Onigashima…
"Glug, glug, glug…"
Kaido of the Beasts was currently gulping down the clear liquid in his sake bowl, traces of anger in his expression.
Just moments ago, he had received news that his subordinate, Jack the Drought, had failed to rescue Doflamingo. The biggest problem was that not only had Doflamingo been captured, even his subordinate Jack the Drought had been captured as well. The current situation was extremely complicated and troublesome.
"Boss Kaido…"
Just as Kaido of the Beasts was gulping down sake, an anxious shout entered his ears.
"Hm?"
When Kaido heard the voice, he put down the sake in his hand and looked at the Beasts Pirates grunt running toward him.
"What is it?"
"I'm feeling really sentimental right now. My subordinate, Jack the Drought, was captured."
"Boohoohoohoo…"
"Jack! How could you get captured? You…"
"How could you be as weak as Doflamingo?"
The moment Kaido thought of his little brother Jack being captured, he was overcome with grief. Tears kept pouring from his eyes, dripping onto the ground with soft patters.
"Boss Kaido, something terrible happened!"
"That Orochi, Kurozumi Orochi, was taken out by someone."
Kaido's subordinate ran up to him and spoke excitedly.
"What?"
"I hadn't even made my move yet!"
Kaido was shocked. Who? Who had killed that bastard Orochi before he could do it himself? He had already decided that after he convinced his stupid, idiotic "son" Yamato, he would make that fool of a child the shogun of Wano Country.
Honestly, Yamato was a problem too. Yamato was clearly his daughter, yet insisted on calling herself a man and even claimed to be Kozuki Oden. That idiot Kozuki Oden…
As if he deserved to be compared to his daughter. What a joke.
"Glug, glug, glug…"
Thinking of this, Kaido began drinking heavily again, swallowing great mouthfuls of sake.
"Boss Kaido, please stop drinking. This is about to become a huge problem…"
However, to Kaido's surprise, his subordinate still kept trying to persuade him.
"A huge problem? What could it be?"
Kaido paused, then frowned and asked.
"Well…"
"That Marine Admiral, the one who took down Doflamingo and Jack, the newly appointed Marine Admiral Jovian, has come here!"
Kaido's subordinate spoke with great excitement.
"He came here?"
"Worororororo…"
When Kaido heard that, not only did he show no panic, he burst into laughter instead.
"Isn't that perfect?"
"I was just looking for a chance to smash him!"
"Now there's no need to go through all that trouble."
As Kaido spoke, he picked up his kanabo from the ground. He was prepared to go find Jovian and take revenge, to let everyone in the world know who truly was the strongest in a one-on-one fight, and who truly was the strongest creature.
"But, but…"
Just as Kaido was about to go cause trouble for Jovian, his subordinate stood up again, seeming somewhat hesitant.
"Go ahead."
Kaido looked at the subordinate in front of him, seeming very happy as he asked.
"The one who came to Wano Country this time isn't just one Admiral. Marine Admiral Green Bull is here too…"
Kaido's subordinate immediately answered what Kaido wanted to ask.
"Green Bull…"
Kaido's expression changed sharply. In other words, without him knowing, while he had still been drinking nonstop, two Marine Admirals had secretly entered his Wano Country, and it was uncertain whether there was a third.
What the hell was he supposed to fight? Kaido was the strongest in a one-on-one fight, not the strongest in a group fight. Against one Admiral, he feared no one. Against two Marine Admirals, or possibly even three Marine Admirals, all he could say was fuck that.
Thud.
Thinking this, Kaido sat back down on the ground. It seemed he no longer had any intention of going to cause trouble for Jovian.
"Boss Kaido, why did you sit down again?"
The pirates looked at Kaido, who had once again sat down on the ground, and asked.
"I don't feel like going anymore. Do you have a problem with that?"
Kaido glared at the pirates before him and asked coldly.
"Uh…"
When the pirates heard that, they all froze in place. Cold sweat kept pouring from their heads.
"Worororororo…"
"In any case, dealing with Marine Admirals requires careful planning."
Kaido spoke coldly to the subordinates in front of him.
As the true ruler of Wano Country, and as one of the pirates aiming for the great treasure, One Piece, he was not an idiot. He knew when he should attack and when he should not. And so…
Kaido picked up his gourd and began drinking heavily.
At the same time, a thought surfaced in his mind. Perhaps it was time to contact his dear older sister, that old hag.
He just did not know whether that old hag's strength had declined after all these years. If it had, then he could only say goodbye to her.
This was a world that only the strong could forge.
Thinking this, Kaido took out a Transponder Snail and began dialing.
"Puru puru puru…"
Click.
"Hello! Kaido, you little bastard. What made you think to call me?"
After the ringing, Kaido's Transponder Snail was picked up. A hoarse female voice filled with powerful menace came from within it.
"Linlin…"
"It's been a long time…"
"There's something I want to discuss with you."
Kaido spoke softly into the Transponder Snail.
"Brat, there's only one thing that could make you call me, isn't there?"
The female voice coming from the Transponder Snail belonged to Charlotte Linlin. It was the voice of a fellow Emperor of the Sea, one of the surviving Emperors just like Kaido.
"That old man Whitebeard did very well. That bastard Red-Hair did very well too. Now it's our turn. If we don't do something soon, we'll follow in those two bastards' footsteps…"
"Worororororo…"
After Kaido finished speaking, he suddenly laughed without warning.
"Mama, mama…"
After hearing Kaido's laughter, Charlotte Linlin also began laughing with him.
The two laughed like that for a long while, then spoke in unison, "Just like before, we'll merge together again. Just like before, we'll happily fight side by side. We only have one goal, and that is…"
Kaido and Charlotte Linlin seemed to reach a consensus. They spoke in unison.
"One Piece!"
As the words referring to the great treasure were spoken by the two of them, all of Onigashima trembled. It trembled under the Conqueror's Haki of the Emperors of the Sea.
That was Conqueror's Haki, the Haki of Emperors of the Sea. It symbolized the Emperors' peerless strength and overwhelming deterrence.
Who truly ruled this New World? Naturally, the ones who stood above all other pirates on the sea, the Emperors of the Sea.
"Worororororo…"
Kaido laughed loudly. He seemed to see his future, ruling once more alongside Charlotte Linlin.
At the same time, in the Flower Capital…
"Ahahahaha…"
"What powerful Conqueror's Haki. That's Kaido of the Beasts, right? He really is a monster. Even from this far away, my flowers and grass are wailing nonstop!"
Aramaki seemed to sense something. He looked toward the endless distance and laughed loudly.
"Kaido is a good man…"
"He has a daughter. She's really something…"
After hearing Aramaki's words, Jovian gave a thumbs-up. Putting everything else aside, he truly had high hopes for Kaido's daughter, Yamato.
"Kaido's daughter…"
"Ahahahaha…"
"I've never heard of her at all. Looks like Kaido really loves his child. He had a kid like that, and I knew nothing about it. I honestly don't know what to say. Should I say even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs, or should I say Kaido might unexpectedly be a good person?"
Aramaki laughed without a care. In his eyes, it did not really matter what kind of person Kaido was. What mattered was that Kaido was a pirate, and that made him their enemy.
And whether an enemy was a good person or a bad person did not matter at all in Green Bull's eyes.
It was just like the people of Wano Country. A bunch of weeds who were not even citizens of a World Government member nation. They were somewhat of an eyesore. Speaking of which, after they captured Kaido, would the stupid people of this country think they had come to save them and treat them like heroes?
"Ahahahaha…"
Thinking of this, Aramaki burst into laughter. He laughed very happily.
"When the time comes, I hope someone will remind those worthless people. We came to deal with Kaido of the Beasts because he is Kaido, one of the Emperors, and because he is a pirate. It isn't because of the citizens of this run-down country. At the end of the day, no matter how Kaido treats this country's people, it isn't illegal. The people of this country don't have so-called human rights."
Aramaki lowered his head and drank the sake in his cup. As he drank, he frowned. The taste of this sake was too weak. Simply put, it was awful.
"You…"
"Are you planning to start a war here?"
"What will happen to the people of this country?"
Facing Jovian and Aramaki's tyrannical pressure, Komurasaki, who had no choice but to dance, stopped her swaying steps after hearing their words. Her face turned pale as she asked.
"What will happen to this country?"
"That depends on whether the people of your country can run fast enough…"
"Ahahahahaha…"
Aramaki laughed loudly. In his eyes, true justice had never existed. The only thing in his eyes was rules carried through to the end. Rules were justice.
"Why did you stop?"
"Keep playing the music. Keep dancing."
Jovian, who had been enjoying Wano Country's entertainment culture with great interest, looked at Komurasaki after she stopped moving and spoke in a deep voice.
As Jovian's voice, filled with authority, spread through the room, the musicians once again began playing their instruments. The dancers continued twisting their graceful bodies, adding to the atmosphere for Jovian and Aramaki's arrival.
Elsewhere…
Onigashima…
On Onigashima, Yamato, the daughter of Kaido of the Beasts, was called Young Master Yamato by countless pirates, while behind her back they called her the Oni Princess. She had heard incredible news.
"Some powerful experts have come to Wano Country to defeat Kaido!"
"In other words, there's a very good chance I can finally leave this place…"
Yamato's eyes lit up. She had been looking forward to leaving this hopeless Wano Country for more than just a day or two. Now that an opportunity had appeared before her, of course she could hardly wait.
In Yamato's eyes, as long as someone could defeat her father, she would definitely be able to leave this place.
"No time to lose…"
"I need to hurry and find them…"
After figuring things out, Yamato ran toward the Flower Capital, the chains on her body jingling as she moved.
Although the Flower Capital was some distance away from Onigashima, Yamato had a way to make others take her there.
For example…
"Either take me to the Flower Capital, or I'll beat all of you down right here!"
Holding her kanabo, Yamato hijacked a pirate ship belonging to the Beasts Pirates.
"Young Master Yamato, if you run to the Flower Capital, Boss Kaido is going to get angry again…"
Kaido of the Beasts' subordinates looked at their Young Master Yamato with helplessness. Although Yamato was somewhat rebellious, she was still Kaido of the Beasts' child. She had inherited her father's terrifying combat strength in every respect. No matter how many of them came at her, they absolutely could not contend with Yamato. It could be said that in all of Wano Country, aside from Boss Kaido, Young Master Yamato was the strongest.
"Enough nonsense!"
"If I can avoid it, I don't want to use Thunder Bagua on you either…"
As Yamato spoke, black lightning flickered across the kanabo in her hand. It was a sign of Conqueror's Haki coating.
"We understand, Young Master Yamato. Please sit tight…"
After discussing it among themselves, the pirates decided that instead of eating a Thunder Bagua from Yamato right now, it would be better to take Yamato to the Flower Capital first and keep her steady. The rest could be dealt with later.
"Young Master Yamato, why do you suddenly want to go to the Flower Capital?"
One pirate probed Yamato carefully.
"I heard…"
"I heard there are people in the Flower Capital who can defeat my father. They must have a way to help me remove these cuffs and let me leave Wano Country…"
As Yamato spoke, she raised both her arms. The cuffs there jingled.
"Young Master Yamato, you must be careful!"
"Boss Kaido's cuffs are no joke. Those things really will explode the moment you leave Wano Country…"
Kaido's subordinate looked at the cuffs on Yamato's wrists. A few drops of sweat seeped from his forehead as he tried to persuade her.
"I know…"
"That's why I've been enduring it. I've been enduring the desire in my heart to go out to sea."
"I have to wait. I have to wait for the best opportunity, and then I'll set sail openly and proudly."
Yamato made her decision in her heart. After her father fell, she would absolutely leave Wano Country from the front.
"We wish you luck…"
The pirates did not dare say anything else, so they could only verbally bless Yamato.
"This really makes me excited. I wonder what those powerful people who can defeat my father look like?"
Yamato looked out at the endless sea, anticipation toward Jovian and the others rising in her heart.
"Ahahahaha…"
Meanwhile, Jovian and Aramaki were still drinking their sake and watching the dancing.
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