big brother Doffy is a quirky lunatic, don't mind him."
Upon hearing that, Robin with her big blue eyes shifted her gaze to the next scene in the chapter where a battle erupted between Doflamingo and Crocodile.
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Baterilla Island:
Inside the art store, Buggy felt reluctant as he saw the catastrophic scene in the manga that he was literally dragged into. "Damn it, Strawhat!!!" He cursed loudly.
"Hahahahaha! What a man, this Hawkeye is merciless!"
Shanks repeatedly struck his hand on his knee while laughing heartily.
Shanks wasn't the only one laughing heartily at the moment; the entire Roger crew and ordinary people in Baterilla were.
Luffy grabbing Buggy, who was caught in Crocodile's sandstorm, and pulling him towards him to use him as a shield against Mihawk's sword made readers give a thumbs up to Luffy, who used his wit for the first time!
The best shield against Mihawk that can be used is a man who can be cut repeatedly without dying!
Buggy was perfectly suited to be Luffy's flesh shield in this tough battle against the world's strongest swordsman.
"Whether the world's strongest swordsman or the weakest swordsman, as long as they use a sword, both are equal in the eyes of the legendary Buggy… Hahaha!"
"Of course! Hahahahaha! No one can cut our Buggy…"
Upon hearing this astounding praise from Rayleigh, Buggy began to smile unconsciously, but his face turned blue when Rayleigh continued his words.
"… as long as he doesn't use Haki… Hahaha!"
"That's right, it seems Mihawk is just playing with Luffy and Buggy."
"Hahahah! Muggy ball again! Look at the look on Buggy's face when it's returned to him."
"Hahahahaha! Boom! It exploded in his face, Buggy really makes me laugh hard in this arc!"
Gaban held his stomach, unable to bear any more laughter.
Not just him, but most readers in this art store were laughing every time Buggy appeared in a scene.
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At Rouge and Roger's house deep in Baterilla's forest:
"Why is Mihawk standing in front of Luffy, I wonder…"
Rouge wondered with concern, the Mihawk she knew and the Mihawk in the manga were like completely different characters.
"Perhaps he's just testing his curiosity, he's not serious to that extent, this man is extremely strong."
Roger answered with admiration in his eyes.
Seeing this skilled swordsman in the manga who doesn't exist in their era made him look forward to fighting him in the future when his real counterpart grows up.
"Oh, is that Newgate's son, Vista? It seems this skilled swordsman will intervene to stop Mihawk."
Roger sighed with relief at seeing one of Whitebeard's sons he knew intervening to save Luffy's butt from a crushing monster like Mihawk.
After all, even if the other party didn't really want to kill him, fighting Mihawk was still an unfair thing for Luffy and still out of reach.
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Upcoming chapter titles (spoilers):
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Chapter 718: The Appearance of Pacifistas!
Chapter 719: Call Admiral Kizaru Here, I Want to Kick Him in the Face!
Chapter 720: Yes, Indeed, I'm the Legendary Buggy!
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