Chapter 53: Forced to Appear

"How's it going, Van Augur?"

Blackbeard asked his subordinate, Van Augur, after taking a huge gulp of wine.

Van Augur was a sniper with excellent eyesight and was responsible for observing the situation on the battlefield.

"Whitebeard has already begun fighting Admiral Akainu, and the two sides are still clashing."

"It doesn't seem like a winner can be determined in a short time."

Van Augur stood on the body of San Juan Wolf, observed the battle situation inside Marineford, and reported to him.

"Zehahahaha, Pops is still mighty after all…"

"But, the strongest man in the world in the future will be me."

Blackbeard, hearing the intense fighting between both sides, couldn't help but laugh and spoke with supreme confidence.

"I hope your plan succeeds. If it fails, we'll all be captured by the Navy."

Shiryu of the Rain smoked a cigar and spoke very calmly.

Choosing Blackbeard had been a calculated decision, and it was not because he liked this guy.

He had ambitions and needed the ability to realize them.

This time was the moment to demonstrate Blackbeard's capabilities.

If he couldn't deliver, then everyone who had emerged from Impel Down would abandon him without hesitation.

"Of course! I've been preparing for this day for many years…"

Blackbeard wore a solemn expression.

"Keep a distance of three hundred meters. If we get closer, my ability may not be able to hide us from those in the Navy."

Catarina Devon, user of the Inu-Inu Fruit, Model: Nine-Tailed Fox.

She used her Devil Fruit power to create a small patch of mist, just enough to cover San Juan Wolf's massive body, which was almost as large as a small island.

When people saw this fog, they would subconsciously ignore it and not pay attention to it.

This was the reason why Blackbeard's crew had been able to sneak into the vicinity of this battlefield without appearing until the end.

But unfortunately, this ability couldn't escape the Sharingan of Yami's clone, and it was still seen through.

"The era of Whitebeard has come to an end, and a new era is coming."

The Corrupt King, Avalo Pizarro, spoke with a serious expression.

Most people here had dealt with Whitebeard.

The four pirates who had escaped from Impel Down had all been handled by Whitebeard and thoroughly defeated.

"Burp"

"Any more wine?"

Vasco Shot looked drunk.

He had been drinking since leaving Impel Down, wanting to make up for all the time he'd spent without alcohol in that prison.

But as soon as he finished speaking, many people on the field immediately looked down at the sea.

Most of them stood on San Juan Wolf's shoulders, with only Van Augur standing on the head to observe the situation.

"What happened?"

Blackbeard sensed something was wrong.

Shiryu immediately drew his weapon and prepared to face the approaching danger.

But immediately, these people were stunned because the seawater suddenly began to rotate.

"[Water Release: Waterspout Technique]!"

Yami's shadow clone released the water technique he had recently learned.

Only the form changes had been mastered, and the nature transformation had not yet been completed, but it was sufficient for current use.

A massive waterspout instantly rose into the sky, with a diameter of nearly sixty meters.

The waterspout enveloped San Juan Wolf and also drew in Blackbeard and the others.

Those with Devil Fruit abilities instantly lost their fighting ability and became weak and powerless.

However, those without Devil Fruit abilities, such as Shiryu of the Rain and the Corrupt King Avalo Pizarro, began to resist.

Shiryu's slash cut the waterspout in half, but before he could escape, he was pulled back by the swirling seawater.

This waterspout also attracted the attention of many people on the Marineford battlefield.

Both the Whitebeard Pirates and the Navy thought the other party was up to something.

The waterspout was forcefully controlled by Yami, and all of Blackbeard's group was swept into the Marineford battlefield.

In the end, except for the massive San Juan Wolf, who was really too large for the waterspout to lift, everyone else was brought to the bay by the waterspout's suction force.

‘It's not a suitable attribute. It really consumes chakra. Almost one-tenth of my body's chakra is nearly exhausted.’

Yami's shadow clone sensed the chakra in his body and spoke helplessly.

If it were a high-intensity fire technique, he could release at least tens of them, but now a water technique similar to high-intensity fire required nearly ten times more chakra than the fire technique.

This situation could only be eliminated after possessing the Rinnegan, and then only by fully mastering the seven attributes of yin, yang, water, fire, earth, thunder, and wind could one create Truth-Seeking Orbs.

There was still a long way to go before reaching the limits that bloodline could achieve.

Then the shadow clone did nothing else but observe San Juan Wolf to prevent him from escaping, and was ready to transmit messages back to the main body at any time.

"Cough, cough, cough"

"Who is it?"

Blackbeard felt like he had narrowly escaped death.

He was fished out of the seawater in the bay by Shiryu and placed on the fragmented planks of Whitebeard's Moby Dick.

"It seems that rather than you targeting Whitebeard, you're being targeted by someone else."

Shiryu of the Rain spat out the cigar soaked in seawater, while simultaneously looking at Dracule Mihawk not far away with a bit of fighting spirit in his eyes.

The strongest swordsman, he was naturally interested.

"Now is the time to prove your strength, Teach..."

Avalo Pizarro declared.

He was not a Devil Fruit user.

However, his ability couldn't allow him to rush out of the rapidly rotating sea current, so he was still swept over.

He felt that now was the right time.

If Blackbeard proved unreliable, he would be ready to escape.

The three of them gathered together, while several others dispersed.

Some people hid deliberately, and Blackbeard's own subordinates all found wooden planks to stand on.

Since the main battlefields were in the square, there was no artillery fire in the bay, making it relatively safe.

"Teach!!!"

But before Blackbeard could answer.

A shout containing endless rage came from the distance.

Whitebeard knocked Akainu away with one punch, then turned around and passed through the passage blocked by Little Oars Jr, while glaring at Blackbeard.

"Marshall D. Teach."

"You attacked Impel Down to oppose the Navy."

Sengoku also knew what Blackbeard had done and was equally dissatisfied with this former Shichibukai.

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"Targets appeared."

"The mission now begins: intercept and avoid unnecessary battles."

At the same time, Fugaku began issuing orders.

"Yes, sir!"

Everyone responded directly.

Izumi and Yashiro were then left to stay where they were, awaiting Yami's orders, while the others all dispersed, led by Fugaku, Shisui, and Itachi.

They prepared to monitor the few people brought here by the waterspout.

They could tell at a glance that this waterspout was a ninjutsu technique, and it was definitely Yami's work.

‘One is missing. It seems the shadow clone couldn't pull it over. But it doesn’t matter.’

‘The real battle begins now,’

Yami's main body carefully observed the situation.

He saw the rest of Blackbeard's group fall into the bay.

At the same time, the mission prompt also appeared:

0/10.

They had ten targets.