The slash was immense, imbued with Conqueror's Haki, incredibly powerful, and charged forward like a hot knife through butter, making the violent tsunami waves seem as fragile as tofu.
This was how it appeared from the perspective of the Marine soldiers on the warship.
However, from Kenji's perspective, the slash he unleashed was rather unremarkable and hard to even look at.
"Roughly… less than a tenth of its power, I suppose." Kenji estimated the slash's power and shook his head slightly.
"Forget it, this much is enough."
In reality, Kenji only intended to open a path through the tsunami, not to destroy the entire great tsunami.
If the sea were completely severed, his warship would have trouble navigating.
But with the slash cutting through the giant waves, leaving a clear path, the warship could sail smoothly.
However, as the warship ventured deeper into Wano Country's inland waters, even more towering waves appeared in the distance.
"Is this endless?" Kenji looked up into the distance, muttering with a frown.
"What in the world is Whitebeard up to?"
Within the range of his Observation Haki, Kenji didn't detect any other particularly strong auras, not even one comparable in strength to Whitebeard's.
The aura perceived by Observation Haki could, to a large extent, represent the strength of a creature.
Except for a few 'oddities,' or rather, people with special abilities.
For example, Elizabello II, whose offensive power is generally mediocre in his normal state.
But the 'King Punch' he unleashes after a period of charging is said to be capable of overpowering a Four Emperor level being.
Whether it could kill an Emperor was debatable, but the power of this 'King Punch' was indeed formidable.
Kenji recalled, but found no similar figures in Wano Country.
"The one fighting Whitebeard, it couldn't be that guy, could it?"
A figure flashed in his mind, but he shook his head, his brows furrowing.
"If it's that guy… the timeline would be a bit messed up."
While Kenji was contemplating, his hands were not idle.
Seeing the endless tsunami waves in the far distance, Kenji decided to go for a bigger one.
The next moment, he gripped the sword hilt with both hands. Although it was still a bit awkward, it felt much better than wielding a greatsword with one hand.
Then, a flash of Conqueror's Haki enveloped Kenji, and as the gigantic blade swung, the air was easily torn apart, revealing a rift that seemed to pierce through space.
Sizzle!
Endless black lightning swirled around the slash, stirring up a massive spray of water.
This time, Kenji held the sword and swung it horizontally, the slash traversing the sky.
Based on the warship's height, the gigantic slash, imbued with Conqueror's Haki, instantly obliterated the hundred-meter-high giant waves.
After the waves were severed, their upper halves remained suspended, continuing to rush forward due to inertia.
The warship passed through the cut in the giant waves, successfully navigating this wave of tsunami.
It wasn't until the warship had sailed for a while that a thunderous roar, like a collapsing mountain, finally came from behind.
However, just as Kenji had previously foreseen, the tsunamis came one after another, continuously, making it impossible to see the end.
Such a natural disaster, even if an island stood in its way, would be flattened by the tsunami.
But Kenji knew that the seemingly endless tsunami before him was not a natural disaster, but a man-made one.
"Sometimes, man-made disasters in this world are far more terrifying than natural ones." Kenji sighed slightly, swung his sword again, and easily annihilated the next wave of tsunami.
On the warship, the soldiers worked hard to maintain the warship's maximum cruising speed, just wanting to get out of this dangerous sea area as soon as possible.
Fortunately, Wano Country's inland sea area was not large. With the warship sailing at full speed, in just a few minutes, everyone saw land.
"Hmm, I think we must have broken the Marine's fastest sailing record this time."
"Hey! Whether we broke the record or not, we definitely overspeeded…"
All the soldiers looked at the distant land, finally feeling relieved, and even started joking with each other, finding humor in their hardship.
Unfortunately, their relaxed hearts instantly tensed up again.
Because near the distant land, there was a ship docked, a very, very large ship, several times larger than their warship.
And the front half of that ship resembled a giant whale.
There was no need for the lookout soldier to report. Almost everyone present recognized whose ship it was at first glance.
There was no other way. A gigantic ship with a giant whale hull, it was practically unique in the entire world.
And this particular person was a Legendary Pirate renowned worldwide.
"That ship… could it be the Whitebeard Pirates?"
"…The pirate flag matches too, it really is the Whitebeard Pirates!"
"Why is Whitebeard in a place like this… Uwa!"
A sudden, violent tremor sent everyone on the warship sprawling.
As the warship approached the distant land, the invisible yet intense tremors and their frequency rapidly increased.
"So that's it, it's Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit power!"
"The great tsunami just now, was that also due to the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's ability?"
"Ah, I should have thought of it earlier, a normal tsunami wouldn't be this terrifying…"
As the soldiers realized this, they unconsciously tightened their grip on their weapons.
Not because weapons could give them a sense of security.
But because when facing a Legendary Pirate, they instinctively believed they had to fight.
Because the opponent was a pirate!
"Courage up, prepare for battle!" The officers shouted loudly.
At this moment, Kuzan came to the ship's side again, his gaze scanning and searching, and he quickly found his target.
"Hey! It really is Whitebeard!" Kuzan's face showed excitement as he nodded.
"This time… I'll get to see another spectacular battle."
Kenji ignored Kuzan, his attention fixed on the battle on the distant shore, intently watching.
As the two fiercely clashing figures gradually became clearer in his sight, Kenji's face showed a surprised expression.
He wasn't surprised by the opponent's formidable strength.
In fact, he wasn't even sensing the opponent's combat power at this moment, his attention was on other matters.
"This isn't right, is it? Whitebeard landed in Wano Country this early?"
"I remember… Whitebeard was supposed to accidentally pass by Wano Country more than a year later… Has the timeline been affected?"
Kenji once again retrieved the memories buried deep in his mind, repeatedly comparing them, and finally confirmed.
Whitebeard really didn't follow the script and arrived in Wano Country ahead of schedule.
"It seems that the 'Choice Mission' at the 'Heaven World' Temple in Elbaph… really does affect the world." Thinking of this, Kenji's eyes flashed, deep in thought.
"Forget it, let's land first!"
As the warship sailed rapidly, a few minutes later, the Marine group arrived near the battlefield.