Chapter 405: Rommel's Kamaitachi [Upper rank] ★★
Seeing that Xie Wen had actually sent out nothing more than a "little cat" half his height, Cavendish was furious. An attention seeker like him hated nothing more than being ignored.
Even though he knew this "Cat Mink" nicknamed the "Black Samurai" was no weakling, he still chose to attack Xie Wen directly.
"Beautiful Sword: Bluebird!"
Cavendish skirted around Meow Jūshirō, who was walking toward him, and thrust his sword at Xie Wen.
"Your opponent is me, meow!"
The little black cat blurred into motion, blocking Cavendish's path and easily parrying his thrust.
"Then I'll deal with you first!"
Judging by the speed Meow Jūshirō had just displayed, Cavendish knew shaking him off would be no easy task. So, disgruntled as he was, he could only exchange blows with Meow Jūshirō in a clatter of steel.
As the most famous of the Supernovas at this point, Cavendish, with his bounty of 280 million, had more than just a pretty face. His swordsmanship and strength were certainly not to be underestimated.
In fact, with Devil Fruit abilities taken out of the equation, his strength was no less than that of Cracker, whose bounty was 800 million.
And with Cracker's cowardly fighting style, he could only bring about half his strength to bear against opponents as strong as him or stronger, or enemies who could counter his Devil Fruit ability. So if they really fought, Cavendish might actually be the winner.
Even so, Cavendish failed to gain the slightest advantage over Meow Jūshirō.
The little black cat, who had already been stronger than Cavendish, had improved again after fighting Kaido, very much in keeping with the logic of the One Piece world. Had he not wanted to see all of Cavendish's sword techniques, he could