Are You Scratching an Itch for Me?

"Bang!"

The collision of slashes erupted like a thunderclap.

Gale-force winds swept in all directions like a tide, kicking up vast clouds of sand and dust.

Kaku retreated rapidly, but his eyes remained fixed on the swirling dust.

He knew very well that the moment his opponent made a move, the dust before him would shift.

With enough distance, Kaku would be able to strike in time and pick him off.

Faced with this unknown man who had exposed his identity the moment he opened his mouth, Kaku recalled the intelligence Enies Lobby had sent three days ago.

They had been lurking here for a long time, but that did not mean they had become cut off from the outside world.

As one of the islands with the most pirate traffic on this sea, they still regularly went to Blueno's tavern to exchange intelligence.

If he remembered correctly, this man who had suddenly appeared was a target of the World Government—the unknown individual who had caused havoc on Island No. 3 of the Sabaody Archipelago.

At that thought, countless ideas flashed through Kaku's mind.

Whether or not he could kill Escanor afterward was another matter.

But he absolutely could not allow the two accompanying shipwrights left at this dock, nor the trash hiding in the shadows, to leave alive.

Before they obtained Pluton, this secret could not be exposed lightly.

Chaotic thoughts flashed through Kaku's mind.

The next moment, an inexplicable chill rose along his spine.

His past combat skills and experience with life and death made Kaku's nerves instantly tighten.

Without time to think, he hurriedly focused on the flying dust before him.

Bang!

Standing on the deck at the bow, Escanor tensed the muscles in his legs to the limit and stomped down fiercely.

As the entire pirate