The hall was silent.
The Baboon King felt angry that Kai had taken its black sword without permission.
However, as Hawkeye had said, the Baboon King had an IQ that was second only to humans.
At the same time, it might also possess the bloodline of the Mink Tribe, so it vaguely knew that the conversation between the strange young man in front of him and its old man was related to its entire baboon life.
Instinct told it that if it could seize this opportunity, there might be a huge change.
At the thought of this, the Baboon King couldn't help but stand up and look at Hawkeye.
"You want to go with him, right?" Hawkeye met the Baboon King's gaze.
It could be said that he didn't feel surprised about all of this.
Watching the latter nod heavily, Hawkeye sighed and said, "I didn't expect that you could even convince beasts."
"I know that you're after my swordsmanship, but I don't care how much you comprehend from one exchange of blows."
"At the same time, I won't help you with the pursuit of Kaido of the Beasts next. If you die, it's because your skills are inferior. Don't blame anyone."
Hawkeye Mihawk, as one of the Shichibukai, indeed possessed enough strength to allow him to run rampant on this sea.
However, he also didn't want to be followed by a group of little tails.
"Don't worry. If I put my hope on others, do you think I would still be here joking with you?" Kai chuckled, patted the dust off his body, stood up, and said, "However, I hope that you can take in my idiot students during the time that I'm not here. They're all good swordsmen."
Students?
Hawkeye was stunned slightly. He had only been thinking about guarding against Kai just now and had completely ignored guarding against the island.
When he came back to his senses and quickly swept out Kenbunshoku Haki, his expression changed slightly.
"Let's go. Let's go out and take a look. They're all interesting kids." Kai took the lead and turned around and walked out of the door.
The Baboon King also quickly followed.
That posture was obviously like becoming a three-surname slave, putting Hawkeye's teachings in the past behind him.
Watching the two figures leave quickly, Hawkeye's cheek muscles twitched slightly. He had a feeling that a daughter couldn't be kept at home forever.
However, what made him care about the most was that Laxus knew that Kaido of the Beasts was pursuing him.
At the same time, if he had no way to win, why did he still stay here and ask him to guide his swordsmanship?
Would simply exchanging blows once be able to increase his chances of survival?
Or was he hiding other trump cards?
Holding these mixed thoughts, Hawkeye Mihawk slung the Yoru on his back and also walked out of the door quickly.
Just as he stepped out of the threshold, he saw that in the dilapidated castle courtyard, there were baboons lying unconscious all over the place.
Two figures, who seemed a bit panting, stood in the field.
"I slashed 365 baboons, and you slashed 364. I won!" Zoro bit the Wado Ichimonji and didn't care about the sweat on his forehead and said urgently.
Unlike in the original work, Zoro had already learned Busoshoku Haki under Kai right now.
Therefore, his overall strength had increased a lot.
These baboons weren't a problem for him.
Most importantly, in this competition, Zoro had been holding back the years of defeat and exploded with a small universe, forcibly snatching the last baboon.
"No, there's still the last one that can determine the outcome!" Tashigi glanced at her slightly trembling hand.
She raised her head and looked at the front of the castle entrance. After crossing that familiar figure, what first entered her eyes was the Baboon King, who was nearly six or seven meters tall.
That huge Yoru and the leather armor that he was wearing made Zoro's pupils contract slightly.
However, what shocked them even more was the last figure that had walked out.
The world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye Mihawk!
"Three minutes and fifty seconds to defeat more than seven hundred baboons. It seems that your strength has all improved during this period of time. I'm very gratified." Kai looked at Zoro and Tashigi faintly.
"However, your opponent next isn't Hawkeye. On the contrary, it's the new student that I just took in, the Baboon King!"
New student?
Zoro and Tashigi were stunned.
In the short span of three or four minutes since they had separated, he had taken in the ape-like baboon, who seemed to be the strongest on this island.
This speed was so fast that it made people doubt their lives.
Hoo!
The Baboon King slammed his hands towards his chest. With his fangs protruding, he opened his mouth and roared.
Watching the Baboon King, who had directly admitted his identity in the blink of an eye, Hawkeye Mihawk's cheek muscles were twitching.
If it wasn't because Kai was present, he couldn't wait to beat the Baboon King severely.
"Instructor, are you saying that this is my and Zoro's last opponent?" Tashigi glanced at Hawkeye more and took the lead to say, "Is it a one-on-one? If it's a one-on-one, I'm worried that it will be a bit unfair."
For a swordsman, especially in front of the world's greatest supreme swordsman, a two-on-one swordsmanship exchange was a disgrace to swordsmanship.
Not to mention Tashigi, even Zoro felt ashamed.
"Let's make it a two-on-one. As new students, you both have the swords that I gave you, but the Baboon King already has a knock-off Black Sword, so I'll give you a good fortune." Kai looked at the Baboon King faintly.
A two-on-one might be an insult to swordsmanship.
However, for Kai, the Baboon King was still stuck in imitation. He couldn't cross the most crucial step, and there were still defects in his intelligence.
If he succeeded in using Ainz's bloodline reshaping, once he could make up for the Baboon King's defects, then there would probably be a qualitative change after accumulating a lot of power.
At that time, it would probably be difficult for the current Zoro and Tashigi to take advantage in a one-on-one.
"Instructor, this seems a bit inappropriate, right?" Zoro became anxious at once.
However, he was quickly stopped by Tashigi, who reached out and stopped him and said, "This is the instructor's decision. As a student, I hope that you don't doubt it. If I were you, I would adjust my breathing properly, recover some strength, and prepare for the next battle."
"Don't forget that no matter how many baboons you defeated before, the Baboon King in front of you is the basis for determining the outcome."
Faced with Tashigi, who had a solemn face, Zoro was stunned at once.
Recalling the exchange of blows with Kai not long ago, just as Tashigi had said, Kai, as the instructor, must have seen things that they couldn't see.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have made this decision.
For a time, Zoro, who had been feeling dissatisfied, fell silent and then slowly calmed his breath and prepared for battle like Tashigi.
"Are these your two students? They have good eyes." Hawkeye looked at Kai and said, "However, the Baboon King's strength is very good, and he's also imitated everything I've learned in my life, but with just this, it will probably be difficult for him to steadily win against your two students. This is probably a bit disadvantageous to the Baboon King, right?"
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