Chapter 19: Chapter Nineteen: Repetition

A gigantic hand suddenly appeared to Kaido’s right.

“Hm?”

While Kaido was still thinking about fighting Whitebeard, the massive fist struck him, slamming him into the ground.

“Uwaa.”

The giant hand vanished; Luffy’s foot, moving with absurd speed and length, stepped all the way to where he’d been thrown, then rebounded back using rubber elasticity.

“Hahahaha, Kaido, you bastard, how’d you suddenly show up like that?”

Luffy laughed. In this state, he felt endlessly joyful, with boundless power surging from his body.

“I thought Su Lin had come back.”

“Turns out it’s you.”

Luffy said to the crater.

The next second, the ground behind Luffy slightly bulged.

Then

Kaido leapt out, raising his spiked club above his head with both hands.

“Thunder Trigram!”

Duang~!

Luffy was directly hammered into the same crater Kaido had just emerged from.

“So that guy’s name is Su Lin? Thanks.”

“Ow, that hurt!” Luffy clutched his head and leapt from the ground, still grinning wildly.

The three sides now faced off.

Only then did everyone realize that this Kaido was not the imposter.

“It’s the real Kaido!”

“Another true Four Emperor has arrived.”

“What will the outcome of this war be?”

Even members of the Whitebeard Pirates were stunned.

Seven Warlords like Moonlight Moria and Doflamingo had no idea what to say, silently distancing themselves from the core of the conflict to watch.

They were here to help the Marines fight the Whitebeard Pirates, not to die for them.

The level of combat here was beyond their ability to join without getting shredded.

Watching the spectacle was fine enough.

Doflamingo’s face was dark; his plans had been disrupted by this crowd.

Boa Hancock watched Luffy’s battle intently, imagining the scene where Luffy defeats Kaido and proposes to her.

The Marines seized this opportunity: with Kaido tied up by the Straw Hats, they could focus their core efforts on hunting down the Whitebeard Pirates.

The situation seemed to be shifting again.

“Not bad. Looks like it won’t bore me.”

After sensing Luffy’s strength, Kaido transformed into his dragon form and began fighting Luffy.

Torrents of lightning and flame erupted, while rampant Haki reverberated across the battlefield.

Luffy in his Nika form, enveloped in elemental attacks, ignored the lightning and launched his second clash with Kaido.

Luffy had already fought Kaido once before.

But this Kaido was unleashing his full power from the start—very different from that earlier battle.

Thanks to the experience from their last fight, Luffy still held the upper hand, no matter what techniques Kaido used—fire Trigram or anything else.

Luffy began sustaining injuries, and his healing couldn’t keep up with the rate of new wounds.

They exchanged blows, trading damage; the shockwaves made the ground of Marineford tremble continuously, each strike accompanied by fire, lightning, and gales.

Su Lin, wounded and disguised as a Marine soldier in the rear, watched this scene with a pounding heart.

If he got caught in that, he’d be reduced to nothing but ash.

His system points had reached 7,000.

He didn’t choose to directly exchange for items; instead, he opened the bicycle-to-motorcycle interface.

“System, draw!”

This system’s draw was unlike common ones—it was a tiered draw.

For example, with a minimum investment of 1,000 points, items worth less than the points had a 45% chance, items worth exactly the points had a 30% chance, and items worth more had roughly a 25% chance, with higher-value items having lower probabilities.

But people always have to take a gamble.

Especially Su Lin, a young man who’d struck it rich in one battle, now fully hooked, invested 3,000 points.

The draw interface was utterly plain—only a wisp of gray light appeared, then flowed into Su Lin’s body.

【Sequence Three? Ancient Scholar? Historical Projection】: Free ride, nesting dolls, escape—your price for this gift has already been paid. PS: Don’t try to exploit system bugs.

This is a good item—wait, isn’t this from the world of “The System of the Secret Master”?

Su Lin searched the catalog but found no such item.

It seemed the draw pool contained more varieties.

This ability is perfect for me.

As the ability flooded into him, Su Lin gradually mastered its use and sensed how many times he could activate it—different projections consumed different amounts.

He had no spiritual energy; the cost was fixed from the start.

Since it was merely a pure ability, no bodily transformation occurred.

Su Lin, acting on instinct, immediately slipped into the gaps of history, leaving his past self outside.

Tsk.

Can’t exploit any bugs after all.

His Historical Projection shared the same item durations as his original body.

Pocket watch... cannot be manifested.

Whatever. Time for a grand finale.

“Hey, you two old bastards over there!”

Sensing the moment was too critical to miss, Whitebeard stopped holding back, ignoring his old wounds. After giving Marco instructions, he charged straight into the chaos with unstoppable might.

The center of the battle in Marineford now raged like a storm.

Anyone who slipped in carelessly would be lucky to survive.

Garp and Admiral Sengoku confronted Whitebeard.

Aokiji and Kizaru also unleashed their full power, engaging multiple captains.

In one-on-one combat, aside from Marco, few could last long against a Vice Admiral, let alone win.

But here, numbers and Devil Fruit users were plentiful, offering some degree of restriction.

All Marine high command had joined the fight; the morale of the Marine elite surged once more.

“Whitebeard’s defeat is only a matter of time,” Su Lin said, observing the scene below through his telescope.

He changed his Historical Projection’s outfit into something stylish.

【Flashy Entrance】1 point: This book has compiled over a thousand different entrance styles for various occasions. (Additional abilities must be purchased separately) — A thunderclap in the sky

“Kaido’s appearance was unexpected, but even without him, escaping now would be nearly impossible.”

“Red-Haired’s ship still has some distance to cover.”

“Whitebeard’s remaining ships can’t hold everyone, and they won’t escape Aokiji and Kizaru’s pursuit.”

Red-Haired’s fleet had appeared within the telescope’s view, but still far off.

“Vice Admirals are still terrifying.”

Akainu looked like he was recovering—was “sit-up” a common skill among people in this world?

That technique was called “Life Return,” wasn’t it?