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Chapter Title: Serial Installment - Longing Paused, Part Ten: The Foolish Couple Crosses the Sea
Leaving the stable climate sea of the Lulucia Kingdom behind, the Grand Line began to reveal its true nature. The small boat had barely traveled a dozen kilometers when the previously clear and bright weather suddenly turned violent, howling winds whipped up, heavy snow began to fall, the temperature plummeted, and the small boat tossed wildly on the furious sea. Inside the cabin, the wandering painter George and the second-rate hypnotist Tilda, both dressed in only light clothing, were pale and tear-streaked with fear, trembling as they clung tightly to each other…
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"No way he flew overhead again!" The eliminated Swordsmanes naturally hadn't forgotten Giorno's dramatic aerial entrance that morning. They knew he had the ability to fly, so they not only observed the pedestrians on the streets the entire time, but kept their eyes fixed on the sky above as well.
"When he flew this morning, there was a huge pā pā sound... if he flew over our heads, we definitely would have noticed!"
After waiting quite a while longer...
There were even fewer people on the streets.
At that moment, the eliminated Swordsmanes scattered on street corners reached a ridiculous conclusion: "Those two guys... after confirming their morning qualification, they won't come this afternoon?"
No way!
There's still the Hawk-Eye Mihawk's match this afternoon!
Anyone with pride participating in this great tournament wouldn't just skip watching even after qualifying, right?! What kind of careless attitude are those two bringing to the world's greatest Swordsman tournament?!!!
Just then, from the shadows of a street corner, a group of figures slowly approached behind the eliminated Swordsmanes.
"Just let me keep my pride. How about we call it quits here?"
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Elsewhere, Liam was wandering around the island carrying an iron rod, but after a long time, aside from some strange looks from passersby, he had gained nothing.
"Something's wrong, something's wrong, no one's coming to take revenge on me???"
Bare-chested and muscular, wearing sunglasses that made it look like he couldn't see the sun, carrying a black iron rod as a makeshift weapon through the streets, not far away outside a beverage shop under a sun umbrella, a figure clad in wide-sleeved robes, with purple-dyed long hair and matching sunglasses, resembling a Daoist priestess blending both mystical and modern vibes, Robin, was sipping a cold drink and flipping through some books she had just bought at various bookstores on Vacation Island.
As for B.I.B...
Robin's shoulder bag sat next to her, containing her and Liam's personal items, and the green Den Den Mushi who was lazily napping all day.
And B.I.B. was quietly training inside the Den Den Mushi City fortress...
Overhearing Liam's complaints faintly, Robin flipped a page of her book slightly with a small sigh.
After leaving the arena that morning, the two had gone to eat together.
Satisfied and full, Liam had accompanied Robin to browse bookstores and antique shops around the island, buying many books and checking out numerous antiques, both genuine and fake.
Throughout it all, Liam was visibly eager, rubbing his hands together with anticipation.
When they were on Kuja Island, Liam never lacked opportunities to fight.
Amazon Lily was a warrior nation; even little girls there had combat abilities surpassing ordinary adults from overseas.
During his years on Kuja Island, Liam could easily gather a group of Kuja warriors to spar with him just by calling out.
Robin had no reason to worry about him and returned to her reading.
After some time, as the sun began to tilt westward, she finished one book and started another. Reaching out to touch her drink, a hand suddenly snatched it away.
She turned to see Liam tilt his head back and gulp down the cold drink, then exhale with satisfaction.
Robin looked at him as if he had just exercised, slid his sunglasses down the bridge of his nose a little, revealing his beautiful dark green eyes that sparkled with a hint of a smile.
"Finally, someone came to play with you?"
"Yeah, finally showed up!" Liam put down his cup, snapped his fingers at the server inside the cold drinks shop, and smiled at Robin, "They're smart enough, not a single piece of metal on them. Even the knives were replaced with materials that magnets can't control..."
Laughing heartily, Liam slung the iron rod over his shoulder and left in high spirits.
Robin shook her head, there was no reasoning with him...
The server nervously brought Robin another drink, glancing at the beautiful woman reading, then at the tall men in the street confronting Liam with their specially made swords… She looked back and forth until Robin glanced at her with a puzzled look. The server quietly retreated into the shop and continued watching the commotion through the glass.
And so, Robin sat under the cold drinks shop's sun umbrella reading, with the chaotic street battle involving Liam and the increasingly numerous Swordsmanes as the background.
From the backpack next to her, the shadow of Black slithered out. B.I.B.'s training had just ended; standing beside Robin, arms crossed, he watched the fights between Liam and those Swordsmanes.
Those Swordsmanes eliminated by his "rain of ten thousand blades" were naturally not worthless; once armed with sharp blades, they showed combat skills far beyond typical weaklings. But obviously, they were no match for Liam.
Even if they tried to overwhelm him with sheer numbers, they despairingly found that this Giorno was a stamina monster... Attacked repeatedly by Swordsmanes appearing one after another, even jointly surrounding him, after fighting so long, he hadn't broken a sweat... And this time his weapons weren't even under his control... So why was he still so overwhelmingly powerful?
Robin flipped a page, while some Swordsmanes on the street watching Liam approach calmly dropped their weapons and fled in disarray.
Here Robin flipped a page, there Liam kicked one away. Here Robin flipped another page; there Liam punched another one unconscious. Again Robin flipped a page, and then, Whiz Whiz Whiz, a specially made long sword shot rapidly toward Robin!
It turned out that a desperate eliminated Swordsman, using his last strength, threw a knife at Robin!
Whoosh! The blade stopped just at the side of Robin's hair.
Robin bit her lip lightly, still flipping through her book, pondering the words on the page.
B.I.B. caught the flying sword and casually tried to break it, huh, it didn't break?
"How... is this possible..." The Swordsman who threw the blade was utterly incredulous. What kind of monsters were these two? Why couldn't he find a single flaw?
He was suspended midair, his head held by Liam's hand, lifted completely off the ground. He heard Giorno grumble with displeasure: "That's too much, how can you attack someone outside the arena?"
In the background, the original body casually swung his iron rod, sending the man flying into the sky, watching the figure turn into a speck of stardust... Meanwhile, B.I.B. looked down at the specially made sword blade the man had thrown.
Diamond material?
"Worthless," Liam said, carrying his iron rod and walking over bare-chested, "The interesting thing is, that guy seemed to have run away... looked like he was already scared out of his mind. Strange, could there be others on this island as idle as me?"
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Ka-chak, ka-chak... Bang! The diamond-made iron rod broke in the hands of this red-haired man. The eliminated Swordsmanes collapsed to the ground helplessly, staring in disbelief at these people before them.
Beckman was smoking a cigarette; Yasopp was twirling guns in his hands; the big guy Lucky Roo was cheerfully gnawing on a chicken leg...
The small pirate crew stood together, and at the front stood their captain Shanks, wearing a straw hat. Diamond dust fell sparsely from his hand as he clapped and smiled, asking the eliminated Swordsmans sprawled on the ground:
"Now can you give me some consideration?"
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That night, at the hotel, moonlight shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows and spilled onto the big bed.
Liam occupied a huge portion of the bed in a completely unrefined manner, while Flower Clone resignedly tidied up scattered snake cards...
From the bathroom came the sound of running water, the original body was taking a bath.
(End Of This Chapter)