One Piece: Kaido's adopted son, starts with the Eight Gates Formation.

He slowly raised the Zanpakuto in his hand.

The Zanpakuto, which had always been riddled with nicks and looked as if it might break at any moment, had all its nicks disappear at this moment.

Instead, there was a huge, ferocious bone blade, shaped like the fangs of a giant beast!

"Wake up..."

For the first time, a clear voice rang in Kenpachi Zaraki's ears.

"Sunbathing in the wild".

"Swastika."

A relieved and satisfied smile appeared on Retsu Unohana's face as she made her final gesture.

She knew that her mission was complete.

next second.

Kenpachi Zaraki's figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

When she reappeared, she was already in front of Retsu Unohana.

The enormous bone blade in his hand, carrying the power to cleave the heavens and the earth, slashed down fiercely!

No sound.

There was no explosion.

Unohana Retsu's body, along with the space behind her, was neatly sliced ​​in two by this one strike.

Quiet.

A deathly silence.

Everyone stared blankly at the center of the battlefield.

After Unohana Retsu's body was cleaved in two by the enormous bone blade, it did not turn into blood foam, but instead transformed into countless spiritual particles that slowly dissipated.

A smile of relief and satisfaction graced her face.

It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for far too long.

"Unohana... Captain..."

Kotetsu Isane knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face, and let out a mournful cry.

The other team leaders also had complicated expressions and remained silent.

They witnessed the fall of a captain, and they also witnessed the birth of a true "Kenpachi".

Kenpachi Zaraki stood quietly in place, and the huge bone blade in his hand, "Nosara," slowly transformed back into the tattered Asauchi.

Although his spiritual pressure was still violent, it had become more refined and composed than before.

He slowly turned around.

Those eyes, now filled only with the desire to fight, once again looked past everyone and landed on the distant God-Slaying Island, on that enormous, immovable figure, as solid as a mountain.

Whitebeard.

He hadn't forgotten that just now, it was this old man who had defeated him in a single move.

Now, he has become stronger.

He's going to launch another challenge!

however.

Just as he was about to set off.

A lazy, childlike voice, yet carrying an undeniable authority, rang out above his head.

"Hey, Scarface."

Kenpachi Zaraki looked up and saw that the little demon king Lynn had somehow floated in front of him.

"Your game is over."

Lynn swung his short legs and spoke in a tone that seemed to declare ownership.

"You are my toy now."

Toy?

Kenpachi Zaraki frowned. Although his mind was only focused on the battle, he could still hear the contempt in that word.

"Kid, I'm not anyone's toy."

He slung his Zanpakuto over his shoulder, grinned, and revealed his ferocious teeth.

"Right now, all I want is to fight that white-bearded old man one more time!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

Lynn pursed her lips, her face showing a "you're such a nuisance" expression.

"But I disagree."

The moment the words fell.

boom!

An absolute, domineering will, a thousand times more terrifying than Shanks's Conqueror's Haki just now, erupted from Lynn's small body!

This oppressive force was not directed at the soul, nor at the spirit.

Instead, it acts directly on "existence" itself!