At the same time Kaido leapt into the air, a scorching dragon flame was already spewing out, shooting straight toward Zunesha in the distance.
In the blink of an eye the dragon flame crossed several kilometers, smashing hard into Zunesha's side.
However, after the dragon flame dispersed, Kaido's expression grew heavy.
His full-force strike hadn't left the slightest mark on Zunesha's massive body.
"Wooo!"
Zunesha let out a cry filled with both anger and sorrow, and its huge trunk, which had been hidden beneath the sea surface, suddenly swung out, breaking through the limits of space in an instant.
That trunk, thousands of meters long, lashed forward like lightning, about to slam down in front of Kaido.
"Then let me personally test your strength!"
Kaido didn't fear in the slightest, nor did he dodge. His two sharp dragon claws wrapped in heavy Armament Haki, and he smashed straight into the incoming trunk.
BOOM!
Two enormous forces collided fiercely in midair, exploding with a deafening roar.
The shockwave from the clash turned into raging waves, instantly sweeping out, throwing the surrounding sea into stormy chaos for kilometers around.
Standing on the Jaygar, Gion and Zephyr stepped forward at the same time, coming to the bow's edge, both palms facing out toward the incoming shockwave.
In that instant, Armament Haki spread out from their hands like ripples.
The surging seawater, the moment it reached in front of the Jaygar, miraculously returned to calm, flowing gently like a tame stream.
Up in the sky, Kaido, who had been struggling against the trunk, still couldn't withstand that power surpassing the limits. His huge dragon body, like a kite with its string cut, turned into a shooting star, knocked back toward the Jaygar.
Zunesha didn't seem to have any intention of pursuing. It simply pulled back its trunk in silence and continued moving its enormous limbs, slowly walking forward, as if everything that had just happened was nothing more than a trivial matter.
BOOM!
Kaido's dragon body finally crashed heavily into the sea near the Jaygar, the enormous impact throwing up towering waves, while also pushing his massive body downward, sinking deeper and deeper into the sea.
"Should we save him?"
On deck, Olvia asked with some concern. Kaido's courage was praiseworthy, but in the face of absolute difference in strength, that courage seemed a bit pale and powerless.
"No need, his strength isn't that weak," Gion said calmly.
Not all Devil Fruit users are bound by the sea. At least just falling into the sea like this couldn't restrain a monster like Kaido.
Even before her words finished, the sea beside them splashed as Kaido, having returned to human form, leapt out from the water and landed on the deck.
Seawater streamed down his bare upper body, and he was slightly panting.
It wasn't that Zunesha's damage was truly that strong, mainly it was the sea's suppression against Devil Fruits. Even with his physique, he still took some impact.
"As expected, that thing is like a monster, but not unbeatable."
Kaido burst out laughing, not the least discouraged.
He never thought he could win anyway, and that messy appearance just now was only a way to unload force.
If we're really talking about pressure, Kaido felt Zunesha wasn't even on Rosse's level.
In front of Rosse, he truly couldn't raise even a shred of fighting intent.
Kaido withdrew his gaze from Zunesha, then suddenly turned his head, his tiger eyes narrowing slightly on their own, looking at Rosse, who sat at ease.
Rosse at this moment was already comfortably reclined back in his beach chair, a tall wine glass in hand.
Noticing Kaido's stare, he even smiled and raised his glass in a distant toast, his relaxed posture as if he were just having afternoon tea.
'This guy… already came back, huh, that speed really is fast…', In his heart Kaido couldn't help but grow more wary.
His clash with Zunesha hadn't lasted long, yet from the moment Rosse discovered Zunesha, went off to do things, and returned, the interval was unbelievably short.
At the side, after calming the waves around the Jaygar, Gion turned to walk toward Rosse, glancing at Kaido with a look carrying some subtle meaning.
Kaido's staring was too obvious. As someone who knew the inside story, she understood all too clearly why.
She even knew what Kaido was surprised about.
But in reality, what Kaido saw, wasn't it only what Rosse wanted him to see?
Gion understood in her heart. At the moment she had just gotten up from Rosse's arms, what stood there was already just a clone.
As for when Rosse left, or if he had left even earlier, she couldn't tell, nor did she care to investigate.
If Rosse needed, she would give her all to cover for him, even willingly act as his substitute, completing the illusion he wanted to create.
It was just that with Rosse's strength, he didn't need her for such things. And she wouldn't do them well either. Most likely she'd only mess things up.
Better to just keep getting stronger.
Thinking this, Gion drew her Konpira from her waist, knelt on one knee and held it up with both hands in front of him.
Seeing this, Rosse chuckled, "Just barely wrapped your Conqueror's Haki not long ago, and you already used it up? Keep feeling it. Maybe in a few more months you'll be able to master the technique of wrapping."
Saying that, Rosse took Konpira, and Conqueror's Haki wound along the hilt, covering the blade.
This was an extremely advanced usage of Conqueror's Haki, the same principle as when it had been attached to the Poneglyph before.
Only, once attached to the blade, the user, under Rosse's permission, could borrow his Conqueror's Haki to unleash Conqueror's coating.
Back when Gion faced Tsuru, that was exactly how she had used Conqueror's coating.
Otherwise, with Gion's strength only a little above Tsuru, she wouldn't have been able to suppress Tsuru completely in one strike.
But also because that Haki didn't belong to her, she hadn't been able to fully use it. Otherwise, that one strike would have been enough to turn Tsuru into a mist of blood.
"I'll master it as quickly as possible!"
Gion took back Konpira, hugging the sword as she leaned into Rosse's arms, letting his hand rest on her thigh.
Anyway, she could feel and learn anywhere, and she was used to training in Rosse's embrace.
Really, after a few days passed, Rosse wouldn't have time to let her monopolize him anymore.
Though she didn't mind that. In fact, she somewhat liked the group play scenes. Still, these one-on-one chances were rare, so she cherished them greatly.
Of course, it wasn't as if there weren't other women of Rosse on board.
But Olvia wasn't in her eyes at all. In fact, even Toki didn't compare, and she couldn't treat her as equal.
As for Black Maria and Hiyori, even less worth mentioning, their ages were far too y*ung for Rosse to even lay hands on.
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