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'S-level nutritional potion?! What good luck. Also, there's the famous sword Monohoshizao of the heroic spirit Sasaki Kojiro. This is really a pleasant reward.'
The corner of Ikki's mouth rose, and he felt more and more happy about Gion's decision to reach the Sea-Breaking Realm. It was precisely because of this decision that he had the opportunity to become stronger faster.
"Thank you."
At this time, Ikki heard Gion's voice. It turned out that Gion had already woken up under the recovery function of the arena.
After meditating, Gion clearly felt that she had gained more understanding of swordsmanship. Gion wasn't stupid - this way of becoming stronger by fighting her future self to gain experience was completely beyond the limits that ordinary people could imagine.
After all, her current swordsmanship hadn't just improved a little bit, but had clearly crossed a huge bottleneck. In Gion's view, this method of transformation should be a secret that only Ikki could master.
Ikki had fully demonstrated this ability in front of her. What trust that showed.
In her excitement, as soon as Gion came out of the arena, she pushed Ikki's head into her 'weapons' as he raised his head to look at her.
"Thank you. Thank you for trusting me, thank you for worrying about me. I promise you, I will not die in the war with the Whitebeard Pirates. I promise you, even if I leave the Explorer, just as the seal of partnership is still engraved on my chest, I am still your partner."
The excitement made Gion's face blush a little. This was because she didn't know that defeating her future self would directly lead to an improvement in her sword realm. She thought she was temporarily gaining comprehension and improvement in her sword realm after fighting her future self until she fainted.
Otherwise, she would be even more excited.
"Hey, I'm grateful, but if you do this again, I'll suffocate," Ikki said in a muffled voice.
Gion pursed her lips, feeling the warm breath in her arms. A gleam of light flashed in her eyes, and she made some kind of decision in her heart.
"Before I leave, can you be my true lover?"
"Huh? What did you say?"
Ikki, who had just regained his breath, looked at Gion in bewilderment.
Gion smiled slightly and raised her hand, pulling at her clothes. The garments that had been damaged by the battle immediately turned into pieces and scattered.
"I mean, I like you. Please be my true lover."
After saying that, Gion directly reached out and touched the buttons on Ikki's clothes under his stunned gaze.
At this moment, Gion had truly taken Ikki into her heart. Seeing what she would look like in the future, she felt a sense of urgency. She didn't want to wait until she had real wrinkles before having Ikki.
"Are you sure you don't need to go to the bathhouse and let the water help you recover?"
Ikki frowned, looking at Gion who was struggling to walk.
"It's okay, I want to feel this sweet pain."
Gion's face was flushed, and she showed an unprecedented gentle smile to Ikki.
"I see... I understand."
Ikki nodded slightly, and with one hand, a slender katana appeared in his grasp. It was the Monohoshizao of Sasaki Kojiro that Ikki had just received from the lottery!
"Gion, I'll give you this sword. For you now, an ordinary sword may not be able to bring out your full power."
"This... is such a beautiful blade. But didn't you say before that you couldn't give me a sword like Nami and the others? Could it be that my body satisfied you so much that you changed your mind?"
"Ahem, watch your words, Gion." Ikki twitched the corner of his mouth, putting Monohoshizao into Gion's hand. "The power held by this sword is different from Nami and the others' weapons."
"This sword was held by a very powerful swordsman. Although there's no description of this swordsman in history, he relied on his persistence in the art of swordsmanship to create his own secret technique."
"This sword contains his inspiration for creating the secret sword 'Tsubame Gaeshi.' Gion, take a close look. Maybe you can understand this technique called 'Tsubame Gaeshi.'"
After saying that, Ikki directly activated the observation rights of Monohoshizao.
As a strong light emerged from the sword, Gion closed her eyes unconsciously. When the strong light disappeared and Gion opened her eyes again, she found that she had arrived at a strange coast.
On the edge of the coast, a young warrior holding a long sword was constantly swinging the blade in his hand.
"This is the place of inheritance you mentioned? That man is the swordsman who founded 'Tsubame Gaeshi'?"
Gion frowned and turned to look aside, only to find that Ikki, who had been standing next to her, had disappeared. In her hand, only the long sword Monohoshizao that Ikki had given her remained.
"Are you there?"
Gion looked around, even using Observation Haki, but couldn't find Ikki, and her brows furrowed even more.
"Could it be that... I'm the only one who came here? Do I need to watch him practice swordsmanship here now?"
Gion turned to look at the young man not far away. At this moment, the young man's aura changed. A chilling atmosphere spread around him.
Even though she wasn't facing him directly, Gion felt an inexplicable chill passing through her neck. This feeling made Gion widen her eyes.
The next moment, something even more surprising happened. She saw the sword-wielding man Sasaki Kojiro swing his sword forward, but at the same time three identical slashes were struck forward, with the same speed and the same precision.
In an instant, it seemed as if the space where he swung the sword was distorted.
"This... is this 'Tsubame Gaeshi'?"
Gion spoke in amazement. At this time, she finally realized what kind of treasure the Monohoshizao in her hand was.
That technique of 'Tsubame Gaeshi' had completely surpassed the sword skills she had mastered before. Even in the battle with Hawkeye, she had never seen him use such exquisite sword skills.
Gion keenly sensed that although 'Tsubame Gaeshi' wasn't very destructive and couldn't reach the level of cutting off mountains and seas, if a person or thing was under the sword light, no matter how hard it was, it would likely be killed.
"Thank you. I'll learn this technique."
After Gion looked at the sky and spoke, she approached Sasaki Kojiro who was starting to swing his sword again, picked up Monohoshizao in her hand and imitated Kojiro's movements, starting to practice.
'Strange, Gion can't see me? My voice can't reach her?'
Ikki looked at Gion's back strangely.
'Forget it, let's practice 'Tsubame Gaeshi' first. To a certain extent, this can be regarded as a special skill in swordsmanship. The person hit by this move may be cut into several pieces if they don't have enough Armament Haki.'
Ikki shook his head, drew his weapon and started practicing with Sasaki Kojiro.