Thunder Bagua! Thousand-Cut Valley! (Bonus Chapter for Book-Reading Nobody, Alliance Leader, 46)

On the bridge.

Kuzan remained where he was, with no intention of following King Chido outside.

It was as though the battle outside had nothing to do with him.

Even though King Chido had been the one to challenge him to a spar first.

But at this moment, the other man's attention had clearly been drawn to Kaido, Shiki, and the others.

Kuzan stayed behind as a precaution.

If an uncontrollable development occurred outside—for example, if King Chido flew into a rage and entered into an extreme conflict with the World Government—

Then he would seize control of this flagship, the command center, at the first opportunity.

As well as Princess Lala on the other side.

However, Sastin, standing beside Lala, had clearly noticed Kuzan's intentions as well.

Though he made no obvious movements, his body remained faintly tense.

His right hand hovered near the hilt of the sword at his waist.

His gaze was sharp as an eagle's.

He stared openly at Kuzan's every move.

A tense atmosphere gradually spread between the two, echoing the battle about to erupt outside.

Lala seemed to sense the subtle tension as well.

She blinked her beautiful large eyes, looked at Kuzan, then at Sastin, and obediently remained silent.

Yet her gaze toward the outside was full of worry, afraid that her father might really beat someone to death.

These past few days, Imu, Historia, Teresa, and the others had taken such good care of her.

She truly did not want the two sides to fight until tempers flared.

Meanwhile.

A distance of over a thousand kilometers vanished in an instant beneath Kaido's explosive speed.

Without any fancy probing, he immediately unleashed his most classic opening move.

"Colorless Haki. Thunder Bagua!"

Dragon scales covered his body, dragon horns jutted out fiercely, and his