Chapter 163: Big Mom Descends into Madness!!
The roar from the Den Den Mushi was so loud it nearly shattered eardrums.
Big Mom's fury erupted like a volcanic explosion.
Even from afar on Onigashima, Kaido could feel the hysterical violence carried through the sound waves.
This anger was far from baseless.
Among the Four Emperors, planting spies in each other's territories was an unspoken rule of the sea.
Like two beasts circling each other, they would place eyes inside the other's domain—but never commit true core forces.
After all, whether it was Big Mom's Totto Land or Kaido's Onigashima, every powerful fighter was a carefully cultivated trump card.
No one would waste a top-tier warrior as a spy in enemy territory, risking exposure and death just to obtain fragmented scraps of information.
Thus, the spy Big Mom had placed in Onigashima was nothing more than a mediocre nobody.
He lacked the constitution to withstand Conqueror's Haki, and he had none of the perception required to understand a top-tier battlefield.
He was simply a lucky grunt who had blended into the ranks of Kaido's lower soldiers.
When Kaido and Monkey D. Luffy clashed, their battle shook the heavens and the earth.
Black-red lightning tore across the sky as their Conqueror's Haki collided.
The overwhelming pressure surged across the entire island like a tidal wave.
Ordinary soldiers collapsed instantly. Even some Devil Fruit users briefly lost consciousness.
Big Mom's spy was no exception.
He didn't even have time to scream before he dropped straight to the ground—completely unconscious.
By sheer luck, he avoided the worst of the battle's aftershocks.
He simply lay in a corner and slept through the entire fight.
When he finally woke up in a daze, the battlefield was already silent.
Smoke drifted through the air. Ruins covered the ground.
Kaido and Luffy were long gone.
All that remained were broken structures and severely wounded survivors.
The only information he could send back to Totto Land was:
"Kaido and Straw Hat Luffy fought fiercely.""Onigashima suffered heavy destruction."
As for the real details of the battle—
Did Luffy use some terrifying new technique?
How badly was Kaido injured?
What was the turning point of the fight?
He knew absolutely nothing.
He had never even witnessed it.
…
And that was exactly why Big Mom was so furious.
She had expected to gain crucial intelligence from her spy.
Instead, she discovered she had sent out a complete useless fool who hadn't even seen the surface of the battle.
Even now, her understanding of the fight remained at the most superficial level:
Kaido and Straw Hat Luffy fought.
That was it.
For someone like Big Mom—who sought to control the balance of power in the New World—this was nothing less than a humiliating failure.
…
"Wororororo!! Linlin! What the hell do you want?!"
Kaido's booming laughter drowned out the Den Den Mushi's shrieks.
Alcohol fumes mixed with bursts of Conqueror's Haki, making the red Den Den Mushi tremble violently.
Kaido didn't care in the slightest about Big Mom's rage.
They were both Emperors of the Sea.
Who would be intimidated by a few angry words?
Besides—
Kaido now felt a power surging through him unlike anything before.
The power of his Fish‑Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon had already touched the threshold of awakening.
Ancient dragon power surged within his body, threatening to burst free.
Once he fully adapted to and mastered that awakened strength, his power would undergo a qualitative transformation.
At that point—
The Four Emperors, Marine Admirals, the Five Elders of the World Government, even the mysterious God's Knights…
None of them would matter to him.
He would ignite a war that engulfed the entire world.
…
The furious shouting suddenly stopped.
Then Big Mom's signature laughter echoed again.
"Maaamaamaama—"
Her laughter sounded like rusty gears grinding together—filled with malice.
"Kaido, tell me."
"The details of your battle with Straw Hat."
"Don't forget—you still owe me a massive favor."
Kaido's smile froze instantly.
His brows knitted together as a shadow crossed his eyes.
Taking a deep breath, he suppressed the anger in his chest and replied coldly:
"I'll tell you."
"But let me be clear—once I give you the information, our debt is settled."
"Settled?!"
Big Mom burst into sharp, mocking laughter.
"Kaido, don't you think that's incredibly rude?"
"You think a little bit of information about Straw Hat is worth the Mythical Zoan Fish‑Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon I gave you?!"
Kaido froze.
He clearly hadn't expected Big Mom to suddenly go back on her word.
His expression darkened further.
"Linlin… are you trying to renegotiate?"
"Renegotiate? Don't be ridiculous."
Her tone was teasing, filled with malicious amusement.
"Kaido… if I hadn't given you that Devil Fruit, would you have the status you have today?"
"You ate my fruit and gained enormous power."
"But you wouldn't even give me a child in return…"
"How could something that cheap exist?"
The Den Den Mushi mimicked Big Mom's smug, hands-on-hips posture.
"Maaamaamaama! You'll remember that favor for the rest of your life!"
…
"You damned old hag—don't push your luck!!"
Her words exploded in Kaido's ears like thunder.
For the first time in years, the Emperor of the Sea was genuinely furious.
He hadn't expected Big Mom not only to refuse settling the debt—but to try binding him with it forever.
Pure extortion.
In an instant—
The air around Kaido froze.
A terrifying aura erupted from his body and shot into the sky.
The power contained both the violent oppression of Conqueror's Haki and the ancient might of a dragon.
The entire Onigashima trembled.
BOOOOOOM!!
Dark-purple lightning suddenly filled the sky.
Thunder roared as clouds twisted into a massive vortex above the island.
The heavens darkened completely, blocking out the sunlight like the coming of doomsday.
Veins bulged on Kaido's forehead.
His bloodshot dragon-like eyes burned with fury.
Yet King, standing nearby, noticed something subtle.
Beneath Kaido's overwhelming anger…
There was a trace of helplessness.
Because King knew his captain well.
Despite Kaido's brutal personality, he had always remembered the favor of that Fish‑Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon.
Otherwise—
With his temper, he would have crushed the Den Den Mushi long ago.
"The brat…"
Kaido took a deep breath, his chest rising and falling heavily.
Finally, he spoke through clenched teeth.
"That kid already possesses the strength of an Emperor of the Sea."
"As for anything else…"
"No comment."
…
Silence fell on the other side.
Big Mom appeared calm.
The faint tapping of her fingers on a table could even be heard.
But inside her mind—
A storm more violent than the sea during a hurricane had erupted.
A seventeen-year-old Emperor of the Sea?!
What kind of concept was that?
Her thoughts immediately drifted back to when she herself was seventeen.
Back then, she had still been struggling across the seas.
Yes, she was already powerful—but nowhere near capable of ruling the ocean as an Emperor.
Even if she trained with everything she had…
She didn't believe she could have reached such heights at seventeen.
…
Suddenly—
"Maaamaamaama—!!!"
Maniacal laughter burst from the Den Den Mushi.
Big Mom's aura exploded uncontrollably.
The snail trembled violently as if it might explode at any moment.
The power of the Soru Soru no Mi surged wildly around her.
Countless tiny Homies flickered in the air like phantoms, reacting to her madness.
What kind of monstrous talent and bloodline is this?!
Big Mom's eyes burned with fanatical greed.
Her mouth stretched into a terrifying grin, drool nearly spilling from her lips.
"Luffy… Straw Hat Luffy…"
"A bloodline like that… must not be wasted."
"I must obtain it!"
"He will give birth to the strongest children for me!"
"They will rule the entire sea!"
Completely lost in delusion, Big Mom's breathing grew heavier.
The unattainable bloodline she imagined had driven the Emperor into absolute madness.
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