I teach kendo in the ninja world

"Defeat... Kaido?"

Moria lay on the ground, pondering Araki's words, and gradually fell into memories.

That was what happened 20 years ago. The fledgling hero of the West Sea took the many partners he recruited along the way and braved the wind and waves. They went out of the West Sea, crossed the Dianshan Mountain, traveled the great sea route, and entered the new world. The journey was unstoppable and was the most eye-catching event of that year. Supernova.

They were like-minded and made great progress, defeating famous pirates one after another, and finally came to Wano Country.

Here resides a remnant of the Rocks era and one of the overlords of the new world today - Kaido of the Beasts.

Although the enemy was very famous, Moria was not afraid at all. At that time, he believed in the power of himself and his companions on the ship.He firmly believed that there was no enemy that could not be defeated in front of them.

So, they landed in the Suzuo area of ​​Wano Country and encountered Kaido's pirate group.

At that time, the Beast Pirates were not able to reach the scale they are today. There were only two of the Three Disasters, the Six Soaring Sons and many real fighters were uneven, and the Barbarian Tyrant and the Gifter were still unknown.It can be said that the team has just opened, with only seven or eight people and two or three guns.

but!

Kaido, who has completed the transformation from fish to dragon, allows Moonlight Moria to see for the first time what true power is.

He almost single-handedly destroyed the entire Moonlight Pirates.

Even though Moria had devoured a large number of shadows of his subordinates to strengthen his strength before the war started, he still saw no hope of victory.It's even difficult to actually hurt Kaido.

In that year, the Moonlight Pirates, who were united as one, lost to Kaido, who could only fight alone.I witnessed with my own eyes that many old friends who had accompanied me along the way disappeared into the dragon's breath that penetrated the sky and the earth, but I was powerless.

Moriah's mind was completely shattered.

From then on, he lost all self-confidence and was unwilling to find new partners to restart his voyage. He no longer believed in his own strength to reach the top, and instead began to study external forces such as zombie corps.

Because he realized a truth - so-called partners, as long as they live, they will be lost.

He doesn't want to lose any partners again, so he might as well stick with the already dead zombies!

At the end of the memory, Moria looked at Araki's young appearance and said disdainfully: "How dare you, a brat like you, dare to claim that you want to defeat Kaido?"

"What, can't you?"

Araki's voice was slightly raised, "Or are you afraid of death?"

"Hmph, what a joke!"

Moria sarcastically said, "For real pirates, death is not a threat at all!"

"So you are so afraid of Kaido that you don't even have the courage to continue to fight against him?"

Araki continued to provoke him, "Do you remember those members of the Moonlight Pirates who were buried behind the bell?"

"you……"

At this moment, Moria was hit with the scar that she least wanted to mention in her heart.

Moria, although he is lazy, degenerate, and like a good-for-nothing fat house, but when it comes to love and justice, there are few people in the entire pirate world who can compare with him.

Otherwise, he would not be called the Hero of the West Sea.

Heroes are different from emperors. They are not just those who are strong.

At that time, Moria's personality charm was not inferior to anyone's.

And according to the development of the original timeline, two years later, Moria still dared to go alone into the core territory of Blackbeard, one of the four emperors, in order to find his missing crew members.Even though he might never come back, he would still never look back for the sake of his companions!

How could Moria like this not have any thoughts about Kaido, the beast who killed him once?

Even now, he probably doesn't know which one is more important in his heart, becoming the Pirate King or revenge against Kaido.

He just lacks confidence and confidence.

"Since you no longer believe in your own strength and want to rely on external forces to achieve your goals, instead of trusting those zombies, you might as well trust me."

Araki was talking eloquently, and his whole body was shining with a light of confidence. This light was particularly dazzling to Moriah.

But after thinking about the fact that the other party could easily defeat him, Moria became silent again.

Seeing that Moria was wavering, Araki didn't push too hard, because there happened to be an actor on the island who could help him achieve his last goal - to completely defeat Moria's last support.

"How about this,"

Araki pondered for a moment, "I know you need some time to think about it, and I also know that you regard the devil Oz as your trump card, so how about we make a bet?"

"...What bet?"

"A group of this year's supernova pirates have just arrived on this island. We might as well take them as a bet."

Araki said calmly, "I will give you time to activate Demon Oz, and we will bet on the outcome of Oz and this group of new pirates. If Oz wins, what I said will stop here. But if Oz Lost..."

"it is good!"

Moria agreed immediately, very simply.

He was already in a state of extreme hesitation, and this bet seemed to him to be a very good way to help him make a decision.

"Then, it's a deal. The heroes of the West Sea shouldn't be able to keep their word, right?"

Araki stretched out his palm.

"Humph!"

Moria also raised his hand, and the two palms of very different sizes touched together, and the bet was established!

……

……

At this time, the two main members of the Straw Hat Pirates did not know that they had been treated as bets.

Luffy and Zoro were shouting in the pirate forest looking for Brook. Unfortunately, Sanji, Nami, Robin and others who were supposed to retreat to the pirate ship and wait for them were also killed by Moria. His cadre, Princess Mononoke Perona, commanded a large number of zombies to chase them all the way. They were not able to return to the ship smoothly at all, but instead went deeper and deeper on the island ship.

After making a sure-win bet with Moria, Araki took Hua Bing and Honglian and left the ruined central castle and came to another luxuriously decorated palace.

"Guren, broadcast the battle situation outside."

Araki ordered as he sank into the soft sofa.

"Yes."

Honglian followed her words and began to form seals. After a moment, an unprecedentedly huge light red crystal ball appeared between her hands.It was a huge sphere with a diameter of more than one meter. After some debugging, the image of Moria appeared on it.

[Crystal Escape·Telescope Technique]!

However, Araki still felt that the screen was not enjoyable enough, so he turned to Hua Bing: "Can you enlarge the image here?"

"let me try."

Hua Bing shouted, "Ice Escape·Magic Mirror Ice Crystal!"

The white frost began to condense, forming an ice wall like a movie curtain in the hall.

"Guren, please bring the crystal ball closer."

After some adjustments, the two successfully projected the image on the large white screen.

"Then we just have to wait for victory."