"I'm not here for you! Bring out the brat who defeated Golden Lion!"
The Azure Dragon roared, baring his claws and fangs amid the dark clouds.
Sengoku's expression darkened.
"Damn it, he's on another drunken rampage!"
"Dragon Breath!"
The Azure Dragon tilted his head back, opened his mouth, and spat a beam nearly ten meters across down at Marine Headquarters.
"Kaido!" Sengoku wanted to tear him limb from limb.
In his Buddha Form, he raised a palm and unleashed a shockwave.
Boom! A tremendous explosion erupted, its flames painting everyone's faces red.
"Kaido, do you have a death wish?"
A figure shot upward against the blast, trailing black-and-white flames of light.
"Th-that's Vice Admiral Randall! The one who defeated Golden Lion!"
By now, Randall had become famous among the Marines.
The moment he appeared, he drew most of their attention.
"And who are you?"
Kaido swayed his head as he looked at Randall, who had flown up before him.
"Weren't you looking for me?"
"Huh? You're the one who captured that old bastard Golden Lion?
Then die!"
Kaido took a closer look at Randall, then simply opened his mouth and unleashed another blast of dragon breath.
With a swing of his fist, Randall knocked the beam off course.
With a thunderous boom, the dragon breath slammed into the sea, triggering a tremendous explosion.
At the edges of Headquarters, it was as though a torrential rain had begun to fall.
Everyone stared silently at the enormous hollow in the distant sea, several kilometers across.
"Th-this is the very pinnacle of power in this world."
A vice admiral muttered to himself.
With his strength, he could certainly be considered a formidable fighter on the seas.
But clearly, he still had a long way to go before he could stand among the truly