One Piece: Starting with Breathing Techniques

Chapter 163 Blackbeard Teach

Looking at the white-bearded man's sincere tone, who seemed intent on "taking him in as a son," Kiro's face darkened, and he shook his head almost without thinking.

Immediately afterwards, as Kiro's eyes sharpened, leaping black and red arcs of electricity suddenly appeared around his body.

A fierce and powerful aura of Conqueror's Haki immediately spread outwards from the center of the figure at an imperceptible speed, instantly covering all of Whitebeard's flagships.

"?! "

"not good!"

Everyone was shocked. The captains of the first and third teams, Marco and Jozu, changed their expressions drastically and rushed towards Kiro without thinking.

Halfway there, the white-bearded man suddenly reached out and stopped them. His expression was not serious, and he showed no sense of crisis at the sight of a powerful enemy.

"Dad, why—" Marco was somewhat taken aback. He was about to question them when he suddenly froze in place, realizing something was amiss.

Although this extremely powerful Conqueror's Haki expanded, none of the brothers covered by it fell, and the Conqueror himself did not feel the slightest mental impact.

"What kind of control is this!?"

Unlike the crowd behind him whose expressions changed drastically, the white-bearded man narrowed his eyes and began to scrutinize Kiro again.

As the white-bearded man locked his gaze on him, Kiro suddenly felt a chilling sense of threat!

It's a feeling of physical threat, like being targeted by a powerful creature!

Keep in mind, this is Whitebeard, still in his prime, and everyone who comes here has to give him a wide berth!

Just as he frowned and his right hand was subtly moving towards the hilt of his sword, the white-bearded man suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha!"

"I see!"

He gulped down the wine, his every move displaying an unparalleled boldness.

"Does he possess such formidable royal qualities?"

"Kilo, you truly are an ambitious and ruthless tyrant!"

The white-bearded man waved his hand. "Someone like you could never stay comfortably in my house. Forget it!"

He wasn't angry at Kiro's refusal. Instead, he pulled out a huge wine bowl from behind him, filled it, and handed it to Kiro.

"Want some?"

Looking at the wine bowl in front of him, which was bigger than his whole body, Kiro's face darkened, but he did not refuse and took it.

He walked up to the white-bearded man, past Marco and Jozu, who looked on with apprehension, and sat down on the cushion opposite him at the man's gesture.

"Get to the point. I don't believe you would stop me for no reason."

"Does he just want to be family with me?"

As Kiro asked the question, he took a swig of wine from the huge bowl and immediately frowned, feeling an extremely spicy sensation in his throat.

On the other side, the white-bearded man wasn't angry at Kiro's bluntness. He laughed heartily and took a big gulp from his wine bowl.

"As expected of a great swordsman, his comprehension is truly exceptional!"

He also hissed from the strong liquor, then turned his gaze to Kiro, a serious look unconsciously creeping into his eyes.

"Kilo boy, I really want to know—"

"What is the purpose of your revolutionary army?"

"Or rather, what is your purpose?"

Kiro smiled upon hearing this, "It's just to overthrow the rule of the World Government."

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"Whitebeard, aren't you a legend from the old days? You know better than I how outrageous the World Government's oppression of the people is."

"I simply can't stand the arrogant attitude of those world nobles."

He clenched his fist, his eyes sharp. "Since I have the power to change all of this, I have no reason to stand idly by."

After he finished speaking, the white-bearded man remained silent for a long time.

He could tell that every word Kiro said came from the heart and that he wasn't lying.

A moment later, he suddenly laughed.

"good!"

"These young people are truly formidable!"

Kiro smiled and took a sip of his drink, then looked at the white-bearded man who seemed to have relaxed, and a question suddenly flashed through his mind.

"By the way, Whitebeard, I have a question for you."

What are your thoughts on the Golden Lion?

Upon hearing Kiro's question, the white-bearded man paused, put down his wine bowl, and his eyes became somewhat sentimental.

"Shiki, huh?!"

Perhaps because of his former comrade-in-arms, he sighed deeply, "That guy was very ambitious and strong, but he was too stubborn."

"His ambition was so twisted that even his first mate left him because of it, partly because Golden Lion's ideas were too crazy."

Kiro raised an eyebrow. "Could you elaborate?"

The white-bearded man shook his head. "He harbors deep resentment towards the World Government that caused him to lose his legs and is determined to take revenge, but—"

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth—how can this ever end?"

Kiro understood and continued to press, "What are Shiki's abilities? How do we deal with them?"

Whitebeard didn't answer immediately, but glanced at Kiro with interest.

"—Kilo kid, what do you think you're doing?"

"Are you going to kill Shiki?"

Kiro shook his head, then nodded, and answered frankly, "I want to fight him, that's all."

He held the Dragon Slayer sword in his hand and raised it, saying, "You should also know that a swordsman's fighting spirit will never be extinguished."

"You must have swordsmen on your ship too, right?" Kiro glanced at Vista, the foil swordsman, standing in the crowd not far away. "Swordsmen always want evenly matched battles, don't they?"

The white-bearded man understood, laughing heartily as he stroked the giant naginata at his side. "Hahaha, youth is truly wonderful!!"

"Wasn't I the same when I was young?"

But soon, his eyes dimmed slightly, and he sighed, "But I'm getting old too!"

Upon hearing this, Marco, somewhat angrily, retorted, "Dad, you're not old!"

"You're still strong!" Joz added.

The rest of the pirates also spoke up.

"Exactly, where is Dad old?"

"Dad's the strongest man in the world, and he's living a long life!"

Hearing his sons' rebuttal, the white-bearded man paused for a moment, then the barely perceptible disappointment in his eyes faded, replaced by heartfelt relief and joy.

This is the family he has been searching for all his life!

Kiro watched this scene and was subtly moved.

Ace should be able to board the ship soon, right?

He couldn't help but think of the future Marineford War, and his eyes became somewhat solemn.

In that war, hailed as the most brutal battle ever fought, Whitebeard, one of the Four Emperors, will die, as will Ace, and the world order will be thrown into unprecedented turmoil.

"—Kilo boy, what's wrong?"

Whitebeard noticed something was off about Kiro's gaze and asked in confusion.

"No—it's nothing."

Kiro sighed softly, came to his senses, and looked at the white-bearded man again.

Suddenly, his gaze settled on a familiar figure in the crowd.

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