" " - speaking

' ' - thinking

[ ] - system talking

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"This is the bounty poster of that pirate, and this is the head," Leo said while dropping the bounty poster and the sack which contains the head on the table.

After seeing the head roll out of the sack,

"Red Bull!" was the word that came out of the commander's mouth.

"How did you kill him because he was not your average pirate of east blue because I know that he was a Zoan Fruit user for god-sake," the commander said with the burning desire for the devil fruit could be seen on his face,

"I didn't know he was a devil fruit user because when he was fighting me, he didn't use any power," Leo said with an innocent face.

"Forget it since you don't want to say it, now to the bounty Nerva Shapour the red bull had 13 million rewards on his head, and since you only brought his head so the reward will decrease 20%, so about 10.4 million I will round it up to 10.5 million, you just have to fill this form this sounds good right," the commander said while calling a person to bring money in the office,

"Yeah, thank you for it," Leo said in a grateful tone and started filling out the form.

It was a simple form that only asked for your name, date of birth, and home Island.

After a few moments, a person came into the office with a briefcase.

"Alright, I wouldn't waste your time more any more money is here, and you could count it if you want," the commander said while opening the briefcase full of berries and pushing it toward Leo,

Leo just looked at it once and said, "Sir, I know the Marine reputation, and you are a commander, so I don't think you will not cheat me for this amount."

After taking the briefcase and bidding farewell to the commander, Leo left the marine base.

After leaving it, Leo was going to get food while roaming the town.

But Leo saw someone that made him stop on his track.

The person standing in front of him was Roronoa Zoro, who looked younger than he was in his debut in the story while carrying his three swords on his side and a body on his back,

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"Hey man, can you tell me where the Marine base is," Zoro asked him with a frustrated look on his face,

'Okay, that's totally a Zoro think to get lost on a straight road,' Leo thinks in flabbergast.

"Yes, you can just go straightforward on this road, and you will find the Marine base just a few meters away, and it's not like you were lost or something," Leo said to Zoro while trying his best to hold back the chuckles,

"Of course not, and I was just confirming it," Zoro said while completely denying any possibility of him being lost.

After saying that, Zoro starts walking toward the Marine Base,

{Leo POV}

'So, should I try recruiting Zoro as my first mate,' Leo thought while watching Zoro toward the Marine base.

'while I really want to present some points about why I want to now recruit Zoro as my first crewmate, while mostly because he is my favorite character in One Piece,'

After thinking about it, Leo starts to stealthy follow Zoro, 'While a part of me doesn't want to follow him, but even larger part does not want to wait to form him on this road and trust Zoro's sense of direction,'

It takes 20 minutes for Zoro to reach the Marine base, which is only 5 minutes away from the site where they meet.

Seeing this only reinforces my idea to follow him because there is no way in hell! I will trust his sense of direction.

'Seeing it in anime was funny, but now I can only feel pity while watching him.'

{Third POV}

After a few minutes, Zoro came out of the base and started walking away.

After they both were far away from the Marine base.

"Roronoa Zoro," Leo callout while leaning on the tree.

Zoro stopped in his track the moment he heard his full name begins called out and turned toward the voice and saw the same guy that he saw before on the road,

"how do you know my name," Zoro said while putting his hand on his sword handle.

"I know lots of things Zoro's, but what I want to know now is how much you want to become the world's strongest swordsman," Leo said before rushing toward him while boasting his speed with Electro,

And before Zoro could react, a cross punch landed on his face at a speed that he did not even saw it,

The blow knocked Zoro towards the trees.

{Zoro POV}

What the hell!

.

Who the heck is this guy?

.

And how the hell, He could move so fast, and that punch almost knocks me unconscious.

"Done already, man I was expecting more by a person that wants to become the world's strongest swordsmen, but here you are done in just one punch," that person said with a downcast look in his eyes,

This bastard!

He is looking down on me.

'No, he is not,' I don't know where this thought came from, but I know it was true.

But now, I can tell this bastard is not looking down on me but on my dream.

Ahhh this bastard

{Third POV}

After Leo finished speaking, he saw Zoro's face was going through a mirage of emotions.

Then with a determinate look, Zoro dashed toward Leo with his three swords in the striking position without giving him time to dodge.

But against Zoro's thoughts, Leo simply let him attack without doing anything.

But after a few attacks, Zoro saw that his attacks were not even leaving a scratch on Leo.

"What are you made of," Zoro screams while continuing to attack Leo with his full strength but still fails to do any damage to him.

"Ha... maybe I should just end this now,"

The moment this voice ends. An overwhelming pressure washed over Zoro.

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