Kaido: Damn, What the Hell is This Thing?! How Is It So Hard?!

If it were the complete version of the Droplet, its tail tip would produce an extremely bright blue halo, accompanied by intense electromagnetic interference and a super-high temperature rivaling the core of the sun.

The thrust of the halo was the true motive power of the Droplet.

With an acceleration of roughly eighty-five kilometers per second squared, what kind of terrifying data was that? Naturally, this was the complete version of the Droplet.

Although the Admiral-level Droplet created by Lynn was not that perfect, its driving power only revealed some blue propulsive halos when operating at full capacity.

Today, Borsalino wore the controller to maneuver the Droplet in executing extreme-speed attacks, which meant he had unleashed its full power!

The impact force generated by an Admiral-level unit could well be described as terrifying.

In the blink of an eye, it arrived right in front of Kaido!

Kaido was no pushover either; as one of the very best among the strongest figures in the Pirate World, he swung his technique, right on target, and violently collided with the incoming Droplet!

"Roaring Thunder Bagua!"

Kaido's angry roar still lingered in the air as a tremendous sound erupted!

The counter-shock of force against force produced a terrifying annular shockwave that surged in all directions!

The already dilapidated ground of the Plaza instantly churned like the surface of the water, and the lightning accompanying Haoshoku Haki spread across the smooth surface of the Droplet!

Everyone's eyes widened, frozen in this moment of intensity!

Kaido knew how much force he had exerted; with a smash like this, even this Plaza would be smashed through by him, yet at this moment, he was shocked.

The exterior of the Droplet remained completely undamaged, and his attack left not even the slightest trace upon it.

At the same time, the Droplet was after all a nerfed version, capable only of reaching Admiral standards. Even with acceleration, under Kaido's burst of power, it held out for less than three seconds before its direction was deflected. It crashed straight into the inner bay's seawall on one side, pierced through it with a loud rumble, plunged into the sea, and kicked up spray!

The marine soldiers watched this scene, shrinking their necks and swallowing hard amidst the stirred-up shockwave.

Too astonishing!

Garp, Sengoku, Borsalino, Akainu, and Aokiji were not surprised, but the sturdiness of the Droplet once again surprised everyone in their hearts.

Even Kaido himself was somewhat shocked and taken aback.

It's too hard...

A single Roaring Thunder Bagua strike hadn'Golden Divine Punishment even left a trace, and this Droplet-shaped thing was something he could only barely suppress, with a power only slightly weaker than Akainu's methods!

What... on earth was this?

"Lynn said this is an Admiral-level Droplet, right?!"

Joy filled Garp's eyes as he hurriedly confirmed with the people beside him.

It was comparable to an Admiral, yet its performance far exceeded the boundaries of an Admiral-level standard!

"In a sense, the utility of the Droplet might even surpass the Admiral combat power itself."

Sengoku was also pleasantly surprised, a smile appearing at the corners of his mouth. The headache he had felt at the beginning was long gone, who knew where.

"The Droplet is very obedient, too."

Kizaru simply laughed out loud.

Then, a thought sent an instruction through the Controller.

The Droplet, which had rushed into the sea in a remote direction, flew out once more. Under Borsalino's control, it hovered in the air, its surface still showing not the slightest trace of damage.

Seeing the Droplet reappear completely undamaged, Kaido couldn'Golden Divine Punishment help widening his eyes, then turned his head to look at the Marine Fleet Admiral over at the fortress, and said, "What's going on? What kind of thing have you dug up?!"

Droplet-shaped, fast, possessing fierce attack power, and incomparably hard!

This couldn'Golden Divine Punishment help but make a trace of incomprehensible gloom well up in Kaido's heart.

"Felt it? This is the secret weapon of the Marines."

Sengoku sneered, casually fobbing Kaido off.

Still, all things considered, it truly counted as a secret weapon now.

"A weapon... it's a technological product!"

Discomfort flashed across Kaido's eyes as he thought of a certain terrifying guy with an abnormally developed head.

So what if it was? A weapon was ultimately just a weapon; no matter what its origin, it was not human. Believing in his own martial might and worshipping a world of violence, Kaido felt that such a weapon was ultimately just temporary.

"Did you only just realize that?"

Kizaru Borsalino smiled. Using the Droplet to battle Kaido made him feel it was extremely fun.

Since when could his own thought-controlled attacks make one of the Four Emperors so surprised?

With that thought, the Droplet hovering in the air abruptly moved, once again charging at Kaido at an extremely fast speed!

The Droplet possessed an intelligent system to balance its own energy. Lynn had said that even if they controlled it nonstop for a lifetime, they would never run out of the Droplet's energy, because it could self-supplement with solar and aerial energy!

Therefore, Borsalino held nothing back when driving it, pushing the power all the way, and the blue driving halo of the Recoil Engine flashed dazzlingly as it accelerated.

"Thunder Bagua!"

Kaido's eyes widened, and he immediately swung Hassaikai, that massive spiked club, lightning flickering.

In the blink of an eye, it clashed with the Droplet once again!

With a boom!

Under Borsalino's control, the Droplet did not put up a hard resistance. After colliding with it, it turned at an angle along the deflected direction and charged at Kaido once more!

"What?!"

It was that kind of sharp-angled turn! Kaido's eyes flickered slightly, and with a backhand strike, he lashed out with his club once more.

Clang!

The Droplet completely refused to go head-to-head with Kaido now. Its attack was deflected, it utilized that force to change its trajectory, and then made another miraculous turn!

"Really..."

Aokiji opened his mouth, unable to find a word to describe the scene before him.

The Droplet flew flexibly, continually circling Kaido to attack—sometimes dodging, sometimes borrowing force, and sometimes fighting head-on.

He had to admit that Borsalino's routine of control was indeed very effective. At the very least, it looked like the Droplet wasn'Golden Divine Punishment being suppressed too miserably by Kaido, merely giving a slight impression of being weaker.

Meanwhile, Kaido maintained extremely rapid footwork as well, his steps shifting and dodging as he brandished his Kanabo to counterattack the flying Droplet.

Judging by the expression on Kaido's face, however, he was clearly very impatient, and anger was rising within him; his initial drunkenness was gradually wearing off.

"I refuse to believe I can'Golden Divine Punishment smash you to pieces!"

With an angry roar, Kaido truly brought forth even greater power.

He even made up his mind that, even if the Marines grew angry out of shame and swarmed him to capture him, he had to shatter this Droplet; otherwise, as one of the Emperors of the Sea, if he couldn'Golden Divine Punishment even deal with a technologically manufactured weapon, it would be a huge joke if word got out!

Gradually, however, under the gaze of the Navy High Command and numerous soldiers, Kaido attacked the Droplet with all his might—once, twice, thrice...

He continuously batted the Droplet away, the spiked Kanabo landing solid, heavy blows upon it imbued with Haoshoku Haki, yet the Droplet stubbornly showed no signs of trouble, its momentum still intact, its flexibility still intact!