Chapter 96: No charge, it's free!
Winds rose and clouds churned as thunder rolled.
In an instant, thick, pitch-black thunderclouds enveloped Hachinosu. An enormous azure dragon emerged from them, its terrifying presence leaving the pirates utterly horrified.
"That's... Kaido!!!"
"Why has one of the Four Emperors come to Hachinosu?!"
"Whoa, this is my first time seeing an Emperor other than Pops!"
The pirates gazed up at Kaido, finding it hard even to breathe. Merely looking at him from afar gave them a sense of power that stood above everything in the world.
This was Kaido, the "Strongest Creature"!
His aura was completely different from Pops's. It was total suppression on a biological level, leaving them unable even to muster the will to resist.
They even felt that Kaido was more terrifying than Pops. At least Pops was flesh and blood, while they could not begin to imagine how to fight the azure dragon in the sky.
Kaido looked down at Whitebeard, and Whitebeard stared back at him. The two men called the "Strongest" burst into laughter at the same time.
"Worororo!!!"
"Gurararara!!!"
Lightning flashed, thunder boomed, and the sea tilted!
With their laughter alone, the two Emperors unleashed an apocalyptic natural disaster.
Crack!
Rumble!
Watching the lightning strike again and again as the ground tilted and shook, the pirates who could not even keep their footing sprawled on the ground and screamed in terror.
"Pops, stop!"
"The island's going to be destroyed!"
If the two Emperors fought, Hachinosu would be finished. The destruction caused by Good and Kizaru's earlier battle could not begin to compare to that of the Four Emperors.
When their laughter stopped, the disaster gradually subsided. The azure dragon turned and left without saying a single word from beginning to end.
But Whitebeard understood why Kaido had