Konoha Yellow Monkey: The salary is in place, and Wukage is useless!

Chapter 482 Fierce Battle

Rayleigh, who had been sent to the island by Kizaru beforehand, was also lurking in the nearby jungle, witnessing the battle that had just taken place.

Kizaru's dazzling attack, with its extremely concentrated strike, even impressed this master swordsman.

"Roger, the great pirate era you started with your life may come to a complete end in this man's hands."

Rayleigh thought to himself, his feelings somewhat complicated, because Kizaru was clearly not the person Roger was waiting for. Kizaru and his Land of Light seemed more like outsiders, a powerful group of outsiders with advanced ideas, systems, and technological productivity.

Their sudden appearance changed the landscape of the seas, bringing peace to the East China Sea in their own way, and they are constantly training new people to prepare for overthrowing the World Government and taking over the world.

Sometimes, when Rayleigh was alone on nights, he couldn't help but think of his former captain. If Roger were still alive, he would probably be very interested in the Land of Light. He would like the atmosphere of that country, but he would also complain about being too strictly controlled.

There, Roger couldn't become a pirate, but he might become... according to the Land of Light's terminology, a wandering samurai or a wandering ninja.

Rayleigh didn't like those two words. He preferred a word that Kizaru had mentioned during a casual chat: "wanderer."

If they were in the Land of Light, Roger and I would probably have become free-spirited wanderers!

Thinking of this, Rayleigh couldn't help but laugh, but he quickly suppressed his laughter and came back to his senses, because in the battlefield ahead, Hashirama, in response, also used the Wood Dummy Technique.

A wooden golem, hundreds of meters tall, burst from the ground. A ferocious wooden dragon was coiled around its upper body. Hashirama stood on the golem's shoulder, looking at Kizaru in the sky, and shouted, "Kizaru, our battle has only just begun!"

After Hashirama finished speaking, he manipulated the giant wooden figure to reach out and grab Kizaru in mid-air.

Kizaru, flying through the air, was extremely agile. He dodged the wooden golem's outstretched hand and the wooden dragon's attack that followed, which sprang from his arm.

Seeing this, Hashirama continued to control the wooden doll and the wooden dragon to attack from both sides, while being ready to make his move at any time.

Just as Kizaru easily kicked away the flying wooden dragon, Hashirama seized the opportunity. He appeared beside Kizaru almost instantly, and his right fist, wreathed in Conqueror's Haki, unleashed a burst of black and purple lightning as he slammed it towards Kizaru.

Kizaru turned to look at Hashirama, who appeared in a flash. He reacted the moment Hashirama appeared, winked at Hashirama, and then pretended to be unable to dodge in time, only to be punched to the ground by Hashirama.

Since Hashirama didn't have Kizaru's flying ability, after punching Kizaru to the ground, he could only use the Moonwalk technique, which he had only recently mastered, to kick back into the air and return to the wooden dummy's shoulder.

Standing on the wooden dummy's shoulders, Hashirama thought of Kizaru's wink at him just now, and a subtle emotion couldn't help but rise in his heart.

He believed that his attack just now was perfect in terms of both timing and speed, but even so, it still allowed Kizaru to react and even gave Kizaru time to remind him.

Kizaru's performance basically shows that the gap in combat power between him and Kizaru has widened to two levels. The battle between him and Kizaru is like a battle between a Jonin instructor and his student.

Hashirama felt no anger at being mocked; he was simply happy for his junior, though also somewhat disappointed.

Hashirama did not let his emotions hinder his actions. Taking advantage of the moment when Kizaru was knocked down, he manipulated the wooden doll to walk to the side of the warship. Amid the excited cheers of the marines on the deck, he manipulated the wooden doll to grab the warship and walk into the sea not far away.

The warship returned to the sea, and Hashirama shouted, "Take Straw Hat Luffy and the Empress and leave as soon as possible, and return to headquarters."

"But what about you, Admiral? I've already notified headquarters via Den Den Mushi, and Fleet Admiral Akainu is personally leading a team to provide support," Hashirama's adjutant replied loudly.

"I will hold the enemy off here!" Hashirama replied resolutely.

Just as the two were talking, Kizaru's figure had returned to the air and arrived behind Hashirama.

Kizaru, hovering in the air, patted the fool off his clothes, and the Ame-no-Murakumo sword appeared in his right hand. "Now is not the time for you to chat idly!"

"Admiral, watch out!" The adjutant spotted Kizaru behind Hashirama.

Hashirama was naturally aware of this as well, but Kizaru's attack was too fast this time, giving him no time to react. Kizaru raised the Ame-no-Murakumo sword with one hand and slashed forward while being enveloped in Conqueror's Haki.

Another dazzling golden slash, surrounded by black and purple lightning, struck the warship on the sea surface.

Almost instinctively, Hashirama manipulated the wooden doll to stand in front of the warship, its massive arms crossed in front of it.

As the golden slash struck, the wooden figure's massive hands were severed at the wrists, where they were crossed. The golden slash continued to strike the wooden figure, its power diminished.

This time, although the slash did not dramatically sever the wooden figure's upper body in half, it still left a massive slash that penetrated deep into the center of the figure.

The wooden dummy in the Hashirama Training Ground was forced back half a step by the immense force of the strike, its massive body creating waves that propelled the warship behind it away into the distance.

The soldiers on deck were soaked by the waves, and some of the less capable sailors were caught off guard by the ship's rocking and fell to the ground.

Standing at the very front of the deck, Hashirama's adjutant, Bisque, had no time to pay attention to the soldiers around him. He gazed worriedly at the wooden giant in front of him and at the back of Admiral Hashirama.

The wooden puppet's hands, which had just been severed by the attack, grew back under the continuous replenishment of chakra by Hashirama, which brought some peace of mind to Bisko behind him.

Although the enemy's attack is powerful, the general's secret techniques should not be underestimated; wood will continue to grow!

With this thought to comfort himself, Bisk regained some confidence, turned around and directed the soldiers on deck to start the warship and sail out to sea to avoid becoming a burden to the general in battle.

In the island's jungle, Rayleigh watched the warship preparing to leave and knew he had to make a move. After gathering his strength, he dashed towards the sea. The terrifying explosive force made him appear as if he were flying at low altitude on land, leaving only a few afterimages before he appeared on the sea surface.

Yes, when Rayleigh was ready to swim, he felt the seawater as his feet touched the ground. He looked back at Kizaru, who was fighting Hashirama, and knew that this was Kizaru's doing.

Hashirama, who was controlling the wooden doll to launch continuous attacks on Kizaru, also noticed Rayleigh's figure. When he saw Rayleigh walking on water like a ninja, he was instinctively surprised.

His first thought was, "Can Rayleigh, a person from the pirate world, also draw chakra?"

But soon, he realized something was wrong. As a master of magic, he sensed the natural energy gathering in the seawater beneath Rayleigh's feet.

"Did you do this?" Hashirama looked at Kizaru again.

Kizaru unleashed another slash, severing the wooden golem's arm once more. Then, watching the golem rapidly regenerate its severed arm, and hearing Hashirama's surprised question, he smiled and said, "The natural energy of this world is too active. By controlling it, we can control everything in nature."

"That's truly a remarkable technique," Hashirama praised.

Kizaru modestly shook his head, "The Sage Technique of the White Snake Sage of Ryuchi Cave, one of the three great holy lands, can also achieve the same result."

After saying that, Kizaru paused for a moment, then raised his left hand, made a gesture of a fingertip universe, and said with a smile, "Of course, it's still a little bit inferior to mine."

"Just a little bit?" Hashirama couldn't help but laugh. "You rascal, should I say you're being modest, or are you just being infuriating?"

"I was just telling the truth."

With no outsiders on the island, Kizaru and Hashirama spoke in a more casual tone.

Taking advantage of the absence of outsiders, Kizaru informed Hashirama, "Hashirama-senpai, Rayleigh will rescue Straw Hat and Hancock from the warship. Your efforts to hold me off are not a dereliction of duty, but rather a merit. When Akainu's reinforcements arrive, enter Sage Mode and use True Several Thousand Hands and Top Transformed Buddha. I will also go all out, and together we will destroy this island."

Hashirama knew that Kizaru was using him and Rayleigh to help him, the new admiral, make a name for himself. He nodded, "I understand!"

After the two finished speaking, they began another "intense" battle. Kizaru unleashed a slash and a beam of light, continuously damaging parts of the wooden puppet and the wooden dragon. However, under Hashirama's chakra, the wooden puppet and the wooden dragon would constantly repair themselves and launch a new round of attacks.

Of course, considering that Hashirama will be unleashing his ultimate move later, Kizaru's attack frequency and power have decreased, but he still looks incredibly powerful on the surface.

The two fought like this for a while, until Kizaru sensed the presence of other people approaching.

Kizaru secretly sent a telepathic message to Hashirama, and shortly after, a burst of golden laser beams shot towards Kizaru from a distance like dense raindrops.

Kizaru stood still, his right-hand lightsaber glowing and transforming into a circular mirror, shielding the golden laser rain.

After the laser was blocked, Kizaru's old acquaintance, Marine Admiral Borsalino, appeared in mid-air to Kizaru's side and front.

"Admiral Kizaru." Because of this familiar name, Hashirama paid a lot of attention to this veteran admiral of the Navy. He even suspected that this admiral might be a clone that his junior, Kizaru, had arranged in advance in the pirate world.

However, considering the age difference between the two, Hashirama rejected the idea himself. But his observation of Admiral Kizaru still made him wonder why there were such similar people in the two worlds.

"We meet again, Admiral Kizaru!" Kizaru also temporarily stopped fighting and looked at the Marine Admiral with a smile.

“If I could, I wouldn’t want to meet such a terrifying monster as you so soon,” Borsalino said sincerely.

"You're going to hurt my feelings if you talk like that," Kizaru said in a playful tone.

"I just want to live a few more years, kid Kizaru," Borsalino replied in a similarly joking tone.

Kizaru looked at the admiral with a smile, and said in a tone that was both teasing and reminding him, "If you always provide timely support, I think you probably won't live much longer."

"That was terrifying!" Borsalino replied, glancing at Hashirama out of the corner of his eye. Seeing that Hashirama had stopped and waited instead of foolishly trying to team up with Kizaru as soon as he saw him, Borsalino felt a little relieved.

He was spouting all this nonsense with Kizaru just to buy time for Akainu and his crew who were about to arrive!

“Kizaru, why don’t we stop here and let me take this kid away?” Borsalino pointed to Hashirama beside him and offered his suggestion.

"Since you've captured my people, this battle isn't something you can just stop at will!" Kizaru said domineeringly.

The atmosphere at the scene instantly froze. (End of Chapter)