"Understood!"
Sengoku nodded, then turned his gaze back to Yamamoto and the captains surrounded by the others.
"Worororo! I hear this old man's Bankai is powerful. Is it really that scary?"
The Azure Dragon bared a mouthful of fangs, looking thoroughly unconvinced.
Beside him, Big Mom punched him.
"Didn't we already tell you? That isn't a power you can deal with normally."
"Kaido, you're not very agile in that form. Turn back into a human."
Kaido took the harmless punch and curled his lip.
Still, he said nothing. A low rumble came from his throat.
"Rrgh~"
The enormous Azure Dragon suddenly began to change, his long body contracting.
In the blink of an eye, he became a giant of a man, seven or eight meters tall.
But although Kaido now had a human shape, his appearance was anything but human.
Two pairs of horns grew from his head, scales covered his body, and a thick tail swayed behind him.
Kaido fixed his yellow-brown slit pupils on Yamamoto and the others, then grinned, showing teeth that were still razor-sharp.
"This form's better for fighting."
He reached behind him, pulled a massive black spiked club from beneath his cloak, and rested it on his shoulder.
Yamamoto and the others had already seen Phoenix take human form. Seeing the Azure Dragon transform now did not shock them, but it was still a strange sight.
"Where on earth did Shikashuin Kenma find these bizarre subordinates?"
"How many years has it been since the Onmitsukidō was reestablished? That Shikashuin Kenma built an organization like this in so little time is a miracle in itself."
"Even if you searched all Three Worlds—no, are there really this many powerful people in the Three Worlds?"
Yamamoto shook his head as he listened.
He wondered the same thing.
But