One Piece: I, a scum of the navy, became an admiral Chapter 196

Kaido took Borsalino’s “Light-Speed Kick” head-on.

Immediately, a savage aura flashed in his eyes, and his arm was instantly covered in Busoshoku Haki, shimmering with crimson lightning.

“Borsalino, get out of my way!!”

His eyes burned with furious flames, and his aura surged chaotically around him. He raised his right fist high, tendons and veins bulging beneath his skin, muscles tensed.

In an instant, he smashed it towards Borsalino with a force like thunder.

Just as his fist was about to hit Borsalino, his body had already elementalized, transforming into countless light particles.

With a dull thud, Kaido’s fist slammed heavily onto the ground.

A visible circular shockwave spread out from the point of impact like a surging tide.

Meanwhile, Borsalino, with his hands in his pockets, appeared beside Allen.

A surprised expression appeared on his face, and he teased with a smile:

“How scary~ I almost got taken out~”

Allen’s mouth twitched at the remark, and he rolled his eyes at Borsalino.

Do you want to exaggerate more? Kaido’s attack didn’t even touch the hem of your clothes.

Not to mention Kaido is already severely injured; I wouldn’t believe you if you said you weren’t slacking off during that kick.

“Vice Admiral Borsalino, Kaido is injured now. Don’t you want to join in and get some military credit?!”

Unfortunately, Allen’s situation wasn’t much better. If Borsalino hadn’t come, he would have considered eating a “Senzu Bean” to forcefully keep Kaido there.

He couldn’t even imagine how rich the rewards for killing Kaido would be.

While killing the “Strongest Creature” wasn’t realistic, the rewards for defeating him wouldn’t be much worse.

A cunning glint flashed in Borsalino’s eyes, and he helplessly spread his hands.

“The opponent is Kaido, after all. It’s too dangerous, and besides, my mission is just to rescue…”

Allen secretly clicked his tongue at Borsalino’s reaction:

‘Damn it! This guy just wants to slack off… Danger and mission are all just excuses!’

Then, Allen seemed to think of something and gave Borsalino a meaningful look.

‘Or perhaps, Borsalino doesn’t want to see anything happen to Kaido. If Kaido is alive, it’s not just the Marines but also the World Government who will have a headache, which can relieve pressure on the Revolutionary Army…’

By now, Allen knew that getting Borsalino to take action was almost impossible.

After all, Borsalino was very likely the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army, with Dragon being the only one in the know.

No wonder he kicked other Supernovas one by one later, but when it came to Dragon’s son, Luffy, and his crew, he kept holding back, even lifting his leg until it was numb without kicking.

Seeing his attack miss, Kaido’s expression became serious.

“The situation is very unfavorable for me now!!”

Looking at the three people opposite him, after much hesitation, he made his choice.

Kaido quickly transformed into his Azure Dragon form. The colossal azure dragon, stepping on purple flame clouds, circled in the air above the island.

The sky instantly became covered in dark clouds, with lightning flashing and thunder rumbling.

Kaido looked down at the three from above, a violent, murderous aura spreading out.

“Marine brat, I’ll admit defeat this time. You won’t be so lucky next time!!”

As soon as his words fell, Kaido left without looking back.

Just then, three shimmering golden orbs fell from the clouds.

A look of joy appeared on Allen’s face when he saw them. He had originally thought this would end in a draw, but he didn’t expect to win.

Allen then walked towards the orbs, slowly reaching out to catch them.

“Reward acquired: Busoshoku Haki Fragment x 5 (from the Pirate World)”

“Current (Busoshoku Haki Advanced) possesses Busoshoku Haki Fragments x 10, 10/36 until next upgrade.”

“Reward acquired: Haoshoku Haki Fragment x 5 (from the Pirate World)”

“Current (Haoshoku Haki Intermediate) possesses Haoshoku Haki Fragments x 6, 6/18 until next upgrade.”

“Reward acquired: Kenbunshoku Haki Fragment x 5 (from the Pirate World)”

“Current (Kenbunshoku Haki Advanced) possesses Busoshoku Haki Fragments x 7, 7/36 until next upgrade.”

Looking at the generous rewards he had acquired, a smile couldn’t help but appear on Allen’s face.

As expected of Teacher Kaido, the rewards obtained were all rare items, especially Haoshoku Haki. Allen hadn’t seen many pirates possess it in the Sabaody Archipelago.

Just then.

A lazy, casual voice came from behind Allen.

“Oh dear, I accidentally let Kaido get away… what a pity~”

Looking at Borsalino’s smiling face, Allen couldn’t see any hint of regret.

“Vice Admiral Borsalino’s acting is really clumsy…”

Allen was in a good mood after getting the rewards he wanted, but he still complained.

Hearing Allen’s words, Borsalino’s smile visibly froze for a second, then he started to laugh it off.

“Hahaha~ Allen, what are you talking about? I don’t understand.”

Allen ignored Borsalino and walked over to Mihawk, greeting him.

“Mihawk, are you okay?!”

Mihawk rotated his shoulders, placing “Yoru” behind his back, and shook his head.

“I’m fine, just multiple fatal injuries. I won’t die yet.”

After all, Mihawk had gone all out against Kaido, unlike some people who only knew how to slack off.

A long time later.

Wano Country, Onigashima.

Kaido’s massive dragon body slammed into his own position, kicking up a huge cloud of dust.

“Damn it!!” A furious roar came from the smoke.

Hearing Kaido’s enraged voice, the pirates in the hall quickly started to flee.

“Mr. Kaido is angry, everyone run!!”

“If you don’t want to get beaten, run faster!”

In just a few moments, the pirates in the hall had completely vanished.

The smoke slowly dissipated.

Kaido had transformed into his human form, sitting on his exclusive chair, picking up a large jar of sake and chugging it.

“Mr. Kaido, what happened?!”

Looking at Kaido’s disheveled appearance, King’s eyes were filled with surprise and shock.

He didn’t understand how someone as powerful as Kaido always came back from outings covered in injuries.

“Gulp, gulp.” Kaido ignored him, still chugging sake. It seemed drinking could alleviate the pain in his body.

King looked around and didn’t find any trace of that suspender-wearing Queen, so he asked, puzzled:

“Mr. Kaido, weren’t you going to rescue that guy Queen?!”

Hearing this, Kaido slammed the sake jar in his hand onto the ground and growled.

“I couldn’t rescue him, and these injuries on me were left by them!!”

“Them?!” King asked, confused.

Who in the New World could beat Kaido like this?!

“It was that Marine kid again!!” Kaido sighed deeply, a hint of anger flashing in his eyes.

“Uh… this should be the second time you’ve fallen into their hands, right?!”

Looking at Kaido’s appearance, King continued,

“It’s alright, Mr. Kaido. They just had more people. As for Queen, we’ll just have to negotiate with the Marines…”