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Chapter 334: Kaido Escapes

Sea Calendar 1490.

Five years had passed since the Great Battle at God Valley.

The Great Sea gradually became lively.

As Pirate Crew Factions expanded, the entire New World began to grow tense.

Aside from the most elite Hegemon-level Pirate Groups, the Mid-High Ranking Cadres, and even Regular Members, of the Rocks Pirates who hadn't retired or joined other Factions, those with ambition basically established their own Pirate Crews and expanded their Territories.

Among them were also many rising stars who emerged from the New Era.

However, in just five short years, they were not yet qualified to challenge the Hegemon-level Pirate Groups.

The period of peaceful development had passed, and the Territories of various Pirate Crews and other Factions began to clash.

To expand Territory, enlarge Factions, and gain more benefits, it was inevitable to initiate War.

To defeat enemies and annex the Territories of others.

Small-scale conflicts began, and one after another, the Major Factions unanimously set their sights on the easily dealt with small fry first.

Surrender or die.

Many people realized this point.

The Era of Contending Heroes was truly about to arrive.

The New World is a vast Sea Area.

Although it cannot compare to the Four Seas, it is still one-third the size of any single Sea Area within the Four Seas.

In the current New World, Hegemon-level Pirate Groups are entrenched.

A large number of Factions are interspersed among the numerous Hegemon-level Pirate Groups.

If one does not possess sufficient strength, they will inevitably face assaults from various Factions.

It can be said that the only places where one can develop stably are the central and southern Sea Areas of the New World's front section.

This is because that Sea Area does not have Hegemon-level Pirate Groups possessing absolute power.

And the Marines pushing back into the New World further disrupted this situation.

For the Marines, the most important task was to create a peaceful Sea Area near the New World Center.

Since this was a peaceful trade route, this Sea Area was overall long and narrow.

However, once this trade route takes shape, it will inevitably become a coveted prize, targeted by numerous Pirates.

The pressure faced will also increase, requiring sufficient military strength and Navy Branches.

Otherwise, pirates could exploit the weakness at any time, causing huge losses.

Especially the core Trade Island, which requires Strongmen from the Marines with powerful strength and strong-willed methods to guard it.

New World.

Punk Hazard.

The abandoned island that would transform into Ice-Fire Island after the future competition between two Admirals for the position of Fleet Admiral.

Currently, it is an important Secret Research Base for the Marines and the World Government.

The entire Base is guarded by two thousand Marine Soldiers, including World Government Agents, with strict security and Navy Warships patrolling the surroundings.

Inside, various illegal research is conducted, especially secret research on the bloodlines of powerful races.

The former Apprentice Pirate of the Rocks Pirates, "Azure Dragon" Kaido, was imprisoned inside this Base.

Researchers conducted various inhuman experiments on Kaido's body, bloodline genes.

Kaido was seen with his eyes closed, seemingly in a deep sleep.

Besides seastone, a large amount of sedative had also been injected into Kaido's body.

This allowed him to accept the research of others without resistance.

But what outsiders didn't know was that his heart was beating steadily and weakly.

This beating frequency was deliberately controlled by him to create this illusion.

Although his eyes were closed, he was very familiar with the situation around the Laboratory.

After all, he had been here for over a year.

Suddenly, Kaido opened his eyes, and his restrained body erupted violently, directly blowing apart the bodies of the nearby researchers.

This upheaval left everyone in disbelief.

The Agents guarding outside rushed into the Laboratory but were no match for Kaido.

"What's going on?

Wasn't he injected with sedative?

And seastone, how does he still have such terrifying strength?"

"That's a high-concentration sedative that even Sea Kings fall into sleep after being injected!

The effect should last at least half a day, but only three hours have passed!

How did he wake up so quickly?"

"Worororo!

I've already adapted!"

Kaido laughed loudly.

He immediately got the key to unlock his seastone restraint and broke free from the seastone restraint.

Before others could react, Kaido started a massacre, then furiously destroyed the Base that had arbitrarily researched his body.

Kaido never expected that he would actually become a test subject for the Marines and the World Government.

To him, it was simply a humiliation.

Although his body was restrained by seastone, and his Devil Fruit ability had fallen silent, his body had already been modified by his ability.

This point could not be changed.

Within his body, the terrifying adaptability of the Azure Dragon Fruit had integrated.

Even seastone could only weaken this adaptability.

Just as he said, he had already adapted.

Over this past year.

He had adapted to the suppression of the Devil Fruit by seastone.

Although seastone still suppressed the use of the Devil Fruit, the suppression of physical strength by seastone was gradually weakening.

Similarly, as time passed and Kaido's body adapted, the effect of the sedative was also constantly weakening, and the duration of its effect was decreasing.

To maintain the suppression effect, they would have to replace the seastone with a higher concentration and use a larger amount or stronger potions.

But now, it was already too late.

Kaido continued destroying, breaking into Laboratory after Laboratory, Research Institute after Research Institute.

While destroying, he also tried his best to take away things that might be useful to him: paper research data, some seemingly useful high-end machinery.

Even if put into the Black Market, they could sell for quite a lot of beli.

After all, over these past few days, through the conversations of these researchers, Kaido had also obtained some useful information for himself.

"This is Punk Hazard!"

"The test subject has gone berserk!

He broke free from restraint by brute force!"

Soaring flames and sounds of explosions rang out, filling the dark night sky with red light.

The entire island issued an alarm.

Kaido walked out of the Research Base's Warehouse center, satisfied.

Not only had he found his personal weapon, Hassaikai, but he had also obtained considerable gains from it.

In Kaido's abdomen, there is a special structure.

Dragon Breath, Wind Blast, and Flame are all used through this special organ.

When not using these special abilities, Kaido can use it as a storage space.

Carrying his spiked club and feeling the guarding soldiers outside constantly rushing over, Kaido prepared to quickly kill his way out before the Marines' powerful combatants arrived.

(end of chapter)