No Problem

"Gaia, don't blame me!"

"Now that your subordinates have betrayed you, there's no point in you staying alive!"

"Don't worry. I won't make your death too painful."

"You were my lifelong rival, after all—the rare kind of man I could actually respect."

"Time for you to go!"

"Thunder Bagua."

Holmes Gai was still caught up in his own world. His expression and tone were tinged with pity and sorrow. He couldn't bear to imagine that the man who had once surpassed him would ultimately die because of betrayal.

He knew he was being used.

The Thunder God and the others wanted to use him to kill someone.

He chose to play along.

In his eyes, only dying by his hand could spare the Golden Emperor the humiliation.

But respect aside, once he'd sent the Golden Emperor on his way, he still planned to bring the Thunder God and the others under his command. They might be a bunch of backstabbers, but they had the strength to back it up, so they could still be useful.

With his personal charisma, he was sure he could win them all over.

He was just that absurdly confident.

Lightning split the roiling black clouds and struck the club. Kaido raised it high, cloaked in Armament Haki and wrapped in Conqueror's Haki. When he swung, it was like a surging river.

The unstoppable force pressed forward without pause.

In an instant,

A thunderous explosion shook the entire sky. When everything settled, an endless avenue stretched out before Kaido, the sea split apart into a vast, churning trench.

But—

"How did you dodge that?"

Kaido whipped around, staring at Chaos, who stood not far away and looked as if even standing was a struggle.

Hadn't the Thunder God and the others weakened him?

How could Gaia