In the video, Kaido, in his Azure Dragon form, was coiled on the summit of Onigashima, drunkenly waving his spiked club at the camera: "Worororo... Don't dream, my family!"
He suddenly smashed a nearby boulder with his club, "See that? With this kind of force, 99.9% of people would be turned into meat paste!" His dragon tail curled around a sake gourd and he took a swig, "I don't want to be a murderer!"
He spoke with righteous indignation, but sharp-eyed netizens noticed in the corner of the video that the Beasts Pirates' underlings were wildly cheering with glowing signs that read "Kaido-sensei Global Fan Club."
At the same time,
Rayleigh's live stream, however, experienced an unexpected boom. The old Rayleigh sat in his coating shop on Sabaody Archipelago, with a motivational banner reading "Underdog Teacher's Comeback" in the background, patiently explaining "Twelve Lectures on Haki Fundamentals."
"Watch closely, the key to Armament Haki lies in breathing rhythm..." Rayleigh's palm slowly covered itself with a paint black sheen, "It needs to progress gradually, like ocean waves..."
The number of viewers in the live stream surpassed 50 million, and the comments were uniformly filled with gratitude:
"This is a true master!"
"Rayleigh-sensei, I've been practicing with him for a week, and I can finally cover my fingers with Armament Haki!"
"Thank you, teacher, for saving us ordinary people who don't have protagonist luck!"
Shakky, with a cigarette dangling from her mouth, counted the donation amount, her eyes curving into a smile: "It seems the 'underdog teacher' title has become a selling point?"
Rayleigh gave a wry smile as he showed the students' results. The screen cut to a Marine branch Ensign, who was breaking a wooden board with a fist barely covered in Armament Haki: "Thank you, Rayleigh-sensei! Although the progress is slow, I can really learn it!"
"Remember, kids." Rayleigh wiped his glasses, his tone suddenly serious, "The path of a true strong person..." He deliberately glanced at Kaido's short video on the screen, "is not about gambling with your life, but..."
"By renewing your subscription!" Shakky suddenly interjected, pointing to the "Paid Courses" button flashing in the bottom right corner, "Buy the complete course package now and get a discount coupon for Sabaody Archipelago coating!"
This dramatic turn of events shook the entire sea:
At the New Navy Headquarters training camp, Zephyr watched the students secretly watching Rayleigh's live stream, so angry that he smashed a dumbbell: "These young people today! Can't they just train diligently?!"
At the Revolutionary Army Headquarters, Dragon thoughtfully watched the two vastly different teaching videos: "Perhaps... I should sign Sabo up for an online course?"
And on a small island in the New World, Buggy was crying profusely at his phone screen: "If only I had studied Haki properly on Roger's ship back then! Is it too late to sign up now?"
This revolution in the teaching world ultimately reshaped the understanding of how strong people grow in an unexpected way. Those with extraordinary talent pursued Kaido's "life-and-death enlightenment," while ordinary people followed Rayleigh's "diligence can compensate for lack of talent."
.....
Totto Land,
Roan's slender fingers swiped across his phone screen, freezing the live stream at the moment Kaido was teaching Luffy Conquerors Haki Infusion.
The sweet sea breeze at the entrance of Totto Land ruffled the fringe on his forehead but couldn't disperse the deep contemplation in his eyes.
"Interesting..." He murmured softly, his fingertips unconsciously rubbing the edge of his phone.
Kaido's "master teacher" demeanor on the screen made the corners of his mouth lift—this arrogant Azure Dragon probably didn't even realize that his expression at this moment was exactly like when he taught Yamato back then.
The distant waves crashed against the candy reefs, and Roan's thoughts ebbed and flowed with them.
If not for witnessing it firsthand, who would have thought that the "strongest creature" who was addicted to alcohol and tyrannical in the original story would now be holding a spiked club and acting as a teacher?
He narrowed his eyes, recalling Kaido's deliberate small actions during the live stream, the angles he intentionally avoided hitting Luffy's vital points when demonstrating moves, and...
"As expected, having read the script makes a difference." Roan chuckled.
He looked up at the sky, as if he could penetrate the clouds and see the Empty Throne above the Red Line.
Every step in Kaido's seemingly casual teaching contained meticulous calculation, allowing Luffy to grow rapidly while subtly keeping him below the critical point of alarming Imu too early.
The shadow of the Sweet Castle fell diagonally on him. Roan put his phone back into his trench coat pocket. Most intriguing was Kaido's indifferent attitude towards the title of "Pirate King," completely different from his obsession with becoming the Pirate King in the original story.
It seems that the novel "swallowed star" indeed allowed this dragon to glimpse some more terrifying truths.
"Is it even less than a grain of sand in the eyes of the Lord of the Universe...?" Roan chewed on Kaido's lines. He suddenly understood why Kaido would risk changing the plot: this dragon was not teaching Luffy, but raising a sharp blade capable of piercing the World Government's throat.
The sound of candy soldiers patrolling came from the port, and Roan's figure quietly merged into the shadow of a chocolate sculpture.
He took one last glance at the live stream clip saved on his phone, the image frozen at the moment Luffy stupid unconsciously used Conquerors Haki Infusion.
This "Pirate King Luffy," whose growth was intentionally accelerated by Kaido, would he become the variable that breaks the shackles of fate, or the fuse that prematurely ignites destruction?
"The more it deviates from the original, the more interesting it is." Roan pushed up his glasses and entered Totto Land.
...
On the azure sea, three battered warships floated with the waves.
Onigumo's eight swords were scattered on the deck, Strowberry's long beard was curled and blackened by electricity, and Yamakaji's cloak of justice was torn into a fishing net.
The three Vice Admirals slumped in the ruins of the main ship, looking like three dried salted fish.
"Reporting, Vice Admiral..." The communication soldier, who had regained consciousness, reported tremblingly while holding his phone, "Headquarters says... Admiral Kizaru is on his way..."
Onigumo's hair and arms drooped with a "clunk": "By the time he gets here... Straw Hat will have circled the Grand Line three times."
Strowberry stroked his scorched beard with a pained expression: "How about... we symbolically fire two more shots as we chase them?"
Yamakaji lit a new cigar, only to find the filter was the broken tip of a sword from the battle: "Forget it... That kid can now call Kaido his brother..." He exhaled a smoke ring with a rusty smell, "Are we, these three small fry... just going to be cannon fodder?"
The midday sun made the deck scorching hot, and the three of them, by unspoken agreement, lay flat in an "X" shape.
Seagulls circled overhead, as if mocking the predicament of this elite unit.
"Actually..." Onigumo suddenly spoke, "I secretly recorded Kaido's teaching video just now..."
The other two snapped their heads around, and their three heads bumped together with a "thud."
"Are you crazy?!" Strowberry clutched his forehead, "If Fleet Admiral Sengoku finds out...."
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