After listening to Luffy's speech.
Looking at Luffy's carefree, smiling face, Law remained silent for a long while before whispering:
"You... sometimes I'm really envious."
"Huh?" Luffy didn't hear clearly.
"Nothing."
Luo stood up and hoisted the Kikoku back onto his shoulder.
"Since you've decided to rescue Kid, then go back to your base first."
After all, the commotion you've caused in the Flower Capital is too great; it's likely already attracted the attention of the Beasts Pirates.
Furthermore, the detailed defenses of Udon need to be scouted in advance; the operation to rescue Kid cannot simply be a direct assault.
Just as the group was about to head back to Oden's residence, Zoro suddenly stopped.
It's too late.
Luo also sensed something at the same instant, and his expression turned extremely ugly:
"This aura..."
At that moment, the sky above the Flower Capital suddenly darkened.
The clouds were forcibly torn apart by a brute force, and a thousand-meter-long azure dragon emerged from the sea of clouds.
The dragon scales gleamed with a cold, bluish light in the last rays of the setting sun, its whiskers swayed slowly in the wind, and its vertical pupils burned with a mixture of intoxication and rage.
The commoners of the Flower Capital looked up, first stunned, then screaming.
The nightmare that had haunted Wano Country for twenty years now hovered right above their heads.
" Kaido —it's Governor Kaido —!!!"
From the direction of the General's Mansion, Ulti heard the dragon's roar and froze on the spot.
"Boss Kaido... he's come in person?"
The dragon's body coiled above the Flower Capital, casting a shadow that covered the entire main street.
Kaido's voice came from the dragon's mouth, reeking of alcohol and filled with undisguised rage.
"Traitors—get out here!!!"
The roar of the dragon echoed Flower Capital.
The sound waves spread outwards from Kaido's dragon body, shattering the windows on both sides of the street and scattering shards like rain.
The roofs of several nearby wooden buildings were ripped off, with tiles swirling and flying dozens of meters into the air.
The screams of civilians rose and fell.
Some people crouched on the ground with their heads in their hands, some dropped what they were holding and desperately tried to squeeze into the alley, and a mother carrying her child stumbled and broke through a door to hide inside.
The once bustling main street turned into an empty alley in just a few seconds, leaving only overturned stalls and goods scattered all over the ground.
Luffy stood in the shadows at the warehouse entrance, looking up at the azure dragon that blotted out the sky.
His Straw Hat covered most of his face, making it impossible to see his expression.
Kaido lowered his dragon head, his vertical pupils scanning the city below.
The alcohol blurred his vision, but his instinct to lock onto his target remained terrifyingly accurate.
He could sense that those supernovas were lurking somewhere in the Flower Capital.
"Belch--!"
"You're not coming out, are you?"
A crimson glow churned deep within Kaido's throat as he became drunk.
The dragon's breath compressed, condensed, and compressed again in its throat, distorting and deforming the surrounding air due to the high temperature.
Then came a burst of dragon's breath.
A pillar of orange-red flames poured down from the dragon's mouth, like a red-hot iron rod piercing the heart of the Flower Capital.
The pillar of fire struck a three-story restaurant in the very center of the main street, and the building exploded the moment it came into contact with the dragon's breath—not by burning, but by vaporizing.
Wooden beams, bricks, tiles, tables, chairs, wine jars—everything was broken down into its most basic particles at the same time, then transformed into an expanding fireball that spread in all directions.
The flames spread along the street like living things.
The buildings in Wano Country are mostly made of wood, which makes them a natural fuel in such high temperatures.
Flames leaped from one rooftop to another, spread from one street to another, and in less than a minute, the entire main street was engulfed in flames.
Kaido didn't even wait for the flames to dissipate.
The second dragon breath swept towards another block.
This time, the landing point is a residential area, inhabited by ordinary people from the Flower Capital.
Before the dragon's breath even touched the ground, the heatwave alone caused the stones on the ground to crackle and pop.
Several elderly people who were slow to run were knocked to the ground by the heat wave. They struggled to get up, but their legs were no longer under their control.
Luffy stood at the warehouse entrance, watching all of this unfold.
His fist clenched tighter and tighter, his knuckles cracking.
That face, which usually wore a silly grin, was now as tense as a stone.
"That bastard..."
Sanji's voice was squeezed out from between his teeth.
"He doesn't care about the lives of ordinary people at all."
Zoro gripped the hilt of his sword, his golden eyes reflecting the firelight.
He was drunk. For him, stepping on a few ants was nothing.
Luffy did not join their discussion.
He simply stared at the azure dragon in the sky, still spewing its breath, and then suddenly took a step.
Not far away, a child fell in front of the sea of fire.
She was about five or six years old, wearing a patched kimono, and clutching a rag doll that was half burned.
He collapsed to the ground, looking up at the flames rushing towards him, too terrified to even cry.
Luffy's arm suddenly stretched out, grabbed the boy by the back of his collar, and pulled him back.
The moment his rubber arm retracted, he tucked the child into Sanji's arms.
"Take him to a safe place." Luffy's voice was unusually low.
Sanji, holding the still trembling child, stared at Luffy's face, stunned.
He'd known Luffy for so many years and witnessed countless battles with him; whenever Luffy showed a serious expression, he knew Luffy was angry.
Luffy--
I'll go stop him.
As soon as Luffy finished speaking, he pushed off with his feet and launched himself forward.
Zoro drew three swords and followed closely behind.
As he passed by Sanji, he left behind a sentence:
"Take those Supernovas and get out of there first. We'll catch up."
"That's ridiculous!"
Law rubbed his forehead, then turned and ordered his men to retreat with Sanji. Their figures vanished from the spot at the same time.
"I'll go provide backup!"
"All right!"
Sanji glanced at the child in his arms and sighed helplessly.
The four Supernovas who had just agreed to cooperate remained unmoved.
Of course, I witnessed Kaido's terror back then.
These four arrogant newcomers from the Sabaody Archipelago didn't even have the courage to make a move at this moment.
"Come with me!" Sanji, holding the child, sighed and said to the Supernovas.
This time, no one acted recklessly.
The four of them followed Sanji and Law and quickly retreated towards the outskirts of the Flower Capital.
In the sky, Kaido was still wreaking havoc.
Luffy and Zoro have already charged directly in front of Kaido.
The two stood atop a clock tower that hadn't completely collapsed, looking up at the azure dragon overhead that blotted out the sky.
From this distance, Kaido's dragon form appears even more terrifying than it does from afar.
Each dragon scale was the size of a washbasin, its whiskers were thicker than a person's waist, and the hot breath it exhaled carried a strong smell of alcohol and sulfur.
Kaido's vertical pupils shifted, locking onto the two figures standing atop the clock tower.
The enormous dragon head slowly lowered, casting a shadow that completely enveloped them.
Up close, Kaido's head is bigger than the Thousand Sunny, and each tooth in his mouth is as long as Luffy's arm.
"Oh, it's you— Straw Hat Boy."
"You've finally arrived!"