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

King Ling nodded.

Hyosube Ichibei's eyes reddened.

Nimaiya Wang Yue turned around, not letting others see his face.

Tears streamed silently down Kiryuu's face.

Even Kenpachi Zaraki fell silent.

As Kaido watched this scene, he recalled his battle just now, the ball of light Lynn had given him, and Lynn calling him "Daddy" in his childish voice.

He suddenly realized that this little rascal, although he often bossed him around, beat him, and treated him like a toy—

But following him doesn't seem so bad.

Lynn floated back to the group with the Soul King, reaching out to Kaido: "Daddy, hug me."

Kaido reached out his rough, large hands and picked Lynn up.

"Let's go." Lynn nestled in Kaido's arms, yawned, and said, "This world's over. Time to go home and sleep."

"And what about the next world?" Kaido asked.

Lynn closed his eyes, and countless points of light flickered in the multiverse coordinate map in his mind.

"Next one..." he mumbled, his voice growing softer and softer, as if he were about to fall asleep.

"Let's talk about it next time... I'm sleepy..."

Kaido laughed loudly, carried Lynn, and jumped onto the edge of the God-Slaying Island.

Behind them followed the strongest warriors from different worlds: Whitebeard, Shanks, Big Mom, Akainu, Kenpachi Zaraki, Hawkeye, and Ichibei Hyosube.

The God-Slaying Island was activated again, tearing through space and disappearing into the void.

The Spirit King's Palace remained silent.

And Yhwach, who slowly opened his eyes at the edge of the dimensional barrier.

He stared at the enormous island silhouette disappearing into the spatial rift, remaining silent for a long time.

Then he stood up and dusted himself off.

"...An interesting child."

He turned and walked into the shadows, disappearing from sight.

The engines of the God-Slaying Island have been started.

The massive floating fortress slowly turned above the Spirit King's Palace, and a spatial rift was tearing open in front of it, connecting to the passage back to the pirate world.

Kaido stood at the edge of the island, cradling Lynn, whose eyes were already closed, followed by a host of powerful figures including Whitebeard, Shanks, Big Mom, Akainu, and Kenpachi Zaraki. The Soul King, in human form, stood quietly beside Hyosube Ichibei, his gaze calm, but the occasional glint in his eyes suggested he was still adjusting to regaining his sight.

"Young Master is asleep." Kaido lowered his voice, which was very difficult for him, because his "lowering his voice" was roughly equivalent to a normal person shouting.

Whitebeard walked over, leaning on his naginata, glanced down at Lynn nestled in Kaido's arms, and shook his head: "That brat, he just did something so big, and now he's asleep."

"Young Master has always been like this." Jin stood behind, arms crossed. "It was the same back in Wano Country. He'd fight, then sleep, wake up, eat, then sleep again."

"Just like when I was young!" Kaido said smugly.

Big Mom came over and reached out to touch Lynn's head, but Kaido slapped her away.

"Don't touch it! The young master is sleeping!"

"I'll just touch him!" Bigmoon complained. "Lingling's not going to eat him!"

"Who knows if you can." Kaido rolled his eyes.

Redhead stood a short distance away, facing the direction of the Spirit King's Palace, and remained silent. He stared at the golden core floating in the void—the substitute made by Lynn—with a deep look in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" The white-bearded man noticed his unusual behavior.

"I feel like... it's not over yet," the redhead said softly.

The white-bearded man didn't reply. He felt the same way.

The spatial rift had fully opened, and the God-Slaying Island was slowly entering it. Just as the tip of the island was about to disappear into the rift—

"stop."

A childish voice came from Kaido's arms.

Everyone stopped moving.

Lynn opened one eye.

"Young Master?" Kaido looked down at him. "What's wrong? Aren't you going home?"

"I forgot something." Lynn sat up, rubbed his eyes, and took out half a lollipop from his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth.

He sucked twice, then said, "Aizen."