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Chapter 294 The First Pirate Tank

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The sound of ice and rock collapsing suddenly rang out.

Esdeath broke through the iceberg that was protecting her, then leaped up and stood in mid-air on the floating ice, standing side by side with Uchiha Hikaru.

"Is that guy dead?"

"...Probably not."

Uchiha Hikaru knew that Esdeath was referring to Kaido.

She immediately closed her eyes, carefully sensed for a while, and then responded.

With the entire Onigashima in such a state of chaos, finding Kaido with the naked eye is undoubtedly impossible.

but……

From the direction where he had just fallen, Uchiha Hikaru caught a very faint trace of "qi"—a technique he had learned from the Cat Sage.

Although faint, it was far from being a flickering candle in the wind.

Therefore, Kaido is currently severely injured, but not yet dead. Given the incredible regenerative abilities of people in the pirate world, he'll probably be back to his old self in no time.

"...Real meat."

Uchiha Hikaru muttered something to himself.

But she wasn't too surprised.

Kaido's strength may not rank first in the pirate world; at least the other three Yonko are on par with him. The World Government may also have some secret weapons.

However, this guy's defense and health are absolutely No. 1 in this world. He has been a pirate for decades, from the Rocks Pirates to the Beast Pirates, experiencing countless battles, big and small. During this time, he was even captured by the Navy and subjected to dozens of executions, yet he only has two scars left by Kozuki Oden on his body.

This level of physical strength is nothing short of monstrous. Even in the Dragon Ball universe, he would be considered a major figure.

If he were reincarnated into the Naruto world, he could probably open all eight gates, including the eighth gate, the Gate of Death, just like Might Guy...

"Well, judging from his appearance, he probably won't be able to climb out anytime soon."

Let's stop here for now.

I waited for a while.

Hikaru Uchiha turned his gaze away from the direction where Kaido had disappeared and stretched his neck.

"We should go find Yamato. He's been silent for so long; I hope something's happened to him..."

present.

Uchiha Hikaru used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to create more than a dozen clones, which scattered among the ruins of the Skull Castle. After searching for a while, they dug out Yamato, who was buried under the rubble.

Yamato also suffered some injuries, but they weren't serious. His back and shoulder blades were slightly deformed from being hit by the falling beam, but he was otherwise fine.

After consuming half a Senzu Bean thrown to her by Uchiha Hikaru, she quickly recovered completely.

"Thanks, Ms. Hikari! Are you alright?"

"fine."

"That's good……"

Yamato pulled Uchiha Hikaru aside and questioned her for a while. After confirming that neither she nor Esdeath were injured, she remembered her father, and a faint worry appeared between her brows: "My father, Kaido, he..."

"Don't worry, you're still alive."

Uchiha Hikaru smiled and said, "No matter what, he is still your father. I'm being careful with my actions. With his physique, he might have already crawled out from under the trash before we even leave this place."

Hikaru Uchiha indeed did not intend to kill Kaido.

One factor is Yamato's influence.

No matter how incompetent he may be as a father, Yamato was raised by Kaido after all. Although there were many twists and turns in the process, beating him half to death to vent his anger would have been enough; killing him outright would have been going too far.

On the other hand, it's because of Esdeath—

After witnessing the entire battle between Uchiha Hikaru and Kaido, Esdeath acknowledged Kaido's strength and expressed her desire to personally join the fight and test her skills against him.

As a superior, Uchiha Hikaru naturally had to try his best to fulfill his subordinates' wishes.

She even considered giving Kaido a Senzu Bean to help him recover, lest his injuries be too severe and leave him missing limbs, affecting his fighting ability after recovery. After all, there are very few free sparring partners of his caliber in the entire pirate world.

Furthermore...

Bulma also has a plan to travel extensively in the pirate world.

Uchiha Hikaru estimated that her group would likely have to confront the Celestial Dragons and the World Government in the future. With Kaido acting as a troublemaker and drawing away the Navy's hatred, it would save them some unnecessary effort.

Hikaru Uchiha did not voice all of these thoughts.

But it didn't matter; Esdeath always listened to her on matters of decision-making. Yamato naturally wouldn't object either.

At this moment.

Uchiha Hikaru was somewhat troubled by another problem—

"Tsk..."

"So it still got broken after all..."

Uchiha Hikaru raised his right hand and glanced at the half-bone sword he was holding.

Hmm...that's right, it's just half.

Although the Dragon Bone Blade was handcrafted by Daodaosai and is made of a resilient material, the clash between the blade and the stick, which was like a nuclear explosion, exceeded its capacity, causing the blade to crack from the middle.

The upper half of the blade shattered into countless fragments of bone, which scattered across the surrounding ruins.

The lower half, along with the hilt, remained in the hands of Uchiha Hikaru.

—Of course, Kaido's spiked club seems to be even more badly broken; at this point, even the handle might not be found.

Dragon bone knives have a certain self-repairing ability.

But it's already broken like this, so trying to repair it...

That might be a bit difficult.

"It seems I'll have to make a trip to Kikyo's place and ask Totosai to reforge it."

"I've acquired quite a few high-quality materials recently. If I add the Orichalcos restored by Bulma, as well as the Super Dangerous Species materials from the Akame world, I should be able to further improve the quality of this sword..."

Uchiha Hikaru was making these plans.

……

[Bulma: How's it going, Hikari, and Yamato? Have you resolved things on your end? Is the communication with Yamato's father going smoothly? Did a fight break out?]

[Anonymous: ...It's been resolved.]

[Nameless: Mr. Kaido is quite reasonable; he's already agreed to let Yamato sail with us. Furthermore, they lent me a map of the New World, with the locations of most of the important islands marked. We just need to follow the map's directions.]

[Bulma: Eh, is that so?]

[Bulma: After hearing Yamato talk about what her father did, I thought Mr. Kaido was a treacherous and short-tempered person... Turns out it was just a misunderstanding? It seems he still cares about his daughter Yamato and isn't as heartless as I imagined.]

[Anonymous: Yes, that's right. It was a misunderstanding.]

[Oni Princess: ...]

(End of this chapter)