One Piece: With Sign-in System-Chapter 176: Let’s Change the Location

Sensing the overwhelming battle intent directed at him, Ron's lips curved slightly as he reached for the hilt of the black blade at his waist.

"Dracule Mihawk, the world's greatest swordsman... A worthy opponent to draw my blade against."

"You... Are you really Ron?"

Luffy stared at Ron, still finding it hard to believe.

Ron sighed. "You're as clueless as ever, Luffy."

In the blink of an eye, he vanished from where he stood and reappeared right in front of Luffy. Before Luffy could react, Ron's fist came crashing down on his head.

Smack!

"Ow, ow, ow!!"

Luffy clutched his head, now sporting a massive lump, wincing in pain.

"Now do you remember?" Ron chuckled. That punch was his way of responding to Luffy's earlier claim that he would show no mercy.

Luffy rubbed the swollen bump, deep in thought. Then, as if a lightbulb went off in his head, his eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands together.

"The same punch... The same pain... It really is you, Ron!!"

His face broke into a wide, toothy grin, his excitement clear as day.

"AHAHAHA! It's been so long! Hehehe, how have you been?"

Luffy beamed at Ron, completely unfazed by the throbbing lump on his head.

Nearby, Nami, who had just wiped the tears from her face and was gradually regaining her composure, overheard their conversation and was taken aback.

Luffy... knew Ron?

And from the looks of it, they had known each other for a long time.

"You've seen Ace, right? Damn, you've gotten so tall! Is Kuina with you? And... what's up with your eyes?"

Luffy bombarded Ron with questions, one after another.

At his last question, Nami froze for a moment before subconsciously shifting her gaze toward Ron's face.

That was when she noticed.

Her heart skipped a beat.

"...I'll explain everything later," Ron replied, sidestepping the question.

By now, Mihawk's coffin boat had come to a halt on the sea nearby.

He was waiting.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone present, Ron stepped forward, making his way to Zoro, who lay unconscious in a pool of blood.

He extended a hand over Zoro's body, palm facing downward.

"Healing Art."

As stunned gazes locked onto him, a surge of green light—brimming with vitality and restorative power—poured from Ron's palm, cascading down onto Zoro's wounded body and enveloping him completely.

Before their very eyes, the deep gash across Zoro's chest began closing at an astonishing speed. His breathing, weak and erratic just moments ago, quickly steadied.

By the time the last trace of green light faded, Zoro's condition had improved drastically. Though still unconscious, he was no longer at death's door.

"...Incredible."

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Sanji stood frozen, his eyes wide with disbelief.

"Is that the power of a Devil Fruit?!" someone exclaimed in shock.

"No... It shouldn't be," Zeff murmured, equally astounded.

As far as he knew, Ron had inherited the abilities of the Golden Lion, making him a user of the Float-Float Fruit—a power with nothing to do with healing.

And in this vast ocean, it was common knowledge that no one could consume two Devil Fruits and live.

Even Zeff couldn't figure out why Ron had the ability to heal others. He had never heard of such a thing before.

"That was amazing!"

Luffy's eyes sparkled as he stared at Ron in admiration. "Ron, I didn't know you had such incredible medical skills!"

"Idiot, that's obviously not medical skills," Nami sighed, exasperated by Luffy's cluelessness.

Not bothering to argue with him, she turned her gaze toward Ron's eyes. After hesitating for a moment, she finally spoke in a soft, slightly nervous voice.

"Your eyes... Are they okay?"

"Don't worry, I'll be able to see soon."

Ron smiled reassuringly.

Hearing this, Nami let out a quiet sigh of relief. "That's good."

Only then did Luffy snap out of his excitement and realize something. He turned to Nami, looking shocked. "Eh? Nami, do you know Ron too?!"

Nami glanced at Ron and hesitated. She couldn't bring herself to say, in front of him, that she had come to the Grand Line just to find him.

She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and gave a small nod. "Mhm."

"Wait, don't tell me the person you were looking for is—"

Before Luffy could finish his sentence, Nami, now flustered and annoyed, threw a punch that sent him flying.

"Don't say unnecessary things!!"

This idiot! How could he blurt it out in a place like this?!

Luffy, now with his head embedded in the ship's wooden wall, had no idea what he had said wrong, but he still obediently apologized. "Sorry."

Ron chuckled. "Looks like you guys get along pretty well."

"Don't get the wrong idea! I'm only working with them for now. We're not even crewmates yet."

Nami quickly clarified her relationship with Luffy's crew, afraid of any misunderstandings.

"You're not crewmates yet?"

Ron raised an eyebrow in slight surprise.

Nami nodded.

"One day, Nami will officially join my pirate crew, and together we'll become the Pirate King's crew!"

Luffy, still struggling to pull his head out of the wall, shouted confidently.

"Well... I'll listen to the details later."

Ron's hand rested on the hilt of his black blade as he turned away, walking toward Mihawk in the distance.

Everyone's eyes widened in shock as they watched what happened next.

Ron stepped off the ship and, instead of falling into the sea, walked through the air as if strolling on solid ground.

Step by step, he moved toward Mihawk, completely at ease, as if the very air itself was supporting him.

"...That's incredible."

Even Sanji, who already knew Ron had the powers of the Float-Float Fruit, couldn't help but feel a sense of awe watching him walk through the sky so effortlessly.

Luffy, having finally freed his head, turned to look and saw Ron walking in the air. His jaw dropped in shock.

"Ron... He's walking in the sky?!"

"Of course. He's a Float-Float Fruit user. Didn't you know that?"

Nami glanced at him.

Luffy shook his head vigorously. "Nope! Not at all!"

Nami looked at him in disbelief. "You didn't know? This is something almost everyone in the world knows! It caused a huge uproar back then!"

"Really?" Luffy scratched his head in confusion. "Wait... Does that mean you've heard about what Ron did?"

"What do you mean 'what Ron did'?!" Nami asked, exasperated.

Luffy thought for a moment, his arms crossed. "Now that I think about it... Dadan used to have newspapers with Ron's name in them all the time. She even said Ron had become some kind of big-shot..."

He tilted his head. "But I never really understood what she meant. All I know is that Ron seems to be doing well out here on the sea."

Luffy then turned to Nami. "Does that have something to do with him being able to fly?"

Nami looked at Luffy's completely blank expression and sighed, pressing her palm to her forehead.

Meanwhile, Ron had stopped about ten meters away from Mihawk.

"Hope I didn't keep you waiting."

"No, not at all."

Mihawk's piercing, hawk-like eyes locked onto the young man standing before him—his black blade at his waist.

Reaching behind him, Mihawk gripped the hilt of Yoru, the world's strongest black blade. A terrifying aura of sword intent surged from him, as powerful as the battle spirit burning in his eyes.

"This place is not ideal for us to fight. Let's move elsewhere."

Ron smiled at him.

—A battle between two swordsmen was about to begin.

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