"Did you really find me? It seems like we're both quite lucky!!!"
...
Outside the large iron doors of Dock No. 1.
More and more Broo gathered here. The citizens had just arrived, witnessing with their own eyes the scene of this Demon God-like figure descending from the sky.
They were instantly stunned.
"Hey, am I seeing things?"
"That guy, is it... Kaido?!"
In the crowd, someone first recognized the identity of the massive figure and shouted out with a trembling voice.
"Kaido, who reigns over the seas like an Emperor, leading the Hundred Beasts Pirates?!!"
"The Four Emperors... why would a Four Emperor be here?!"
Fear spread like a plague, and the previously noisy waterway fell into a dead silence.
The faces of the onlooking citizens turned pale, some even collapsing to the ground, their teeth chattering uncontrollably.
"Run, run away!!!"
Someone screamed, and the crowd exploded, everyone started driving their Broo, turning and frantically fleeing backward, making the waterway crowded and chaotic with screams echoing everywhere.
"It's Kaido! It really is Kaido!"
"Isn't someone like him supposed to be in the New World? Why would he come to the Water Capital?!"
"We're doomed! Where's the Navy?! Where's the World Government?! Who's going to save us?!"
Desperate cries echoed, spreading into the silent void.
Kaido didn't care, already used to all of this. He downed his Wine Gourd in satisfaction before letting out a contented burp and looked across.
With the help of the moonlight, after clearly seeing Shano's face, Kaido was suddenly stunned and showed a confused and bewildered look:
"Did I get the wrong person again?"
Clearly, he sensed an extremely frightening presence while in the air, which was why he descended.
But this completely doesn't match up!
However... is there really such a strong presence in the first half of the Grand Line?
Maybe he could try recruiting!
"What do you mean, you got the wrong person, Kaido!"
Shano clenched his fists tightly, making a cracking sound. He couldn't help but laugh loudly when he heard it, "The main person is standing right in front of you, and you don't recognize him? Weren't you just calling my name?"
"You're Shano?"
Kaido furrowed his brows, took out a crumpled Bounty Order from his pocket, held it up to his eyes, and compared it to Shano's face.
He immediately showed a suspicious look.
"Is this you?"
The photo on the Bounty Order was of a handsome young man with a sword on his back.
But the man in front of him was obviously a burly, muscular man who seemed to have nothing to do with the word Sword Master.
"It's me."
Shano nodded.
"Who are you trying to fool? How can this be the same person!"
Kaido crumpled the Bounty Order into a ball and flung it down, shouting with sharp teeth:
"Do you take me for a fool? So easy to deceive?!!"
"Well, this is a bother..."
Shano sighed helplessly, and his whole body muscles suddenly began to contract.
Whiz!
Under Kaido's astonished gaze, the more than four-meter-tall burly figure transformed in the blink of an eye into the black-haired young man in the Bounty Order.
"How about now?"
Shano put his hands in his pockets, shrugged, and looked up at Kaido, "Do you recognize me now?"
"..."
Kaido's eyes bulged as he stared at Shano for a long time, finally snapping out of his shock. He picked up the Bounty Order from the ground and smoothed it out, comparing it cautiously back and forth this time.
His eyes finally burst with delight!
It seems to really be this kid!
Across the wide sea, spending so much time wasn't easy, was it!
Lucky he didn't make a mistake this time; he finally found the real deal!
"Woo-lalala, kid..."
Kaido grinned widely and was about to say something when—
"Roar——!!!"
A thunderous mammoth call suddenly sounded, and the entire ground of Dock No. 1 trembled with it!
Kaido swiftly turned his head, only to see a massive mammoth charging from afar, each step causing the ground to thunderously vibrate, with its thick ivory tusks reflecting a chilling gleam in the moonlight.