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Patrick Redfield knew that based on Ikki's performance, it was unlikely that he would break ties with the Marines because of him, a pirate.
But Ikki's sincere words and spirit without any distracting thoughts made Patrick Redfield involuntarily want to trust him.
He wanted to be young and free again.
'Perhaps this man will use other means to let me get that fruit.'
Patrick Redfield let go of Ikki's hand. At this moment, he could only hope to think so.
"Okay, I agree."
"But like you just said, we'll only compete for one move."
"And it's just a competition of sword technique skill."
"We won't focus on power, Haki, abilities, etc."
"If you're willing, I'll fight you."
Patrick Redfield stood up straight, his eyes glowing with renewed light.
He wasn't stupid and knew his current state.
If compared with strength, Haki, or even Devil Fruit ability, the probability of him defeating Ikki was very small.
In this case, he could only focus on sword moves.
Patrick Redfield had full confidence in his refined sword techniques.
After hearing about the sword fighting competition, Ikki's mouth couldn't help but curve upward slightly even while in his Transparent World state.
"Alright, even if it's just sword moves, I still want to see the power of Patrick Redfield."
"Please take this sword, Patrick Redfield."
Ikki once again handed Raiu to Patrick Redfield, and this time, he didn't refuse.
"A cursed sword. Although I'm not familiar with it, it's not heavy at all."
Patrick Redfield drew the demon sword Raiu, took a stance, and looked at Ikki.
"Be prepared, young man, and don't regret it if you lose."
"Haha, don't worry, Patrick Redfield. I'm quite confident in my sword moves."
Ikki drew the Zanpakutō Zangetsu from his waist and assumed a posture to use the secret sword technique 'Tsubame Gaeshi.'
Not using Haki, not focusing on strength, Ikki didn't think Patrick Redfield had more sophisticated swordsmanship.
The secret sword 'Tsubame Gaeshi' was a sword move that could cause overlapping dimensions through pure sword skill.
"I hope you can still be so confident after this move... hmm?!"
As Patrick Redfield was speaking, he suddenly felt a strong sense of danger coming from Ikki.
His powerful Observation Haki seemed to show him being beheaded by Ikki's sword.
'This is... the future?!'
Patrick Redfield's eyes widened, and in his surprise, he instinctively swung his long sword at Ikki.
He understood that he didn't have Observation Haki that could predict the future.
The scene just now was his body facing a strong sense of pressure, instinctively warning his mind.
Reminding him how terrifying Ikki's next move would be.
Under such circumstances, how could he dare to let Ikki slowly display his sword skills?
However, his reaction was quick.
But Ikki was already ready to swing his sword.
"Secret Sword: Tsubame Gaeshi!"
Ikki called out, took a step forward, and swung his long sword toward Patrick Redfield from top to bottom.
Patrick Redfield's eyes widened. It was obvious that Ikki had only swung once.
However, he saw three sword lights flying toward him.
The three sharp sword lights trapped Patrick Redfield's sword like a cage and fell straight toward his body.
Slash!
The light of the blade passed by.
Patrick Redfield only swung his sword halfway before stopping.
Ikki's long sword stopped just one centimeter away from Patrick Redfield's neck.
Clang!
With two crisp sounds, the seastone chains on Patrick Redfield were broken.
Their surfaces were cut as smooth as jade, which was obviously affected by Ikki's slash just now.
"I... lost!"
"You actually cut off seastone with just your sword skills?"
"No... should it be said that you cut through space itself?"
"Was that move just now the secret of your swordsmanship?"
Patrick Redfield lowered the coused sword Raiu and looked at Ikki with a complicated expression.
He thought he had found a chance, but discovered that he was unable to defeat Ikki from beginning to end.
Even with the swordsmanship he was proud of.
"The secret sword 'Tsubame Gaeshi' is a sword technique used by a certain swordsman to kill swallows."
Ikki smiled and took back the demon sword Raiu from Patrick Redfield.
He was quite happy at this moment.
With the defeat of Patrick Redfield, he really heard the prompts from the system.
Although he didn't get another Great Grade sword, he did get the permission to challenge the Sea-Breaking Realm swordsman Patrick Redfield.
What made Ikki even happier was that the attributes of Patrick Redfield's swordsman projection weren't too high except that his realm of swordsmanship was the Sea-Breaking Realm.
Ikki felt that Nami and Nojiko, relying on their Zanpakutō abilities, would be able to defeat the swordsman projection of Patrick Redfield from the Sea-Breaking Realm.
'Perhaps this Patrick Redfield's swordsman projection is based on his current state.'
While Ikki was thinking, he waved to Patrick Redfield, walked out of the cell where he was held, and came to Magellan.
"Sorry, Director Magellan."
"I accidentally cut off your seastone chains."
"By the way, you won't make me compensate you, will you?"
Magellan glanced at the smiling Ikki in front of him with a complicated expression and raised his hand to wave to Hannyabal behind him.
Hannyabal nodded and walked into Patrick Redfield's cell knowingly, planning to replace him with new seastone chains.
It seemed that he hadn't recovered from the shock just now.
Patrick Redfield didn't make any movement during the entire process, allowing Hannyabal to change the chains.
It wasn't until Hannyabal exited the cell and locked the cell door again that Patrick Redfield raised his head and looked at Ikki.
"Boy, I heard from newcomers here."
"Now there's a kid named Hawkeye who's called the world's greatest swordsman."
"Although I've never seen that man, with your sword skills just now, I can gurantee that the throne of the world's greatest swordsman in the future will eventually fall on your head."
After the words fell, there was silence all around.
People were surprised by what Patrick Redfield said, but no one refuted it.
On the one hand, it was because of Patrick Redfield's reputation. On the other hand... the people here weren't stupid. Both Magellan and others, as well as the prisoners in the cells on the sixth floor, understood that Ikki's swordsmanship, which could easily cut off seastone, was enough to prove the power of his sword skills.
"Although I feel very unhappy, I have to admit that what Patrick Redfield said is correct."
"If I hadn't been watching, I would have suspected that powerful Haki was used in that move, not just sword technique."
"That move just now... even cut through space. It even created three slashes with just one swing... Such a sword move, and you actually said it was used for killing swallows? What a waste of such incredible technique."
At this time, noisy sounds came from the various cells.
At the same time, the prisoners became increasingly restless because of Ikki's renewed display of power.