One Piece: The Legend of Beasts

"..."

The man stood at the window, looking out at the smoke-filled street below, seemingly lost in thought.

"He has two horns and is used to wielding a mace. I seem to have seen him somewhere before... Could it be him?"

He seemed to have thought of something, turned inside, and tore off a piece of paper from the wall. Looking at the portrait on the paper, a sly smile appeared at the corner of the man's mouth.

"It's true. Soldiers expelled from the kingdom have repeatedly destroyed the navy's prison ships. It would be a shame if I don't use such talents! Hahahaha!"

When the people on the street heard the steady voice, they all looked up and saw a strong man holding a naginata standing on the top of a tall stone pillar. He wore a white pirate hat and a cloak representing the captain's identity. The most eye-catching thing was his white beard that was like a crescent moon.

"Oh! It's Captain Newgate!"

"You're done, kid! No one can match him except the boss!"

When the pirates saw the newcomer, they jumped for joy as if they had met their savior. The young man ignored the reactions of the people around him, pointed his mace upwards and said coldly, "It looks like a guy who looks interesting has come. Unfortunately, I'm not interested in you. Call your leader out to fight me!"

"What a disrespectful boy..."

Newgate sighed and jumped down from the stone pillar. The ground shook violently, causing the surrounding pirates to lose their footing and fall to the ground. He stood up, holding the hilt of the knife with both hands, pointed the tip of the knife at the boy, and asked, "Before we start a war, I have something to ask you. Was someone sent you here?"

At this point, the image of a pirate emerged in his mind. His natural vigilance made him suspect that the actions of the young man in front of him were instructed by that pirate, but with the young man's answer, he immediately gave up this idea.

"only myself."

"Oh?" Newgate was a little surprised and asked, "Are you here just to challenge our leader?"

"I heard that there is a pirate named Rocks who is so strong that even the navy doesn't dare to hunt him down easily."

The boy smiled contemptuously, "So I'm going to fight him. If I win, you have to give me the position of leader of Pirate Island."

"This kid, are you serious?! You actually want to challenge Rocks!"

As soon as these words came out, the pirates present started to shout. If they were not much stronger than the young man, they would have definitely ridiculed him. Newgate couldn't help laughing, and tried his best to restrain his laughter and asked, "I haven't seen such an arrogant kid for a long time. Aren't you afraid of death?"

The boy answered firmly: "What is there to be afraid of? I have already died once."

His eyes revealed a hint of sadness for a moment, and then returned to normal the next moment, staring at the burly man in front of him.

Newgate was slightly stunned, then praised: "Very good, that's the look! But you've hurt so many of us, I'm sure you've made up your mind, right?"

His eyes flashed with a gleam of light, veins popped on his forehead, and a strong aura emanated from his body, causing countless small pieces of gravel to float in the air. However, the boy was not afraid at all, and laughed with contempt: "Oh, hehe, you are indeed different from others!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure appeared in front of Newgate in the blink of an eye, and he swung the mace with both hands and hit his chest. The speed was so fast that it was impossible for ordinary people to catch it with their naked eyes.

"Gulala! Interesting!"

Newgate praised, and at the same time swung the naginata at lightning speed. With a huge roar, the two weapons collided with each other, and countless black lightning burst out and spread to the surroundings. The pirates who were watching were affected by these two huge forces, and they foamed at the mouth and fell down.

Newgate was slightly stunned when he saw this, then stepped aside from the mace and asked, "You... also have the Conqueror Haki?"

"You are the same, even more powerful than mine..." The young man looked at his bleeding knuckles and couldn't help feeling frightened. If the fight had lasted longer, his weapon might have fallen off.

You can't win by head-on confrontation, you can only win by relying on skills.

With this idea in mind, the boy took a deep breath, and disappeared from the scene. In an instant, the afterimages left by the boy were everywhere, immediately covering Newgate.

Newgate stood still, eyes closed, like an old monk sitting still. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, leaped up, and aimed his naginata at a shadow from left to right, but missed. At the same time, the boy appeared behind Newgate, raised his mace and struck at his head. Newgate dodged sideways and swung his knife at the boy's waist. The boy raised his mace to block, and kicked out with his right leg. Newgate's left hand was covered with a layer of black domineering, and he grabbed the boy's ankle like lightning, turned around and threw him and his mace out. The boy turned over in mid-air to stabilize his body and quickly landed.

The two men confronted each other for a few seconds, then rushed towards each other at the same time. The maces and naginata kept colliding with each other, and then separated in an instant. Their footsteps never stopped, and a series of sonic booms were heard, as if the air was torn into several pieces. All the buildings collapsed wherever they passed, leaving everyone stunned.

"Oh hehe! It feels so good!"

With a hearty laugh, the young man swung the mace in his hand violently. Seeing the rapid attack, Newgate did not dare to take it head-on, so he dodged the attack and was about to counterattack, but the mace turned a corner in the air and flew towards the back of Newgate's head. Seeing that he could not dodge it anyway, Newgate glared, turned around at lightning speed, raised his naginata and swung it upwards, and a strong shock wave was suddenly released from the blade, which shook the high-speed rotating mace away and directly knocked down a wall.

In the blink of an eye, the young man rushed forward, his right fist condensed with powerful domineering power, and hit Newgate's chest hard. Even though Newgate covered his chest with armed color in time for defense, he still felt a piercing pain. He growled, and slapped the young man's cheek with the back of the knife, knocking him back several meters.

"Guuuu!" The boy felt a sweetness in his throat after such a violent impact. He clenched his teeth tightly and swallowed a mouthful of blood with a gulp. His eyes were still full of fighting spirit. He forced a smile and said, "Hu...Hu...What? Do you want to continue?"

"This kid is really troublesome. I can't help it. I'll just apologize to Rocks afterwards."

Newgate shook his head helplessly, clenched his fists, crossed his hands, and was about to attack. At this moment, dozens of dark red lightning burst out from the eyes of the skull building and hit the battlefield where the two were. Newgate felt his breathing stagnate and half-knelt on the ground, as if his heart and lungs were about to burst instantly. The horned boy lay directly on the ground, gasping for breath, sweating all over his body, as if his limbs were not his own, and he couldn't even move a finger. There were countless pirates lying on the street, none of them were awake.

The originally calm sea surface became turbulent, and rows of waves continued to erode the coastal towns. The thick clouds blocked the sun, making the entire sky gloomy, and dull thunder could be heard from time to time.

"Hahahaha! We've been fighting for so long, it's time to stop! Newgate, I want to see that boy, bring him to me! Don't make me say it a second time!"

The sharp and domineering laughter reached Newgate's ears, making him feel very uncomfortable. He muttered reluctantly: "Since you said so, it's hard for me to refuse, but before that, you have to put away this damn domineering color first!"

"I used too much force! Hahaha!" The voice laughed for a while and then gradually became silent. The sea surface returned to its usual calm, and the clouds gradually dispersed, allowing the sun to shine on the earth again.

Newgate placed the naginata on the ground, grasped the hilt and stood up with difficulty. He walked slowly to the boy and asked expressionlessly, "Do you want me to help you?"

"I don't need your help... Haha..." The boy struggled to get up, but fell to the ground again, his face full of surprise and dissatisfaction, "I really don't believe there is such a strong domineering..."

"I thought the same as you did at first." Newgate reached out and grabbed his clothes, then gently threw him to the side of an intact wall. "There are always people better than you. People who don't even know this can't survive on this sea."

"Stop lecturing me... cough cough!" The young man couldn't help but cough violently, "You weren't serious at all just now, were you?"

"Who knows?"

Newgate leaned against the wall, crossed his arms, and said calmly, "But you, brat, do you want to be a pirate? Rocks just said he wants to meet you in person. Do you want to go with me?"

The young man's eyes widened, a little bit unable to believe his ears. After a while, he collapsed to the ground and smiled bitterly: "Since I have lost, I will let you deal with me as you wish. I will not have any complaints."

"Gulala! Fortunately, I have confirmed that no one was injured or killed, otherwise I would have fought you to the death!"

Newgate grinned, helped the boy up, and limped with him towards the skull.

"You two kept me waiting."

In the wide hall, treasure chests and swords were placed in a disorderly manner, and the walls were filled with rows of torches, each torch burning with a dark green flame, making the already dark room look even more eerie. On the wall in the middle was a skull with a burning head, and below the skull was a middle-aged man sitting crookedly on a chair with his legs crossed. He had a sharp hedgehog head, was unkemptly dressed, and had a hideous smile on his face all the time, staring intently at the two people standing in front of him.

The boy was a little scared by his stare and couldn't help asking, "Are you Rocks?"

"Hey, watch your tone!"

"Hahahaha, you're such a bold kid. Call me whatever you want..." Rocks laughed, took out a piece of paper from his body and showed it to the boy, "The guy above, is you?"

The horned boy took a closer look and saw that it was a wanted poster issued by the World Government. On it was a picture of a boy with double horns and a ferocious face, and below it were three lines of words: DEAD OR ALIVE, KAI DOU, bounty 1.11 million.

Before the boy could speak, Rocks crumpled the note and threw it aside, saying with a smile, "If I'm not mistaken, your name is Kaido, and you were once a soldier of the Woka Kingdom, but now you're a single wanted criminal, right?"

The horned boy was stunned for a moment, and began to admire the mysterious boy in front of him. He still said coldly: "The investigation is very clear. But you, do you want me to be a pirate? It's not that easy..."

"Not just pirates."

Rocks interrupted Kaido, jumped up from his seat, landed in front of Kaido, poked his forehead with his finger, and smiled evilly, "And you have to be my right-hand man!"