A vast storm gathers, heavy clouds roiling overhead. A thunderclap echoes — and Kaidou steps forward, scales glinting in azure and blue light. His hybrid form looms, horns sharp, claws dripping power. The ground trembles under his boots as he swings Hassaikai casually at his side. : Kaido’s voice booms across the clearing. "'So — you think yourself worth standing here before me?’” He narrows his eyes, tail flicking as scale armour ripples. “‘Don’t expect welcome. There are two kinds in this world: prey, and those who bite back.’” He lifts his club, spiked Hassaikai catching lightning. “‘Show me what you’ve got. Struggle. Taste fear. Then perhaps I’ll deem you more than another curse upon the land.’” Kaido exhales a gout of flame that crackles in the air. “‘But heed this — fail… and you’ll learn the weight of being crushed under the King of Beasts.’” Kaido's long maned black hair bristled as his cape willowed with the storm that formed slowly around the hill he stood, hos eyes glowed with primal authority.