Chapter 61: Forgotten Memories!?

"Calm down, Mihawk, I am not your enemy," Smoker said quickly. He was genuinely worried that Mihawk might attack him in a moment of confusion.

"Navy?" Mihawk frowned. "Why am I here?"

Seeing that Mihawk remained calm, Smoker was slightly relieved. "You were petrified by Medusa before and brought to loguetown by Li Fan and others. I am Captain Smoker of the Loguetown Navy Branch. I took care of you while you were petrified."

"Mihawk, if you can, can you tell us what you saw before and after you were petrified?"

Hearing this, Mihawk frowned even more tightly. "I... was petrified?"

"Why do I not remember it at all?"

"Huh?! You have no impression?" Smoker asked in surprise. "Don't you remember going to find Li Fan for a duel?"

"I only recall getting on the boat and having a sword fight with a boy named Zoro. I have no memory of what happened after that," Mihawk looked up at Smoker.

"According to your wishes, I was petrified by a person named Medusa when I met Li Fan later."

"I hope you can tell me what you know."

Smoker stared at Mihawk, finally taking a deep breath of the cigar in his mouth.

"This is troublesome. Could it be that the petrified state has the sequelae of making people forget some of their memories?"

"Now, it seems very difficult to know how Medusa petrified you."

Smoker shook his head and continued:

"I don't know the specific situation, but according to my subordinates, you originally planned to duel with Li Fan."

"However, it was blocked by Medusa."

"And then, you turned into stone inexplicably, and the whole process took less than a minute."

"Am I defeated in less than a minute?" Mihawk felt a bit ridiculous.

Since becoming the world's greatest swordsman, he had never been defeated. Even in a duel with the red-haired Shanks, one of the Four Emperors, he did not lose.

However, now he found himself facing the fastest defeat in the weakest sea, the East Blue Sea.

Moreover, looking at the situation now, Mihawk realized he had probably been spared his life.

"I never expected that I would end up like you in the East Blue Sea, Shanks."

"It's just that you lost your arm and i lost my pride."

"My defeat is indeed completely meaningless."

Shaking his head, Mihawk inserted the black knife back into its sheath.

"Smoker, do you know why they didn't kill me? Also, where are they now?"

"What, are you planning to seek revenge on them?" Smoker frowned.

"How could I seek revenge from them after being defeated and spared my life?" Mihawk shook his head. "In that case, the black knife in my hand will also cry. I just want to know why they let me go."

"You should ask Li Fan himself about this question," Smoker said. "That guy is in loguetown now. Now that you're awake, I can take you to find him. That guy's movie is coming out, and it just so happens that I'm going to get a ticket."

Mihawk nodded and followed Smoker's footsteps.

"Boom—"

Suddenly, Smoker's door was pushed open, and the figures of Li Fan and Tashigi appeared in front of Smoker.

"Li Fan, you came just in time. Mihawk is looking for..."

"Colonel Smoker, not good. The revolutionary army leader dragon appeared in loguetown," Tashigi interrupted Smoker and said quickly. "Now he has escaped, but before that, he had contact with Li Fan."

"What!" Smoker's eyes widened, and he almost bit off his cigar. "Li Fan, are you actually related to the Revolutionary Army?"

"Wait a minute, I'm innocent." Li Fan raised his hand. "It was that guy dragon who came to me, saying he liked my movies and asked me for autographs or something."

"Let me tell you first, I have nothing to do with him. It was me who revealed his identity to Tashigi."

Smoker looked at Tashigi, who nodded heavily.

"Tsk, Li Fan, you are such a troublesome guy." Smoker walked out of the door. "Li Fan and Medusa, Mihawk is want to talk with you. You can talk to him yourself."

"I need to find the dragon guy first, Tashigi, follow me."

"Yes, Colonel Smoker," Tashigi shouted.

Soon, only Mihawk, Li Fan, and Medusa were left in the room.

Mihawk stared at Li Fan and Medusa. Although he remembered Li Fan, he still couldn't recall what happened after the duel with Zoro.

As for Medusa standing next to Li Fan, Mihawk, who had not paid attention to Medusa before, had only a few impressions.

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