"Sharingan!?"
Seeing the change in Xia Yu's eyes, Funato Arumi was shocked, but only for an instant. Regaining his composure, he said with a sinister smile:
"You're actually a member of the Uchiha Clan! No wonder you're so strong..."
"..."
The moment his Sharingan appeared, Xia Yu had already cast his genjutsu, yet Funato Arumi showed no sign of falling under it. Xia Yu could not help but think more highly of him.
"Are you... a Shadow Clone?"
"Hahaha, you figured it out!"
Poof!
Laughing loudly, Funato Arumi turned into a puff of white smoke. By the time it cleared, he had vanished.
Immediately afterward, Funato Arumi's deep, ethereal voice came from within the sea, so loud that it reached the heavens.
"I am the future head of the Funato Clan. I've fought countless battles since childhood. No matter who I face, I always probe them with a Shadow Clone first. That's hardly unreasonable, is it..."
As he spoke, dark clouds covered the sky in an instant, and the waves began churning erratically. Soon, all the bald pirates who had just been swept into the whirlpool were pushed ashore by the seawater.
"Hah... hah..."
The pirates, who had already been at death's door, spat the seawater out of their throats after getting air and gasped greedily:
"That... that scared me to death! I thought I was going to die!"
"He really is the man who controls the ocean. The young clan leader saved our lives again!"
"Long live the young clan leader!"
At the sight, Xia Yu's expression shifted slightly.
"So this is the so-called Power of the Sea Dragon? Controlling the ocean... tsk, tsk. Looks like it really wasn't just boasting."
Judging by the current situation, Funato Arumi probably had essentially this entire stretch of sea under his control.