Am I qualified?

Hiyori who was still in Kenshin's embrace stretched her arms and hugged Kenshin tightly.

"Aaah!"

As Hiyori hugged Kenshin the latter yelped in pain, he looked at Hiyori who had an innocent look on her face, and asked in an exasperated voice, "Are you trying to kill me?"

Hiyori chuckled seeing Kenshin in pain and replied pinching his cheek, "Who told you to act tough and fight 2 strong opponents."

Kenshin who had his cheek stretched out could only sigh in defeat as he endured the pain he was experiencing.

"What do we have here, is this the famous Kenshin that our little princess always talks about?"

Kenshin and Hiyori simultaneously glanced behind and saw a huge ship with a white cachalot figurehead passing through the entrance.

Hiyori then glared at the man who spoke that had a pineapple-shaped head and said, "No one asked you brother pineapple."

*Pfft!* "AH f*ck!"

Kenshin tried to hold back his laughter hearing the nickname of the man that spoke, but due to him holding back his laughter his injured muscles moved sending pain all over his body.

"That's what you get for laughing at me, punk," Marco said as he looked at Kenshin who didn't know how to adjust his body because every time he moves his muscles get hurt.

Kenshin who was in deep pain looked at Hiyori pitifully and asked, "Hiyori, I know that there is a doctor on Whitebeard's ship can you tell him to help me out?"

Hearing Kenshin's request Hiyori pursed her lips and stopped herself from smiling, she then turned her head towards Marco and said, "Brother Pineapple, can you please check Kenshin's injuries?"

Knowing that Marco who he laughed at earlier was the doctor Kenshin already gave up as he lay flat on the ground with gritted teeth.

"*Sigh*, how the hell did you get this injured." Marco who approached Kenshin said when he checked on Kenshin's injuries.

"It's that damn Kizaru's fault he used advanced armament to tear my muscles," Kenshin explained to Marco so that he would know the reason behind his injuries.

Marco nodded his head in understanding, he then turned towards the ship and ordered, "Go and bring me a stretcher, we can't agitate his body anymore or else his injuries will worsen."

Looking at Marco who was busy tending to his wounds, Kenshin said gratefully "Thank you, Marco."

Marco smiled and replied, "No need to thank me, If I didn't tend to your injuries then the little princess will surely cause a huge ruckus and no one wants that to happen."

Hiyori who was standing beside Kenshin puffed her cheeks, and said trying to defend herself, "I'm not that spoiled you know!"

"Yeah, yeah" Everyone who was on board the Moby Dick replied in unison making Hiyori's face turn red in embarrassment.

A man with a chef suit jumped off the ship carrying a food plater as he approached Kenshin, "Nice to finally meet you, Kenshin. looks like our little princess won't be inheriting the 2nd commander position."

He then passed the food plater to Hiyori who had her face down, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry for not accepting the position big brother Thatch."

Thatch shook his head as he patted Hiyori's head and said, "Don't feel guilty, Pops didn't say anything about you inheriting the 2nd commander position because he knew that you will follow your knight in shining armor."

He then turned his head towards the rest of the crew and said, "Hiyori won't be taking the position that her father left behind but I think someone here is more qualified to take on that position."

As Thatch finished speaking all of the Whitebeard pirates turned their attention towards Kenshin.

"Huh? you want me to join your crew? Hahaha, fat chance!" Kenshin who was wrapped up said as he sat down.

Thatch gave a light smile and said, "You know Kenshin, this little princess here is the apple of our eyes so we won't be completely convinced if you don't show us how strong you are."

Kenshin had a weary smile on his face as he looked at Hiyori who had her head raised not planning to interfere.

"I may not be able to fight right now, but. . ."

All of a sudden a huge shockwave came out of Kenshin assaulting every Whitebeard pirates, Marco and Thatch who was near Kenshin felt the oppressive power coming from that shockwave as they both exchanged glances.

The rest of the crew who were on board the ship already fainted while the rest of the stronger members all had serious expressions on their faces as they stared at Kenshin.

Kenshin who just released his full force haki looked at Thatch and asked with a smile on his face, "Am I qualified enough?"

"Hahaha, of course you are qualified too bad that you're currently injured or else it would've been better for you to fight against some of the commanders." Thatch said with a laugh as he nodded in satisfaction seeing how strong Kenshin's haki was.

"Alright, alright, let's all board the ship and meet up with pops inside the Fishman Island," Marco said as he and Thatch carried Kenshin bringing him inside the ship.