"Clang!"
Unexpectedly for Jack, Denjiro, who was in front of him, actually used the force of Jack's slash to move even faster. He transformed into a phantom, repelling the dozen or so ruffians who had reached Kozuki Hiyori's side with a single strike, and arrived next to Kozuki Hiyori.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
"What!!!"
This startled Jack. Looking at Denjiro, who had already protected Koizuki Hiyori behind him, he recognized the man's strength for the first time and was incredibly furious, his eyes bloodshot.
"Damn bastard..."
Instantly, he too transformed into a phantom and charged forward, rapidly swinging his twin blades.
This made Denjiro frown. Although he had long heard that Jack was an incredibly reckless person, he didn't expect him to be so reckless. To avoid escalating the fight, he had not chosen to directly parry Jack's slash, and even with these small fry, he had only used the back of his blade to strike them down.
But now it seemed the battle was unavoidable.
Thinking of this, he pushed Koizuki Hiyori away and actively charged forward.
Instantly, their weapons clashed violently.
In terms of pure strength, Jack was definitely a monster. His Fishman bloodline combined with the power of an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit made him like an unshakeable mountain. Denjiro dared not confront him directly. Fortunately, he was extremely fast, and Oden's Two-Sword Style was also extremely exquisite.
However, the surrounding buildings suffered greatly. As the two fought, buildings were directly destroyed, causing everyone nearby to flee in panic.
Looking at the fierce battle not far away, the Mama-san of the brothel nervously clutched Kozuki Hiyori's hand and urged, "Koizuki Hiyori, let's leave here quickly. It's too dangerous!"
Koizuki Hiyori shook her head.
"No... I want to be with Kyoshiro-san, and..."
At this point, Koizuki Hiyori felt an extremely strong sense of foreboding and said, "Even if we flee, where can we go?"
The Mama-san was stunned, then remembered that the one who summoned Koizuki Hiyori to serve was Kaido, a pirate more terrifying than General Orochi in the entire Wano Country. She was immediately choked into silence.
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"Boom..."
As Jack swung his scimitar, a three-story house was directly split in two, but Jack showed no sign of joy, because in his Observation Haki, the enemy had already arrived behind him.
"Running around, it's too annoying, troublesome bug!"
Saying that, he immediately turned and slashed behind him.
"Clang!"
Instantly, their weapons clashed once again. Denjiro's strength was clearly at a disadvantage, his body constantly retreating, but he still spoke with that same smile on his face.
"It's meaningless. If we keep fighting like this for three days and three nights, we won't be able to decide a victor. Why don't we let the big shots decide?"
Saying that, he used a clever move to deflect Jack's strength, then quickly retreated backward.
Unfortunately, his words had no effect. Jack continued to pursue relentlessly. Jack was not a reasonable person; he had only one thought: to complete the mission assigned by Kaido-san.
Seeing this, a scarlet light flashed in Denjiro's eyes.
"Is that so... Since reasoning won't work, then... I can only make Jack-san fall..."
At this moment, Ryou Haki wrapped around the weapon in his hand. Denjiro himself exuded a terrifying aura of hostility, and his body instantly accelerated.
A scarlet light flashed, and Jack felt a sharp pain in his chest, with countless blood oozing out.
A deep bloody gash split open from his exposed chest, from top to bottom.
"What... Ugh..."
Crimson blood gushed from Jack's mouth. He looked incredulously at this subordinate of Orochi.
"So strong...."
However, even with such severe injuries, Jack merely gritted his teeth and continued to charge forward, swinging the scimitar in his hand. At this moment, his heart was filled with killing intent.
Feeling Jack's increasingly fierce attacks, Denjiro's brows furrowed.
"Such an attack couldn't even make him fall?"
As Jack's offensive grew more and more ferocious, Denjiro gradually became unable to parry, and bloodstains began to appear on his body!
The vitality and recovery of Zoan Devil Fruit users were simply too abnormal.
The wound he had just inflicted was visibly already starting to heal.
What was even more troublesome was that, although Denjiro had the advantage in terms of strength, he absolutely could not kill Jack. For Lady Toki's prophecy two years later, he still had to continue to lurk as Kyoshiro.
This left the surrounding onlookers in constant awe!
"Such vitality!"
"As expected of Kaido's subordinate!"
"He can actually suppress Kyoshiro-sama even with such serious injuries!"
"Who do you think will win this battle?"
"That's not important, what's important is Koizuki Hiyori..."
And Koizuki Hiyori, who was watching the battle from the side, was filled with tension and worry from beginning to end.
At this moment, looking at Denjiro, who was clearly caught in a fierce battle, and knowing that if this continued, Denjiro would be in a very dangerous situation, she also made up her mind. She suddenly rushed out and came between the two fighting men.
This almost suicidal action caused both Jack and Denjiro to instinctively stop in surprise.
"Enough, there's no need anymore, Kyoshiro-sama... It is my honor to serve Kaido-sama! Please inform Orochi-sama that after I finish serving Kaido-sama, I will come to serve Orochi-sama!"
Perhaps in Koizuki Hiyori's view, this was the best solution.
She just couldn't imagine the humiliation her self-initiated words brought to Denjiro again.
At this moment, Denjiro's face was distorted and contorted, his fists tightly clenched.
Although Jack was somewhat unsatisfied, thinking of Kaido-san's orders and instructions, he still put away his weapon.
"Someone, take this woman away for me!"
"Hey!"
Instantly, a group of men immediately surrounded her, leering, but Koizuki Hiyori stopped them.
Jack thought the woman was going to cause trouble again, but then he heard Koizuki Hiyori say, "No need to trouble you all, this humble girl has her own sedan chair!"
As her voice fell, they saw four palanquin bearers, led by the Mama-san, carrying a luxurious sedan chair emerge from the surrounding brothels. Koizuki Hiyori obediently walked inside.
Jack saw this and did not stop her.
"Return!"
Under the guidance of the Beasts Pirates, the sedan chair carrying Koizuki Hiyori thus headed towards Onigashima.
From beginning to end, Denjiro never raised his head, he didn't even have the courage to look.
Jack, however, seemed to remember something and said, "Kaido-san said that if Orochi wants this woman back, he should come to Onigashima himself to get her..."
With that, he turned and walked towards Onigashima.
Denjiro then raised his head, and with a look of humiliation, he seemed to remember something and immediately ran towards Orochi's mansion...