One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 633 Dai and Katakuri (Part )
"Although we have dealt with the scorpion group, the Conqueror Haki is useless against Perospero's candy creations, huh? The scorpion group is moving again?"

Katakuri was stunned. Shouldn't the intimidating effect of Conqueror's Haki only last for such a short time? What's going on? Wait, could it be?
"Something else is controlling the scorpion group. The scorpion group itself should be in a dizzy state. I remember you said that Perospero's ability is candy, and it can fix the enemy with the candy coat, right?"

Dai licked her lips and said.

"That's right. It should be Brother Perospero who controlled the scorpions through the candy coat. This will probably make them even harder to deal with. After all, the scorpions might have avoided us before out of instinct, but now they definitely don't care about life or death. At the same time, the candy coat can also help the scorpions provide a harder shell."

Katakuri shared his analysis. To be honest, it was the first time that Katakuri discovered that the cooperation between the Beasts and the Bankoku could actually unleash such great power. It turned out that it was right for his mother to be close to the Beasts over the years. When the fighting power of both sides was added together, the power that could be unleashed was extremely terrifying.

"Let's see how many people they're going to lose this time. Let's gamble again?"

Dai stood up and began to do some simple warm-up exercises. The impact of the domineering color just now really made her feel excited. She had originally planned to just play around, but now it seemed that she had to put in more effort.

"Okay, I bet Shanks and Buggy are the only ones who can make it here."

Katakuri tilted his head and thought for a moment before saying.

"That's no use. I'm only going to bet on these two people coming. The others are still a little bit lacking."

Dai scratched her hair helplessly. The two of them were betting on the same thing, and there was really no way to play this game.

"Then let's wait and see how long it will take them to break through this level. It will definitely take longer than the second level. I guess four hours. If they can't get through it in four hours, there's no hope. Perospero is best at positional warfare and protracted warfare. If it exceeds four hours, plus the consumption in the previous stages, even Shanks and Buggy are no match for Perospero. Although it can't be seen on the surface, in fact, Perospero has plenty of physical strength, otherwise he wouldn't be able to review so many documents by himself. That's a number that gives even me a headache."

Katakuri remembered that before recruiting personnel for the secretariat of Wanoku, Perospero revised all the documents of a country by himself, slept less than three hours a day, and went out to fight from time to time. He admired him from the bottom of his heart. This is not something that ordinary people can do. Lily needed someone to help, but Perospero persisted in this way for five years by himself. So Perospero and his accountant fiancée were truly in love. After all, she was the first person who could share the pressure with him. God knows how miserably Perospero cried when help came.

"I feel like three hours is the limit. Although Xia Ji looks like a frontal combat character, she is actually classified as an assassination team. She is very experienced in consuming enemies. Am I right that the floor of the third level is fake? It seems that Perospero disguised it with candy, right?"

Dai finished warming up and sat down again and asked.

"Yes, there is sandy land underneath. I remember it was Xia Ji who took the initiative to ask for it."

Katakuri nodded and said.

"Of course. Xia Ji's main tactic is to launch attacks from underground, except when facing Quinn and Taylor. After all, those two have the ability to move underground. When facing other people, Xia Ji's most common tactic is to wrap herself in Observation Haki and then launch continuous sneak attacks, just like a cat and mouse, hunting the opponent to death step by step. Of course, the opponent also needs to endure her mental attacks."

Dai explained to Katakuri some of Xia Ji's common tactics. At that time, one could not feel the terrifying power of this tactic until he actually faced it. The feeling of being surrounded, unable to find a way out, and even the space to hide disappearing little by little, until he died of poisoning in despair, can only be understood by those who have experienced it.

"Indeed, a very powerful Observation Haki. If I hadn't made a breakthrough recently, I would not have been able to detect her existence. It's true that you beasts are home to hidden dragons and crouching tigers." Katakuri felt it carefully and discovered Xia Ji who was hiding underground. Maybe she had been there from the beginning, but he didn't notice her at all just now. Even after he had learned to predict the future, he could barely discover Xia Ji. Katakuri couldn't believe how uncomfortable Shanks and others would be now.

"That's why I said three hours. Xia Ji's tactics will ensure that Shanks and the others will consume a lot of energy. But it's not without weaknesses. Mr. Perospero needs one person to block everyone's attack. After all, this is a defense, not a fight to the death. If the Red Hair Pirates react, they can completely abandon some people to block the attack and let the rest rush forward. Anyway, they will only suffer for a few days at most, and we won't let them die."

Dai quickly pointed out the most appropriate strategy for Shanks and others to break the impasse at this stage.

"But they probably won't abandon their own people. That's why I said it can't be more than four hours. The Red Hair Pirates are not mature enough. Sometimes they believe that their teammates can do their own things and perform their duties. Someone makes sacrifices at the right time. This is what an excellent team should be able to do. Obviously, the Red Hair Pirates don't have this awareness yet. The people they lost before didn't make them have this idea. Instead, they didn't want to lose anyone again."

Katakuri sighed and said that this kind of thing is easier said than done. This kind of conscious sacrifice is different from those makeshift teams that don't take their companions' lives seriously. It requires extremely strong awareness. Even the people from the Four Emperors Pirate Group may not be able to do it. For the Red Hair Pirate Group, which now has only twenty people, it is indeed a bit too much to ask. However, considering that no one will die in this test, it would be a bit of a drag if they don't have this kind of awareness. But this is the path that every new pirate group has to take.

"According to Brother Kaido and Sister Lily, Shanks is a very naive person in some aspects. He probably wouldn't agree with this idea. However, Buggy or Second Officer Beckman would most likely bring this up. Especially the Second Officer, Brother Kaido's evaluation is that he is a very calm person with a very useful brain. He can be said to be the real brain of the entire pirate group, not Buggy as we thought."

Dai said after thinking about Kaido and Lily's comments.

"Yes, indeed. That's what Cracker said in the information he gave me. Beckman is a low-key person who doesn't attract much attention, but he plays a very important role in the battle. He is the real central commander."

Katakuri thought for a moment and said.

"Right. So I feel they still have a chance. After realizing that things are impossible, Beckman will probably bring others to force Shanks and Buggy to rush over. At that time, it won't be a question of whether they want to or not. Either they will be wiped out and the operation will fail, or they will rush over with the wishes of others."

Dai made a prediction about what would happen next.

"My idea is similar to yours, but I don't know how long it will take them to figure it out. Now they are trapped. There are too many candy scorpions, and mixed in with brother Perospero's other candy creations. If they don't make a decision, it will be too late even if they want to do it." Katakuri nodded, agreeing with Dai's words.

"It should be soon. They are not the kind of people who don't know how to adapt. Hmm? Look, it has already started."

In Dai's perception, the members of the Red Hair Pirates began to disperse, with only Shanks and Buggy remaining where they were. Two of them were separated to cover the rear, while the others began to attack the scorpion group one after another, moving towards the exit. When one person fell, another followed, and another immediately followed, completely ignoring the person who fell, and in a relay manner, they rushed forward at full speed, while Shanks and Buggy waited behind.

Xia Ji and Perospero also discovered what they were trying to do and immediately tried to stop them, but the Red Hair Pirates, who had already made such a great sacrifice, would not give up and rushed out with all their might. Finally, at the moment when Beckman fell down exhausted, a route to the exit appeared. Shanks and Buggy no longer hesitated and rushed towards the safe zone of the exit, while the big hand formed by candy and Xia Ji's scorpion tail followed closely behind, but still failed to catch up. After the two entered the safe zone, they silently retreated.

The Red Hair Pirates are at the third level, with two people remaining, and they break through!

(End of this chapter)