Shiki could only analyze the situation based on what he saw and sensed.
And Kenji had not sent any sound or power for a long time, which inevitably led to a series of reasonable conjectures.
Kenji didn't continue to make a move, was it because he didn't want to? That must mean he couldn't.
If you truly possess extremely powerful strength, why did you go silent afterwards?
A dignified Admiral, surely he wouldn't be exhausted after just one move, would he?
"Jihahahaha! Old man Kenji is getting old after all, it's normal for him not to last more than a few seconds." Shiki said with a laugh, half mockery, and half even with a hint of 'playing mediator.'
After waiting a while longer and still not detecting Kenji making a move, Shiki simply didn't want to wait any longer.
He had come to steal the Marine ship, and now the ship's owner had discovered him, and the ship's owner had suddenly disappeared for some reason.
So at this point, instead of taking the opportunity to quickly escape, was he going to wait for the owner to return and corner him?
"Newgate." Shiki finally looked down at Whitebeard below, and chuckled coldly.
"Our scores will be settled later..."
Clearly, he was preparing to say some pleasantries and then make his escape.
However, Whitebeard refused to let him go.
"Shiki, you came to attack my pirate crew, and you think you can just walk away like that?"
Whitebeard demanded coldly, a pure white light quietly appearing on the blade of the naginata he gripped tightly.
In mid-air, Shiki frowned at the sight and responded with a cold sneer, "Don't be too arrogant, Newgate. I just don't want to fight with you while you're injured."
"Heh, bullying an injured person, that's not my style."
"Are you looking down on me?" Whitebeard's expression instantly darkened.
Then, his arm muscles bulged, and he suddenly swung his naginata, slashing remotely at Shiki in the distant sky.
Crack!
The cracks in space were visible to the naked eye, and spiderweb-like marks rapidly spread towards Shiki.
"Hey, hey! What are you going crazy for?" Shiki frowned.
He genuinely didn't want to fight Whitebeard, but if the other party actively came to 'seek death,' then he wouldn't hold back.
"You're really trying to die, aren't you?"
Shiki held his two swords and swung them continuously. Powerful slashes tore open the spatial tremors.
The dense spiderweb cracks were seen to be cut into two halves, continuing to spread in their respective directions.
However, at this moment, Whitebeard exerted force with his feet, a loud bang erupted from beneath him, and then his massive body, nearly seven meters tall, charged directly towards Shiki in mid-air at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
At this moment, Whitebeard's naginata was already imbued with top-tier Conqueror's Haki.
"Hmph!"
Shiki snorted disdainfully, holding his two swords to meet the incoming slash, also with the power of Conqueror's Haki Infusion.
The next moment.
Boom... Boom... Boom!!!
A continuous roar emanated from the center of the collision between the two Conqueror's Haki.
Streaks of black lightning erupted from the collision point, as if a nest of arcs had been shattered, unleashing endless arcs to rage upon the world.
"Huh? Why are pops and that Golden Lion fighting again?"
The sudden battle left the pirates on the Moby Dick in the distance a bit bewildered.
Both sides had already stopped fighting, and it looked like the war was about to end.
But in the blink of an eye, the two started fighting fiercely again, and right from the start, it was a Conqueror's Haki Infusion killer move.
"Strange, is it because that Admiral Shirojishi said something just now?"
"No, that's not right! Besides the first two sentences, he hasn't made a sound since, has he?"
"That's even stranger. Why would an Admiral suddenly disappear without a trace? Something's fishy."
"I guess this Admiral should be on his way... his subordinates and Marine ship are still in the hands of that Golden Lion."
Hearing Whitey Bay's words, everyone unconsciously looked up at the massive Marine ship in the distant sky and nodded in agreement.
Among pirates, betrayal of teammates, friends, and even family is common, let alone betraying subordinates.
But Kenji was a Marine, and an Admiral at that. Even this group of Whitebeard Pirates didn't believe he would easily abandon his subordinates and battleship.
Kuzan, who was secretly observing the situation outside the battlefield, had similar thoughts.
At this moment, Kuzan, like everyone else, was very confused by Kenji's sudden disappearance.
Your entrance was quite impressive, so why did you suddenly go silent afterward?
Could it be, did he really leave?
Kuzan stroked his chin, suddenly remembering that Kenji had frequently visited the pleasure district these days, chatting with courtesans.
"Kenji-san wouldn't have forgotten about us, right..."
Just as he was frowning and guessing with a bitter expression.
Suddenly, a powerful aura descended upon the battlefield without warning.
The pressure contained within the aura, even if it was just the aftershock of an aftershock, still made Kuzan's mind go blank, his consciousness momentarily scattered, unable to form thoughts.
And Shiki, who was at the center of the battlefield and the primary target of the Conqueror's Haki, naturally suffered an even more intense suppressive force.
"Hmph! You still want to use this kind of power against me?"
Shiki had already prepared, and immediately unleashed his top-tier Conqueror's Haki without reservation, attempting to resist the Conqueror's Haki that suddenly descended upon the field.
However, the next moment, Kenji's indifferent voice unexpectedly entered Shiki's ears.
"Overestimating yourself, your Conqueror's Haki is still far too weak."
Before the words even finished, Shiki was horrified to discover that his unleashed top-tier Conqueror's Haki, in front of Kenji's remotely projected Conqueror's Haki, was like white snow meeting a scorching sun, melting instantly.
The Conqueror's Haki continued without the slightest pause, directly slamming into Shiki.
"Ugh!"
Shiki instantly spat blood, his entire body plummeting towards the ground at high speed, finally lying prostrate on the ground, unable to get up.
At this moment, Kenji's voice came again, with a hint of severity.
"In front of me, all Devils shall retreat."
As the voice sounded, Shiki, prostrate on the ground, truly felt fear because he discovered that his Float-Float Fruit ability had suddenly become ineffective.
In the sky, the Marine ship, which he had kept afloat with his ability, was slowly descending, finally landing on the surface of the sea.