One Piece: Dungeon Shop. Scamming Garp, Reward: Eight-Tails Jinchuriki-Chapter 317: Exclusive Dungeon Opened! Kaido Actually Turned into a Red Carp?
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Chapter 317: Exclusive Dungeon Opened! Kaido Actually Turned into a Red Carp?
The pirates outside had also exploded. Their eyes were nearly popping out. They looked at Kaido as if looking at the killer of their fathers.
"Holy crap! Is that real?"
"You get a dungeon just for being a security guard?"
"Then why the hell are we queuing?!"
"I can watch the door too! My family used to raise dogs!"
"Kaido! Get down from there! Let me go up!"
"Not only can I watch the door, I can warm the bed for the Boss!"
Public outrage! If looks could kill, Kaido would have been hacked into mincemeat a thousand times over by now. Even Fleet Admiral Sengoku looked sluggish at this moment. He looked at the unfinished senbei in his hand, then at Kaido’s expression of "a villain achieving success." He suddenly felt... The position of Fleet Admiral didn’t seem so fragrant anymore. If he could exchange it for a dungeon spot, he would be willing to be the Shopkeeper’s driver!
"Worororororo!"
Amidst the wailing and jealousy, Kaido let out an extremely punchable wild laugh. He grabbed the card on the bar. His movements were fast, as if afraid Blake would go back on his word. He clenched it tightly in his palm. Then he turned around. With a look of extreme contempt and arrogance, he scanned the room.
"What are you yelling about?! A bunch of useless trash! Opportunity is reserved for those who are prepared! This muscle of mine, this Haki of mine, it is a physique built for security! Can you do it? If you soft-skinned guys stood guard, could you hold the ground?"
The more Kaido spoke, the more pleased he became. His two dragon whiskers were almost pointing to the sky. "Envious? Jealous? Hold it in!!"
Pfft—!
Doflamingo felt a sweetness in his throat. He nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood. Too cheap! Is this guy really that aloof Four Emperor? This is basically a rascal who got a bargain and acts innocent!
However, while everyone was dizzy with jealousy, there was one person who didn’t speak. Nor did he join in the jeering. That was Garp. This usually carefree and heartless Marine Hero was now like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. The hair all over his body stood up! He stared fixedly at that... extremely gentle, even somewhat "kindly" smile on Blake’s face.
Gulp.
Garp swallowed with difficulty. A chill rushed from his tailbone straight to the top of his skull. Something was wrong! Very wrong! This smile... He was too familiar with it!
"Sengoku..." Garp reached out and tugged at Sengoku’s sleeve. His voice was suppressed extremely low, even carrying a trace of imperceptible trembling. "Back up."
Sengoku was in the midst of envy, jealousy, and hate, and shook off Garp’s hand impatiently. "Back up for what? You want to grab that position too? Let me tell you, this isn’t over! I must reason with the Shopkeeper..."
"Cut the crap!" Garp’s eyes suddenly widened, his tiger eyes full of horror. "Back up quickly! Trust this old man’s instinct! That big fool Kaido... is about to have terrible luck!"
"An exclusive dungeon... belonging to me?" Kaido tightly gripped the card in his hand, which rippled with strange water patterns. That ferocious face held a trace of unconcealable fanaticism. And even a bit of emotion.
Look! Look at this! What is prestige? What is treatment? Those Marines still have to queue bitterly, fighting until their heads break for a spot. But me, Security Guard No. 007. I’ve only been employed for less than ten minutes. And the Shopkeeper personally presented such a big gift! What does this show? It shows the Shopkeeper values me!
"Although I still have to be a security guard... But as long as I can become stronger, so what if I watch the door for a devil?"
Kaido took a deep breath. In those eyes as large as copper bells, the fire of ambition burned blazingly. Before, whether it was Golden Lion’s Mangekyo, or Garp’s Sage Body, or even Kizaru’s wretched Dust Release... They all made him, the "Strongest Creature," feel a deep sense of crisis. That fear of being abandoned by the era was more terrible than death. But now, the opportunity has come! The words "tailor-made" sounded full of power!
It must be a hell-level dungeon full of slaughter, blood, or extremely harsh environments, right? Only that kind of Shura Field is worthy of me, Kaido of the Beasts!
"Brats! Watch closely! When this old man comes back, what Marineford, what Five Elders... All will be trampled under my feet!"
Kaido roared to the sky, the sound waves making the tavern windows buzz. Then, he crushed the card in his hand!
Hum—!
A gloomy blue light instantly shot up to the sky. Like a whirlpool in the deep sea, it swallowed Kaido’s massive body in one gulp.
Swish!
At the tavern entrance, that figure like a Demon God vanished instantly. Leaving only a burst white suit jacket, fluttering lonely to the ground.
...
"He went in just like that?" Sengoku looked at the empty doorway, his eyelids twitching wildly. For some reason, seeing Kaido’s "viewing death as a return home" and "bursting with confidence" look just now, he had a very ominous premonition in his heart. That Shopkeeper who pitted people to death without paying for their lives... Would he really be so kind? Giving a newly recruited "security guard" such a big gift?
"Hehehe..." Garp picked up the senbei, chewing while emitting a gloating strange laugh. "Sengoku, don’t you think... The smile the Shopkeeper had just now looked a bit like... Like watching a fish swim into a net?"
Just as everyone was discussing and guessing what terrifying dungeon Kaido had entered...
Snap!
A crisp finger snap sounded from behind the bar. Blake leisurely pulled out a... remote control from under the counter? Then he pressed it lightly towards the snow-white wall in the center of the tavern hall.
Beep.
"To celebrate the employment of our first security guard. And to let the customers understand the charm of the dungeons more intuitively. This shop has decided. To specially open a store-wide live broadcast today. Everyone can enjoy coffee while appreciating Mr. Kaido’s... heroic posture."
A meaningful smile played at the corner of Blake’s mouth. That smile made Sakazuki, who was walking out with a plate, tremble. He nearly dropped the freshly roasted Magma Fish on the floor.
Zzzzz—
With a burst of static, light and shadow interlaced on the wall. A huge holographic projection appeared clearly in front of everyone.
...
In the image, there was no mountain of corpses and sea of blood as everyone imagined. No cracked earth, no violent thunder. And no hideous other-worldly monsters. On the contrary, it was a... breathtakingly beautiful world. The sky was as azure as a gemstone, with a few clouds floating like cotton candy. The crystal-clear river shimmered in the sunlight. Both banks were lush with grass, green turf, and wildflowers everywhere. When the breeze blew, one could even see the leaves rustling.
Quiet. Peaceful. So beautiful it was simply like a fairy tale world.
"Huh?!" Kid, who was preparing to watch Kaido fight a bloody battle in another world, nearly popped his eyes out. "What the hell is this place? This is the dungeon prepared for a Four Emperor? Did he go on vacation?! The art style is wrong! Is Kaido going to farm?"
The crowd exploded instantly. Even Doflamingo was confused, his eyes under the sunglasses full of doubt. This place with birds singing and flowers fragrant... It seriously clashed with the style of the murderous Kaido of the Beasts!
However, in the next second, the scene changed. The perspective cut into that clear small river.
Glug glug...
A string of bubbles rose from the bottom of the water. Everyone held their breath. Here it comes! No matter how beautiful the environment, there must be fatal killing intent hidden! Maybe there’s a prehistoric beast hidden underwater? Or a poisonous trap? Kaido must be fighting a strong enemy at the bottom of the water!
The camera zoomed in. Through the clear river water, everyone finally saw the protagonist of this dungeon—Kaido.
Then, the entire tavern fell into a deathly silence. Even the sound of a spoon dropping on the floor seemed extraordinarily piercing. Among the water weeds at the river bottom, there was no burly giant with horns on his head, muscles all over, holding a spiked club.
Replacing him was a... fish. A fish that was red all over. With two yellow whiskers. A golden dorsal fin like a crown on its back. Eyes staring like copper bells, looking dull and stupid.
It was a... Red Carp... stupidly opening its big mouth and blowing bubbles in the water?
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