The newcomer was none other than "Tyrant" Kuma, one of the Shichibukai, whose true identity was a Revolutionary Army officer.
Although he and Moria were both Shichibukai, their strength was on completely different levels. Kuma's strength was definitely among the top three of the Shichibukai.
After all, the Paw-Paw Fruit's power was so overpowered that it was eventually banned.
Of course, these are no longer enough for Senga now; no matter how strong Kuma is, he can't reach the level of Four Emperors.
In the original story, Kuma came to tell Moria about Crocodile's defeat by Luffy, but judging from his words now, he has clearly come specifically to find Chiga.
Moria didn't care why Kuma had come to see Senga; he was absolutely furious with Kuma.
"This is my territory, what are you doing here!?"
Ignoring Moria's questioning, Kuma strode heavily toward Senga.
Senga crossed his arms and observed the bear's movements. He noticed that the bear's gait was somewhat stiff, and wondered if the bear had been modified by Vegapunk.
Xiong walked up to Senga. He was nearly seven meters tall, much taller than Senga, but to others, he appeared to be a head shorter than Senga.
A stiff smile appeared on Xiong's face as he spoke.
"We meet again, Admiral Purple Kirin. I have something I'd like to discuss with you."
Senga stared at the bear for a while, then nodded, signaling him to speak.
With Senga's permission, Xiong immediately bent down and whispered in Senga's ear,
Someone wants to meet you.
"Um?"
Senga raised an eyebrow, unable to immediately guess who Xiong was referring to.
Is it Vegapunk or a dragon?
Who wants to see me?
The bear slowly shook its head and whispered,
"His identity cannot be disclosed, please understand."
Upon hearing this, Senga had already guessed the general idea; this person was most likely Long.
But if it were him, wouldn't he be afraid that even a Marine Admiral like himself would just arrest him and take him back to see Garp?
Thinking of this, Senga's face revealed a meaningful smile, and he asked,
"Is the person you're talking about Monkey D. Dragon?"
"!?"
Xiong's expression immediately changed. His identity was highly secretive, and very few people knew about it. How did Senga find out?
Senga knew from the bear's expression that she had guessed correctly this time.
If it were Vegapunk, he certainly wouldn't have surprised Kuma so much. Vegapunk is, after all, someone under the World Government's jurisdiction, so even if Kuma, Marine Admiral, knew, it wouldn't matter.
Moria, standing to the side, watched the two whispering to each other and couldn't help but prick up his ears to listen to their conversation.
But in the end, he still didn't hear anything, which annoyed him.
He decided that after Senga left, he would definitely teach Xiong a lesson.
Seeing that Xiong was stunned and silent, Senga smiled and walked past him.
"If he wants to see me, let him come to Marine Headquarters in person, and..."
At this point, Senga paused for a moment, then continued,
"Will you still be you after some time?"
After saying that, Senga disappeared in a flash of lightning without waiting for Xiong's reply.
As soon Senga left, Moria couldn't hold back any longer. He roared at the still-dazed Kuma.
"You bastard, you think you can just come and go as you please on my turf? Who's the real owner here?!"
However, the bear still ignored him, which made Moria completely lose his temper. He manipulated the shadow on the ground to crawl towards the bear.
As the shadow reached the bear's feet, Moria's face lit up with joy, and he shouted.
"Shadow Spear!"
A black spear rose from the ground, and just as it was about to pierce the bear's body, the bear suddenly stretched out a hand to meet it.
The black spear pierced the bear's glove and then vanished into thin air.
The bear removed its torn gloves and tossed them aside, revealing a rather cute-looking paw pad in its palm.
This is one of the abilities of the Paw-Paw Fruit: using the pads in its hands to deflect any attack, similar to Shinra Tensei. However, it can deflect many things, including some invisible attacks.
For example, in the original story, Perona's ghost doll was once launched away by a bear using its paw pads.
This fruit's abilities are indeed quite comprehensive. If there's a drawback, it's that besides using compressed air for ranged attacks, Kuma must rely on his paw pads to touch the target when using his powers.
Undeniably, this is indeed a top-tier Paramecia Fruit, but it's no longer of much use to Senga at this point.
His current abilities are incredibly Eight Gates, encompassing space, time, regeneration, destruction, and defense—he has it all.
Most importantly, he still has one Op-Op Fruit he hasn't fully developed.
The potential of the Op-Op Fruit is enormous; the ROOM space means infinite possibilities, Senga is extremely confident about this.
Compared to the Op-Op Fruit, the Paw-Paw Fruit is only good for him in terms of using his paw pads to look cute.
The bear was now agitated and no longer possessed his usual composure. Coupled with the sudden attack by Moria, he was somewhat angry.
He teleported in front of Moria and, to Moria's horror, Vice Admiral his hand on his large belly.
"Go on a trip."
Moria, just like his previous attacks, vanished into thin air.
Having done all this, the bear didn't linger and then used its abilities to leave.
Before Perona and the others could react, their captain and the bear vanished right before their eyes, leaving them standing there dumbfounded like a bunch of silly geese.
On the other side,
Senga was unaware that Moria had been sent on a trip by Kuma no sooner than he left. At that moment, he was smiling as he watched Brook gesturing wildly in front of him.
Brook had realized that his shadow had returned. He was incredibly excited when he first received the news, as it meant he could stand in the sunlight again, and perhaps even see the outside world in the future!
After jumping excitedly for a while, Brook walked up to Senga, bowed, and said gratefully,
"Thank you so much! Please take my Devil Fruit!"
Senga readily accepted Brook's gift, using the Human Path to extract Brook's soul, and then using the Preta Path to extract the Revive-Revive Fruit).
A fifth black Tomoe appeared in his left eye.
However, when he tried to put Brook's soul back in, an accident occurred, because he discovered that Brook's soul had an extremely strong aversion to the skeletal body, making it impossible to do so!
This was starting to backfire, Senga, holding Brook's soul in her hand, was momentarily stunned.
You must understand that although his Human Path can extract souls, it cannot preserve them. If the soul is not dealt with for a long time, it can only dissipate or return to the Yellow Springs.
Wait, the Yellow Springs?