novelraw Chapter 501: SFDI - 501
Chapter 501: SFDI - 501
Drake and Kaido had said that they wouldn’t lose, and Drake also hadn’t thought that he would definitely win.
Drake hadn’t said that line, "I’m burning up," from the start, because his fighting spirit really hadn’t burned to its peak.
Although Drake had been quite angry because of Tama’s experiences, it hadn’t touched Drake’s own bottom line after all, and Drake didn’t have enough motivation and resolve to battle.
Drake had been very clear about this point, so even if he had focused all of his attention on the battle itself, he couldn’t reach the state that he would be in when battling with all of his strength.
But even so, Drake had the confidence that he wouldn’t lose... that was what he had said, but Kaido’s HP bar was really so thick that Drake had been speechless.
Having experienced a gauntlet battle with the Akazaya Nine, the Supernova Alliance, Yamato, and awakened Luffy in the original plot, Kaido hadn’t shown any signs of weakness from start to finish, and you could see how terrifying he was in the endurance category.
Kaido’s madness had also made Drake click his tongue, and he had been willing to take a club even while bearing Drake’s blade, and only a HP bar monster like Kaido could do this kind of thing of injuring the enemy by eight thousand while injuring himself by ten thousand.
But even so, Drake had also discovered that the one who had been at a disadvantage had actually been himself, which had made Drake especially helpless.
Kaido hadn’t been feeling good either, and after battling for a full three days and three nights, even he had become scarred.
This was the first time that someone had caused him this many wounds since Kouzuki Oden had left that cross-shaped scar on his abdomen twenty years ago.
The black stains on the broken scales on his body had all been dried bloodstains, and you could see how tragic the battle had been.
But the full three days of battle had also made Kaido’s head, which had been overwhelmed by hot blood, calm down, and he had begun to think about how to end things.
The entire sea knew that Kaido of the Beasts, one of the Four Emperors, was a madman, but no one had ever treated him as just a madman.
As a sea emperor, Kaido’s courage and IQ were definitely not bad. It was just that generally speaking, there had been no need to use other methods for problems that could be resolved with the studded club in his hand.
But don’t forget how Kouzuki Oden had died, and although it had been because he himself had been stupid, the trap had still been set by Kaido in the end.
So the current Kaido had been very clear that he couldn’t take down Drake. And after fighting for these three days, the outer perimeter of Onigashima had been almost leveled by the two.
If they continued, then they would have to risk their lives, and his base, which he had been operating for so many years, would also be completely unusable.
Kaido had had to admit that he had been overwhelmed, and he had actually been fighting someone whose strength wasn’t weaker than his own on Onigashima.
But after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that Drake had been the one who had come to cause trouble first.
Kaido had been the one who had been finding trouble with others before this, and he hadn’t reacted for a moment after suddenly becoming the one who had had trouble found with him.
As a pirate, especially a pirate who had the title of sea emperor, he had actually been provoked to this extent, and Kaido had even had the thought of simply giving up Onigashima and fighting Drake to the death.
But having experienced three days and three nights of battle, Kaido was currently in a state of calmness that could be called the sage state, and he had already been able to weigh the pros and cons.
Of course, what was most important was that Drake had displayed the strength to have an equal conversation with him.
Kaido had leaned on his studded club, saying, "You’ve fought for this long, you should also say what you want in the end, right?"
Drake had naturally known that the conditions for negotiations to be established had already been reached, and he had slammed the Green Dragon Crescent Blade on the ground, saying, "My condition is very simple, I want one of your farms in Kuri. That farm will be under my control from now on, and you Beasts Pirates aren’t allowed to cause trouble!"
Kaido had been stunned, and he hadn’t expected that Drake had come to fight him, this Four Emperor, just for a farm.
But if they hadn’t had this fight, there really wouldn’t have been the possibility of negotiating. This was also why Drake had only said his conditions after fighting, and it was also the normal way to communicate with pirates.
Kaido had laughed loudly, saying, "Worororo, you really have the courage, you’re actually trying to steal something from a pirate!"
Drake had looked straight at Kaido, saying, "So you’re going to refuse?"
Kaido had shaken his head, saying, "No, just treat it as a prize that you’ve won for not being beaten down by me, you can have a mere farm!"
Drake had also relaxed his tense nerves slightly, deactivating Nibelungen Ring, and had flown up after spreading out his flame wings behind him.
"As a return gift, I can tell you some information, Vegapunk used your lineage factor to make a copy of the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan Model.
Although he thinks that it’s an imperfect work, that fruit doesn’t have any differences from the one that you ate apart from the color!"
Kaido’s expression hadn’t changed, looking up at Drake, saying, "Information that doesn’t have any meaning!"
Drake hadn’t said anything, turning around, flying towards the direction of Village.
Drake had only come up with the idea of taking out this information that was related to Kaido on the spur of the moment. He had just been treating it as appeasing Kaido, preventing him from feeling that he had been at too much of a disadvantage, and then secretly tripping him up later on.
But as Kaido himself had said, this information didn’t have any meaning.
Fruits and ability users had always been helping each other. Although the fruits had strong and weak points, they still had extraordinary combat power as long as they had been developed well.
For example, it wasn’t the Tremor-Tremor Fruit that had made Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world, but it was instead Whitebeard who had given the Tremor-Tremor Fruit the strongest fame.
It was the same for Kaido as well, and although the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan Model: Azure Dragon, was very powerful, it didn’t mean that someone who had eaten that fruit could become the strongest creature on land, sea, and air. The one who had been strong in the end had still been Kaido himself.
But no matter what, Drake’s goal had finally been achieved.
Drake naturally wouldn’t be so ignorant of the importance of things that he would propose conditions that Kaido definitely couldn’t agree to, like making Kaido leave Wano Country, or tearing down the weapons factory.
Drake hadn’t come here this time to save the entire Wano Country, but had instead only come to resolve the problem of Tama and them’s lives.
The former could only be achieved if he had a full-scale war with the Beasts Pirates and had won, and Drake wasn’t so self-conceited that he thought that he could defeat a Four Emperor force of several thousand people by himself.
Being able to make Kaido loosen his mouth, handing over a farm, had already been very difficult.
Drake had flown back to Straw Hat Village all the way, and had reunited with Stella and Tama, who had been waiting here all along.
Although she had believed in Drake, but after waiting for a full three days, and seeing the sorry-looking Drake, Stella couldn’t help but welcome him with concern, saying, "Drake, are you injured? Is it serious?"
Drake had waved his hand, saying, "Don’t worry, they’re all superficial wounds. The opponent was a top powerhouse of this world after all, and it’s already very good that I could do this.
But I’ve held you up for this long, making you worry."
Tama had also walked over from the side, and she had known what Drake had gone out for this time. After seeing the wounds on Drake’s body, she had also begun to feel guilty.
"Drake aniki, it’s all because of Tama that you got injured, I..."
Drake had slapped his hand on Tama’s head, saying solemnly, "Don’t say anymore, I like seeing people who possess good qualities become happy.
It’s fine as long as the optimistic and kind Tama can continue being happy!"
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