Rumble!
Giant snails slowly advanced along the streets of Flower Capital.
From inside the houses lining the streets, people hid, their courage commendable if they dared to peek out through the window cracks.
Roa stood on the head of the foremost giant snail, taking a deep, somewhat intoxicated breath.
"Oh! In just over a month, this country has become so livable."
Further out, beyond the city, massive factories belched thick black smoke.
Wonderful, this is civilization, this is productivity!
In Roa's line of sight, the sky above this country was shrouded in swirling black mist.
Wano Country had transformed from a land of samurai into a land of gourmet food.
Big Brother Kaido and Orochi had done quite well!
As Roa was enjoying Wano Country's special delicacies, figures suddenly burst out from the houses on both sides, lunging at Roa from various directions.
"Heaven's punishment for the wicked!"
The imperial loyalists, samurai swords in hand, shouted such slogans with imposing vigor.
"Oh! A welcoming ceremony?"
Roa's lips curved, but his smile vanished the very next instant.
Because.
"Kill the Fierce Tiger Roa!"
Hiss!
A fierce wind swirled, and the air transformed into deadly blades, instantly tearing apart all the attacking samurai.
"How rude, I hate it when people give me unpleasant nicknames!"
Roa grumbled.
He had just said they did well, yet the Flower Capital still harbored imperial loyalists?
This is...
Too good.
The nearby black mist had noticeably increased.
After dealing with these imperial loyalists, the path ahead was clear. Roa smoothly passed through the Flower Capital and arrived at the palace just outside the city, which served as Big Brother Kaido's residence.
"Brat, causing quite a commotion again!"
When Roa met Kaido, he was sitting cross-legged on the palace's top terrace, gulping down large amounts of sake. Upon seeing Roa, his eyes instantly lit up.
Roa, however, said with a hint of disdain, "Hey, hey, hey, Big Brother Kaido, aren't you getting a bit too decadent?"
Kaido wasn't drinking alone; a group of charming geishas were gracefully dancing nearby, and a few, like dolls, clung to him.
With both wine and women, even Lu Bu couldn't handle it.
Maybe quit drinking... no, quit women.
"Wororororo! What are you talking about, decadence, to a pirate?"
Kaido burst into laughter. "Want me to find you a few too? Wano Country has no shortage of people."
"What are you saying!"
Roa immediately spoke with righteous indignation, "Don't you know the minimum age of consent is fourteen?"
"I don't understand your brat's nonsense. If you don't want to play, then,"
Kaido swayed as he stood up, his club, pulled from who-knows-where, already in his grip. "Let this old man see! How strong have you become, capable of defeating a Marine Admiral!"
What a truly enthusiastic welcoming ceremony.
It seemed there was no possibility of refusal.
So, the two immediately soared into the sky and had another thunderous, fierce battle.
Yet, even after the battle ended and the welcome back banquet for Roa was held, Kaido still couldn't figure it out. "Roa, how did you defeat Zephyr?"
Roa had indeed grown stronger, but he still couldn't gain the upper hand when fighting him.
Was a Marine Admiral really that weak?
"Actually,"
Roa said seriously, "I've always hidden my strength. You should thank me properly, Big Brother Kaido, I've always been letting you win."
"This old man hears your nonsense."
Kaido snorted. "What did Linlin say?"
"We've roughly reached a cooperation. She'll help at crucial moments, but the condition is that I help her get what she wants. After her goal is achieved, she'll probably part ways with us."
Roa shrugged. "After all, she's not one of us."
"Hmph, it's good that you know, brat."
Kaido's tone carried a hint of triumph.
This kid was on his side.
"Right,"
Kaido remembered something and said casually, "A woman's pregnant."
The shorter the words, the more explosive the information.
Roa, who was enjoying his exclusive grand meal, suddenly froze, then spoke incredulously, "Big Brother Kaido, is it yours?"
"What are you saying, you bastard brat!"
A vein throbbed on Kaido's forehead. "This old man has no interest in raising someone else's child!"
He thought Roa made a lot of sense; he truly needed someone to hold down the fort, and who could be more reliable than his own offspring?
"That's truly efficient then."
Roa couldn't help but exclaim, "It's only been a little over a month, right? Big Brother Kaido, I misunderstood you."
This execution, it was incredible.
"Just you wait, Roa!"
Kaido glanced at the generals of Catastrophe Company sitting below Roa, and snorted, "A child who inherits my bloodline will definitely be extraordinary!"
"Of course!"
Roa nodded cheerfully.
Who doesn't love a white-haired, tomboyish, lightning-wielding big sister?
Wait, it's several years earlier, and the mother is most likely not the same, so, will it still be Yamato?
Roa's expression suddenly became very serious. "Big Brother Kaido, a question!"
"What?"
Kaido put down his sake gourd. Roa rarely showed such a solemn expression.
"What color is the pregnant woman's hair?"
"This old man thought you were going to ask something important! White, why?"
"That's good!"
Roa let out a sincere sigh of relief.
It's working.
I'll give you a thumbs up this time, Brother Fate!
Life became calm again.
Roa began to enjoy the pastoral life of Wano Country.
However, his various heads of departments did not stop.
Morgans had successfully inherited the position of World Economic Journal president and had already begun to establish a new spy organization, while the propaganda war against non-affiliated countries had started.
Umit's fleet arrived shortly after Roa returned to Wano Country, transporting the first batch of weapons. These would be sent to people around the world, adding bricks and mortar to their pursuit of truth.
And unknown to Roa, someone else was looking for his whereabouts.
"No news yet?"
On a certain island floating somewhere in the New World, the Golden Lion stared expressionlessly at the man before him.
The man responsible for intelligence in the Flying Pirates knelt before the Golden Lion, trembling. "Rep-report, Admiral. They didn't stop at any islands along the way. Only occasionally did a ship sight them heading towards the back of the New World, but no one knows where exactly they stopped."
"Useless!"
The Golden Lion kicked the man in front of him flying. "Can you confirm their course?"
The man, enduring the pain, flipped over and spoke respectfully, "Based on the testimonies of several eyewitnesses, it can roughly be determined."
"Then start from where they were last sighted and search along their course!"
The Golden Lion sneered. "Turn over every island along the way! Until that brat Roa is found!"
With the Lion's command, the giant floating island slowly moved. The Flying Pirates began to act!