Naruto: Copy System

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After spitting out his threat, Blackbeard had no intention of sticking around. He immediately turned to flee.

His speed was incredible. As for his remaining crew members, Blackbeard couldn’t be bothered with them now. He was a heartless man.

Risking his life for his crew? Not a chance. If his own life wasn’t on the line, he might have considered saving them.

But now, his own neck was at stake. How could he possibly save his crew? It was understandable.

“Teach, you think you can run?”

Seeing this, Whitebeard immediately slashed at him. Blackbeard made no attempt to dodge the attack.

He actually used the force of Whitebeard’s slash to propel himself even farther away, turning the attack into a tool for his own escape.

Blackbeard was ruthless. Taking a slash from Whitebeard head-on had severely wounded him. The gash was so deep you could see bone, and several of his bones had been shattered.

“Whitebeard, looks like you’re still not up to the task.”

Shin glanced at Whitebeard and said calmly.

Whitebeard felt a bit embarrassed. Teach’s strength had indeed grown.

“<Universal Pull!>”

Of course, Shin wasn’t going to let Blackbeard escape. A black-hole-like gravitational force erupted from his hand, pulling Blackbeard straight back.

Having already fled a great distance, Blackbeard was dragged back by Shin, his eyes filled with despair.

Why did Shin Uzumaki also have the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit?

That’s right, Blackbeard had mistaken Shin’s ability for that of the Dark-Dark Fruit.

“Shin Uzumaki, I thought you said you’d stay out of this!” Blackbeard roared at Shin, stopping just short of calling him a liar.

“Oh? Did I say that to you?” Shin asked Blackbeard calmly.

Blackbeard was stunned. It was true that Shin had said he wouldn’t interfere, but he had said it to Whitebeard.

He had never told Blackbeard he wouldn’t act. So what if he did now?

Shin had never intended to let Blackbeard go.

He had thought Whitebeard could handle him, but who would have guessed that Blackbeard would not only survive, but that the embarrassing old man would actually let him escape.

From Shin’s perspective, Whitebeard’s performance was frankly embarrassing. Blackbeard had almost gotten away.

“I don’t recall ever crossing you!” Blackbeard said, swallowing his pride.

His life was now in Shin’s hands, so of course, he had to be humble.

“Indeed… But that doesn’t really matter. Whether you’ve crossed me or not, right now, I want you dead.”

Shin said calmly. Did he need a reason to kill someone? It was the same with Kaido. Honestly, Kaido had never wronged him either. They’d barely crossed paths except for that one time in Wano years ago. But when Shin killed Kaido, he hadn’t hesitated for a second.

“Can you at least tell me why? I don’t want to die without knowing the reason,” Blackbeard said as he tended to his wounds.

At this moment, Blackbeard was very calm. He knew that only by staying calm did he have a chance to survive. If he panicked, he would surely die.

“Heh, you really think I’ll believe you’re just going to lie down and die?”

Shin scoffed. Blackbeard was putting on an act, but Shin wasn’t buying it.

Even Kaido had tried one last desperate attack before he died. Blackbeard wasn’t at death’s door yet—there was no way he’d just lie down and accept his fate.

“<Dark Water!>”

Realizing he’d been seen through, Blackbeard immediately attacked, his hands filled with dark power. He wanted to seal Shin’s Devil Fruit abilities.

However, Shin had never eaten a Devil Fruit. His abilities were all copied, so he was completely unaffected by the Dark-Dark Fruit’s sealing properties.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Shin kicked Blackbeard in the head, driving him into the ground. A pained scream escaped his lips as his head was deformed by the impact.

“Compared to Kaido, you really can’t take a punch,” Shin said to Blackbeard, quite disappointed.

It seemed that compared to Kaido, Blackbeard wasn’t even a decent punching bag. How disappointing.

“Dammit, I’ll kill you!”

Since they had already reached this point, and he was clearly going to kill him, Blackbeard didn’t hold back his words, shouting at him.

“Don’t yell at me. It only shows your weakness.”

Shin’s expression was calm as he looked at Blackbeard, but a murderous glint appeared in his calm eyes.

Whitebeard watched from the side, opening his mouth to speak, but ultimately saying nothing.

Though he had wanted to deal with Blackbeard himself, he had let him escape. At this point, Whitebeard couldn’t bring himself to say anything.

Now, Whitebeard had come to terms with it. As long as Blackbeard was dead, it didn’t matter who killed him.

“Alright, I’m done wasting my breath on you. Time to end this.”

Black matter gathered in Shin’s hand, forming a blade. Shin then stabbed it into Blackbeard.

There was no dodging. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but Blackbeard simply couldn’t evade Shin’s attack. He was stabbed and lost his life.

This was a blade formed from Truth-Seeking Orbs. A single strike, and not even a corpse would remain. In the end, Blackbeard met the same fate as Kaido.

“Blackbeard is dead.” Shin turned to look at Whitebeard.

“Thank you,” Whitebeard said to Shin.

With Whitebeard’s personality, he rarely thanked anyone. But this time, he truly had to thank Shin.

Though he hadn’t killed Teach himself, seeing him dead was a relief.

In fact, if Whitebeard had been the one to act, he might not have been able to go through with it.

He still had a soft spot for his former son. This was probably a weakness Whitebeard would never be able to overcome.

“This was our deal. No need to thank me,” Shin said, shaking his head calmly.

Afterward, the Whitebeard Pirates were going to hold a celebratory banquet. They had invited Shin, but he refused. He had no interest in attending.

Besides, who wanted to party with Whitebeard’s crew? It was a sausage fest—not a single woman in sight. Shin had zero interest in that kind of celebration. Moreover, Shin didn’t think there was anything to celebrate, nothing worth celebrating.

Killing Blackbeard and Kaido was a simple matter. Did that really call for a celebration?

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