Chapter 14: The Selfish Sun
『No room for maneuver at all? I didn’t expect to encounter this kind of thing on just the second day in this world. Trouble.』
Understanding the meaning in the other’s words, Sister La felt it was somewhat tricky.
The other party clearly had no intention of letting it go, and none of these three choices was what Sister La wanted to pick.
Join the other party?
Looking at the other side like this, they were probably not some legitimate organization, and what use was inviting three clearly underage children like themselves?
Besides population trafficking, she couldn’t think of any other reason.
Refuse the other party?
To be honest, intuition told Sister La that she herself would have a hard time winning against the other party.
Even if the Egyptian God Cards’ strength was extremely powerful, Sister La, who had just been born a day ago, couldn’t fully wield their power yet, and she also had to worry about Aoxi’s and Obei’s safety…
『For now, she could only pretend to be friends first and then plan for the long term…』
“Sister La, what did that big guy say?” Aoxi quietly tugged at Sister La’s sleeve, interrupting her thoughts.
“He said we either join his organization or beat him here.”
“We can’t agree to him, Big Sister!” Hearing this, Obei hurriedly stopped her.
“This guy is clearly not a good person. Once we get to his territory, it’ll be hard for us to resist again! With the three of us together now, we might be able to win the battle.”
“Yeah! Sister La, we can’t hand the initiative to the enemy!” Aoxi also stood together with Obei.
“Hey! You three, what are you whispering about? Choose now, join me or die here!” Kaido, who couldn’t understand Chinese on the side, began to impatiently urge.
“Sister La（, let’s go all out!” Without Sister La translating, Aoxi and Obei both sensed the other’s impatience.
Sister La didn’t respond, just carefully looking at Aoxi and Obei’s faces.
Although the two childish little faces were full of determination and resolve at this moment, there was no doubt they had already made their decision.
But Sister La was also well aware that with the power Aoxi and Obei could wield now, joining the battle wouldn’t increase their chances of winning and might instead distract her own energy.
With that dragon-man’s power on the other side, even though Aoxi and their current bodies’ intensity had reached an unprecedented level, they were still very likely to be injured or killed under the other’s attacks.
The silence was very brief. Sister La’s furrowed brows relaxed, having clearly made some decision. After nodding to Aoxi and the other, she turned to Kaido and said:
“My sisters, spare. I fight you, alone.”
The two little ones, not understanding what Sister La said, also stepped forward, standing at Sister La’s side.
“Fight me alone?! Uro-ro-ro-ro-ro~ What an interesting brat. Sure enough, that aura I sensed back then was you!”
Hearing this, Kaido actually burst into laughter. A surging momentum erupted from him, turning into substantial pressure that even dispersed the clouds above his head.
Conqueror’s Haki——the most domineering momentum that only kings above countless mortals can nurture, burst out from Kaido at this moment!
In Sister La’s eyes, the other party seemed to transform into an Evil Dragon devouring the world, ferociously roaring at them!
“Good! Then as you wish! Don’t disappoint me, brat!”
“Wh-what?! This is… my head, my head feels so dizzy.”
The sudden Conqueror’s Haki impact immediately made Aoxi and Obei unsteady on their feet. Their souls, which had just gone through separation, were not yet stable. After swaying for a while, the two couldn’t hold out and fainted.
But this scene was interpreted differently in Kaido’s eyes.
『These brats are indeed not simple!』
Under his unrestrained release of Conqueror’s Haki, two little brats who couldn’t even speak fluently didn’t faint immediately, which was completely beyond his expectations.
Normally, Kaido’s Haki could directly stun some Navy junior officers, and for little girls like Aoxi and Obei around eight or nine years old, one glance from him could probably scare them to death.
Kaido turned his gaze to Sister La in front of them. Except for her brilliant golden long hair being blown around, there was no other change; she didn’t even blink, as if his Haki had no effect on her at all.
Seeing the other’s calm expression, the light in Kaido’s eyes intensified, and his gaze toward the other two fainted on the ground became even hotter.
If not for his body’s instinct sensing a real threat from this blond little brat in front of him, he would have bundled up all three and taken them away long ago, without wasting words on intimidation.
A forced melon, he didn’t care if it was sweet or not, as long as it quenched his thirst. His Pirate Crew was currently short on people.
Stepping forward slightly to block Kaido’s line of sight, Sister La pointed behind her and said: “Island’s south, battle, you and I.”
With that, she glanced at Aoxi and Obei fainted on the ground. Kaido’s Haki attack had actually saved her the trouble of knocking them out herself.
Waving her hand to condense a circular Flame Barrier around the two, isolating them from the outside world, Sister La gestured for Kaido to follow her.
Kaido glanced at that golden barrier, didn’t ask more, and directly followed behind Sister La’s small back.
……
South of the nameless island, one large and one small figure stood facing each other.
“Brat, what’s your name?” Kaido didn’t rush to attack, but first asked the other’s name.
“Ra（Ra）.”
Sister La replied calmly, her voice without any fluctuation, but the divine power in her body was already boiling and ready to strike. She had prepared to act at any moment.
『The entire person’s momentum has changed, this little brat!』Kaido keenly sensed Sister La’s change, feeling wary in his heart.
“My name is Kaido! The man who will overturn this world! I’ll give you one more chance, join me!”
『Hm? Overturn the world…』
The information revealed in Kaido’s words was somewhat unexpected to Sister La.
『It seems my previous guess was wrong. This guy on the other side doesn’t seem like a good person, but he’s also unlikely to be some petty criminal trafficking children and population. And the name Kaido…』
Momentum doesn’t lie, and lies can’t deceive the current Sister La. The Haki Kaido just released was absolutely not something a small-time kidnapper of children could possess.
『An ambitionist, huh…』
“Fine, if you can beat me.”
With a grasp in her heart, Sister La, who had relaxed a bit, restored her smile and threw Kaido’s earlier words back at him.
After roughly determining that the other party likely valued her power rather than anything else, Sister La gave up the idea of perishing together with him and instead chose to temporarily join him.
And now, what she needed to do was display her strength to increase the importance of herself and the others in the other’s heart. Of course, if there was an opportunity to kill him in battle, she wouldn’t hesitate.
Although she knew full well the other party wasn’t a good person, Sister La had no justice complex and wouldn’t say something like she wouldn’t associate with evil even if her family died out.
For now, Aoxi and Obei came first.
As outsiders, and with only a short day in this world, Sister La couldn’t develop a sense of belonging to the world under her feet. The indifference brought by her divinity also made it hard for her to feel belonging to a strange world.
In fact, if not for sensing that Kaido was hard to defeat, Sister La would have killed him without hesitation the moment he threatened Aoxi and the others, just like killing those two chicken-like creatures, without any soft-heartedness.
Sure enough, once emotion arises, even the sun becomes selfish…
