"Kaido! I really take a fancy to you, kid. How about it? I'm planning to form my own pirate crew. Wanna join me?" On the shore, Charlotte Linlin asked Kaido, an intern of the Rocks Pirates, enthusiastically.
Standing beside her was Long Bread, his arms full of treasures.
"No way. I'm gonna form my own pirate crew too!" Kaido, with his muscular body and a mace on his shoulder, rejected Charlotte Linlin's recruitment without hesitation.
That's why he had made rapid progress in strength but had always remained an intern in the Rocks Pirates.
"Mmm~ Mmm, mmm~~" Charlotte Linlin burst into laughter, seemingly not minding at all. She took out a Devil Fruit from Long Bread and threw it to Kaido, saying, "Then take this as a gift from me!"
"What's this? A Devil Fruit?" Kaido asked curiously after catching the Devil Fruit.
"Yeah, this is the Fish-Fish Fruit!" Charlotte Linlin nodded and said, "Kid, I've always regarded you as my younger brother! Don't die so easily after you set sail! Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm~~"
"You're leaving now? The captain won't agree at this time!" Kaido looked at Charlotte Linlin in puzzlement and said.
"Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm~~ He doesn't have time to care about me now! And if I don't leave, I'll be in danger!" Charlotte Linlin shook her head and didn't explain anything to Kaido.
After chatting for a while, Charlotte Linlin took Long Bread and left by boat, leaving Kaido completely bewildered.
Only after seeing Charlotte Linlin leave did Fang Yi quietly heave a sigh of relief.
"Hey... Your name is Kaido, right?" After seeing Charlotte Linlin leave, Fang Yi came out from his hiding place and shouted to Kaido over there.
"Who are you?" Kaido glanced at Fang Yi. He didn't take this mere kid seriously at all.
"I'm Fang Yi, an intern of the Roger Pirates. You're Kaido, an intern of the Rocks Pirates, right?" Fang Yi smiled and said, "Your captain is in danger now! Aren't you going to rescue him?"
As Fang Yi spoke, he walked closer to Kaido.
At this time, he couldn't beat Charlotte Linlin, but Kaido, who was also an intern, shouldn't be that terrifying, right?
Moreover, as one of the future Four Emperors, he should be a good opponent to fight.
Kaido put the Devil Fruit away first and then looked at Fang Yi, saying, "I see. Thanks for the information! But... if you're trying to start a fight with me, you've got the wrong person. I'm different from an intern like you!"
"No no no... Don't misunderstand me. I have no intention of fighting, and I'm not interested in the Devil Fruit you have either!" Fang Yi shook his head, walked up to Kaido, and said, "I just came here to cooperate with you!"
"Cooperate?" Kaido sneered and said, "You're just a little kid. What right do you have to cooperate with me?"
"Really? That's such a pity!"
Fang Yi stood next to Kaido, looking at Charlotte Linlin who'd gone far away, and said, "Don't you wanna know why she left in such a hurry?"
Kaido frowned and asked, "What do you know?"
"I know a lot! It depends on whether you need a partner. So, am I qualified now?" Fang Yi took the opportunity to pat Kaido's arm and said.
"What's your aim?" Kaido looked at Fang Yi and asked.
"Two senior cadres beside Rocks have been defeated. Charlotte Linlin failed to attack Rocks and fled in a hurry! Tell the other cadres of the Rocks Pirates this news!" Fang Yi glanced at the system prompt that he'd successfully completed the check - in on Kaido. His eyes flashed with a glint, and he said with a smile.
"I get it... You wanna use this news to mess with their morale and stop them from saving the captain!" Kaido instantly grasped Fang Yi's purpose.
"Sure! So, it's not too much to ask you to do me this favor with this info, right?" Fang Yi asked with a smile.
"But... now I know it, and I haven't promised you anything! Then why should I do it?" Kaido looked at Fang Yi with great interest and laughed loudly, saying, "Hahaha... A kid's just a kid!"
"Tsk tsk tsk... They say the Rocks Pirates are super powerful. I didn't expect there'd be a fool like you on your ship!" Fang Yi said with a light smile, shaking his head, his face full of sarcasm.
"Damn kid! What'd you say?" Hearing this, Kaido waved his mace and smashed it right at Fang Yi.
"Got angry already?" Fang Yi easily dodged Kaido's attack and laughed loudly, saying, "Then let's have a go... We're both interns. No way I can't beat you!"
"Damn kid, you'll pay for this thought!" Kaido's eyes sharpened, and he rushed straight towards Fang Yi.
Actually, Fang Yi didn't really mean to fight Kaido just then. He just wanted Kaido to mess with the morale and cut off Rocks' reinforcements.
But he didn't expect Kaido to notice so soon and refuse to cooperate. So he deliberately provoked him to test his strength.
If Kaido was too strong for him, he'd immediately back down and use "persuasive talk" on him.
But after Kaido made a move, Fang Yi was pleasantly surprised to find that though Kaido was strong, his speed was obviously slower than his. That's why he made the following provocation.
"Boom~~!"
"How could this kind of attack work on me? Don't look down on me!" Fang Yi dodged Kaido's mace and shot an arrow at him right away.
"Bang!" The arrow hit Kaido, but it was like hitting steel and didn't hurt him. It just stopped his attack.
Kaido looked down at the place where the arrow had hit, then looked up at Fang Yi and said, "Kid, it hurts!"
"Damn it... Are they really all monsters?" Seeing his attack still had no effect, Fang Yi was almost on the verge of a breakdown.
What on earth are these monsters?
It was clearly hit, but no damage was done at all.
"Kid, now... it's your turn!" Seeing that Fang Yi's attack couldn't harm him, Kaido immediately rushed towards Fang Yi with an eerie laugh.
Then he found that Fang Yi was much faster than him. Especially after entering the forest, he became a sitting duck and couldn't make an effective counter - attack at all.
Although Fang Yi's arrows couldn't break through his defense, he still felt pain after being hit, which made him even more furious.
"Kid, get out here! If I catch you, you're dead meat!" Kaido shouted loudly while searching for Fang Yi in the forest.
However, Fang Yi ignored him and started to charge his attack while hiding in the bushes.
Since ordinary arrows couldn't hurt him, then he'd try his most powerful attack method. If it still didn't work, then he'd have to run away.
"Whoosh!"
An extremely fast arrow shot towards Kaido from the side. But with his beast - like sense of smell, Kaido sensed the danger. However, he only had time to turn around before the arrow hit his shoulder.
"Ugh..." With a muffled groan, Kaido was sent flying several meters by the huge force carried by the arrow before he stopped.
"Fucking hell! Is he even human?" Looking at the powerful force of the charged arrow, but only the tip of it had penetrated into Kaido's muscle, Fang Yi couldn't help but curse.
Although no skills were triggered, Fang Yi knew that the arrow just now was his most powerful shot in his normal state, but it still couldn't cause enough damage to Kaido.
So, instead of gambling with Kaido here, it was better to leave earlier. He still had no idea how Shanks and Bucky were doing!
"Big guy, I didn't expect your skin to be so tough. Let's call it a draw this time! Next time we meet... you'd better watch out!" Putting away his bow and arrow, Fang Yi quickly retreated towards the city.
Although Kaido had suffered a bit, he knew that he had no way to deal with the other guy in the forest, so he simply didn't continue to pursue. After thinking for a while, he walked towards the coastline.
On the other side, in the main battle in the center of the city, Rocks was fighting against two opponents. Although he was at a disadvantage, Roger and Garp were also in a tough situation. All three of them suffered severe injuries.
"Huff... Huff... Rocks, surrender! You've got nowhere to run today!" Garp's forehead and cheeks were injured, so he looked extremely scary with blood all over his head at the moment.
"Gah ha ha ha... Garp, what nonsense are you talking about? I still haven't played my trump card yet. After so much time, the reinforcements from your Navy and the World Government should be arriving soon, right? You don't care about the lives of the Celestial Dragons, but... can they afford not to care?" Rocks said with a big laugh.
Garp and Roger's expressions changed. If those idiots from the World Government came, they might really ruin the good situation.
"Rocks! What on earth is your goal? Do you think you can rule the world just with some Celestial Dragons? How naive!" Roger said seriously.
"You're Gol D. Roger, the one who's been making waves lately, right? I never thought you'd be this powerful! So, how about it? Why don't you join us? You can have whatever you want then!" Instead of heeding Roger's advice, Rocks started to lure him into joining the Rocks Pirates.
"Stop talking nonsense... I'm not like you!" Roger flat - out refused Rocks.
"Gahaha... You're one determined guy! Then, Garp... If you and your crew back off now, I'll release half of the Celestial Dragons. What do you think?" Rocks knew that if the fight continued, things would get pretty bad.
By this time, most of the urban area in God Valley was in ruins, but the Celestial Dragons' palace remained intact. This was the tacit understanding among the three of them.
They all knew the Celestial Dragons were in there. If they were killed, things would really turn into a mess. So, even though Rocks didn't leave many guards, neither Roger nor Garp sent their crews to attempt to rescue the Celestial Dragons. They were afraid that if they did, Rocks might really go all out and destroy all the Celestial Dragons.
Meanwhile, Fang Yi, who went to the Celestial Dragons' palace in search of Shanks, found he couldn't get in.
One of the cadres of the Rocks Pirates, Silver Axe, who had fought Roger before, was guarding above the palace gate. Anyone trying to enter would alert him.