Flying Thunder God, Kizaru Arriving Soon!

Blueno's previously vacant eyes blazed as he stared fixedly at Ivan. "Who the hell are you?"

Ivan had no intention of disguising himself. He needed fame now to raise Homelander's recognition. "As a spy, you should have seen my file. I'm Tanuki of Shadow Garden!"

At those words, Bulls Bar fell completely silent. Everyone stared at Ivan in disbelief.

The black-haired man's eyes burned especially bright.

He had once had a happy family too, but a passing Celestial Dragon had taken a fancy to his wife's beauty, kidnapped her, and made her a slave.

To this day, he did not know whether his wife was alive or dead.

The black-haired man hated the Celestial Dragons for it, but he was too weak to take revenge. He could not even get close to them.

But not long ago, he had learned that the Celestial Dragon who had taken his wife had been killed by Fox, a member of Shadow Garden!

That was why he had taken the lead and risked founding the Shadow Garden Fan Club. He sought out other Shadow Garden fans, intending to unite their strength so they could help Shadow Garden in the future.

He had never expected to actually meet a member of Shadow Garden today!

The black-haired man stood and hurried over to Ivan, his face twisted with excitement. "Are... are you really Tanuki of Shadow Garden?!"

Ivan turned back, a smile curling his lips, and spoke in a voice only the black-haired man could hear:

"That's right, I am. Thank you for your support. You've shown me there are others in this world who share our purpose.

This world has long since rotted. We lurk in the shadows and hunt the shadows!

I've heard your story. Today, Shadow Garden will grant your wish!"

While Ivan was talking to the black-haired man, Blueno quietly backed away. He suddenly opened a door in the air and tried to slip through.

As a CP9 spy, he had the most comprehensive information on Shadow Garden and knew how powerful Tanuki was.

This man could kill a Shichibukai in an instant. Even if the Shichibukai he had killed had been on the verge of death, the intelligence department's analysis concluded that he definitely had strength on par with a Shichibukai.

Against someone at that level, he was no match at all!

So if he didn't want to die, he had to run!

But Blueno was being far too optimistic. With such an overwhelming gap in strength, how could he possibly escape?

The moment he moved, two beams of searing heat vision pierced his body. Then, like two blades that could cut through anything, they sliced him in half at the waist.

It happened so fast that Blueno did not even feel the pain. He only felt a flash of heat at his waist, and then his field of vision inevitably dropped, the door growing farther and farther away.

When the pain finally hit him like a tidal wave, he realized what had happened. He was going to die.

Damn it, I was so close to telling my comrades that Tanuki is here...

I hope Lucci and the others will be all right...

The next moment, two more searing beams swept past, slicing his head open.

And with that, CP0's Blueno was dead!

Ivan looked at his body, his eyes betraying no emotion.

The members of CP9 were not beyond redemption, but Ivan would never hesitate to kill them.

After all, this was a clash of factions, a clash of ideals, a struggle of life and death!

Once Ivan left, the noise that had long been suppressed in Bulls Bar erupted. Everyone excitedly discussed what had just happened.

Only a few figures wearing various masks slipped away. They planned to gather the fans for a meeting immediately and tell everyone what had happened here!

What no one noticed was that a News Coo flying overhead had spotted the commotion by chance and instinctively snapped a few photos.

Tanuki himself appeared in the photos!

After leaving Bulls Bar, Ivan headed straight for the location of Water 7's gangs.

On the way, he pressed the draw button without hesitation.

All kinds of cards flashed before his eyes.

[Doctor Strange: Portal], [Tobirama Senju], [Nightcrawler], [Chrollo Lucilfer], [Doraemon: Anywhere Door], [Kurumi Tokisaki]...

At last, the rapidly spinning cards came to an abrupt stop. A sunny, blond figure appeared on the card.

[Congratulations! You have obtained the template: Minato Namikaze!]

[Template: Minato Namikaze (recognition: 1%)]

[Congratulations! You have obtained the skill: Flying Thunder God Technique!]

[Flying Thunder God Technique: Consumes stamina to leave a unique Flying Thunder God Formula on a target, allowing the user to teleport to the marked location.]

The next moment, a warm current flowed through Ivan's limbs and body and through his mind, and he learned the Flying Thunder God Technique.

His reflexes also became much faster, so much so that the whole world seemed to move in slow motion to him.

Ivan was quite pleased to have obtained Minato Namikaze's template, though he had some regrets.

Among the character templates that had flashed past were [Doctor Strange: Portal] and [Kurumi Tokisaki].

Even if Doctor Strange's template had only the Portal skill, it was still stronger than Minato Namikaze's template.

After all, the Portal was a skill capable of traversing the multiverse.

As for Kurumi Tokisaki's template, it went without saying. She had the ability to control time, and time-based abilities were rare and precious in any world!

Still, Minato Namikaze's template was good too. It offered not only long-distance teleportation but also Sealing Jutsu.

Sealing Jutsu could be used to make sealing scrolls. Now Ivan could easily take all the Heavenly Tribute away, leaving none for the World Government!

Next, Ivan created a Wood Clone and sent him off at speed, while his original self went to a weapons shop and bought dozens of daggers.

He carved the words "Shadow Garden" into the daggers, then hurled them out, sending them into every corner of Water 7.

The next moment, Ivan flashed rapidly across Water 7, visiting one gang hideout and official's home after another.

Using Genjutsu, he easily determined who was good and who was bad.

He spared the good and cut down the bad with a single Flying Thunder God Slash!

And so Water 7's evil was rapidly and precisely excised with a scalpel!

Meanwhile, the navy had finally learned of Tanuki's appearance. By coincidence, the fastest man on the seas was not far from Water 7.

Sengoku roared into the Den Den Mushi in excitement:

"Kizaru, this is the best opportunity we'll get! Tanuki has appeared in Water 7 and is slaughtering people like mad. Hurry over there and capture him!

That way, we'll deal Shadow Garden a heavy blow, and we can also learn more about it through Tanuki!"

At a time like this, Kizaru did not fool around either. He merely remarked, "How frightening. Rest assured, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, I'll give it my all!"