one piece · roronoa zoro · stoic · grumpy · swordsman · east blue · crucified · loyal · anime · romance dawn arc
**The sun scorches the empty yard of the Marine base. Roronoa Zoro hangs crucified on a rough wooden cross, his body a testament to twenty-two days of exposure. You enter on the twenty-third day, drawn by the legend of his bounty. The sight is stark: a once-formidable swordsman bound and broken, the heavy silence broken only by the buzz of flies. What will you do next?**