As Garp’s words fell, black-red lightning suddenly erupted.
The Justice cloak billowing behind him fluttered loudly, and the sheer aura he emitted caused Kaido’s movements to freeze.
The kanabo that was about to smash down stiffened in mid-air.
“Garp!
Why are you here?!”
Kaido’s eyes widened sharply.
As everyone knows, ‘Teacher’ Kaido has a famous saying: Haki transcends all!
So the question is, where did this famous saying come from?
Naturally, it was from when he witnessed a certain Marine Vice Admiral beating up everyone in sight at God Valley back in the day!
“Kaido, you brat, you’ve gotten bold now, haven’t you?
You even dare to lay a hand on my disciple?”
Cold sweat slid down Kaido’s forehead, but it vanished without a trace the very next second.
“Damn it!
Garp, I’m not the same as I was back then!
Thunder Bagua!”
Kaido swung his kanabo, coating it in Conqueror’s Haki, and brought it around in a full arc to smash into Garp.
To this, Garp’s response was simple.
“Fist Bone: Galaxy Impact!”
Black-red lightning gathered in his right hand.
The light was so dense it even formed a four-pointed star, blindingly bright.
The intense bursts of Conqueror’s Haki clashed violently, erupting with a massive shockwave.
The next moment, Kaido flew back even faster than he had arrived, crashing straight into Whole Cake Island.
Garp was currently at the tail end of his prime.
How could Kaido’s Thunder Bagua possibly withstand one of his punches?
Besides, this kind of attack was something the old geezer Garp used to throw around like basic strikes in his youth!
Seeing this, Charlotte Linlin couldn’t help but curse, “Damn you, Kaido!
Are you trying to destroy my Whole Cake Island?
Napoleon!”
“Yes, Mama!”
Charlotte Linlin grabbed Napoleon, and a terrifying light gathered on the blade.
“Ikoku Sovereignty!”
A powerful, piercing shockwave fired from Napoleon, directly hitting the backward-flying Kaido and blasting him into the sea.
“Captain!”
The pirates of the Beasts Pirates cried out in panic.
A leading man wearing a half-metal mask with two ivory tusks extending from it slammed his hand angrily against the ship’s rail.
He was an All-Star of the Beasts Pirates, one of the “Three Disasters”—Jack the Drought!
“Damn it!
Do the Marines and Big Mom want to start a war?
Men, bring the ship closer to Captain Kaido!
Rescue the captain first!”
“Yes, Lord Jack!”
The others who were still conscious and further away from the battlefield looked on in shock.
Were they dreaming?
Did they just see Big Mom team up with the Marines to attack Kaido of the Beasts?
Could it be that Big Mom hosted this Tea Party just to coordinate with the Marines and wipe out the Beasts Pirates?
For a moment, the crowd began to brainstorm wildly.
Above the clouds, an albatross sitting in a hot air balloon was furiously scribbling with his pen.
“Hehehe, this is big news!
The Marines and Big Mom joined forces to thrash Kaido of the Beasts!
Tomorrow’s paper is definitely going to sell out!”
On the other side, Charlotte Linlin rode her sun homie, Prometheus, over to Garp.
“Mamamama!
Garp, you bastard, you ruined my Tea Party!”
Garp stepped into the air using Moonwalk, his eyes filled with disdain.
“Kaido was the one who attacked my disciple first.
What, Charlotte Linlin, do you want to fight me too?”
“Mamamama!
Don’t be so hot-headed, Garp.
I just came over to ask if that Marine brat would be willing to marry into Totto Land.”
An eerie light flickered in Charlotte Linlin’s eyes.
There were differences even among Conqueror’s Haki, and the intensity of a person’s initial awakening largely represented their potential.
Take the flamingo, Doflamingo, for example.
Although he also possessed Conqueror’s Haki, compared to the top-tier powerhouses of the sea, his was merely child’s play.
She had seen it clearly just now.
The intensity of this brat’s initial Conqueror’s Haki was something even she had to praise as monstrous.
It was truly no inferior to Rocks and Roger back in the day.
Such a high-quality potential asset had to be secured properly using one of her daughters.
Anyway, it looked like the political marriage with Kaido had already fallen through, so she might as well shift her target to this Marine brat.
“Hey, Marine brat!
As long as you want, you can take your pick from any of my daughters.
How about it?”
In an instant, the eyes of everyone present gathered on Raizen once again.
“Did…
did I hear that right?
Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, actually extended an invitation to an unknown Marine brat?”
“Hey, he’s no longer just a Marine brat.
He possesses the qualities of a king!
He should be called a Marine Supernova!”
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Raizen tilted his head slightly and chuckled.
“Charlotte Linlin, you are a pirate, and I am a Marine.
What makes you think a Marine would ever enter into a political marriage with a pirate?”
In such a public setting, with everyone watching, he only had—and could only have—one answer: to stand firmly on the side of the Marines.
“Ehhh?!
That Marine brat actually rejected Big Mom’s invitation?”
“Damn it, why didn’t Big Mom invite me?!”
“Take a good look in the mirror and you’ll understand.”
On Whole Cake Island, Katakuri crossed his arms, his sharp gaze locked onto Raizen.
“That Marine named Bordeaux Raizen…
he even rejected Mama’s invitation?”
“Mamamama!
Marine brat, you better think carefully before you speak.”
Raizen raised an eyebrow.
“Was I not clear enough just now?
Charlotte Linlin, I!
Re!
Fuse!”
Being rejected to her face, even with Garp present, Charlotte Linlin felt a surge of anger welling up.
If it were in private, it would have been one thing, but this was her Tea Party—a place where the eyes of the entire world were currently gathered!
Under such circumstances, if she didn’t show some kind of reaction, her prestige as one of the Four Emperors would be severely damaged, and more reckless pirates would provoke Totto Land in the future.
But considering Garp was present…
“Mamamama!
Your name is Bordeaux Raizen, right?
Very well, I’ll remember you.”
Charlotte Linlin shifted her gaze to the sea behind her.
“Hey, Kaido!
Haven’t you slept enough?”
As soon as she spoke, a massive wave was suddenly kicked up from the bottom of the sea.
Immediately after, a towering figure with two horns on his head leaped out.
It was none other than Kaido!
“You’re too loud, Linlin!
You were the one who knocked me into the sea just now!”
Kaido grabbed a wine gourd and took a swig, not a single scratch visible on his body.
Seeing Kaido come ashore, the area where the Beasts Pirates were stationed immediately erupted in cheers.
“Ooooh!
Captain Kaido!”
Charlotte Linlin and Kaido both looked at Garp, sinister smiles forming on their lips as the Conqueror’s Haki around them began to stir restlessly.
At that moment, the temperature in this stretch of the sea began to rise sharply, to the point where even the space itself visibly distorted with rippling heat waves!