Who was I?
Where was I?
Was the guy in front of me really Austin?
Slowly, perhaps because so much time had passed, or perhaps because he had been jolted awake by the lingering shockwaves before him, Kaido rubbed his head and even seemed to regain some clarity.
The traits of his Drunken Dragon Form gradually began returning to normal as well. His sharp fangs and vicious mouth smoothed out, leaving only his pointed, protruding canines.
But what about the other side?
Austin no longer resisted alcohol's effects on his body. Waves of excitement and hallucination rushed straight to his head, stripping away much of his usual reason and composure.
He stared at Kaido with unfocused eyes, a wanton grin on his face.
Yet his words made Kaido grit his teeth even harder.
"I'm definitely beating you half to death~ Hic... Kaido!!!"
Whoosh—
He vanished almost instantly. Kaido's pupils shrank as a sense of danger shot straight into his brain.
"Bastard!!!"
A thick, black staff wrapped in black-red Conqueror's Haki lightning appeared before him in an instant, making even the air tremble.
Austin wore a savage grin, as though he were looking at prey, and swung the staff at him.
"Don't underestimate me!!!"
Faced with the sudden attack, Kaido, whose battle instincts were equally at their peak, reacted almost immediately.
He bared his teeth as the muscles across his body swelled instantly. His dragon claws stomped down hard, sending cracks racing across the ground.
His club, coated in Conqueror's Haki and lightning, instantly finished charging and swung straight at Austin's black-red gun butt. At the very least, his courage did not falter.
"Thunder Bagua!!!!"
The enormous iron club collided with the seemingly slender gun butt, creating an incredibly striking scene in the center of the battlefield.
Crack crack crack crack—