Ill-fated lovers

Do you think I'd let you leave here?

A tense atmosphere filled the air as two women stood facing each other on the empty avenue.

Shuri looked exactly the same as she did at the beginning.

Charlotte Linlin, on the other hand, was in a much worse state. After losing an arm, she was chased and beaten by Shuri, and her face was sunken, presumably due to a fracture.

She covered half of her stinging face, panting as she stared at Shuri, her muscles twitching.

She roughly figured out Shuri's abilities.

If you touch Shuri, or Shuri's strange arrow, your body will be forcibly controlled and twisted into a pretzel.

But this is a battle; trying to avoid touching your opponent? That's absolutely impossible!

She was born with an exceptionally strong body and extremely powerful defense. When she was only 5 years old, the Giant Tribe's blade was shattered by the impact when it struck her.

Even a hail of bullets couldn't leave her with a single scar, making her as resilient as an "Iron Balloon."

But that control left her helpless.

Charlotte Linlin wanted to retreat, but she couldn't escape Shuri's pursuit and could only try her best to hide, which is why she looked so disheveled.

"Old woman, you've gotten weaker."

Um?!

Charlotte Linlin turned around abruptly and saw someone behind her, speaking in that familiar tone.

Without a doubt, it's that former lackey!

Looking at the person who had come in, she forced a smile, but it didn't come out properly. "What bad luck that you saw me like this."

Kaido stood there with his arms crossed, his gaze sweeping over Charlotte Linlin.

She was missing an arm, covered in blood and grime, one ankle was bent unnaturally and she dared not put her foot on the ground, and even her beautiful face was ruined.

"Is that so?" Kaido said expressionlessly.

When Shuri saw Kaido, she tilted her head and could sense that Kaido also possessed the aura of Quincy.

"I never imagined you would switch sides and join the Quincy, and now you're even carrying out this deadly game," Charlotte Linlin said in a cryptic tone.

"I've been longing for a super war. Isn't it amazing that this game can bring the whole world into it!" Kaido.

"You brat... die!" Charlotte Linlin suddenly sprang to her feet, Prometheus flew into her hand.

Sun Fist!!

Extreme flames erupted, exploding the instant they struck, engulfing everything like a sea of fire!

But Kaido simply stretched out one hand and grasped Charlotte Linlin's fist, remaining unmoved no matter how the flames burned it.

Upon seeing this, Charlotte Linlin's pupils dilated in shock.

"Old woman, don't you understand? The so-called Devil Fruit are utterly powerless in the face of such power."

Kaido took a step forward, slowly raised his other hand, and then clenched his fist.

It lacks Haki; it's simply a purely Blut Arterie.

The next second, that straight punch landed squarely on Charlotte Linlin's face!

Charlotte Linlin coughed up blood, but instead of being knocked away, she crashed directly to the ground, leaving a deep crater with a tremor.

Kaido stood at the edge of the pit, looking down at Charlotte Linlin with an expression that was neither sad nor happy.

Cough cough cough cough!!

Charlotte Linlin had blood at the corner of her mouth. She tried her best to look up and saw Kaido looking down at her. Her resentment suddenly erupted.

"You brat! How dare you look at me like that! Who do you think I am!"

She the Roar loudly, her long hair flying wildly.

A deep pink light enveloped her entire body; the light was so intense that even the Reishi within its range were slightly affected.

"At the cost of sacrificing one's soul lifespan, it heals one's injuries and enhances physical strength!"

Charlotte Linlin stood up again, her face looking a few years older, but her body had grown larger.

She was tall enough to look down on Kaido.

"You idiot old hag!"

Kaido cursed under his breath and charged forward, engaging Charlotte Linlin in close combat.

While fighting, Kaido kept glancing at Shuri.

Shuri simply stood at a distance, silently watching them, the white arrow swirling around her fingertips.

Chance!

Kaido suddenly opened an opening, Charlotte Linlin, unaware of this, threw a punch that flattened Kaido's face, sending several teeth flying out!

"Kaido!" Charlotte Linlin slammed Kaido to the ground, her face contorted with rage and her eyes bloodshot.

"Linlin! Take me hostage and then leave!"

What?!!

Charlotte Linlin froze, staring at Kaido pinned beneath her, and hearing his slightly urging whispers. Her head was buzzing.

What... does that mean! Didn't Kaido become Quincy? Wasn't he here to kill her, his prey?

The black and red electricity swirling around the surface of her fist, which was raised in mid-air, seemed to have stopped.

"Do you want to die?!" Kaido.

"You brat..." Charlotte Linlin's punch landed anyway, and with a dark, ominous light, Kaido's chest was dented.

Kaido let out a scream, blood flowing from his mouth and nose, and his powerful aura instantly vanished.

Then Charlotte Linlin grabbed Kaido, grabbed Kaido by the neck, and emerged from the smoke, her face cold and filled with ruthless killing intent.

Oh?

Shuri saw the battle situation clearly, and her heterochromatic eyes flickered, as if she was a little surprised.

"This guy's one of your Sternritter, isn't he? If you don't want him to be torn to pieces, then stand right there and don't move!"

Charlotte Linlin shouted loudly, tightening her fingers as she spoke, Kaido was already rolling his eyes.

Seeing this, Shuri understood.

"A threat? This tactic is quite common in the world of pirates!"

Charlotte Linlin's expression remained unchanged despite Shuri's subtle sarcasm, but inwardly she was questioning her.

Is that so? Perhaps.

But actually...

Even in the brutal world of pirates, there is a code of honor!

"Goodbye," Shuri said softly.

Charlotte Linlin snorted and turned to leave, but she stopped in her tracks as soon as she did so.

Several white arrows crawled along the ground, their front halves standing upright like snakes, their triangular arrowheads pointing directly at her.

It wasn't just a few arrows, but dozens, surrounding us from all sides, even from above and below.

A fraction of a second later, the arrows swarmed forward.

In that instant, Charlotte Linlin understood that Shuri's words were not meant to let her go, but to take her life!

What a tragic couple!

Shuri raised her hand, then clenched her fist in mid-air.

Smack!

Charlotte Linlin and Kaido had their bones twisted and broken in an instant, turning into balls of flesh squeezed together, exploding into a large spray of blood after being compressed!

Fragments of flesh and blood were scattered all over the ground; not a single part of it was intact. It could be said that the whole thing had been broken down into pieces.

At the same time, far away in the central castle.

At the top of the city called Wahrwelt, on a wide, open-air platform, stands a solitary steel throne.

Kaya tapped his fingertips lightly on the armrest, then suddenly opened his eyes, a faint blue light flashing across the surface of his eyeballs.

"Just as I foresaw in the future, you two ended up dying together."