The next second, Madara Uchiha was the first to attack.
He swung his sickle repeatedly, slashing toward Diablo again and again.
Diablo, meanwhile, continuously dodged his attacks.
“Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!” Madara moved extremely quickly.
While swinging his sickle, he instantly formed hand seals, drew in a deep breath, and unleashed an enormous sea of flames.
Diablo’s eyes flickered slightly.
Then the corners of his mouth curved upward.
“I can’t sense any fluctuations of Magic at all, yet you can still unleash an attack like this.” “Hahahahaha!” “This world really is fascinating.” BOOM!
The massive flames were just about to engulf Diablo when, in the very next instant, they were abruptly repelled and dispersed.
Seeing this, Madara showed not the slightest hint of frustration.
Instead, he became even more excited.
“These two lunatics…” Watching the battle between them, Ren Mori frowned slightly.
Meanwhile, the two had already resumed fighting.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
BOOM!
BOOM!
…
Some time later.
Aboard Ren Mori’s ship— Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The continuous sound of hammering echoed across the vessel.
“Idiot!
Don’t drag me into the mess you caused!” Diablo rapidly hammered nails into the damaged ship while complaining to Madara beside him.
“Tch.
Go to hell.” Madara immediately shot back, “Who would’ve thought a shady-looking bastard like you would actually turn out to be an ally?” “If Ren Mori had stopped us even a little later, I definitely would’ve killed you.” Diablo continued hammering as he spoke.
Madara remained completely unfazed.
He merely smiled.
“All you know how to do is talk big.” “If Ren Mori had called out even a little later, I would’ve torn you into several pieces.” Neither was willing to back down in the slightest.
“What?
You want another fight?” The two spoke almost simultaneously.
Then, once again, they finished with nearly identical words.
“Since the ship still isn’t repaired, I’ll spare your life for now.” …
Standing higher up, Ren Mori looked at the two of them and helplessly shook his head.
Then he glanced over his battered ship and sighed softly.
“These two nearly destroyed the entire ship.” “Good thing I stopped them in time.” “Looks like now that there are more people around, it’s time to establish a few rules.” …
Not long afterward.
Elsewhere in the New World— Purururu…
Purururu…
Across the endless sea, the ringing of a Den Den Mushi echoed from a piece of floating wreckage.
The moment one of the men aboard heard it, he immediately answered without hesitation.
Soon, a booming voice came through from the other side.
“What the hell are you doing?” “Why did it take this long to get in contact with you?” Just hearing that voice caused cold sweat to break out across the man’s body.
He swallowed hard.
For a mere voice to frighten him this badly, its owner was obviously no ordinary person.
Indeed.
The person on the other end was none other than the Governor-General of the Beasts Pirates— Kaido.
“G-Governor-General Kaido!” “Hm?” Kaido clearly paused when he heard an unfamiliar voice coming through the Den Den Mushi.
“Who are you?” “Where’s Jack?” “Reporting to Governor-General Kaido!
I’m one of Captain Jack’s men.” “Captain Jack is currently injured and resting.” “Injured?” Kaido sounded somewhat surprised.
After all, something like that did not happen often.
“What happened?” “Weren’t you heading to Dressrosa?
How did he get injured?” Faced with Kaido’s questioning, the man did not dare conceal anything.
He reported everything exactly as it had happened.
“Governor-General Kaido, on our way back from Dressrosa, we encountered members of the Whitebeard Pirates.” “After fighting them…
we lost.” “Whitebeard?!” The instant Kaido heard that name, his anger surged violently.
Even the alcohol clouding his mind seemed to clear somewhat from sheer rage.
“That old bastard Whitebeard!” “Why the hell would he be in a place like that?!” Kaido roared.
Naturally, he had not truly expected the man on the other end to answer.
Nevertheless, the pirate hurriedly explained, “N-No, Governor-General Kaido!” “We weren’t defeated by Whitebeard himself.” “The people we fought claimed to be from the Whitebeard Pirates’ 17th Division.” “The Whitebeard Pirates’ 17th Division?” As one of Whitebeard’s longtime rivals, Kaido naturally knew plenty about the Whitebeard Pirates.
But he had never heard of any 17th Division.
Had it just been established?
But could a newly created division really defeat one of his top subordinates?
If so…
what exactly was this 17th Division?
Had Whitebeard gathered powerful members from his older divisions and reorganized them into a new one?
No.
Impossible.
With Whitebeard’s personality, he would never do something like that.
Then what exactly was this 17th Division?
After thinking for a while, Kaido finally spoke.
“You useless bastards.” “Who exactly is in this 17th Division?” “R-Reporting to Governor-General Kaido…” “There are only two people in the 17th Division.” “And both of them have unfamiliar faces.” “According to Captain Jack’s analysis, they should be crew members Whitebeard recruited only recently.” Hearing that, Kaido became even angrier.
And naturally so.
One of his most trusted subordinates had actually been defeated by crew members Whitebeard had only just recruited.
How could Kaido possibly not be furious?