One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 596 Kaido and Lily's Training
"Thunderous Bagua! Ulla-la-la-la-la-la! Stand up! Boy! Don't embarrass that bastard Roger! I'm not using my full strength! Ulla-la-la-la-la-la!"

It was already the second day. Kaido and Lily came to find the members of the Red Hair Pirates as agreed. Kaido tested the quality of the Red Hair Pirates right at the start. It has to be said that as the Four Emperors pirate group in the original timeline, their talents are unquestionable, but after all, they are still young, and Kaido is not the Kaido in the original timeline. Over the years, with Lily by their side as a comparison, both of them are the type who are unwilling to be outdone, so they have been competing with each other to improve their own strength. The current Red Hair Pirates are facing Kaido, which is even worse than the first time Luffy met Kaido in the original timeline. After all, that Luffy had at least taken a tour of the Big Mom copy.

This also led to Kaido's stick, with a domineering attack, directly blowing away the entire Red Hair Pirates, including Shanks and Buggy. Whether or not to have domineering Haki is two completely different concepts. Domineering Haki is a form of expression in which a person with Domineering Haki truly transforms Domineering Haki into his own strength. Before this, Domineering Haki was merely a skill to clear out miscellaneous soldiers.

"Hiss, it hurts. It really feels completely different from the attack with Armament Haki."

Shanks was the first to get up from the ground. Kaido did hold back, just to let them feel the effect of the Tyrant's attack. Shanks and Buggy had both seen that kind of attack with strange lightning. When Captain Roger and Whitebeard collided, there was even a time when the weapons of both sides did not touch each other.

“Wu la la la la la la, your application of Armament Haki is not to its limit. You are indeed good at using Ryuo, but it is not enough. There is even a lag of almost 0.2 seconds when using Ryuo. This lag is nothing to others, but for a strong person, it is enough to break your balance, kid.”

Kaido did not continue chasing. After just a few moves, he had already roughly figured out the strength of several people. Don't underestimate Kaido's eyesight. This is the experience gained from teaching for many years!
"As for Ryu-O, Buggy and I have been trying for a long time. I don't know why, but every time we need to subconsciously control the transformation, if we do it unconsciously, it will change from Ryu-O to ordinary Armament Haki."

Shanks also knew his own problem, but they had already practiced according to the method recorded in Roger's diary, and they also specifically asked Rayleigh, but Rayleigh thought about it and couldn't figure out why Shanks and Buggy were in this situation. When they were practicing this, it just came naturally.

"Yes, I always feel like something is missing, but I just don't know where it is."

Bucky sat up and said.

"It's actually very simple. You're paying too much attention to it. Just like breathing, if you don't pay attention, your breathing is silent. But once you pay attention, you need to take the initiative to breathe until something else distracts you. The reason you have this kind of lag is because you pay too much attention to what is taught in the book and don't make it your own instinct."

Lily walked over at this moment. She had just teased Usopp in Uta and Bankina's arms for a while and did not participate in Kaido's test. However, as a person with unique Observation Haki, everything that happened in the battle was obviously not hidden from her. Everything that just happened was seen by her, including the subtle little movements of Shanks and Buggy when they used Haki.

"instinct?"

Not only Shanks and Buggy, but other members of the Red Hair Pirates also looked at Lily. They all knew the word instinct, but they were a little confused when they combined this word with domineering.

"That's right, instinct. I don't know how you learned it on Roger's ship, but I think Roger should have told you that domineering is not some external power. Domineering is a power that each of us is born with. It just needs to be stimulated. As your own power, you must fully master this power and use it for your own benefit, rather than using it as an external tool. It's like breathing. No one needs others to remind you to breathe, right?"

As Lily spoke, she casually punched the air beside her. The armed color domineering almost instantly covered her arm. There was no need for anyone to prepare, and it was very smooth and natural.

"Nuhululululu, Lily is right. The most taboo thing in a battle is to think too much. Fighting with your brain is a good thing, but if you think too much, it will not only fail to help you in the battle, but will become a burden. You two thought too much in the battle. You just mastered this move and were afraid that you would not be able to use it well. As a result, the more you worry, the more problems arise. In short, don't think too much and just focus on hitting me. Let's do it again, nuhululululu."

Kaido made a summary in the most concise language, and at the same time did not forget to pick up his Eight Precepts to prepare himself again. In his opinion, he and Lily had said enough. Since these two people could be interns on Roger's ship, they must have something extraordinary. The intern may seem to be just an inconspicuous minion, but for some reason, the interns in every famous pirate group are often not simple characters. For example, Kaido is a intern in the Rocks Pirates, Whitebeard and Golden Lion have also revealed that they have been interns, but Lily and Big Mom have not. One of them relied on his talent to directly rush to a high rank, and the other spent his development period directly on Sky Island.

"Okay! Come on!" Shanks thought about what Kaido and Lily said, then slapped the ground and stood up. Although he still didn't fully understand what Kaido and Lily were talking about, at least he knew that he just had to stop thinking about it, right? Coincidentally, he was good at this.

"That's right, come on! Do you still have the strength?"

Buggy also jumped up, and at the same time did not forget to greet his companions from the Red Hair Pirates behind him.

“No problem!” “Very energetic!” “I’m coming right up!” “Ahhh! I can’t figure it out. I won’t think about it anymore. Just go for it!” “Even if it’s the Four Emperors, I won’t admit defeat!”

For a moment, all the members of the Red Hair Pirates were like they were given an injection of chicken blood. They jumped up from the ground one by one, screaming as if they were ready to perform surgery to bleed Kaido.

"Nu la la la la, that's a nice momentum, but momentum alone is not enough! If you don't let me see your progress, I'll throw you all into the sea to feed the fish! Nu la la la la la!"

Kaido looked at Red Hair still in the group of thieves and burst into laughter, while not forgetting to scare them.

"Then come and try it! Mr. Kaido! Taste the power of my Griffin!"

Shanks rushed forward first and slashed at Kaido with a knife. Facing Shanks' attack, Kaido didn't even try to dodge. He just raised his head and chest and chose to take the blow with his chest.

"when!"

It didn't sound like the sound of a sword hitting a flesh and blood body at all. Shanks's determined blow only left a white mark on Kaido's chest without even breaking his skin. Kaido's defense at this moment was simply unbelievable. This unexpected thing made Shanks stunned for a moment, and during this moment of stunned concentration, Kaido instantly threw a punch, accompanied by a strong sonic boom, and directly knocked Shanks out.

"Split! Net!"

Looking at Shanks who was beaten back, Buggy instantly activated his own ability. The hemp rope hidden on his body opened up as his body split, forming a large net that instantly covered Shanks. Through his own ability, he tried to offset the impact on Shanks as much as possible, but it was obvious that Buggy did not have a full estimation of Kaido's strength. This punch directly knocked Shanks and Buggy out.

"Never mind the Captain or the Vice Captain! All we have to do is buy time!"

Faced with the situation of Shanks and Buggy, Beckman took over the command instantly. He did not choose to turn back to rescue, but led others to fight forward. After all, if anyone among them could hurt Kaido, it would definitely be Shanks or Buggy, and all they could do now was to buy time for the two men with rolling gourds.

"Ulla la la la, that's a good judgment, but you can't just buy time! Your strength is far from enough! Come on! Ulla la la la la!" Kaido rushed forward with a big laugh, and in an instant, the entire Red Hair Pirates were thrown to the ground.

(End of this chapter)