Chapter 154: Fangs Of The Young Beast
Well, how should I put it~
Aoxi’s sudden appearance made the scene extremely awkward for a moment.
The Whitebeard Pirates were already prepared to ruthlessly destroy the flower to avenge Marco and the others.
In the end, Aoxi was surprisingly so principled, saying it was a spar then it really was just a spar, without taking any lives—Marco and the others merely passed out.
Then what was with all that commotion you made earlier?
You weren’t just purely wanting to blow up an island for fun, right?
“Hm? What’s wrong? Why isn’t anyone speaking?”
“This…”
Whitebeard’s sons looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
In the end, they could only turn their gazes to Whitebeard.
“Uh…”
Whitebeard also had an awkward expression, because Kaido’s interference had made him lose his cool, plus the intense electromagnetic and energy interference from Aoxi’s powerful attack caused his Observation Haki to make a mistake earlier.
He actually hadn’t noticed that Marco and Jozu were still alive.
It was mainly because Aoxi’s Superconducting Wave was so intimidating—that power was basically deadly on contact, injurious on a graze.
“Let’s go check on Captain Kaido first.”
Ignoring everyone else’s reactions, La flipped over and flew off the ship toward Kaido’s direction.
“Boss Kaido really left first, huh? Without even saying goodbye~”
Aoxi still didn’t know about Kaido being punched away; earlier in the sky, her attention had been entirely on her wise man time.
“Eh? Sister La, you can fly too now?”
“But why don’t I see any wings?”
Aoxi looked at La’s back, which had no wings, yet she floated directly into the air, immediately finding it very novel.
This was just like the “Sky Dancing Technique” from Dragon Ball.
“It’s just operating the body with mental power. I remember telling you about this technique when I first arrived here.”
This was actually the least energy-efficient and slowest flying method, but it could effectively train one’s mental power.
La hadn’t forgotten about the Millennium Puzzle and had been subtly training herself all along.
……
Pickle Island wasn’t big, and the three of them arrived at the ruins where Kaido was buried in almost no time.
By now, Jhin had already dug Kaido out. Surprisingly, Kaido was still conscious and even staggered to his feet.
Keep in mind this was taking Whitebeard’s full-powered strike head-on at almost point-blank range—that strike could normally shatter a small island.
“Captain Kaido, how are you feeling?”
“I’m fine.”
Kaido refused Jhin’s support and stood steady on his own.
“Boss Kaido, how did you end up like this? Who did it!”
“Was it that white nose hair guy? This young master will go settle the score with him right now!”
Seeing Kaido in such a wretched state, Aoxi was instantly furious and immediately turned around to go find Whitebeard.
“Wait a minute, Little Brat Aoxi.”
Kaido clutched his chest and stopped her.
“Wait for what? You’ve been beaten like this!”
“This young master is definitely going to beat that guy until his nose hair turns red this time!”
Aoxi’s personality was always straightforward and fiercely loyal—her people had been hit, so she had to demand justice no matter what.
“Gurahaha! Who’s the one talking about dyeing my beard red?”
“Clearly just a snot-nosed brat whose fur hasn’t even fully grown, but that tone of yours is quite—”
“Thunder Cannon!”
Hearing the commotion, Aoxi fired a Thunder Cannon without even looking, hitting Whitebeard square in the face on the spot.
“Old Man!”*n
The pirates behind Whitebeard wanted to rush forward but were stopped by his wave.
“I’m fine.”
As the smoke cleared, Whitebeard’s golden long hair was slightly frizzed from the electric current, but overall he was unharmed.
“How’s this young master’s tone?”
Aoxi raised her brows, her tone hostile.
“Heh! Not bad, indeed stronger than my sons.”
“Uro-ro-ro—cough, cough!”
“I’ve said it long ago—your boring sons can’t compare to my executives at all!”
Kaido lowered the arm covering his wound and approached Whitebeard step by step until they were face to face.
Only then did everyone realize that Kaido was actually a head taller than Whitebeard!
The two stared at each other, the atmosphere instantly becoming extremely tense, the space once again filled with a suffocating sense of oppression.
On one side was the Governor-General of the Beasts Pirates and his four core executives; on the other was the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and his hundreds of adopted sons…
Was the war about to start?
Clang!
Someone on Whitebeard’s side had already drawn their sword, staring deathly at the few from Beasts, waiting only for Old Man’s order to charge.
Beasts was prepared to do the same—Jhin’s flames had converged into his body, ready to behead Whitebeard the moment battle began.
“Gurahahahaha!”
“Uro-ro-ro-ro!”
Suddenly, the two facing off burst into laughter simultaneously, as if everything before had never happened.
“Shall we continue? The banquet?”
“No need, I’m heading back.”
Kaido waved for La and the others to follow, then brushed past Whitebeard directly toward the shore.
“Newgate… no, Whitebeard! Next time we meet, we’ll be enemies.”
“I absolutely won’t lose a second time!”
“Guraha! Arrogant brat, who do you think you’re talking to? I’m Whitebeard!”
“That goes for you too—I’m Kaido!”
Kaido didn’t yield an inch and fired right back.
“Also, keep your subordinate pirate crews in check. If they touch my things again, I’ll twist off their head and have it sent back to you.”
“Let’s go!”
With that, Kaido transformed directly into the Azure Dragon and climbed into the clouds.
Obei and Jhin followed closely behind.
La didn’t forget the ship still docked at the shore and the Wright Trio; she used mental power to float the ship and took them along to catch up with Kaido.
Among the group, only Aoxi was a step slow.
She stared at every face in the Whitebeard Pirates, stuck out her tongue at them, then finally spread her wings and left.
……
“Sachi, have our subordinate pirate crews run into anyone from Beasts lately?”
Watching the departing Beasts Pirates crew, Whitebeard suddenly asked.
“This…”
Sachi hesitated a bit but told the truth.
“Karma robbed a foreign trade ship sailing out of Beasts’ territory a few days ago and took the cargo.”
He added here:
“The liquor he offered you before, Old Man, was robbed from that ship.”
Whitebeard fell silent for a moment after hearing Sachi’s report, saying nothing.
Karma was the captain of a pirate crew that had just joined him, a octopus fish-man who loved raiding everywhere.
He hadn’t expected Karma to reach into Kaido’s territory this time…
“Go to the treasure vault, take out treasure equivalent to the cargo on that ship, and have it sent to Beasts’ territory.”
“Also, deduct this amount from my share.”
“Old Man, this…”
“Go.”
“……Alright, I understand.”
Normally, one pirate crew raiding another was perfectly justified—there’s no such thing as all being pirates so don’t infight each other…
If you robbed, you robbed—that’s the pirate rule. Getting robbed just means you’re too weak and not suited for this line of work.
If you’re not convinced, either rob back or tuck your tail obediently.
As for compensation… that’s even more impossible.
And Kaido hadn’t mentioned compensation at all during this meeting with Whitebeard—he was just constantly baring his fangs.
Whether borrowing the chance to cultivate Conqueror’s Haki Infusion, or repeatedly provoking his sons to showcase Beasts’ ridiculously young executives…
Kaido knew full well he wasn’t Whitebeard’s match right now, nor did Beasts have the strength to challenge the Whitebeard Pirates head-on, but he had no intention of swallowing the insult after being robbed.
Kaido was baring his fangs at this currently unbeatable strong foe in his own way.
He was declaring that even this vicious beast, not yet grown to its peak, still had the power to tear through an enemy’s throat.
Whitebeard choosing to compensate this time was partly because of Marco and Jozu—he was in the wrong there, so the treasure repaid that punch.
On the other hand, it was also admitting defeat in this bout—his sons were no match for the opponent’s executives.
In the next generation, Beasts would surely surpass his side.
He was just an ordinary man, destined to grow old one day, unable to protect his sons forever…
