One Piece: Start Collecting Nicolo

Kaido took a big gulp of wine, wiped his mouth, and looked at Jin beside him: "I'll leave this kid to you! Jin! Make sure to discover his full potential for me!"

"Yes."

Jhin looked at Caesar deeply. Unlike the others, he was the first person Kaido met, and he was also Kaido's second-in-command and true confidant.

Therefore, for Caesar, he cares more about the other party's potential.

He didn't think Caesar was qualified to surpass Kaido, but since Kaido asked him to teach Caesar, he wouldn't hide anything.

"Speaking of which, I have a question."

Caesar looked at Kaido and said, "Armament Haki can strengthen attacks, Observation Haki can predict attacks, and Conqueror Haki... it should have more than just a useless effect like shocking, right? Can you teach me?"

"You realized it so quickly..."

Kaido looked at him admiringly and chuckled, "Things like that should wait until you master Armament Haki first! Don't worry, when that time comes, I'll teach you myself."

"Thank you, Captain Kaido."

Caesar looked at Jhin eagerly: "When do we start?"

"Ah, hahahaha... what's the rush, you little brat?! A pirate party should be a feast to the fullest! This is your welcome party, so just drink as much as you can!"

Kaido laughed loudly: "Hey, Maria, find a woman for this guy!"

Caesar waved his hand gently: "Don't bother with this. I still prefer simple girls."

"Oh? You're quite innocent, but my sister's subordinates are all 'sensible' children..."

Maria propped her chin up in distress. Suddenly, her eyes turned and she saw Runti making a fuss with Peggy Wan. Her eyes lit up slightly: "Come to think of it, Xiao Run probably hasn't had a boyfriend yet, right?"

"Maria, what did you say?"

Runti frowned: "I don't want to accompany that pretty boy for drinks!"

"Don't be angry, you can't keep pestering Xiao Pei, right?"

Maria covered her mouth and chuckled: "I think Caesar is a good man. It's a pity that someone else got there first."

"Tsk, a weakling who can't even master Haki."

Runti curled her lips and turned to look at Caesar: "Let's wait until this guy can beat me!"

Caesar glanced at Runti and shook his head: "I don't want to have sex with her even if I've beaten her. I like plump girls."

"You bastard... stop holding onto my Xiao Pei! I'm going to kill this bastard!"

Chapter 5 Killing and Fighting

At a welcoming banquet, Caesar had no idea how much wine he had been forced to drink.

However, unlike in the past, when he woke up, he did not have the splitting headache he had in the past after a hangover.

I just felt a little dizzy, but I quickly recovered after drinking a bucket of hot porridge.

After a breakfast of a roasted lamb, a bowl of rice, and a bucket of red bean and rice cake porridge, Caesar wiped the corners of his mouth and looked at the maid who was kneeling beside him with her head bowed. "Where is the bathing place?"

"My lord, please follow me."

The maid silently stood up and took Caesar to a Japanese-style bathhouse downstairs, which was empty.

"Why is there no one?"

The maid explained softly, "Lord Kaido has ordered that this entire building will belong to Lord Caesar from now on."

"how about you?"

Caesar looked at the maid, who was the one who led the way for him yesterday. She looked to be no more than eighteen or nineteen years old, with a pretty face and a calm and peaceful temperament.

"My daughter, Ayun, was originally a geisha from Wano Country. Fortunately, she was appreciated by Lady Maria and sent to serve her."

"Not bad, do it well."

Caesar casually handed the other person a gold coin and said, "There's nothing for you to do now. Get out."

As he took the gold coin in his hand and felt the calm texture, Ayun's eyes widened slightly.

This gold coin... is it pure gold?

Quietly looking up at Caesar's handsome face, Ah Yun bit her lip and said, "Sir, may I help you bathe and change clothes?"

"unnecessary."

After taking off his clothes and throwing them away, Caesar stretched his shoulders and neck, then turned and went into the bathhouse.

After taking a quick shower and changing his clothes, Caesar strolled outside.

Looking around, I saw a group of towering palaces all around, and further out were long rows of thousand torii gates. The sky was faintly visible in the distance.

Judging from the direction of the torii, he was now inside the huge bull-horned skull on Onigashima. Next to the small building assigned to him by Kaido was the recreational area controlled by Black Maria, located in the left brain area of ​​the skull, very close to the main building.

"grown ups…"

Ah Yun followed Caesar closely and asked, "Do you need Ah Yun to show you around here?"

"No, take me to find Jhin."

Caesar shook his head. He just wanted to master Haki as soon as possible.

"Please follow me, sir. Your residence is an extension of the main building, and it can be directly connected to the main building through the internal corridor."

Ayun walked in front, leading the way for Caesar: "Also, the main building is the territory of the cadres. Except for the cadres' direct subordinates, ordinary pirates are not allowed to enter the main building at will."

"Are you the only one under my command?"

"Apart from the cleaning staff, there's only my daughter here at the moment."

"That's it..."

Caesar suddenly stopped and said, "That's enough. You can go back first."

"Yes."

Ayun didn't ask any more questions and turned away silently.

Only after the other party's footsteps disappeared did Caesar look around the corner. "He's such a coward. No wonder he hasn't awakened his Conqueror Haki."

"You kid...you're not done yet, are you?"

Foz F walked out from behind the corner with a twitching face and saw Caesar looking nonchalant, with gloomy eyes under his horned helmet.

"What? You're waiting here so early in the morning, hoping to learn from me how to awaken the Conqueror's Haki?"

Caesar tilted his head: "I can pass on experience to you, but what about talent?"

"You're so complacent, little brat...it seems you have no idea of ​​your own situation."

Fuzzy F sneered: "This is the Beasts Pirates. There is no reason here, only fists. Killing you may be a bit troublesome, but if I just smash that stinky mouth, even Lord Kaido won't say anything."

He took a deep breath, seemingly intoxicated. "Come to think of it, you haven't even mastered your domineering aura yet, have you? That's quite good! I can even smell the blood on you..."

"That's it..."

Caesar nodded in understanding, and then, as if a sudden thought occurred to him, he asked, "Does the yellow lens on your horned helmet affect your ability to see the colors of the things around you?"

Foz F frowned. "What?"

"I mean…"

Caesar slowly raised his hand and pointed at Foz F: "You may be dying."

puff-

A flash of crimson suddenly burst through Foz F's chest, and in his incredulous gaze, it turned into an exquisite blood-red bat and flew to Caesar's fingertips.

"Ho-"

Foz F lowered his head in astonishment, looking at his blood-stained chest, as if he wanted to say something, but it seemed that because of the damage to his trachea, he could only make strange hoarse sounds.

Suddenly, he retched and large mouthfuls of blood spurted out, and the severe pain in his chest became more and more obvious.

Falling to his knees with a thud, Foz F gasped for breath. However, he discovered in despair that no matter how hard he breathed, he could only exhale but not inhale, which instead consumed the already limited oxygen in his blood even more rapidly.

tread…

tread…

tread……

The crisp sound of leather boots stepping on the wooden floor reached his ears. Foz F, who was severely lacking in oxygen, could not tell whether the sound came from Caesar or the god of death. He could only lie on the floor helplessly and vomit blood.

Suddenly, as a slender hand gently pressed on his head, Foz Fou felt as if something was being snatched away from him.

It's painful!

The pain is gone!

The pain in my chest completely disappeared, replaced by an indescribable feeling of relief. My whole body felt light, as if floating in the clouds.

clang…

The horned helmet rolled to the ground, revealing a head full of white hair.

At the moment of death, Foz F's mind seemed to become much clearer. He saw his extremely old, dry and broken hands, and also saw the faint blood mist that filled the corridor.

That question...

Is this what it means?

A tingling sensation came from the base of his ear, and this tingling sensation quickly spread throughout his body. Endless snowflakes swept in from all directions, swallowing up his vision.

Bang!

Kicking away the corpse blocking his way, Caesar strode towards the main building.

The blood mist slowly dissipated, and rays of observation Haki swept across Foz F's body, then quietly left, as if nothing had happened here.

"Wooooooooooo! Fozzie-Fah!"

In the main building, Kaido, who had been drinking tons of alcohol since early morning, suddenly burst into tears.

"You useless thing, how could you suddenly die!!!"

"Strange ability..."

Jin, who was standing by, raised his eyelids slightly. "As expected of a mythical beast, even I don't understand how that guy did it."

Kaido snorted angrily, and two streams of alcohol spurted out of his nostrils: "It's blood..."

Jin was slightly startled: "Can you actually control other people's blood?"

Kaido took a sip of wine and wiped his mouth: "It was the blood mist created by that brat that flowed into Foz-Fo's body through his breathing."

"Ahhhhhhh... What a dangerous method."

Kaido laughed loudly and looked at the figure who walked into the room. "Although it is useless to me, but... that blood mist can actually block the observation Haki. I really don't know how you did it."

"The essence of the vampire fruit's ability is not to suck blood, but to plunder vitality."

Caesar spoke calmly, "The blood I created more or less contained a certain amount of life force. So if my guess is correct, it's this life force that dispersed with the blood mist that affected my observation Haki's perception of living things. Honestly, I didn't expect this effect to happen. It's quite an unexpected bonus."

"That's right. It seems you already understand Haki."

Kaido glanced at Caesar in surprise, and then his face darkened again. "It's only the second day, and you've already murdered one of my most important men! That guy, Foz F, is the backbone of our army, second only to the big boss! Caesar! Don't you deserve an explanation from me?"

Caesar shook his head: "That guy asked for his own death, no one else is to blame. Mr. Kaido does not need to blame himself."

Hearing this, Kaido raised his hand and grabbed the stick beside him: "If you don't speak properly, I can only communicate with you with a stick..."

"What's his reward?"

"350 million Baileys. Given that guy's strength, the price will definitely go up."

Jin said calmly, "But I estimate that by the time he dies, his worth will be around 500 million or 600 million. Besides, Foz F is an Ancient Species user, and Ancient Species are usually worth around 1 billion."

Caesar held up three fingers: "I'll give you three billion!"

After the words fell, both Kaido and Jin were stunned.

Kaido stared at Caesar with a burning gaze: "Three billion? Where did you get the money, kid?"

"Have you heard of the East China Sea Caesar Group? It's my business."

Caesar gently spread his hands and said, "It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it. The Seven Water City should know about it, right?"

"Is it also your property?"