At that moment, Enel was discharging lightning in the sky. Ryan swore it really was not his doing.
"Are you serious?" Kaido looked at Ryan in disbelief.
"Would someone of my status lie?" Ryan said with a smile.
For the first time, Rayleigh felt that being Ryan's teacher was a deeply humiliating thing. He had never expected his disciple to turn out like this.
"Ryan, you..." Vista did not know what to say either.
He exchanged a look with Rayleigh, and the two silently drank without speaking.
This had originally been a matter stirred up by Ryan and Kaido, yet in the end, the only ones hurt were the two bystanders.
"Worororororororo!" Kaido laughed heartily, his delight carrying a hint of smugness.
It was not as though no one had praised him before. As a great pirate renowned throughout the world, plenty of people flattered him, but he had never been as happy as he was today.
That was because the one saying it was Ryan, another of the Four Emperors, after dismissing Rocks, Whitebeard, and Roger—the three true heroes in Kaido's heart.
"You've got a good eye, kid!"
"Haha!"
Ryan laughed as well.
Rayleigh and Vista looked at the two as if they were watching a pair of fools. In tacit agreement, they moved a little farther away. Still, having accepted their hospitality, they did not say what they truly thought.
What followed was a round of mutual flattery between Ryan and Kaido.
Ryan had said those things partly to show goodwill. After all, it was best not to make an enemy of someone as impossible to kill as Kaido, or he would be a huge nuisance. It was only a sentence; what did it matter? As long as it achieved his goal, Ryan did not mind.
Besides, Ryan