thefictionvixens Chapter 249 Breakthrough in Observation Haki, Observation Kill
Chapter 249 Breakthrough in Observation Haki, Observation Kill
PS: The previous chapter has been expanded to 2000 words.
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The next day.
Gloria Osa stared blankly at the ceiling.
What happened to the promised gentleness?
fart!
She felt like her whole body was falling apart, and she was even more exhausted than if she had fought a life-or-death battle.
He turned his head to look at Kaido and Bakin, who were walking out of the bathroom.
These are truly two beasts.
Kaido is one thing, but why is Bakkin in better condition than her?!
Noticing Gloriosa's gaze, Bakkin was initially puzzled, but then suddenly realized.
While using a hairdryer to dry her hair, she explained with a smile, "It's no big deal. One is that I'm more used to it than you are, and the other is that you were the main one who carried the load last night."
Upon hearing this, Gloriosa sighed softly, "Kaido, didn't you have enough fun last night?"
Kaido, who was tidying his clothes, turned his head and grinned.
"I'm not some idiot who can't control his body. You get some rest. I have to host the competition for those eliminated contestants today."
After saying that, Kaido quickly left the room, leaving only Gloriosa and Bakkin inside.
Gloriosa had no choice but to refocus her attention on Bakkin.
Was my performance terrible last night?
Bakkin smiled and said, "You're overthinking it. Kaido is very happy."
"Being happy just means you didn't get enough fun?"
Gloria sighed, and for some reason, she suddenly felt anxious and uncertain.
As someone who had been through it all, Bakkin saw through Gloriosa's current situation at a glance.
It's simply that he's worried about his relationship with Kaido and feels uncertain about it.
She approached Kaido with the intention of exchanging benefits, but after what happened last night, her thoughts changed, which led to this situation.
Although everything went smoothly for Bakkin herself at the time, she actually went through a similar psychological process.
After all, her past was not honorable, and she was less likely to be liked by men than Gloria Osa.
So, having seen through everything, Bakkin began to persuade Gloriosa.
"Don't worry, Kaido is far more magnanimous than you think. He doesn't even mind me, so what are you worried about?"
"However, he can be quite petty in some ways."
"You must be careful. Once you're with Kaido, you absolutely cannot have any ambiguous relationships with other men."
"Kaido can allow his women to have had other men, but he would never accept a woman who is with him having lingering relationships with other men; that would make him look like a piece of trash."
Hearing this, Gloriosa felt a little more confident, but couldn't help asking curiously, "What will happen if the forbidden situation you mentioned occurs?"
After thinking for a moment, Baggin replied, "First of all, survival is absolutely impossible."
"Secondly, Kaido might kill you using some kind of lethal method."
"After all, you went to see other men after being with him. What other reason could there be besides him being impotent?"
"That petty guy is actually quite easy to guess in this respect."
Upon hearing this, Gloriosa, who was lying on the bed, instinctively shivered.
But inexplicably, it also felt somewhat exciting.
However, when she realized that doing this might not only lead to her and the wild man's demise, but also potentially Amazon Lily, she instantly lost all interest.
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Aure Island, the stage.
Today was supposed to be a rest day, but it was a special rest time reserved for the Round of 16 teams who won their match yesterday.
However, due to the events that occurred after the previous qualifiers.
Therefore, today's rest day for the main events was temporarily changed to the knockout stage for the 33rd to 100th place teams.
The hosts were still Morgans and his men.
With their explanation, today's competition was mainly divided into two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
The competition starts at 9:00 AM and ends at 11:30 AM, lasting a total of 2.5 hours.
The afternoon session starts at 1 p.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m. The final round will be held at the same time as the morning session.
These two long tournaments are not elimination rounds like yesterday's, but rather a free-for-all mode similar to the initial qualifiers.
The 33rd to 100th place winners, a total of 68 people, are divided into batches of 34, and each batch participates in either a morning or afternoon competition.
It's a 34-player free-for-all, but compared to previous matches, there's an additional restriction: no kills are allowed.
Assuming no one is killed, whoever stands in the ring until the end will be ranked 33rd.
In general, such ranking matches require four rounds.
First, the first two sessions are the two sessions that will be held today.
Group 33-66 is one group, and group 67-100 is another group.
The two groups will each produce a winners' bracket of 17 players and a losers' bracket of 17 players.
Then the winners' bracket and losers' bracket were reorganized into two groups of 34 players for a free-for-all.
The first person eliminated in the winners' bracket was ranked 66th, and the last person standing was ranked 33rd.
The first person eliminated from the loser's bracket is ranked 100th, and the last person standing is ranked 67th.
Such a competition format is definitely not fair.
After all, there are certain special Devil Fruit users who might use sneak attacks to eliminate some strong opponents and send them to the loser's bracket.
But then again, if you can be ambushed, it proves that you are not strong enough, so even if you make it to the loser's bracket, don't complain.
Surprisingly, the participating pirates didn't react much after Morgans announced the rules.
Thinking about it, it's not surprising at all.
The ocean is cruel.
In most battles between pirates, the winner takes all, and the loser loses everything, including their own life.
Compared to the rules of combat that pirates experience daily, these tournament rules, even if relatively unfair, are still fair enough.
To fuss over it would be beneath mere politeness. As a pirate with ambitions to dominate the New World, I wouldn't be so pretentious.
Thus, after Kaido expanded the ice arena to a diameter of 3 kilometers, the first ranking battle officially began.
The chaotic battle of 34 people erupted with all sorts of Devil Fruit abilities almost the instant the bell rang.
Among them, the most eye-catching was a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, the Flame-Flame Fruit user, who had been captured by Barrett.
Because he was new to the island and did not follow the island's rules, he was punched to the ground and arrested by Barrett, becoming a labor camp inmate.
Then, because several people were missing from the second round of the preliminary selection, Kaido held a selection competition in the prison.
Winfred, the current user of the Flame-Flame Fruit, successfully stood out in the selection tournament and became a member of the current team.
A raging fire was burning.
Winfred's development of the Flame-Flame Fruit is indeed quite good.
Although he seems slightly inferior to Ace from the original timeline, Ace was Roger's son after all, so there was indeed a gap in his learning ability.
Unfortunately, Winfred made the same mistake as Ace.
Because the number of powerful beings with Haki is relatively small in the first half of the Grand Line, the elemental transformation of Logia-type Devil Fruits seems extremely invincible.
Therefore, Winfred neglected Armament Haki and physical training.
Physical training is inevitable, since Devil Fruit abilities also require physical exertion.
However, the most crucial factors in close combat—resistance to blows and strength training—are severely lacking.
That's why he was knocked down by a few punches in his previous fight with Barrett.
And now, he is experiencing a similar situation.
At the start of the battle, after showcasing his fire abilities, he was quickly targeted by several pirates specializing in Haki.
If he hadn't been beaten up by Barrett before and hadn't taken precautions in this regard, he probably would have been a member of the loser's bracket immediately.
Time flies.
With the Flame-Flame Fruit sweeping across the entire area, the 17 members of the losers' bracket were determined in less than half an hour.
Seeing Winfred standing among the 17 winners with a look of lingering fear on his face, Kaido smiled irritably.
in the afternoon.
In the second group's battle, having learned from the previous incident in the morning, no one wanted to be a member of the loser's bracket.
In addition, the absence of Logia-type Devil Fruit users in this round meant a lack of large-scale clearing capabilities, making the afternoon's battles particularly intense.
However, they still managed to determine the winners and losers before 3:30 pm.
For a master like Kaido, these two major battles were no different from playing house.
However, for countless ordinary viewers of average talent around the world, it was exceptionally exciting.
Morgans and his team also provided excellent commentary for both matches.
Another day of competition has come to an end.
Kaido, who watched the entire match today, returned to the castle mansion, and Gloriosa had recovered.
Seeing this, Kaido showed no mercy and pinned her against the wall right there in the corridor.
"Kaido, wait a minute, they'll see us!"
"Don't worry, the children aren't here."
"You bastard! Ugh..."
After dealing with Gloriosa, Whiteybe reappeared in Kaido's office.
Helpless, Kaido had no choice but to pin her down on the desk and give her a good lecture.
After leaving her desk, Makima looked at Kaido with a smile.
As night fell, Emru, who had lost the previous match, brought Olvia to Kaido for comfort.
As her husband, Kaido naturally comforted the two of them and treated them to a "feast," his mouth smeared with cream.
Another night has passed.
Today is a newly scheduled day off.
The top 16 contestants will have an extra day of rest, as will the contestants vying for the top 100.
During this time, Kaido spent a day with Charlotte Linlin and Selene.
Naturally, it's not just about shopping together; it also includes physical companionship.
The following day, or rather, the third day after the round of 32 matches.
The round of 16 to 8 matches officially begins today.
Early in the morning, Kaido got up from his boudoir and took a bath with his two beautiful wives.
Two hours later, the three, feeling refreshed, dressed in neat clothes and headed to the competition venue together.
"ladies and gentlemen!"
"Welcome back to the live broadcast of the World Martial Arts Tournament after just one day!"
"I'm the familiar, top-rated host! Moore-Gons!!"
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After a warm opening speech that successfully stirred the audience's emotions, it was already 9 a.m.
The first match today will be contested by the two winners from the previous match; their names are—
Captain of the Beasts Pirates, the Azure Dragon Kaido!
Rockefeller Keith, Vice Commander of the Knights of God!
After being called out by Morgans, the two men went up into the ring through the wrestlers' tunnel.
Standing 50 meters apart, before the battle bells even rang, Kaido noticed that Keith's aura was a bit off.
"Where did Selene spend the night last night?"
Keith asked Kaido with a gloomy face.
Upon hearing this question, Kaido instinctively paused, and almost blurted out the answer.
Are you trying to get yourself killed by asking where my wife spends the night?!
But Kaido realized what was happening in the next instant.
He had sensed Keith's murderous intent before.
At the time, Kaido thought that his AOE killing during the God Valley period might have unintentionally killed Keith's relatives.
Unexpectedly, Keith's murderous intent actually stemmed from this melodramatic love triangle.
Thinking of this, Kaido's gaze toward Keith instantly became playful.
“Selene and I slept together last night.”
click!
As soon as the longsword was drawn an inch, Keith's body was instantly enveloped in black and red Conqueror's Haki lightning.
"Not only Selene, but Lingling was with them too."
"I had Lingling in my right arm and Selene in my left, and with her warm and soft body in my arms, I slept very comfortably."
boom!!
The domineering aura of black and red transformed into a torrent of light that shot into the sky.
"Kaido!!!"
A deep growl came from Keith's mouth.
The gas mask he had been wearing on his face began to crumble under the onslaught of the powerful current, revealing a handsome and dashing face.
However, this face, which should have been very handsome, looked extremely ferocious at this moment, like a wild beast ready to devour its prey.
"Uro ro ro ro..."
Kaido's lips curled into a smile as he looked at Keith, adding fuel to the fire.
"Would you like to guess what fun games we played last night before we fell asleep?"
"Or guess how long we spent washing up in the bathroom before leaving this morning."
Click click click click...
Keith's hand, gripping the long sword at his waist, began to tremble violently, a sign of suppressed rage reaching its peak.
A deep, beast-like roar kept emanating from Keith's mouth.
"I'm going to...kill you!!!"
"Urororororo..."
Despite Keith's overwhelming killing intent and rage, Kaido simply smiled.
However, beneath that smile, a chilling killing intent surged in his eyes.
As a winner in life with many stunningly beautiful wives, Kaido is well aware of how much he is envied.
However, most of those who resented him restrained their ambitions because they lacked the ability to commit the crime.
Kaido is very magnanimous towards this kind of person.
After all, actions speak louder than words, and no one is perfect when it comes to their heart.
Back in the day, before he was reincarnated, didn't he also envy and be jealous of those who were successful in life?
Therefore, Kaido can understand these people; as long as they don't take any action, he will turn a blind eye and pretend he doesn't know.
But the Rockefeller Keith in front of me is different.
He was strong enough to commit the crime, and he also had an extremely strong motive.
However, driven by hatred, he wanted to deal with himself first before seeking an opportunity to commit the crime.
Kaido would not be so magnanimous as to let such a rival or adversary leave alive.
Regardless of whether Selene and this Keith truly had an emotional connection before Selene followed him.
Kaido only knows that Selene is his now, belonging solely to him, and he will never allow anyone else to touch her!
Who dares to move!
Whoever does it will die!