Pirate: It’s not a phantom beast, it’s a phantom god!

Chapter 160 Old acquaintance

"Move the sign 15.5 centimeters to the right. Yes, that's right."

"Hey there, why did you paint the lab floor dark? How are we going to find a screw if it falls off later?"

"Hey! Where's the guy who drew the map? I've told you so many times to separate the test site from the experimental site. Divide it into three areas, with two doors in each area!"

……

At the foot of the Fenrir Island volcano, Ober was wearing an ill-fitting safety helmet and using a loud speaker to direct a group of civil engineers in the construction of a weapons factory.

Although these workers specially hired from the New World Infrastructure Island charged a high price, they were more efficient. In just a few weeks, they had built the prototype of the venue.

As an island specializing in this field, its residents can play with ink fountains at the age of three and mix cement at the age of five. Their house-building skills are as famous as the Seven Water Cities that built ships in the first half of the Grand Route.

Its official construction team even has many people with acquired civil engineering skills, such as those with the "Cement" fruit ability and the "Bricklaying" fruit ability, and they are known as the Crazy Infrastructure Team!
"Ok?"

Ober, who was holding the blueprint of the experimental area and thinking about what instruments to purchase, suddenly noticed that Osi was leading a group of people and carrying something huge with great effort towards this side.

"What is this thing?"

She asked curiously, looking at the object in front of her that was covered with black cloth and was more than ten meters high.

I don't remember ordering anything of this size before...

"This~ This is a statue that Boss Kaido specifically requested. He said it's to commemorate the completion of the first weapons factory of the Beasts, and it should be placed at the gate."

Osi raised his hand to signal, and the pirates who were carrying the heavy objects carefully put them down.

"statue?"

"Or was it Kaido's request?"

Ouba raised his eyebrows, walked over and lifted the black cloth, and found that there was indeed a stone statue of Kaido in dragon form inside.

"I heard this thing cost a lot of money. It took a lot of persuasion from Boss Kaido to get Sister La to approve it."

"Huh↓ Kaido is quite conceited."

"Hehe~ I'm thinking of putting a water pipe in this thing's mouth and putting it at the door to use as a fountain."

"It just so happens that water can bring wealth."

"I think this thing is suitable for use as a target at a test range."

The two sisters talked back and forth, not taking the captain's request seriously at all.

Anyway, this statue looks stupid and can't be La's work, so it doesn't matter how you manipulate it.

The pirates who were in charge of moving the statue wiped their sweat and pretended not to hear.

"Okay, we'll leave now."

"Boss Kaido said that an interesting guy appeared in our outer sea, and he seems to be an acquaintance of his."

"I might as well go take a look."

"Let's go, don't bother me if there's nothing wrong."

……

Black Rock Reef is a giant uninhabited island reef on the outermost edge of the Fenrir Sea, with an area comparable to that of a small island.

"Nooooooo! Sashi ignores me~ Hua Zha."

"I didn't expect you to still be alive!"

Kaido sat on a flat reef and greeted the man in front of him familiarly. A strange pirate ship was wandering on the sea not far away.

The man being greeted by Kaido was wearing a captain's coat and a half mask. The exposed lower half of his face was full of sharp teeth, and he looked very ferocious.

"You bastard are alive and well, how could I die first?"

The man with sharp teeth retorted unhappily, then said:

"You bastard have become quite famous recently. I've even heard news about you in the Woka Kingdom."

"I heard that you formed an alliance with the Golden Lion and together you defeated that great pirate John."

"Woo-la-la-la! The Kingdom of Woka? Didn't expect the news to have spread so far?"

"Well? Hasn't that old, immortal king died of fright yet?"

After so many years, Kaido still hasn't forgotten that he was betrayed to the World Government by his own country.

That was the beginning of Kaido's change in worldview and values. From then on, his enemy was no longer a certain person or a certain country, but the order itself that had been stubbornly maintained by the World Government for eight hundred years.

"That old man died a long time ago, and it seems his son is the successor now."

"Well~ I don't care about such boring things. Kaido, you must have gotten a lot of good things this time, right?"

"I'm a pirate now, too. Hand it over!"

The man named Hanazawa raised his weapon and pointed it at Kaido.

The man's weapon was also strange, resembling a scythe handle with a flail attached, and coupled with his steel gloves, it looked quite intimidating. "Hmph~ After being apart for so long, are you going to start fighting the moment you meet?"

"You really haven't changed at all!"

Seeing the other party's posture, Kaido also stood up and took out the mace he carried with him.

"However, as a senior in the pirate industry, I must teach you the rules of the pirate world!"

Kaido and Hanazawa actually knew each other during the Woka Kingdom period, and they fought many times during that period, so they can be considered both enemies and friends.

However, the two haven't met since Kaido defected. Recently, Hanazawa heard that Kaido had made a big name for himself in the New World, so he decided to go out to sea and become a pirate.

After a long separation, there is nothing better than a fight as a greeting before meeting again.

"Drink!"

Ping!
"Uh-huh!"

"Thunder gossip!"

"Wow...!"

Compared to Kaido, who has been on the sea for many years and has fought against countless strong men, Hanazawa's strength has obviously not improved much.

After just a few moves, Hua Zha fell into a disadvantage

"You guys, have you become so strong?"

Half-kneeling on the ground, Hua Zha supported the sickle, his tone full of confusion and surprise.

It's clear that I could fight this guy back then, with both sides winning and losing. How come I can't even fight back now?

"This ocean is much wider than just the Kingdom of Voka."

"There are all sorts of monster-like strong people here... With those guys standing in my way, I have to become stronger!"

As he spoke, Kaido's mind unconsciously emerged with the figures of Rocks, Roger, Whitebeard, Golden Lion and others.

"How's it going, Hanaza?"

"Come to my side and join the Hundred Beasts."

Kaido extended his hand to the other party.

Although the current strength of this old acquaintance of mine is not very impressive, this sea is the best training ground. With his foundation, he has a promising future.

But Hua Zha refused without even thinking about it.

"Tsk~ I don't want to be your subordinate yet."

"You've become stronger, which is just what I want. I can show you the new power I just gained!"

After saying that, Hua Zha threw away his weapon, and then his whole body shape began to change.

His body suddenly swelled and grew larger, his entire face began to deform and bulge outward, his skin gradually turned brown, and his fangs and claws suddenly lashed out...

"Hooo ...

Kaido looked at the Tyrannosaurus in front of him with a gleam in his eyes.

"Well, this is the power I gained after going out to sea!"

"I'm now several times stronger than before, be careful!"

The voice, which had become even more brutal and rough due to the complete animal transformation, was half-hit and shouted out from Hanafuda's mouth.

"Roar!"

The Tyrannosaurus Rex swung its tail, and a large area of ​​the surrounding reefs was blown up.

Kaido easily dodged it by turning sideways and was safe and sound.

"Hmm? As expected, you just got your ability not long ago, and your control over your transformed body is a bit too poor."

Looking at the opponent's attack which had no accuracy but only strength, Kaido shook his head.

The power of the ancient species is very strong, but the opponent does not seem to be able to use it well.

"Wooo-ha-ha! Hanaza, you can't use your animal-type abilities so roughly!"

"Let me teach you the most powerful form of an animal-type ability user!"

　Bad news, I think I'm experiencing some writer's block...

　　Good news... no good news.

　　No way! I actually got writer's block?

　　How could I possibly have writer's block?
　　Hmm~ Could it be that the updates are too fast?
　　Ah~ that must be it!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)