"Admiral, shouldn't we stop him, meow?" While Xie Wen was gritting his teeth, Hua Mei Meow tugged on his ear and reminded him, "At this rate, our ship will get chopped up, meow."
Although Shakushi looked impressive, far too many of its attacks accomplished nothing. Aside from a few slashes aimed at Xie Wen and the others, which they easily dodged, the rest struck either Kuro's own men or the Hundred Plans · Buraku.
Xie Wen had no objection to Kuro cutting down his own men, but damaging the ship was out of the question, because he and the cats already considered it their property... and that naturally included Meow Jūshirō, who had just learned Shakushi.
So before Xie Wen could act, Meow Jūshirō took the initiative and intercepted Kuro's attack.
Just as he had said, Shakushi was better suited to Palicoes. The cats' reaction speed and dynamic vision could easily compensate for its original flaw of leaving the user unable to control their attacks.
"How is that possible?!" Kuro, whose move had been stopped by Meow Jūshirō using the very same technique, began to question everything.
Yes, both Silent Step and his Cat Claws blades had been developed by imitating how cats fought, but having a cat learn his prized technique after seeing it just once was still rather hard for Kuro to accept.
So he adopted that hanged-man pose again and began swaying...
Aside from being unable to control its attacks, Shakushi's other flaw was its overly long windup. In the original story, Luffy had seized the opening during Kuro's windup to win in one fell swoop.
Meow Jūshirō certainly wasn't going to miss that opportunity either. He spun and slashed at Kuro.
"Flying Cat Hiten-Mitsurugi Style: Rolling Flash, meow!"
Still winding up, Kuro hurriedly canceled his skill