Someone Needed a Cure for Their King Addiction

On Onigashima,

Kaido, now back to normal, lay quietly on the ground, staring at the gray sky, lost in thought.

Senga also released all his powers. He slowly walked up to Kaido, looked at Kaido lying on the ground, defeated by him, and asked,

"Is there anything else you'd like to say?"

Kaido laboriously raised his head and glanced at Senga, then asked a question in return.

Do you know Joy Boy?

"You know a little bit, don't you?"

Upon hearing this, Kaido's face suddenly flushed an unnatural red, and he asked excitedly,

Are you Joy Boy?

In his eyes, Joy Boy represented the strongest. He himself was known as the Strongest Creature on land, sea, and air, yet he had been defeated by this seemingly young Marine. He was definitely no ordinary person; he was Joy Boy!

However, to Kaido's disappointment, Senga shook her head in denial, but added a sentence,

"What I do know is that he might actually exist, but it will be several years from now."

"Heh, really? Then I guess I won't be able to see it..."

Kaido closed his eyes. Defeat is defeat, and it's better to die gracefully, without shame, to live up to his status as one of the Four Emperors.

Senga looked at Kaido, who had completely given up resisting, and sighed softly. To be honest, back on Blue Star, among the Four Emperors, Kaido was the guy he admired the most.

If he had strangled Momonosuke back then, he probably would have become a die-hard fan of his.

He shook his head slightly, covered Senga hands with the Destructive Armament, and raised his hand to give Kaido a quick death.

Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed by; it was Jin, who had already woken up.

As soon as he appeared, he knelt down, banged his head heavily on the ground, and shouted,

"Do with me however you like! Please spare the captain's life!"

Upon hearing King's voice, Kaido opened his eyes. He glanced at his most trusted subordinate with a complicated expression, but angrily rebuked him.

"Jin! Get out of here! I don't need you to plead for me!"

Despite Kaido's angry rebuke, King remained kneeling on the ground, unmoving. He was indeed loyal to Kaido, and at this moment, all he wanted was for Kaido to live.

Senga looked at Jin kneeling on the ground, but then she heard Yamato's voice from within the Door-Door Space.

"Could you spare my father's life? I..."

Without listening any further, Senga directly blocked the information in the Door-Door Space.

Door-Door Space, Yamato looked at Senga and the others outside with a gloomy expression. Kalifa patted her on the back and said softly,

"You can't interfere with the boss's decision. Don't you hate Kaido? Why have you changed your mind now?"

Yamato turned around, her face now streaked with tears, and she choked out,

But he is still my father!

Outside the Door-Door Space,

Although Senga ignored Yamato, he didn't make a move. He stood there with his fist raised, lost in thought.

He really doesn't want to kill Kaido right now.

First of all, he had a fairly good impression of Kaido, and he wasn't particularly interested in Kaido Azure Dragon Fruit, so killing Kaido wouldn't be of much use to him.

Moreover, his trip was ostensibly just to "investigate" the Op-Op Fruit. Killing Kaido would be an unexpected bonus for the Gorosei, so he had no need to make those five old guys happy.

Finally, Kaido also helped him master Conqueror's Haki's Haki, granting him the immense power of the Destructive Armament. By sparing his life, he can be considered as "tuition fee."

Thinking of this, Senga put away his fist, stopped looking at Kaido on the ground, and floated up.

Upon seeing this, Jin immediately began kowtowing repeatedly and shouting,

"I am so grateful!!"

Kaido was also taken aback. He hadn't expected Senga to actually spare his life. Of course, it would be good to be alive, but he didn't want to be spared by the enemy without knowing why.

He shouted at Senga, who was floating in the air.

"My life is already yours, why won't you take it!?"

Senga smiled slightly and said,

"I can take your life at any time. Consider this a reward for letting me Conqueror's Haki's Haki."

"What!?"

"By the way, I've already killed Kurozumi Orochi. I'll leave Wano Country to you for now. Treat the people well."

After saying that, Senga's body transformed into a ball of purple lightning and disappeared from Kaido's sight.

After Senga left, Kaido and King looked at each other in silence. After a while, King got up from the ground, walked to Kaido, and reached out his hand to help Kaido up.

Kaido slapped his hand away, and Kaido roared.

"I can get up by myself!"

"Yes, Captain."

Kaido rose from the ground, gazing at the sky in silence. King spoke again, asking...

"Captain, Wano Country..."

"I don't have time to govern a country. You find someone suitable to do it. Remember what that person said: be good to those ordinary people. I don't want to owe him a favor!"

"Yes! By the way, Yamato also went with that person. What should we do?"

"Ignore her! That navy guy is better than me, it's a blessing for that kid to follow him!"

"Yes!"

"When did you become just that?! And don't try that trick again next time. I don't need you to plead for me!"

"Yes!"

"..."

Above a certain sea area,

A thunderous roar resounded, and Senga's figure appeared above the clouds, his brows furrowed.

He just received a signal from the Flying Thunder God Technique; it was from Makino.

Has something happened in Foosha Village? Isn't it always been quite safe there? Senga was silent for a while. In any case, it would be better to go there as soon as possible, since the plot had completely deviated from the path he remembered.

In the forest outside the Foosha Village in the East Blue,

Makino stared wide-eyed at Shanks, who looked utterly helpless, with one hand holding onto Ace and the other clutching the Flying Thunder God Kunai that Senga had given her.

Shanks placed one hand on Luffy's head beside him and said with an awkward smile,

"Makino, I just came to see Luffy, is there any need for you to get so excited?"

"Hmph! I don't care, you definitely didn't come back with good intentions! I've already called for help, he's extremely powerful, you'd better run! Luffy here!"

Luffy naturally refused, muttering to himself.

"Shanks taught me a lot of combat techniques, and I want to learn more!"

Ace then followed Makino's words,

"Luffy, come here first. Aren't you afraid that Brother Senga will come and deal with you?"

"Brother Senga? Who is that?"

"... It's that round-eye area you mentioned."

"Ah! It was him!"

The image of Luffy's Rinnegan flashed through Senga's mind, and he instinctively shuddered, but not wanting to lose face in front of Shanks, he stiffened his neck and said...

"Hmph, I'm not afraid of him at all! I'm going to be the One Piece King!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an invisible Repulsion Force suddenly appeared, and Luffy's body was thrown out, crashing heavily into a thick giant tree.

Shanks, clutching an elongated arm, stared in shock at Chika, who had appeared out of Senga next to Makino.

Senga didn't look at Shanks; his gaze remained Luffy, who had been thrown back. He spoke in a very dangerous tone.

"You want me to cure your King Addiction again, don't you?"

Luffy didn't say a word, because his eyes had turned into whirlpools, and he had completely passed out.