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

Chapter 161 A humble banquet

"Drink!"

Unlike Hanazawa's transformation, which took a long time, Kaido entered the half-beast form in almost the blink of an eye.

"Vajra!"

call out--!
"Uh-huh!"

Before he could react, the pitch-black mace lashed the air fiercely, and a purple shock wave hit Hua Zha's back, knocking his huge body down.

"With this posture, you actually also gained the power of the devil fruit?"

Hanafuda, who was lying on the ground, couldn't help but widen his pupils when he saw Kaido's inhuman form.

"Hehe! That's right, and it's even rarer and more powerful than your ancient species—the mythical beast species!"

Kaido usually doesn't like to brag about his fruit abilities, his focus has always been on domineering.

But when facing his old friend whom he hadn't seen for many years, he couldn't help but show off.

"Mythical beasts... I see."

"But so what? Just because something is rare doesn't necessarily mean it's more powerful. My ancient species' power won't necessarily be inferior to yours!"

Unlike Kaido, Hanazawa has become obsessed with this powerful force far beyond that of ordinary people since he ate the devil fruit.

In addition, he had always loved the ancient giant beasts depicted in picture books since he was a child, which gave him the idea of ​​establishing a pirate group composed entirely of ancient species...

"Bawang Tail Swipe!"

Twisting his huge body, Hanafuda swung his tail like an iron whip again.

"Too slow! Too slow!"

"You'll never hit me with that slow movement!"

Kaido took another step back and easily dodged the opponent's attack, then jumped up and swung a stick at the opponent's chin.

The completely beast-like body enhances strength, but loses agility and skills. This powerful form is not suitable for single combat.

So after his attack was dodged again and he was hit by the opponent's stick, Huazha also imitated him and turned into a half-beast form.

"Well, now it's starting to look a little bit better."

"Humph! I won't let you get away with it this time."

Hanazawa picked up his weapon again and pointed the blade of the sickle at Kaido.

"Oh, oh, oh! I see~ But I don't really want to go on anymore."

To be honest, this fight between Kaido and me was a bit boring. He thought that his former rival would give him a surprise after going out to sea, but now it seems that the opponent's strength is not as good as King.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"It means our boring small talk should end."

“Thunder—gossip!”

The powerful Armament Haki wrapped around the mace, and Kaido swung the attack with a little more seriousness.

Ping!
There was no time to react. Hua Zha's sickle bent into a strange angle the moment it touched the mace, and then a huge force was transmitted to his chest along the bent sickle handle.

Bang!
call out--!
Hanazawa's consciousness became blurred for a moment, and then he flew backwards like a cannonball and hit his own pirate ship in the distance.

boom!
The relatively new pirate ship was suddenly hit so hard that wood chips flew everywhere and it almost capsized.

"Captain!"
Before falling unconscious, Hanazawa heard the worried cries of his crew members and the voice of a strange girl...

"Eh? Boss Kaido, didn't you say you were going out to meet someone you know?"

"Why did you start a fight? Do you owe him a lot of money and don't want to pay it back?"

……

"Uh……"

In a room on Fenrir Island, Hanaza opened his eyes again.

Strange ceiling.

"Huh? Boss Kaido, this sharp-fanged uncle seems to have woken up."

It was that little girl's voice again, and it was definitely not an auditory hallucination.

Why is there suddenly a child next to Kaido? Does he have a daughter?
The wild thoughts in his mind did not last long, and a very cute girl appeared in Huazha's sight.

The girl was about eight or nine years old, with bright red hair and golden eyes, and looked innocent and lively.

The other person can make people involuntarily feel magically relaxed and excited just by their appearance and voice, like a little sun.

Well, it seems that she is definitely not Kaido’s daughter.

For some reason, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and Hanaza tried to turn his head to see where Kaido was.

"Hey hey hey~ Don't be in such a hurry to get up."

"Let me check if you're injured by Boss Kaido."

Ossi stretched out a finger and waved it in front of the other person.

"Come on, tell me what this is?"

"Uh… is this 'one'?"

Hua Zha was confused by the other party.

"Huh? What 'one'?"

"That's clearly a finger!" "Oh no, Kaido, you've been knocked senseless."

"Quick! Let's quietly find a secluded place to throw him away while no one is around, so he won't blame us."

"You little devil..."

Hua Zha, who realized what was going on, was very upset.

"Oh, don't tease him, Ossie."

Kaido, who was sitting not far away drinking, couldn't help feeling happy when he saw his old friend's embarrassed look.

"How about it, can you get up now?"

As a special animal system, the ancient species has much stronger recovery ability than ordinary animals.

Although Kaido's stick was heavy, it was only wrapped with ordinary armament color and did not cause any internal damage.

"Humph!"

"Of course, your light stick can't hurt me."

Hua Zha immediately got out of bed and stood up, pulling off the bandage that someone had wrapped around his body.

"By the way, where are my crew members?"

Looking around, Hanaza found that there were only Kaido and Oshi, one big and one small, and none of his crew members were there.

Those were the old men who had followed him since the time of the Woka Kingdom. They were considered the few guys he could trust.

"They...those guys were making so much noise that I sent them to town."

"Okay, since everything is fine, let's go!"

"Go? Where?"

"A party, of course!"

After a long separation, there is no reason not to hold a party to celebrate.

Kaido stood up and led Ossi and Hanazawa out.

……

On the way to the banquet hall, Ossi asked curiously:

"By the way, Boss Kaido, when are we going to prepare for the banquet?"

"Haha! Of course, this kind of thing can be done anytime when the mood strikes! Why would we need any preparation?"

"Just go and tell Burfat directly. He's familiar with this matter!"

Kaido didn't care at all. After all, banquets are all about being spontaneous and can be held whenever the mood strikes.

"But Uncle Burfat isn't here today. There seems to be a disturbance on the island below, and he's out dealing with it."

"Hmm? Is that true?"

"But that doesn't matter. What about Jin? Let him make the arrangements."

"Jhin was sent out by Sister La to exchange for Bailey, so he's not here either."

"..."

Kaido suddenly had a bad feeling.

"That brat Oubey..."

"She was over at the factory, watching over the construction progress. She was very busy. That's why I was kicked out."

Case solved.

So, among all the beasts, he and Osi are the only ones who have nothing to do and have been idling around, right?

No wonder this kid suddenly followed him all the time today. It turns out there was no one around!
"..."

"That……"

"You don't want to go to Sister La and ask her to throw you a party, do you?!"

Before Kaido could say anything else, Oshi stopped and distanced himself from him.

"Then you have to go by yourself. I won't follow you."

Osi hadn't seen La today, and she guessed that her sister must have gone to some remote place to try some strange things again.

She didn't dare to disturb the other person at this time.

"Hey! I don't need her. I have my own way!"

"I'm the governor of the Beasts Pirates, and I can't even hold a banquet?"

"go!"

Kaido waved his hand and changed direction.

Hua Zha followed behind without saying a word, but the look in his eyes gradually became strange as he looked at his old friend whom he hadn't seen for many years.

I thought the other party was stirring up trouble on the sea, enjoying unlimited glory, but now it seems that every family has its own troubles...

Just like that, with Osei and Hanazawa not looking forward to it, Kaido strode forward and led them to... uh, the door of the cafeteria.

Snapped!
Kaido pushed the door open arrogantly and shouted directly to the kitchen:

"Bring up the rest of the wine and meat! I'm having a party!"

(End of this chapter)