Instant Retreat
No hesitation.
Kaido turned and ran.
His instincts had never failed him.
This terrifying feeling—he'd only experienced it twice before.
First time:
Escaping Mary Geoise. Encountering the blonde-suited Five Elder at the World Government building.
That unforgettable terror.
If not for his Demon Fruit's characteristics—if not for the Elder seeming uninterested in stopping him—
He'd be dead.
What Kaido didn't know:
The blonde-suited Five Elder had let him go because the curly-haired Elder's foresight showed something.
Kaido had crucial influence on the world's future.
Otherwise, having just consumed the Demon Fruit—not even reaching awakening—how could he have escaped someone who'd broken the boundaries between human and divine?
Second time:
Right now.
And this fear felt even more intense.
Could this Marine Admiral be stronger than that eight-hundred-year-old monster!?
The thought flashed through his mind.
No time to think further.
Only one thought remained:
FLEE.
Run fast. Get as far away as possible.
Survival Over Pride
Titles like "Four Emperor" or "World's Strongest Creature?"
Compared to his life?
Not worth half a penny.
Kaido's hobby was suicide—but only because those methods posed no real threat.
He knew that.
If he truly wanted to die?
Simple.
Bind hands and feet with Seastone. Jump into the sea.
Even with his ancient black dragon form, under the pirate world's power laws—
He'd definitely die.
Devil Fruit users fear the sea.
A supreme power law.
Unless you controlled the world's origin like Kai—
No way to avoid it.
Why No Devil Fruit?
So why didn't Kai—who could avoid the sea's curse—consume a Devil Fruit?
Simple reason:
None interested him.
Zoan types?
No desire to transform into other species.
Plus, having consumed the Divine Tree Fruit, his body had completely transformed to another level.
If a Zoan caused genetic changes?
Nowhere to cry.
Logia types?
Controlling natural elements might seem invincible to others.
A treasure worth billions of berries.
But in Kai's eyes?
Just average.
Logia fruits controlled one element at most.
His ninjutsu?
Could control ANY natural element.
Paramecia types?
Now THESE interested him.
Devil Fruits' mystical strangeness fully embodied in Paramecia:
Even Buggy's Chop-Chop Fruit—Kai believed they all possessed power surpassing Logia fruits.
Among these, only Whitebeard had developed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to second awakening.
Already hailed as world-destroying power.
Others?
Completely wasted.
Even Byrnndi World—the "World Destroyer"—had barely developed what Kai considered a stronger fruit than Whitebeard's to first awakening.
The Revive-Revive and Chop-Chop Fruits?
Don't even mention them.
If Devil Fruits had consciousness and knew they'd encountered such foolish users—
They'd cry themselves unconscious in the bathroom.
Though Kai coveted these abilities, he wasn't desperate to possess them.
Vaguely, his instincts told him:
A Devil Fruit was waiting for him.
Perfect Control
These thoughts flashed through Kai's mind instantly.
Kaido's massive black wings beat frantically.
Over a thousand meters distance in seconds.
Kai paid no attention.
Casually flicked his finger.
One Truth-Seeking Orb behind him rapidly changed form.
Became a sharp spear.
Following his finger flick, the pitch-black spear tore through the air toward Kaido.
Controlling the Naruto world's origin, Kai's use of Truth-Seeking Orbs absolutely surpassed Six Paths Madara and Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo.
Even the Sage of Six Paths?
Could only control them within a few hundred meters.
Six Paths Madara?
Even worse—unable to control beyond a hundred meters.
Kai?
Perfect control anywhere within his Kagura Mind's Eye sensing range.
This was the difference between controlling world origin and not.
Under his control, the Truth-Seeking Orb spear moved at nearly light speed.
Inescapable Binding
Instant.
The spear caught up to Kaido.
Pierced through his abdomen without resistance.
Then—Kai's thought—
The spear changed form.
Flowed like water across Kaido's body.
Finally forming four pitch-black shackles.
Locked onto wrists and ankles.
Under Kai's control, they restrained Kaido and flew him back.
"What..."
Kaido struggled briefly.
No escape from this bizarre substance's binding.
He stopped struggling.
But asked unwillingly:
"...what IS this thing!?"
Hatred colored his voice.
Mysterious Power
"Yin-Yang Release. Truth-Seeking Orbs."
Kai didn't hide anything.
Spoke directly.
"Do you understand?"
"Yin-Yang Release?"
Kaido looked completely confused.
"Truth-Seeking Orbs? What are those things!?"
How could someone from the pirate world know another world's power system?
"So you see..."
Kai shrugged.
Somewhat helpless.
"Even if I told you, you wouldn't know." His tone came matter-of-fact. "Why bother asking?"
Sudden shift.
His expression changed—as if thinking of something.
Looking at Kaido, he asked:
"But..."
Pause.
"...would you like to know?"
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