Chapter 204 - A scheduled fight!

Everyone after the fight was somehow injured. As such they just relaxed around.

"We have not fought for a while, so this was exciting for a change." Whitebeard all of a sudden said as he laughed loudly.

Some agreed with nods of their heads… like Garp, Don…

"Yes, this was some good serious workout for my old bones." Garp sighed in bliss as he rotated his right shoulder arm.

"Indeed. Our bones almost rusted from doing nothing, haha" Whitebeard laughed along with Garp.

But some disagreed… and the most vocal one was of course Sengoku…

"Exciting you say? We almost died you stupid old bastards!" Sengoku yelled at him furiously.

"You die? We would all die before you do, that's for sure." Whitebeard snorted back at him.

If anyone was completely safe from dying today, he would definitely be Sengoku. The man was known for his strategies after all.

"What the hell does that mean?"

Sengoku almost growled at the old man and seeing that he didn't reply again before he decided to just ignore him all together.

Elene and co were giggling and laughing as they saw this. Even the most uptight among them, being Aokiji and Dragon, cracked a small smile.

Sanji the poor guy was being consoled by his sister for some reason…

"He said workout… that was a workout?" Sanji kept muttering the same word again and again.

Meanwhile, Reiju, while struggling to hold her laugh, was consoling him.

"Don't worry, maybe in another 100 years you would start to think of these small fights as a simple workout," Reiju told him.

Sanji brightened as he heard her.

"You are right, even I can reach such a level… wait… did you say in a hundred years? What the hell do you mean by that, Reiju? Are you saying I can't do it, are you calling me weak?" Sanji was excited at first before it clicked for him that she was just playing a joke on him.

He almost wanted to cry as he heard her.

While the rest burst out laughing at him in unison.

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Kaido having fought with them all, thought that it was enough waiting already so he came closer to them, in his mind, he was preparing to ask why they had all gathered so close to Wano. He didn't forget about the gathering of all the strong people here.

But seeing him come closer, Ian moved to meet him halfway there.

When they reached close enough, Kaido started to speak.

"You are that new rookie, right? Why have you all gathered here?" Kaido went straight to the point of the matter.

Normally he would have dismissed Ian and went to talk directly with Garp.

Out of all of them here, he was the one he respected the most… after all he and Roger had directly taken his old crew apart.

But now… he had seen Ian's power with his own eyes.

Not to mention the feeling of strength he was projecting… this was as strong as his old captain…

And it took the combined strength of Garp and Roger in their prime, to take him down…

Meanwhile, they watched from the sides while fighting the crew of Roger…

But Kaido was excited… why?

It is because he has a very positive outlook on death. He thinks it's the moment when one gains true glory.

And although Kaido knew clearly that Ian was stronger, and this may result in his death, he didn't mind. He wanted to die fighting even way before, and if this was the time, then he wouldn't mind.

"They…" Ian started to say as his eyes wandered from Kaido to the people in question who were all ignoring them and relaxing on the ground… in fact, he could see that whitebeard had brought a bottle of sake and was already drinking along with Sengoku and Garp…

He shook his head and turned to look back at Kaido.

"They came to help me against that devil you saw. Originally only I and my crew were coming towards Wano." Ian explained to him. He didn't mind having this conversation.

Kaido raised his brow.

So only he was coming here? For what reason?

These were the questions going on in his mind.

"And what business do you have with me? Have you come to do the same as with big mom? I'll have you know that I will not go down without a fight, even if you all come at me at once!" Kaido questioned as he declared his stance while putting his Kanabo on his shoulder.

His eyes were narrowed and he was ready to fight at any second. He had of course already read the news about what happened to big mom. He didn't think that detestable woman would die just like that…

But Ian just laughed.

"Relax, they all are going to go back. And there would be no fight this day. It is best to have the fight when we are both at our top condition…" He said in reply.

Ian was somewhat surprised at how civil Kaido was acting. He didn't think was capable of having a normal conversation. Much less talk like this calmly.

But in truth, Kaido although unreasonable most of the time, he was not above acknowledging true strength. And Ian deserved his respect.

The reason Ian said there would be no fight, was because both of them were exhausted.

If they were going to fight, it was best to do so when they had their full strength. They had fought for nine hours after all.

Kaido frowned at Ian.

Deep down he wanted to fight Ian after seeing his strength, he didn't care that they were currently tried or anything.

But Ian continued on to say.

"Just go back for now. At any rate, I will be coming to Wano soon, and I'll challenge you for a fight but it would be made public for the whole of Wano. After all, I did not come here to sightsee or play… My goal is to free Wano from under your rule. So later on, you'll have the fight you want." Ian told him.

He directly announced his intentions. There was no need to hide anything. He knew the character of Kaido.

Ian also didn't mind having this fight right now… but it was not just his battle. It was originally related to the samurais as such Ian couldn't be selfish on this.

Kaido snorted and didn't reply back to Ian. Instead, he directly turned back to his dragon form and flew to the sky.

"ROAAARR"

Shortly after he released a huge fire breath at the sky before he gave Ian a look.

"At that time I'll show you your place brat!" He stated before he started to fly away. He knew that it was better to have their fight when they were both healed, while he might not show it, he was quite tired and injured after the fight against the diávoloi.

Ian knew that this was his way of saying I accept.

Ian laughed for a bit. He knew that Kaido was stronger than he thought before, but it still didn't change the fact that he was going to lose…

The only thing that changed was that Ian wanted to acquire whatever it was that made Kaido this special.

All of them there were injured from their fights. Both internally and externally.

But for Kaido, the only damage he had was internal.

His defense was something beyond normal understanding.

So he wanted the same. And he would get it after his fight.

Elene had already given him a glass bottle of big mom's DNA. And if he got Kaido along with that, then he would have the strongest defense possible…

Ian sighed before he turned to look in a certain direction nearby.

Where the huge winged-lion was resting.

Feeling Ian's gaze the lion turned to look at him before it told him to come closer.

Ian started to walk towards it. It was time he got some answers out of these mysterious beings.