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

Chapter 236 Brothers
The Momo Fruit is indeed a powerful fruit with strategic significance.

Under extreme circumstances, the ability to grant the target a hundred times the speed and volume increase is enough to turn even the most insignificant wood chip into a kinetic monster that can destroy everything.

Of course, just like every gold coin has two sides, this extremely powerful fruit is not perfect.

In fact, the Momo Fruit can only increase the volume and speed, and cannot increase the strength of the object itself.

To put it bluntly, it only takes care of takeoff, and you have to figure out the landing yourself.

Fortunately, those guns, bullets, artillery and the like don't have to worry about this kind of thing. The worst that can happen is that they will be smashed to pieces. Anyway, men were created to do this...

But when the one being amplified was Wald himself, he had to consider how to protect himself from the terrifying instantaneous G-force...

He wasn't a Lunarian born with a body that could adapt to any environment; nor was he an invulnerable "iron balloon" like Big Mom; nor was he a natural ability user who could evade physical attacks by transforming into an element...

In terms of physique alone, Wald is just an ordinary person who can be easily injured by guns and cannons without the use of domineering defense.

So in order to resist the damage caused by the use of his ability, he chose the most direct method - to attach domineering aura to his whole body while accelerating.

In fact, anyone who has a little accomplishment in the field of Armament Haki would not do such a stupid thing, evenly distributing the already limited Haki... This behavior is a completely meaningless waste.

But Wald had to do this, otherwise, without the enemy's help, he might suddenly die from a ruptured internal organ after accelerating... and then his name would be passed down in the world and become an enduring joke.

Snapped!
“Uh-huh…!”

The green dragon's tail twisted and swung in the air, bringing up a large amount of bright red blood... Kaido easily broke through Wald's physical defense and dealt him an unexpectedly heavy blow.

[We must...we must create some distance first.]
Enduring the pain of broken bones, Wald prepared to use his ability to get away from Kaido immediately.

"Momo Fifty——"

click!
"Where do you want to go?!"

Kaido's scaly palm exerted force, pulling Wald, who was about to retreat and distance himself, in front of him, and then...

Bang!
A headbutt hit the opponent's forehead hard, and Wald's pupils immediately shook. The Viking-style hat with a broken horn suddenly shattered, and the fragments fell into the sea below and disappeared.

"Uh……!"

……

"Huh? Fainted?"

"You're so weak...you're such a weakling."

"Is this all that's left?"

Looking at Wald, whose face was covered in blood, Kaido felt a little bored... The opponent's strength did not seem as strong as he had imagined.

Although he was indeed quite good at attacking, the series of punches at a hundred times the speed just now made all the bones in his body hurt, and even his internal organs suffered a certain degree of damage.

But that's all. Kaido's physique is far stronger than that of ordinary people, and the mythical beasts have powerful defense and recovery capabilities, which makes his combat endurance far stronger than that of ordinary humans like Wald.

Unless someone knocks Kaido out with a single punch like Whitebeard did, the balance of victory will surely tilt towards Kaido little by little if the battle drags on...

"Cut~"

puff~
He casually threw Wald aside and let him fall into the sea. Kaido, who had lost interest, swung his tail and paddled in a cloud of flames, preparing to return to his ship.

Now that we know that the navy is lurking nearby, we naturally have to fight it head-on!
Should I avoid him?
If you want to reap the benefits, it depends on whether the other party has the ability to do so. It just so happens that Kaido hasn't had enough fun yet.

He had no intention of just hiding back in his own territory in disgrace.

Whoosh—bang!

Landing heavily on the deck, Kaido immediately summoned Jin and Burfat.

"How's it going? Is there any action from the navy?"

"No."

"Just now, Skygate reported that the combined fleet of navy and pirates that had already begun its operation suddenly stopped for some reason."

Burfat reported the surveillance situation there to Kaido truthfully.

"It stopped... What happened? Did it notice our surveillance?"

Kaido pondered for a moment and then asked:

"Did you see who's leading the navy team?"

"It's the Warring States period."

"Just him?"

"Well, he's the only one I've seen so far."

"Tsk!"

When Kaido heard that only Sengoku was there, his brows furrowed.

If the person coming was Garp, there would probably be no twists and turns, he would just dock the boat and get started.

But it happened to be the Warring States Period, and he was the only one there, so there must be some calculations that he didn't know about... Now the other party's stopping and starting like this is probably some kind of trick.

[never mind!]
Kaido thought that he couldn't win the battle of brains, so he simply gave up. Instead of facing a nesting doll situation like "I predicted your prediction, my prediction", it would be better to rush forward and break the trick with his strength without caring about anything else.

"Notify them and turn the boat around immediately. We're going to meet those guys who have been watching the show."

"Yes!"*n
……

"Wald! Wald!"

"Cough cough!"

In his blurred consciousness, Wald seemed to hear familiar calls.

“Wald!” “…”

"Um……"

"Big...Big brother? Is that Big Brother Bing Jack?"

The light pierced into his eyes, illuminating the dark world... Wald, who woke up slowly, looked at the sky in a daze, but was soon attracted by the sound beside him.

"Wald, you finally woke up!"

"Ahem! How do you feel now?"

The soaked Bin Jack was looking at his younger brother with a worried look on his face, holding a broken piece of horn helmet tightly in his hand.

"Uh... what am I doing?"

"Don't move too hastily, Captain."

"Although I used a silver needle to stop your bleeding temporarily, if you continue to move around, the wound will reopen."

Another familiar voice sounded.

"Naiqin...you are still alive too."

Slightly propping up his upper body, Wald saw the two figures bandaging him, and his mood, which had already fallen to the bottom, recovered a little.

His eldest brother is still alive, and the ship's doctor is still alive, so the Wald Pirates have not completely disappeared.

"Well, after the ship sank, I hid in the sea with the second-in-command... and only surfaced again when I saw you, the captain, fall into the water as well."

As for why Bin Jack could hide in the sea for so long despite his physique, it was thanks to Naqin's habit of collecting various medicinal herbs by hand.

Since many medicinal herbs often grow in some strange places, she would carry some small props for mountain climbing and diving with her... such as the coral bubbles on Fishman Island.

The two stayed in the bubble until Bin Jack saw a broken piece of Viking helmet...

"That's Walder's helmet!"

The moment he saw the broken horn, Bin Jack recognized it as his brother's helmet.

When he was accidentally captured by the rival pirate group due to his weak body, it was Wald who risked his life to save him. For this, he had a hideous scar on his left cheek that will never disappear.

Endless guilt and self-blame made Bin Jack want to give up his dream of traveling around the world, but Wald smiled, raised it high, and broke off a corner of his hat with his own hands to show that he would never give up on him as a brother.

[It's okay, I'll protect you, big brother.]
[Let's travel around the world together...]
"Wald! Wald is in danger!"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Seeing the helmet fragments, Bin Jack immediately paddled his hands and feet to float up.

He had been able to escape decisively before because he had confidence in his brother and believed that if he stayed there, he would only hinder Wald's progress.

But now it seems that Wald is probably defeated, so as the eldest brother, I must not abandon him at this time!

Even if he faces death after going up, he will not retreat!
……

"Brother. Where's Kaido?"

"The Beasts' fleet has already left a while ago. They didn't notice us."

Hiding behind a huge block, Bin Jack looked at the fleet that had turned around and gone away and said.

"Is it……"

"I'm sorry, brother."

"I lost, I lost to Kaido. Not only that, but everyone in the pirate group also..."

Lying back down, Wald spoke in a dejected tone he had never used before.

"It's okay, it's okay, Walder."

"cough!"

Placing his thin palm on the other's strong arm, Bin Jack whispered comfortingly:

"As long as you are still here, as long as you are still alive, the Wald Pirates will be resurrected one day."

"Then we'll travel around the world together."

"Well, okay—"

"That won't do. We won't allow dangerous people like you to return to the sea."

"The Wald Pirates must be completely wiped out today."

Just as the Bundy brothers were about to regroup, a strange and cold voice interrupted their conversation again.

"It's... ahem! It's you! Cipher Pol!"

This time the CP is no longer the two people as before, but a stranger with a strange mask and a very weird temperament.

The CP agent in a conspicuous white suit ignored Bin Jack and pointed his finger directly at the lying Wald.

"Look out! Walder!"

bang~
The gloved fingertips fired a bullet of air like a pistol, piercing the flesh and blood in front of him.

[Wald, this time it's my turn to protect you.]
"First Captain!"

"Big brother!"

　I feel like my writing is a bit messy, I need to sort it out properly... Just one chapter today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)