Chapter 153: You’re Just Having Fun
Kaido’s strike was powerful enough to cleave mountains and rivers. With a single blow, everything within a few hundred meters collapsed. Countless onlookers were smashed into the ruins of buildings. Those with a bit more resilience slowly emerged from the rubble, clutching their wounds, staring at Kaido in disbelief. Could that behemoth truly possess such power?
After a moment of silence, Atlas burst into laughter. "Excellent! I like subordinates like you! How about it? Consider joining me. If you do, I’ll let you take the position of Vice-Captain, and I won’t hold you accountable for smashing my tavern!"
Seeing Atlas still spouting such nonsense, Alucard on the other side mentally branded the giant an "idiot."
Kaido, too, couldn’t be bothered with pleasantries. His body, relatively smaller than Atlas’s, leaped, positioning him directly in front of Atlas’s face. He extended his right hand, pressing down on the giant’s crown. Before Atlas could even react, Kaido slammed the colossal body to the ground with a vicious twist, face-first.
A moment of silence hung in the air, then a collective gasp of "Huh?!" broke out.
It was over just like that?
The strongest in Isanna Town, the Giant Tribe pirate captain with a 66 million Berry bounty, defeated just like that?
At this moment, standing near a brothel, a shifty-eyed pirate held a thick stack of wanted posters and began flipping through them, matching faces to Kaido’s.
He didn’t find Kaido’s face among the initial pile, but when he reached the last few pages, containing wanted posters of individuals rarely seen in the first half of the Grand Line, he finally found Kaido’s face.
When he looked down at the bounty amount, he suddenly felt as if he were suffocating.
Ones... tens... hundreds... thousands... millions... hundred million... No! Even higher!
"Kaido!"
He suddenly remembered.
"Kaido... could it be Kaido of the Beasts?! One of the Three Monsters of the New World!"
Whispering Kaido’s name and bounty amount, the news spread. Where had these rookie pirates ever seen such a figure? They were immediately terrified, soiling themselves. Especially those Titan Pirates who had dared to provoke Kaido earlier were now on the verge of falling to their knees and begging for mercy.
Damn it, why would one of the Three Monsters of the New World appear in a place like this?
Pere pere pere pere pere~
Just as everyone was reeling from the shock of Kaido’s identity and bounty, the sudden ringing of a Den Den Mushi drew everyone’s attention. Following the sound, Alucard stood holding a pale yellow Den Den Mushi, slowly walking towards the half-dead Atlas whom Kaido had beaten.
With a click, the closed-eyed Den Den Mushi suddenly opened its eyes, indicating the call had been connected.
"Moshi moshi, this is the Placica Marine Branch, what’s the matter?"
Hearing the voice from the receiver, everyone’s faces tightened. What in the world was that red-clothed guy doing? He was actually calling the Marines?!
"Reporting" was a thing in this world, much like calling "911." After dialing the Marine public phone, it would automatically connect to the nearest Marine branch.
Alucard glanced at Kaido, who was also looking his way, and said with a sinister grin, "Isanna Town, the New World pirate Kaido of the Beasts has been discovered, currently fighting with local pirates..."
Upon hearing Alucard’s words to the Marine on the other end, everyone in Isanna Town gasped in shock. Kaido, who had a slight understanding of Alucard’s personality, merely narrowed his eyes without reacting further.
"Really? Is it really Kaido of the Beasts?" The Marine receiver on the other end was clearly not as idiotic as these rookie pirates. He instantly understood the significance of "Kaido of the Beasts" and quickly said, "Is this in Isanna Town?"
"Ah, that’s right." Alucard continued with a playful expression, "When Kaido arrived, he sank the warship of Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Sid. He’s still here."
With that, Alucard hung up the phone without waiting for the Marine on the other end to react and tossed it onto the ground.
"Hey! You bastard! What are you trying to do?!"
"You’re trying to draw the Marines here?!"
"Don’t you know the rules of this Isanna Town? Whatever happens here is settled privately! You’re calling the Marines? Are you even a pirate?!"
Seeing Alucard attracting the Marines, many people began to curse. Damn it, we can’t afford to provoke Kaido, but can’t we afford to provoke you?
The reason Isanna became a pirate paradise in a relatively short time wasn’t just due to the deterrence of Atlas and the Titan Pirates. It was also because it was far from Marine Headquarters, and with the start of the Great Pirate Era, the Marines were understaffed and had various reasons for not being able to manage this route.
They finally dispatched a Vice Admiral from Headquarters to wipe out the place, but Kaido suddenly appeared and ruined it.
Originally, for a backwater place like this, where the nearest Marine branch wasn’t strong and was quite far, they wouldn’t bother if no major incidents occurred. But with Kaido here, the nature of the situation completely changed. No matter how far away it was, Marine Headquarters would definitely send high-ranking Marines to eradicate this place.
Unlike the other rookie pirates who only knew how to curse, Kaido simply folded his arms, his eyes narrowed as he looked at Alucard, who had sold him out. "Is this also a way for you to have fun?"
"Don’t you find it amusing?" Alucard replied calmly. Compared to taking action himself, he wanted to see what kind of expressions these wretches would make when facing an encirclement by Marine Headquarters.
Amidst the general uproar of curses, the small pirate who had first recognized Kaido’s identity screamed again, "Th-that red-clothed guy is Alucard! Like Kaido of the Beasts, he’s Alucard the Immortal, one of the Three Monsters!"
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