บท 338: The Motionless Demon Spade

Alaudi himself was aware of the current situation. Although things had gotten better for Vongola Family with Red Hair Pirates joining the battle, Garp's strength was a bit overwhelming. At this rate, it was just a matter of time before they lost.

After all, Red Hair Pirates was not as strong as in the manga yet. Trying to change the outcome of such a large-scale battle with their own power was not an easy task.

Moreover, Demon Spade had not made any move up to this point. Alaudi couldn't help but wonder why. If Demon Spade intervened, the situation would change instantly. This Mist Guardian was quite powerful, especially his illusion abilities, which could be extremely effective in such a battle. He could corner Varia as long as he wanted to.

However, Demon Spade indeed had his own reason for not making any move. Perhaps, as he had mentioned, he was only targeting Primo, not the Family as a whole.

On Secon Island, in technical department.

"It's almost ready, just give me a little more time, just a little..."

Spanner said as he tapped various buttons. Behind him was a completed Moska. All it needed was Dying Will Flame to pilot Moska, and it would be able to join the battle. Although it wouldn't bring a drastic change, it could push Vongola Family's advantage nonetheless. And beside him, responsible for pumping Dying Will Flame into Moska...

Was none other than the useless Skull!

Using Verde's Dying Will Flame was not ideal, so there were no other options at the moment.

"Spanner, I don't think we need Moska. Shiki won't be able to hold on for long. Moreover, Lightning Guardian and Reborn are also participating. Although it's not by a large margin, we definitely have the upper hand. Once Primo deals with Shiki, this war will end!"

Verde said to Spanner as he observed the situation outside through a large screen, "There'll be more opportunities to test out Moska's performance in the future. There's no need to force it now. Besides, I always feel like using Skull's Dying Will Flame for the test run tarnishes our sense of accomplishments."

"Hey! I'd appreciate it if you at least don't say that out loud? If I could move right now, I'd definitely beat you to a pulp!" Skull couldn't bear it upon hearing someone speak ill of him.

Despite what he said, he actually didn't have the courage to actually confront Verde. After all, he was the most pushover Arcobaleno among them all.

"To push our advantage, even by a little, we need to do our best. Besides, the data that we obtain in battle will give more references to further enhance Moska in the future. So, I must deploy Moska into the battlefield as quickly as possible!"

Spanner answered Verde while keeping his brain running at high speed, continuously tuning up Moska. Before Skull was done powering up the Moska with Dying Will Flame, he had to tune up the Moska. After all, this was an unmanned Moska; it was operated remotely by him. So, there couldn't be any flaws in the settings.

At this moment, if only Shoichi Irie were here, Spanner could definitely save a lot of time. However, Shoichi Irie was in the Merone Base and did not participate in this battle.

After all, it would not affect the situation whether he participated or not. In terms of tactics, Shoichi Irie was quite skilled, but in combat...

He probably wouldn't need anyone to attack him; he would collapse on his own due to a stomachache.

"Boom!"

Right at that moment, there was another intense clash in the sky, and the impact from the explosion directly sent Shiki flying.

Shiki was now covered in blood from head to toe, and he was breathing heavily. After all, he was getting old and was no longer the legendary pirate Shiki back then. Such intense battles were too draining for him.

On the other hand, thanks to Sun Tattoo, Giotto was still at his prime, aside from the two distinct sword marks on his clothes.

There was no doubt, these sword marks were caused by Shiki, but the wounds had long healed thanks to Sun Tattoo.

"Jihaha… haha!"

Shiki's laughter was interrupted for a moment, showing how mentally and physically exhausted Shiki was. "I really underestimated you, Vongola brat... It turns out you can push me this far. Sometimes I envy that bastard Roger. He has so many capable crews on his ship that even young ones like you can get this far."

"Rayleigh, Gaban, Kozuki Oden... If they're part of my crew, I would have conquered the entire world long ago!"

Shiki acknowledged that Roger was his equal and also envied him for being able to assemble such a group of strong individuals.

"Reminiscing about the past at a time like this are we? Are you ready to admit defeat? Unfortunately, none of you will escape this time. I can't let someone like you to threaten Vongola Family anymore."

Long before the battle began, Giotto had already decided to completely annihilate Shiki and his men. After all, that guy posed too big of a threat to ignore. Float-Float Fruit's ability could cause devastating damage. He didn't want incidents like "Ship smashing Mary Geoise" to happen again, either on Secon Island or in other Vongola Family territories.

"What nonsense are you talking about, Vongola brat? Have you forgotten?" Shiki's eyes shone with a stunning light. His willpower had now surpassed the limits of his body. "I am Shiki, after all!" He sounded no less than proud than Whitebeard when he said it. He couldn't get rid of his pride as one of the legendary pirates of the previous era.

But just at that moment, a sinister voice echoed in the air, "Hehe, it seems you have finally changed a bit, Primo! However, that is still not enough. Vongola family should be stronger, crueller, and more magnificent!"