One Piece: Winged Dragon of the Beasts Pirates

Ian gazed into the distance. The clouds were torn apart, the mountains were cut off, and the forests were burning. It was a battle between just two people, yet everything was on the verge of destruction.

"Yamato, do you really think that level of battle is something we should get involved in? Kozuki Oden isn't like Guy-sensei; he won't show us any mercy. We might die."

That's not courage, that's courting death.

"die?"

Yamato was somewhat bewildered.

Although she has lived in the Beasts Pirates since childhood, Yamato has never experienced the pain of separation or death. After all, her only family is Guy, and her only friends are Ian and Jack. Now she has Black Maria as well.

Death is still too far away for her.

"Yamato, do you want to see me, or Jack Maria, die?"

Ian said calmly, "You don't mean to say that you're strong enough to protect us from Kozuki Oden, do you?"

Yamato frowned.

“Ian is right, Yamato,”

Black Maria said softly, "That kind of battlefield is indeed too dangerous for us."

She had absolutely no desire to get involved in such a great battle! She was only eight years old, still a child!

Not everyone is a battle maniac like Yamato or Jack.

Jack didn't dare to speak.

He realized that Ian didn't seem interested in defeating Kozuki Oden.

Since this was his elder brother's idea, he dared not object.

And it seems really dangerous.

With his strength, if he rashly joined the battle against Kaido, he would probably be reduced to dust in an instant.

"I'm not reconciled!"

Yamato pouted and pounded her fists on Ian's head repeatedly, making Ian deeply feel her resentment. "Is it all because we're too weak?"

"Let's just watch from a distance."

Ian suggested, "It should be fine as long as we don't get too close."

"Ok!"

Yamato nodded emphatically, and a smile returned to the little girl's face.

So Ian flapped his wings and began to approach the battlefield.

Before long, he had arrived at the edge of the battlefield, above the mountains.

"Oh!!"

Yamato perched on top of Ian's head, while Jack and Black Maria each came to either side of Ian's back. All three of them looked down in amazement.

This was the first time they had ever witnessed such a large-scale battle.

Below was a chaotic battlefield.

The two sides in the battle are the Beasts Pirates and the Kozuki family.

The Beasts Pirates mobilized thousands of pirates, including three Numbers, while the Kozuki family, including Kozuki Oden, consisted of only ten people: Kozuki Oden and his nine retainers.

This should have been a one-sided contest, but the battle turned out to be quite intense.

In the original work, the nine samurai known as the Nine Red Scabbards displayed astonishing strength and fought fiercely against thousands of pirates.

In particular, the fat samurai named Ashura Doji was like a heavy tank, rampaging across the battlefield. Even the tyrants could not contend with him, and were knocked back the moment his huge spiked club collided with his blade.

Next came the Mink Tribe's cat and dog. Their strength was not as great as Ashura Doji's, but their speed was even more exaggerated, and the Barbarians simply couldn't keep up with them.

"Wow, that strong?"

Jack was somewhat incredulous. "The samurai under Kozuki Oden all possessed such strength?"

Luckily I didn't get involved rashly, otherwise I would definitely be dead by now.

Meanwhile, Shimotsuki Yasuie, who was being held in Ian's claws, breathed a sigh of relief.

it's not finished yet!

Oden, you certainly didn't disappoint me!

"What are Uncle Jhin and Uncle Quinn doing?!"

Yamato looked somewhat disgruntled toward the edge of the battlefield. On a small hilltop, Jhin and Queen stood calmly, showing no intention of joining the battle.

In fact, the reason why the battle was so intense was simply because these two guys had not yet joined the fight.

Otherwise, even without Quinn's words, Jin alone would be enough to sweep through the Nine Red Scabbards.

Even nine people combined couldn't break through the Lunaria's defenses.

"They are on guard against Kozuki Oden."

Ian said.

On one side of the battlefield, amidst the mountains and forests, lies the battlefield of the monsters.

A colossal azure dragon coiled in the sky, its roar unleashing thunder, its breath transforming into flames, and its body stirring up storms.

Thunder like rain! Flames like the sea! Winds like knives!

Amidst the storm, a figure moved about like a phantom.

"Kaido!!"

Kozuki Oden raised his hand and slashed twice, the magnificent strikes tearing apart the falling pillars of fire and lightning.

He leaped up, raising his twin swords high.

"Ugh, ugh, ugh!"

Amidst a furious roar, Kozuki Oden was greeted by the crashing tail of a blue dragon, which resembled a pillar of heaven.

Kozuki Oden was slammed down like a fly, crashing to the ground in an instant, causing the ground to undulate like an 8-magnitude earthquake, instantly blasting out a huge hole.

"Great!!"

Yamato, watching from afar, cheered, "Well done, Daddy!"

"Father!!"

Momonosuke Kozuki, who was also witnessing this scene, burst into tears again.

Oden——

The heart of the Shimotsuki Yasuie family also tightened.

But Ian remained silent.

Too careless.

It seems that Kai-sensei doesn't take Kozuki Oden seriously at all!

Otherwise, he shouldn't have used the dragon form, a form specifically designed to take a beating.

A figure leaped into the air from the smoke on the ground!

Kozuki Oden landed on Kaido's slender body like a cannonball, using the blue dragon's body as a road to rush forward.

No, this won't do. If this continues, Teacher Kai will get chopped up again.

Ian narrowed his eyes.

Now that we're here, we really should do something about it.

We can't just stand by and watch Teacher Kai get attacked, can we?

There's no other way, let's go!

Even if you hate fighting, there will always be times when you have no choice but to fight.

Ian took a deep breath and flapped his wings forward.

Slashing his sword to shatter the lightning and flames, Kozuki Oden, holding his breath, rushed forward and leaped up as he approached Kaido's upper body.

"Hot breath!"

Kaido opened his mouth and unleashed a scorching breath.

Kozuki Oden was instantly engulfed in flames, but he didn't care at all. His entire body was covered in Haki, and his twin swords were wrapped in jet-black lightning. "Kaido!!"

Five years of anger and repression were all poured into this one blow.

"Peach Blossom Spring Ten Fists!!"

The two swords crossed, and the slash, imbued with both Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, instantly sliced ​​through the sky, splitting the surging pillar of fire into four pieces.

The slash continued unabated, and in the next second, Kozuki Oden was about to deliver a powerful blow to Kaido.

However, it was at this moment that...

"Kozuki Oden! Look who this is!"

A sound suddenly came from the sky.

Kozuki Oden didn't care at first.

But he heard it.

"Father!"

The unwavering resolve was replaced by another emotion in that instant.

The twin swords, powerful enough to split mountains and cleave seas, became soft at this moment.

Kozuki Oden looked up in disbelief and saw the golden dragon with outstretched wings high in the sky, and the dragon caught in his claws—

"Momonosuke!!"

Kozuki Oden exclaimed in disbelief.

how come!

What's Momonosuke doing here!