If Sengoku doesn't pull back his net soon, I'll become the Pirate King!

Chapter 362 Kaido VS Chinjao

"Step back!"

Stopping the Eight Treasures Navy soldiers who were about to rush forward, Green Pepper chuckled strangely, touching his sunken bald head.

"Kid, I only lost to Garp's fist, not to you."

Or perhaps—

On the ship, Jin's pupils shrank: "This guy is actually an awakened Conqueror's Haki user!?"

Boom~~~

A powerful aura surged forth like endless waves, and specks of black stained the scalp and hands of the green pepper.

His black beard rose without wind, resembling a blazing flame.

"Get out of the Flower Country! This place is a member state of the World Government, and we don't welcome pirates from the Grand Line like you!"

Kaido raised his hand to block the sudden gust of wind that swept through the sky: "King, this guy is my prey!!"

"No one is allowed to make a move!!!"

On the deck, Jhin's contorted body returned to normal.

The raging winds in the sky also stopped at that moment.

"What happened? I feel a very powerful aura."

Loki and Olga appeared out of nowhere and quickly walked towards where Jin and Jinbe were.

"He was a great pirate from the old days."

Jin's definition of green peppers isn't entirely unfounded.

Several years ago, Green Pepper was already a pirate with a bounty of 5 million Berries.

Even the naval hero, Garp, referred to the other party as a somewhat troublesome pirate.

Especially the Eight-Strike Fist that the opponent used.

This special fist technique can spread shockwaves that ignore the defenses of aura, and can even directly strike the enemy's internal organs during an attack.

If the enemy is unaware of the danger, they are very likely to lose their ability to act after just one move.

"Green pepper? Great pirate?" Loki tilted his head, looking completely bewildered.

"But Jhin, this guy's domineering aura is indeed impressive, but if we really have to fight..."

"He is definitely no match for Kaido."

Jhin did not refute it, and it was indeed the case.

It was only a matter of time before Chinjao was defeated by Kaido, and this group of Happo Navy—

"They're really bold, huh? I'm talking to you guys!"

The soldiers, armed with various melee weapons, looked up at the speaker atop the massive Beast Ship.

"Our Beasts Pirates don't raid cities like other pirates. It's not that we can't, it's just that your place is too poor."

"Get away from the Beasts. If you dare to come any closer, something bad might happen."

Enel, having activated the Great Entrance Fruit, sat on the side of the ship with Bazel's face on his back.

"This is the last warning. If you dare to do it again—"

A dart flew through the crowd, and Enel tilted his head to the side, opening his mouth to catch the incoming dart.

"Boss Green Pepper is the 12th generation pillar of the Eight Treasures Navy. Didn't you hear him say he'd tell you to get out of the Flower Country?!"

At the front of the group, a burly man with a buzz cut continued to stride forward.

His right hand gripped the hilt of the broadsword at his waist, while three darts appeared between his left fingers.

"The Flower Country has no intention of vying for the grand banquet held in the West Blue. Leave this place, pirates of the Grand Line!"

"That's really bold."

Spitting out the dart from his mouth, Enel looked at King.

"They struck first."

Jin didn't respond immediately, but instead looked at Olga.

"It's fine to take action if necessary. Although this place is a member state of the World Government, their king has the special right to attend the World Conference."

Olga took out another intelligence manual with cut-out newspaper clippings pasted on it from her small shoulder bag.

Open one of the pages.

"King of the Flower Country Ramen, that's right, that's his name."

"But this is only the Western Sea."

The implication is that the Flower Country is full of trash.

"That's weird—"

Enel muttered something and, without waiting for King's reaction, jumped off the pirate ship.

"I don't care anymore, Jhin, I'm going to do it. Leave them to me!"

"It's a good opportunity to use them to hone the power of the Great Entry Path."

"Wait, Enel—"

Jinbe had just reached out to stop him when King shook his head.

"Forget it, let him play around. I have absolutely no intention of taking action against this kind of enemy."

"Loki, Jinbe, do you guys want to go have some fun?"

Loki glanced at the battle, lay back, and yawned.

"I'm not going! This kind of battle is too boring. I need to conserve my energy so I can unleash my full power when the grand banquet is fully underway!"

Feeling the gaze from Jin, Jinbe thought for a moment and then shook his head in refusal.

"I'll let it go. The land isn't the fishmen's home ground. Although the impact isn't too great, Loki is right, the enemy is too weak."

He added one more thing after saying that.

"Even weaker than the thugs in Fishman Street."

Meanwhile, on another battlefield.

Sensing Enel's change in aura using Observation Haki, he exchanged a punch with Chinjao and then sent the former great pirate flying with a single blow.

Kaido frowned and looked over.

"Why did that kid suddenly make a move—"

"Hey, Green Pepper, are you from the Flower Country trying to declare war on my Beasts Pirates?!"

His battle with Green Pepper can be seen as a private fight, but Enel's battle with the Happo Navy has escalated into an international issue.

Although the Beasts Pirates don't take such a small country seriously, judging from Bazel's habits—

If a conflict does arise, it is best to eradicate the weeds before they grow wildly with the spring breeze.

"You know that, right? If it's a declaration of war, I won't hold back!"

"Declare war? Heh heh heh ha ha ha ha ha~~"

Green Pepper laughed heartily, patting his stomach, as if he had heard a hilarious joke.

"Hey, kid, what right do you have to declare war on me?!"

"Eight-Strike Fist!!"

The fist, imbued with Armament Haki, slammed out with tremendous force.

Bang--!!

Several broken teeth flew out of his mouth, but Kaido did not dodge; he simply looked down at his enemy with his eyes flashing with a fierce light.

"How arrogant you are, you piece of trash outdated by the times."

"You don't think this ocean is still the same as it was five years ago, do you, Green Pepper?"

He moved his left hand up and gripped the enemy's wrist tightly, slowly pulling it away from his face.

During this process, the original human body rapidly transformed into a dragon-like being.

"Who do you think I am?"

With a blink of an eye, his originally small pupils instantly transformed into the vertical pupils of a dragon.

A spirit that rivals that of green peppers suddenly erupted.

The once clear morning sky was suddenly filled with lightning and clouds.

Rumble—

The moment the muffled thunder rumbled, the sunlight in the world dimmed by several degrees.

Beneath the increasingly dark and gloomy clouds, Kaido, making no attempt to conceal his emotions, muttered, "You're all so arrogant, brats? How many years has it been since I've heard anyone call me that?"

"Hey, green pepper."

Suddenly!

Kaido released his grip on the enemy's left hand and placed it on the handle of the spiked club he held high in his right hand.

Two powerful colors intertwined!

"Remember the man who's about to kill you, my name is Kaido!"

Boom!

Deep purple lightning bolts coiled around the spiked club.

"Kaido of the Beasts!!"

The spiked club struck the green pepper hard on the head.

Kaido's lips curled into a savage grin, a look of extreme rage carrying a chilling killing intent.

"Thunderous Eight Trigrams!!!"

boom--

The ground shattered and cracked, and Chinjao, his eyes rolled back, was slammed to the ground by Kaido's full-force attack.

Just as his chest sank into the ground, the area of ​​his head that Kaido had been striking with his spiked club suddenly began to twist and deform.

"Um?"

Sensing something amiss, Kaido pulled back with his club, glanced at the spiked club, and then at Chinjao, whose cone-shaped head was barely visible.

"That's weird, when did my spiked club start having a cosmetic surgery effect?"

"It's not plastic surgery," Kaido said. Just then, Lauren, who had been drawn by the aftermath of the battle, appeared at the ship's side and was shouting in the direction of her captain.

"Olga just told me the story of Green Pepper; his skull originally looked like this."

"It's just that Garp dented it later, and your attack just now knocked that bone out of his folded skull!"

Kaido, still in his dragon-man form, scratches his ear.

"What the heck? Is this guy a monster, doctor!?"

"It's not a big problem if you think that way; there are plenty of strange people out there anyway."

"My head hurts so much—is it steaming again? Steaming again, hahaha!!!"

Just then, Green Pepper, who was in a dazed state, jumped out of the ground, touched the cone on the top of her head with both hands, and burst into tears of excitement.

"Waaaaah, my brain is finally back!!"

"Now that's how it works, the Baozha Ice Bed can be opened again, and my treasure is finally steaming again!!!"

Baozha Ice Bed?

Kaido, who was about to launch an attack immediately, suddenly stopped and revealed a squinty-eyed smile reminiscent of Bazel.

"Green pepper, you just said you were steaming treasure, right?"

The old man's expression of both crying and laughing vanished instantly.

"Kaido, I was originally going to thank you properly because of the cone-shaped thing, but how about this?"

"I'll spare your life and steam you later, as payment for letting my cone-shaped head return."

Kaido raised his left hand and extended his index finger.

"I'll give you a chance. If you lose later, you can exchange your treasure for the survival of the Flower Kingdom."

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"I can reluctantly let this country go. How about that? It's a worthwhile deal, isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Green Pepper seemed to have been touched on some taboo, and his previously calmed beard began to stir again without any wind.

"Don't think you can spout nonsense just because you've done me a little favor. Beat me first!"

Bang~~~Whoosh~

The green pepper leaped straight up, its hands clasped together, and the dual-color liquid quickly flowed towards the cone.

"Eight-Strike Fist - Cone Dragon —"

The positions of head and feet were instantly reversed.

As its sharp head was stained black by Armament Haki, Green Pepper roared and began to dive.

"Awl!!"

Gazing at the enemy hurtling rapidly through the air, Kaido curled his lip, took a half-step back, and gripped his spiked club tightly with both hands.

A burst of heat escaped from his mouth.

"You've been left behind by this era, steamed green peppers. A guy who's lost his dreams doesn't deserve to sail this ocean."

Sizzle sizzle~

The spiked club shimmered with the black and red lightning unique to Conqueror's Haki.

The veins on his arms bulged.

"Thunder~~"

The spiked club, swung out, made a whistling sound as it cut through the air.

"Gossip!!"

boom--!!

The cone and the spiked club collided in mid-air, the veins on his arms bulged and throbbed wildly, and his heart accelerated to pump blood throughout his body.

Kaido's eyes widened.

The increased force caused all the muscles in the body to swell wildly, as if they were being steamed.

Click, click-click—

Several cracks appeared in the air.

Green Pepper's eyes widened suddenly. "Impossible!!!"

"Impossible? Hehehehehehe The previously stalemate changed slightly. Kaido stepped forward, and his spiked club continued to smash forward with the force of the impact."

"Didn't I say steam? I'm Kaido!"

"You bastard!"

Green Pepper rolled his eyes back and spat out blood after being hit in the face again.

"I'm the Green Dragon Claw—cough!!"

"Die, you great pirate senior!"

Kaido did not withdraw his attack when the enemy coughed up blood; instead, he increased the force applied to his spiked club.

Boom! Thump thump thump!

The green pepper was slammed to the ground by the spiked club that had been turned around, and countless spiderweb-like cracks spread in all directions.

The immense force of the smashing followed closely behind, and countless fragments of land, resembling mountains and rocks, rose up one after another.

As the ground sank inch by inch, the final wave of power from the Thunderous Eight Trigrams erupted!

The intense tremors even reached the other side of the battle.

Enel grinned at the Happo Navy soldiers who surrounded him but didn't attack, and said, "You don't actually think your leader is still alive, do you?"

"That was a full-force Thunderous Eight Trigrams attack, a powerful move that even I couldn't withstand!"