A Baby's Start, Conqueror's Haki Stuns Kaido!

"Waa... waa..."

What was that sound?

A baby crying?

No, that sound... was it coming from me?

Lynn desperately tried to open his eyes, only to find his eyelids too heavy to lift.

His body was limp and weak, his limbs completely refusing to obey him.

After several attempts, he barely managed to pry them open to a thin slit.

Through his blurred vision, he saw an utterly unfamiliar environment.

Where... where the hell had I ended up?

Was this still China?

Lynn was completely dumbfounded.

Shouldn't he have been staying up late in his rented apartment, playing games?

How had he woken up in the middle of some wilderness?

And... the sensation of his body... was far too strange!

He lowered his head and laboriously raised his "hand."

A chubby, pink little arm entered his view.

Short and powerless.

This... was a baby's hand!

Holy shit!

Lynn's mind exploded with a buzz.

I fucking turned into a baby?

Did I transmigrate? Was I reborn?

What the hell was going on?!

[ Ding! Host soul stability detected. The Worlds Growth System is activating... ]

[ Activation successful! Novice gift pack is being distributed... ]

An ethereal mechanical voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

A system?

Lynn froze.

Had the standard benefit for transmigrators finally arrived?

But what could a baby like him even do with a system?

Before he could think further, an indescribable agony suddenly erupted from the depths of his soul!

It was as if someone had pressed a red-hot branding iron viciously against his consciousness!

"Waaahhh—!"

Lynn burst into uncontrollable sobs, tears and snot smearing across his face.

The pain came quickly and left just as quickly.

A few seconds later, the pain vanished, replaced by a strange sensation.

It felt like... there was something more inside his body.

A vague, indescribable "presence."

[ Ding! Novice gift pack distributed: Top-tier Conqueror's Haki! ]

Conqueror's Haki?

And top-tier at that?

Lynn's crying abruptly stopped.

He knew this thing well!

It was from One Piece!

The qualification of a king, possessed by only one in a million... and his was top-tier Conqueror's Haki, found only in one among hundreds of millions!

So... had he transmigrated into the world of One Piece?

And become a newborn baby?

Just as Lynn's mind was running wild.

Rumble—!

The ground shook violently!

It was like a magnitude-ten earthquake!

Rubble flew everywhere, and dust filled the air.

Lynn felt like a ball, jolted and rolled far across the ground.

When he focused his eyes.

An unimaginably enormous shadow had blocked out the sky!

A terrifying pressure descended from above, nearly suffocating Lynn!

He struggled to look upward.

A colossal figure stood not far ahead.

His muscles bulged, two horns rose from his head, a shimenawa rope was wrapped around his waist, and he held an enormous spiked club.

That face... savage, vicious, carrying undisguised irritation and brutality.

"Burp... This is boring as hell..."

A voice like muffled thunder rang out, making Lynn's head tremble.

Kaido!

Kaido of the Beasts!

The world's strongest creature!

Lynn's pupils constricted sharply, terror filling his heart.

He had run into one of the Four Emperors right at the start?

And it was Kaido, that lunatic who treated suicide as a hobby?

System, did you send me here just to get me killed?

Kaido seemed to have just failed at "suicide" after jumping from a height of ten thousand meters, and his mood was atrocious.

He looked around, his gaze passing over Lynn, who lay on the ground like a little fleshy worm.

"Hmph, an abandoned baby..."

A slight ripple passed through Kaido's eyes before they quickly returned to calm... such things were far too common in the pirate world.

Then.

He let out a drunken burp, slung his spiked club over his shoulder, and turned to leave.

From beginning to end, he had never regarded the weak infant as anything worth noticing.

What did the baby's life or death have to do with him?

As Lynn watched Kaido's mountain-like back, he felt relieved yet deeply anxious.

He was a newborn baby with tiny arms and legs. He could not even crawl, so what use was the most powerful Conqueror's Haki?

Could Conqueror's Haki feed him?

Could it dress him?

Could it clean up his shit and piss?

Wouldn't he still just be waiting to die?!

[ Ding! System mission issued: Survival Against All Odds! ]

[ Mission objective: Survive in the current environment for 100 days. ]

[ Mission reward: One Random World Reward. ]

The system's prompt sounded again.

One hundred days?!

In his current state, whether he could survive even three days was a question!

At that thought, Lynn's gaze immediately landed on that massive back.

No!

He absolutely could not let Kaido leave!

Kaido was his only chance at survival!

But... how could he make him stay?

What could a baby do?

Cry?

Would Kaido care whether he cried or not?

Act cute?

Act cute in front of Kaido? That would be practically begging to die faster!

Wait!

Conqueror's Haki!

The system had given him top-tier Conqueror's Haki!

He did not know how to use it, but it was his only trump card!

I'll gamble on it!

Just then.

Hisss—

A brightly colored venomous snake slithered out from some crack between the rocks.

It raised its triangular head high, its crimson tongue flickering as its cold vertical pupils locked onto Lynn's back.

This little thing looked tender and soft-skinned, perfect for a snack!

The venomous snake suddenly shot forward, bared its fangs, and lunged for the back of Lynn's neck!

Lynn was completely unaware of it.

At that critical moment!

Bang!

A dark shadow flashed.

The venomous snake was instantly smashed into pulp, splattering across the ground.

Hearing the tremendous commotion, Lynn had no idea what had happened. He could not even turn over.

But he saw Kaido turn around.

Kaido extended a hand.

He flicked a small stone in this direction.

"Annoying little bug."

Kaido muttered impatiently and continued walking.

Lynn finally understood what had happened... Kaido had saved him!

In that case.

He had to repay this favor somehow!

He gathered his presence.

His gaze became exceptionally sharp.

"Hm?"

As if sensing something, Kaido halted and turned around.

The next second.

Buzzz—!!!

An invisible wave of force suddenly swept outward from Lynn's tiny body!

This presence was not the simple intimidation of ordinary Conqueror's Haki.

It was more condensed, purer, and carried a supreme kingly majesty born from the very origin of life itself!

Even the air seemed to freeze beneath that presence!

The surrounding rubble and blades of grass silently turned to dust!

Even several distant trees so wide that multiple people would be needed to encircle them instantly filled with countless cracks, as if they could collapse at any moment!

Kaido had fully turned around now, and for the first time, disbelief appeared in his bell-like eyes!

This Conqueror's Haki...

It was so powerful!

Stronger than any Conqueror's Haki he had ever seen!

It even... possessed more astonishing potential than he had in his younger days!

How was that possible?!

A newborn baby had awakened Conqueror's Haki?

And such... monster-level Conqueror's Haki at that?!

Kaido had lived for so long. What kind of storms had he not seen?

Yet the scene before him completely overturned everything he knew!

His own Conqueror's Haki was already considered among the very best.

But the potential erupting from this baby made even him feel a chill in his heart!

Who... was this little brat?

Kaido's gaze changed.

It was no longer the indifference from before.

Instead, it was filled with intense astonishment, scrutiny, and a trace...

Of excitement even he himself had not noticed!

Interesting!

Too interesting!