From Pirate to Revolutionary Mentor

Chapter 103 Crimson Flame Dragon Slayer

"Haven't you already tried many times, newbie?"

Roger's voice rang out again, sending a shiver down Quinn's spine.

"What kind of monster are you?!"

Quinn roared, his eyes fixed on Roger, then gritted his teeth and launched his Brachiosaurus head and neck off, leaving his limbs and body in place.

Like a giant python, it strangled Roger as he was engulfed in ashes.

"Bang!"

With ease, and without much effort, Roger, who was caught in the middle, was pulverized into dust, which floated in the air.

However, the next moment, the ashes gathered.

Roger said helplessly, "Without the mask, if the master gets angry and really kills you, then you'll truly be facing hell."

He picked up the long sword, and his terrifying Conqueror's Haki erupted once again.

"boom!"

Both arms were shattered, and Quinn also had two more bloody wounds on the neck of his Brachiosaurus.

"Ouch!! That hurts! That hurts!"

Quinn screamed and leaped up, his neck stiffening as he charged straight down at Roger like a bomb.

"boom!!"

The ground shook, and the impact site even cracked open.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Quinn, with more than a dozen wounds all over his body, almost cursed as he watched the figure slowly recover.

The domineering aura had no effect; the object truly shattered upon impact. It wasn't the Logia-type's premonition that caused the elemental transformation and the attack to miss.

So, is it really possible for the opponent to resurrect indefinitely?

How could someone possess such an ability?!

Roger, now fully recovered, once again brandished his sword and asked, "Newcomer, shall we continue? Or choose to surrender?"

Roger was met with a barrage of rockets. At this time, Quinn's arm was still intact; all the technological modifications were used on his Brachiosaurus form.

Before he could figure out the opponent's ability to resurrect infinitely, he planned to stall for time and use guns and cannons...

Before he could finish thinking, Roger, who had been neither dodging nor avoiding, used his Observation Haki to evade all attacks, and his long sword was about to fall again.

"Whoosh!"

A cold glint flashed by, and the wound on one of the Brachiosaurus's forelegs, which had been there before, deepened again, and blood flowed all over the ground.

"asshole!!"

Amidst the angry curses, the dragon's tail swept across, and Roger ducked to avoid the charge.

His right hand, now fully recovered, gripped the hilt of the knife again and swung it, striking the enemy's left foreleg once more.

"Ah... Roger, you bastard!"

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Meanwhile, another central battlefield.

Kaido, who had just sent Oden flying, fixed his gaze on Kevin, who was coming towards him.

"Rayleigh, Roger, the cloaked man... Jabba doesn't seem to have eaten a Devil Fruit. If you're Jabba, Roger wouldn't have given me to his crew. So who are you?"

Kevin ignored Kaido and instead glanced at Oden in the ruins.

Do you consider yourself a qualified monarch?

Oden, panting, stood up. "Whether I pass or fail, I can't afford to give up now. Give me... ten minutes, I can..."

"Not even ten minutes."

Kevin spoke the most cruel words in the calmest voice: "Five years from now, if you didn't choose to perish together with the enemy back then, then today you can only lead eight retainers and a traitor to meet the enemy's ambush."

"At that time, when you fail, Wano Country will fall. You wasted five years, during which the enemy grew stronger, while you were dancing and indulging in self-pity, thinking it was a great sacrifice."

"So... do you think your son, Kozuki Momonosuke, will have a brighter future than you?"

Just as Oden was about to give a confident answer, Kevin cut him off.

"Think it through, Oden! This isn't just about trusting your son; it's about the entire population of Wano Country!"

After he finished speaking, Oden fell silent.

How could something that can't compare be compared to something that can't?

The domineering aura, or what Wano Country calls the power of Ryuo, requires a strong inner will.

Compare your own childhood with that of Momonosuke.

It's clear that Momonosuke doesn't have that kind of determination; in fact, his first choice when faced with a problem is usually to back down.

"Hello!"

At this moment, Kaido's disgruntled voice rang out: "If you're going to change people, then change them! How long are you going to keep talking?"

Kevin looked over and said, "You've had a fight with this guy, I think you can rest for a bit."

"Bang!"

Kaido slammed the iron bar into the ground and said bluntly, "No need. After I kill you, I want to test what the Pirate King's immortality is all about. Wasn't that old guy executed in Loguetown? Looks like you brought him back to life."

"Hahaha... If the World Government finds out about this, your 2 billion bounty will probably skyrocket again."

"This is getting more and more interesting!"

Kaido's gaze was fixed on Kevin.

He had also experienced the battle at God Valley. On that occasion, he glimpsed a portion of the World Government's power, and even just a portion was enough to send chills down one's spine.

Roger's last words before his execution in Loguetown ignited a massive pirate wave that swept the world, with countless people heading out to sea to become pirates.

Among the mixed bag, there will always be a few outstanding ones. These pirates, who restrain the Navy's power, are naturally on the opposite side of the World Government.

But Roger probably never imagined that even after his death, he would be resurrected and become a fighting force.

At that moment, Kevin reached out and grasped the hilt of the asakaba.

"Oden, the future of this world is not going to be smooth sailing!"

Oden was suddenly startled.

The future of this world...

After learning the secrets of this world from Laugh Tale, Oden knew that the future of this world more than twenty years later was also related to the future of Wano Country.

The mission of opening up Wano Country was established eight hundred years ago.

And the last sentence on that stone tablet.

What am I hesitating about?

After saying the final, heartfelt sentence that struck at Oden's heart, Kevin ignored him and instead gripped his asabu to face Kaido directly.

I remember arguing endlessly about being on the same level as the Emperor, but the oppressive feeling Kaido brings now is completely different from that of Sakazuki and Borsalino.

The fact that the three future admirals of the Navy do not possess Conqueror's Haki is enough to explain a lot.

However, Sakazuki later became special. After becoming the Fleet Admiral, he had the courage to confront and refute the reprimands of the Five Elders.

While this isn't the attitude of a dog, that state of mind could very well awaken the power of Conqueror's Haki.

"Cloaked Man, cooperate with me!"

In the very first sentence of their confrontation, Kaido offered his sincerity: "Join the Beasts Pirates, and I can make you the vice-captain! Everyone in the Beasts Pirates except me will have to obey your orders."

Kevin looked at Kaido: "You are indeed very sincere, but your ideals are different from mine. Or rather, my ideals are not recognized by most of the strong in this world, except for those who are oppressed and pitiful."

In a world with supernatural abilities, the strong are equal to everyone else in terms of their basic right to life, which is not something that can be accepted.

Even Roger, if his comrades are insulted, he will fly into a rage and wipe out an entire nation's army.

Whitebeard cares most about his family. His crew members' sons commit arson, murder, and robbery. As long as there is no betrayal, that's what a pirate should do.

Kaido does want to overturn the world, but what he wants even more is to become the King of the World, to become another evil dragon.

BiGMOM wants to establish a world where all races live together peacefully in one country, but she destroys island after island because of her own appetite.

These powerful individuals, on the fundamental right to life, are fundamentally different from the core ideology of the revolutionary army.

Or rather, from the very beginning, the Revolutionary Army, which Kevin changed, stood on the opposite side of the entire world.

"What a pity!"

Kaido, having drunk half a gourdful of sake, sighed: "Then let's begin. Although I can sense that your Haki isn't as strong as Kozuki Oden's, since you're their leader, you must have your own methods."

Kevin didn't speak, but the next moment...

"boom!!"

A powerful burst of Conqueror's Haki erupted, but unlike Oden, Roger, and Rayleigh, this Conqueror's Haki did not spread to clash with Kaido's, but instead...

"Buzz..."

The light bulb in Kevin's hand hummed, as if it were having a conversation with Kevin.

"All the sins of the world return to ashes. Like a flowing blade, it burns like fire!"

The Conqueror's Haki that burst forth from the chanting of the Liberation Song was instantly absorbed by Asauchi.

"tumultuous!"

Blazing flames shot skyward from the blade, with wisps of black flame flowing within the crimson inferno.

"How could such a temperature be just flames?!"

Kaido's expression was more solemn than ever before. At this moment, he finally understood why the other party had a bounty of two billion Berries.

He also understood why Oden, Roger, and Rayleigh all centered their attention around him.

Clearly, his opponent was him from the beginning; Oden was merely the one who stepped forward first.

"Phew... Are you ready, Kaido!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he slashed horizontally with his long sword.

Under the initial release, such terrifying consumption was too much for Kevin to bear, and a quick victory was the best option.

"Bang!"

The thorny iron rod was covered with Armament Haki, and even Conqueror's Haki was intertwined with it, but even such power could only melt in the face of the terrifying high temperature.

With a single blow, Kaido was forced to retreat.

In just a few seconds, the iron rod in his hand had melted into molten iron, and even with the protection of his domineering aura, his hand, which was gripping the weapon tightly, was still burned.

"Such terrifying temperatures couldn't possibly be from ordinary flames!"

Kevin did not rush over.

As he was awestruck by the temperature of Ryujin Jakka's Shikai, the spatial coordinates on the ground moved to his feet, and the black [Fire Seed] character climbed up.

It's settled.

"This is the flame born of the anger and resentment of all those at the bottom of society, oppressed for eight hundred years. It will burn away all the evil in the world and liberate it!"

"roar!!!"

The next moment, Kaido immediately reverted to his dragon-man form, and a blue dragon coiled in mid-air.

After just one encounter, he knew that if they clashed head-on a second time, he would definitely be melted by the terrifying heat.

The fact that the opponent had clearly expended a great deal of energy also made him see the weakness of this tactic.

Just like the abilities of Devil Fruits require physical exertion, so too do the three types of Haki. When the opponent uses a fire ability capable of evaporating the ocean, the consumption is naturally even greater.

The next moment, a storm gathered from the Azure Dragon's mouth. With thunder and lightning intertwined, the storm, carrying countless wind blades, swept across the ground.

The battlefield was centered on the Azure Dragon, and the ground was leveled.

The dragon's eyes remained solemn. Just moments before, those wind blades had been instantly obliterated by the intense heat as they approached the cloaked figure.

But this also wiped out all the weapons that the cloaked figures had initially scattered around the battlefield.

Next, just be careful of weapons that can teleport you to a safe distance, and you'll be able to fight a war of attrition with him from high altitude!

"Um?!"

Long Yan's eyes widened suddenly, because the guy who had been staring at him just moments before had vanished.

The next moment, a terrifying heat appeared behind his dragon body, and his Observation Haki magnified in his mind in an instant.

Run! Run! Run!

The black flames erupted rapidly, but no matter how fast it was, it couldn't outrun Kevin's swift strike.

"asshole!!"

With a roar, a dragon's tail swept across the scorching heat.

Kaido dared not let the opponent's flaming blade fall; its terrifying temperature was something no Haki could withstand, and it could pierce into the body the moment it landed.

"Snapped!"

The dragon's tail roared in, and the longsword changed direction to slash horizontally.

"tumultuous!!"

The flames, seemingly capable of burning the sky, transformed the entire sky above the ghost island into a surging, dreamlike landscape.

The sweeping blade of fire was only momentarily halted before the entire dragon tail was cleaved in two by the burst of flames.

The tail that fell to the ground turned to ashes instantly!

"roar!!!"

Amidst the roar of the dragon, Kaido's Conqueror's Haki continued to erupt, while his Armament Haki constantly isolated the wound at the severed tail.

Even so, a section of it was still charred, preventing its entire body from being burned away.

"asshole!!"

The fiery cloud accelerated its flight, and Kaido's fluid body soared into the sky, very far away from Kevin.

He activated his Observation Haki to its fullest extent, constantly on guard against the opponent suddenly appearing again.

At the same time, Kaido was also pondering the opponent's teleportation ability, wondering why the opponent would suddenly appear behind him even after he had cleared out all those special weapons.

The dragon turned its head, and a black symbol appeared on its body under the stimulation of Armament Haki.

The next moment, Kevin also appeared.

"roar!!"

Kaido's dragon claw suddenly struck, and the entire body spun around to dodge.

"tumultuous!"

A burst of intense flames erupted.

"boom!"

With a swing of Ryujin Jakka, a dragon claw was blasted off and burned to a crisp before falling from the sky.

"roar!!"

The pain of losing a claw, along with extreme rage, caused Kaido's roar to echo throughout Onigashima!

Armament Haki erupted intensely within Kaido's body, and an extreme heat flow continuously washed over the location of the spatial coordinates.

Kaido's other dragon claw is ready; if he cannot remove it with Haki in the next moment, he will rip out this piece of flesh.

Under no circumstances should you give the opponent a chance to strike again, or you will really be killed.

Such terrifying flames were something even BiGMOM's steel-boned balloon body couldn't withstand!

With near-instantaneous speed and unbeatable flame temperatures, there's simply no way to fight them!

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(End of this chapter)