Seeing Bullet injured, Eiji lost interest in continuing the fight. His goal was merely to test his opponent's strength, not to kill him.
"That was a good fight, Douglas Bullet."
"Don't think I don't know—you weren't serious, right? I can feel it." Bullet stood up, grinning.
"…"
Without denying or agreeing, Eiji turned toward the sea. Using the dynamic vision of the Six Eyes, he noticed a large number of Marine ships approaching from beyond the horizon.
Perhaps due to his long-distance observation, the strongest person leading the Marine fleet appeared.
It was a blind man dressed in purple, with a white cloak bearing the word "justice" on his back.
Fujitora!
"Let's continue our fight! I'm not done yet!" Bullet showed no fear, despite being on the losing side.
"Sorry, I'm a busy man, playtime is over."
Pausing for a moment, Eiji turned to look at Luffy in the distance, who was watching with Law, Kid, and the others.
"Monkey D. Luffy, I'll leave the rest to you. Defeat Douglas Bullet! Don't disgrace Rayleigh."
"Huh? You know Uncle Rayleigh?"
Luffy was surprised that Eiji suddenly spoke to him and mentioned Rayleigh's name.
"What's your relationship with Rayleigh?" Asked Bullet, now intrigued by the topic.
"Rayleigh is the one who taught me Haki, just like Luffy."
Eiji's voice wasn't loud, but everyone present could hear him.
"Whoa, so you were trained by Uncle Rayleigh too!"
Upon hearing this, Luffy's attitude toward Eiji turned friendly.
"The Marines have arrived, just as you planned, Bullet. I won't stick around any longer, farewell."
Without waiting for anyone's response, Eiji teleported, creating a visual effect of disappearing in the blink of an eye.
As if to confirm Eiji's earlier warning, the sound of cannon fire echoed.
"Oh no! What are they doing here?!" Donald screamed in fear.
"Hey! Festa! Wasn't this supposed to be a secret?!" He shouted angrily, realizing they had been tricked.
"Attention all pirates! The Marine warship fleet is approaching! Evacuate immediately!"
Donald announced loudly through his microphone, causing all the pirates to start panicking.
"Damn it! We've been betrayed by Festa! He sold us out!" Donald slammed his claw to the side.
"Ann, we need to run! What—? Hey, wait for me!"
He was momentarily stunned to see Ann already running away, then he followed her.
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On the other side.
Eiji appeared over a vast stretch of ocean, five kilometers away from Delta Island.
"Bullet's stamina is running low after fighting me. Luffy should be able to defeat him more easily than in the movie, right? Well, consider it a gift from our meeting. After all, we share the same teacher."
Not too concerned about the chaos unfolding on Delta Island, Eiji retrieved the Eternal Pose to Elbaf stored in his Storage Ring.
Seeing the direction indicated by the compass needle, he flew off.
Air travel was faster than sea travel. At present, Eiji was capable of flying at 10,000 km/h.
The weather at sea was highly unpredictable, with storms, snow, typhoons, and other bad weather occurring at any time.
Activating Infinity, he sped through at full speed, completely ignoring the unpredictable changes in the weather.
It's worth noting that the world of One Piece has a diameter nearly six times that of Earth. As a result, Eiji spent a significant amount of travel time whenever he set off to a destination.
"Hopefully, Shanks is in Elbaf. It would be very troublesome to search for him in this vast ocean without a Vivre Card."
"By the way, Shanks' fleet is known to be the weakest among the Yonko. They likely have a Den Den Mushi to contact Shanks directly. If something bad happens, they can inform him."
Thinking about this, Eiji felt somewhat relieved.
Even if Shanks wasn't in Elbaf, the journey wouldn't be in vain. He could ask someone to summon Shanks.
Just mention Rayleigh's name, and Shanks wouldn't refuse.
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After a long day of traveling across the ocean, Eiji was nearly there.
"So that's Elbaf, the strongest nation in the world that even the World Government hesitates to provoke, instead resorting to conspiracies to get the Giants to join the Marines."
From Eiji's perspective, Elbaf began to emerge as a massive island filled with towering mountains and dense forests.
Elbaf is located in a region called Warland. The waters around Warland are also known to be dangerous, featuring giant fauna like fish the size of ships and walruses even larger.
As he approached the island, Eiji saw fish as big as warships swimming in the waters. Some even leaped out of the water, creating massive waves that could capsize ships.
A few minutes later, he reached the island. Not in a hurry to land, he scanned the surroundings with his Six Eyes to locate any settlements.
"I found it!"
Four hundred meters to the south, Eiji spotted many ships docked. Each ship bore a pirate flag with unique motifs, indicating the identity of each pirate crew.
Among the many pirate flags flying, there was one flag tied to the tallest building.
The flag depicted a realistic skull with two crossed swords behind it. The skull had two red lines and a black stripe diagonally across its left eye socket.
It was the pirate flag of Red-Haired Shanks!
Flying toward the small town built near the shore, Eiji landed before entering to avoid attracting attention.
His Kenbunshoku Haki spread out, covering the entire town as he searched for the strongest aura.
"Shanks isn't here."
Eiji's eyebrows furrowed in displeasure.
Previously, he had fought Kaido and Big Mom, as well as the new Yonko, Blackbeard. Therefore, Eiji had a good sense of the aura Yonko had when using Kenbunshoku Haki.
Not only did he not sense any strong individuals now, but Kenbunshoku Haki only detected weak people in the town. If Eiji had to make an analogy, the average people in this town were only as strong as Nami or Usopp, with only a few being stronger than Chopper or Franky.
"No need to be surprised, I expected this. Let's go meet the strongest person here."
Eiji headed toward the place where the strongest individuals in the town were gathered. Perhaps the power gap between him and the others was too vast, as they didn't sense being watched by his Kenbunshoku Haki.
If they were pirates from the Supernova, especially the Worst Generation, they would have detected his Kenbunshoku Haki.
It must be said that Shanks' reputation for sheltering weak pirates wasn't just a rumor. So it's no wonder Shanks was said to have the weakest and most useless fleet among the Yonko.
Today, Eiji had confirmed this with his own eyes.
After walking for 10 minutes, he arrived in front of a two-story bar. From outside, the sounds of laughter and commotion could be heard coming from inside the bar.
"Pirates sure love drinking in bars." Eiji shook his head and stepped inside the bar.