"Where did these monsters come from?!"
Kaku was in a tough fight.
The main problem was that these enemies didn't confront him head-on, and the techniques he had learned previously posed no threat to them.
His only long-range attack was Rankyaku.
He couldn't hit his opponents at all, and every now and then, his vision would blur, causing him to kick a wooden stake that would then turn into a stone.
'Just a slight touch, and my arm is almost numb.'
'Close-quarters combat is indeed not a suitable choice.'
Itachi was also fully focused.
The battle between the Ninja and these CP9 agents was similar to the Survey Corps fighting the Titans in Attack on Titan.
The Survey Corps were agile and had opportunities to kill Titans, but they absolutely could not make a mistake.
One mistake could lead to being directly killed by a Titan!
"Let's try the new jutsu Shisui developed."
"Genjutsu: Sharingan!"
Itachi had figured out the situation and had no intention of continuing the fight.
The opponent's techniques were limited to just a few.
Aside from his body becoming stronger in all aspects after transforming into a giraffe, his normal techniques weren't particularly numerous.
This battle had already served its purpose in understanding the combat capabilities of people in this world, and Itachi felt there was no need to continue; all the data had been firmly memorized by his Sharingan.
Kaku, who was twisting his head, searching for Itachi, whose hiding spot he didn't know, suddenly lost focus and thought of his training days at the CP9 base.
At this moment, Itachi instantly appeared in front of Kaku, holding a short sword, ready to stab Kaku's abdomen.
"Bang!"
But before he could strike, Rob Lucci appeared, kicking Itachi and sending him flying, crashing through a nearby house, and getting covered by rubble.
"What are you doing, Kaku!"
Rob Lucci looked at Kaku with a grim expression.
Kaku, no longer under Itachi's continuous mental output, quickly woke up and instantly understood what had happened.
"This guy used a strange technique!"
Kaku quickly defended himself.
At the same time, seeing Rob Lucci return, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
These enemies were too troublesome, and with two others lurking nearby, he couldn't concentrate at all.
"Itachi!"
Izumi, who was nearby, noticed Itachi being sent flying and couldn't help but get distracted, expressing her concern.
"A lapse in concentration!"
Blueno immediately closed in on Izumi, his fist thrusting out like a bullet.
But then, he felt a jolt throughout his body.
He looked down and saw a Kunai carrying an electric current, piercing his right calf.
"Don't get distracted, Izumi."
Uchiha Tamahiko said coldly.
Izumi was startled.
Blueno's body had already recovered; after all, his physical constitution was completely different from that of people in the Ninja World.
A single Kunai carrying an electric current wouldn't be enough to directly incapacitate him.
He continued to raise his hand and punched Izumi.
"Bang!"
"Eh?"
Blueno watched as the Izumi in front of him turned into smoke, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
"Swish, swish, swish."
Iron wire netting instantly sprang up from the ground, directly ensnaring Blueno.
Izumi, hidden in a corner, was pulling the wires.
That was a trap she had prepared, though her distraction over Itachi was also genuine.
"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"
Izumi directly used Fire Release.
A fire dragon directly followed the wires, rushing towards Blueno.
Blueno wanted to use his ability to escape, but the time needed to open a spatial portal was simply insufficient.
Before the fire dragon could hit him, a bubble appeared in front of him.
However, the bubble couldn't withstand the Fire Release with nature transformation; it was directly pierced, and the fire dragon ignited Blueno, though its power was also significantly weakened.
"Who are you people?!"
Rob Lucci looked at Uchiha Tamahiko and Shisui with an unfriendly expression.
He had actually wanted to move to save Blueno just now, but as soon as his body stirred, he felt danger.
It came from the two people not far in front of him.
"Retreat and gather here."
However, Uchiha Tamahiko ignored Rob Lucci and instead directly called out the order.
Hearing the command, Yashiro, Izumi, and the others immediately abandoned their combat and returned behind Uchiha Tamahiko.
Fukurou and the others hesitated for a moment, then chose to stand by Rob Lucci's side.
At the same time, Itachi also crawled out from the rubble, unharmed, because he had used Susanoo.
However, he had only just awakened it and was not proficient, so he still sustained some injuries.
But very quickly, Rob Lucci and the others' expressions turned to anger.
Because they saw Kalifa being dragged out of an alley, her neck clutched by someone.
But they were immediately stunned, as they realized that the person choking Kalifa was identical to the person giving orders not far in front of them.
"This is what a Devil Fruit user is like after their abilities are restricted by Sea Stone; they are almost incapable of resistance."
"Bang."
Uchiha Tamahiko spoke.
At the same time, he dispelled his Shadow Clone.
He had secretly kept a Shadow Clone hidden, and when Kalifa rescued Blueno, it easily snuck up to her and directly handcuffed her with Sea Stone handcuffs.
Even Marco, 'the Phoenix,' couldn't do anything when handcuffed; a Devil Fruit user like Kalifa, who had only recently eaten a Devil Fruit, was even less able to resist, completely powerless, and easily subdued by the Shadow Clone.
Kalifa looked unwilling, but there was nothing she could do.
"What is your objective, speak!"
Rob Lucci asked directly, his face cold.
He sensed that these people in front of him were not from the World Government; otherwise, they wouldn't waste so much time.
Moreover, the World Government had issued a kill order for them, so there was no need to capture Kalifa.
"I want to find a sparring partner for you."
"Shisui, is your body up to it?"
Uchiha Tamahiko said directly, then asked Shisui, who was beside him.
Rob Lucci's strength was roughly equivalent to Might Guy in his Sixth Gate.
For Shisui in perfect condition, it would be no problem at all.
However, if he was injured now and couldn't exert that much strength, then it would be uncertain.
But Rob Lucci was also injured, which is why Uchiha Tamahiko asked Shisui, as both their strengths were not at their peak.
"No problem."
Shisui nodded.
Itachi looked at Shisui with some concern, while Izumi, beside him, looked worriedly at the blood spilling from Itachi's mouth.
"When doing something like this, have you never considered the possibility of failure, of all of you dying here?!"
Rob Lucci also had his pride.
To be looked down upon and treated as a sparring partner, how could he not be angry?
Losing to Luffy once had already made him almost explode.
Now these inexplicable guys actually dared to challenge him.
"Defeat him, and I'll release her."
Uchiha Tamahiko didn't waste words, stating it concisely.
Calmness, the first element of a Ninja.
"You're asking for death!"
Rob Lucci was furious.
However, he wasn't careless; he also didn't know the information about these people in front of him, so he immediately entered his Human-Beast form.
His body directly transformed into a half-human, half-beast appearance.
Then he immediately used Soru, rushing towards Shisui.
"So fast!"
Itachi, Izumi, and the others were all startled.
They realized that this person's movement speed was completely on a different level than the enemies they had just dealt with.