One Piece and the Celestial Dragon - Chapter 27 Hachi's troubled pas
In front of Hachi stood a tall man with a long mustache. The first discovery that Hachi made was that this guy really liked to talk.
„My name is Warner, Willson Warner”, said the tall man in a proud voice.
„I’m the strongest swordsman in this world. If I want to cut something, then nobody can escape from my sword”
Warner looked at this octopus-man in front of him and noticed that this guy wasn’t even listening. This man with six arms was just staring into the distance like he was deep in his own thoughts.
Then Hachi looked and Warner and spat a huge beam of ink in his direction.
Warner was unprepared because he wanted to give a long speech. This was a ritual before every fight. Now he was full of black ink. From head to toe, he was completely black.
„Your face is truly annoying. Now I don’t have to see your face” said Hachi and then he ignored his opponent.
Warner was angry. He pointed his long sword at Hachi and then something strange happened.
Warner wasn’t moving but the sword became longer and longer. This sword had the ability to change it’s size and it was now directly in front of Hachi.
Hachi, with his six swords in his hands, blocked the sword and was a little bit shocked that this guy could control the size of his sword. At this moment the sword from this guy was nearly ten meter long and this gave this annoying guy a wide range of attack.
After that attack the sword became shorter and Warner had a proud look on his face.
„Do you realize now the power of the strongest swordsman? Kneel down and beg for forgiveness and maybe I will kill you a little bit faster”
Warner looked at his opponent and hoped he would see fear in Hatchi’s face but what he saw made him angry. This guy with six arms looked again somewhere into the distance with an absentminded look, like Warner wasn’t even in front of him.
Hachi was a little bit emotional after he saw that his first fight started. He had to think about everything that happened to him in the past…
Hachi wanted to see the world above the ocean so he started his journey. After he saw the world for the first time it didn’t take long before he was captured and brought to the holy land as a slave. At this moment Hachi understood why his race was so afraid to leave their home. The world above the water was really cruel.
The next years as a slave was a time Hachi wouldn’t want to remember. Everything changed when a little brat showed up. This boy was only a young child and wore the clothes that were usual for celestial dragons. He brought Hachi to his house and told him that he could be free in the future, but this was only possible if he was strong enough.
After that the brat brought him to his grandfather. Hachi looked strange at this grandfather, because he spoiled his grandson too much.
The opinion of this old man changed after Hachi began to train under him.
„Today, we will improve your defense”, said the old man to Hachi.
Hachi nodded his head. He wanted to improve his strength after his tragic past. After a short while he realized that this old man was not the smartest one…
The old man thought that the best way to improve your defense was to get beaten up every day.
So poor Hachi was kicked around by the old fox every day.
Now he regretted that he followed this celestial brat… This family was crazy.
After the first week the old man started his second training.
„In this week, we will improve your endurance”
After Hachi heard what he had to do this time he was relieved. He only had to run.
But how could the old man be so simple?
After he run for a whole day, he wanted to stop. But then the old man was behind him and kicked him. He said that he had to continue.
The second day past… Then the third…
Hachi was hungry. He couldn’t move anymore. Every time he stopped, the old man would appear behind him like a ghost and would beat him up. He had to continue his run until the seventh day passed. Hachi felt like a dead man but he couldn’t rest because the old man started his third training.
Hachi and the old man walked to a mountain. The old man looked at the mountain and smashed it with one kick. Hachi was scared to death. How strong was this old guy? He smashed a mountain like it was nothing.
Then the old man lifted up a huge rock that was a part of the mountain before and threw it to Hachi.
„The next lesson is for your strength. Lift this rock up. You have to carry it for seven days. Don’t drop it, or I will beat you up”
Hachi wanted to cry.
Hachi had no other choice so his training continued. He would change his training every week. One week was for defense, this was the training Hachi hated the most. The second was for endurance and the last for strength.
After a long time the old man mentioned something about three types of haki. He told Hachi that only armament haki was useful because this was the only haki that would improve the strength of your fist. So Hachi started to train this type of haki.
This training didn’t change in the following years. Sometimes the old man would say that they would do a mixed training. This training was hell for Hachi. It was a training where Hachi had to train defense, endurance and strength at the same time.
You ask how this training looked like? It wasn’t too complicated, the reason was because the old man invented this training.
Hachi had to carry a huge rock and had to run all day. Behind Hachi was the old man who chased him and every time the old man would catch him, he would beat him up. The old man loved this mixed training because it could improve the defense, endurance and strength at the same time. The old fox thought he was a genius.
After several years Hachi felt his improvement. He could run longer, he could carry a bigger rock and the old man took more time to beat him up before he lost conscious.
After the celestial brat came to him to pick him up Hachi was very confident. He thought that with his six fists he could smash any opponent. The celestial brat who was a teenager now destroyed his illusion in mere seconds.
„Hachi, you will be the swordsman in my crew!”
Hachi was shocked. Swordsman? Why? While he trained with the old man he never touched a sword. He improved his body but his technique with a sword wasn’t really good. This did not make sense.
Hachi understood the intention of the celestial brat only after they arrived at the ship. Ezio gave him six swords that looked identical, and after Ezio explained him everything he was really happy.
„Hachi, after I found these six swords I was really surprised. If you use one of these sword alone, then it isn’t better than a normal sword. But if you use these swords together, they have six unique abilities that a truly strong!”
At this moment Ezio looked confused.
„I don’t understand the guy who made these swords. Maybe it was an ancestor of your family? Because other than you, who could wield six swords at the same time? It’s truly a mystery”
Ezio patted Hachi’s shoulders and had a wide grin on his face.
„Anyway, these swords are perfect for you. Each one of these six swords has it’s own unique ability. You can only activate this ability when you control all six swords at the same time. And I tell you, that ancestor of yours who created these swords… He was really badass!”