One Piece: Kaido's adopted son, starts with the Eight Gates Formation.

soon.

Blackbeard was the first to wake up.

"puff--"

Blackbeard suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. The charred scar on his chest, burned by Amaterasu, was shocking. Not to mention the spot where Lynn's last kick had stomped on him; his entire chest had caved in, and countless ribs were broken.

He coughed violently, each breath accompanied by excruciating pain.

But it must be said that his physique is indeed formidable.

If it were a normal person, they would have been dead long ago!

"The ship... Captain! Are you... are you alright?!" Basas's voice trembled, his face filled with terror.

His other intact hand still retained the numbness he had felt from being overwhelmed by Lynn's Conqueror's Haki.

Blackbeard struggled to open his eyes. His eyes, which had always gleamed with calculation and ambition, were now filled only with the horror of surviving a catastrophe and deep fear.

"That...that brat..."

"It's...it's a monster! A real monster!"

He wanted to laugh, to use his signature "hahahaha" to mask his inner fear, but found that he couldn't even twitch the corners of his mouth.

pain!

My whole body aches!

But even worse than the physical pain was the terror deep within the soul!

That baby!

That baby wearing open-crotch pants!

Amaterasu!

Eight Gates Formation!

That earth-shattering kick!

Every scene was like the most terrifying nightmare, constantly replaying in his mind.

"My Dark Water... it didn't work on him at all..." the black-bearded man muttered to himself, his eyes filled with disbelief.

His prized Dark-Dark Fruit, which could suppress all Devil Fruit users, was a joke in front of that brat!

"What...what exactly is he...?"

Bashas was also visibly shaken, looking at his crippled arm with lingering fear.

"Captain, what... what do we do now?"

Blackbeard fell silent.

What should I do?

He still wants to conquer the new world?

He still wants to become the Pirate King?

After witnessing Lynn's irrational and terrifying power, all his ambitions were temporarily suppressed by a thought called "survival".

"The new world... is too dangerous..." the black-bearded man said with difficulty.

"Kaido's son...is he really this terrifying..."

"Let's...let's go back to the park!"

"We must find more allies! We must have greater strength!"

"Unless we are absolutely certain, we must not provoke that little monster again!"

He was afraid.

I'm genuinely scared.

That brat's eyes were so cold, so cold that he couldn't feel any life in them.

At this moment, Loxda slowly woke up.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Blackbeard's horribly disfigured face and Bashas's crippled arm.

"You...you all..."

He suddenly remembered everything that had happened before he lost consciousness.

That tiny figure, those eerie eyes, that terrifying domineering aura!

"My letter! My letter!" he cried out, instinctively reaching for his chest.

Empty.

"It's over..." Loxda's face turned ashen.

The important letter entrusted by Captain Shanks has been stolen!

And it was taken by a little baby!

What made him even more desperate was that even a powerful figure like Blackbeard was beaten half to death!

"I...I must go back and report to the captain immediately!" Loxda struggled to his feet, not even bothering to say goodbye to Blackbeard and the others, and staggered toward the depths of the island. He had to find a way to locate the ship or send out a distress signal.

Blackbeard watched Loxda's departing figure without stopping him.

He's barely able to take care of himself, so how could he possibly care about others?

"Kaido... Lynn..." He gritted his teeth, engraving those two names deep in his heart.

He'll settle this score sooner or later!

But not now!

……

The next day.

The Red-Haired Pirates, aboard the Red Voss.

"What?! Loxda! You got defeated by a little baby?!"

Lucky Rue, with a chicken leg dangling from his mouth, stared in disbelief, almost spitting out the bone.

"And the letter was stolen?!"

Yasopp's eyes widened, and he whistled, "Hey, Loxda, have you been slacking off in training lately? Can't even handle a little kid?"

Loxda looked frustrated and ashamed, his face bruised and swollen, and his body wrapped in bandages.

"He's not just any ordinary kid!" he hurriedly defended himself.

"It's that 'Demon Child' Lynn! Kaido's son! That monster with a 1 billion bounty!"

"Lynn the Demon Child?"

"Kaido's son?"

The atmosphere on the ship instantly became heavy.

Shanks sat on the ship's railing, his smile vanishing, and his hand holding the wine glass froze in mid-air.

Ben Beckman, a cigar dangling from his lips, frowned slightly. "Kaido's son... why did he steal your letter?"

"I...I don't know either!" Loxda said with a mournful face.

"The moment that brat showed up, he demanded the letter in my arms! I refused, and he attacked me without warning! His Conqueror's Haki... it was terrifying! I didn't even have time to react..."

As he spoke, his body involuntarily trembled, clearly recalling that despairing pressure.

"Conqueror's Haki?" Shanks' eyes flickered slightly.

The Conqueror's Haki that could render Rockstar powerless was no ordinary strength.

"That's not all!" Loxda's face turned even paler as if he had remembered something even more terrifying.

"There were two other capable people present at the time... they saved my life."

"But when I woke up, they were in a much worse state than me; they were both coughing up blood and looked like they were half-dead..."

"Wait, Loxda," Ben Beckman frowned. "And what about the other two?"

Lockstar recounted the entire story in detail.

Shanks' expression changed slightly upon hearing this.

"You mean... one of them has a full black beard? And is missing teeth?!"

"Yes, Captain!"

"Blackbeard!"

Shanks's face darkened, and he gently traced the scar on the man's eye with his fingers. "It's him, there's no mistake!"

"But... even he was defeated by Demon Child Lynn?!"

The red-haired group's officers also showed a slight change in expression.

No one knew Blackbeard's strength better than they did.

It can leave scars on red hair.

It can kill Captain Sachi.

They were able to escape the Whitebeard's wanted manhunt.

Even someone of such strength was defeated!

"That Lynn... is he really just a one or two-year-old baby?" Yasopp felt his worldview being shaken.

"Absolutely true! He was wearing open-crotch pants!" Lockstar said firmly, as if afraid they wouldn't believe him.

Ben Beckman took a deep drag on his cigar, slowly exhaling the smoke, his expression extremely grave.

"Kaido's son... 'Demon Child' Lynn... It seems we all underestimated how dangerous this brat is."

"To have almost killed Blackbeard... this level of strength goes beyond what the word 'potential' can describe."

The ship was completely silent.

Everyone was stunned by the news.

The fact that a one- or two-year-old baby possesses such terrifying power completely overturns their understanding.

Shanks remained silent for a moment, then downed the drink in his glass.

"It seems the new world is about to be in turmoil again," he said slowly, his voice low.

"Loxda, you should go and rest now."

"Yes, Captain." Lockstar felt as if he had been granted a pardon and quickly withdrew.

"Captain, that letter..." Ben Beckman looked at Shanks.

Shanks shook his head: "The letter was stolen, and there's no way to pursue the matter for the time being."

"That Lynn, since he is Kaido's son, acts so domineeringly, he is probably not someone who can be reasoned with."

"The most urgent thing is to see Whitebeard first."

"We need to let Blackbeard know about this as soon as possible. Ace, we need to recall him quickly... otherwise, things will get really serious!"