Kaido plunged into the giant skull eye socket on Onigashima, transformed into his human form after entering, and landed on a plaza.
The Beasts Pirates, who had long since discovered his whereabouts, immediately swarmed him.
"Governor Kaido!!!"
"Boss Kaido is back!"
"Wooooo!!!"
Ruun followed closely, lightly landing a short distance away, observing the scene with great interest.
He rubbed his chin: "Hoh, this cohesion is really something. Much more genuine than a company team-building event."
The sight before him indeed gave him a more intuitive understanding of Kaido's leadership.
However, he, a stranger, quickly attracted many gazes.
"Hmm? Who's that kid?"
"He seems to have come back with the Governor, could he be new?"
"His skin is so pale, and he's so thin, he doesn't look strong at all."
Ruun didn't care about the discussions around him; instead, he looked around with keen interest.
'Hoh! That guy with the mask and horns on his head, is that Page One? His outfit didn't seem like much in the anime, but in reality, it looks so funny...'
'That beautiful woman leaning on the railing on the high platform over there! Black Maria? That figure... Tsk, the art style is completely different!'
'Hmm? That guy with long green hair and only a cape on his upper body... Is that Sasaki? Not wearing clothes, he's definitely an exhibitionist!'
Seeing these characters, who he had only ever seen on a screen, appear vividly before his eyes, Ruun felt a little excited.
Just then, the crowd automatically parted, forming a passage.
King, Queen, and Jack, like three moving mountains, walked up to Kaido.
"Gurararara, just in time!"
Kaido grinned widely, pointing at Ruun, who was looking around, his voice echoing across the entire plaza,
"Listen up, all of you! From today onwards, he is the fourth All-Star of the Beasts Pirates—Lunar Calamity Ruun!"
As his voice fell, the entire Onigashima seemed to have been muted.
The pirates, who had been incredibly noisy moments before, instantly widened their eyes and gaped, wondering if they were hallucinating.
Immediately following, a massive uproar erupted like a tsunami.
"How can he?! Become an All-Star as soon as he arrives?!"
"Boss Kaido! This isn't fair!"
Shouts of doubt, defiance, and anger rose and fell.
The Beasts Pirates revered strength; how could an unknown newcomer rise to the top of all of them in one step?!
Kaido watched his subordinates' furious reactions, not only did he not get angry, but he also grinned, revealing a joyful smile:
"Gurarararara! Excellent! That's the defiant spirit I want!"
He turned to Ruun, a playful look in his eyes: "Kid, what do you say? These guys won't easily accept you as 'Lunar Calamity'."
Ruun had anticipated this.
The moment Kaido announced it, the words "Just as I thought" popped into his mind.
However, after that warm-up with Kaido, his control over his own strength and his confidence had greatly improved.
Facing countless hostile and questioning gazes, Ruun showed a somewhat smug smile, casually spreading his hands:
"Don't like it? Just come get a beating, and you'll like it."
...The entire plaza fell into a brief silence once more.
Immediately, an even greater uproar erupted.
The pirates were completely ignited by this blatant provocation!
"Bastard! Too arrogant!"
"Kill him!"
"Let me teach him a lesson!"
Kaido burst into deafening laughter: "Gurarararararara! Good! Direct enough! I like it!"
He waved his large hand, "All of you, to the arena! Let them see if your punches, Lunar Calamity, are hard enough!"
"Roar!!!"
The pirates, as if injected with adrenaline, surged towards the arena on Onigashima.
Inside the arena.
Kaido sat high on his exclusive stone throne, a sake gourd in his hand, he knew not when it appeared.
Below, slightly in front, The Three Disasters stood in attendance.
King stood with his arms crossed, looking at the figures on the open ground below.
"Governor, you seem to think highly of him?"
Kaido took a swig of sake, his gaze also fixed on Ruun in the center of the arena:
"Hmm... This kid is interesting. His power is very special, and his bones are tough enough."
"His potential is very high?" King pressed.
"Maybe." Kaido shook his sake gourd, his gaze never leaving Ruun, "It depends on whether he can survive the encirclement. If he can't, it proves I misjudged him."
His tone was calm and unruffled, yet it carried a cruel undertone.
In the arena.
Shouts and roars rose and fell.
Finally, a few impatient pirates, brandishing swords and axes, rushed towards Ruun first.
Their eyes were full of greed and disdain, as if the person before them was not a newly appointed All-Star, but a piece of easily obtainable fat meat.
Ruun stood his ground, not even assuming a fighting stance, merely watching the screaming pirates charge at him, and pouted: "Tsk, no need to rush to be reborn, is there?"
Just as the blade of the pirate at the forefront was about to strike him, an invisible repulsive force field suddenly erupted from him!
"Ugh!"
"Wh-...?!!!"
The seven or eight pirates at the very front, along with their weapons, were sent flying backwards.
They crashed against the distant rock wall like broken sacks, only half-crying out before falling completely silent, slumping to the ground, their fates unknown.
The entire arena fell silent.
On the side of the arena, a short, stocky Shinuchi with two swords hanging from his waist—Bat-Man—spat disdainfully:
"A bunch of idiots! An All-Star personally appointed by the Governor, do you really think he's a pushover? Good, let these cannon fodder wear him down a bit more..."
He slyly shrank his neck, hiding at the edge of the crowd, like a venomous snake waiting for an opportunity, ready to strike when Ruun showed a weakness or was overly exhausted.
However, Ruun didn't give him that chance at all.
After dealing with the first batch of cannon fodder, he casually scanned the dense crowd: "The efficiency is too low, how long will this take? Forget it, I'll just clear the field directly."
Before his words finished, Ruun transformed into Julan again, hovering in mid-air.
His four arms elegantly stretched out, palms facing the sky.
The sky above suddenly darkened, and gravitational ripples spread in layers through the air.
"Moon Eclipse - Heavenly Fall."
In an instant, the sky above the arena was covered with black rocks of varying sizes.
"Fall."
As Ruun's thought moved, the sky full of black rocks crashed down!
"No—!"
"Run!"
"Can't stop it!"
Desperate screams were instantly drowned out by the deafening sound of impact.
The pirates were mowed down in droves like harvested wheat.
In the face of an absolute disparity in strength, numerical superiority became the biggest joke.
The destructive bombardment continued for more than ten seconds.
When the smoke partially cleared and visibility returned, the arena was unrecognizable.
The ground was covered with deep craters and piles of rubble.
Most of the pirates lay sprawled in the ruins, either groaning in pain or unconscious and motionless.
Only a handful of people, relying on greater strength, quicker reactions, or a stroke of luck, were barely able to stand amidst the ruins.
