"Not good!"
Seeing what was happening, Kairo's eyes narrowed sharply. He immediately scooped Tashigi up and, grabbing Momousagi as well, rapidly retreated!
At the same time!
Having broken free of his restraints, Kaido tightened his grip on his iron club and swept it horizontally toward Sengoku and the others with overwhelming force!
"Damn it!!!"
Seeing that Kaido still had enough strength to fight after enduring the combined attacks of the three Admirals and the heavy punches of Sengoku and Garp, Sengoku was hastily pulled back by Garp, who reacted in time.
Likewise, Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji all widened their eyes in disbelief before reluctantly retreating!
After a single swing of his club forced the three Admirals, Garp, and Sengoku back, Kaido surprisingly didn't pursue them.
Instead, he turned around, accelerated to full speed, and took off running!
On the outside, Kaido looked as steady as an old dog.
But on the inside, he was panicking like crazy!
He hadn't fallen from the sky into Marinford because he had genuinely intended to challenge Marine Headquarters.
He had simply drunk himself stupid and wanted to come take a look at the "scenery" of Marinford.
Although he had challenged the Marines many times before, those challenges had always taken place out at sea.
More importantly, whenever he challenged the Marines at sea, the Marine forces dispatched to carry out their missions were never at full strength!
But now, he had actually fallen straight into the Marines' headquarters.
Not only were all three of the Marines' new Admirals present, but Garp—the monster who had remained at his peak despite his age—was also stationed here.
One Admiral alone? He wasn't afraid at all.
Two Admirals? He still wasn't worried.
But with all three Admirals gathered, the former Admiral Sengoku now serving as Fleet Admiral, and the Marines' living legend Garp all present...
If he didn't run now, then even if the Marines still couldn't figure out how to kill him, he'd have to endure all kinds of inhuman torture!
Now that he'd sobered up, of course he wasn't going to sit around waiting to be sent to the execution platform and enjoy all the various methods of execution the Marines had specifically designed for him!
Everyone knew that he couldn't be killed.
But they didn't know what it felt like to be subjected to one execution after another.
That feeling was truly, absolutely, incredibly unpleasant!
More importantly, although he didn't look seriously injured on the outside, his internal injuries were actually quite severe.
He had to take this opportunity to leave Marine Headquarters and find somewhere deserted to recover!
He might love looking for places to commit suicide, but that didn't mean he enjoyed being imprisoned.
So even the leader of the world's greatest bunch of reckless lunatics had his moments of cowardice.
Otherwise, how did you think he'd escaped from the Marines and made his way back to the New World after being executed so many times?
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
As Kaido ran at full speed, he wildly swung his "iron club," smashing apart anything that stood in his path!
And the direction he was fleeing in...
Was precisely toward Kairo!
Kairo had just put Tashigi down after retreating while carrying her and pulling Momousagi along when Kaido swung his iron club viciously toward them!
"Mr. Kairo..."
Before Kaido's enormous club even arrived, the terrifying pressure nearly made Tashigi collapse.
Momousagi, meanwhile, shouted and prepared to draw her sword and fight!
But when she reached for the hilt of her sword, Kimpira, she grabbed nothing.
At the same time.
Kairo had casually taken Momousagi's sword, Kimpira, into his hand.
Without the slightest hesitation, he swung the blade upward to meet Kaido's terrifying club head-on!
A deafening clash rang out across Marinford without warning.
Then, the devastating shockwave generated by their collision exploded outward at an astonishing speed.
Wherever it passed, the air itself visibly split apart, as though the sky had been cleaved in half!
The force was so overwhelming that even Kizaru and Akainu, who were pursuing Kaido, were forced to abandon their attacks and rapidly retreat!
"W-Wait... what?!"
"How powerful! Who is that man?!"
Every Marine stationed around the battlefield, whether soldier or officer, widened their eyes in shock at this moment.
They stared in disbelief at the figure holding a sword in one hand and blocking Kaido's enormous club!
It was difficult for them to imagine that the very same club that had sent Momonga and Onigumo flying with a single strike had just been stopped by one hand from a man they had never seen before.
The shocking scene left Sengoku and Kizaru, who had been hot on Kaido's heels, equally astonished.
Even Kaido himself had never imagined that, apart from the people who had just fought him, Marine Headquarters would have another person capable of blocking his club head-on.
Before Kaido could recover from his surprise, Kairo suddenly withdrew and returned to Tashigi's side.
The sword in his hand also returned to Kimpira's sheath at Momousagi's waist in the blink of an eye.
The entire movement was smooth and effortless, exuding an almost casual elegance!
Then Kairo slightly raised his head and gave Kaido an innocent smile before shouting,
"Damn it, you ran the wrong way!"
"If you're trying to escape, you should be running that way, idiot!"
"Huh?"
Hearing Kairo's words, Momousagi instantly widened her beautiful eyes in disbelief and stared at him!
Meanwhile, Kaido, seemingly jolted awake by Kairo's sudden scolding, looked blankly at the club in his hand.
Then he followed the route Kairo had pointed out and once again took off at full speed!
Holy crap!
He's actually listening?!
Seeing Kaido genuinely change direction and run off, Kairo was completely caught off guard.
It wasn't until Kizaru—the rare occasion of an Admiral who wasn't slacking off—transformed into a streak of golden light, caught up with Kaido, and resumed fighting him that Kairo finally came back to his senses.
"Mr. Kairo!"
As Kairo regained his composure, Momousagi also recovered from her shock and hurried over to him.
"Are... are you alright?"
"I'm fine!"
Kairo shook his head and smiled.
"The power behind that swing just now... Well, I can confirm that this guy's internal injuries are fairly serious."
"If the three Admirals and Garp push him a little harder, he should..."
BOOM!!
Before he could finish speaking, Kairo's eyes suddenly tightened.
He stared in stunned disbelief toward the direction Kaido had fled.
Kaido, who had once again been surrounded by the three Admirals, had actually broken through their encirclement once more!
And under the shocked gazes of everyone present, he leaped straight into the sea and disappeared without a trace!
Seeing Kaido jump into the sea without the slightest hesitation and flee for his life, Kairo merely shrugged.
"Alright, forget I said anything."
Seeing Kaido escape into the sea, Aokiji, who had chased him all the way to the coast, didn't hesitate for even a moment.
He leaped into the sea and simultaneously unleashed his Devil Fruit ability, instantly freezing the raging ocean!
In the blink of an eye, an area of sea several hundred meters across was frozen solid.
Even the seawater beneath the ice rapidly froze at an astonishing speed.
But even that failed to stop Kaido, the world's strongest creature, from escaping!
Meanwhile, Sengoku, Garp, and the other Marines also arrived at the coast.
Looking at the sea Aokiji had frozen solid, they could only shake their heads and sigh helplessly.
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