Kaido's fighting spirit soared sky-high, and his challenge echoed over Onigashima.
Every sound in the banquet hall instantly died away.
Kizaru, who had just sat down and picked up some roast meat to savor, paused as well. He thought to himself.
*?*
Why would someone come looking for death right off the bat?
After following Pero for so long, he still had only a partial understanding of Pero's strength.
But that little bit of strength Pero had revealed.
Had already reached heights he had never seen before.
So when he saw Kaido challenge Pero, he found it inexplicably amusing.
In the open-air plaza.
Countless gazes converged on the black-robed figure at the round table, who slowly set down his wineglass.
Pero wiped his mouth with a napkin.
He raised his head and looked at Kaido, who was now brimming with fighting spirit, a hint of curiosity on his face.
"A fight?"
Pero raised an eyebrow. "Someone challenging me outright without testing me first."
"You're the first."
"Wororororo!" Kaido laughed instead of getting angry when he heard that. He rested the enormous spiked club on his shoulder. "There's no one in this world who can kill me. I don't have that many concerns."
"As far as I'm concerned, you're nothing special."
The instant those words fell, Kaido moved.
His massive body exploded with astonishing speed.
He became a blur almost impossible to follow with the naked eye, crossing dozens of meters in an instant and appearing before Pero with his spiked club raised.
Thunder Bagua!!!
The enormous spiked club, wreathed in lightning and Armament Haki, tore through the air and smashed down at Pero.
King the Conflagration, Queen the Plague, and the others all wore smiles tinged with pity.
In their eyes.
This fight was already over.
No one had ever