Inside Onigashima.
"Boss Kaido and them are back?" Jack, whose face had been drooping, immediately looked revitalized.
Tears welled up in his eyes from excitement.
They were finally back.
"They're back. They've appeared on the horizon and will be here soon."
"That's great!"
Jack couldn't help but laugh wildly, "Notify everyone! Assemble immediately to welcome the Boss! It's time for us to get our revenge!"
"Yes!"
The Pirates, who had been feeling stifled like oxen and horses for over half a month, all cheered excitedly.
On the Tomorrow.
"We're finally back."
Kevin lay in a rocking chair.
Violet had discovered the main Beasts fleet hours earlier.
Kevin looked at the women.
Most of them continued doing their own things; some chatted, some cultivated, and Makino was still preparing refreshments.
Except for Yamato and Ulti.
They originally lived within the Beasts Pirate Crew.
Their fear and apprehension of Kaido were ingrained in their bones.
"Captain, why don't we leave?" Ulti's voice trembled.
She had the body of a mature woman.
But her mind was still stuck at the age of ten.
Her eyes were filled with fear.
She hadn't seen how strong the Sun and Moon Pirates were, but the Beasts Pirate Crew, especially Kaido, who occasionally went on drunken rampages, had an aura of destruction that made people despair.
"What's there to be afraid of?"
Yamato patted her chest.
"Captain, I'll help you then."
Gion and Stussy looked at Yamato and Ulti and couldn't help but laugh.
...
At the port.
Jack and the thousands of Pirates who had remained behind watched eagerly.
"They're back!"
The main expeditionary force appeared in their sight.
Deafening cheers echoed over Onigashima, and even distant Wano Country could vaguely hear the Pirates' cheers.
"I'm back!"
Kaido's roar, which caused a typhoon, echoed over the entire island.
It announced that the true emperor of Wano Country had returned.
"Kaido is back?"
In a secluded spot.
Denjiro and Kozuki Hiyori, who had only recently reunited, were huddled together.
Hearing Kaido's domineering voice.
Kozuki Hiyori couldn't help but shrink back, her small face pale, showing nothing but fear.
Even her hatred was overshadowed by fear.
The terrifying sight of Kaido in her childhood had left an indelible, dreadful memory in her heart.
Denjiro was solemn and wary.
He was one of the Nine Red Scabbards and had once directly fought against Kaido of the Beasts.
He knew Kaido's invincible strength well.
Especially in recent years.
He clearly felt that Kaido of the Beasts was much stronger than before.
"Denjiro, do you think they will win?" Kozuki Hiyori's mind conjured the figures of Kevin and his group.
He had secretly followed them for several days, 930.
He understood.
Compared to the terrifying Kaido, in Kozuki Hiyori's heart, Kevin and his group were much kinder and didn't resemble pirates at all.
They would pay for things they bought.
They wouldn't plunder the wealth of Wano Country's people.
"I don't know, but the Sun and Moon Pirates are also one of the legendary Four Emperors, so they can't be weak, right?" Denjiro couldn't give a direct answer either.
Wano Country knew too little about the outside world.
"But they only have so few people, how can they fight?" Kozuki Hiyori was full of worry.
She unconditionally supported Kaido's opponents.
Denjiro fell silent.
Painful memories surfaced.
He thought about how, in the past, under the leadership of Kozuki Oden, they also had only a dozen or so people fighting against the entire Beasts Pirates.
They were utterly defeated.
An undeniable crushing defeat.
Although Kaido of the Beasts used schemes, the defeated Nine Red Scabbards knew in their hearts that even without Kaido of the Beasts' schemes, they couldn't win; at most, they would make the Beasts Pirates pay a heavy price.
Seeing Denjiro fall silent,
Kozuki Hiyori became even more uneasy.
Is there no hope at all?
"Denjiro, why don't we go and see?"
"Princess, it's too dangerous, you can't."
"We'll just sneak a look, we won't show ourselves."
Denjiro pondered for a moment.
"Alright, if they are strong, perhaps there's a chance for cooperation." Denjiro thought about it; instead of putting all their hope in a prophecy twelve years later, it would be better to try other methods.
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