One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 594 Shanks' Request
"Squeak!"

When Kaido and Lily arrived at the square of Fishman Island, they saw Zhizhi holding two small flags standing in the middle of the arena as the referee, while Xia Ji and Buggy were on either side. Xia Ji looked relaxed, while Buggy gritted his teeth, determined to wash away the humiliation of the year. Behind the two of them, Taylor held his forehead helplessly, while the members of the Red Hair Pirates were watching the fun and holding up their drinks and food, cheering crazily on Buggy, if their obviously joking voices could be considered cheering.

"Woo-la-la-la-la-la, it looks like we've arrived at the right time, but why is Squeaky here?"

Kaido looked at the two people who were about to fight and burst into laughter.

"He ran away after he got here. Maybe he got bored on Onigashima. After all, Yamato and the others didn't go out to sea during their training, and Zhizhi is the type who can't sit still."

Lily looked at the battle in front of her helplessly. In her opinion, she had discovered that Buggy's current strength was at least on par with Xia Ji's. With Xia Ji's current indifferent attitude, she would most likely lose. But losing didn't matter. Xia Ji had been a little proud in recent years. It was just right for Bucky to hit her to see if she could work harder.

"Ah! Mr. Kaido! Mrs. Lily! Long time no see!"

At this time, Shanks noticed Kaido and Lily standing nearby, and ran over with a grilled scallop in his mouth and said.

"Wulal ...

Facing Shanks, Kaido did not show any displeasure. After all, he still liked this kid very much. He gave him the feeling of being very similar to Roger back then, and Roger was also the person he wanted to challenge back then.

"Long time no see, Shanks."

Lily nodded gently. The two little guys who used to fight with each other have now become independent pirates. Time flies.

"Hahahaha, it's okay, but I really want to meet Captain Roger."

Shanks scratched the back of his head and said sheepishly.

"Hey, hey, hey, Captain, do you really know the Four Emperors?"

While Shanks was chatting with Kaido and Lily, several members of the Red Hair Pirates were terribly shocked.

"Are those the Demon King Kaido and Demon Queen Rose Lily, two of the Four Emperors? Even just standing there makes me feel terrified. What a terrifying aura."

Hongo bit the bamboo stick in his mouth and stared at Kaido and Lily. He wanted to look away, but found himself fixed in place. An invisible gravitational force seemed to drag everything around him in the direction of Kaido and Lily, and the figures of Kaido and Lily became taller and taller in his eyes, like giant pillars reaching the sky. He went from looking from a distance to looking straight, and then looking up. His neck kept rising, and gradually, he seemed to hear a creaking sound from his cervical vertebrae, but he still couldn't control himself.

"Hey! Wake up!" Suddenly, a loud shout came from Lily's mouth, and the next second, Hongo broke away from the illusion in his mind and returned to reality. Everything around him was still normal, and even the battle on the field had not yet begun. The members of the Red Hair Pirates around him were looking at him with worry.

"Hey, Hongo, are you okay? Your expression just now didn't seem right."

Jesus looked at Ben Xiang's face which was slightly red and purple, and asked with concern.

"You guys, huh, you guys, didn't you see it just now?"

Hongo said with a look of doubt on his face. He didn't know whether what he saw just now was his hallucination or something else. Could it be that he was the only one who saw that scene? "What did you see?"

Beckman was also very curious. Although he was surprised by the appearance of Kaido and Lily, and amazed at the strong aura that emanated from them unconsciously, he did not feel anything strange.

"I, I don't know. To be honest, I seemed to be hallucinating just now."

Hongo swallowed and said a little nervously.

"Hallucination? What did you see? What happened? What attacked you?"

Laqi Lu put down the meat in his hand and looked at Hongxiang with concern. Although they often joked, bickered and played around, their relationship with each other was impeccable. Hearing that something was wrong with Hongxiang, Laqi Lu felt that the meat in his hand was not delicious anymore.

"The precursor to the awakening of Observation Haki is that overly sensitive nerves will cause the brain to amplify all senses uncontrollably, especially when encountering someone stronger than itself. The alarm given by the brain is too strong, which will affect itself. It's like many times when animals encounter strong dangers, they will scare themselves to death. It may sound ridiculous, but this is the norm when Observation Haki is about to awaken."

Just when everyone in the Red Hair Pirates was confused, Lily came over. Lily, who possessed the innate skill of listening to the voices of all things, had a lot to say about Observation Haki. In fact, this situation is not uncommon in Hongo. Many people whose Observation Haki are about to awaken but are still a little short of it will experience this situation. Overly sensitive nerves are sometimes a drag. Even when Lily had just awakened her Observation Haki, she suffered greatly from her overly sensitive nerves. Any slight movement around her would wake Lily up from her sleep, and it was not until she slowly controlled herself that she was relieved. This semi-awakening is even more fatal, because in this state, the nerves are highly tense and even cannot be controlled by oneself.

"Oh? Hongo, are your observation Haki finally improving?"

At this time Shanks was looking at Hongo with excitement. After all, Hongo's Observation Haki was a very difficult skill. He had been teaching him all the way, but there was no improvement at all. Buggy and Shanks began to doubt whether the teaching techniques they learned from Rayleigh were correct. However, the others were obviously learning very quickly, except Hongo. Fortunately, there was hope now.

"I, I don't know either."

Hongo shook his head. He really didn't know. After all, he had no feeling at all.

“Wuluolalalalalalalalalalal, it’s like this when you just awaken. It will be almost fine once you get used to it. But it’s just your bad luck. Lily’s Observation Haki is always floating around your body, causing your nerves to sense Lily’s Observation Haki. That’s why you have hallucinations. Normally this won’t happen, wuluolalalalalalalalalalalal.”

Kaido also came over and said that as the two top professors of the "Hundred Professors" pirate group, Kaido and Lily's teaching level is just a glimpse of the whole picture - it can be seen that they have seen this kind of situation a lot. After all, there are so many people in the pirate group, and they generally study Haki. It is not uncommon to encounter Kaido and Lily who happen to release Haki when they are half-awakened.

"Is that so? My Observation Haki is almost complete?"

Hongo looked at his hands in surprise. In the Red Hair Pirates, Haki was a subject that every member had to train in. He learned Armament Haki very quickly, but Observation Haki very slowly. He thought he had no talent for it.

"Yes, it's almost there. It should be completely stable in about half a month. But don't think you've mastered it yet. Whether it's Observation Haki, Armament Haki, or Conqueror Haki, learning to release it is only the most basic performance. There are still many things to learn later. Don't worry, take your time."

Lily said very earnestly that she and Kaido had seen too many geniuses who died because of complacency. The reason why they trained on Onigashima all day was because they were afraid that the people in the Beasts Pirates would waste their talents because of complacency. Neither she nor Kaido dared to say that they had reached the end of this road, let alone others?
"Thank you both for your guidance. I will never forget it."

In response to Lily's words, Hongo knew that there was no need for her to harm him, so he immediately expressed his gratitude.

"Well, Madam Lily, you happen to be here, can I ask you for a favor? Vice Captain Rayleigh only told us the basic training techniques back then, and the diary left by Captain Roger is too abstract. Could you please teach us the subsequent domineering training methods?" Shanks was very embarrassed and said shamelessly.

(End of this chapter)