Chapter 42 - Weight of swords and drowning of rubber
'Luffy submerged! Zoro vs. Hatchan the Octopus '
Arlong was proud of what he had done to the rubberman and asked whether the others were strong enough to survive the fishmen. Zoro promised to defeat Hatchan in five seconds, so Luffy could be rescued as soon as possible.
'I'm sorry that I didn't finish him in five seconds ' ' Zoro said guiltily.
'Don't be. You were injured, Arlong was pretty strong, and I got out anyway. No harm done, ' Luffy put it simply. Why was everyone so apologetic about things that never mattered?
'Yeah ' ' Zoro felt relieved that his Captain was like that, he could somehow make worries like that disappear in an instant.
Zoro only managed to cut off the tips of Hatchan 's hair, which briefly made the octopus-fishman angry but he forgave the swordsman quickly after that. He then declared that Zoro couldn't cut him due to him having six arms.
'He is a confusing dude, ' Franky sweatdropped.
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