One Piece: Starting with Sharingan, First Mate Uchiha

Above the dome of Ghost Island.

Kaido, dragging along the Eight Guardians shrouded in Conqueror's Haki, swayed slightly in his drunken state.

"They're here."

No sooner had Victor finished speaking than Kaido charged toward the two of them like a meteor.

The eight precepts came crashing down on them.

Viktor stepped forward, drew his sword, and simultaneously wrapped the blade with Armament Haki, Conqueror's Haki, and Lightning Release chakra, meeting the attack head-on.

clang--!

Before the sword and the spiked club had even made actual contact, their Conqueror's Haki collided violently in mid-air.

Black and red lightning spread outwards, and the rock strata beneath their feet continued to collapse around the two of them.

Viktor's arm sank slightly, but his lips remained unchanged.

"Shinra Tensei!"

The repulsive force bursts forth at extremely close range.

Kaido's charge was briefly halted by the shockwave.

Almost at the same instant, Luffy circled around from the side, his right fist wrapped in Conqueror's Haki, and slammed straight at Kaido's ribs.

"Rubber Rubber - Overlord Spear!"

Even though Kaido was clearly blocked by Viktor, his body suddenly slumped to the side like a drunkard losing his balance.

As he fell, Luffy's fist grazed his scales.

The next moment, Kaido forcibly changed his center of gravity by tilting his body, and the Eighth Guard drew an arc that did not conform to the normal logic of exertion, directly smashing into Luffy's chest.

boom--!

Luffy was swept away by a stick, his body crashing through several layers of rock and almost blasted off the edge of the dome.

"Luffy!"

Viktor raised his hand and grabbed.

"Universal Guidance!"

A powerful gravitational force erupted from his palm, forcefully pulling Luffy, who was flying backward, back from the direction of his fall.

But Kaido gave him no chance to rescue him. His massive body closed in instantly, and the Eighth Prince, with a low, weeping growl, slammed down on Viktor's head.

"Roaring Eight Trigrams!"

The complete Susanoo suddenly unfolded behind Viktor.

The purple-clad martial god crossed his arms to block the blow.

A terrifying shockwave erupted.

Large cracks appeared on both arms of Susanoo at the same time, and purple chakra fragments rained down like a storm. Viktor felt a tightness in his chest, and a trickle of blood finally spilled from the corner of his mouth.

In just a few rounds of fighting, both Luffy and Victor have already shown obvious injuries.

But Kaido became more and more excited as the battle progressed.

It was as if he had finally found an opponent with whom he could fight to his heart's content.

His facial expressions constantly shifted between maniacal laughter, sadness, and anger, and the oppressive aura he exuded was even more terrifying than when he was sober.

"continue!"

Kaido grinned, revealing his gaping maw.

"Let me see your limits again!"

……

The fighting continues.

Kaido's initial attention was still mostly focused on Viktor.

In Kaido's view, Victor has truly crossed the line between an ordinary strongman and a royal-level monster.

But as the confrontation continued, he gradually discovered something else.

Every time Luffy is knocked away and gets back up, his Haki becomes even more solid than before.

Every time Luffy is pushed to his limit and throws another punch, the Conqueror's Haki surrounding him gets even closer to his own level.

More importantly, Luffy never backed down because of Viktor's strength.

He didn't feel he should hide behind the vice-captain's armor, nor did he think he could hand Kaido over to Victor to deal with.

Even if you get smashed into the ruins by a single blow.

Even as blood streamed down his forehead.

Even though every collision made my arm go numb.

He would still grin and then rush back to the front.

Kaido's eyes gradually deepened.

He saw many familiar things in Luffy.

Roger's irrational, maniacal laughter.

Oden fearlessly charged towards the dragon's breath.

Whitebeard possesses a magnanimity that will never bow down to any enemy.

And that name he had been waiting for, yet was unwilling to truly acknowledge.

Joy Boy.

The next moment, Kaido suddenly changed his target.

Instead of focusing on defeating Victor first, he arrogantly bypassed Susanoo and forcefully attacked Luffy.

Viktor's eyes darkened.

Amaterasu Power was activated immediately.

Space distorted in an instant, and Luffy swapped positions with the distant rubble.

However, Kaido unleashed his Conqueror's Haki at almost the same time, and the black and red lightning shook the surrounding space, causing a brief delay in the trajectory after the exchange.

Amaterasu succeeded.

But at the same instant, Kaido changed his stance and continued to catch up with Luffy.

boom!

Luffy throws a punch straight at you.

The fist, wreathed in Conqueror's Haki, collided with the Eight Precepts.

A blinding black and red lightning erupted between the two sides, and Luffy's feet were forcefully pressed into the rock, but he did not retreat.

Kaido looked down at him, then suddenly asked:

"Straw Hat Boy"

"What exactly do you want to turn this world into?"

Luffy was stunned for a moment.

He never expected Kaido to ask such a question at this time.

"what?"

Luffy frowned and thought for a moment, even scratching his head.

"I don't know."

Kaido fell silent.

Even Victor, who was not far away, couldn't help but glance at it.

But the next second, Luffy grinned and smiled.

That smile was just like that boy on the coast of Windmill Village back then, who had nothing but dared to shout his dreams to the sea.

"but--"

"I hope everyone can be free to do what they want."

"Those who want to go to sea should go to sea."

"Those who want to take risks should go on adventures."

"Those who want to eat meat will have meat to eat."

"Anyone who wants to laugh can laugh."

"No one can force someone to do something they don't want to do."

Luffy raised his fist and said matter-of-factly:

"so--"

"Of course, it should become the freest world!"

"Hehehe!"

The dome of Ghost Island suddenly fell silent for a moment.

Kaido stared blankly at Luffy.

Then he burst into deafening laughter.

"Uro ro ro ro!"

"madness!"

"What a ridiculously naive dream that I don't even know how to refute!"

But behind the laughter, a deeper shadow appeared in his eyes.

Because Roger, Oden, and even the legendary Joy Boy, may not have fought to rule the world.

What they want is precisely this kind of thing that sounds absurd and almost childish.

free.

……

Viktor watched this scene silently.

He had realized that Kaido was starting to take Luffy seriously.

This presents both a danger and an opportunity for the war effort.

If Kaido focuses all his efforts on targeting Luffy, Luffy could be pushed to his limit at any moment.

However, when Kaido's attention is truly drawn to Luffy, his vigilance towards Victor will also have a brief gap.

Victor did not remind Luffy to back off.

Because he knew very well that Luffy would not back down at this time.

As the first mate, his job was never to help the captain escape from the Four Emperors.

Instead, it creates an opportunity for the captain to defeat the Four Emperors.

Viktor took a deep breath.

The power of the Rinnegan began to operate wildly.

The Nine-Tails' chakra surged from within his body.

The immense life force brought by the immortal body was also forcibly mobilized to its limit at this moment.

boom--!

The purple, fully-formed Susanoo once again stood atop the Onigashima dome.

This time, however, Susanoo was covered with a layer of golden-red Nine-Tails chakra.

Huge wings unfolded from behind.

The chakra sword in his hand became even sharper and heavier due to the fusion of the two forces.

Susanoo in full armor.

Temporary molding!

Viktor knew that this state was extremely taxing.

Even with his current eye power and chakra, he cannot maintain it for long.

But enough.

That's enough to complete the final combo attack.

Luffy stood on Susanoo's shoulder and looked at Victor.

Viktor didn't explain the plan in detail, only saying one sentence:

"I'll hold him down."

Luffy immediately understood what he meant, "Then I'll knock him away."

There was no further communication.

This is the tacit understanding that the two developed as they sailed from the East China Sea to the New World.

Kaido looked at the two of them, a sinister smile spreading across his face despite his drunken state.

"Trying to hold me down?"

"Then let's give it a try!"

boom!

Kaito's beast form explodes at full speed.

The Eight Precepts, imbued with Conqueror's Haki, shattered several layers of Susanoo's arms released by Viktor.

The purple armor kept cracking.

The golden-red chakra was also blasted away and scattered in all directions.

Viktor, however, did not retreat.

Susanoo suddenly opened his arms and forcefully hugged Kaido's body.

Kaido unleashed tremendous power.

The Susanoo armor emitted a deafening roar as it shattered, with large cracks rapidly spreading along its breastplate and arms.

Blood kept flowing from the corner of Viktor's mouth, but he still raised his hand.

"Universal Guidance!"

A powerful gravitational force squeezed Kaido's body from all directions.

At the same time, Wood Release burst forth from the broken rock layers, and thick tree roots wrapped around Kaido's limbs, tightly locking his movements.

Luffy stood on Susanoo's shoulder.

The right arm swelled rapidly.

The Conqueror's Haki lightning continuously converged on his fist.

The entire sky trembled slightly under the force of that punch.

"Don't underestimate me!"

Kaido roared suddenly.

The Conqueror's Haki erupted completely.

The Wood Release technique was shattered into pieces.

The arms of Susanoo were also forced open by immense force.

Then, he opened his huge mouth, and blazing white flames gathered deep in his throat.

"Heat Breath!"

A pillar of fire, powerful enough to incinerate mountains, was unleashed at close range towards Victor and Luffy.

However, just as the flames were about to engulf the two of them...

Viktor's Rinnegan suddenly contracted.

"Amenotejikara!"

Space swap!

Luffy and Kaido's positions were switched in an instant.

The heat blasted into the air.

Due to the change in position, Kaido was forced to endure some of the flames he exhaled, causing his massive body to stiffen for an extremely brief period.

It was in that very moment.

The powerful Susanoo slashes down with its twin swords crossed!

Pfft—!

Kaido's old wound on his abdomen was torn open again.

Hot blood fell like rain.

Kaido let out a roar that shook Onigashima.

Meanwhile, Luffy had already fallen from the sky.

His right fist swelled to its limit, and Conqueror's Haki swirled wildly on the surface of his fist, forming blinding bolts of lightning.

"Rubber, rubber—"

"King Ape Spear!!!"

boom--!

The giant fist slammed into Kaido's chest.

At the same time, Viktor's Susanoo Slash also erupted completely from his old wounds.

Fist power.

Sword light.

Conqueror's Haki.

Chakra.

Four forces exploded at the same moment.

The entire dome of Ghost Island was torn apart by the impact.

The clouds in the sky suddenly parted with a roar.

In the distance, in the Flower Capital, the people who were releasing sky lanterns looked up and saw for the first time the huge light bursting from the direction of Ghost Island.

Kaido's massive body fell like a meteorite.

It crashed through the dome-shaped rock layer and then smashed several layers of the Ghost Island's structure.

The entire island shook violently.

In the lower battlefield, both samurai and members of the Beasts Pirates lost their balance in the aftershocks of this attack.

"Kaido has been defeated!"

"That was an attack from Lord Straw Hat and Lord Victor!"

"Did it work?!"

The rebel warriors erupted in deafening cheers.

The Straw Hat crew members also looked up simultaneously on different battlefields.

……

The smoke and dust slowly dissipated.

Luffy landed back on the dome, his hands supporting his knees, panting heavily.

The imposing Susanoo behind Viktor gradually crumbled.

The golden-red chakra faded, and the purple martial god turned into fragments that scattered in the night sky.

His face was much paler than before, and obvious fatigue was also visible in his Rinnegan.

That combined attack just now almost consumed a large amount of his eye power and chakra.

Luffy turned to look at him.

"Can we still fight?"

Viktor wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and replied with a smile:

"At least you can hold on longer than I can."

Luffy grinned.

"That's good."

After a while.

A low, guttural laugh slowly rose from the ruins.

Viktor sighed silently.

"Isn't this guy's health bar a little too thick?"

Boom—!

The mountain of rubble was shattered by a brute force.

Kaido slowly rose from the ruins.

His chest was caved in by Luffy's punch, and his old abdominal wound was almost completely torn open by Victor, with blood flowing down his body.

But he remained standing.

Moreover, the fighting spirit in his eyes was even more intense than before.

"very good."

Kaido said in a low voice.

"You guys really know how to hurt me."

He looked up at Luffy and Victor.

This time, he neither mocked nor belittled.

The next moment.

Kaido's gaze passed over the two men and landed in the distance.

That place is the city of flowers.

Ghost Island is getting closer and closer to that brightly lit city.

Kaido slowly grinned, revealing a cruel smile.

"but……"

"Have you forgotten?"

"This island is still flying."

Luffy and Victor's expressions changed simultaneously.

next second.

Kaido transformed into a giant blue dragon once more and soared into the skies above Onigashima.

A massive cloud of flames surged out from around the dragon's body, propelling the entire Oni Island further towards the Flower Capital.

Below, the lights of the Fire Festival are clearly visible.

Countless people are still releasing sky lanterns, completely unaware of the impending disaster.

Kaido's cold and majestic voice slowly descended from the depths of the clouds.

"You can keep fighting me."

"But that city—"

"How much longer can we wait?"