Faker

"Kaido!" Gecko Moria ground his teeth, his eyes practically spitting fire, but he also understood that he currently had no means of taking revenge on Kaido.

The Straw Hat Kid and Kaido.

The two people he had grudges against were right before him, and neither was someone he could handle now.

Luffy stared blankly at Kaido, his face filled with panic and shock as well.

"Why is Kaido here?"

At that moment, the Navy's three Admirals shifted their attention to Kaido.

The threat posed by this unexpected intruder had now surpassed that of the Straw Hat Kid.

"How scary." Kizaru still spoke in that same tone. "I never expected even Kaido to show up."

"This war has nothing to do with you, but if you insist on interfering, we'll deal with you first!" The stone slabs beneath Akainu's feet had already been melted by magma, displaying his killing intent.

"My, my, trouble after trouble." Frost seeped from Aokiji's hands.

"Don't you think you'll be getting away."

Sakazuki cast a cold sideways glance at the Straw Hat Kid.

You have a new private message.

Su Lin: "I'm Su Lin, not Kaido. Don't blow my cover!"

"Eh—!" Luffy suddenly cried out, staring at distant Kaido in disbelief.

This idiot...

Su Lin thought speechlessly. If he hadn't been afraid that Luffy would turn into Gear Fifth and beat him to pieces, he never would have told Luffy beforehand.

"Eh—?!"

From everyone's perspective, Straw Hat kept looking toward the lower left of his vision before raising his head to look at Kaido, and no one knew what was going on.

"Straw Hat Kid!" Kaido bellowed, drawing everyone's attention.

You can call me Teacher Kaido now.

"Teacher Kaido? Why?" Luffy shouted in confusion, not understanding what Su Lin meant.

"Teacher Kaido?!?"

The surrounding Navy soldiers cried out in shock.

The distant pirates and Navy soldiers heard it too.

"The Straw Hat Kid is Kaido's disciple?!"

"Gurararara, cough, cough." Whitebeard laughed until he coughed a few times. "This is too interesting."

It was even more absurd than someone claiming Devil Fruits tasted good.

This bizarre turn of events had pushed the situation in an even stranger direction. Did this mean Kaido had come to help the Straw Hat Kid?

Whitebeard had yet to be dealt with. There was already a Straw Hat Kid on the battlefield capable of clashing with Admirals and the Fleet Admiral, and now Kaido had arrived.

If Vice Admiral Garp had not fallen.

At a time of crisis, everyone instinctively placed their hopes on that former Navy hero.

When had Vice Admiral Garp gotten back up from the ground?

When had Monkey D. Luffy gone to Kaido to become his disciple? That was impossible.

Kaido had always been in Wano Country. The Navy had constantly monitored Kaido's movements, and their paths had never crossed.

Wait, the Sabaody Archipelago. Straw Hat's group had been sent flying by Kuma and vanished without a trace. Could it be?

Sengoku began to suspect that Kaido had taught the Straw Hat Kid to master Haki during those ten days!?

But even if one of the Four Emperors had taught him, that was far too fast.

Was the Straw Hat Kid really that talented? It was unprecedented, unheard of. That bastard Garp had actually let a grandson with such talent become a pirate.

Sengoku had already lost count of how many times today he had wanted to immediately fight Garp.

No, the problem now was Kaido's stance.

"Gar—p—!" Sengoku stretched out a golden palm and slapped it toward Garp.

"What happened?" Garp suddenly leaped up and caught Sengoku's palm with one hand. "Why are you attacking me?"

"Quit giving me that!"

"Look at the good thing your grandson, the Straw Hat Kid, has done!"

"You must go resolve your grandson's mistake today!"

Public or not, so be it. It was not a secret among the higher-ups anyway. If he and Garp did not seriously make a move today, the situation would become difficult to control.

But for the mid-ranking Navy officers, this news was a bombshell.

"The Straw Hat Kid is Vice Admiral Garp's grandson?!"

"Eh—!"

The soldiers on both sides suddenly did not feel like continuing the fight.

It felt as though they had consumed too much gossip today.

Even Marco, Jozu, Onigumo, Vice Admiral Tsuru, and the others stopped fighting, pulling apart to watch the central figures.

"That Garp's grandson."

"Isn't he Ace's little brother?"

"Isn't Ace Gol D. Roger's son?!"

"How is Navy hero Garp involved too?!"

Thud, thud, thud—

"I can't take it anymore, my head is a mess! What the hell is going on with this family?!!!"

Some pirates had already started banging their heads against the ice.

"Why is the grandfather a Navy hero while the grandson became a pirate?!" a Navy elite clutched his head and shouted.

"No wonder Vice Admiral Garp was knocked down with one punch. He was deliberately holding back."

"..."

Was that something a Navy lieutenant colonel like you should be saying? The people nearby silently edged farther away from him, afraid they would be mistaken for the ones who said it.

"Hey! Kaido!" Garp stood atop Sengoku's fist, completely ignoring Sengoku's displeased expression. "When did Luffy become your disciple?"

"Oh? He's your grandson?"

Monkey D. Luffy: That's right, when did I become Kaido's disciple?!

Su Lin: This is to commemorate Teacher Kaido's painstaking efforts! Don't mind it. Cooperate with me and stall for time. Use Gear Fifth if you need to; I won't hold back.

Su Lin: Of course, go a little easy on me.

In everyone's eyes,

"Kaido" did not answer Garp. While frantically sending private messages, he ran toward Luffy.

Aokiji's eyebrow twitched as he transformed into ice and flashed to Kizaru's side.

"Today, I'm here to give you your final lesson!" Conqueror's Wong Haki wrapped around the spiked club like black lightning.

"Upon this sea! Only Haki—lasts forever!"

As "Kaido's" deafening voice rang out, the earth shattered and the iron club smashed toward Luffy.

"Kaido and the Straw Hat Kid are fighting!"

Amid the cries of alarm, Conqueror's Wong Haki clashed between the spiked club and the fist.

At the Sabaody Archipelago, Rayleigh, who was drinking and eating meat while watching the livestream, took a sip of wine and said helplessly, "That was too close. Is Kaido really that good at teaching?"

He had never expected Ace to be the old captain's son. It was already too late for him to head to Marineford now; the Navy had hidden the news too well.

But Luffy's increase in strength had truly startled him. He, Ben, had originally planned to find a chance to train the boy himself, but it seemed Luffy had found a more suitable teacher.

Only the Red Hair Pirates knew this was fake, because Kaido was currently confronting them.

"Rubber Stamp!"

"Thunder Bagua!"

Thud—

Boom—

Luffy: "Su Lin, what's with this appearance and strength of yours?"

Su Lin: "Just think of it as something I copied. This appearance is Mr. 2's ability."

Su Lin: "The most important thing is spending money. Spend money, and you can become stronger."

Luffy: "What does spending money mean?"

There was no room for the onlookers to doubt it. The Conqueror's Haki Su Lin was using came from the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, and its intensity had practically spread across all of Marineford.

(End of Ben's Chapter)