Chapter 163: Teacher Kaido’s Special Lesson
Hana-zō left.
He left on that pirate ship he had hastily patched up with wooden boards.
Kaido stood at the dock on Fenrir Island, watching his old friend gradually sail away, lost in his own thoughts.
“That Fang Uncle just left like that…”
“Yeah, he left.”
“But sooner or later, he’ll come back one day.”
Before departing, Kaido gave a piece of his own life card to Hana-zō, and the other likewise left his life card behind.
Kaido understood Hana-zō’s choice, and at the same time, he believed the other would eventually join his Beasts Pirates.
“What the heck~ Boss Kaido, you’re way too lame!”
“That kill-matted guy named Sain before, and now this Hana-zō uncle too—haven’t you successfully recruited a single one~”
Aoxi teased, propping her head on her hands.
“You only managed to recruit us three by sheer dumb luck because Sister La was still in her weakness period at the time~”
“Uro-ro-ro-ro! True, I won’t deny that.”
“Bringing you three back was truly the most correct decision I’ve ever made in my life.”
Kaido was genuinely reflective about his luck back then.
If Ember hadn’t happened to send the intel, if Sain hadn’t been in the West Sea but somewhere else, if he hadn’t whimsically gone over for a look, if Sister La had been in perfect condition at the time…
Without those coincidences, he might really have missed out on these three brats, or gotten beaten to death directly on that nameless desert island.
“But back then, you were the one who attacked me first, right, brat? I was flying fine in the sky.”
“Heh~ Still lying~”
“Sister La already told me—you were deliberately circling over our heads on purpose.”
“The desert island we were on wasn’t even on your original route.”
“Eh? Is, is that so?”
“Haha! I didn’t even notice myself~”
“Must’ve been drunk and veered off course.”
Aoxi rolled her eyes directly, too lazy to deal with him.
“Eh~ So boring…”
“Everyone has stuff to do, and us two feel totally superfluous.”
Aoxi walked with hands behind her back, idly kicking stones by her feet out of boredom.
“Hm? You feel bored?”
“Easy fix~”
“Come spar with me—I’ll teach you some different stuff.”
Kaido suddenly realized this brat Aoxi might make a decent sparring partner, but he needed to improve her Haki skills first.
“Different stuff?”
Aoxi perked up a bit with interest.
“That’s right—you have Conqueror’s Haki too, don’t you, brat?”
“Once you learn that move, you can strut around on this sea.”
After all, as far as he knew, the number of people on this sea who could use Conqueror’s Haki Infusion could be counted on one hand.
But what Aoxi cared about clearly wasn’t that…
“That move you mentioned… does it have cool special effects?”
“Sp-special effects?”
“Eh~ Like, when you release it, is it all sparks and lightning, zapping so bright people can’t even open their eyes?”
“Oh~ You mean that.”
“Of course! It’s lightning~ I know tons of ’em~”
As long as he, Kaido, got serious, any swing of his club would shoot electric lights everywhere and flames to the sky.
“Uro-ro-ro! Let’s go, brat.”
“I’m pretty talented at teaching—guaranteed to get it in one go.”
“Then let’s hurry~ Off we go~”
……
“Thunder Bagua!”
“Gwah—!”
Boom!
In a remote forest on Fenrir Island, Aoxi was sent flying like a baseball by Kaido’s club swing.
Whoosh—!
Bang!!!
Face met wolf fang club, then she skid along the ground for several hundred meters… After smashing through who knows how many giant trees, Aoxi’s small body was brutally embedded into the mountain body.
“Uro-ro-ro-ro! Brat!”
“Now’s not the time for sleep!”
“Kongorō!”
Without giving Aoxi any chance to breathe, a purple impact that could split mountains followed right after.
“Urgh…”
“Thunder Cannon!”
Boom!
Golden thunder breath engulfed that sharp purple glow, and without waiting for Kaido to follow up, Aoxi seized the moment to burst out with energy and break free from the mountain body.
“Hah! Take this—”
“Pluto Fist!”
Right foot slammed the ground hard, and Aoxi rocketed forward, instantly crossing several hundred meters back in front of Kaido.
Then her right fist, coated in Haki and flashing blinding lightning, smashed viciously toward the face of the beast before her!
“Too green!”
“Eh?”
In Aoxi’s surprised gaze, Kaido dodged without even looking by tilting his head, followed by another top-down Thunder Bagua.
The spiked wolf fang club, wrapped in purple thunder, smashed viciously down toward the girl’s head below.
Bang!!!
Old force spent, new force not yet generated—Aoxi had nowhere to dodge.
“Wah!”
The jet-black wolf fang club made intimate contact with the back of her head, the massive power and Haki friction sparking thunder in the air. The next second, Aoxi’s whole body was hammered into the ground.
Crack!
Dense spiderweb cracks burst open in the earth underfoot, kicking up a violent spray of flying stones.
Aoxi’s small body hit the ground and bounced twice.
……
“Hey, Little Brat Aoxi? You still awake?”
Looking at the ground caved in a huge chunk, Kaido didn’t follow up with another attack this time.
“Mmph~”
Aoxi, back of her head facing up, mumbled a vague response.
『You okay…』
『Really tough little thing~』
Internally marveling at her durability, Kaido showed no mercy on his lips, urging her to get up now that she was fine.
“Awake? Then get up quick—I haven’t even warmed up yet!”
“Mmph~”
Face-down Aoxi still didn’t move an inch, but around her body, sporadic electric arcs began to flicker.
Crackle~
Zap~
Golden electric arcs kept emerging from the void, then coiled around Aoxi’s body, lifting her up into the air.
“Hm?”
Kaido watched in confusion as Aoxi gradually floated up amid the lightning, unsure what trick she was pulling now.
Her getting smashed down by a club looked lame, but her get-up pose had to be cool.
“This brat!”
After puzzling over it, he finally saw she was messing around with flashy nonsense mid-battle again—Kaido swung his club sideways, ready to hit another home run.
“Brat! I ain’t…”
“Justice Sneak Attack!”
Taking advantage of Kaido’s yapping, Aoxi suddenly reared her head and blasted a breath right in his face.
“Urgh…”
The scorching, blinding breath directly disrupted Kaido’s line of sight.
“Mada mada!”
“Magnetic Field Rotation at 990,000 horsepower, Aoxi Thunder Fist!”
Now it was Aoxi’s turn not to give him a breather—she channeled her full power into a fist straight at Kaido’s chest…
Bang!
Sizzle~
“Eh?”
No feedback of hitting the target—with her fist swinging at empty air and the flowers, grass, and trees ahead flattened by the punch wind, Aoxi let out a dazed sound.
Bong!!!
Another club swing, and Aoxi was flat on the ground again, blooming a flower of hope.
……
“Uro-ro-ro-ro! Brat, you wanna sneak attack me? You’re still too early!”
“Why? Why can you always dodge my attacks?”
From the start of the fight until now, Aoxi had only grazed Kaido that one sneak attack earlier—all her other attacks had been dodged by him.
Her attack speed wasn’t slow at all—even fast enough that ordinary people couldn’t see a shadow—but Kaido just kept dodging.
“Heh heh! Nothing to it—your Observation Haki just isn’t up to par.”
“My Observation Haki is above yours, so I can briefly see the future of your attacks.”
‘Future Sight’ is a highly advanced application of Observation Haki.
Normally, it requires the user to concentrate their mind intensely and unify their thoughts to enter that state.
And once thoughts get confused, like Kaido just now, you get careless from the brat’s antics and eat a sneak attack.
It’s a fairly hard-to-master technique.
