"That's not what I said," Jozu stammered hurriedly in protest.
After witnessing with his own eyes the simple, unadorned power of Kai's ordinary punch,
Diamond Jozu didn't dare to compete.
Perhaps, he's now immersed in the fear right in front of him.
"Really?" Kai suddenly lost his energy, thinking that Jozu's confidence could be as hard as his diamond body.
He wanted to practice a series of normal punches to see how strong his own strength could be.
Now, playing the role based on the personality of the Saitama character template,
Jozu, since he shook his head to deny, completely lost his fighting spirit.
This meant that Kai couldn't just casually attack him.
Not to mention, trying to test the limits with a second punch—his ultimate move.
Watching Kai, who had lost his fighting intent in an instant, Jozu couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Standing far away, the wandering knight Doma hurried forward and lowered his voice, saying, "Captain Jozu, about Captain Ace..."
All along, Doma's understanding of Kai was still limited to the matter of him blasting the Drought Bull to smithereens.
But now, even Gladius and Snack had been taken out with a single punch by Kai.
If he encountered Fire Fist Ace, what would happen?
It was impossible to tell.
"Don't worry, finding Ace's whereabouts isn't so easy," Jozu replied in a lowered voice. "First, I'll report what happened here to the old man, then make plans."
After a brief pause, the visual shock Kai had just inflicted on him also dissipated somewhat.
Especially since Kai possessed the so-called super defense ability comparable to diamond, thanks to his Devil Fruit.
If combined with Armament Haki, his defense would be even stronger.
Once that time comes, perhaps his fists—like the one that knocked out Snack—might not be without a fight.
However, right now, Jozu was considering whether to establish this terrifying enemy for Whitebeard.
Maybe, with his father's strength, he could overpower this big bald head.
But, the division captains and other subordinate captains of Whitebeard's crew all had to consider their own safety.
Before getting an accurate answer from Whitebeard,
Diamond Jozu didn't want to offend this big bald head to death.
"Are you really not going to stop me?" Kai's dead fish eyes rolled, asking.
"No, no, no," Jozu quickly shook his head. "Listen to what Doma said—you're an old acquaintance of Ace. We're on the same page. If there's nothing else, Doma and I will go back to report to the old man first."
He threw out this remark and turned to leave.
His purpose in reporting back to his father was also to make Kai wary.
"You're in such a hurry to leave. Looks like Ace isn't on the island," Kai looked at Violet.
This time, he came to find Ace mainly to prevent the plot of the original story from happening prematurely and messing up his plans.
Since Ace wasn't on this island now, he had no reason to land.
This time, Kai had come up empty.
However, encountering Violet made Kai think of a new approach.
"When I arrived, Ace really wasn't on the island. When he's on a mission, he doesn't like outside interference, so I don't know where he is," Jozu explained as he paused slightly before leaving again.
As he left, the pirates belonging to Whitebeard's crew on the scene gradually retreated like a tide.
Only the large pirate ship of the Donquixote Family under Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords, remained on the distant coast.
Feeling Kai's gaze, everyone on the ship tensed up immediately, their nerves prickling.
Even Gladius, who was a subordinate officer, couldn't withstand a punch from Kai.
Let alone these small arms and legs.
One punch might not only hurt a lot but could also leave no chance to cry.
"Gululu! I am Doflamingo!" suddenly, the call from the Den Den Mushi rang out, causing the pirates on the ship to instantly light up with joy.
In their eyes, facing Kai, who could be solved with one punch—namely Gladius—probably only Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords, could suppress him.
Violet hesitated, looked at Kai, and still gritted her teeth to answer the call.
"This is Violet. May I ask what's the matter?"
"Violet?" Doflamingo was stunned. "Isn't this Gladius's Den Den Mushi? Why are you answering?"
"Violet, where is Gladius? Let him answer the call."
Within the Donquixote Family, Violet was also considered a cadre, but she was a latecomer, completely different in status and treatment from Gladius, who had been a member from the beginning.
Now, the exclusive Den Den Mushi of Gladius was in Violet's hands.
This undoubtedly tightened his nerves.
"Are you talking about that hedgehog-headed guy? He's lying there with his head exposed and his back facing up!" suddenly, a weak, sleepy voice rang out.
This caused a brief silence on the vast dock.
But at the same time, they instinctively looked at Gladius, lying in the ruins.
This was indeed quite a sight!
At least in their eyes, it was the first time seeing Gladius, dressed in punk style with a spiky head, lying there as if he was about to explode at any moment.
And he was in such a provocative lying posture.
"Lying there with his back exposed and facing up?" Doflamingo was stunned.
He was hearing this kind of answer for the first time, and in his mind, he even forgot to patch the scene, which then appeared in an indescribable manner.
Next moment, he suddenly woke up, grabbed the Den Den Mushi, and roared urgently, "Who are you? What have you done to my family?!"
In Doflamingo's eyes, a man lying face-up in this posture couldn't be anything but someone who had encountered some unspeakable thing.
As for what that was, everyone could only imagine it due to its indescribable nature.
"Are you asking me?" Kai kicked off with both feet, instantly appearing in front of Violet.
In front of everyone, he snatched the Den Den Mushi.
With a dead fish eye, he raised his hand seriously and said, "Don't you recognize me? I'm the interest-driven hero, Saitama..."
This small speech swept through the entire scene like a hurricane, causing everyone present to shiver.
Looking at this foolish way of introducing himself,
they really couldn't connect Kai's current image with the one from just now—blowing away a kid with a single punch.
Especially the other part of the Den Den Mushi, Doflamingo was obviously momentarily stunned and couldn't react.
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