Buggy VS Kaido (Part 1)

It had rained for several days. What began as a light drizzle had turned into a torrential downpour. Wano Country had four seasons a year, and whenever the seasons were about to change, heavy rains would come to nourish the land. It was currently the rainy season.

The battlefield was covered in mud and rising pools of water. One step into them would sink nearly to the knee. Both Genji and Kozuki understood perfectly well that in this weather, an army had neither morale nor fighting strength to speak of, so they wisely chose to call a temporary truce.

It was now the third day, yet the rain showed no sign of stopping or weakening. It pounded against the tents in a constant barrage of slapping sounds...

No, listening closely, there seemed to be soldiers shouting amid the rain.

"What's going on?!" Kozuki Oden, inside the command tent, raised his head in alarm. "Genji... he actually chose to attack in this weather!"

"Just one person. This doesn't seem to be an army..." After spreading out his Observation Haki, Buggy sensed the disturbance outside even more clearly through the rain. He walked toward the tent entrance as he spoke. "Kozuki, tell the troops to prepare to fall back. Leave what comes next to me... If I'm not mistaken, he's here."

Kozuki Oden froze slightly, and a name slipped from his lips. "Kaido!"

Within Kozuki's camp, Kaido, like a demon god, charged in alone. In mere moments, he slaughtered several hundred soldiers around him and leveled the surrounding tents. His face remained as cold as ever. "Send Kozuki Oden out here!"

"Kill!!" Three officers wielding spears shouted as they thrust at Kaido's back.

The spearheads struck Kaido's back as though they had hit the toughest armor imaginable. They could not pierce