Transcended as Lord Buggy-Part 3

411. Leo vs Zoro

Leo and Zoro choose to spar at Clown Base's training ground. The others come to watch the sparring because it will be interesting.

"Who do you think will win?" asks Usopp to Luffy.

"Don't know, but I believe in Zoro," says Luffy.

"BIG BRO ZORO WILL SURELY WIN!" shouts Yosaku & Johnny.

"Heh, don't underestimate Leo. He might look meek, but he becomes a beast when he fights," says Nami while smirking.

Bellemere doesn't say anything and just grins from the side while smoking as she watches the 2 get ready. Leo & Zoro are standing quite far from each other. They prepare their swords and get into their battle stances. It's time to start the sparring.

Without any sign, the 2 of them rush at each other and send their attacks. Zoro makes a cross slash while Leo makes horizontal slashes with his 2 cutlasses. They stop each other's attack in the first clash and they keep staring daggers at each other.

Both of them start to make more attacks and do more clashes. They swing their swords while moving around to find their opponent's open spots that can be struck. But none of them manage to hit the other even after a while, meaning that they are rather equal.

However, Zoro then realizes that Leo doesn't use his devil fruit at all. There is no flame coming out of his body or swords. He just fights using his swords, which means he doesn't go all out, and it pisses Zoro.

"WHY AREN'T YOU USING YOUR POWER? ARE YOU LOOKING DOWN ON ME?" shouts Zoro pissedly.

"I never looked down on my opponent. This is a way for me to show respect to you instead. This is a battle of swordsmen, so any other kind of power shouldn't be used here. That's what my dad always taught me, to only use my swords when having a swordsman battle," says Leo seriously.

Zoro widens his eyes a little and grins, "Heh, fine, but don't blame me if you lose."

"I have felt defeats many times," says Leo with a stoic face.

Both of them rush at each other again and start clashing. Zoro's attacks become more aggressive, faster, and stronger. Leo starts to lose his ground, but he still tries to catch up. However, after holding on for some minutes, Leo finally loses after his swords fell because of Zoro's attack.

Leo sighs and admits defeat while Zoro's swords are placed on his neck. He is still weaker than Zoro in swordsmanship and physical power. His techniques are great though, but his physique can't keep up, and he isn't a pure swordsman anyway, so it's normal for his swordsmanship to be lacking because he didn't focus on it.

This defeat is similar to Buggy's defeat in his first fight against Mihawk. Even now, Buggy still can't surpass Mihawk's swordsmanship. He still won their battles a few times though, but Mihawk has more victory than him. Mihawk won't stand a chance if Buggy goes all out though.

"Damn man, you must've trained your arms excessively," says Leo while rubbing his wrists.

"But it wasn't enough. I am still very weak," says Zoro while touching his wounds.

"Well, you still have a long way to go to be the Strongest Swordsman. My dad could defeat me easily using a steak knife, and he said his swordsmanship is still weaker than the Strongest Swordsman," says Leo.

"Have your dad fought against him?" asks Zoro in surprise.

"Well, he said they crossed paths many times in Grandline. They never killed each other though, so maybe their relationship is good," says Leo.

"Your dad must be very strong then," says Usopp.

"He won't be my goal if he is weak," says Leo.

"By the way, Leo, if this is not a swordsman battle, then can you win?" asks Sanji.