"...So, from now on, your investigation priority is on Pluton intelligence. Don't worry about anything else, understand?!"
Kenji concisely informed Kuzan of their Marine team's upcoming investigative direction.
Upon hearing this, Kuzan seemed hesitant to speak, his brows tightly furrowed.
Seeing this, Kenji raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's wrong? Are you having a hard time? Don't want to do it?"
Kuzan quickly waved his hand, explaining, "No, no, it's because… of another matter…"
"Heh, I already told you, put everything else aside." Kenji said with a frown.
"Now, everyone in your team, prioritize carrying out the task I just mentioned."
"Hmm, do we really have to do that?" Kuzan looked surprised, his brows knitted together.
"Not care about anything else?"
As he spoke, Kuzan noticed Kenji's indifferent expression. He understood, knowing that he had made up his mind.
However, after thinking it over carefully, he still couldn't resist reporting the news he had just received.
Mainly, the warship docked at the Wano Country coast needed to be protected.
Kuzan felt that no matter how much Kenji didn't care about other matters, he should at least deal with the warship, right?
Otherwise, would they swim back?
"Kenji-san, I actually just received news that Golden Lion Shiki attacked our warship!"
Regarding the sudden situation, Kuzan only briefly reported a single sentence.
Then, he began to explain how he handled this sudden situation, including convincing the Wano Country samurai present to go together and deal with Golden Lion Shiki, and so on.
This part of the content, Kuzan reported in great detail. One could say it was a prime example of 'well-balanced detail and brevity.'
"Golden Lion? What is that guy doing in this place? Trying to take advantage of the situation?"
Kenji raised an eyebrow slightly, not listening to Kuzan's subsequent 'persuasion of the Wano Country samurai' content.
When he learned that Shiki had arrived in Wano Country, he quietly released his Observation Haki, expanding his perception range.
Wano Country's area was quite large. Even if it couldn't compare to the Alabasta Kingdom, it wasn't too far off.
Such a country's land area naturally far exceeded that of typical small island nations, like Dressrosa.
And the Flower Capital where Kenji was located was deep within Wano Country's interior, a considerable distance from the coastal area.
However, with Kenji's "Super Gold" rarity Observation Haki, sensing all the way to the coast was not difficult.
In fact, if he wanted to, he could expand his Observation Haki perception range to the entire Wano Country.
"Hmm… it is indeed Shiki who has arrived."
Under Observation Haki, Kenji quickly confirmed the attacker's identity.
It was indeed Golden Lion!
Furthermore, Kenji also discovered that Shiki had come alone this time, there were no other pirates with him.
"That guy, could he just be passing through here?" Kenji frowned, guessing.
Given Shiki's style, he wouldn't likely fight alone during major operations.
When he pressured Roger, he brought an entire fleet.
And in his daily life, he also referred to himself as the "Pirate Fleet Admiral."
Going solo to launch a sneak attack like this looked like a spur-of-the-moment decision.
"Eh?"
Kenji continued to use Observation Haki, and gradually he sensed something was off.
"Why do I feel like he's more interested in the Whitebeard Pirates?"
"Shiki, could he be here for Newgate?"
At this moment, the powerful Observation Haki formed a series of blurry images in Kenji's mind.
In the images, Shiki floated above the Whitebeard Pirates' giant whale warship, the Moby Dick, continuously launching attacks.
The Whitebeard Pirates below had unstable auras, clearly somewhat flustered and stunned by Shiki's sudden attack.
Originally, the two sides were not on the same power level. Even if Whitebeard's adopted sons on the ship had great potential, it would take many years for them to truly grow strong.
At least on this day, this year, facing one of the Legendary Pirates, Golden Lion Shiki, they could only take a beating.
"...Hmm, his target is either Newgate or Newgate's ship." Kenji sensed for a while and more or less understood.
Then, he turned his head to look at Whitebeard.
He saw that Whitebeard, who had been heavily injured and repelled, was still motionless in the distance.
However, at this moment, a young man glowing with a faint blue light was helping him nearby, seemingly treating his injuries.
"That kid… is he a Whitebeard Pirates intern?" Kuzan had a good memory and recognized the other party's identity.
"I remember, his name should be… Marco."
"Hmm, I think he also has a nickname, something like 'Phoenix' Marco?"
At this, Kuzan grinned, chuckling, "Interesting, can anyone really be immortal?"
Kenji glanced at him and said indifferently, "That kid really doesn't have much strength."
"But for you, that kid is immortal."
Actually, before he spoke, Kenji's Observation Haki had already clearly informed him.
That Marco definitely hadn't completed two and a half years of internship.
His strength was average, but his Devil Fruit ability, relatively speaking, was quite abnormal.
The specific Devil Fruit ability effect was powerful self-healing and recovery.
It is well known that in battles of the same level, the side with more HP has an advantage.
Whether Marco's HP was high or not still needed practical combat verification, but his recovery ability was definitely very great, enough to heal injuries at any time.
Imagine, you strike with 999 damage! But the other party recovers 9999 in one second? How can you even fight like that?
This kind of powerful recovery is even more terrifying than a tank.
And Marco was one such person.
"I remember his Devil Fruit ability… isn't it a Mythical Zoan?" Kenji rummaged through his deep memories to recall.
"Hmm, it seems so, Zoan, Bird-Bird Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Phoenix Form…"
"The official names of these Mythical Zoan fruits are all so long."
Kenji's impression of Marco's Devil Fruit ability was not as profound as Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, or the Dark-Dark Fruit, Nika Fruit, and other abilities.
He only remembered that this Whitebeard Pirates first mate was very strong. As for the Superspeed Regeneration ability brought by his Phoenix Fruit, Kenji naturally wasn't envious.
His [Superspeed Regeneration] was no worse than Marco's, and even superior, as the latter was still a pirate apprentice at this point and far from fully grown.
"However, that kid's healing technique is quite good."
Kenji observed for a moment and found that Whitebeard's internal injuries were rapidly recovering.