"Are you alright, captain?"
Though he asked, there was no concern in his voice. For Shiryu, if Kurohige dies here, then someone like that doesn't deserve his loyalty.
"My hand!!! How dare that brat cut off my hand... Shiryu, cut off his head!"
Seeing his right hand severed, Kurohige glared at Eiji, who was kneeling on one knee, with eyes full of hatred.
If it weren't for the unknown method that moved him into the sea, he wouldn't have lost!
"Whatever you say, captain."
Shiryu shrugged and walked toward Eiji, preparing to decapitate him with a single slash.
"Cough... Your mistake was not destroying my heart with one strike."
Using Reverse Cursed Technique to heal the stab wound in his heart, Eiji stood up as if he had never been injured.
"What? The wound... is gone?"
Shiryu's eyes widened in surprise as he saw the wound on Eiji's left chest disappear.
"Do you really have time to daydream?"
An indifferent voice snapped him out of his daze. When he realized it, he saw his opponent already in front of him, clenching a fist covered in Busoshoku Haki.
His reaction speed wasn't slow; Shiryu blocked the opponent's punch with the sword in his hand.
*BAAMMM*
There were no sparks when the two attacks collided; instead, Shiryu's figure was sent flying backward, crashing into several buildings.
*WHOOSH*
Relying solely on the superhuman strength from Heavenly Restrictions, Eiji was able to accelerate to subsonic speed instantly. The next moment, he had already caught up to Shiryu, who was just picking himself up among the rubble.
*CLANK* *CLANK* *CLANK*
They then engaged in physical combat.
Swords and Heavenly Restrictions clashed with Busoshoku Haki, producing sparks like bursts of flames. However, Busoshoku Haki was like a black lightning flash in Eiji's hands, continually pressing Shiryu and occasionally breaking through his defenses to land hits on his large body.
*BAM* *BAM* *BAM*
'This guy's speed and strength are superior to mine. Direct confrontation only puts me at a disadvantage,' Thought Shiryu.
Without hesitation, he used the power of the Suke Suke no Mi, which granted him the ability to turn invisible, including anything he held.
'Die, Kamiki Eiji.'
In his invisible mode, Shiryu attacked from behind with his sword.
*CLANK*
The attack was blocked by Eiji without him even turning around.
"People tend to attack from behind when making a sneak attack. Wouldn't you agree?"
"Don't get smug because of a mere coincidence."
*CLANK* *CLANK* *CLANK*
Next, Shiryu launched attacks from various directions. Each strike was aimed at his opponent's vital organs, making them lethal.
But no matter from which direction the attack came, Eiji always managed to block it perfectly, as if Shiryu was clearly visible.
"How are you doing this?" Asked Shiryu, still in his invisible mode.
It was the first time someone had been able to sense him after he ate the Suke Suke no Mi.
"I don't know, maybe it's just a coincidence as you said?"
Though Eiji's tone was flat, his words were highly sarcastic.
The reason he could see through Shiryu's invisibility was due to his Six Eyes.
As mentioned before, the Six Eyes not only allowed him to see the Cursed Energy in others' bodies but also other types of energy like Mana, Ki, etc.
With the Six Eyes, Eiji could see the Spiritual Energy that Shiryu channeled into his sword when using Busoshoku Haki. If Shiryu deactivated his Busoshoku Haki and relied solely on the Suke Suke no Mi, he would indeed be invisible to him.
Of course, Eiji wasn't foolish enough to tell his enemy about this. For someone born with Heavenly Restrictions like him, revealing the mechanics of his own technique would grant an enhancement buff. Like what Zenin Toji did against Geto Suguru in the past.
But he was reluctant to do so. He was already strong enough and didn't need an enhancement buff that required revealing his own technique's information.
"Interesting. No wonder Teach had trouble fighting you. The plan to steal your Devil Fruit failed, so there's no advantage in continuing this fight."
Even with his exceptional swordsmanship combined with his Devil Fruit abilities, Shiryu was at a disadvantage. So, he chose to retreat.
"Trying to leave? It's not that easy."
Realizing that Shiryu was moving away, Eiji wasn't about to let someone who nearly killed him escape.
"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue."
Finally, he used the Limitless Technique.
At his fingertip, a blue orb the size of a marble condensed, and he shot it into the air.
*WOOOOSH... SWIRL... CRACKLE...*
The massive pulling force emitted from Blue, which floated in the air, sucked in everything within its radius.
The scattered debris, the still-intact buildings began to crumble, and Shiryu struggled against the suction force pulling him in.
"What kind of power is this? He hasn't shown this before. Maybe he wasn't serious?"
Finally, a trace of panic appeared on Shiryu's face.
Planting his sword into the ground, his figure looked like a kite in the wind. However, his desperate struggle didn't last long, as even the ground was sucked in.
"ARHHHH—"
A loud scream of reluctance echoed.
Even after covering his entire body with Busoshoku Haki, Shiryu found his Haki being sucked away as well. The final result was his body being compressed and disappearing.
One of the Ten Titanic Captains of the Kurohige Pirates, Shiryu the Rain, was dead!
"Huft... The fight would have dragged on if I only used Haki."
"Oh, right. There's still Kurohige."
Thinking about the cause of this problem, Eiji rushed back to the previous location. Unfortunately, Kurohige was nowhere to be seen.
"He escaped huh... He even abandoned his comrade without hesitation. Even after becoming a Yonko, his cowardly nature hasn't changed."
"Or maybe I left him traumatized? After all, my ability to teleport Devil Fruit users directly into the sea is a nemesis to all Devil Fruit users."
Looking around, the fight had caused damage to an area of over a kilometer.
"Fortunately, Gran Tesoro isn't completely destroyed. It's a shame this entertainment city is sinking."
Eiji could feel many gazes directed at him.
After the battle ended, whether it was staff or guests, they checked to see what had happened.
Not wanting to be watched like an animal in a zoo, Eiji teleported to an area unaffected by the battle.
Entering a hotel, he booked a VIP room, took off his dirty and torn clothes, and bathed in the jacuzzi pool.
After cleaning his body, he lay down on the soft bed. Closing his eyes, he replayed the battle against Kurohige and Shiryu.
"The use of Busoshoku Haki in an actual fight was better than I expected."
Ceasing to think about it, Eiji decided to rest and sleep.