Journey to One Piece

38. Swordsmen

Luffy and Ken finally got to see the life which Zoro lived. One of the twins that Zoro was chosen was the younger of the two. He had immense intellect right from the start. But sadly the child wasn't liked by his father.

Later it was seen that he had an unusual talent for swordsmen and he soon joined the samurais. Over the course of time he realized that the world wasn't simple and there were demons in this world. And thus his journey started of being a demon slayer. He was the first demon slayer to invent a breathing style. He was the one who derived breathing techniques for others since others couldn't perform the breathing style that he himself invented.

The sun breathing style.

Later he invented the breathing style for his twin brother too. The moon breathing style. But later his brother defected to the demons and went under the ruler of demons. Kibutsuji Muzan.

On his journey he once came across Muzan and almost killed him. His swordsmanship was so good that it took years for Muzan to recover and even then the wounds didn't heal perfectly and the psychological trauma remained with him forever.

Later he died fighting his brother who had challenged him one last time in his old age. But even at a very old age he almost decapitated his brother. It showed the horror of this person.

This person was Yoriichi Tsugikuni. The first Demon Slayer to have exercises specialized for killing Demons. Coming from the world of Demon Slayer.

Luffy was almost in tears seeing this. Yoriichi had such a tragic life. He lost his wife, his unborn child. His brother went to the enemy's side but even then he didn't have any hate for the other person. He was emotional for sure but his selfless state allowed him to be in a limbo which was otherworldly and be away from emotions when required.

"What a weird world. If it was here, I would have kicked their asses." Luffy said.

"They would only die when they were decapitated, idiot. By the way, Zoro has two more simulations." Ken said.

"Two more? Why?"

"I don't know. The system.. I mean the devil fruit chose it."

Zoro, who was looking forward to seeing the outside world again, was thrown into another simulation. He was confused but he didn't complain. The first life was fulfilling and he could already feel the knowledge and feedback he received from Yoriichi. He finally felt that he was the frog in the well. There was so much to learn.

The next simulation was known to many people and was famous. Yoriichi's life story only came to manga in his previous life but the next life was seen by many.

The character of Zenitsu Agatsuma. The person who knew only one style of Lightning Breathing and he practiced that style to the extreme achieving a 'godlike' speed. Ken was expecting a demon slayer among the characters but didn't expect it to be Zenitsu.

Luffy was happy at the end when he got to see Muzan dying. He was infuriated by what Muzan did before with Yoriichi.

And thus with Zenitsu, the second simulation ended.

And the last simulation was Inosuke Hashibira. The beast breathing style. The style which he himself invented when he lived with the wild animals in the forest. And with this last simulation, Zoro's journey ended with that.

When Zoro stepped outside only 3 minutes had passed but he had experienced 3 lives already. He looked more mature the moment he stepped out. He looked strong

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Character progression of subject Zoro in Yoriichi - 30%, Zenitsu - 40% and Inosuke - 60%

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Ken was amazed that Zoro had high progression for Inosuke, maybe it was because he lived like a beast and trained like one. And it seems like he had at least rudimentary grasp on all the three breathing styles.

Zoro was really born for swordsmanship.

"How do you feel?" Luffy was excited about his nakama getting more powerful and so was Ken. Having the breathing styles and the swordsmanship of so many people would really help Zoro.

"It was a crazy world but I learnt a lot. Yorrichi was terrifying. Even when I was seeing this from another perspective I could feel the power and now more so as I have his memories. I need to practice more."

"It's fine. This calls for a banquet. Let's have some fun." Luffy was eager to have a banquet and Zoro too wanted to have some wine and just enjoy it for sometime. Living three lives wasn't easy and even Ken lied to him saying he didn't know why he had three simulations. Nonetheless he was happy.

And this was time to rest and have a good time. The day went by and soon the next day they were able to see an island far away.

The island where the famous or rather the infamous Buggy had made its temporary base.

"You sure this Buggy guy has the Grand Line chart?" Zoro asked.

"What will you do with this? It's not like you can read a navigation chart." Ken said.

"How do you know that I can't read it? Maybe I will be able to navigate if I get the chart."

"If you are able to navigate the sea, then I am the God of this world. Don't fool yourself."

"What did you say? Do you want another duel?"

"C'mon let me see how far you have grown."

"Hahahah.. We will soon reach the island. Cheer up!!" Luffy said seeing the argument of these two. After an hour of sailing they finally reached the deserted island. There was nobody in the harbor nor they could see anyone in the houses. It was fully deserted.

But soon there was a noise. And when they looked forward they saw a bunch of rough looking guys running after an orange haired woman. The guys were angrily roaring as they ran after her.

Of course the girl was Nami.