I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

It was less of a gang attack and more like a relentless, rotating assault.

While they were pondering, another wave of attacks from Barrett and her group arrived...

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"Kaido is really tough. Despite taking so many attacks and having quite a few wounds, he still looks quite energetic."

"Sig sighed."

Despite his sentimental remarks, he had absolutely no intention of getting close to the battlefield.

This is a winning situation, and there's absolutely no need for him to intervene, lest any unexpected twists and turns occur.

If he gets close to the battlefield, Kaido might get excited and unleash a basic attack. He's no longer the "King Higuma" he used to be, and he won't have a chance to be resurrected.

"Indeed, Kaido is not someone who can be killed so easily," Crocus commented.

"He has failed many times and has experienced similar near-death situations more than once, which is why he has earned the reputation of being immortal."

Crocus landed on Kaido in the distance, his wounds healing at a visible speed, and said:

"The only wounds on his body that have not healed to this day are perhaps the two scars Oden left on him. Despite having failed to fight the Four Emperors or the Navy alone 18 times and been captured, all the other wounds on his body have completely healed so far."

"Why is his recovery ability so strong?" Sieg asked.

"He's not a user of the Phoenix Fruit."

Sig appeared quite relaxed, casually chatting with Crocus and the others on the battlefield.

In any case, it was a completely favorable situation, and the Beasts Pirates were doing their best just to maintain a defensive posture. No foolish enemy dared to attack them.

“Captain, I have a guess.” Hale had naturally changed his form of address to Captain.

"Kaido might have already developed the Zoan-type Devil Fruit to the point of awakening." He revealed a longing expression.

He was known as the immortal king, but his success was mainly due to his resourcefulness in seeking advantage and avoiding harm.

It's still somewhat inferior to Kaido's immortality.

"Awakening?" Kin'emon was stunned; this was knowledge he knew nothing about.

"Awakened Zoan-type Devil Fruit users not only possess greater combat strength, but also have extremely strong regenerative abilities."

Hale explained:

"Captain, do you know about the Jailer Beasts of Impel Down?"

Sieg nodded.

He and Crocus and the others had all been to Impel Down, and although they had never actually faced the Jailer Beasts, they still knew about them.

"Although I am a prisoner of the LV6 Infinite Hell, I still know a little about the jailer beasts of the upper levels."

Hale explained:

"The individual combat strength of the Jailer Beasts is not very strong, but they are very troublesome and difficult to kill."

Even if they are severely injured and knocked unconscious on the spot, they can quickly recover after a short rest.

"These jailer beasts are the failures of those who awakened their abilities..."

"If Kaido develops his abilities to the level of awakening, his regenerative abilities will definitely be much stronger than those of the Jailer Beasts."

At this point, Hale also felt a longing:

"If I... no, if Marco the Phoenix could reach the awakened state, combined with his Mythical Zoan type Phoenix Fruit ability and his ability to fly, as long as he doesn't come into contact with Seastone or seawater, perhaps no one could kill him."

Sieg paused for a moment, then asked:

"Which is stronger, the recovery ability of a Zoan-type Awakened or Marco's?"

Hale thought for a moment, then shook his head:

"It's hard to compare. Just in terms of recovery ability, Marco is definitely stronger."

"However, the power of Devil Fruits has its limits. The resurrected Blue Flame will also be limited by the user himself, and there will be a time when it is exhausted."

"But Zoan-type Awakeners are different. Once awakened, their physical constitution is fundamentally changed, and they can recover quickly even when unconscious. Marco cannot do that."

That's true.

But neither Hale nor Higuma believed that Kaido could win this lopsided battle.

At this moment, Crocus chimed in:

"You guessed that Kaido is an awakened Zoan type... I have another guess, about the truth behind Kaido's penchant for suicide."

"Tell me more," Sig said, his curiosity piqued.

Anyway, he's quite relaxed, so listening to gossip won't bother him.

"Kaido has a penchant for suicide, but although he is said to be immortal, he still has quite a few ways to die if he really wants to."

"For example, seawater, sea stone, suffocation from the air, or simply eating a second Devil Fruit..."

“Therefore, Kaido’s suicide was clearly not for the purpose of seeking death,” Crocus said.

Sig nodded.

In Sig's opinion, Kaido is simply the number one show-off in the pirate world. On the surface, he is a suicide enthusiast, but in reality, he is a show-off.

"So he was actually putting on an act? The frequent suicides were just a show, a way of creating an invincible persona for himself, which was a kind of psychological tactic?" Sieg asked.

Crocus paused, taken aback.

"This may be one of the reasons why Kaido committed suicide, but in my opinion, there is another possibility."

“Having a penchant for suicide and not wanting to die are not contradictory,” Crocus said.

Sig paused for a moment.

"How can it not be contradictory? Isn't this clearly a contradiction?"

Crocus shook his head, gazing at the fierce battlefield on Kaido's side, and further explained:

"There are adrenaline addicts in this world, but calling them addicted isn't quite accurate..."

"In short, in order to pursue the excitement and pleasure brought by adrenaline, they often seek stimulation and frequently put themselves on the verge of life and death in order to stimulate adrenaline."

"For ordinary people, this is an extreme sport of dancing between life and death."

“But Kaido is different,” Crocus explained.

"Kaido is too powerful. His physical body is so strong that ordinary strong people can't even scratch his skin."

"Extreme sports for ordinary people are meaningless and pose no danger to Kaido."

"Immortality is a prison for him. Once no one can kill him, everything outside becomes incredibly boring and fails to reach his threshold of excitement."

"Only a more dangerous suicide mission can satisfy Kaido's adventurous nature."

Upon hearing Crocus's words, Sig and Hale simultaneously had the exact same thought.

Damn, I'm so envious.

Some are dying of drought, while others are dying of flooding.

While they struggled to survive, Kaido kept courting death and committing suicide in pursuit of thrills.

“Some people are already doing their best just to stay alive…” Sig frowned as he looked at Kaido, a feeling of disgust rising in his heart.

Hale nodded in deep agreement.

“So…” Crocus also looked towards the distant battlefield:

"If Kaido is seeking the fear and pleasure between life and death, rather than actual death."

"Kaido has had countless near-death experiences over the years."

"So, his greatest will to survive will erupt at the moment he is truly on the verge of death, and that is the most dangerous time."

Kin'emon, who had been listening quietly, finally spoke up at this moment;

"Perhaps that really is the case."

"Actually, eight years ago, Lord Oden almost defeated Kaido. At that time, Kaido was probably on the verge of life and death."

"But thanks to the abilities of the old man and woman from the Kurozumi family, Kaido turned the tables."

The user of the Imitation Fruit can change their appearance at will; they can simply transform back into Kozuki Sukiyaki, Oden's mother, or someone else...

Kaido was able to seize the fleeting opportunity and turn the tide in one fell swoop.

Kin'emon believed that Oden was stronger than Kaido was eight years ago, and that there was hope of success in that battle.

Kaido could withstand Oden's slashes, but Oden couldn't withstand Kaido's Thunder Bagua.

Upon hearing this, Sieg silently suppressed his hostility.

Survival is paramount; Kaido is still quite dangerous, and he doesn't intend to get close, in case he launches a desperate counterattack...

“After hearing so many of your guesses, I actually have one too,” Sig said.

"What guess?" Crocus asked.

"My guess is..." Sieg thought to himself.

Kaido is not a suicide enthusiast, nor a show-off, nor an extreme sports enthusiast.

He was actually a masochist, which is why he kept committing suicide in pursuit of a pleasure similar to sexual asphyxiation.

The reason why King, the second-in-command of the Beasts Pirates and the leader of the Three Disasters, always wears a black uniform that looks like the warden of Impel Down is actually due to uniform fetishism, which he wears to satisfy Kaido's twisted sexual fetish.

Sieg didn't say these words aloud, but instead kept them a secret, drawing his longsword halfway out of its sheath again, preparing to leave.

He was, after all, the face of this battle. If his DPS was 0 and the damage output relied entirely on Whitebeard and the others, then Whitebeard and the others would just be Sig's henchmen.

But it's alright.

The Beasts Pirates have not yet established an army of artificial Devil Fruit users, but they already have quite a few Zoan-type Devil Fruit users.

Among them, there were quite a few genuine fighters, all of whom were ancient dinosaur-type ability users.

"May everyone in the world be like a dragon, and may everyone have short arms..."

Sig silently recited his grand ambition as he searched for the dinosaur-powered individuals on the battlefield, gradually walking away into the distance.

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