Not long after, Kerr arrived in front of Xia Chen with a tall man.
Looking at that familiar yet slightly immature face, Xia Chen smiled.
"I've heard Kaido!"
Kaido:???
Kaido looked completely bewildered upon hearing Xia Chen's words.
"I've heard so much about you? When did Kaido become so famous? Even this new captain knows him?"
Looking at Kaido's goofy appearance, Xia Chen couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Hahaha..."
Upon hearing Xia Chen's laughter, Kaido seemed to realize something and angrily said to Xia Chen:
"Captain Xia Chen, are you humiliating me? Are you deliberately saying I'm famous to mock me as a nobody?"
"???"
This time, it was Xia Chen's turn to be dumbfounded. Several question marks involuntarily appeared above his head.
When Kaido develop such a vivid imagination?
After thinking about it for a while, Xia Chen understood. After all, who would know that he was from the future?
As one of the Four Emperors of the New World, Kaido's fame is indeed known to all!
But at that time, he was just a young upstart. He did have some fame, but it was by no means significant!
So, upon hearing Xia Chen's words followed by his 'mocking' tone, he would naturally assume that the other party was humiliating him.
but...
Kaido's interpretation doesn't seem entirely wrong!
"That's right! I'm humiliating you! I heard you look down on any of the officers on the ship and refuse to join their ranks?"
Xia Chen asked in a calm tone.
During the time that Kerr brought Kaido here, he learned some things about Kaido from Whitebeard.
For example, someone might have the ability to be a captain but refuse to join any officer's crew and become a captain, preferring to remain an ordinary crew member.
Another example is someone with an arrogant personality who generally looks down on most people.
In summary, we can draw the following conclusion.
Kaido is just an uneducated brat!
If that's the case, then he wouldn't mind bringing Kaido under his command.
Of course, we need to deflate his arrogance first.
As for the method of punishment, it's very simple: just beat them up!
Upon hearing Xia Chen's words, Kaido's reaction was basically the same as Xia Chen had expected. Kaido immediately glared angrily at Xia Chen.
"What do you mean? Even if you're the captain, you have no right to look down on me!"
"I'm only 21 years old! I was able to defeat a Vice Admiral when I went out on a mission a few days ago!"
"You look very young, but you must be quite old, right?"
Give me time, and I will definitely surpass you!
So you have nothing to be proud of in front of me!
Kaido said confidently.
Judging from what he had heard about Xia Chen, Xia Chen's age could not possibly be very young; he just looked young.
Otherwise, how could someone reach that level of skill at such a young age?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Whitebeard, standing to the side, looked at Kaido with an expression of pity for someone with intellectual disabilities.
This child's life must be very miserable!
Otherwise, why would I be dreaming in broad daylight?
Putting aside the fact that Xia Chen is actually younger than Kaido, even if Xia Chen were really old, so what?
Having fought against Xia Chen, he knew all too well just how strong Xia Chen was!
The improvement in strength slows down as you progress, since it's impossible for a world-class powerhouse to become significantly stronger every day, right?
When he was Kaido's age, his strength was about the same as Kaido's, but over the years he has only recently broken through to the Admiral level.
He had absolutely no confidence that he could reach Xia Chen's strength in his lifetime.
Therefore, he could only express his feelings about Kaido's boastful words in two words.
hehe!
"Really? You're 21 this year, right? But I'm only 17!" Xia Chen said with a faint smile.
"Impossible!"
Kaido immediately retorted, with an expression that said, "I don't believe you, you can't fool me," and then even sighed in disappointment.
"After listening to those guys bragging about your abilities, I wondered what kind of person the new captain would be. Turns out he's a complete liar! What a disappointment!"
Believe it or not, this is the truth!
"But I'm not saying this to tell you I'm younger than you. What I want to tell you is..."
A smile appeared on Xia Chen's lips, and his figure vanished from the spot in an instant.
"Bang!"
A dull thud rang out, and before Kaido could react, he was sent flying backward.
While flying backwards, it was stomped hard on the ground by a foot.
"Boom!"
Kaido's superhumanly enormous body slammed heavily onto the ground, and the ground around him shattered instantly, further devastating the already damaged area.
"Pfft!"
A mouthful of blood gushed from Kaido's mouth.
At that moment, he felt as if all the bones in his body were about to shatter, and intense pain was emanating from his entire body.
He struggled to open his eyes, and what came into view was Xia Chen standing in front of him with a calm and composed expression. Xia Chen slowly uttered a sentence.
What I want to tell you is...
Not only am I younger than you, but I'm also far superior to you!
Seeing Xia Chen's domineering gaze, Kaido trembled violently, then his head lolled to the side and he fainted.
Xia Chen dismounted from Kaido and walked towards Whitebeard and the other man. Upon reaching Kerr, he said to him:
"Have someone carry Kaido away and treat him. Then, when he wakes up, tell him to come find me!"
Oh, and one more thing to tell him!
"If you want to become stronger, come find me. If you don't want to become stronger... never mind!"
After saying that, Xia Chen slowly walked towards his residence.
Only Kerr and Whitebeard remained, staring at each other in disbelief.
--
The Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
Five elderly people were sitting silently in a room.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Enter!"
One of the elderly men spoke calmly.
Then the door was pushed open, and a man in a black suit walked in with a blank expression.
"What's up?"
"Report! Fleet Admiral Kong requests an audience with the five lords!"
"Kong? Why is that guy suddenly contacting us?"
An old man with a long scar on his face said curiously.
"Why don't you just call him in and we'll find out?"
An elderly man with a bald head and glasses, holding a knife in his arms, spoke calmly. He then looked at the man in the suit and said:
"Let him in!"
"Yes!"
A moment later, Kong walked in from outside the door, bowed slightly to the five people in front of him, and said respectfully:
Greetings, Your Excellencies!
"Excuse my intrusion, but something very important has happened, and I'd like to ask you gentlemen how to handle it!"