Laughing, he paused again, still not looking back, just shouted:
"Hey! Sage! Since you defeated me, you have to keep winning!"
He reached back and tossed the Wolf Fang Club in front of Sage, "I don't have any spoils of war for you, and seeing that you're not suited for swords, try this! The Eight Precepts, this weapon's name, is already 'Black Rod', and it's a Supreme King Black Rod!"
"Take this as a token, my subordinates will obey you! But there's one person I can't give you. I once told King that I wouldn't hand him over to anyone, so you can have this Pirates, but King is an exception!"
"Don't talk as if this were a trust or inheritance..."
Sage looked at the Wolf Fang Club in front of him, clicking his tongue, "These things I can get myself, after all... you're already dead."
Hoo...
The wind moved the cloaks behind them, one black and red, one purple and black.
Kaido laughed softly, "You're not Joyboy... that's fine."
The purple-black cloak floated up, taking with it a cloud of ashes that scattered in the wind.
Kaido's body, under the wind's influence, turned to dust like sands scattering.
The purple-black cloak landed next to the Wolf Fang Club, as Sage silently reached out and firmly grasped the Eight Precepts, towering over his form.
The Golden Bracelet on his hand flashed a light at this moment, as if it had lost its vitality, and the light darted into the Wolf Fang Club, making it gradually shrink to a weapon suitable for Sage's size.
The Blade-shaped Homiez transformed onto the Wolf Fang Club, becoming a new weapon, the spikes on the club gleamed coldly, providing not only striking power but also cutting power, making it a handy weapon.
He swung the Eight Precepts, smirked, rested it on his shoulder, and after staring at the purple-black cloak on the ground for a while, he spoke:
"The Fish-Fish Fruit is afraid of fire, and the final move, the Fire Dragon, is not as powerful as your Daiitoku. Trying to defy fate despite caring about it... stubborn guy."
His attack was an enhanced version of the Hundred Ghosts Assault Purgatory, where the previously scattered shadows all turned into attacks, striking the body at near Instant Teleportation speed, hitting its Secret Hole; the attack speed was almost not 'Thousand Hits in an Instant', and the times executed in an instant could count as 'Ten Thousand Hits in an Instant'.
The Secret Hole was destroyed, and Kaido's body was reduced to powder internally; the fact he could endure without disintegrating was impressive.
If it still didn't work, then Sage had no solution but to endure it.
Fortunately...
Sage laughed and said, "I won!"
"Kaido!!"
Right as he finished speaking, a loud, deep shout echoed from the sky.
A certain Straw Hat who had been kicked away by Sage earlier activated the Fourth Gear Elastic Man mode and used the bouncing force in his legs to fly upwards, shouting, "I came to defeat you!!"
Luffy!
He swiftly landed and shouted around, "Kaido! Where are you! Come out and fight me!"
Soon, he saw a guy carrying the Wolf Fang Club.
"Kaido?!"
Luffy called out instinctively, but quickly froze, realizing something was off.
Besides the Wolf Fang Club, where was Kaido in the figure facing away from him?
Did he get a makeover?
"Stop shouting."
Sage turned his head, glanced at Luffy, "He's already dead. I'm taking this place. As a favor to you as Captain Robin, get out quickly."
"It's you! The white-haired guy!"
Luffy shouted, "You were the one who kicked me earlier, right! Interrupting my duel with Kaido... dead?"
He froze again, but maybe due to his straightforward personality, he adjusted quickly, "No way! I promised Momonosuke to open this country!"
He raised his fist, shouting, "Don't stop me, white-haired guy!"
"Also, if it were so easy to let you leave, you wouldn't be you..."
Sage shook his head, "Alright, show me the power of the so-called Sun God, let's see how much strength the guy Kaido was eyeing really has. Now, you do have some qualifications to fight me."
"Kaido is dead, but I, the new world's strongest, am here. Come on, Joyboy, I wonder how many hits you can withstand from me."
Joyboy.
The joyful boy.
The legendary savior?
The man symbolizing freedom?
He wanted to see how this guy was joyfully free!