The girl behind him slipped away from his elbow, Shigeuchi feeling the fleeting contact against his arm as she moved out of the way of his attack. She couldn’t go far however with his hand still clamped around her wrist, but she twisted around him and moved to his side before lashing out with her free hand; then it was his turn to dodge as his head tilted at an angle to avoid the strike, her hand skimming his cheek. He wasn’t sure how much it would hurt if he just let her hit him, she seemed proficient for her age but you could never tell for sure; she may not have seemed like much of a threat compared to some of the people he had dealt with before, but better to be safe than sorry.

She proved his point a fraction of a second later by stabbing him in the ribs. The girl caught him by surprise him by flipping the knife from her caught hand to her free hand as she pulled back, bringing the weapon around and trying to stick in his side only to be stopped by the Armament Haki coating his skin, the aged pirate managing to coat his torso in it at the last second. [color=gray]“Feisty little bitch aren’t you? Time for you to leave.”[/color]

Shigeuchi twisted her arm suddenly, bending her wrist and yanking her around so that he was between her and the railing with her arm over his shoulder. He was planning on throwing her overboard, getting her off his ship and leaving her with a long swim back to shore, when he felt the temperature rise by several degrees all at once and stopped in his tracks. He released Lexi in a hurry, dropping down to the deck as a wave of heat rolled across the deck and keeping his head down as Nikko approached.

Everyone who joined their crew learned pretty quickly to get out of the captain’s way when he was in one of his sour moods and now was one of those times. The crew jumped to action at his orders, climbing to their feet and scurrying as far away as possible from the living sun as they began loading the cannons and opened fire on the approaching marine with anything and everything they could. Shigeuchi meanwhile stayed where he was, climbing slowly to his feet and leaning against the railing in the face of the oncoming inferno, Armament Haki covering his whole body the only thing keeping him from wilting; even then he was sweating.

We’ll have to repair the ship again after this, Shigeuchi thought with a sigh. Even though every inch of their ship was treated against extreme heat, there was always some warping after Nikko let his temper and his temperature get the better of him. If he did as he said and actually vaporised the girl as he said they’d have to replace the part of the deck where she was standing at the very least. Normally Shigeuchi would try and talk some sense into him, try and calm the brat down or deal with the problem himself, but since he was already counting down it was already too late for that.

Before Nikko could reach the end of the countdown however everyone on board the Golden Lion MKII felt Caitlyn’s Haki reach them, several crewmembers dropping to their knees or falling unconscious altogether as it hit them. Even Shigeuchi winced as the pressure, like an invisible eight on his shoulders, hit him.

Before Nikko could blow her away, Shigeuchi grabbed Lexi none-to-gently by the scruff of her neck to hold her in place and turned to face the docks. [color=gray]“Never say I didn’t do anything nice for you lass. If you’re smart, you won’t come after us again.”[/color] Spotting Kuroda still back on shore, Shigeuchi reached out with his Devil Fruit and squinted with his one good eye before swapping the two’s position; the assassin would find herself back on the docks and the upstart would find himself back aboard the ship. Hopefully that would be enough to get her captain to back off as well and then they just needed to deal with the marine.

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