A Brief Clash With Red Count

Patrick set down his teacup and newspaper, turning to look at Kenji.

Besides Kenji, no one else in the field noticed this scene. After all, few people present recognized Patrick.

Speaking of which, although this Red Count was powerful, he was so low-key that many people had not even heard of him.

On the Grand Line, strong individuals emerge like waves, one after another. If you don't do something that shakes the world, it's hard for others to remember you.

At this time, Byrnndi had been thoroughly defeated. The Marine that had previously spread out to surround the battlefield, at Kenji's signal, went to the tavern ruins to clean up the battlefield.

Cleaning up the battlefield was actually a treasure hunt, as the ruins were filled with a massive amount of Heavenly Tribute.

Fortunately, Kenji had previously used Conqueror's Haki to stun most of the pirates present, so there was no need to worry about anyone taking advantage of the situation to steal things.

Kenji was also surveying the ruins in front of him at this moment.

He was about to go and retrieve the Mag-Mag fruit, but Byrnndi suddenly erupted, delaying him for a bit.

"Tsk, your strength is not bad." A casual voice suddenly came from a distance.

Kenji didn't need to turn around. From the arrogant tone in the voice, he could guess who was speaking.

On the second floor of the half-destroyed tavern, Patrick had already stood up, his hands resting on his umbrella sword, his chin slightly raised, looking down at Kenji with a scrutinizing gaze.

At this moment, a thought suddenly surged in Kenji's heart. 'Will you die if you don't act cool? Can you just die already?!'

A cape and battle attire, a slightly raised chin, an arrogant demeanor, a half-smile...

It was simply too classic, the pure appearance of a show-off.

With Patrick's help, some of Kenji's long-buried, almost forgotten, chuunibyou memories from his previous life surged out all at once.

He was so embarrassed at the moment that he just wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it.

But to maintain the dignity of an Admiral, Kenji could only try his best to keep a straight face.

Fortunately, Patrick spoke again, helping him, "With this level of strength, you barely qualify for me to make a move once."

Upon hearing this, Kenji was no longer embarrassed, because anger had flared up.

'You little bastard, what are you showing off for?' Kenji's eye twitched, unable to resist cursing.

The few Marine officers guarding nearby did not hear Patrick's words from the second floor in the distance. They only noticed Kenji's expression gradually turning angry, with fury almost erupting from his eyes.

The few Marine were startled. "What happened to Shirojishi Admiral?"

"I've been in the Marine for almost five years and I've never seen him get angry..."

Within the Marine, everyone knew there was someone called Kenji who had an even better temper than Garp.

So when this Kenji was promoted to Admiral, no one in the Marine objected. There were only congratulations.

Even if some Marine believed that Kenji's strength was not yet sufficient to serve as an Admiral, it didn't matter. They would just work harder to help him complete his missions.

In terms of popularity, neither Fleet Admiral Kong nor Marine Hero Garp could compare to Kenji.

After all, who would dislike a kind and easygoing elder?

However, at this moment, the usually good-tempered Shirojishi Admiral was angry. After their initial shock, the few Marine beside him quickly felt a sympathetic surge of anger.

'Even Shirojishi Admiral has been angered... There must have been an unforgivable crime!'

The few men's eyes widened, scanning around, searching for the source of the evil.

And Kenji had already raised his hand and clenched his fist.

"I've truly been underestimated."

Although this fight wouldn't increase the system's rewards, it would make him feel good.

Whoosh... Whoosh... Whoosh!

Kenji clenched his fist, and strands of Armament Haki overflowed. Truly preparing to use his full strength, the ground beneath his feet vibrated with 'crack crack' sounds, and cracks spread out.

"Titan Impact!"

Boom!

The next moment, Kenji stood in place and threw a heavy punch, and the punch's shockwave erupted with a roar.

Almost simultaneously, on the second floor opposite, Patrick released Haki, instantly coiling it around his umbrella sword.

Then, the dark umbrella sword sliced through the air with 'whoosh whoosh' sounds, and a powerful slash was unleashed.

The punch wave and slash ignored everything, colliding fiercely, and their combined power erupted, stirring up terrifying air currents that swept through and beyond the battlefield.

The pirates who had been stunned by Conqueror's Haki were swept into the air one by one, their survival left to luck.

The elite Marine soldiers, well-trained, lied down and pressed themselves against the ground, using all their might to grab onto anything they could.

The entire pirate island trembled. On the warships at the dock, the remaining soldiers watched in surprise.

"Is Shirojishi Admiral capturing Byrnndi? He's causing such a huge commotion!"

"Byrnndi World is a Devil Fruit user of the More-More Fruit. He was just over on that pirate ship, using his Devil Fruit ability to fire cannons."

"Indeed, that Devil Fruit ability could probably destroy islands!"

Most of the soldiers thought Kenji was capturing Byrnndi, not recognizing Patrick.

Only Lieutenant Marie noticed the blood-red figure and recognized his identity.

"That person looks very much like the Red Count Kenji mentioned before...?"

The Red Count was quite low-key. The Marine and World Government naturally wouldn't actively publicize his powerful strength; that would only cause panic among their own people.

Even for those Legendary Pirates who had caused world-shaking incidents, once they were imprisoned in Impel Down, the World Government would erase their deeds from history to eliminate the impact of the incidents.

In the town battlefield, the air currents came and went quickly.

When all the lingering power dissipated, the half-destroyed tavern where Patrick had been was completely gone.

But Patrick himself was not there. At some unknown point, he had flashed away from the battlefield and was now by the dock.

"Your strength is good, but that's all it is." His voice came from the direction of the dock, his tone still arrogant.

"You only qualify for me to make a move once."

"I hope next time we meet, you'll have the strength to make me move a second time."

His voice faded as his figure departed.

"This little bastard!" Kenji was completely enraged.

He rarely pursued others, but at this moment, a long-awaited passionate chase was necessary.

Just then, the Marine soldiers who had been lying on the ground behind him gradually stood up as the battle's aftershocks dissipated.

"What just happened? I almost thought I was going to die!"

"It seems Shirojishi Admiral was fighting a pirate!"

"Who exactly was that pirate? I feel like I've heard of someone in red clothes somewhere."

"Let's check it out when we get back to headquarters!"

The soldiers were still shaken, but they disciplined themselves and quickly ran towards Kenji to report.

"Shirojishi Admiral! We found a large amount of treasure!"

"I also found many treasure chests in the basement over there! Suspected Heavenly Tribute!"

"I found a Devil Fruit!"

Soldiers reported their respective findings from cleaning up the battlefield.

Kenji turned and swept his gaze around, his anger dissipating somewhat. He nodded with a stern face.

When he saw the Mag-Mag fruit, his expression finally softened considerably, revealing a slight smile. "Well done. Move everything onto the warship."

"Also, you just said you found many treasure chests? Heavenly Tribute?" Kenji's expression was displeased, somewhat unsatisfied.

"Uh, yes, there are many treasure chests..." The soldiers exchanged glances.

After a while, someone reacted and slapped their head.

"Oh, it seems we were mistaken!"

"Reporting, Shirojishi Admiral! We found a large amount of pirate treasure in the basement! Suspected pirate treasure vault!"

The soldiers reported again, beaming with joy.

Kenji nodded in approval, then ordered the soldiers to empty the basement and transport all the treasure to the warship.

Furthermore, this pirate town was searched thoroughly, inside and out. Having witnessed Kenji's power, no pirate dared to hide any valuables.

As for pirate captives, Kenji only had people capture the World Pirates.

There was no other way. They only had one ordinary warship, and it was already loaded with a large amount of treasure, so it couldn't hold many people.