[BONUS 1] Kenji in Danger

The massive Moby Dick's bow resembled a giant whale, with dozens of massive cannons mounted on both sides of its hull.

At this moment, the gigantic pirate ship burst out from under the sea without warning, like a giant whale emerging from the ocean, leaping out from beneath the waves, sending spray flying everywhere.

The nearby sea surface suffered a massive impact, causing cascading waves, and several closer pirate ships were battered by the surging waves, their hulls almost shattering.

"Gurararara! I finally found you, Shiki!"

At the bow of the Moby Dick, a burly man holding a massive naginata smirked, his eyes fixed on Shiki, who had just fallen from the sky.

Legendary Pirate - 'Whitebeard' Edward Newgate!

At this time, the other crew members were gathered around Whitebeard, like planets surrounding the sun.

However, apart from Whitebeard, the other crew members looked young and their eyes showed their immaturity.

"...I don't have time for you now, Newgate!" In the distance, Shiki's expression was furious, his eyes showing impatience.

"Now, don't block my path of revenge!"

At the end of his sentence, Shiki's eyes suddenly widened in anger, and he wildly unleashed slashes with both swords.

Chii... Chii... Chii!

Countless slashes swiftly rushed towards the Moby Dick. Each slash was enough to cut through the sea, leaving deep ravines on the ocean.

Facing the rapidly approaching slash storm, Whitebeard did not use his naginata to meet it.

He held his naginata firmly with his left hand, and his empty right hand clenched into a fist, activating his Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability.

A dazzling white light appeared on his right fist, quickly forming a small ball of light, looking like a white spherical cover.

And within this spherical light cover, there was immense vibrational energy, an outward manifestation of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power, primarily affecting the air and capable of causing violent air tremors.

"Gurararara! What revenge... how laughable!"

Seeing the many slashes approaching, Whitebeard's eyes suddenly widened, and his right fist, carrying his devil fruit's power, slammed out heavily.

"First, prepare to face my revenge!"

The next moment, the cover on Whitebeard's right fist suddenly expanded, and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power erupted.

Boom!!

Kakacha!!

One after another, slashes were stopped and fixed in mid-air by the tremor power. They quickly shattered, and then burst into countless scattered sharp energies.

Whitebeard retracted his right fist, his gaze fixed on Shiki in the distance, and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power surged within him again.

However, at this moment, Shiki suddenly raised both arms high, and the Float-Float Fruit's power instantly erupted.

"Guhahaha! If you dare to block my way, have you already prepared for death?" Amidst his wild laughter, Shiki manipulated the seawater to surge towards the massive Moby Dick.

Massive waves flew into the air, quickly obscuring the sky, intending to completely engulf the whale-like Moby Dick.

If one were to observe from outside, they would see an incredibly huge water sphere appearing on the battlefield, with the Moby Dick and the Whitebeard Pirates inside it.

After doing this, Shiki rose into the air and flew, not bothering to see the final result of the ability he had unleashed.

He knew very well that those methods just now could not eliminate Whitebeard. In fact, he had never expected to quickly defeat an opponent of the same level.

The reason he did so was merely to buy himself time to disengage from the battle. He had something more important to do: intercept and kill Kenji!

At this time, Kenji was using Geppo to move through the air, but his speed was not as lightning-fast as when he had used leverage to jump before, and he was easily detected and locked onto by Shiki's Observation Haki.

However, Kenji temporarily ignored that 'golden-haired brat' for now. As he moved through the air, he frowned and checked the system prompts in his vision.

[Surprise Attack! The Whitebeard Pirates have joined the battlefield! You, who were just promoted to Marine Captain a little over a month ago, need to find every possible way to survive!]

[Mission (Side): Survive until the war ends!]

[Reward: One Major assignable upgrade opportunity! (Excluding gold traits)]

"Major assignable upgrade?" Kenji repeatedly checked to confirm, a wave of surprise appearing in his heart.

"The rewards are even richer now..."

He silently closed the system interface, his expression neither happy nor sad, his reaction quite calm.

System rewards are tied to mission difficulty.

Such generous rewards allowed him to deduce part of the system's judgment.

The Kenji in the system's perception was likely going to die! Die on the battlefield where two Legendary Pirates were fighting each other.

And in reality, his situation was indeed not good.

He, a Marine Admiral, was in the battlefield of two Legendary Pirates. A Marine mixed into a pirate battlefield...

Of course, the other party would find him an eyesore no matter how they looked at him.

"What in the world is Sengoku doing?!"

Kenji really wanted to know what Sengoku was doing at this moment. He couldn't even keep an eye on a Legendary Pirate one-on-one.

It was fine that he couldn't keep an eye on Whitebeard, but he didn't even send a message.

Of course, Kenji didn't have a Den Den Mushi on him, so messages couldn't be sent to him.

But you have to follow the necessary procedures!

If the message was conveyed to Marie, she would surely find a way to inform him.

Things would not be like now, catching him off guard, completely unprepared and with no time to prepare.

"Those two guys... their power is simply chaotic."

"If I'm caught in their pincer attack... I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on."

Kenji rapidly moved using Geppo, preparing to return to his warship first, to stay far away from the battlefield of the two Legendary Pirates, and watch them fight for a while before doing anything else.

"You guys fight, I'll rest for a bit."

Just as he scanned the sea battlefield below, searching for his warship, a golden-haired figure rapidly approached from another spot below.

Kenji knew without looking that it was that golden-haired brat.

"Someone's beating you up, and you're not even going to fight back? When did your temper become so good?" Kenji looked at the approaching person, feeling a little speechless.

"Whitebeard went to great lengths to get rid of a Marine Admiral just to come and beat you up!"

As if to confirm Kenji's words, the next moment, a violent tremor suddenly came from the great sea below.

Immediately after, the surface of the giant water sphere that enveloped the Moby Dick simultaneously vibrated violently, looking as if a powerful sound wave had swept across the water.

Then, the entire tightly wrapped water sphere shattered with a bang.

Large amounts of seawater were shattered into raindrop-sized pieces, 'whooshing' down like a curtain of rain.

Kachaa!

Boom... Boom... Boom!!

Above the sky, lightning flashed.

By the lightning, one could vaguely see Whitebeard at the bow of the Moby Dick, raising his head, his eyes like torches, staring towards Shiki.

"I won't let you escape! Shiki!"

Whitebeard's gaze flickered, his right fist raised, and a white vibrational light appeared on his fist.