Is This the Speed an Infant Can Have?! A Terrifying Burst of Conqueror's Haki!

"Demon Child Lynn!"

Rockstar's shrill, piercing voice was filled with disbelief. His hand had already gripped his sword hilt, his muscles taut as though facing a formidable enemy!

His tense demeanor was completely different from his carefree attitude just moments ago.

The astonishment on Blackbeard Teach's face deepened.

"Demon Child? Lynn?"

He turned to look at Rockstar, then at the delicate little boy floating in midair, wearing nothing but split-crotch pants.

This little brat was the one Rockstar feared so much?

What a joke!

Burgess's eyes widened as well. In a deep, booming voice, he asked, "Hey! Red-Haired brat, are you sure you've got it right? This little runt is that so-called Demon Child you mentioned?"

No matter how he looked at him, Lynn was just a baby who had only recently learned to crawl. Other than his ability to fly, which was somewhat unusual, Burgess could not see anything threatening about him.

Cold sweat had already seeped across Rockstar's forehead.

He stared fixedly at Lynn, his voice trembling slightly. "There's no mistake! It's him! Kaido's son, that monster with a one-billion-Beli Marine bounty—the 'Demon Child,' Lynn!"

"That blurry photo in the newspaper was definitely him!"

"O-One billion Beli?!"

Burgess's massive hand trembled, and the meat bone in his grip fell onto the deck with a smack, splattering grease everywhere.

His rugged face instantly filled with shock!

A baby with a bounty of one billion?!

Was the little bastard made of gold or studded with diamonds?!

"Zehahahaha..."

Blackbeard Teach was stunned for a moment before bursting into his trademark grating laughter.

Yet unlike usual, there was no triumph in that laughter—only disbelief and a trace of gravity.

"A brat worth one billion Beli? And Kaido's son?"

His deep-set eyes narrowed as he carefully studied Lynn in the air, as if trying to see through the tiny figure completely.

"On G-58 Island, three Marine vice admirals were beaten into one dead and two seriously wounded. That was supposedly this little brat's doing?"

Rockstar swallowed hard and nodded. "It's absolutely true! The news spread across the seas long ago! The Marines were utterly humiliated over this!"

"Hiss—!"

Burgess sucked in a sharp breath, his back prickling.

One punch took down a Marine vice admiral?

Was that really something a baby in split-crotch pants could do?!

The way he looked at Lynn changed completely.

His initial contempt turned into deep wariness, and even a tiny bit of... fear.

Blackbeard Teach's laughter stopped as well.

His eyes flickered, though no one knew what he was plotting.

Kaido's son... a one-billion-Beli bounty... that kind of potential, that kind of power...

If I could bring him under my command...

No, he was too dangerous!

A monster like that was not something he could control right now!

And he was Kaido's blood!

He rubbed his toothless chin, his expression growing dark.

Just then, Lynn's large, bright eyes turned toward Rockstar in midair.

More precisely, they were looking at the letter tucked inside Rockstar's clothes.

A childish voice rang out, carrying an unquestionable command.

"Letter... give!"

The voice was not loud, yet over the silent sea, everyone heard it clearly.

Rockstar froze.

"A letter? What letter?"

But he immediately reacted, instinctively covering the letter in his clothes. It was the important letter Captain Shanks had instructed him to personally deliver to Whitebeard!

"Brat! What are you trying to do?!"

He stared at Lynn warily, gripping his sword hilt tightly.

Although this baby's achievements were absurdly formidable, he was a member of the Red Hair Pirates!

How could he be frightened by a mere infant?!

Besides, this letter was of great importance!

Lynn's tiny brows furrowed slightly.

He seemed a little impatient.

He stretched out his chubby little hand and pointed at Rockstar's chest.

"Letter!"

He repeated himself, his tone growing harsher.

"Zehahaha! Interesting! This little brat actually wants your letter!"

Blackbeard laughed broadly from the side, delighted to watch the trouble unfold.

He truly wanted to know what Shanks had written to Whitebeard.

Rockstar's face turned livid.

"Brat! I don't care what kind of Demon Child you are or what you want! You'll never get this letter!"

"I suggest you leave obediently, or don't blame me for getting rough!"

He drew the longsword at his waist, leveled its tip at Lynn, and assumed a fighting stance.

So what if the bounty was one billion?

He refused to believe that he could not handle a baby!

If word got out, where would Rockstar's pride go?! Where would the Red Hair Pirates' pride go?!

Lynn looked at the sword tip pointed at him, and a flash of coldness passed through his dark eyes.

"Say... that... again!"

He spoke each word slowly. Though his voice was childish, it carried a chilling coldness that made hearts tremble.

The surrounding air seemed to drop several degrees at his words.

Burgess felt as if his heart had skipped a beat.

This brat's... presence was terrifying!

Rockstar's scalp also prickled beneath Lynn's gaze.

But he gritted his teeth and shouted fiercely despite his fear, "I said! This letter! You'll never—"

"Yah! (I'm done wasting words on you!)"

Before Rockstar could finish, Lynn completely ran out of patience.

His figure vanished from midair in an instant!

"What?!"

Rockstar's pupils constricted sharply!

So fast!

He had not seen how Lynn moved at all!

An overwhelming sense of danger surged from the depths of his heart!

Without a second thought, relying on his battle instincts, he swung his longsword viciously across the space before him!

But the strike cut through empty air.

When he focused his gaze, that tiny figure had somehow already appeared right in front of him.

And one of Lynn's little hands was already shooting toward the letter in his clothes like lightning!

"Bastard!"

Rockstar was shocked and enraged!

This brat's speed and power far exceeded his imagination!

He hurriedly twisted aside to evade, while turning his wrist and redirecting his blade toward Lynn's neck!

He could no longer afford to hold back!

This slash was swift and vicious!

Lynn's tiny body was unbelievably agile.

At the instant the blade reached him, his little body bent backward as though boneless, dodging the fatal strike at an unimaginable angle!

At the same time, his little hand reaching for the letter did not pause in the slightest!

"Damn it!"

Rockstar flew into a rage, and his attacks became even fiercer!

Sword light flashed, every strike aimed to kill!

He refused to believe this brat could keep dodging forever!

However.

Lynn was like a slick little loach.

Amid Rockstar's storm-like barrage, his tiny body twisted, darted, and shifted. Every time, he narrowly evaded the attacks at the last possible instant.

That nimble movement made Blackbeard and Burgess's eyelids twitch.

How was this like a baby?!

He was clearly an expert with incredibly seasoned combat experience!

"Yah! (Damn it!)"

After dodging again and again, Lynn could no longer be bothered to hide his abilities.

His tiny body suddenly stilled!

He stopped dodging!

An indescribable, utterly terrifying aura erupted from his small body like an ancient beast awakening!

Bzzzz—!!!!

An invisible shockwave spread wildly in every direction from Lynn!

Conqueror's Haki!

And it was top-tier Conqueror's Haki, refined to the utmost limit and tyrannical beyond measure!