Just as Denjiro and the others saw hope in repelling Kaido, Hiyori Kozuki also saw the hope of settling accounts with Orochi Kurozumi and avenging her parents.
She didn’t dare hope to take revenge with her own hands, but she wanted to witness Orochi end with her own eyes.
Therefore, even knowing it was sowhat willful and impolite, Hiyori Kozuki still had the nerve to step forward and request that Sherwin take her along to search for Orochi Kurozumi whereabouts.
Looking at the pleading expression on Hiyori Kozuki face, Sherwin felt a bit troubled.
Actually, taking her along wasn’t much of a hassle for Sherwin. After all, he was only going to deal with Orochi Kurozumi—a fellow who had Devil Fruit powers but lacked real strength.
His Oniwabanshu had already been burned away by Klee ow, and even if there were still so guards left, they couldn’t be that strong. Adding a tag-along like Hiyori Kozuki wouldn’t have much of an impact.
But the problem was...
He still planned to open Orochi Kurozumi blind box! Such a secret shouldn’t be known by outsiders.
Furthermore, his situation was different from Blackbeard. Blackbeard had a Devil Fruit ability that he had already consud and couldn’t be snatched away. Although others couldn’t use Sherwin Hunter Knife either, outsiders didn’t know that!
To an uninford observer, the ability to "carve materials" belonged to the Hunter Knife itself they couldn’t see the "Monster Hunter" "class requirent."
"I... I don’t need you to protect ! Just take there and let witness Orochi Kurozumi execution!"
Hiyori Kozuki misunderstood the reason for Sherwin hesitation and spoke up hurriedly, but this also helped Sherwin understand her motive for following along.
"It not Kaido we’re talking about protecting you shouldn’t be a problem."
Sherwin sighed helplessly he always tended to be soft-hearted toward characters he liked.
At worst, after finishing off Kurozumi Orochi, he would imdiately send Hiyori away or simply avoid her gaze when opening the blind boxes.
Having made his decision, Sherwin pulled a palm-sized object from his spatial pocket and tossed it onto the ground.
Beside him, Suika ow, who appeared tipsy but maintained a clear mind, waved a paw, causing the small object to return to its original form—it was a standard Sheikah-style motorcycle with a unicorn design.
This was sothing Sherwin had asked Purah ow to create in his spare ti, based on his mory of the Master Cycle Zero from the Breath of the Wild DLC.
Purah ow had even improved upon the original design by adding low-altitude flight capabilities, allowing it to travel freely over any terrain.
"Get on."
Sherwin straddled the motorcycle and beckoned to Kozuki Hiyori, then had Klee ow, a must-have for opening blind boxes, and Shermie ow, who possessed the widest Observation Haki, join them on the vehicle.
After thanking him once more, Kozuki Hiyori sat sideways on the back seat and cautiously grabbed the corner of Sherwin clothes...
Sherwin was suddenly reminded of a movie starring a certain big-nosed martial arts superstar.
He had long forgotten the na of the film, but the clip of the protagonist constantly hitting the brakes to make the girl in the back seat slam into his back was widely circulated on the internet.
Shaking his head to dismiss the improper thought, Sherwin instructed Huai to look after the other Felynes before starting the engine and heading toward Harbor.
While Sherwin was taking Kozuki Hiyori to find Kurozumi Orochi, the battle between the two dragons in the sky continued.
"Demolition Wind! Oh, why are you copying again, ow?!"
After sensing that Kaido intended to use Demolition Wind with his Observation Haki, Kaido ow decisively activated Hunter Ti to strike first, preemptively taunting Kaido like a wicked cat.
Furthermore, this wasn’t the first ti he had done this. Upon discovering that Kaido was particularly dissatisfied with him "learning" his moves, Kaido ow had been using this thod to seize the initiative.
Provoking Kaido was secondary the primary goal was to take the lead because, in doing so, it beca Kaido who was copying him! Kaido also wanted to use Observation Haki to foresee Kaido ow movents, but unfortunately, Kaido ow could use Empty Soul Possession, while Kaido did not know how to hide his presence from Observation Haki.
"Damned Mink!!!"
Under Kaido ow constant provocation, Kaido sanity was slowly breaking down, and he couldn’t even maintain a stable Observation Haki anymore. This allowed Kaido ow to use his preemptive strike tactic even more skillfully.
"I don’t believe you can learn this too!"
After his fury, Kaido quickly cald down and decisively switched to his human-beast form, raising his new spiked club, Hassaikai, which had been hidden sowhere.
Then he watched in shock as the "imitator" in front of him also transford into a half-dragon, half-cat state and pulled out a spiked club from a pocket at his waist...
"Thunder ow... Bagua!"
"!!!"
"Bang!"
This ti Kaido was unable to "imitate" Kaido ow again, because while he was still dazed, Kaido ow "Eight Disaster Precepts" had already arrived before him and smashed ruthlessly into his face.
"Are... are you kidding ?!"
Yamato, who had been closely watching the battle, was completely stunned. How could Kaido ow "Thunder Bagua" be even more proficient than her own?!
"You bastard... what exactly is going on with you?!"
Kaido, who had been sent flying by the strike, was equally dumbfounded.
As the actual creator of the Thunder Bagua and the victim who had just endured a Thunder ow Bagua, he could clearly feel that this fellow—whose physique was vastly different from the other Felynes in the Hunter Investigation Team—possessed a mastery of the Thunder Bagua that was not inferior to his own, aside from the lack of Conqueror Haki infusion.
In fact, there were even so techniques within it that he himself had not mastered, which compensated for the lack of Conqueror Haki.
Those techniques were not unfamiliar to Kaido, Sherwin had used similar ones when fighting him before.
But aside from those techniques...
Where did he learn this Thunder Bagua from?!
The similarity in Devil Fruit abilities could still be explained by the opponent eating a similar type of Devil Fruit, especially since there are so many similar animals among the Zoan types, and it wasn’t impossible for similar situations to occur among Mythical Zoans.
But it was highly abnormal for the combat moves to be identical. It couldn’t be that Sherwin could teach it to the Felyne by his side after seeing him use it just once, could it?
Although Kaido moves appeared wide and simple without much difficulty, they were actually the culmination of his years of combat experience and were not as simple as they seed on the surface.
Even Yamato had only managed to barely learn a few moves through Kaido constant "hamring" since she was a child.
"ow-rorororororo! Now you know who the fake is, ow?!"
Kaido ow in his Totoro form did not answer Kaido question, nor did he know how to answer it.
Because...
He didn’t know either!
Who could have known that he would be summoned to another world right before his death, and that in this other world, there would be a villain so similar to himself?!
Actually, Kaido ow felt that Sherwin probably knew sothing, but since Sherwin didn’t say anything, Kaido ow hadn’t gone out of his way to ask...
Even if he knew, it would be aningless. It was better to first settle the score with the Kaido in front of him!
"Kundali: ow-lotus Dragon Swarm!"
Kaido ow stopped playing gas with seizing the initiative and launched an attack on Kaido of his own accord.
"Damn it! How do you even know that one?!"
Seeing the opponent use yet another move identical to his own, Kaido continued to question his very existence...
Could it be that he actually had a long-lost brother from the Minks?
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