"Ms. Shakky, I wonder if Mr. Rayleigh is here."
"You're looking for Rayleigh for something?"
She slowly took a puff from her cigarette, blew out a smoke ring, but her eyes were darting around behind Esdeath.
Even with her Observation Haki fully unleashed, she couldn't find anyone following Esdeath. Could it be that she guessed wrong?
"No need to look, Senior. I came alone this time, representing only myself."
"The Marines don't know you're hiding here."
Esdeath explained, looking at Shakky, who was pretending to be nonchalant but kept glancing behind her.
"Oh? Little girl, aren't you afraid of death?"
Her long leg instantly kicked out!
Dark Armed Color wrapped around her single leg.
Clang!
The saber clashed with the long leg. In the blink of an eye, a cold chill enveloped the long sword, and ice had already formed at the point of contact between the sword and the leg.
Whoosh!
Shakky's figure retreated. She glanced at the ice on her leg, not expecting to be frozen the instant they touched.
"Well-deserved reputation!"
She slightly exerted force, shattering the ice on her leg. Indeed, it was the same ability as Aokiji.
"Senior, this isn't a welcoming posture!"
"Twin Ice Lance!"
The long sword in her hand swung out, and a huge ice cone appeared, flying directly towards Shakky's body.
Unlike previous ice, this ice was an Ice Lance fully condensed by Esdeath!
She immediately gave herself an Armed Color whip kick. If she hadn't defended, she really would have been kicked out by that one blow.
Sizzle!
With Armed Color wrapped around her, Shakky's expression was somewhat solemn. This level of strength had far exceeded the information she had obtained.
But for her, it was still not enough to see.
Boom!
The ice cone collided with Shakky's leg, erupting in a strong gust of wind.
Then the ice cracked, making a crunching sound.
Slowly, the cracks grew larger and larger until the entire ice block was covered with dense cracks.
Crash!
The ice shattered!
Shakky showed a slight smile, then her expression froze and she quickly tilted her head. The cigarette butt was broken off and fell to the ground.
"You've conceded, Senior."
This time, it was Esdeath's turn to smile. She had actually managed to make a pirate from the previous era suffer.
"Clap, clap, clap!"
Applause echoed from inside the bar.
A man with white hair combed back, a scar above his eye, a somewhat aged face, glasses perched on his nose, and a white beard.
He wore a white cloak over a yellow T-shirt. From a distance, he exuded Conqueror's Haki.
Silvers Rayleigh!
His epithet was Pluton!
With an epithet like the legendary three ancient weapons, one could imagine this man's strength.
He was also Luffy's master, the one who taught Luffy the three types of Haki, and he himself was a user of all three Haki.
His swordsmanship was also exquisite, one could say he had no flaws except for his age.
"Hahaha, well done, Shakky, you got a taste of your own medicine!"
"But little girl, this is not the place for you to act wild!"
Rayleigh's eyes slightly widened, no longer the playful smile from before. His expression became serious!
Just a mere Marine. Even with this potential, this was not the place for her to act wild!
This was not Marineford. No one would indulge a mere Marine like her!
Buzz!
A powerful energy wave directly swept over Esdeath!
It was like a heavy hammer smashing into Esdeath's spirit, even her body felt the pressure!
That feeling was like facing the aura of a Conqueror. Esdeath, experiencing this for the first time, was somewhat dazed.
Conqueror's Haki!
Conqueror's Haki that could be unleashed and retracted at will, a divine skill for clearing out small fry. Later, even advanced uses like Conqueror's Haki coating appeared.
"That's going too far, Rayleigh."
She dropped the half-smoked cigarette in her hand, then pulled out another one, put it in her mouth, and lit it.
Looking at Esdeath, who was being baptized by Conqueror's Haki, she smiled. She had almost been injured by a little girl.
Was Rayleigh helping her get even?
"So this is Conqueror's Haki!"
Deeply feeling this sensation, Esdeath recovered and smiled, revealing her white teeth.
"I've never felt such an uncomfortable feeling before."
A crazy smile appeared on her face. So this was what it felt like to face a Conqueror.
"However, you think this level can make me bend my back?"
Another strong aura erupted from Esdeath's body!
"Nani!"
Rayleigh and Shakky exchanged glances, their eyes filled with deep disbelief. This fifteen-year-old girl actually possessed Conqueror's Haki!
From her performance, it seemed like this was her first encounter with Conqueror's Haki!
After her first baptism by Conqueror's Haki, she actually awakened Conqueror's Haki to counter Rayleigh's Conqueror's Haki!
"This is impossible!"
Shakky shook her head. It wasn't that the appearance of Conqueror's Haki was impossible; she had seen fifteen-year-olds with Conqueror's Haki before!
But according to her investigation, Esdeath had no prominent family background or powerful ancestors.
This meant that her Conqueror's Haki was not inherited!
According to investigations, if the previous generation possessed Conqueror's Haki, the likelihood of this generation awakening Conqueror's Haki would greatly increase.
But Esdeath was directly excluded from that!
Moreover, Esdeath had joined the Marines. How could the Marines allow a Conqueror to appear!
Within the Marine organization, only two people possessed Conqueror's Haki!
One was the legendary Marine, Garp!
The man who chased her all over the world, and the other was the current Fleet Admiral of the Marines, Sengoku!
Even the three Admirals didn't have Conqueror's Haki, but now Esdeath had awakened it.
This also meant that Esdeath was the third person in the Marines to possess Conqueror's Haki, and she was a woman!
There were many figures on the Grand Line, and the only women with Conqueror's Haki were Hancock and Charlotte Linlin.
"Conqueror's Haki?"
Esdeath clenched her hand. She hadn't expected to possess Conqueror's Haki.
This was something she awakened herself, not something she gained through the system.
This proved that she was a born Conqueror!
This point was somewhat like Esdeath herself, the Super S Queen!
If Esdeath from Akame ga Kill came to the world of One Piece, possessing Conqueror's Haki would be a given.
"This brat!"
Rayleigh stopped releasing his Conqueror's Haki and narrowed his eyes. He had thought he already had a high opinion of Esdeath.
He hadn't expected to have underestimated Esdeath!
"Thank you, Senior!"
"I came here this time just to pay my respects to Senior."
Esdeath smiled and looked up at Rayleigh. She didn't believe Rayleigh would lose face and attack her again.
"Hahaha, this is all your own fortune."
Rayleigh laughed it off. Each generation had its own development.
This was not something for the older generation like him to worry about.
"I wonder if I can ask Pluton-Senior some questions?"
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