"Pfft! Cough... cough..."
Kaido Meow climbed up from the ground and spat out the blood in his mouth. He shook his head vigorously, shaking off the dust and snowflakes clinging to his fur, and slowly stood up.
"Phew—so this is Conqueror Haki meow?"
Feeling the newly emerged power within his body, Kaido Meow subconsciously clenched his claws.
Even though he had only just awakened it, the quality of Kaido Meow Conqueror Haki was not poor at all.
Furthermore, because he had constantly heard Sherwin mention it and had attempted to trigger it before, Kaido Meow naturally utilized Conqueror Infusion the moment he got the hang of it.
Although Kaido Meow infusion was slightly inferior to Kaido in terms of Haki intensity and experience, with the unique abilities of the Eight Calamities Commandments and the combat techniques of the Monster Hunter world, he actually gained a slight upper hand in that exchange just now.
This was also the first time a victor had been decided since the two Kaidos began fighting... though the difference was extremely minute.
Kaido, who had also climbed up from the ground, rubbed his shoulder. Under the powerful recovery of the Ancient Zoan Fruit, the slight burn marks healed rapidly, though the bone beneath his skin still felt a stinging pain.
"Worororo! You truly possess the qualities of a king! However..."
Not only was Kaido not angry after suffering a small setback, but he instead laughed wildly again.
Then, he shook his head with some regret, or perhaps lack of understanding. "To think your Conqueror Haki awakened because of that rebellious child of mine? It turns out you're just like that old geezer Whitebeard, fond of playing these house-playing games."
"No, I don't intend to adopt others like Whitebeard did..."
Kaido Meow flicked his tail. "I just can't stand the way you treat your daughter meow!"
"Hmph! My son, I'll raise him however I want!"
"It exactly because of that attitude that your daughter would rather become that idiot Kozuki Oden than follow your arrangements meow."
By now, Kaido Meow was no longer angry. Kaido values and way of thinking were completely different from his own this wasn't something that could be changed through mere argument.
And so...
"Talk is useless! Even without the matter of Yamato, I will give you a good lesson on behalf of the Hunter meow!"
Eight Calamities: Amatsu Mode!
Storms swirled around the Eight Calamities Ring once again, but this time, the gale was thick with dense water vapor...
"Adamant: Great Storm Divine Strike meow!"
The continuously rotating airflow, carrying a stream of water similar to a Fish-Man Jujutsu: Sea Current Overcurrent Throw, shot toward Kaido like a cannonball.
"Adamant: Kabura!"
Kaido, refusing to be outdone, swung out a pillar of club-shaped energy, but it was crushed by Kaido Meow water pillar.
He opened his mouth and exhaled a Heat Breath, which was still easily annihilated by the stream of water.
It wasn't until he swung the Received Eight Gates again, smashing it directly against the water pillar, that he managed to intercept Kaido Meow technique.
Originally, relying on the Eight Calamities Ring and the Monster Hunter style, Kaido Meow could fight Kaido to a draw. Although there was a time limit, he could maintain a stalemate until his physical strength and body completely gave out.
Now that he had awakened Conqueror Haki and mastered the technique of Conqueror Infusion, it was only natural that he could suppress Kaido.
And Kaido now realized this as well...
Damn it, I should have gotten a more powerful weapon too!
Kaido, who had always been confident in his own strength and only required his weapons to be sturdy and durable, felt envious of someone else weapon for the first time in his life.
Forget his newly forged Received Eight Gates even the Eight Trigrams he had used for years was nowhere near as good as Kaido Meow Eight Calamities Ring, which possessed various abilities.
As expected, I must find a way to kidnap Vegapunk!
Kaido, who had been completely led astray, once again set his sights on a certain apple-headed individual, and this intention became increasingly firm.
But before that, he had to find a way to defeat this Felyne who shared his name and the same Fruit ability...
Kaido did not know that Kaido Meow ability to maintain strength and speed equal to or even greater than his own came with a time limit and a price. Even if he did know, given his personality, he likely would not have chosen to avoid the fight.
"Gundari: Ryuseigun!"
Far from retreating, he instead took the initiative to launch an attack.
"Gundari: Meowseigun!"
In order to polish his newly acquired Conqueror Coating technique, Kaido Meow chose not to activate the abilities of the Eight Calamities Commandments.
Relying solely on the Monster Hunter style and his freshly learned Conqueror Coating, he clashed with Kaido.
The newly added power of Conqueror Coating alone was not enough for him to quickly finish off Kaido, nor could it change the fact that he would eventually lose if the battle continued this way.
Since that was the case, it was better to delve as deeply as possible into this newly mastered power. If he could take a step further and find a way to defeat Kaido, that would naturally be best if he couldn't...
Wano Country would likely suffer a heavy blow.
Although Klee Meow was well-behaved, she lost all sense of restraint when it came to explosions. Jinx was even more of a troublemaker who wanted to see the world in chaos, and then there was Suika Meow, who stayed drunk all day long.
Yes, Kaido Meow, just like Sherwin and Huamei, held a pessimistic view regarding the destruction that "Big Baby" could cause.
"Dammit! Are you looking down on me?!"
Unaware of the specific situation and only feeling that he was being underestimated, Kaido angrily swung the mace in his hand, smashing it toward Kaido Meow with even greater ferocity.
The large Maine Coon didn't bother to explain. He continued to parry and counter without activating his weapon special effects.
In truth, he would have preferred to use a combination of weapon effects and Conqueror Coating to contend with Kaido.
Unfortunately, without using moves like Link Time or demon mode, he wouldn't be able to keep up in terms of speed.
Therefore, he could only fight using this currently more exhausting method.
"Big Brother Kaido won't be able to hold on for much longer, meow... hic!"
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Suika Meow, who was also a blunt-strike type Felyne, stopped drinking. Her expression was solemn as she stared at the "Dragon Felyne" displayed on the screen projected by the Visual Den Den Mushi, murmuring under her breath.
Without considering Devil Fruit abilities or external items, Suika Meow strength consistently ranked in the top three among all the Felynes. Naturally, she could see the problem Kaido Meow was currently facing.
This was also thanks to Purah Meow multiple upgrades to the Surveillance Den Den Mushi, which allowed the flying guardian carrying it to capture clear images and magnify them accurately even from a great distance...
Even the sound recording function wasn't lacking.
It was precisely because of this that Yamato, hearing Kaido Meow stand up for her, was still covered in tears and snot.
"But hasn't Brother Kaido already awakened Conqueror Haki? He even had the upper hand just a moment ago."
Shirahoshi, who was now somewhat capable herself, asked in confusion.
"Stupid Shirahoshi! Even if you can't learn demon mode, you should know that maintaining that state consumes a lot of energy, right? Not to mention the Hunter Time Sherwin developed based on that. Even if he keeps gulping down Haibara Angel Medicine, he won't be able to hold out for long, meow!"
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Jinx explained to Shirahoshi while patting her head with feline paws.
"Ah! Then fat... won't he be in danger? Should we go and back him up?"
Yamato, who had been wiping away tears just a moment ago, suddenly panicked. She picked up Takeru and intended to help Kaido Meow beat up her own biological father.
Well, it was a classic case of a "filial" daughter.
Besides, you were just about to call Kaido Meow "Father," weren't you? You really wanted to recognize a Felyne as your dad, didn't you?!
The Felynes, along with Robin and Baby 5, all looked over with speechless expressions.
However, considering Yamato previous obsession with becoming Kozuki Oden, such a thought didn't seem so strange for her after all.
"Don't worry, with Kaido strength, he won't be defeated that quickly meow." Hiko Seijuro flicked his ears and reassured her.
"Furthermore, he is currently using your father hand to train his Conqueror Haki infusion technique it better not to disturb him for now meow."
"If things really go wrong, we will naturally take action meow." Huamei took over the conversation.
"The other Kaido is your father after all you should just wait and see how things develop meow."
Purah Meow followed up by saying, "The Flying Guardians I sent out aren't just for transmitting images meow~ Check-it!"
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Yamato finally felt relieved, muttering under her breath, "That bull-headed gorilla was actually planning to blow me up, so why should I still acknowledge him as my father..."
The Felynes had no way to respond to that only Robin stepped forward to gently pat her shoulder.
Right at that moment, Klee Meow energetic voice drifted down from the sky.
"Haibara sister, Huamei sister, we're back meow! Did Kaido brother beat that bad Kaido meow?!"