Kaido's Azure Dragon form was absurdly huge. When the hundred-meter-long dragon stretched across the sky, anyone who witnessed it would probably think they had stumbled into the age of myth.
Sirius, lying on his back, was practically a speck of dust.
Kaido himself could not fly. Dragons flew by creating Flame Clouds and then grabbing onto them.
So Sirius was now wrapped in a cloud. Kaido was rather considerate, probably to keep him from falling off.
Curiously, he reached out to touch the fiery red clouds.
The clouds had substance. Sirius could even feel their resilience in his hand. They felt quite nice.
Sirius knew that these clouds carried immense power. In the original story, Kaido had even used them to forcibly lift Onigashima into the air.
Not a single Mythical Zoan was weak.
Still, his own ability was not bad either.
As he was thinking, a voice like thunder suddenly came from ahead. "Kid, I still don't know your name."
"Sirius!"
Sirius answered brightly, "My name is Sirius! I'm six years old this year. What about you, Uncle?"
"Sirius. Not a bad name."
Kaido said, "Only six? Two years younger than my daughter!"
"Uncle, you have a daughter?"
Was Yamato eight this year?
Sirius pondered inwardly. That meant the current timeline was eighteen years before Straw Hat set sail?
And Kaido did not have a scar on his stomach yet. It seemed his final battle with Kozuki Oden had not even begun, though it should be soon. He might still get to witness Kozuki Oden's end.
"You'll meet her later. Maybe you can become her best opponent!"
Opponent?
Was this what one expected from Kaido, the tiger father?
Sirius smiled. "Uncle, you still haven't told me your name."
"Then remember it, kid! My name is Kaido! Your captain!"
Kaido boomed, "By the way, what exactly is your ability? I know of a wolf-type Mythical Zoan, but it clearly doesn't look like you."
He was talking about Yamato's future ability, right?
Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Okuchi no Okami.
Sirius thought for a moment, then asked in a crisp voice, "What's a Mythical Zoan?"
A six-year-old should not know too much. Playing dumb was the right move here, wasn't it?
"Wororororo, right. I've really lost my head."
Sure enough, Kaido did not care. He laughed loudly. "What could a brat possibly know?"
"Anyway, it's enough to know that you're a Mythical Zoan!!"
Kaido laughed and suddenly accelerated. "Let's go! Back to Wano Country! Something interesting is about to happen! I won't miss it!"
Sirius actually knew what his ability was.
Although he had never seen a Devil Fruit encyclopedia, the characteristics of this power were obvious.
Besides transforming into a Giant Wolf, Sirius possessed several other abilities.
Monstrous strength, the ability to breathe fire, the ability to secrete deadly poison, sharp fangs capable of piercing anything, and another ability Sirius had not used before Kaido. With all that, Sirius could already guess the true nature of his power.
The identity of the wolf in mythology with such abilities was already obvious.
Animal-type Devil Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Fenrir form.
That should have been its name.
The Black Wolf Sirius transformed into was the Giant Wolf Fenrir from Norse Mythology in his previous life, whose upper jaw would touch the sky and lower jaw the earth whenever it opened its mouth, who devoured the great god Odin in a single bite and ushered in Ragnarok!
Without question, it was a top-tier Mythical Zoan.
So he really was lucky.
With a smile on his face, Sirius grabbed Kaido's back fur. Wrapped in clouds, he looked around almost greedily.
Kaido was flying above the clouds now. Before Sirius lay a boundless expanse of white clouds, vast and ethereal, like a pure white sea.
Before long, dusk arrived.
The setting sun spilled its light over the clouds, dyeing the entire white cloudscape with a golden glow.
Sirius stared blankly at the sight.
"It's... so beautiful..."
"So beautiful? Kid! What kind of nonsense is that? What does this even count as? The world is far greater than what you've seen! This sea holds even more breathtaking scenery!"
Kaido laughed heartily. For someone who could fly, such sights were simply commonplace.
"But it really is beautiful."
Sirius leaned leisurely against the clouds, sunlight falling across his face. He smiled. "I can't call beautiful things ugly."
Being alive was truly wonderful.
Coming to this world was truly wonderful.
"One day,"
Sirius suddenly stood up, spread his arms, and raised his head as though he wanted to embrace the whole sky. He laughed loudly. "I'll set foot in every corner of the world! I'll see every sight this world has to offer!"
"Wororororo! What a shabby dream!"
Kaido mocked him mercilessly. With a burst of speed, the oncoming wind made Sirius lose his footing and fall backward onto the clouds.
"Uncle Kaido! People's dreams shouldn't be laughed at, should they?" Sirius laughed loudly as he lay atop the Flame Clouds.
"A little brat talking about dreams! But do whatever you want. As long as you don't defy me, you can do whatever you please! It doesn't matter if you turn this world upside down!"
Kaido's wild laughter was like a gust of wind, scattering the clouds around them across the sky.
"Dream all you want, kid!! This world is vast enough to hold any crazy dream!!"
Sirius flipped over and sat cross-legged, his smile radiant.
That was right. This world belonged to dreamers!
Once again, coming to this world was truly wonderful.
Sirius did not know where the island he had been on was located, but it was probably in the New World.
Kaido had not flown for long. At around eight or nine in the evening, he began descending. Once they passed beneath the clouds, a massive island came into Sirius's view.
So this was Wano Country?
Sirius thought to himself.
Kaido had no intention of landing on that large island. He flew along its coastline, and before long, a smaller island appeared.
Though they were still some distance away, Sirius could already clearly make out the island's shape.
It was shaped like a Skull Head, with a pair of massive horns atop it, just like Kaido's, pointing straight into the sky.
"Wororororo!! We're finally here!"
Kaido dove straight down, slipped through one of the skull's eye sockets, and flew into the island's interior.
Setting aside the impressions inherited from this body's memories, this was the first time Sirius had seen buildings in this world.
There was a settlement inside the skull, already taking shape, built in a Japanese style.
However, it still differed somewhat from its appearance in the manga. At the very least, it was much smaller in scale, since this was twenty years earlier.
Kaido landed in the square between the buildings and returned to human form.
Pirates immediately gathered around them.
"Boss Kaido is back!!"
"Hahaha, looks like he didn't die again this time!"
"No one can kill Boss Kaido, all right? Not even himself! Boss Kaido is invincible!"
Sirius sat on Kaido's shoulder, looking around at the pirates.
It was clear that Kaido had earned the trust of his subordinates.
"Kid! Get off me already! We're here."
Kaido turned his head, glanced at Sirius from the corner of his eye, and said impatiently.
"How cold, Uncle Kaido."
Sirius grinned as he jumped down from Kaido's shoulder and landed lightly.
Fortunately, the year of training on the Desert Island had given Sirius a physique far beyond that of an ordinary six-year-old, even without using his ability. Otherwise, jumping from five or six meters up would have been rather dangerous.
"Welcome back, Mr. Kaido."
A tall figure pushed through the crowd and walked over.
The man wore black leather from head to toe. He had a hat on his head, a mask over his face, and even gloves on his hands. His entire body was wrapped up tightly.
A pair of black wings extended from his back, and flames burned behind his head.
Flame Calamity, King!
Of course Sirius knew him. Kaido's right-hand man.
"But Boss Kaido, you picked up another little brat this time! This place is about to turn into a kindergarten!"
Another voice rang out. A fat man in overalls walked over, looked Sirius over, and laughed.
Queen the Plague.
"Wororororo."
Kaido grinned smugly. "Don't underestimate this kid! I've already decided to have him bear the title of Third Calamity!"
"What?"
King and Queen both looked at Sirius in utter shock.
Sirius waved with an innocent smile. "Hello, Uncles!"
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