Ghost Island.
An island shaped like a monstrous skull, its two enormous devil horns were extremely conspicuous.
The entire island was surrounded by towering rocks, with only one entrance at the front leading to the inner lake harbor.
At this time, in the sky above Ghost Island.
A black shadow spread its wings, appearing and disappearing among the clouds.
“Father, is this Kaido’s stronghold? I heard Calvin say that Kaido is a blue dragon.”
The young black dragon gazed at the island below, speaking in human language.
Being a dragon-like creature himself, Shen Feng was very curious about Kaido and eager to test his strength.
“You might be able to defeat him when you grow up.” Eric smiled slightly.
Shen Feng’s combat strength was indeed very strong, the strongest among all his offspring.
But after all, he was just a young black dragon, his potential hadn't been realized yet.
“I can’t win?” Shen Feng’s tone was filled with disappointment, “If I can’t even defeat Kaido, how am I going to protect mom…”
Eric was speechless. What did he mean by not being able to defeat Kaido, who was one of the Yonko?
“Go back and train hard. After a while, I will move our family base outside. Then I will test your recent training achievements.”
With a wave of his hand, Eric sent Shen Feng back to the shadow space.
Having lost his foothold, Eric immediately fell towards the Ghost Island below, feeling the wind whistling in his ears as he transformed into a ghostly black shadow.
He didn't alert anyone and entered the castle silently.
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At the same time as Eric was searching for Kaido's daughter Yamato.
West Sea.
On the surface of the sea, dark clouds gathered, with signs of an impending storm.
On the deck of the warship, Kuzan stood at the bow, gazing up at the sky.
“A la la… I haven't found the Navy traitor, but I’ve encountered someone unexpected.”
Kuzan's tone was relaxed, but his expression was serious, a bead of cold sweat sliding down his forehead.
He never thought he would encounter “Beast” Kaido in a place like the West Sea!
From time to time, there were rumbling sounds of thunder in the clouds, and a huge azure dragon appeared and disappeared.
The blue dragon lowered its head, its huge eyes filled with immense pressure.
“Kuzan?”
“Kaido, I don't want to fight you right now. Why don't we pretend we haven't seen each other?”
Kuzan spoke aloud. He really didn't want to fight. Without orders from the World Government, he couldn't easily clash with a Yonko.
Of course, it would be a different matter if the other party attacked first.
Kaido had done this a lot, and had been captured many times before.
Compared to Kuzan’s calmness, the numerous marines on the deck were terrified and speechless when they saw Kaido.
They were only marines from the West Sea branch, not the elites of the headquarters. They had only seen characters like Kaido in the news.
“Oh no! It’s ‘Beast’ Kaido!”
Just by appearing in front of them, these soldiers were terrified.
“I heard your Navy has an incredible traitor, Promodore Eric. Where is this man?” Kaido’s voice was filled with amusement.
As the saying goes, “family scandals should not be publicized.” It was not the first time the Navy had a traitor, but this time the scandal was so big, it was a huge disgrace.
Kuzan scratched his head helplessly, “I’m also wondering where he is. If you see him, let me know.”
His superiors had asked him to chase him down, but where could he find him? He turned into a shadow, coming and going without a trace, completely untraceable.
“Ohohoho…”
Kaido laughed, feeling happy, “I like this man! The Beast Pirates are lacking such a brave and cunning man! How could I let him fall into your Navy’s hands?”
“Is that so? Then I wish you luck.” Kuzan also smiled. He didn’t think Eric would agree.
“I’m protecting this man! You, will die here!”
Kaido snorted coldly, gathering scorching flames in his mouth, and suddenly sprayed them towards the warship below.
“Heat Breath!”
A single breath could erase a mountain.
Facing Kaido’s signature move, Kuzan was already prepared.
In an instant, cold air filled the air, the raging sea surface instantly froze, and a thick ice pillar shot towards the dragon breath.
Boom!!
In a terrifying explosion, the power of ice and fire intertwined in the air, instantly filling the air with steam.
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Ghost Island, back mountain.
A white-haired woman was swinging a spiked club, practicing hard to become stronger.
She had long white hair, parted in the middle, and her sideburns naturally fell to her chest.
She had a pair of crimson devil horns on top of her head, her hair tied in a ponytail at the back, and gold earrings in both ears.
She was tall, over eight feet tall, wearing a white sleeveless close-fitting kimono. Even so, she couldn't hide her proud peaks.
“Huff… huff…”
After swinging her club at the mountain in front of her, Yamato wiped the sweat from her neck and couldn't stop panting lightly.
“No, this won’t do. To defeat Kaido, this amount of strength is not enough!”
After resting for a while, Yamato’s eyes became determined again, her hands tightly gripping the weapon in her hand.
As she was about to continue training, a voice came from below.
“Do you want to defeat Kaido?”
“Hmm?”
Yamato blinked and then shook her head vigorously, continuing to train.
Suddenly.
The voice rang out again.
“How could you possibly defeat him? Even if you train for another ten years, it wouldn't be possible.”
“Whoa! Who is it?”
Yamato was startled, looking down at her shadow, “My shadow is talking? So it’s not a hallucination?”
She muttered dazedly, thinking she had been training too hard, which caused hallucinations.
“I am you, you are me.”
Eric didn't show himself. He found Yamato’s reaction somewhat amusing and couldn't help but play a trick on her.
“Women are inherently inferior. This is determined by their body structure. No matter how hard you train, you can never defeat Kaido, who is your father.”
“I am a man!”
Yamato shouted at her shadow, not admitting defeat.
Eric: “…”
Confirmed, she's a fool. There was actually someone who would talk to their own shadow.
“No, you are a woman.”
Eric denied it again, grinning mischievously, “As a woman, you are definitely not going to beat Kaido, but why don't you think about it from another perspective… You can give birth to a child, and have your child beat up your father for you.”
Give birth?
Yamato was stunned.
“It seems reasonable… But what the heck!”
Yamato raised her spiked club angrily and slammed it down on her shadow.
“You sound like a man, and you say you are me! Do you think I’m an idiot!?”
Bang!
A large hole appeared in the ground.
A voice continued to come from the shadow, marveling, “I didn't expect you to see through it. You're an amazing woman.”
Yamato: “…”
She was definitely being made a fool of.
“You just admitted you are a woman, right? As expected, people’s subconscious can’t be fooled!”
Then, a teasing voice came from the shadow again, driving Yamato crazy.