Chapter 357: Chapter 357: Joy Boy Fans All Hide Deeply
Chapter 357: Joy Boy Fans All Hide Deeply
The thick dark clouds stopped churning and slowly dissipated in the calm. The sky, filled with lightning, quieted at this moment. Kaido’s eyes gradually dimmed, the lost color transferring to the moonlight that passed through and fell upon the earth.
—Schlick.
Reiner pulled out his bone arm. Blood trickled out, ’drip, drip’, and pooled on the ground into a viscous red lake. Kaido’s figure stood there motionless.
The azure flame on the undead skeleton flickered and dissipated, transforming into specks of fluorescent light that scattered, as if writing a declaration of victory on the air.
Thump.
Reiner lay straight back on the ground in a starfish position. The injuries on his body had already recovered under his ability. The consumption of stamina was not a major issue, but after fighting until now, the moment his tensed spirit relaxed, he also felt a little tired.
"—Phew."
Reiner let out a long sigh of relief. His gaze slowly shifted to Kaido, who was already without a breath. There were two penetrating wounds on his chest.
Among them, the hole that had been opened by the first hand-blade had already grown new pink flesh and healed. But the wound from the second hand-blade, after a follow-up tremor ability had exploded inside his body, had directly expanded the wound into a gaping hole.
His internal organs had been almost shattered by the tremor. The edges of the wound on his body’s surface could still be seen with flesh wriggling.
Reiner couldn’t help but sigh at the terror of the other’s physical body. Even...
He’s not still alive, is he?
Reiner couldn’t help but frown and think, even though his Observation Haki could indeed no longer sense Kaido’s presence.
After a while, Kaido still showed no movement. Reiner moved his gaze away and looked up at the sky. The bright moon was now fully revealed, its bright moonlight shining on his face.
That’s right. How could anyone survive a tremor ability exploding inside their body after being covered in injuries? That would surpass the scope of a living creature.
Except for himself. Undead don’t count as normal living creatures.
It was the first time he had used his beast form. In fact, it was true that the undead had no sense of pain, but the so-called concept of not being injured was both nonsense and the truth.
That was not the ability of his undead form. How could he really be immortal? That was actually Marco’s ability.
The reason he could use it was that the so-called ’Necro-Lord’ was a combination of all his undead. In other words, that skeleton body was actually constructed from all the undead in his possession.
His hand-blade being able to break through Kaido’s scales and Armament Haki to pierce him was reliant on Sukuna’s terrifying swordsmanship. In his full-beast Necro-Lord form, he was the collection of all his undead.
The beast-man form was a similar principle. He could obtain some of the characteristics of the Necro-Lord, which was that his body’s various functions were enhanced by each of the undead.
All Mythical Zoans were transformed from legendary creatures. There were many legends related to the undead, and the versions were not all the same. But the essence of Reiner’s fruit ability was to turn the undead into his own power.
Controlling the undead to fight was just a more convenient method. To bring all the power back to himself and combine it with his Haki to fight was his ultimate trump card to break through his limits and ascend to the top.
After catching his breath, Reiner patted his clothes and stood up. Just as he was about to turn and leave, a hoarse, low voice suddenly came from behind.
"Joy Boy..."
Reiner was stunned for a moment. After hearing the voice clearly, he sighed and turned his head back.
Kaido, with his head hanging down, was like a candle in the wind. His eyes were devoid of light, and his lifeless black hair was draped messily over his shoulders, his throat hoarse:
"Rocks... Roger... Whitebeard... all failed. I failed too..."
"The number of people who could fight me can be counted on one hand... none of them could become Joy Boy..."
His voice paused. A cold wind in the late night kicked up flying sand, blowing away the black hair that covered Kaido’s face. A pair of unfocused pupils gathered a trace of a trembling glimmer of light.
The one who brings laughter and freedom, Joy Boy, the laugh boy...
"The person who will change this world... will it be you, Reiner...?"
Kaido with great difficulty moved his last gaze to Reiner, waiting for an answer with the last of his time.
Reiner just asked back:
"Do I look like a ’hee hee ha ha’ person to you?"
His voice was very faint and contained no emotion.
"You’re right..."
A corner of Kaido’s mouth actually lifted slightly. His hoarse voice sounded like a dry laugh:
"That’s right. You won’t be Joy Boy either..."
"The one who saves this country doesn’t have to be a samurai, right? So,"
Reiner suddenly spoke. He no longer looked at Kaido, but just silently turned to leave, and said without looking back:
"The one who changes this world doesn’t have to be Joy Boy either."
"Probably..."
With that, the smile on Kaido’s lips slowly flattened, and the color in his eyes disappeared again.
He was dead.
After Reiner left, King’s figure flew in from the sky.
Sukuna, who had been fighting him, had suddenly disappeared during the battle. He had rushed over and landed, taking two or three steps to Kaido’s side.
"Mr. Kaido..."
Taking off his helmet, his shoulder-length pale hair fell loose. King lowered his head, his face hidden in shadow, his expression unreadable.
He said no more, but just supported Kaido’s hand on his shoulder, and step by step, he silently carried the shell of a body away from this place.
The man who had changed his world, his Joy Boy, was dead...
A tall stone mountain pierced the earth, straight into the clouds. On the peak of the mountain stood a tall and straight man, his white "Justice" coat flapping in the wind.
Buru-buru-buru~
Kizaru rubbed his head. After calling the black Den Den Mushi on his wrist for a while and getting no response, he finally reacted and took out another Den Den Mushi from his pocket.
"Moshi moshi~. Is that you, Sakazuki?"
"Kizaru, have you reached Wano Country yet? What’s the situation there now?"
The other end of the Den Den Mushi asked urgently.
Kizaru brushed his chest and said slowly:
"I just watched an incredible show. The good news is that we don’t have to make a big sacrifice. Kaido is already dead."
"Is that so..."
Hearing this news, the other end of the phone paused for a moment. After taking it in, a questioning voice was heard:
"Hearing you say that, is there bad news? What’s the situation with the Straw Hat crew now? Is there a chance..."
"No, Sakazuki. That’s the bad news I was about to say."
Kizaru shook his head and interrupted Akainu.
Having witnessed the final moment of the battle with his own eyes, he knew just how exaggerated Reiner’s hidden true strength was. The idea of launching a sneak attack while the two were fighting had been completely abandoned after seeing Reiner’s undead skeleton form.
Originally, with his strength, relying on his speed, he did have a chance to launch a sneak attack. But if Reiner wouldn’t be affected by injuries in battle, then there was no point in him making a move.
"In the future, if we go to war with the Straw Hat crew, I’m afraid we’ll have to bring out the same level of combat power as we did against Whitebeard."
"Is that so..."
On the phone, Sakazuki was silent for a moment, and then murmured as if to himself:
"For you to say such a thing, what on earth happened there..."
"I’ll tell you the specifics when I get back. After staying up all night, this old one needs to get a good sleep."
Kizaru’s tone was nonchalant.
The Den Den Mushi spoke again. Akainu gave a new order.
"Since Kaido is dead, arrest the remnants of the Beasts Pirates. The Reverie is almost over. We need to prepare to start the operation to purge the Warlords."
"Yare, yare. Is it starting so soon? You should at least give this old one some time to rest."
"Stop thinking about slacking off, Kizaru! That’s all!"
Crack!
The Den Den Mushi hung up. Kizaru’s face showed no expression, but he just silently put the Den Den Mushi away, looked up at the moon, and murmured to himself:
"Joy Boy..."
(End of Chapter)
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