Even across several hundred meters of ocean, Kaido's towering twenty-meter frame looked massive.
First time seeing him in person. Kai felt no surprise—he'd reviewed all Four Emperor files back at Headquarters.
Barbarossa Kaido.
Born decades ago in Wano Country. An ancient black dragon—rare enough to catch Celestial Dragon attention immediately.
They'd ordered an Admiral dispatched. Capture and deliver to Mary Geoise. Brand him with the "Hoof of the Soaring Dragon." Reduce him to a pet.
Maybe Kaido's fate would've ended there—toyed with until death.
But Celestial Dragons were idiots.
No matter how precious a Devil Fruit, they never cared. Even Mythical Zoan types—rarer than Logia—got fed to pets to satisfy curiosity.
Human-Human Fruit: Mythical Type - Oni Model.
Kaido evolved. Gained human form. Already possessed intelligence matching any human—he refused to stay a pet.
He found his moment.
Escaped.
The Human-Human Fruit accelerated his maturity. Combined with the Oni Fruit's power, he grew strong. Fast.
Rose to Four Emperor status.
Earned the title: "World's Strongest Creature."
The Confrontation
"WHITE DRAGON!"
Kaido's roar echoed across the entire sea.
"I'LL MAKE YOU DIE!"
Kai's response came calm. Quiet. Yet somehow audible across the same distance.
"Make me die?" A slight smile. "Sorry. Plenty have tried. You're not the first. Won't be the last."
His tone stayed conversational.
"But none will succeed."
"DAMN MARINES!"
Kaido threw both fists.
Air pressure exploded forward—shockwaves like Rankyaku from the Six Powers, but devastating in scale.
"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack."
Kai threw one punch.
Countless deep-blue fists materialized—chakra constructs filling the entire space. A wall of fists, overlapping, dense enough that not even a mosquito could slip through.
They surged forward.
Kaido's shockwave looked pathetic by comparison. Shattered instantly. Dispersed without slowing the technique.
The chakra fists continued toward the Kaido Pirates.
No room to dodge.
"MAMMOTH FORM!"
Someone behind Kaido launched skyward. Mid-air transformation—body expanding, tusks erupting, mass multiplying.
A colossal beast crashed into the ocean.
Zoan Ancient Type: Mammoth Fruit.
Jack. One of the Three Calamities.
The mammoth stood in thousand-meter-deep water. Ocean barely reached its shins. Compared to this creature, even Kai's Admiral-class warship looked tiny.
Jack positioned himself between the technique and his crew.
Confident.
He'd tanked Marine artillery barrages before. Trampled an entire branch while withstanding everything they threw at him.
His mammoth form's defense was legendary.
I can block this.
Reality proved cruel.
The Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack hammered into the mammoth.
Jack resisted.
For approximately one second.
Then what had been a mammoth became a puddle collapsed across the ocean surface.
Barely breathing.
Not a single intact bone remained in his body. Only his Awakened Zoan's enhanced recovery kept him from dying instantly.
Shock Waves
"You've got to be kidding me..."
Onigumo's voice came out strangled. Stammering.
That's Jack. "Drought" Jack. One of the Three Calamities.
One billion berry bounty.
Admiral-level combat power.
Defeated with ONE PUNCH.
Strawberry and Doberman stood frozen. Expressions stunned.
This is insane.
"'Drought' Jack... one punch..."
"Is this the Admiral who beat Whitebeard?"
"Should we... retreat?"
Panic rippled through the pirate fleet. Some already terrified. Thoughts of escape taking root.
Even Kaido's eyes flashed with wariness.
I could beat Jack.
His jaw tightened.
But not like THAT.
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