Kaido stared at his beloved kanabo.
A deep crack ran across it—left behind by a single slash.
His arms trembled, his face contorted in disbelief, and before he could stop it, a mouthful of thick, black blood spilled from his lips.
"Ggh...!"
His eyes shifted downward—to a single man standing on the battlefield below.
Vice Admiral Tachibana Kyūjō.
This wasn't their first encounter. In fact, their last clash hadn't even been half a year ago.
Back then, Kaido had been on a drunken rampage near the G-9 Naval Base. Akainu had led the defense... with Kyūjō fighting beside him.
But even so…
Back then, he hadn't felt this kind of threat.
In Kaido's mind, Kyūjō was just a swordsman. A fast one, sure. Strong, too—maybe even Admiral level—but still clearly below that peak.
Soone with a sharp blade and keen reflexes, but ultimately… fragile.
He hadn't even landed a clean hit on the guy before.
Still, Kaido never saw him as a true danger.
Even if Akainu and Kyūjō tead up, Kaido believed they could, at best, wear him down—but never defeat him.
That was then.
But now…
Was he just holding back all this ti?
Kaido's gut twisted.
That slash just now—it wasn't just strong.
It was devastating.
For the first ti in years, Kaido felt pain.
And from soone he thought he had already figured out.
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From a distance, Akainu and Aokiji both looked over with strange expressions.
They had just witnessed Kyūjō force Kaido back—with a single strike—and even drew blood.
It wasn't a good feeling.
Sure, they were all on the sa side.
But seeing a younger subordinate outshine them so cleanly… yeah, it stung a bit.
And perhaps because of that lingering irritation—the blow to their pride—they grew even more relentless in their assault on Big Mom.
As if to vent their frustrations on her.
But this was no ordinary pirate they were up against.
No matter how much pain she endured, her body—hardened like steel—began to adjust, responding to the damage.
And finally… Big Mom snapped back.
The monstrous aura of a true Yonko surged.
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Her eyes burned with fury.
She no longer cared about the Admiral's attacks slamming into her body like cannonballs.
With a chilling grin, she scread—
"Ma...ma...ma...! TH...REE... THOUSAND... LI!!"
The mont her voice echoed through the sky—
Napoleon, her Emperor Sword, flared to life. A brilliant blue light exploded from its blade, crackling with lightning, engulfed in fire.
Through the power of her Soul-Soul Fruit, she poured those elents into a new monstrous creation—a massive energy entity shaped like a woman, glowing with blazing blue light.
A shockwave blasted outward, knocking Akainu and Aokiji back several ters.
"Three Thousand Li (Misery), destroy them all!!"
With a wild swing of her sword, Big Mom sent the spirit charging toward the two Admirals.
The entity responded imdiately—its form large, sentient, and terrifying.
Its clawed hands, now wreathed in both fire and lightning, reached toward them with intent to crush both n in one blow.
Akainu scowled.
A re construct dares challenge him?
"You think you can take on...?"
Lava dripped from his arm as he raised it.
Then—BOOM!
His entire right arm transford into a titanic fist of molten rock, the size of a mountain.
"Hellhound Crimson Lotus!!"
He slamd it forward—straight toward the rampaging spirit.
anwhile, Aokiji took a different approach.
Rather than deal with the summoned entity, he aid directly at Big Mom herself.
Ice spread rapidly across his arm as he gathered the full power of his Hie Hie no Mi.
Then he launched it.
"Ice Block: Pheasant Beak!!"
A massive ice phoenix, shaped with crystal clarity, soared through the sky. Everything it touched—earth, trees, even flas—froze instantly, turning into sparkling statues of ice.
The temperature plumted.
The entire sky turned white.
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Big Mom gritted her teeth as the giant ice bird closed in.
She knew.
She couldn't afford to waste another second.
If she didn't escape now... she was going to die here.
And Kaido?
She glanced toward him—he was no better off.
Instead of helping, Kaido was getting wrecked.
He was being overwheld—cornered by Garp and Tachibana Kyūjō, two of the world's top powerhouses.
This was bad.
Really bad.
In his current hybrid form, Kaido only had one horn left. The other had been sliced clean off by Rairyūken, Kyūjō's infamous Black Blade.
His body was torn—slashes, bruises, blood everywhere.
His chest, back, arms, legs—all marked with vicious injuries.
In just a few dozen minutes, Kaido had suffered more damage than he had in his entire life.
If not for his mythical Zoan regeneration, he would've fallen long ago.
Still, Kaido wasn't down yet.
Because that's just how durable he was.
But the gap was becoming clear.
Garp, half a step away from the throne of a true King…
And Kyūjō, already clawing toward the peak of the world…
Kaido was being crushed between them.
And yet—even now—Kyūjō hadn't used everything.
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In the shadows of the battlefield, another force lay in wait.
Their allegiance?
Still unclear.
Friend… or foe?
— — —
Big Mom's eyes trembled as she watched Kaido falter.
Then she looked up, summoning a ball of roaring fla above her head.
She reached up and grabbed it—Protheus, the fireball forged from a fragnt of her soul.
"Mama, mama!"
"Don't throw away! I can still help! I can still fight!"
"Mama, please! Don't leave ! If you toss like this... I'll really die! Let Zeus protect you instead!"
But Big Mom didn't flinch.
Without a word, she forced Zeus to ascend faster, shooting toward the sky—toward where Kaido hovered.
And Protheus?
She hurled him directly at the approaching ice phoenix.
The fireball scread all the way down.
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