One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 149 An Encounter with Kaido
disappointment.

A deep sense of disappointment.

This was the only emotion in Xia Nuo's heart at this moment.

He had high hopes for this battle from the very beginning.

Although Lucci has not yet mastered both types of Haki, it doesn't matter. He can simply choose not to use it. Garp did the same thing back in the Goa Kingdom.

By restricting one's domineering aura and relying solely on physical combat techniques, one can still achieve a thrilling and satisfying showdown, with every punch landing squarely.

pity……

Lucci is far too weak.

Even if I stand still and let him attack, he can't break through my defense.

This man, whom I remember as someone who exuded an overwhelming aura from the moment he appeared, whose prestige even surpassed that of some of the Seven Warlords of the Sea…

Now, when it comes to him getting ready, it seems like he's no different from Nami.

"Next, it's my turn."

Xia Nuo spoke softly:
"You've punched me so many times, and I'm only hitting you once back. Is that too much to ask?"

"Take this punch and live."

"If you can't catch it, you die."

“After all…” Xia Nuo looked down at Lu Qi, her eyes filled with mockery, “the weak have no reason to live, isn’t that exactly what you believe in?”

Before infiltrating Water 7, Lucci's hands were already stained with far more innocent blood than those of most villains.

When this guy was only thirteen years old, a weak member state was in crisis due to a pirate invasion. All five hundred soldiers were defeated and had to urgently ask the World Government for help.

When Lucci arrived as reinforcements, he ignored the pirates and instead brutally slaughtered all five hundred soldiers, leaving no one alive.

The reason is also very simple.

I just felt that these 500 soldiers were too weak to fulfill their duties and didn't deserve to live in this world.

For this kind of person...

As for the other CP9 agents, they were fine as long as they didn't come looking for trouble, so Shano didn't bother with them much.

But Lucci had no reason to show mercy.

The next moment.

Xia Nuo then immediately deactivated the "Paper Painting Martial Body" form.

click!
His body expanded rapidly at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, and his originally loose clothes were suddenly torn apart.

Amidst the sound of tearing cloth, the once handsome young man vanished in an instant.

Instead, it became an absolute monster.

His 4.5-meter-tall body stood like a mountain, his bulging muscles were like cast iron, and the veins under his skin throbbed and moved like living things.

The moonlight was completely blocked out, and the shadows pressed down like an iron curtain, creating a suffocating and terrifying sense of oppression.

Lu Qi stared blankly at the enormous shadow before him, his lips trembling and his face deathly pale.

This is the real guy?!
Why didn't you show it sooner? And why did you pretend to be a teenager?
If he had known all this earlier... how could he have underestimated the physique of such a monster!
"Oh? You've grown a little taller again?"

Xia Nuo ignored Lu Qi, looked down at his body, grinned, and spoke in a low voice.

"His weight seems to have exceeded one ton."

He slowly clenched his fist, and the cracking sound of his knuckles instantly exploded like thunder, even compressing the surrounding air into visible ripples.

"Very good, you've almost adapted. Time to prepare to take a punch, Lucci."

Without giving a chance to object, Xia Nuo stretched out his large hand and grabbed Lu Qi's head like a ping-pong ball, then casually tossed it into the air.

Before the latter could react, his body was thrown a hundred meters into the air and then began to fall rapidly. In his field of vision, Xia Nuo below had clenched his fists and raised his head with a sinister smile.

boom--! ! !
Xia Nuo's fist suddenly slammed out.

He had no intention of using the Six Styles of Secret Techniques, much less the Elbaf Spear, his trump card.

Lucci is not worthy.

There were no fancy techniques, no domineering entanglements, just a simple, ordinary punch, a pure and extreme burst of power.

even so!

The shockwave created by the fist squeezing the air still spread out like an explosion, instantly tearing apart the ground within a radius of tens of meters. The terrifying sonic boom even shattered all the glass in the No. 1 dock.

Damn, damn, damn!

"Iron!"

Feeling the terrifying impact, Lucci's face trembled violently as he screamed in despair.

At the same time, his body quickly completed its beast transformation, completely turning into the form of a leopard.

Although we know the chances of stopping it are slim, we have no choice but to use all our defensive measures and take a gamble!

squeak~
Just as the force of the punch was about to engulf him, a dark green door suddenly opened beneath him.

"Air door opening!!!"

Bruno's figure flashed out from the doorway, his arms crossed, blocking Lucci's path, and he too gritted his teeth and activated the iron block.

“Bruno…” Lucci’s eyes showed surprise.

boom--! ! !
Amidst the deafening explosion, Bruno's iron block didn't even last half a second before being torn apart by the shockwave like a rag.

His chest immediately caved in, the sound of bones shattering was clearly audible, blood gushed from his seven orifices, and he was thrown backward like a kite with a broken string.

That eerie green door was even more vulnerable.

Under the violent shockwave, it shattered completely like fragile glass with a crack, turning into specks of green light that dissipated into the night sky.

The remaining shockwave passed through the green light and slammed into Lucci.

Boom!
A muffled sound!
Although Bruno and his gate blocked most of the impact, the remaining terrifying power still caused his leopard-form defense to collapse instantly.

After hovering in the air for a moment, its body fell limply to the ground, leaving behind a dense web of spiderweb-like cracks.

Smoke and dust were everywhere.

"Bruno..."

Lucci turned his head with difficulty, searching for Bruno's whereabouts, blood constantly spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Even though Bruno blocked most of the damage from that punch, he was still forced back into human form, his bones shattered and his internal organs seemingly displaced.

He soon found Bruno.

The colleague who had just risked his life to save him was now lying a few meters to the north.

He, who was at the forefront and took the brunt of the impact, was in an even more miserable state. His body was covered in blood and flesh, and his breath was fading. It seemed that he would not survive.

“Lu, Lu Qi…”

Bruno's gaze met his, and he shakily raised his hand to draw a doorway on the ground:
"While I still have a breath left, I need to crawl inside and escape quickly, otherwise my powers will wear off once I die..."

escape?

"Cough..." Lu Qi coughed up blood, his gaze unfocused as he stared at the door.

"escape……?"

He suddenly turned his head and looked up at the night sky, laughing softly, his laughter hoarse.

"A person can escape... but where can my heart and will escape to?"

Bruno was taken aback.

He had never seen Lucci with such an expression before; his usually cold and confident eyes were now filled with self-loathing and gloom.

"I've already lost... Can't you see? I've lost completely..."

Lucky's voice grew softer and softer.

He raised his right arm and looked at his trembling hands. The index finger that Xia Nuo had forcibly torn off earlier was bleeding again after losing the strength to return to life.

"What CP9's strongest genius in eight hundred years... what peak physical skills... it's all a joke..."

His voice suddenly rose, and he burst into maniacal laughter, filled with hysterical madness:
"What a joke!!"

I used all my hidden skills, but I couldn't even leave a wound on my opponent!
A casual, ordinary punch from the opponent can plunge you into an inescapable and desperate situation!

In terms of age, he will be thirty in a few years, while the other party is only eighteen... How could such a huge gap, as if it were an insurmountable chasm, not make one despair to the point of shattering one's Dao heart!

Boom!
A fist suddenly slammed into his face, and Lucci's maniacal laughter came to an abrupt halt.

But it was Bruno's last burst of energy; with his last breath, he struggled to his side, grabbed his collar tightly, and his voice was hoarse:
"Lucci! You bastard, don't forget, I risked my life to save you. You have no right to decide whether you live or die!"

"Isn't it only natural that we're no match for such a monster? Pull yourselves together and don't see it as an unacceptable disgrace!"

"Hurry up and leave! As long as you're alive... there's still a chance in the future!"

Lucci stared blankly at Bruno, his eyes still clouded with gloom.

“Opportunity?” He gave a bitter laugh. “That kind of monster… how could it be…”

"Then let's get stronger!"

Bruno coughed up a mouthful of blood, but still stared intently at him. "Didn't you always say... that the weak have no value in living?"

"Then what do you mean by giving up like this?!"

Lucci's body trembled violently.

yes……

Physical weakness is not scary; what is scary is the collapse of will. If even he himself admits defeat, then what difference is there between him and those “weak” people he personally executed?
He gritted his teeth, struggled to sit up, and focused his gaze once more.

"Bruno..."

"Stop talking nonsense... let's go!"

Step, step, step.

The sound of Xia Nuo's footsteps could be heard in the distance.

It was unhurried, but each step felt like stepping on the intervals between heartbeats, like the death knell that instilled fear and dread.

They're coming...

That monstrous man!

Bruno's face turned deathly pale, and his body trembled violently, but he still used his last bit of strength to push the door towards Lucci:

"If we don't leave now, it'll be too late, Lucci! Hurry!"

"The reason I saved you is so that after you escape, you can find a way to rescue Kakukalifa from those girls. Among us, only you can do it..."

Lucci was finally moved.

He glanced deeply at Bruno, then said nothing more, dragging his broken body as he laboriously crawled toward the inside of the door.

however.

Just as Lucci was about to climb through the door—

"Ugh! Such a powerful aura, it can't be wrong! I've finally found you, you brat Xia Nuo!!!"

A burst of exhilarating, unrestrained laughter suddenly echoed from the night sky.

boom! ! !
The next second, a huge black shadow fell from the sky like a meteorite, carrying a terrifying impact, and crashed heavily between the two of them!

In an instant, the ground cracked and exploded, and terrifying shockwaves swept out in all directions.

Lucci and Bruno's bodies were instantly crushed into a bloody pulp by this immense force, without even having time to scream.

The eerie green door vanished instantly upon the death of the ability user.

wow...

The smoke gradually dispersed.

A man with a burly, demon-like physique slowly stood up.

The newcomer had long, black hair, a pair of menacing horns on his head, a bare upper body covered in scars, a huge spiked club on his back, and a gourd in his right hand, which he was gulping down.

"Ok?"

Xia Nuo was already yawning, and having no interest in the bonds between CP9 agents, he was about to deliver the final blow to Lucci.

result……

Then, a pleasant surprise suddenly arrived!

Look at this big guy who's tilting his head back and chugging down bottles of liquor.

"Hey, hey, isn't that...?"

His previously indifferent eyes suddenly lit up, a fierce fighting spirit igniting in his pupils. He slowly grinned, his smile widening until it finally burst into a wild laugh:
"You really found it? Looks like we're both lucky!!!"

……

Outside the large iron gate of Dock No. 1.

More and more people gathered here. The citizens had just arrived when they witnessed this godlike figure descending from the sky.

They were all stunned.

"Hey, am I seeing this right?"

"That guy is... Kaido?!"

In the crowd, someone recognized the enormous figure and called out in a trembling voice.

"Kaido, who reigns over the seas like an emperor and commands the Beasts Pirates?!"

"The Four Emperors... how could the Four Emperors be here?!"

Fear spread like a plague, and the once noisy waterway fell into dead silence in an instant.

The citizens who came to watch turned pale, and some even collapsed to the ground, their teeth chattering uncontrollably.

"Run! Run!"

Someone screamed, and the crowd instantly erupted. Everyone started urging Blue to turn around and run away frantically. The waterway became crowded and chaotic, with screams rising and falling.

"It's Kaido! It really is Kaido!"

"Shouldn't such an important figure be in the New World? Why is he in Water Seven?!"

"We're doomed! Where's the Navy?! Where's the World Government?! Someone, please save us!"

Desperate cries echoed through the silent open space.

Kaido didn't care; he was already used to it. After downing the wine gourd in one gulp, he let out a satisfied burp and looked up at the person opposite him.

By the moonlight, Kaido was taken aback when he could clearly see Shano's face, and a look of confusion and bewilderment appeared on his face:

"Did I get the wrong person again?"

He landed only after sensing an extremely terrifying aura of a powerful expert in the air.

But the results didn't match up at all!

But... there are such powerful beings in the first half of the Grand Line?
It seems like we could try recruiting!
"What? You've got the wrong person? Kaido!"

Xia Nuo clenched his fists so tightly they cracked, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but grin and laugh out loud, "The person in question is standing right in front of you, and you don't recognize them? Wasn't that my name you just called out?"

"Are you Xia Nuo?"

Kaido frowned, pulled a crumpled bounty poster from his pocket, held it up to his eyes, and compared it to Shano's face.

He immediately showed a look of suspicion.

"This is you?"

The photo on the wanted poster was of a handsome young man carrying a sword.

The man before them, however, was clearly a burly, muscular man who looked nothing like a swordsman.

"it's me."

Xia Nuo nodded.

"Who are you trying to fool? This isn't just one person!"

Kaido crumpled the bounty poster into a ball and slammed it to the ground, roaring with sharp teeth:

"Do you think I'm an idiot? So easily fooled?!"

"Tsk, it's really troublesome..."

Xia Nuo sighed helplessly, and all the muscles in his body suddenly began to contract.

Whoosh!
To Kaido's astonishment, the over four-meter-tall, burly body transformed back into the black-haired boy on the wanted poster in the blink of an eye.

"now what?"

Shano put his hands in his pockets, shrugged, and looked up at Kaido. "Recognize him?"

"..."

Kaido stared wide-eyed at Shano for a long time before recovering from his astonishment. He picked up the wanted poster from the ground and spread it out, carefully comparing it back and forth for a long time.

His eyes finally burst with wild joy!

It really is that kid!
The vast ocean, it took him so long, was it easy for him!
Thankfully, this time we didn't make a mistake, and we finally managed to find him!

"Ura ura ura, little devil..."

Kaido grinned wildly, about to say something when—

"Roar--!!!"

A deafening elephant roar suddenly rang out, causing the entire ground of Dock No. 1 to tremble!
Kaido turned his head sharply and saw a huge mammoth galloping towards him from a distance. Every step it took made the ground rumble and tremble, and its thick tusks gleamed with a cold light in the moonlight.

(End of this chapter)