Chapter 169: Divine Departure! 

"Yes, Captain Rifan, let me help too."

"Although that man is the legendary pirate Shiki."

"But with my power, it can still be effective."

Nami patted her plump chest and said solemnly.

Although Nami is timid, she is willing to be the first to help Rifan.

After all, the issue of Rifan's safety is related to whether her mother Bell-mere can return.

"Captain Rifan, do you need my help?"

Robin took a step forward, looking at Rifan with a steady expression.

She didn't say much, because she believed Rifan would make the best judgment.

"No, Mikita, Nami, Robin, and everyone, I understand the strength of Shiki. As long as I and this Miss Momousagi next to me can make a full shot, we are more than capable of defeating that man. Not to mention, I have prepared some schemes for him," Rifan said, raising the corner of his mouth with an evil smile.

"But Shiki also has vicious means."

"Captain Rifan, I have improved my strength earlier."

"I will definitely be helpful in defeating Shiki."

Mikita pursed her lips and said worriedly.

Hearing Mikita's words about her strength improvement, Gion couldn't help squinting her eyes.

"On the side of the Enies Lobby, there is also a Marine Admiral candidate as famous as Gion."

"If you follow me to hunt down Shiki."

"I'm concerned about the safety of the other crew members on the Black Pearl."

"As the Vice Captain, I leave the ship to you to protect, Mikita."

Rifan patted Mikita on the shoulder and said with a smile.

If only Gion the only strong marine that came this time, 

Naturally, Rifan can bring all the crew of the Black Pearl to attack Shiki without any scruples.

But at this stage, there is Tokikake was added.

Putting all the staff into the battle against Shiki, maybe Tokikake will find an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Although it may not be possible to find the current location of the Black Pearl.

But just to be on the safe side.

Rifan still intends to leave more guards on the Black Pearl.

"Equal to this woman?"

Mikita narrowed her eyes and took a deep look at Gion.

And Gion also showed a faint smile to Mikita.

However, she looked at Mikita with very deep look.

'Vice Captain, sure enough, this woman was trained by Rifan as his deputy.'

'Rifan has Conqueror haki, and this woman has Conqueror's Haki as well.

'Could it be that she also have the Conqueror's infusion power?'

'No, Marshal Sengoku said that such abilities are rare. '

'On a ship, it is impossible for two people to have the power of Conqueror's infusion, right?'

Gion shook her head, thinking in her heart.

"I understand, Captain Rifan."

"I'll stay and protect everyone."

"Please also return safely."

Mikita put her hand on her chest and said with great concern.

Rifan smiled and nodded.

"Mikita, I will take Gion up later."

"You will continue to lead everyone to head towards the capital of water 7 with the Black Pearl."

"If possible, it's best not to be discovered by the Marine Admirals over there."

"I don't really want to meet that guy, if I can."

After Rifan finished speaking, he looked at Gion at the side.

"Then, before setting off, let's make some preparations."

"Gion, in order to ensure a safe victory."

"I hope you can allow me to take you into my dark space first."

"When the time is right, I will release you."

"At that time, you can definitely become a trump card that will finish Shiki."

Hearing this, Gion rested her chin on one hand and nodded:

"I see. The so-called dark space is the trick in the intelligence that you used to take the members of the Black Pearl Pirates away from Garp-chan."

"If I suddenly come out of the dark space and launch a surprise attack on Shiki, maybe the battle time can indeed be shortened a lot."

"I have no problem, Rifan, you can do it with confidence."

Hearing this, Rifan smiled with satisfaction.

"As expected of Miss Gion, she is truly a hero among women."

"Let me remind you in advance, in my dark space."

"Energy is not in a steady state."

"Although I can control them so as not to cause harm to your body."

"But there's still some wear and tear on something as delicate as your clothing."

"My advice is, if you're worried about coming out naked, use an Armament Haki to defend your clothes."

"Also, don't worry, I won't just let you stay in that dark space alone."

While talking, Rifan crossed his hands in front of her, posing in a Flower-Flower Fruit pose.

"Will I become naked? Sure enough, it's not good to do it casually outside."

"Speaking of which, Rifan, your posture is somewhat familiar."

"What about what you say won't leave me alone?"

Gion watched the movements of Rifan's hands.

Involuntarily glanced at Robin at the side.

Rifan smiled slightly.

Under Gion's surprised gaze, he displayed the power of Flower-Flower Fruit.

"Bloom— devil clone!"

As soon as the words fell, countless beautiful flowers suddenly exploded around Rifan.

The flowers are constantly condensing and compressing on the side of Rifan.

In the blink of an eye.

A figure about the same height as Rifan, but covered in pitch black with two horns on his head, stood beside him.

Seeing this, Robin couldn't help but smile slightly.

Gion, on the other hand, had already opened her beautiful eyes wide, and was speechless for a moment in surprise.

"Devil Clone" is Rifan's improved move based on the "Gigante Fleur Demon Form" used by Robin in the original book.

Although this move is not as powerful and intimidating as the huge devil clone summoned by Robin.

But the consumption of Rifan's physical fitness is much smaller.

However, even if it is only in the form of a little devil.

But after all, this is the power that Rifan shows when he uses Flower-Flower Fruit to its limit.

The power of the little devil's clone cannot be used to describe it.

"The Power of Flower-Flower Fruit!"

"Rifan, you really can use more than two kinds of Devil Fruit!"

"But what exactly is your ability, and why can you use Nico Robin's power?"

After Gion was startled, she couldn't help but ask Rifan a question.

As far as Nami is concerned, it may be doubtful whether she is a Thunder Fruit devil fruit user.

After all, it is also possible that Rifan is the Thunder Fruit devil fruit user.

And Nami just fired on Rifan's power through some means.

But Robin, as early as 20 years ago, she was already a Flower-Flower Fruit ability user in Marine's records.

So from this point of view, Rifan is the one who shares his partner ability! 

"Who knows, just take it as my special ability."

Rifan smiled and said.

Up to now, Rifan doesn't mind letting others know about his multi-devil fruit status.

Now, the Black Pearl Pirates already have enough strength.

Moreover, in future battles, he will most likely display the power of Flower-Flower Fruit.

After all, the power of the awakened Flower-Flower Fruit is strong enough in itself.

Especially in melee combat, suddenly cast Flower-Flower Fruit's joint skills or clones on the enemy.

It is also enough to bring the dominant balance of the battle to Rifan's side.

Since this ability will be exposed sooner or later, he doesn't care if it is exposed at this moment.

"Gion, get ready, I will take you and my clone into the dark space together."

"When the time is right, I will release the two of you."

"No matter how powerful Shiki is, facing the sudden attack of two people, he will be quite distressed."

After Rifan finished speaking, he directly constructed a "dark hole path" on the ground to enter the dark space.

"Indeed, now I fully understand why you think the two of us can defeat Shiki."

"Rifan, after the battle is over, I hope we will have a chance to have a long talk about your abilities throughout the night."

Gion walked to the side of the devil clone, and said to Rifan with a charming smile.

"I'm sorry, I'm very busy at night, and I may not have time to talk to you all night long."

Rifan smiled, turned to look at Kalifa who was hesitant to speak, and continued:

"Miss Gion, when we fight later, I hope you don't behead Shiki directly."

"If possible, I hope to keep him alive."

Hearing this, Gion raised his eyebrows:

"Why is that, Rifan?"

Rifan looked back at Kalifa and said:

"There is a crew member on my side who has some grievances with Shiki, and I want to leave his life to this crew member of mine.

Getting Kalifa to kill Shiki is a matter of increasing her loyalty.

And if Gion were to kill Shiki directly, there might be no way to get the corresponding battle points.

No matter what, Rifan wants to let Shiki die in the hands of his own people.

Hearing Rifan's words, Kalifa was slightly moved.

She thought Rifan had forgotten about it.

After all, she is just a newcomer, so she cannot be said to be loyal to the group.

Moreover, they have to pay attention to catching the target alive when fighting against Shiki, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of dealing with Shiki.

It is also for these reasons that Kalifa did not speak from the beginning to the end.

What she didn't expect was that Rifan never forgot the agreement with her from the beginning to the end.

And from the moment she came to the deck, Rifan had already noticed her hesitant expression.

"So that's the case, since this is the case, I will find a way to not directly kill Shiki while only seriously injuring him."

Gion first looked at Kalifa, then nodded to Rifan with a smile on her face.

"Then, the agreement has been reached, please protect your clothes with armament haki."

"I'm going to speed up the speed of absorbing you."

After Rifan finished speaking, he directly accelerated the speed at which the dark hole path devoured Gion and his devil's clone.

Soon, one person and one clone disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Then everyone, I'll come as I go."

Rifan picked up the den-den mushi for surveillance and pointed it at the crowd

After laughing.

His body jumped up directly from the deck, and flew towards the height of 10,000 meters.

Soon, he disappeared within the observable range of everyone's naked eyes.

"Please, be safe, Captain."

Mikita clasped her hands together and said very solemnly.

.... 

Ten thousand meters above the sky.

Shiki is suspended in the sky, and is planning to use Observation Haki to observe the movement of Rifan's Black Pearl.

Suddenly, an extremely fast figure burst into his perception.

"Rifan? What are you bastard doing here?!"

Shiki quickly confirmed the aura on Rifan's body, and questioned Rifan with wide-eyed eyes.

"Hahaha, Shiki, I suddenly figured it out."

"If I let you leave like this, I won't be able to sleep tonight."

"So die!"

Rifan's body changed from lightning to human form again at a distance of more than ten meters from Shiki.

Afterwards, he quickly took out the demon sword Third Generation Kitetsu from his inventory.

Pure Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki wrap quickly around the blade.

Although Shiki was surprised when he saw this.

But he still reacted quickly, and condensed the fierce sword intent and the extremely powerful Armament Haki on his sword leg body.

With the lessons from last time, Shiki no longer intends to fight Rifan in close quarters this time.

He still remembers Rifan's Armament Haki capable of internal destruction.

Of course, this does not mean that Shiki is afraid of Rifan.

"Jiehahahaha, you actually came to challenge me alone!"

"Do you think you can beat me without the help of that girl from Marine?"

"Rifan, you will regret your decision!"

Shiki grinned grimly.

Directly kicked a huge golden strike that spanned more than ten meters and gathered rich black Armament Haki at Rifan.

Facing such a powerful slash.

The corner of Rifan's mouth raised, and his Observation Haki was launched instantly.

Under the judgment of his observation haki "predicting the future".

Whether it is the dynamics of the huge slash or the upcoming actions of Shiki, they all came to his mind first.

The next moment, a powerful slash locked on Shiki was slashed out from Rifan's demon sword.

"Divine Departure!"