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Shiki floated up from the bow, his golden hair spreading through the air, the hem of his coat flaring like wings.

He drifted down from the bow until he was level with Bullet, hovering about three paces directly in front of the Sky Shark King.

His gaze met Bullet's.

"Kid, what's your name?" Shiki asked.

"Bullet. Heavenly Army Executor."

"Executor."

Shiki repeated the word, pulling both hands from his coat pockets and interlacing his fingers as he stretched them forward. His knuckles cracked sharply.

"Fine. Executor kid. If you can touch me even once, I'll pay the deposit."

Bullet sprang straight up from the Sky Shark King's back.

"Who are you looking down on?!"

Like a leopard leaping from a height, Bullet concentrated all his strength into the short spear in his right hand. Its tip drew a red line through the sunlight as it shot straight for Shiki's chest!

Yet Shiki did not dodge. Just before the spear struck, he floated upward by half an inch, letting the tip skim past the hem of his coat.

Bullet's spear missed, but he did not withdraw his momentum. Using his forward charge, he flipped once in midair, snapped his wings open, forcibly stopped himself, then swung the short spear backhandedly at the back of Shiki's head.

The change was unbelievably fast. There was barely a pause between the thrust and the swing, like a snake missing its first bite and instantly whipping its head back for a second!

The spear swept past Shiki's ear, its tip less than a finger's width from his skin.

"Not bad." Shiki pulled his right hand from his coat pocket, spread his fingers, and pressed down through the air toward Bullet.

The Float-Float Fruit's power was like an invisible hand, pressing down on Bullet's body from