On another island, Leliana is surrounded by a large number of food wrappers, a huge skeleton, and "primitive men" worshipping her.
This island is located in the Calm Belt, making it even more isolated than the islands on the Grand Line.
The Calm Belt is not as empty as ordinary people think; it contains islands, some of which are inhabited. Amazon Lily is a prime example.
However, Kuja has tamed the sea snake, a highly venomous sea snake that even sea kings would avoid. Coupled with its survival mode of "the whole country is a soldier," Kuja still has a way to enter and exit the Calm Belt.
This island is different. It has no contact with the outside world and has lived a closed life for a long time, with a lifestyle close to that of tribes.
A few days ago, during the battle with Kaido, it was on this island that I witnessed the fight between two dragon-shaped black figures.
When Kaido landed on another island, Lyriana also flew down. The people on the islands seemed to see a goddess descending, and immediately offered tributes and knelt down to worship her.
These people are probably people who moved here a long time ago to escape war. They don't have any language problems, they haven't developed any new languages, and they can communicate normally.
Leliana knew that in this environment, Bailey was as useless as waste paper. When she saw people with festering wounds, she gave them some anti-inflammatory medicine as a form of exchange for "tribute".
She was also severely exhausted after the battle, and the value of the battle was different even with the same amount of time.
Roger and Whitebeard fought for three days, but those three days were like a game for them. They fought during the day and rested at night, with fixed times for battle and meals, so their energy expenditure was very low.
There are some exceptions, such as Blackbeard, who didn't sleep for three days and three nights because of his special physical condition, and Buggy seemed to be watching him for three days and three nights.
In the original timeline, Kuzan and Akainu fought for ten days, but since they were both Logia-type Devil Fruit users, Logia-type battles, except for the final period when the winner was decided, rarely involved direct contact with each other's true forms.
Zoan-type battles are different; they're pure melee combat, and the energy expenditure is much greater than that between Logia-type battles, naturally reducing the overall duration.
"Phew, I'm full and almost recovered. I'm still not strong enough, otherwise I wouldn't have needed to fight for so many days."
Once you can eat heartily, your injuries will have mostly healed. After you've eaten your fill, you'll be fine. This is a rather unusual kind of common sense on the high seas.
Lyliana was not satisfied with her achievements. Even though the fact that she was able to leave an indelible scar on Kaido at this point in her life, which was still on the rise, was enough to shock the seas, Lyliana still felt it wasn't enough.
There is more than one such enemy on the high seas. If even one enemy can cause her to waste so much time, then many goals are destined to remain unachieved.
But if others knew what she was thinking, they would probably be furious and question whether her behavior was in a Versailles-like manner.
"It's time to go home. We've been out for far too long this time."
"Lord Dragon God, are you returning to the Heavenly Realm? Will that evil dragon come back?"
"I've already told you, there's no such thing as a dragon god. I'm just a slightly stronger ordinary person. You can all read, so remember to read the book I left you carefully and don't do anything foolish again."
"Dragons and such certainly won't come here; just watch out for the sea kings."
Newsbirds don't go into the Calm Belt. Even in places like Kuja, newspapers are a rare commodity. Therefore, even if these people are literate, they don't have much opportunity to learn about the outside world.
Leriana left them a rather practical encyclopedia, similar to a pseudo-scientific battlefield manual, which was a standard tool for Piltover when conducting international aid missions.
After all, these people offered her fruit, hunted and roasted meat, and she accepted all the tributes. She felt it would be a shame not to leave something behind.
However, after she left, that book was truly passed down as a "heavenly book".
Who knows, maybe one day when Leriana happens to pass by here again, she'll see her own statue.
After some delays, Kaido and Lyriana embarked on their journeys "home," while a ship that had sailed from Fishman Island arrived in the New World.
"Stop the ship!"
Shaq raised his hand and shouted, then picked up the nautical chart and the logger to compare them.
This is the route to Wano Country. After talking to Oran about this, and after some consideration, Shaq decided to bring his men here.
The crew on board were small, but they were all elite fishmen with superior strength and endurance, capable of swimming longer distances and better suited for deep-sea exploration.
"Brother Shaq, it's still a long way off."
"I know, but let's stop here. We'll swim the rest of the way; it'll be safer that way."
Kaido's reputation is still intact, or rather, his infamy. Among the current Emperors of the Sea, Kaido has the worst reputation. His usual style of doing things is also quite irritable. In Shaq's opinion, this trip is not safe.
However, since Oran had helped Fishman Island so much, they felt they had to give back in some way, so quite a few people were willing to make the trip, including some mermaids.
Mermaids are not as strong as fishmen, but they are a level above fishmen in speed, and are known as the fastest swimming race in the ocean.
If it's just about measuring distances, mermaids are even better suited for that.
However, exploration involves a lot of heavy physical labor, so fishmen are the main force.
"This is the New World, full of lawless pirates. If there's any danger, abandon ship and return to Fishman Island. Do the same if we haven't returned within three days, understand?"
"Jinbe, you don't need to come with me. You'll be in charge of the ship."
"Brother Shaq."
"I know what you're talking about, but you're the only one I can trust right now. Tiger said he was going on a trip and never came back. I don't know how he's doing now. I'm leaving everyone in your hands."
Shaq didn't give Jinbe a chance to say anything more, and jumped into the sea with his men and equipment, disappearing from sight in no time.
The icy cold seawater has almost no effect on fishmen, which is another characteristic of the fishmen race - cold resistance.
Born in the deep sea at a depth of 10,000 meters, they have long been resistant to the cold. The low temperature that is deadly to humans has no effect on the fish-men.
They didn't dive too deep, but stayed at a depth of about 100 meters.
As time passed, their tension subsided, and the event seemed no different from any other.
They had already reached the vicinity of Wano Country, yet no one had discovered them.
"Spread out, collect the specimens, and then take them back!"
These people were skilled workers, and they began collecting samples from the nearby seabed, but they soon discovered a problem.
"Brother Shaq! No, it's too hard, we can't dig it in!"
At first, the excavation went smoothly, but as the drill went deeper, it got stuck one by one, and no matter how hard they tried, it was no use.
"Great news, let's switch to drill bit number two."
Their drills are specially made; they've never encountered this situation before. Besides being effective against ability users, Seastone is most famous for its hardness.
If it gets stuck, it probably means you've actually found something.
The second drill bit was the one specially prepared for this operation, inlaid with sea stone. As the muddy water surged up, the surrounding vision became murky, but the drill bit successfully dug in.
After the sample was taken out, Shaq took another bite.
Unsurprisingly, a few teeth broke, but that was no big deal for the shark-fish man; a new row would grow back in no time.
"Okay, that's about it. Collect a few more samples nearby, and then our mission will be over."
Compared to their initial cautiousness, the fishmen's actions became much more aggressive.
They realized that even the subordinates of these sea emperors were unaware of what they were doing underwater.
With the ocean as a natural barrier, they don't need to worry about so many things. Most of the time, people on the sea don't think about what's underwater.
After all, in this world where technology is so skewed, submarines are rare items, and anti-submarine warfare or air defense has never been a key point in navigation, even when Shiki was alive.
He's the only one capable of creating a large-scale air force. It's much easier to just send a skilled person to keep an eye on him than to mobilize anything else.
To be precise, Kaido himself has only just returned to Onigashima.
During his flight, he didn't notice what was happening underwater.
"Brother Kaido, your injury..."
When Kaido returned to Onigashima, King immediately noticed the huge wound on Kaido's left chest.
The wound had long since scabbed over and fallen off, but Kaido neither stitched it up nor bandaged it, simply letting it heal naturally. The newly formed scar looked rather frightening.
"Yes, it was that girl who did it, Siddirel Leliana. I'll remember her name. She's an exceptionally powerful opponent. An opponent worth remembering for a lifetime."
Kaido has experienced many battles in his life, but he has only had a few opponents who are worth remembering, with only four so far.
Roger, Whitebeard, Rocks.
These three men left a deep impression on Kaido; they were all older than him and could be considered his seniors.
In addition, there is Kozuki Oden, the man who left himself with scars. As a peer, Kaido despises Oden's brains while also acknowledging his strength.
Now, Lyriana has become Kaido's fifth unforgettable figure.
The first strong woman, and also the first person younger than him.
He quickly accepted the situation. So what if he was young? It was a good thing. At least it meant that his future life wouldn't be boring, and the other person wouldn't enter a period of weakness due to age before him.
"Brother Kaido, you held back?"
"Hehehe, how could that be? It's a difference in raw strength, but I've also gained something. Jin, your race has a long history. Do you really think there are only three types of Haki in this world? Are these the limits of the body?"
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