One Piece: I Weave the Pirate Codex with My Zanpakuto

"That guy, that guy!!"

"Run! That guy's a complete butcher!!"

"Damn it! How could that guy be so strong...?!"

Pfft!

Blood splattered into the air again. Ross stepped over the corpse and walked toward the stern of the ship.

That was the closest point to the ship where Shiki was.

"Shiki, warm-up's over, come out and greet the guests, you blond bastard!"

Chapter 11 Let me have my fill, Shiki!

[Flying Pirates' flagship]

On the deck, Schipper leisurely changed into a new cigar.

After taking a puff, Meimei exhaled smoke, concealing the look of disgust on her face.

"A bunch of useless trash. Three ships only managed to cause that guy some minor injuries."

"A minor injury?"

Using his Instant Step to step onto the main ship, Ross stopped ten meters away from Shiki.

He gently pressed his clenched right hand against the wound on his abdomen.

"Ok?"

Shiki frowned, noticing something was amiss. When did this kid learn a new ability again?

This treatment method had never been used before.

"You've really hidden a lot of things: your killing sword techniques, your recovery methods, and even your Conqueror's Haki."

"If Rocks were still alive, he would surely execute a traitor like you who shirks his duties, wouldn't he?"

'I won't, but Ross, shouldn't you explain to me afterwards what happened with the workshop where I was imprisoned?'

Inside the Zanpakuto workshop, Rocks' voice reached Ross's ears.

'And don't forget Alice and Teach, they're the most important!'

Ross ignored Rocks, bent his left arm, wiped the blood off the flesh-slicing blade with his sleeve, and then reactivated his Haki.

"Hidden? Shiki, you're about to see more things that will change your life."

With a sinister grin, he took a step forward, and the sound of the wooden planks exploding with overwhelming force rang out.

Shiki instinctively tilted his head back.

The next moment!

The sharp, gleaming blade flashed, precisely slicing open the front half of the cigar.

"Damn it, this cigar of mine is worth 100,000 Berries!!!"

Spitting out the cigar butt from his mouth, Shiki roared and unleashed a full-force attack.

"Slash Wave!!"

The flying slash that extends from Sakura Ten expands and deforms at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But after seeing Ross's actions, Shiki's expression changed drastically!

"This domineering way of using it..."

Ross looked at Shiki through the flying slash, and then unleashed a powerful, imposing slash from afar.

The cannonball-shaped sword energy, tens of meters in diameter, detached from the sword and collided with the golden lion's flying slash.

"Hey, are you kidding me? Why do you know this kind of sword technique?"

"You ask me why?"

Ross raised one eyebrow, the fleshy back of the knife lightly tapping against his shoulder.

Bleach: Mark of the Gods - Retsu Unohana

[Current resonance level: 30%]

[Resonance reaches 30%, Imprint upgraded, obtains the Hadoku Memory: Unohana Retsu, and the healing power of the Return to the Path is slightly enhanced.]

[Mark Effects (Silver): Life Perception, Return to the Path, Sword Dao Enlightenment, Shikai, Kido]

The Way of the Ghosts?

While chatting with Shiki to buy time, Ross digested the sudden appearance of Kido memories.

"You've rested well too, haven't you?"

Suddenly, Shiki's serious expression vanished, replaced by his usual arrogant smile.

"While I was genuinely surprised that you could use that bastard Rocks' swordsmanship, but..."

"Lion's Might - Earth Strike!"

The massive ship instantly transformed, the wooden planks and metal merging into giant lion heads roaring to the sky.

"I'm the Golden Lion!!!"

Shiki cackled and flew into the sky, controlling the lion's head he conjured using the Float-Float Fruit to crush his enemies.

"The chosen ones, the iron walls..."

"Dragon's flight, lion's roar, tiger's howl..."

The solemn chant carried far, and Ross raised his right hand, which held the knife.

"...Binding Path No. 81: Severing the Void."

Rose frowned slightly as he sensed the rate at which his domineering aura was being depleted.

As expected, advanced techniques are not suitable for me right now.

The Kido techniques, such as Hado and Kaido, originally consumed the spiritual energy from the Bleach anime.

The problem lies precisely here: the world of One Piece doesn't have the concept of spirit particles.

As an alternative energy source, Armament Haki, which can be strengthened through training, becomes the best choice.

"You dare to lose focus while fighting me? Looks like I've been underestimated."

Ross's expression changed drastically when he heard Shiki's voice coming from behind him.

He hurriedly suppressed the thoughts about the Hakudo (a type of magical path) in his mind.

But it was too late to turn around and defend at that moment.

A sharp pain struck instantly!

Ross felt a tremendous force attack from behind, shattering the hastily wrapped domineering defense and sending him flying.

Shiki stopped and began swinging the knife in his hands.

"Lion·Senkiriya!"

The continuous flying slashes tore through the ship's cabin and mast, hurtling towards the aura locked onto by Observation Haki.

"Get out here, Ross! Don't hide inside like a turtle!"

"If this is all you've got, I would have taken back my invitation!"

"Someone like you isn't fit to be my first mate!!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the smoke and dust from the collapsed building suddenly parted to create a passage!

The cannonball-like flying slash came at an extremely fast speed.

"As expected, it's that guy Rocks' swordsmanship."

Shiki held his breath, making no attempt to dodge; he wanted to experience the sensation of this slash firsthand.

Only by trying it yourself can you know whether that kid is just imitating or has truly mastered the essence.

Thump--! !

The X-shaped double swords blocked the heavy cannon strike, and the veins on Shiki's neck bulged. He was propelled by the sword energy and slid backward toward the ramming horn.

Da da da...

The sound of hurried running approached, and Shiki's eyes shifted to the right.

Sakura immediately swung her sword.

The clanging sounds of swords clashing echoed through the air.

"The Fourth Stage of Destruction..."

As Shiki saw the enemy's finger pointing at him from afar, he was about to make a sarcastic remark when a chilling sense of crisis suddenly rose in his heart.

"Bai Lei".

A streak of lightning grazed past his side as Shiki gasped for breath, his pupils, now shrunken to pinpoints, flashing with the terror of surviving a close call.

He is now extremely grateful that he did not show off.

If he hadn't dodged, the lightning bolt would have hit his eyes!

"Did it miss? Tsk."

Ross used the force of Shiki's slash to retreat, and casually unleashed several small, cannonball-like flying slashes.

"Where did you learn all these weird moves?!" / 'Hey Ross, you never said you could do that kind of attack!'

Shiki's voice and Rocks' voice rang out at the same time.

"A domineering bolt of lightning? If I hadn't dodged it in time, that would have been enough to seriously injure me, wouldn't it?"

Seeing Shiki get serious, Ross felt a strange sense of excitement rising within him.

He suddenly had a feeling.

The 1v1 battle with Shiki seems to be unlocking something hidden deep within Minamishizuki...

This thing belongs to both myself and to Unohana Yachiru.

It is a shared memory and instinct among them.

puff--!

Shiki looked astonished to see that his probing attack had actually hit.

"Did it... hit the target?"

Ross ignored the wounds in his chest and abdomen; everything in his field of vision vanished at that moment.

The only one who exists is the one to fight, Shiki the Golden Lion!

"Let me enjoy myself..."

Conqueror's Haki erupted with a deafening roar!

The twisted and rising energy formed a distorted "female ghost" with disheveled hair.

The blade flashed!

Shiki, who had been slashed away, showed an expression of disbelief and horror.

I didn't even see that slash just now?!

Ross lunged forward, his once handsome face now contorted in a ferocious grimace.

That heartfelt joy left Shiki completely bewildered.

"Let me have my fun, Shiki!!!"

Chapter 12 The Golden Lion's defenses are breached, and the Golden Lion retreats!

Boom--Thump--Bang!

The sound of knives clashing carried far.