[Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!]
Explosions like grenade blasts kept ringing out from the tennis court on the top deck of Noah.
Historia's score calls followed close behind.
The score was now 4-5, with Esdeath in the lead.
But Stussy refused to give up.
Her high-speed movements, enhanced by the illusions of Thunder Breathing, resembled a genuine golden lightning bolt.
Meanwhile, Esdeath concealed herself within the dense cold mist.
No one could see where she was, nor could they tell the direction of her shots.
Fortunately, Historia, Akame, Mikasa, Tsunade, and the others had mastered Observation Haki and could sense her location through her presence.
Stussy even possessed the "Byakugan."
Yet Esdeath still kept the court filled with cold mist at all times.
First, forcing Stussy to continuously use the "Byakugan" would inevitably drain more of her stamina.
Second, it made it easier to catch the tiny tennis ball and increased the chance of freezing it with more cold mist.
Esdeath had already figured it out.
Stussy possessed the ability to shrink cold mist from a distance, instantly creating blank areas.
It might have been an awakening of the Mini-Mini Fruit, or perhaps an ability of that Rinnegan.
[Bang!]
Stussy lightly tossed the tennis ball and once again unleashed her "Mini Serve."
At the same time, the "Rinnegan" in her right eye shone with golden light.
Before the tiny tennis ball could enter Esdeath's half of the court, she used "Sukunahikona" to shrink all the frost mist along its path out of existence.
But to her surprise, Esdeath suddenly appeared along that path.
A layer of Formless Armament Haki covered her body. Even if she was affected by "Sukunahikona," it would have no effect whatsoever.
That was because Stussy's mastery of her Teigu had not surpassed Esdeath's Haki.
The next instant,