After drinking the Angelic Elixir Sherwin gave him, Fujitora injuries were completely healed. Aside from his depleted stamina not being fully replenished yet, he was only a bit mentally fatigued.
Since someone could carry them through the air, Sherwin and the others naturally had no need to ride the motorcycles on the ground... even though the Master Cycle Zero was actually faster than Fujitora flight.
"That the situation, Meow. Kaido should be able to hold on for a while longer, but relying on him to defeat the other Kaido is basically impossible, Meow."
As Huamei quickly reported the situation to Sherwin, Fujitora, who was listening nearby, was somewhat bewildered.
Having "read" the newspapers, he naturally knew that the Felynes in Sherwin research group each possessed unique skills. But what was the deal with this Felyne also named Kaido, who could fight Kaido back and forth? He hadn't heard anything about this before.
Because he couldn't see the live broadcast, Fujitora didn't know that Kaido Meow moves and abilities were almost identical to Kaido, but even so, it still felt surreal to him.
After all...
Even he himself could only flee in a sorry state when facing Kaido, yet among the little Felynes by Sherwin side, there was one capable of dueling Kaido without falling behind.
Since Fujitora was blind and had never encountered Kaido Meow, he assumed in his mind that all the Felynes with Sherwin were about a meter tall, with the physique of a child, like the ones before him.
Sherwin didn't know why Fujitora suddenly looked so dejected, but he didn't have time to worry about that now.
Because...
"Big brother Sherwin~ Big brother Sherwin~ Let Klee go fight that bad Kaido! Please, Meow~"
The little Ragdoll hugged Sherwin head, acting cute and spoiled without stopping.
However, Sherwin knew the consequences of giving in to her, so he wasn't dazed by the cute cat charm.
Instead, he pulled the acting Ragdoll off his head, held her in his arms to distract her with his cat-massaging techniques, and looked toward Kozuki Hiyori.
"Can you contact Denjiro or Kawamatsu?"
"I can," Hiyori pulled a long, slender snail-like creature from her sleeve. "Denjiro left a Snail with me I can use it to contact them."
"Hmm?!"
(=ω=)
Haibara Meow eyes immediately lit up as she looked over. "Is this the 'Transponder Snail' unique to Wano Meow?"
"Stop it, if you want to study this thing, there will be plenty of time later."
Sherwin pressed down the kitten whose curiosity had been piqued, letting her gnaw on his palm as he spoke to Kozuki Hiyori:
"Notify Denjiro and the others. No matter what the situation is now, have them lead everyone away from the area where Kaido is fighting immediately..."
After pausing for half a second, feeling that this wasn't safe enough, Sherwin changed his mind: "No, tell them to withdraw from Ringo directly! Run as far away as possible!"
Although she wasn't sure why Sherwin was making such a request, out of trust for her benefactor, Kozuki Hiyori did as she was told.
During this process, Sherwin also led everyone back onto the Dodo Advance and had her ascend quickly.
"Uncle Issho, could I trouble you to use your fruit ability to stall Kaido for a moment later, so that our Kaido can retreat safely?"
As the Dodo Advance rose into the air, Sherwin made his request to Issho.
"Of course, that is no problem. This old man can manage such a small matter."
Even though he wasn't sure why Sherwin looked like he was facing a great enemy just because Klee Meow asked to make a move, Issho still agreed without hesitation.
"Shermie Meow, Purah Meow! Get ready to cover Kaido!"
Following Sherwin command, Shermie Meow immediately tossed several Milky Dials into the sky, while Purah Meow took control of the flying Guardian, aiming and locking onto the Kaido who was currently entangled with Kaido Meow.
By the time Sherwin and his group finished their preparations, Hiyori happened to inform him that the samurai had all moved away from the Ringo region...
Their main battlefield hadn't been in Ringo to begin with, but in the neighboring Hakumai and Flower Capital.
Next, Sherwin pulled Baby-5, who was standing beside him, into his arms and jumped onto the guardrail of the Dodo Advance while holding her.
"Weapon Morph: Bowgun Girl!"
Without Sherwin even needing to speak, Baby-5 had already cooperatively transformed into a Heavy Bowgun form that incorporated the functions of a Gunlance Wyvern Fire.
Sherwin quickly aimed the bowgun at Kaido below.
The first to strike was Purah Meow, who controlled the Flying Guardian to fire a blue ionic beam toward Kaido.
An attack of this level naturally wouldn't cause Kaido any real damage its primary purpose was actually to signal Kaido Meow—it was time to withdraw.
Although it was a pity he couldn't settle the score with Kaido, for one, Kaido Meow was indeed reaching his limit, and secondly, he had no desire to experience the "Big Baby" jointly crafted by those little rascals back home.
Therefore, upon receiving the signal from Purah Meow, Kaido Meow decisively activated the weapon effects of the "Eight Calamities Ring" once more, and this time, he chose to unleash the powers of all eight natural disasters simultaneously...
Eight Calamities: Unsealed Mode!
Monster Hunter Style · Secret Technique · Emperor Radiance!
The brilliance of eight elements—Water, Fire, Wind, Thunder, Earth, Ice, Light, and Dragon—flowed continuously across the "Eight Calamities Ring" before being slammed violently by Kaido Meow against Kaido "Eight Closures."
"BOOM—!!!"
Never expecting that Kaido Meow, who had been "holding back," would suddenly erupt with power even greater than before, Kaido was sent flying backward.
Kaido Meow took this opportunity to quickly stow the "Eight Calamities Ring," which had entered a cooldown phase due to the Unsealed Mode, into his spatial storage.
He then transformed into his Sakura Dragon form and flew toward the Dodo Advance without looking back.
"W-wait! What is this?!"
Although Issho cleared up the misunderstanding regarding their size the moment his Observation Haki captured Kaido Meow, sensing that the opponent had also turned into a dragon still left him utterly shocked.
However, Sherwin had no time to explain things to him right now anyway, with Issho Observation Haki, it was impossible for him to mistake the target.
"Shermie Meow!"
"Got it~ Sherwin~"
(=`ω=)ジ
The small forest cat slammed her already high-raised paw downward, and a giant beast of lightning emerged from the dark clouds she had just released, crashing fiercely toward Kaido, who had just been sent flying by Kaido Meow and hadn't yet had time to stand up.
"Lightning Style: Kirin Meow!"
At the same time, Sherwin pulled the trigger of the Maid Heavy Bowgun...
A blue flame resembling a light blade first sprayed from the muzzle of the bowgun. A moment later, amidst a deafening roar, it spat out a Wyvernblast specially made by Purah Meow toward Kaido, infused with Armament Haki and integrated with the Wyvern Fire skill.
Hunter Style: Lotus Entering Nirvana Calamity Bead Cannon!
"Uncle Issho!"
"Oh!"
Although shocked by Kaido Meow fruit ability, Issho would not miss this opportunity.
While pulling three pre-selected meteorites down from space to smash toward Kaido, he drew the Supreme Grade blade Gambler from his waist and pointed it toward Kaido, who had been dazed by the Investigation Team continuous attacks.
"Gravitational Blade: Raging Tiger!"
Before Kaido could recover from that string of attacks, he was crushed into the dirt by a sudden, massive force of gravity.
"Issho—!!!"
Kaido was certainly no stranger to this ability. He quickly transformed into a massive Azure Dragon, attempting to break free from Issho gravity.
"Use whatever trump cards you have left quickly I cannot hold this for long."
"Alright, the rest is up to you."
Sherwin patted the small heads of Klee Meow and Suika Meow, lifting the restriction on them and Jinx, who was perched atop Shirahoshi head.