Chapter 24 — The Battle Between Father and Daughter!
The air itself screamed.
Each strike of the spiked club tore through the atmosphere like thunder splitting the heavens.
"Worororororo…"
Kaido chuckled deeply as his daughter charged toward him—not in anger, but amusement.
He didn't even bother to draw a weapon.
"One of your fits again, huh, brat?"
To him, this was just another of Yamato's reckless tantrums.
He raised one massive hand, coated in nothing more than a thin layer of Armament Haki—not even bothering with Conqueror's Haki.
'Perfect chance,' Kaido thought coldly.
'I'll snatch Hassaikai back… and give that bastard Akira a lesson he'll never forget about stealing from his father-in-law!'
The giant hand met the incoming club.
CLANG——!!!
A deafening clang echoed through Dressrosa.
A black shockwave erupted from the point of contact, rippling outward like a living storm.
Kaido's smirk froze.
He had caught Yamato's strike—but the sheer force behind it sent violent tremors coursing through his arm.
A monstrous, raw, impossible power.
BOOM!
The ground beneath him shattered.
Kaido—the mountain of a man, the unshakable Beast—was forced back half a step.
"...What?!"
His draconic eyes widened in disbelief.
He looked down at his palm—pain flared through it.
Between his thumb and forefinger, his skin had split open.
A single bead of dark blood trickled down his hand and splashed onto the dirt.
"…"
For three full seconds, the world went silent.
"Blood…?"
"My blood…?"
"I… bled… from Yamato's strike?!"
Kaido stared at his daughter as if seeing her for the first time.
This wasn't possible.
It couldn't be.
She had challenged him countless times since childhood.
He knew her strength inside and out.
At best, Yamato could match Jack in an even fight.
But this attack—
This raw, explosive force—it shattered logic itself.
Kaido's breathing grew heavier. His pupils narrowed.
This power…
It's already on par with… no—greater than Queen at full strength!
How…? In just a few days… how could she grow this strong?!
His grin vanished.
What replaced it was pure, fiery focus.
Then—
"Worororororo!!"
Kaido burst into laughter—not prideful laughter, but the laughter of a warrior who had found a worthy opponent.
"Interesting!!"
"Very interesting, Yamato!!"
"What the hell happened to you?!"
"What kind of miracle did you go through?!"
This time, he didn't hold back.
Both fists clenched, his entire body tightening like a coiled spring.
"Come on, then!!"
"Show me what you've got!!"
"Gladly!!" Yamato shouted back, exhilarated.
Her blood boiled as the familiar thrill of battle consumed her.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!!!
The two clashed again and again.
Each impact sent shockwaves that cracked the sky and tore the ground apart.
The shockwaves alone pulverized buildings across Dressrosa.
Watching from afar, Doflamingo could barely breathe.
His face turned pale as death.
These monsters…
And he once thought of fighting them?
"Ridiculous…" he muttered, trembling.
"Utterly ridiculous…"
The battle raged on.
Dozens of blows exchanged.
And then Kaido felt it—something he hadn't expected.
The arm coated in Conqueror's Haki was starting to go numb.
"Not enough!!"
"Come on, again!!" Yamato roared.
Her Hassaikai spun like a cyclone, slicing through the air with hurricane force.
Kaido's gaze sharpened.
His face twisted into disbelief.
"This can't be…" he muttered.
"Even in my human form… I can't suppress her?!"
Shock turned to excitement.
Then—
"Worororororo!!"
"Good!! Very good!!"
"In that case…"
He leapt into the sky.
His booming voice rolled across the entire island.
"Azure Dragon Form!!!"
ROAAAAARRRRR!!!
A titanic roar split the heavens.
Kaido's body expanded in an instant—blue scales rippling across his skin like molten metal.
A cyclone erupted, and lightning danced across the sky as the dragon's colossal body twisted above Dressrosa.
"Wororororororo!!"
From the ruins below, Yamato looked up and laughed, wild and fearless.
Her whole body trembled—not with fear, but with exhilaration.
"Finally!!"
"Kaido! You're finally serious!"
For the first time in her life, she had forced her father into his dragon form—
through her own strength alone.
"Then it's my turn!!"
Her aura exploded.
"Dog-Dog Fruit, Mythical Type: Okuchi no Makami!!"
Awooooooo——!!!
A majestic wolf's howl echoed across the island.
Her hair turned silvery white, her body expanding until she towered like a mountain.
A freezing gale swept through Dressrosa as the temperature plummeted.
The divine white wolf, Okuchi no Makami, stood upon the rubble—
staring down the massive azure dragon above.
BOOM!!
Yamato leapt.
Her colossal form streaked through the air like a falling star, glowing with silver-blue light.
"Foolish girl!"
Kaido's draconic eyes gleamed with killing intent.
Did this "little wolf" really think she could challenge the dragon that ruled the sky?!
His massive claws ignited with red-black lightning.
"Conqueror's Coating — Dragon Claw!!!"
BOOOOOOM——!!!
The sky split open.
Their blows met.
But there was no long exchange—no drawn-out struggle.
BANG——!!!
Yamato's body was hurled backward like a broken arrow, crashing down from thousands of meters above!
BOOM!!
The impact carved a crater the size of a stadium into Dressrosa's surface.
Stone and dust erupted like a volcanic storm.
"Hmm."
Kaido hovered above, exhaling smoke.
"That's it?" he said coldly.
"You've still got a long way to go."
But then—
BOOM!!
The crater exploded.
From within the dust rose a white figure—not a wolf now, but a hybrid form.
"Hahahahaha!! I'm not done yet, Kaido!!"
Yamato's long white hair whipped wildly behind her.
Two red horns jutted from her head.
Her skin gleamed with frost, encased in translucent crystalline armor.
"Kagamiyama!!"
CRACK! CRACK!
Layer upon layer of pure ice encased her body—
a shimmering armor of living crystal.
"This is my strongest form—my Hybrid Form!!"
Her Hassaikai flared with blue light as she fused her Haki, ice, and Armor of Will into one.
"Ice Fang Slash!!!"
She launched herself skyward, cutting through the air toward the dragon.
"Worororororo!!"
Kaido's eyes gleamed—not with anger, but admiration.
"Good, Yamato!"
"You've grown stronger than I ever imagined!"
"What a wonderful surprise!!"
Then his voice hardened, cold as iron.
"But if you think you can defeat me…"
"You're still centuries too early!!!"
The dragon's claws blazed with apocalyptic power.
BOOM——!!!
Fire clashed with ice.
Yamato's crystalline armor shattered one layer at a time.
CRACK!! CRACK!! CRACK!!
The armor that looked invincible fractured like glass under Kaido's overwhelming might.
DOR!!!
She was struck down again, slamming into the earth like a meteor.
BOOM!!
"I'm not done yet!!"
Kaido raised his claws high.
DOR! DOR! DOR! DOR! DOR!!!
Dozens of blows rained down like meteors from the heavens.
The island quaked, the ground split, dust swallowing everything.
When the storm finally ceased, only silence and ruin remained.
A massive crater dominated the battlefield.
At its center lay Yamato—battered, bloodied, her white clothes in tatters.
Her Hassaikai lay beside her, motionless.
Silence fell over Dressrosa.
Yamato stared up at the sky, her breathing shallow.
"Damn it…"
"Still can't win…"
"Even after all this…"
She forced a bitter, broken laugh.
'So that's it, huh?'
'I really gave it everything…'
With the last of her strength, she turned her head toward the shattered villa.
A lone figure stood there, silent and unmoving—watching the battle from afar.
"Hey…" she rasped.
"Akira!!"
Her voice cracked, but her eyes burned with pride.
"It's your turn now!!"
"Show him… show my father what our training accomplished!!"
"Make sure you—"
Her voice faltered.
Then, with a faint grin—
"—beat him for me!!!"
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