"Oh, I almost stabbed my palm. That was close, so close!" Hachini exclaimed strangely.
Saying this, he placed the more than two million Belly in front of him and handed the last bill and the dagger to Grimm. However, at normal speed, he instantly swapped the specially made bill for a real one, handing it along with the dagger to Grimm. "The last one. Here, at least let you feel like your loss is a little smaller!"
The entire tavern gasped. One fool had been tricked by Hachini. If he had refused, he would have lost face completely. But if he accepted, his hand would undoubtedly be pierced!
But to everyone's surprise, Grimm smiled at this point. "Ah! I lost!"
But before everyone could react, Grimm continued, "I didn't expect to be fooled by such a low-level trick. Hahaha, I was too careless. But I don't want to give money like this to scum like you!"
After a moment of uproar, the entire place erupted in laughter directed at Grimm.
"Kid, you can't touch him! Unless you don't want to live."
"If Hachini could be killed so easily, would he have scammed so many people?"
"Go back. Isana isn't suitable for you!"
Grimm ignored the surrounding comments and said calmly, "Do you know you have been abandoned by Holy Light? I hate two types of people the most: liars and traitors! Of course, they are essentially the same! Are you prepared to die?"
"Hahaha, you want to kill me?" Hachini burst into laughter. "Do you know who I am… Ugh…"
Before Hachini could finish speaking, he felt his teeth being pried open. Before Hachini could even scream, Swish! a spear of Holy Light pierced through his head.
Brain matter and blood spurted out like a fountain from the bloody hole in the back of his head, startling some of the timid women into screaming.
"Hachini is dead!"
"The Titan Pirates won't stand by and do nothing!"
"What do we do? Run?"
A few seconds after Grimm killed Hachini, chaos erupted throughout the tavern.
The Titan Pirates were currently the most powerful faction on the island and the pirate crew with the highest bounty.
Their captain, Uranus Atlas, was a Giant pirate with a bounty of 96 million Belly, credited with sinking several warships.
Although Hachini wasn't a member of the Titan Pirates, this tavern was Titan territory. Moreover, Hachini habitually handed over a portion of his earnings to Atlas whenever he made money. Therefore, with Hachini's death, everyone feared Atlas's retaliation.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Just as the pirates were in a state of panic and confusion, a series of heavy, rhythmic thuds suddenly came from the ground, startling everyone.
This felt like the footsteps of giants.
Could the Titan Pirates have returned from their hunt?
Some people watched Grimm with an expectant gaze, thinking he was doomed against a fifty-meter-tall Giant.
Others rushed out of the tavern and froze in place in astonishment upon looking outside.
It wasn't a Giant, nor was it Atlas!
Even if not a Giant, a height far exceeding ten meters was beyond the reach of ordinary people. Even Whitebeard would seem significantly shorter standing next to him.
The Great Pirate, Kaido the Hundred Beasts.
Like Grimm, not many people recognized Kaido's identity, but they were shocked by his colossal size.
At this moment, Kaido, who had already entered the town, sniffed the air and smelled alcohol. He strode towards the tavern. When someone stood in his way, too shocked to move, Kaido unhesitatingly swatted them away.
Kaido, over ten meters tall, viewed the two-story, six-meter-high tavern before him as nothing more than a slightly larger toy!
Although many said that freeloading and drinking for free was the behavior of third-rate pirates, Grimm strongly agreed with this. However, Kaido was a rare anomaly.
Smelling the alcohol, he directly punched through the roof and the second floor, smashing them to pieces. Under Grimm's gaze on the first floor, a hand smashed through the ceiling and grabbed numerous bottles of alcohol from behind the bar.
"Running into you here, Mad Dog Kaido!" Grimm said calmly.
Kaido, preparing to bring two large wine barrels, which would require two adults to hug, to his lips.
However, just as the brown rum was about to drip down, a golden spear of Holy Light suddenly pierced through the wine barrel, shattering it.
Kaido, caught off guard, the wine barrel exploded, and all the contents splashed onto his face.
The surrounding onlookers were so terrified they felt their hearts would stop beating.
Although they didn't recognize Kaido's identity, the aura emanating from him hinted at something extraordinary.
Kaido had already mastered Observation Haki by now, but he hadn't honed it well. His combat style usually didn't require Observation Haki, nor did he need it. Since he couldn't die anyway, he just charged forward. Why would he need Observation Haki!
With wine splashed all over his face, Kaido roared in the direction the spear of Holy Light had come from, "Damn it, who is it?!"
His roar alone unleashed a storm that blew away most of the wooden planks constructing the tavern. Some were even blown back several steps by this "breath" and fell to the ground.
"What kind of monster is this big guy?" a pirate asked, looking at Kaido in disbelief.
"Who do you think is stronger, him or Atlas?" Some became interested in comparing the strength levels between the giant Kaido and the Giant race.
"Atlas is nearly fifty meters tall, and this guy isn't even half his height…"
"Atlas will definitely win, no need to think about it!" someone immediately agreed.
One wonders what Kaido's reaction would be if he heard this.
The pirates here are truly "adorably stupid!"
Initially, the ceiling planks had blocked Kaido's view of Grimm sitting in the corner on the first floor. But because a piece of the ceiling had been blown away, Kaido could now see Grimm!
The moment Kaido saw Grimm, his expression tightened, and he ceased his destructive actions.
"Kaido, you mad dog, you're crazy wherever you go. Can't you just drink quietly?" Facing Kaido, who was several times larger than him, Grimm spoke with complete composure.
"Mad dog" had basically become Grimm's exclusive term for Kaido.
For Kaido, "Hundred Beasts Kaido" had become "Mad Dog Kaido" in Grimm's eyes.
Kaido generally disdained responding to insults and would directly send the offender to the afterlife. However, Grimm was different. Kaido knew he couldn't defeat him easily at the moment.
Picking up another wine barrel from the other side of the broken one, Kaido glanced at Grimm. Seeing no sign of attack, he finally brought the wine to his throat.
Grimm also observed Kaido. It was obvious he had flown or arrived by some special means. There were faint bloodstains on the hand holding the wine barrel. However, in the first half of the Grand Line, there were no pirates capable of drawing blood from Kaido. Only a high-ranking general from Marine Headquarters could achieve that.
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