"It's you!!"
Rudder Shiki was scared half to death by Houka's sudden appearance.
Houka had appeared in the news and on wanted posters before, so even the elderly Shiki knew what he looked like.
"Shiki, you're already old. Why not hand your power over to your younger self?"
Houka grabbed the elderly Shiki and restrained him.
He could hand him over to Golden Lion Shiki, saving Shiki from wasting time searching for someone in this era.
Houka also wanted to see whether Golden Lion Shiki could join Rocks and the other Demigods in besieging Imu, and whether Shiki had even the slightest chance of ascending to Demigodhood.
"Why should I?!"
"I don't want to become anyone's nourishment!"
"Not even my younger self!"
Rudder Shiki struggled frantically. He refused to be killed by his younger self.
He still had dreams and ambitions he had not given up on.
"Why? Because you can't beat me!"
Houka flicked the ship's wheel on old Shiki's head. The strike's terrifying speed instantly knocked the old Shiki unconscious from the pain.
As Rudder Shiki lost consciousness, the entire Floating Archipelago lost the support of the Float-Float Fruit Ability and began plummeting toward the sea.
The pirates and scientists on the Floating Archipelago were frightened out of their wits.
However, Houka raised his hand and released a purple halo, bringing the entire Floating Archipelago under his control.
"Moving one island is moving, and moving a dozen islands is moving too!"
Houka controlled the islands and sent them floating away together.
As for the pirates on the islands, their end soon arrived.
Countless Blood Shadow Bats swept across the floating islands, draining innumerable pirates dry.
Houka watched Devil Fruit Abilities fly out one after another to be reborn.
Among the more than fifty subordinate pirate crews of the