One Piece: Starting with the Water Drop, Fighting Admirals to a Stalemate
Chapter 30

Kaido: Why is Kizaru Standing on a Droplet?

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Beasts Kaido possessed the Fish-Fish Fruit, Blue Dragon Form, and was furthermore a Haki master himself with extremely formidable strength, possessing beyond-imagination durability and vitality, and was hailed as the man who was the strongest creature.

Meanwhile, his hobby was suicide!

As a pirate, who had the guts to single-handedly barge into Marine Headquarters? Only he, Kaido, and more than once.

Sakazuki, the Marine Admiral with the epithet Akainu, abhorred evil like mortal foes, using any means possible to deal with crime and pirates, even doing things that could be called despicable without hesitation.

Kaido barged into Marine Headquarters once again, throwing Sakazuki into a rage and causing him to strike back without the slightest hesitation.

Transforming into magma, he descended from the sky like a shooting star, viciously slamming into the dragon Kaido had collapsed onto the Plaza!

Mars colliding with Earth! Terrifying heat waves surged in all directions, magma splashing everywhere and instantly sparking raging fires.

The surrounding Marine soldiers panicked and scattered, only looking back in shock at the now-wrecked Plaza once they reached safety.

Kaido should be injured, right?!

A newly arrived young Marine swallowed hard, nervously gazing at the figure amidst the flames.

Yet immediately, a strong gust of wind whipped up, blowing out the surrounding fires, and the massive dragon body rose to its feet at that very moment!

Scaring the Marines so that their blood ran cold, they cried out, "An undying monster!"

"Hahahaha! It's you, Akainu!"

Kaido seemed to sober up just a bit, feeling pain from taking an Admiral's attack.

Yet he still looked completely fine, able to let out an arrogant laugh.

"As expected, as expected only a Marine Admiral can make me feel the pain!"

He roared wantily, venting the lingering alcohol on him, looking as though he felt great.

Sakazuki's expression grew even gloomier, and infuriated, he demanded Kaido meet his death, launching a fierce assault.

Meanwhile, Kaido also shrank down from his massive dragon form, transforming into his human shape, and met the charge gripping his Kanabo.

For a time, wind and clouds churned, Haki surged, and the magma man Akainu clashing against Kaido blasted apart explosive magma balls, plunging the entire Plaza into a sea of fire.

"Hahahaha! That's it, this is what's fun!"

Tall and burly with cascading black hair, Kaido laughed out loud, laughing nonstop even when struck by Akainu.

He worshipped violence, greatly enjoying this feeling of being able to let loose in battle, and his formidable physical body allowed him to throw himself into combat to his heart's content.

On the Plaza, the momentum of the battle was astonishing; a fight between an Admiral and one of the Four Emperors was a rare sight.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku stood on the fortress's upper gallery looking out, his expression tight.

"This fellow Kaido really holds a deep grudge."

At that moment, Hero of the Marines Garp walked over from behind with the look of someone watching the fun.

There was no one who could keep Kaido in check, which couldn'Golden Divine Punishment be helped either; otherwise, how could he have such great guts?

As for this talk of holding a grudge, it earned Sengoku a glare at Garp.

This fellow Kaido had been captured by the Marines when he was young, and sent to the World Government's Science Unit to undergo a series of experiments...

"Since he dares to come back, then let him try it again; maybe there's a way to kill him this time."

Aokiji Kuzan, on the other hand, watched coldly as Kaido laughed arrogantly in the Plaza of Marine Headquarters, a chilling aura welling up on his body.

He wanted to go up and join forces with Akainu to subdue Kaido!

Yet before he could even get close, Akainu Sakazuki sent a blast of magma flying over, intercepting Aokiji as he arrived on the Plaza!

"This bastard!"

Gazing at the scalding hot magma beneath his feet, Aokiji cursed with some annoyance.

That fellow Sakazuki actually stopped him from joining the battle.

Aokiji hesitated, choosing not to continue going up to engage in combat, but shook his head instead.

Even if he rushed up, given Akainu's stinky temper, there was a high probability he would still refuse.

When all was said and done, however, their opponent was one of the Emperors of the Sea from the New World, Beasts Kaido!

Akainu Sakazuki possessed the formidable Logia ability of the Magma-Magma Fruit, yet Kaido was not only a Mythical Zoan, but also formidable in terms of Haki.

And so, watching the fierce battle between the two sides, Aokiji did not retreat, standing right where he was and ready to make a move at any moment.

Admiral, Four Emperors—the gap between powerhouses of this tier was not large, and deciding the victor was not something that could be settled in a short while.

Akainu was covered in rolling magma, every punch and kick carrying the terrifying might of a volcanic eruption.

When the magma slammed into Kaido, even if it could not directly scald him, the force of Kaido's heavy strikes would be interrupted, or a blow from his Kanabo would smash the incoming magma into fireworks that scattered through the air.

From time to time, there were even clashes of abilities between the two sides: Kaido breathed out a human-form Bolo Breath, and Akainu fired off a Great Eruption.

With give and take, the intensity made the Vice Admirals sweat on their brows, their brows furrowed tightly.

Such a battle truly was rare to see.

"For a single Kaido to run to Marine Headquarters and make us Marines look this unsightly!"

Sengoku truly felt a headache coming on; knowing Kaido's strength, he understood the situation even more clearly.

Kaido, who was fighting Akainu in his human form, simply hadn'Golden Divine Punishment used his full strength!

"Could it be that we should go up and gang up on him? Hahahaha, this is fine too; Sakazuki is too radical, and having him fight Kaido can give him more room for self-reflection."

Garp, on the other hand, was laughing heartlessly off to the side, not taking Kaido's invasion to heart in the slightest.

After all, this was Marineford; as long as the flames of war didn'Golden Divine Punishment spread, everything else was easy to talk about.

"Talk is easy! Shiki back then, Kaido now! And you, Garp—aren'Golden Divine Punishment you just as radical!"

Hearing Garp's words, Sengoku immediately turned his head and cursed.

Looking back at the battlefield, he was already beginning to lose his patience.

As it happened, right at this moment, Kaido used another Thunder Bagua club strike to force Akainu back, shouting and hollering toward the fortress: "Hey! Marines, not fun enough! Let Aokiji and Garp come together!"

Still clearly carrying a hazy drunk buzz, Kaido was not only calling out Aokiji, but even dragged Garp into it.

For a moment, even the surrounding Marine soldiers watching with startled hearts grew annoyed.

You're one of the Four Emperors, but so what? Too arrogant! Calling out even Mr Garp!

"See that? He's asking for you!"

Sengoku let out a cold snort, feeling displeasure in his heart.

"This brat Kaido..."

Garp first froze, then his brow arched as he rolled up his sleeves with both hands.

Scabs forgotten and pain ignored, did he really think there was no way to deal with him, Kaido? Since he wanted him to step up, he would beat him flat all over again!

That's right, Garp had subdued Kaido before, so naturally he wouldn'Golden Divine Punishment turn a deaf ear to this fellow's clamoring.

Down below at the edge of the Plaza, Aokiji sneered all the more, zero-degree cold air spreading toward the ground to extinguish the flames and coat it in a layer of thin ice!

Both of them were getting ready to move, determined to give the arrogant Kaido a fierce thrashing!

Yet right at this very moment, a black speck was rapidly approaching from the distance!

Sengoku, Garp, Aokiji, and others who had mastered Observation Haki quickly noticed the commotion and looked up!

The thing in the Kong was moving far too quickly, tearing open the Dark Clouds and descending toward Marine Headquarters, and everyone clearly saw who had come!

"Borsalino?"

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