Senga's battle with Hawk Eyes has ended, leaving a huge crack on the ice in the inner bay that extends beyond the outer wall.
Apart from Hawk Eyes, all the other Shichibukai have left.
Hawk Eyes didn't leave because he was currently recuperating in bed at the Marine Headquarters Hospital.
At this moment, Hawk Eyes, lying on the bed, was looking down silently at the horrific wound that stretched from his lower abdomen to his right shoulder and had not yet fully healed.
It was clear that he lost that fight.
Faced with the sword energy unleashed by Susanoo, he unleashed a simple, unadorned horizontal slash with all his might. However, the sword energy produced by that horizontal slash was dark green, with tiny green Inazuma mixed in.
The two sword energies collided, and in the end, Hawk Eyes was defeated.
Even though he unleashed several more sword energies, their power was ultimately no match for the one he unleashed with all his might.
The Susanoo's attack landed on him, leaving this horrific wound.
Severely injured, he had no choice but to stay and recuperate. With his current condition, it would be a long time before he could return to his territory in his small boat.
As I stared blankly at the wound, suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Hawk Eyes snapped out of his reverie and said indifferently,
"Please come in."
The door was pushed open, Senga walked in.
When Hawk Eyes saw that it was Senga had arrived, his usual cold expression softened.
He harbors no resentment towards those who defeat him; only the strong deserve his respect.
Senga looked at Hawk Eyes's upper body wounds with a sense of helplessness. He hadn't expected Hawk Eyes to be so honest back then, insisting on fighting to the death with the sword beam unleashed by Susanoo.
In fact, although his full-force sword beam lost to Susanoo, he could have easily dodged it when Hawk Eyes's sword beam was already showing signs of weakness.
Hawk Eyes is strong, but he relies almost entirely on his swordsmanship. In terms of physical attributes and special abilities, he is still somewhat inferior to some of the strongest fighters. In short, he has put all his talent into attack.
His Haki strength is actually quite high, but it's not quite at the level of Red-Haired, Rayleigh, and their ilk.
Therefore, Senga rated his strength as near the level of Four Emperors, because Hawk Eyes is somewhat unbalanced.
He usually met his enemies' moves head-on, and with his powerful swordsmanship, he was almost never defeated. But unexpectedly, he suffered a setback at the hands of Senga.
Senga's current strength is genuinely at the level of Four Emperors of the Sea), and may even slightly surpass that of Four Emperors.
To be more specific, Senga can currently kill any of the Four Emperors in a one-on-one situation.
Even when facing two Four Emperors at the same time, he can hold his own and still have a fairly high chance of winning.
Now, with Senga 'Susanoo attack, there are few on this vast ocean who can withstand it. The fact that Hawk Eyes was able to maintain his consciousness after taking the hit head-on speaks volumes about Hawk Eyes strength.
Arriving at Hawk Eyes's bedside, Senga looked thoughtfully at Hawk Eyes's peculiar eyes.
Those eyes really do look quite like Imu's. Back on Blue Star, someone said Hawk Eyes might be Imu's child, but I don't know if it's true or not.
But you know what, it's actually quite possible. Hawk Eyes has an air of nobility about him, and you can tell he comes from a high-ranking family.
But that wasn't what Senga cared about most.
Because he possessed the Rinnegan, the more he thought about Imu's eyes, the more he felt they resembled Otsutsuki Momoshiki's golden Rinnegan.
It's a stripped-down version, missing a few circles, and the gold doesn't cover the entire eye.
A very outrageous idea popped into Senga's mind.
"Could that Imu be related to the Otsutsuki Clan? If so, she should know about the Rinnegan, and she should have sent someone or come to find me herself."
Senga was able to think of this because as he absorbed more and more Devil Fruit, his Rinnegan showed no signs of rejection and even evolved, producing Tomoe.
Everything happened so logically, and now seeing Hawk Eyes's eyes, which are almost identical to Imu's, only deepened the doubts.
What is the relationship between Hawk Eyes and Imu? Are those eyes really related to the Rinnegan?
If it really is related to the Rinnegan, why can't I sense even a trace of the Six Paths' aura?
And,
Why is the power of the Rinnegan so compatible with the power of Devil Fruit?
Do Devil Fruit trees actually exist? If they do...
Could I absorb the Devil Fruit Tree as well?
Would this allow me to fully evolve into Otsutsuki, or even surpass the Otsutsuki?!
Senga's thoughts became increasingly outrageous, and his gaze towards Hawk Eyes grew more and more intense, making Hawk Eyes's hair stand on end.
After a while of this tense standoff, Hawk Eyes couldn't stand Senga's gaze any longer and finally spoke up.
"Vice Admiral Purple Kirin, is there something on my face? Why are you staring at me like that?"
"Uh, it's nothing. I just noticed you look alright. Looks like you're recovering well, haha."
"Thank you for your concern. I'm much better now. Are you running out of ingredients here and are you going to send me away?"
Hawk Eyes actually remembered what Senga had said at the meeting, and now he was teasing Senga about it. It was quite a rare moment of his wicked humor.
You know what, after being teased about this by Hawk Eyes, Senga was actually a little embarrassed.
But who is Senga? Even in his embarrassment, his expression remained unchanged. He calmly spoke,
"Of course not. I said that before because some of you have unusual body types, but only you..."
As she spoke, Senga looked Hawk Eyes up and down with an air of importance, the meaning of which was self-evident.
In Blue Star's parlance, it would be. "Are you even up to the task, you little greyhound?"
Hawk Eyes understood Senga's meaning. His face darkened, but he quickly calmed down. Tonight, he would make Senga pay the price for those words.
Senga, on the other hand, felt a little smug. "You little brat, always putting on that cold, arrogant face, you think you're Sasuke?"
And even Sasuke, the Uchiha Clan has fewer members than kings, doesn't it?
From Uchiha Madara further back, to Indra, the founder of the Uchiha —weren't they all powerful figures in the "World of Warcraft"?
Even I, Uchiha Senga, acted like a big shot in Cocoyasi Village for ten years when I first came to the Pirate World, except that I became more and more unrestrained.
Having "captured" Hawk Eyes, Senga didn't forget to say goodbye before leaving, without asking any questions about Hawk Eyes's background.
Because his relationship with Hawk Eyes hasn't reached that point yet, his thoughts about Imu are just speculation.
Once this kind of problem gets out, it could easily alarm the World Government no matter what, which isn't safe enough for Senga right now.
Using Genjutsu on Hawk Eyes is even more absurd. First of all, people in the Pirate World are not like those in Hokage, where everyone has some Chakra. Genjutsu works by disrupting the opponent's Chakra.
Although Senga can still use the powerful Pupil Power of the Rinnegan to create effects similar to Genjutsu, that is only effective against those with low strength.
For a strong individual like Hawk Eyes with unwavering willpower, Genjutsu would have negligible effect.
Furthermore, even in the later stages of Hokage, when a group of Kage Level fighters were battling against Six Paths level opponents, did you see anyone use Genjutsu?
Even the Infinite Tsukuyomi only managed to affect everyone because of the chakra within the human bodies of the Chakra Naruto World, and they were almost "reclaimed" by the God Tree.
Don't underestimate the powerful figures in the Pirate World. When Chiga traveled to the world of Senga, it wasn't even over yet. It's always better to be cautious about the unknown.