Kaido Ran Away! Lin Ye's Plans

The more Kaido thought about it, the worse his mood became. His expression grew increasingly grim, and Conqueror's Haki surged from his body.

Lin Ye grinned at the sight.

He was fired up again?

When Kaido saw the excitement on Lin Ye's face, his expression stiffened, and he subconsciously took a step back.

This brat had somehow gained such tremendous strength, yet he had very little combat experience.

But right now, Kaido truly had no way to deal with him.

In Kaido's view, killing Lin Ye was already impossible.

What if he ended up losing?

With that thought, Kaido gripped his spiked club and leaped fiercely into the air. He immediately underwent complete Beastification, transforming into an azure dragon that hovered in the sky.

Lin Ye frowned slightly at the sight.

This guy was going to fly into the sky again.

That would make things difficult for him.

Just as Lin Ye was thinking this, Kaido's massive azure dragon body suddenly spun, plunged into the clouds, and flew into the distance.

He... ran away?

Lin Ye's expression froze for a moment.

He looked at the enormous azure dragon in the distance, a speechless look appearing on his face.

Kaido had never run even after fighting Luffy to the very end in the future, yet he was actually fleeing now?

In just a few moments, Kaido's dragon form vanished into the distant clouds.

The thunderclouds above Lin Ye's head rapidly thinned and dispersed after losing Kaido's control. Sunlight pierced through the wispy clouds like countless golden swords stabbing through the heavens.

Grrr...

The rumbling in his stomach made Lin Ye abandon the idea of chasing after him.

For one thing, Kaido was truly difficult to chase. He probably would not be able to catch him.

For another, he was genuinely starving.

Lin Ye withdrew his gaze and looked around.

As far as the eye could see, aside from the exposed land of Wano Country in the distance, everything else had sunk beneath the water. Only scattered patches of land remained above the sea.

After checking his injuries, Lin Ye turned and leaped up, stepping through the air toward Wano Country.

Kaido had probably returned to Onigashima.

Of course, Lin Ye could go there.

But if Kaido refused to fight and simply avoided him, there was nothing he could do.

It seemed he needed some aerial combat abilities.

Improve his combat experience, strengthen his physique, and gain aerial combat abilities.

As Lin Ye stepped through the air, feeling the gale sweep past him, he considered what he should do next.

He looked up at several large birds flying even higher than the clouds.

News Coo!

It seemed the outside world already knew about what had happened here.

Knowing the nature of the World Economy News Paper, Lin Ye could imagine that it would never conceal such major news.

They would probably report it as extravagantly as possible.

Lin Ye did not care.

He no longer needed to care.

With his current strength, if he truly wanted to leave, very few people could actually stop him.

Besides, he still had two guaranteed abilities.

Time Travel and Rebirth.

[Rebirth Level 1: Revive once after your life fades away. Cooldown: ten years.]

After landing back on Wano Country's soil, Lin Ye refocused his thoughts.

This battle had sunk nearly one-fifth of Wano Country.

However, there was one place Kaido could avoid.

Perhaps it was the Seastone mining area.

Lin Ye did not care about such things.

Moria had run away, so where should he go next?

As for what he would do, he already had a plan: find somewhere to digest and review the experience from this battle, then hunt down the strong across these seas.

Especially Devil Fruit users.

Although the traits he picked up could not grant him complete Devil Fruit abilities, he did not need to care about the fruits' weaknesses—the sea, or the restriction of only possessing one ability.

Lost in thought, Lin Ye headed toward the Flower Capital.

The Flower Capital was even more ruined than when he had left seven days ago.

Although his fight with Kaido had not directly damaged this place, the aftershocks of their battle had still affected it.

There had also been his battle with Kozuki Oden.

When he returned to the Flower Capital's square, the corpses from before had already begun to stink and rot, yet no one had cleaned them up.

There was not even a single person moving about outside.

Lin Ye walked over to the two swords that had fallen to the ground and picked up the two Great Grade Blades.

The instant he grasped Enma, Lin Ye felt his Haki being drawn away by the blade.

A cold glint flashed in Lin Ye's eyes. He planted Ame no Habakiri into the ground, gripped Enma's hilt with one hand, and pinched its tip with the other.

As he bent the blade with brute force,

the Haki that had been absorbed flowed back into him.

Narrowing his eyes, Lin Ye raised Enma before him and examined its black blade.

That was quite a useful function.

He had a vast amount of Haki, but his battle with Kaido had consumed a great deal of it as well.

If he poured Haki into it during ordinary times, perhaps it could return that Haki to replenish him when needed.

But carrying these two blades would basically announce that Kozuki Oden was dead. Would that put me up against Whitebeard?

With one sword in each hand, Lin Ye headed toward another part of the Flower Capital.

Before long.

An izakaya owner with a mournful face was preparing food with the same mournful expression.

His eyes occasionally drifted toward the figure devouring food and drink, and he swallowed hard.

Of course, he had sensed the commotion outside over the past few days, but he had no idea what had happened and did not dare go out to investigate.

He could only smell the stench of decay.

Dead people, and many of them.

Then the man who had fought Kozuki Oden seven days ago had returned.

Lin Ye ignored the gaze and rapidly cleared away the food before him.

Even though he had plenty of stamina and his Strong Physique was at a high level, fighting someone at Kaido's level still consumed immense physical strength.

He needed to replenish it.

"There's no more, really! All the spare ingredients are gone!"

After Lin Ye finished the food before him, he turned to look at the shop owner, who said with a mournful face,

"If there's no more, forget it. Prepare some seasonings for me. Oh, and where can I find a boat?"

Lin Ye naturally would not make things difficult for such a minor person. He waved a hand and asked.

"Uh, there are boats by the shore. Lots of them go fishing!"

Hearing Lin Ye say that, the owner quickly answered, then ran off. Before long, he respectfully brought over a bundle.

Lin Ye stood up and patted himself down, only to realize that his clothes were all torn.

Besides, he truly did not have much money. That piece of gold from before had already been the last of his hard currency.

"I'll pay with this sword!"

Lin Ye looked around, then placed Ame no Habakiri on the table and turned to leave.

Actually, he could have left without paying!

Only after watching Lin Ye leave did the owner collapse onto the floor.

After leaving, Lin Ye spread his Observation Haki, chose a direction, and headed off.

Above his head, several News Coos fell straight from the sky and crashed onto the road Lin Ye had passed through.

By the time Lin Ye reached the shore, he looked at the tiny wooden boat and fell into thought.

This was obviously for fishing near the coast.

If this boat sailed through the ever-changing weather and harsh climate of the Grand Line, it would probably fall apart before long, right?