West Blue, CP6's second base, codenamed "Grey Harbor Outpost."
The sprawling fortress, covering roughly two square kilometers, stood on a separate artificial island three kilometers offshore, connected to the mainland by a causeway only wide enough for two vehicles side by side. Its architecture embodied cold utilitarianism: a three-story concrete main building, three underground bunker levels, six watchtowers, and a deepwater pier reserved for Marine warships.
It was the afternoon shift change.
Inside the Communications Room on the main building's top floor, a young agent yawned as he leafed through yesterday's intelligence summary. Seagulls circled outside the window, and the silhouette of White Sail City on the distant mainland flickered through the haze-a bustling port city of two hundred thousand people, separated from this gloomy outpost by just four kilometers of sea.
"Heard a senior inspector's visiting the first base today?" another agent chatted as he made coffee. "That old fox Gris must be sucking up again."
"Who cares? Anyway, over here-"
Before he could finish.
The sky abruptly darkened.
It was not the darkness of clouds blocking the sun, but a shadow carrying a dragon's oppressive presence, like an enormous curtain slowly descending from the heavens.
"What..."
The young agent rushed to the window and looked up.
Then he froze.
Above the clouds, the patterns of indigo dragon scales reflected a cold metallic sheen in the sunlight. The dragon's body was so enormous that even the small portion exposed blotted out half the sky, its shadow covering the entire outpost perfectly.
"A dragon... an azure dragon... Kaido...!!"
Before his scream could escape-
Hummm-!!!
An invisible electromagnetic pulse swept across the island!
Every electronic device-Den Den Mushi, telegraph machines, surveillance screens, even concealed wiring inside the walls-erupted in sparks and went completely dead! The Communications Room plunged into darkness, with