To Each Their Own!

The horn on Luo Ya's forehead was glowing.

The airflow suddenly accelerated.

Then, the clouds in the sky began to move rapidly. In an instant, a colossal hurricane that devoured everything took shape. More than half the sky was swallowed, heaven and earth joined together, and a pillar holding up the sky appeared in the world!

"Mm!"

Kaido's pupils contracted. This scale...!

He could create tornadoes too.

But compared to the massive hurricane Luo Ya had created, one that reached from heaven to earth, they were not even on the same level!

Could a Wind-Wind Fruit user create a hurricane like this at the same level of strength?

Could it be that the natural disasters this brat created were even stronger than those of the corresponding Logia users?

Kaido rapidly tried to escape, but the hurricane's suction and expansion speed clearly gave him no such chance. He was swallowed directly into it.

"Thunder Welcome Vortex!!"

The cyclone abruptly turned black as dark thunderclouds formed within the hurricane.

Clouds and wind merged together, and then lightning illuminated the entire hurricane.

The pillar holding up the sky became incomparably dazzling, as though it had truly turned into a heavenly path connecting heaven and earth! Thick bolts of lightning rose and fell across the hurricane's surface like divine dragons coiling around a celestial pillar!

Yet Luo Ya smacked his lips, still somewhat dissatisfied.

There were so many powerful moves he couldn't use in the sky. He could only make do with lightning and wind.

Sorry for the poor hospitality. He hoped Big Brother Kaido wouldn't mind.

Inside the hurricane, Kaido roared in pain.

The turbulent winds made him unable to control his body, while the pain and damage brought by the violent lightning were difficult to defend against even with his Haki.

"Fire Dragon Great Torch!!"

Amid a roar that even the hurricane and thunderstorm could not suppress, an enormous fire dragon forcibly blasted the hurricane apart and charged unstoppably toward Luo Ya.

"You can't defeat everything with your abilities alone! Luo Ya!!"

He said that, but wasn't this move of Big Brother Kaido's also a combination of ability and Haki?

Luo Ya was not about to imitate Luffy and clash head-on with Kaido. With a flap of his wings, he instantly opened up the distance.

Then—

"Meteor Shower!"

One bright light after another appeared in the sky.

Meteorites!

Massive meteorites, each nearly a hundred meters in diameter, rained down toward Kaido one after another.

"What?"

Inside the fire dragon, Kaido's pupils contracted again as he stared at Luo Ya in disbelief.

Did this damn brat have unlimited stamina or something?

Who fought like this?!

But he immediately remembered another one of Luo Ya's terrifying abilities.

"My energy is endless!"

Luo Ya laughed heartily.

The stamina consumption was indeed enormous, but in the world Kaido could not see, endless black energy continuously gathered toward Luo Ya and was absorbed into his stomach. His depleted stamina fully recovered in the blink of an eye!

"Brat! Who the hell do you think I am?!"

The massive fire dragon soared into the sky. The enormous meteorites melted the instant they touched him.

However, there was ultimately a limit to how quickly they could melt. Their tremendous force still battered the fire dragon until it trembled continuously.

"Flame Eight Trigrams!"

The fire dragon actually expanded again by force, and its entire body began to turn black.

Rumble!

The fire dragon spun through the sky, its enormous body like a giant god wielding a whip. The falling meteorites were actually smashed apart in midair one after another. Countless fragments, carrying molten lava with them, fell to the ground and brought devastation upon this wasteland.

The entire country was shaking. Whether they were civilians at work or warriors locked in battle, all trembled in fear. For a moment, the black energy throughout the country grew even denser.

"That's really outrageous! How could I possibly withstand him in a frontal fight?"

Luo Ya exclaimed repeatedly. He would get rammed into an idiot.

"Sure enough, I can't get close!"

Luo Ya curled his lips into a smile. "Big Brother Kaido, do you still want to continue? If we're playing the meteorite game, I can play with you for an entire year!"

As long as this country had not been destroyed.

"..."

Kaido fell silent.

He was confident that he was stronger than Luo Ya.

But that bastard Luo Ya simply refused to play by the rules, hurling all kinds of devastating natural disasters at him as though they cost nothing.

That brat's injuries and stamina could recover without limit. Even with the same Mythical Zoan ability, Kaido could never outlast him!

Just what kind of monster was he?

Even Kaido, who had been called a monster since childhood, could not help but feel deeply shaken.

Back when they were in the Rocks Pirates, everyone had tried their best to overestimate him, but now it seemed that they had all underestimated him!

This brat was an unprecedented demon beyond anyone's imagination!

Seeing Big Brother Kaido fall silent, Luo Ya knew that his big brother was in an awkward spot.

He had come charging in, ready to fight, only to find himself unable to do anything to a kid more than a decade younger than him. Even Big Brother Kaido would feel ashamed.

So, as a considerate good kid, Luo Ya felt that he should take the initiative to break the deadlock.

"Let's make peace, Big Brother Kaido."

Luo Ya smiled. "Do me a favor and let's leave it at that. It's been a long time since we last met, so let's have a proper chat."

"...What is there left to talk about?"

Kaido gave an aloof snort.

At this point, no matter how unwilling he was, he had to admit it. He could not take down Luo Ya, and naturally could not force Luo Ya to join his Beasts Pirates.

A wasted trip.

Damn it, he still was not strong enough.

If he had the power of those two bastards, Whitebeard or Golden Lion, how would Luo Ya, this little brat, dare act so arrogantly?

"Let's talk about our invitations to each other."

That was what Luo Ya said.

"What?"

Not long afterward, a ship gradually sailed away from the Land of Endless War.

A banquet was underway on the deck.

"My first meal in six years! I'd almost forgotten how to chew."

Luo Ya awkwardly tore into a steak, a faintly disgusted expression appearing on his face. "Tch, just as awful as ever!"

"Your rotten temper really hasn't changed at all, you little bastard."

Kaido sat beside Luo Ya, guzzling liquor as he sneered.

"You don't understand, Big Brother Kaido."

Luo Ya waved a hand. "There's no point talking to people like you who have never tasted the ultimate delicacy."

"Enough nonsense, Luo Ya. What exactly are you getting at?"

In response to Kaido's question, Luo Ya licked his fingers and smiled. "I want you to join my company, while you want me to join your pirate crew. You think it's a choice between the two, but only children make choices. Adults, of course, take them both!"

Kaido snorted. "You're just a little brat, yet you're talking about being an adult? So what exactly do you mean?"

"It's simple!"

Luo Ya's little face turned solemn. "You join my company, and at the same time, I join your pirate crew. We'll have two bosses."

"What?"

Kaido's brow furrowed even tighter. "Are you joking with me, brat?"

"What does it matter? We can keep calling each other whatever we want!"

Luo Ya was unconcerned with such details. "You call me President, and I call you Big Brother!"

Weren't you already calling me Big Brother?

Kaido set down his cup, his gaze turning dangerous once more. "If you want another fight, brat, I'll accompany you to the end!"

Even if he could not take Luo Ya down once they were away from the Land of Endless War, that was no reason for the brat to toy with him!

"Don't get worked up, Big Brother Kaido."

Luo Ya waved his hands repeatedly. "You want to overthrow the World Government and establish a new order. I also want to overthrow the World Government and turn the world into a paradise of food. We were naturally meant to be on the same side."

Kaido's expression visibly improved, and the way he looked at Luo Ya became much friendlier.

That was right, they really did share the same goal!

Luo Ya yearned for humanity's suffering, while what Kaido sought was a world where the strong could freely trample the weak!

Weren't they a perfect match?

"This is what I'm thinking: we become each other's outside affiliates. When you run into trouble you can't solve, I'll help with all my strength. And when I need help, you lend me a hand too!"

Luo Ya said, "When the time is right, we brothers will join forces. Who in this world could possibly stop us then?"

Kaido's heart stirred.

Making Luo Ya his subordinate was no longer possible, but this kind of partnership did not seem bad either?