Chapter 162 Humble Before, Arrogant After
It wasn't an illusion— Kaido really was coming straight for him.
Brett felt quite troubled. Couldn't he just quietly leave with Doflamingo?
He had no intention of trading blows with Kaido. Being able to suppress experts like Katakuri and King was already sufficient. Wanting to defeat an enemy like Kaido right now was somewhat wishful thinking.
Though Kaido could fly, honestly speaking, flight achieved by clinging to clouds was considerably slower than Brett's electric current propulsion and Moon Walk.
Brett shot backward to create distance, and Kaido couldn't do anything about it.
"Brat!"
Kaido was somewhat annoyed. He opened his mouth and breathed out scorching flames condensed into a pillar that roared forward.
At this moment, Brett even wanted to have a passionate heat breath exchange with Kaido.
But he ultimately restrained himself.
Otherwise, if his abilities were truly exposed, Kaido would go completely insane.
Brett simply calmly shot to one side to dodge. The scorching flames could only helplessly brush past him.
Kaido was somewhat helpless. If they were on the ground it would be fine, but in the air, he indeed couldn't catch up to this kid before him.
Hmm?
He suddenly turned back.
"King! Behind you!"
On King's back as he flew through the sky—no, behind Doflamingo—an air door opened once again.
The pale-faced man burst out from the air door, his hand reaching directly toward Doflamingo.
"Do you take me for a fool?"
After emergency treatment with strings, Doflamingo's injuries had recovered considerably. With Kaido's advance warning, his reaction was quick. Strings gathered into a whip that lashed toward the pale-faced man.
But the pale-faced man reacted faster. He grabbed Doflamingo's string whip and yanked hard, forcibly pulling Doflamingo over.
Doflamingo cried out in alarm, clearly not realizing the power gap between them was this large.
But fortunately, there was still King.
Flames rose up. King spun in the air, his flame-wreathed black wings sweeping toward the pale-faced man.
Though the pale-faced man always looked worried, his Observation Haki was actually quite formidable, and his Moon Walk mastery was considerable. He casually shot through the air to dodge King's attack, then continued pressing toward Doflamingo.
"Bastard!"
King cursed angrily. Was he completely ignoring him?
The sky erupted in battle again.
"Damn bastards!"
Kaido, frustrated in his pursuit of Brett, snorted coldly. Since he couldn't catch up, forget it.
He turned, about to go pummel that pale-faced man to death.
"Brett! Keep it up!"
A enthusiastic cheer suddenly rang out from below.
Brett didn't need to look down to know it was that woman Stussy.
This could be understood as the government requesting he delay Kaido one last time, right?
How troublesome.
But actually, it didn't matter.
It wasn't impossible to try.
The internal destruction technique was already very close.
He just needed one final stimulus.
Then let's try it!
The energy stored in his body hadn't diminished at all—enough to deliver an earth-shattering punch.
Brett transformed into lightning once more, speeding forward rapidly.
"Brat!!"
Kaido, who was preparing to pummel that pale-faced man to death, suddenly whipped around. His expression was extremely rigid, his face already cold as snow.
Black lightning rose from the kanabo in his hand.
Brett charged forward, with no intention of dodging this time.
He clenched his fist—vibrations, Haki, lightning, and then finally, energy began transforming.
This kid is looking for death!
Kaido sneered coldly, raising his kanabo high. "Thunder Bagua!!"
Powerful Conqueror's Haki and equally strong Armament Haki simultaneously wrapped around the iron club. Just swinging it made the clear sky seem to thunder.
That's why it was called Thunder Bagua!
Brett took a deep breath. This was the first time directly facing the top-tier powerhouses of the sea!lm
"Current Propulsion —
KING'S FIST!''
BOOM!
The sky seemed to explode.
Roaring shockwaves became fierce winds sweeping down, almost instantly turning the venue below into chaos.
"N-no way!!"
Charlotte Smoothie could hardly believe her eyes. "Are my eyes playing tricks on me? That guy—that guy is fighting Kaido?"
Not just her—all the Charlotte Family officers looked like their worldviews had collapsed.
Even the usually calm Katakuri now had wide eyes.
Had this man been hiding his strength all along?
In the sky, the iron fist wreathed in invisible vibrations collided with the iron club wreathed in black lightning.
No—they clashed without touching.
Brett couldn't strike from a distance, but Kaido could.
Brett's expression changed.
This was the first advantage of Haki coating—Kaido could attack him, but his own Haki could barely reach Kaido.
Then Brett truly felt Kaido's tremendous power.
Too outrageous!
King's strength was already formidable enough, but before Kaido he was no different from a child!
Overwhelming power, overwhelming Haki!
This was why Kaido was called the strongest creature.
Brett was sent flying.
Like a cannonball shooting backward.
Still far too lacking.
As Brett flew backward, he thought this. That strike should have successfully deployed internal destruction, but it still wasn't enough.
He'd need to wait for his body to develop further, then master Haki coating and deploy his abilities before possessing the strength to face Kaido head-on.
But that was for direct confrontation—if it was an all-or-nothing King's Fist—
On the other side, Kaido was also flying backward.
Clouds caught him, stopping his body.
The world's strongest creature's eyes were filled with shock.
The people in this world who could take his attacks should be countable on one hand!
Was this brat already one of them?
Brett steadied himself and flashed Kaido a smile.
"Hahahaha!! Incredible!!"
Below, Morgans danced excitedly, jumping up and down. "Though it was just one move, he really was evenly matched with a monster like Kaido!"
Stussy thought to herself—this was Brett's true strength!
Fish-Man Island had produced an unprecedented monster. Even the government would have to seriously consider their opinions now.
"Mamama! Well done, Brett!"
Loud laughter rang out from below as Charlotte Linlin rode clouds skyward.
"Don't let them escape!"
Kaido glared at Brett with extreme displeasure.
He turned and flew toward King's direction.
Though reckless, he wasn't stupid. Fighting both that kid and Linlin simultaneously would be suicide.
The pale-faced man entangled with King felt somewhat helpless.
With Kaido returning to defend, there was no need to continue fighting.
The air door opened again. Just as he was about to dive in, his expression changed.
Almost the next instant, two powerful Haki swept over simultaneously.
Kaido and Charlotte Linlin both glared.
The Haki penetrated the air door again, reaching inside.
Then, like a replay of the earlier situation, the air began trembling again, squeezing out three figures.
The horned man had fainted again and was falling straight down. The remaining two CP0 agents also fell with pale faces.
"How troublesome."
The pale-faced man sighed lightly, then without looking back, stepped on air toward the distant sky.
Fortunately, neither Kaido nor Charlotte Linlin bothered with him.
Kaido used clouds to wrap up King and Doflamingo, transforming into a dragon and soaring skyward.
"Kaido! Don't think you can escape!!"
Charlotte Linlin gave chase.
Brett smiled. Let the two old friends catch up—he wouldn't get involved.
He gently descended, landing on the previous cake platform.
"Haha, well done, Brett."
Tesoro walked over and elbowed him, chuckling quietly. "Now we can look forward to the Charlotte Family's reaction."
"Truly magnificent work, Brett!"
A syrup column rose before the cake platform. Perospero stood atop it, beaming. "You've been a great help this time. Worthy of being the family's closest friend—Mama will surely be grateful!"
"No," Brett said with a smile. "I didn't help at all. I still let Doflamingo be rescued by Kaido."
The Charlotte Family had lost tremendous face today, hadn't they? The wedding had been turned into this mess, and the groom had been snatched away by Kaido.
If Charlotte Linlin returned empty-handed in the end, today's wedding would certainly become the New World's laughingstock for a long time.
But—
"No, it's completely sufficient."
Perospero said solemnly. "The family will never forget this debt of gratitude."
He seemed genuinely grateful to Brett, as if Brett had really turned the tide.
Tesoro was absolutely right.
If he hadn't displayed strength capable of clashing with Kaido, would Perospero's attitude be this enthusiastic?
This world was truly realistic.
"Friend, please wait a bit longer while we first deal with the remaining fools."
Perospero bowed slightly.
The remaining fools, the Donquixote Family officers and the three CP agents who'd fallen from the sky—no, two. The weakest horned man had landed head-first and appeared to have breathed his last.
"Please, go ahead."
Brett smiled.
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