Chapter 94: Conspiracy
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Chapter 94: Conspiracy
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Whitebeard gazed on the battlefield where he would lose his life. He knew the World Government would do its best to stop him here. There was no way he would leave this battlefield alive.
He gave Max a side glance and saw him gazing straight at him.
'Yeah, that guy won't let me get out of here too.' Whitebeard didn't mind it too much, though he doesn't like Max's opportunistic nature. He had no choice but to make a deal with him for his body to be reverted to a younger age.
Suddenly the air cracked and Marco crashed next to him. There were some injuries on the 1st commander, but he got up and flames licked his skin, healing all of the injuries he sustained.
Kizaru also appeared up in the air, looking down at Whitebeard. "Birds are quite annoying nowadays," complained the Admiral. Though he seemed casual, a small drop of blood dripped out of the corner of his lip.
Whitebeard smirked. He knew that fighting against Marco wasn't a smart thing to do, especially since Marco could regenerate and no one eventually Kizaru's injuries would add up unless he could finish things in one decisive hit.
"Gurararara, Marco," Whitebeard called out amusingly, ignoring his wrecked arm that made his son look at him worriedly. But the Yonko had an unbothered smirk on his face. "How is the plan going?"
"Everything is in place," Marco smirked.
Both of them looked at the stand where Ace stood with Sengoku next to him.
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Suddenly Max looked towards Ace's platform too and his eyes widened, but that only lasted for a split second and they hardened again. Slowly a knowing smirk made its way into his face as he looked at the clear sky.
"I love it when things become so predictable." He muttered, his tone had a strange aftertaste, something that would make anyone who heard him get a chill down their spine.
The ground below him cracked as he kicked off it and his body dissipated into thin air.
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Sengoku was intrigued but still kept his hands in his pockets when Max suddenly appeared mid-air in front of him. "Execute Ace right now, or else it will be too late."
"No," Sengoku refused him instantly. "The execution time has been scheduled and it can't be changed just because you said so."
Max only stared at him, his Emperor Form made him look intimidating. But as a Fleet Admiral, Sengoku didn't budge even one inch. But something felt strange in the air as if Max was up to something.
'He is scheming, and it annoys me that I don't know what.' Though Sengoku. He didn't show anything outwardly but was already wary of Max.
"I see, then if that's so," Max shrugged and jumped back.
Fwish!
In an instant, he was back next to Raynare and Negan. The latter's eyes sharpened. "What's happening boss-man? Is this the time?"
Negan, nor even Raynare were quite sure what Max's plans were. But they knew that their leader had something in mind, in this war, he wouldn't walk out without some benefits.
Max's body suddenly twisted in a strange motion. "Hold back the fort, I am going in full power."
His body started releasing steam, his eyes got bloodshot and Max's bear-like face formed into a huge bloodthirsty grin.
BOOOOOOOOM!!!
A crater was made below him as suddenly the sky darkened and clouds gathered. The head of a huge dragon head came out of the clouds. It had the horns of a deer and the eyes of a snake, its skin was blue like the deep ocean. This was Kaido, one of the strongest people in the world, considered as the strongest creature.
The new Yonko's arrival shocked everyone, even Sengoku looked up with surprise. Whitebeard seemed uncomfortable too, after all, who knew what Kaido would do here or which side he would take.
Max on the other hand was already mid-attack and grabbed Kaido by the horn, and tugged. "C'mon now big guy, don't suddenly just come here. Did you kill Shanks or something?"
The giant draconic body swung together with Max's momentum.
Kaido's huge pupil moved and he looked at his attacker. "Don't get cocky brat."
Max only smirked, his body slowly turned back into his human form. "Sorry, but acting like this annoys my opponents and makes them slip up. I would call this tricking your opponent, you would know better than me about this, right? Didn't you do the same thing with Oden?"
Kaido's eyes turned red in rage once Oden's name was mentioned. Max's smile only widened, in that split second King appeared out of the clouds and kicked Max in the face.
The kick was devastating enough to have shattered anyone else's skull, but it didn't even make contact with Max's body. Like an invisible bubble of air, his attack had stopped. "Heh, as expected, you always have your subordinates come and cover for you. Who did you pay off to call you the strongest creature in the world?"
Those words enraged Kaido even more, but Max didn't stop to observe that. He grabbed King's ankle, a cracking sound rang out as Haki destroyed his leg and Max threw him to the battlefield like a rag doll.
"Overconfidence is bad too," said Max as his claws extended and he aimed for Kaido's eye.
Clang!
But the Yonko closed his eyes, stopping Max's claws for a split second before his whole arm pierced through and sunk elbow deep into the eye.
Kaido only grunted as his body morphed into something resembling a humanoid dragon with vampire-like fangs. He had his eye closed as blood seeped from it, and Max was within arm's reach.
Max kicked off the air, while Kaido had a strange cloud to stand on. The Beast Pirate Yonko wasn't that mad, even though he had just lost an eye.
"That was remarkable," Kaido said, his voice strangely calm. "I didn't expect that at all."
It was unnerving and unnatural at his calm he suddenly became, even though Max had insulted him.
In that split second, Max's eyes widened, jumping back and crossing his arms, entering his Emperor Form in an instant.
*Crack!*
Kaido had already moved in front of him in an instant, his bones cracked as a spiked bat hit his arms. "You should talk less little brat, especially when talking to your betters."
Max spit out some blood, but a smirk made its way into his face. His own blood had stained his fangs while he kept looking at Kaido. "That's the difference between you and me. I always fight my enemies as if I would lose against them. I go all out, using every trick in the book."
Kaido didn't pay attention to him any longer and looked down, only to see that Whitebeard was in his previous place. That was when he concentrated in his Observation Haki and sensed a presence behind him, turning around he saw Whitebeard's halberd covered in his quake power swinging toward him.
"Fish should stay in the sea." Whitebeard mocked him as the halberd dug into Kaido's skin, cutting his muscles and impenetrable defense. On top of it, the quake power traveled through and made the hit even worse than just cutting him from shoulder to hip.
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-Max POV-
*crack* *crack* *crack*
The bones in my arm restructured themselves. Using
Drinking some milk should patch this up.
Looking up, I looked up at the fight between the monsters, if it could even be called that. Seeing Kaido almost being bisected by Whitebeard was quite fulfilling.
My words weren't directed at Kaido himself, they were meant to remind Whitebeard of who killed Oden and his family. As far as the old man knew, even Momonoske and his sister were killed, burned alive in that palace too.
Would I be able to win against Kaido in a 1v1 fight? Well, that was debatable. But even if I won, getting out of the fight without injuries was impossible. That wasn't something I could afford for the time. After all, I hadn't forgotten that the World Government still wanted me dead.
BAAAAM!!
My body crashed on the ground and I winced in pain, hugging my ribs.
This was all fake of course. Act like prey, be a predator. Now I just needed someone to come and take the bait.
The air around me became colder, and I even started having some difficulty breathing, a cold mist was made around me. Aokiji's body morphed in front of me. He didn't look at me directly and had his back turned. "Max… the World Government has given the order to have you killed."
Aokiji? I thought it was unlikely that he would play to the World Government's plans. But the world is full of surprises sometimes.