Chapter 09: Page 9

"Hot breath!"

The scorching dragon flame spewed out, aiming directly at John in the center below.

John was a cadre on Rocks' ship back then. If the John below was real, then his attack would not be so easy to succeed. He must have a way to deal with it.

If it is fake and cannot withstand his attack, then he can only say that he deserves it. The price to pay for impersonating someone else is very high.

Kaido is not a person who cares about others. Even his own people are sometimes affected by him, not to mention those who have nothing to do with him.

The hot dragon's breath swept down, and the pirates who were close to John suffered an unexpected disaster for a moment, and turned into charred slag under the burning flames. No one stopped Kaido's actions. Quinn had no ability to stop him, nor did he want to stop him. He did not care about these people's lives.

Jin and Sha Yinna also don't care. Their enemies during their escape are not just the World Government.

The navy, pirates, bounty hunters, and even ordinary people may be their enemies. Their hearts have long become cold under the baptism of the world, and things that have nothing to do with the Lunalia tribe are not worth their attention.

Arceus has the ability to stop Kaido, but he has no reason to do so. Arceus' influence allows him to look at such things indifferently. Even the human heart has no intention of stopping Kaido.

The situation in the naval base is not very good. The people of Kakira Island are the ones who suffer the most in this change. At this time, his identity is an ally of the pirates, but it does not mean that he will degenerate into that kind of scum.

"What is that!"

Kaido's hot breath attracted everyone's attention. The clouds dispersed and Kaido's huge figure appeared in the sky. The main target of the hot breath was John, but it also took the lives of nearly a hundred people nearby.

The still burning corpse undoubtedly caused fear to spread among the crowd.

Originally they wanted to get closer to John to see if they could get familiar with him, but now they just want to stay away from this place of trouble.

The crowd became confused, and then a roar calmed them down.

"Asshole, who dares to attack me?"

John was still alive and the flames were still burning, but John's voice could be heard through the smoke.

"Yes, we have Captain John. Captain John is still alive! We still have Captain John! He is a pirate with a bounty of 2.1 billion berries!"

"Captain John, show that dragon how powerful you are!"

On the Grand Line, users with Devil Fruit abilities are not uncommon, and most people on the Grand Line know the power of Devil Fruits.

But this is the South China Sea. Some of the pirates here may never have left the vicinity of the island where they were born in their entire lives. They have never even heard of legendary things like devil fruits.

To some people, Kaido's dragon is just a monster, and their Captain John is naturally their dragon-slaying hero.

Some people were still running, but more people stopped and started shouting John's name.

John also saw the attacker, Kaido, flying in the sky. His eyes suddenly narrowed and beads of sweat the size of beans kept dripping from his forehead.

"Your chattering is so annoying. An ant should have some awareness of an ant!" The shouting of the crowd seemed to have angered Kaido, and his domineering aura swept across the entire marine branch with him as the center.

No matter whether they were small fry or the person with a bounty of over 10 million mentioned by the pirate before, they all fell down in droves like wheat being cut under the baptism of Kaido's domineering color. The pirates foaming at the mouth and rolling their eyes almost covered most of the training ground.

Only those who never stopped running were still sober, but their expressions were filled with confusion and puzzlement. They had no idea what was going on.

Arceus jumped down from Kaido's flame cloud. His physical fitness was pretty good. Kaido lowered his height while releasing his domineering aura. Except for creating a big hole on the ground, he was not affected in other ways.

"Where is the real Captain John?"

He could smell the fear on the other person, and based on this alone, he couldn't be the infamous John.

Although John's high bounty is related to his own style of doing things, his strength is also very strong. He was a cadre on the Rocks pirate ship five years ago.

Kaido's attack just now was just a playful attack. He couldn't even block such an attack. This couldn't be John. He just wanted to know what the relationship was between this John and the real John.

"What are you talking about? I'm John! I'm just a person with special abilities. Don't be so arrogant!"

The strange creature that could talk, in John's opinion, was just an animal-type ability user. At this time, Kaido had also turned into a human and fell to the ground.

"Do you remember me, John?"

"Kaido! Isn't this an old friend? Long time no see. Why do you appear in this way..."

The word "old friend" made Kaido's face completely gloomy. There were indeed some people on the Rocks pirate ship who had good relationships, but the relationship between him and John was definitely not an exception.

This means that they have found the wrong person.

Chapter 21: Another World Where Quinn is Hurt

"Old friend? Then just feel the care from your old friend!"

Kaido's face almost turned dark. He is easily emotional and has always been moody.

For Arceus, if he found the wrong thing, he could just look for it again. The stone slabs would not be lost and no one could destroy them. Even though he found the wrong thing, he would not have much emotional fluctuations.

But Kaido is different. When he was on the ship before, he dreamed that he led an army of mythical beasts to launch a massive war.

It turns out that he is an impostor. If he can't find the real John, he can't find Locke's treasure. If he can't find the treasure, he won't know the whereabouts of the stone slab. Without the stone slab, he can't complete the deal, and his dream will be far away from him.

For a pirate, what could be more serious than destroying the realization of his dream? Kaido picked up his mace, which was always hanging on his belt in dragon form. This shows that the quality of his belt is quite good.

"You are John, right? Then you can definitely handle this, Thunderous Gossip!"

The strangest thing is that the people on Rocks’ ship did not fight each other. If Rocks did not have absolute overwhelming strength, those monsters would never have been able to gather together.

The consequence of this is that this pirate group has no cohesion at all. In the face of a major crisis, most people chose to go their separate ways, otherwise Rocks would not have been defeated so easily.

Although there is no big conflict between Kaido and John, their relationship is not very good. Even the John five years ago could have taken this attack.

The mace wrapped with domineering power smashed towards John's head. No matter how John tried to dodge, the mace was always locked on his head. He had no choice but to raise his knife and swing it towards Kaido, trying to block the attack.

But at the moment when the sword and the mace came into contact, an unimaginable force was transmitted from the blade to his wrist.

The blade was made of unknown substance, but it was not broken by Kaido's attack. However, he was unable to hold his blade firmly, and it slipped out of his hand under Kaido's tremendous force.

"This guy... doesn't know how to use a knife at all."

"The way he holds the sword is weird, and the difference between the strength of his left hand and his right hand is too big. He doesn't look like a dual swordsman."

Quinn and Jin were commenting on John. They were not considered swordsmen. Although Quinn had two knives hanging beside him, he had more weapons in his body. He might pull out all kinds of strange weapons when fighting.

As for Jin, the sword is just his weapon. He has no so-called fixed moves. His sword only exists for fighting.

But in their eyes, John was a complete amateur who didn't know how to use weapons.

"No, don't you think he's a little strange? Compared to a normal person, his movements are a little stiff."

Quinn and Jin were concerned about the collision of weapons, while Sha Yinna saw the incoordination in the body structure. It felt like a puppet rather than a living person.

And strange changes also took place on Kaido's side.

After John's weapon slipped out of his hand, the mace hit John on the top of his head and then fell straight to the ground. However, Kaido felt that something was wrong. The thing he hit was more like a piece of wood than a human being.

When the smoke and dust settled, there was no blood on the ground, only fragments of unknown material, among which were white objects that looked like bones, and a mask that was broken into several pieces.

"A stand? A person with special abilities?"

Looking at the puppet that was beaten back to its original form, Kaido still didn't understand what had happened. The clue he had finally found seemed to be broken.

Quinn came over and picked up something on the ground and began to observe it without any hesitation.

"This should be a humerus. It seems to have been dried and spliced ​​by special means. But this thing can actually speak."

Kaido ignored Quinn's analysis and walked towards the base in front. Although the puppet in front of him disappeared, he sensed that there was still a special aura in the base in front of him.

At this time, the pirates who had fainted due to the influence of his domineering color actually stood up again one by one, but their eyes were still rolled back and they were not conscious, as if they were controlled by something.

A large number of pirates blocked the entrance of the base building, with no intention of letting Kaido in.

The radio in the base also sounded at the same time.

"Kaido! Why is a pirate like you in a place like this?!"

"Ah? Do I need a clown like you to mind my whereabouts? I'm only here to look for that guy John. What's your relationship with him? Ask him to come out, or tell me where he is. I'm not interested in you."

If he was simply impersonating John, it would be impossible for him to leave similar attack marks as John's. Moreover, the man's clothes were exactly the same as John's, and he seemed to have some understanding of his interpersonal relationships. These must have been premeditated.

Kaido's voice wasn't very loud, but he got a response from the other party. He seemed to have a unique way of speaking.

"Hehehe, you want to find John? Wait until you can find me. The pirates in the four seas are really a bunch of rubbish. This is how we can make the most of their value!"

There were crowds of people all around, and those people, like the zombies, surrounded Kaido and his men. Quinn, Jin, Shayna, and even Arceus was surrounded by many pirates.

However, before Arceus could make a move, the pirates close to him were knocked away by two figures, one red and one gray. The fire and rocks formed an impenetrable defense line.

"I'm not that weak..."

"Master Holy Beast, if anyone can get close to you, it will be a real shame for us. You don't have to do anything. I will deal with them."

At this moment, an inopportune voice sounded from behind.

"Hey, hey, hey, could you two say something? You suddenly disappeared, and it's very difficult for me to deal with it!" Quinn turned into a huge tropical dragon, and some of those fearless pirates had already climbed onto his legs.

The sudden departure of Jin and Sha Yinna caused Quinn to face more pirates at the same time.

Although they were all miscellaneous soldiers, it was troublesome. He didn't have any heavy weapons with him, and the weapons in his body had not been replenished with ammunition. The ability of the tropical dragon itself had not been developed. At this time, he could only use his huge body to fight with brute force.

On the other side, the other party's voice was still heard on the radio.

"Kaido, you are just a trainee, don't act so arrogantly. You are already at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength!"

"Troops? What's the use of having more of these useless things? How can you be so naive?"

Chapter 22: Puppet Show

Kaido used his legs to jump into the air, and then activated his ability to transform into a human-beast form.

"Jiang Sanshi Yin Nai Luo!"

He descended from the sky wielding an iron rod, but his target was not the pirates, but the buildings in the naval base. The pirates looked aggressive and fearless, but they were very weak and could not stop Kaido at all.

So much so that Kaido completely ignored those guys, directly collapsed the building and smashed a hole in the ground.

And below was the basement of the naval base, where a man was sitting cross-legged, carving a mask in his hands. He looked at Kaido who appeared in front of him, with an expression of incomprehensible shock on his face.

"I found you. Your presence is as obvious among this group of rubbish as a torch in the dark night."

Everyone's aura is slightly different, and Fujitora can detect those subtle differences with his ultra-wide range of perception. Although he can't clearly see everyone's face, he can still distinguish each person even if he is blind.

Kaido's Observation Haki has not been developed in this direction, but sensing the strength of individuals is also one of the basic abilities of Observation Haki. After development, he can make a rough judgment on the enemy's strength.

Although there was more than one aura in the building, there was a relatively strong aura mixed in with such a group of small pirates. How could Kaido not sense it?

"You know so much, but you don't even know the most basic common sense. Where did you come from? I'll ask you one last time. Where is John? The knife marks outside are obviously the work of John. He must have been here. Where is he now?"

The man did not speak, but instead raised the mask in his hand and placed it on his face. The mask had a pair of devil horns on it. Although the patterns on the mask were a little abstract, it still looked like Kaido overall.

"Hehehe, I'm a user with the ability to eat the superhuman Xixi Fruit, and your powers will eventually be used by me!"

He put on the mask and his figure suddenly changed. He turned into Kaido, but not in beast form, but in human form.

The Drama-Drama Fruit, the user of this ability will have dramatic abilities. The previously unconscious pirates were like zombies because of the effect of his fruit's ability - puppet show.

Within the scope of his stage, he can manipulate other people to perform a theatrical performance as puppets, but the stronger the individual, the harder it is for him to control them, and he cannot easily control even someone as powerful as Quinn.

However, puppet theater places more emphasis on numbers, and he had originally intended to throw the navy into chaos due to internal strife when the navy arrived, but he didn't expect to use it on the group of pirates first.

Kaido also indirectly helped him a little. If those people hadn't been unconscious, it would have been basically impossible for him to control such a large number of puppets.

Moreover, the puppets can only be manipulated within the stage. He has not left here these days, using his ability to transform this base into his own stage.

John in the center of the scene is his theatrical doppelganger. Using the mask he portrays as a carrier, he can create an avatar that is identical to the person portrayed in the mask and manipulate it. However, this requires some blood or body parts of the imitator to achieve the resemblance.

The mask he wore on his face at this time was another application of his ability, adding drama.

The dramatic clone can feel the enemy's power, and the original body can make a mask of the enemy based on the clone's feedback. When the original body puts on the mask, he will gain the power felt by the clone, but the mask can only be made with the power that has been felt within a few hours.

Moreover, he can only obtain physical strength. If the opponent is a person with special abilities, then he will not be able to possess the opponent's abilities.

In other words, he is now using the mask to imitate Kaido's power and to fight Kaido with Kaido.

"Props."

As he said these two words, a mace of the same type as Kaido's appeared in his hand. On his stage, he could obtain the props he needed for his "performance", weapons naturally included.

Kaido's behavior also surprised him. Seeing that he could not replicate the ability of the fruit, Kaido actually cancelled his human-beast form.

"Disguise? No wonder you can pretend to be John. Just let me see how good you can be at imitating him."

Not only did he disguise himself as John, he also seemed to have only a vague understanding of some things that John should know, such as he knew about trainees but didn't know the relationship between John and Kaido.

This means that he has met John, and Kaido wants to pry open his mouth and get information about John, and he also wants to see what it feels like to fight with him.

After a brief fight, the smile on Kaido's face faded, replaced by a sense of loss.

"What? You're only imitating the force of being hit? This is so disappointing!"