Chapter 363 The Road Ahead (Ch 363)

Dinner was spent in an awkward atmosphere as Robin glanced at Alan with a sneer from time to time. Compared to his daughter, his two women, Scarlett and Vio, did not react much to Hancock’s appearance.
Being from royal families, they were already accustomed to such things and had prepared themselves mentally long ago. Compared with other kings, Alan could be considered the type who kept himself clean.
Not long after, the exhausted Zoro woke up from his coma. After shaking his head, he looked around blankly. He slowly recalled the battle with Eren, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
“Still powerless to resist? It seems that my dream is still far away.”
“Haha, Mr. Swordsman has received praise from his father. You know, this is very rare.”
Robin’s voice sounded behind him, attracting Zoro’s puzzled gaze.
“What’s so great about a loser?”
“Then according to what you said, there is nothing to praise about the number one swordsman Hawkeye. He has never defeated my father, and he has been defeated by my father many times.”
“Don’t judge a person by his/her success or failure at a certain moment. Compared to other people of your age, you are already at the forefront.”
Robin obviously disagreed with Zoro’s statement, and even cited Hawkeye, a swordsman whom Zoro admired very much, as an example.
Sure enough, after Robin’s comfort, Zoro successfully regained his fighting spirit.
“You are right. I will become stronger and return to him as the number one swordsman.”
“That’s a pretty good aura, Mr. Future World’s Greatest Swordsman! Would you like to hear your father’s advice on your current stage?”
“Oh? Are there any rewards for losers?”
Zoro, who had already accepted the failure calmly, teased himself nonchalantly, with a gleam in his eyes. He also wanted to hear what advice Eren had for him at this stage.
“I have already found my own way in swordsmanship, which requires me to slowly improve through daily experience. It may be difficult to make a big breakthrough in a short period of time.”
“But in terms of domineering, we can focus on strengthening targeted training.”
“Haki? Armament Haki or Observation Haki?”
Hearing this, Zoro’s expression froze, and then he asked himself which kind of Haki he should focus on practicing. He humbly accepted Alan’s suggestion on his swordsmanship. Indeed, his progress in swordsmanship has become very slow now.
“Neither of them, but the domineering aura that only one in a million can produce.”
“Heroic Haki? Do I have this kind of domineering power?”
Looking at Zoro’s confused expression, Robin showed an expression of “as expected”. It seemed that it was purely an accident that Zoro could use the attack with dominance.
“Haha, it seems that you, Zoro, don’t know much about that kind of power? But I can tell you clearly that you do have that kind of talent, and in the last move against your father, you have already touched upon the advanced use of that move, which is a skill that even Luffy has never mastered!”
“Advanced usage?”
Zoro recalled the previous battle, and the last move mentioned by Robin was undoubtedly his current strongest move, Ghost Energy·Nine Swords Style·Ashura·Sword Drawing·Play of the Dead.
“So that feeling is the advanced use of Conqueror’s Haki?”
“Yes, in the New World we call it Conqueror’s Haki Entanglement. It is a move that can grant seemingly insignificant attacks extremely destructive power. The only people in the New World who can use this technique are the ones you can name.”
“Really? Then it seems that I need to start from this aspect next, right?”
Seeing the excitement in Zoro’s eyes, Robin smiled and nodded.
“Indeed, you can. And maybe your swordsmanship will improve significantly in the process. It is undoubtedly much more reliable than pursuing those illusory sword moves.”
“Ah, you’re right. Thank you Robin. I owe you and your daughter a favor.”
“Haha, then I’ll remember this favor!”
Robin’s blunt words made Zoro smile. In his eyes, anyone who could guide him on the next path when he was confused was a benefactor. There was nothing that Zoro desired more than becoming stronger.
“Ah, if you can bring some food, I might owe you two favors.”
After the conversation, they understood the next path to take. Suddenly, a feeling of hunger came over them. Zoro touched his stomach and asked for food, which made Robin smile.
When Robin went to ask someone to bring food, Luffy and Ace also came to her.
“Hey, Zoro, you’re awake. I thought you were dead.”
“Asshole, you’re the one who died? Don’t you expect something good from day to night?”
Zoro roared at Luffy angrily. If he could, he really wanted to chop this fool to pieces with a knife.
Ace, on the other hand, sighed as he watched Zoro from the side.
“It’s really admirable that you can achieve this in your first challenge to the captain.”
“Ah, that guy didn’t use his full strength at all, I can see that.”
Zoro had no intention of accepting Ace’s praise, but he didn’t show any disappointed expression either. As long as he knew that he was still getting stronger, he could accept failure calmly.
Luffy and his crew decided to stay in Twilight City for a few more days, one for Zoro to heal his injuries, and the other for to experience the local customs and culture of Twilight City. With two tour guides, Ace and Robin, the crew did not feel unfamiliar and visited famous cities such as Las Vegas and New Fishman Island.
On the third day, Dusk also welcomed a new guest, Marco from the Whitebeard Pirates.
His arrival surprised Ace, his long-time friend. After all, although he was the number two in the Whitebeard Pirates on paper, as Whitebeard grew older, many things fell on his head. It was not an exaggeration to say that Marco was the actual helmsman of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Ace thought that Marco, who managed such a large pirate group, should be very busy. How could he have the time to come to Twilight City for sightseeing?
Marco also felt helpless about Ace’s accident.
“Brother Ace, I’m not here to play. I have something to tell Brother Allen in person.”
“Really? That seems to be a very important matter. Come with me.”
“I don’t know if it’s important or not, but let’s meet first.”
This really confused Ace. How could you not know whether something was important or not? But this was not something he should worry about. He should just let the captain solve it.
After leading Marco to the Capitol building, Ace knocked directly on Eren’s door.
“captain!”
“Come in.”
Alan was not surprised by Marco’s arrival. He thought that the matter of Blackbeard had been resolved.
“Teach was killed?”
“Ah, what Brother Allen said was right. At first, Dad was reluctant to do it. In the end, after we took turns to suggest it, I finally sent that bastard to see Thatch.”