How the hell had he done that?!
Loa beat his wings and stopped in midair.
He had both Observation Haki and Life Force Perception, yet he hadn't sensed Kaido moving at all?! And why hadn't Dragon Body warned him?
After sending Loa flying, Kaido had been tied up by Kizaru and Aokiji. Seeing Loa return, Aokiji drove Kaido back with Ice Block: Pheasant Beak and called out, "Are you all right, Loa?"
"I'm fine."
With the recovery and defense his Dragon King First Release gave him, Loa was among the toughest in the world. Kaido's punch had left his chest feeling tight, but it hadn't injured him.
Loa moved too freely to be bluffing. Aokiji breathed a sigh of relief, then explained, "Be careful. Stay focused! The moment your attention leaves him, he can somehow block every way you have of sensing him. Even in the middle of a fight."
"When a Yonko launches a sneak attack against someone who can't guard against it, it's deadly. That's the real secret behind Kaido being unbeatable one-on-one!"
"What?!!!"
Loa stared in utter disbelief at Aokiji, who kept pressing the attack.
Wait. If Aokiji was right, then Kaido, of all people, was an Assassin?!!!
You had to be kidding!!
"You got distracted again!" Kaido's voice sounded behind Loa once more. The next instant—
Boom!
Loa thrust out both hands and caught Kaido's incoming fist. A trickle of blood ran from the corner of his mouth, but he smiled. He had blocked it.
"Never heard of keeping track of two things at once?"
"I haven't. But I do have two hands."
Kaido grinned. He swung his left hand up and swatted Loa high into the sky.
As pain spread across his back, Loa suddenly understood why everyone looked so helpless and fed up whenever