Kaido and Golden Lion Rarely Reached an Agreement

Just as people around the world were focusing most of their attention on Golden Lion's impending attack on East Blue, Luffy ran into trouble in the video. A gigantic octopus was chasing him.

Suddenly, a giant mantis flew at him from ahead, sweeping its razor-sharp claws toward him. He barely dodged by ducking, but still tumbled across the ground in an undignified roll.

The giant mantis paid him no attention, however. It charged straight at the giant octopus behind him and swung its sharp claws a few times, instantly severing several of its tentacles.

The giant octopus recoiled in pain and tried to flee, writhing its tentacles, but the giant mantis refused to let it escape. Beating its wings, it charged and slammed headfirst into the octopus, sending it flying into a nearby wall. The octopus promptly fell unconscious.

The victorious giant mantis immediately flew above an abandoned fountain and showed off by waving its two huge, sharp claws.

Unfortunately, it had barely begun to bask in its victory when a giant long-armed bear sprang out behind it, clapped both hands around it, and flung it away.

The giant mantis fell to the ground in pain and let out several anguished cries.

Before it could get back up, however, the giant long-armed bear grabbed it, held it against its chest, and slammed it headfirst into the ground, knocking it unconscious.

The victorious giant long-armed bear immediately let out a roar of satisfaction. Then it turned its gaze to Luffy, who had been watching from the side all along, and charged at him.

Luffy naturally refused to back down and charged at it as well, throwing a punch. The bear easily dodged with a leap, then appeared in front of him and swatted him away.

Luffy landed in a nearby tree. He quickly reached out, wrapped his hand around another tree beside it, bit his thumb, and activated Gear Third. Using the tree's springiness, he launched himself forward and punched the giant long-armed bear flying into a distant stone statue, knocking it unconscious.

Because of Gear Third's side effect, Luffy himself flew upward like a deflating balloon and landed on the nearby giant octopus's head.

Luffy first complained about Gear Third's side effect. Then his stomach let out a rumble. He looked down at the giant octopus beneath him, and an excited smile immediately appeared on his face as clear drool trickled from his mouth.

Just then, the world's attention finally returned to the video, and everyone was immediately startled by the sight. A few scattered comments appeared. {Seriously? That thing looks like that, and Straw Hat Luffy can still bring himself to eat it?!}

{Why are all the animals on the island so big? Don't tell me Golden Lion made them that way on purpose?!}

{What does Golden Lion want so many giant animals for?!}

{Wait, why do these giant animals look so much more aggressive than ordinary animals? Don't tell me the drugs Golden Lion fed them have side effects?!}

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{...}

{Jihahaha, what would you trash know? Size equals strength, and ferocity equals strength too. Only those with great strength deserve to survive in this world. Weak trash like you should be completely wiped out,} Golden Lion said disdainfully.

{Worororo, Golden Lion, you're an irritating man, and I don't like much of what you say or do. But this one statement, I agree with. Weak trash should be completely wiped out,} Kaido said in agreement.

{Mamamama, now this is rare! Kaido, you and Golden Lion actually reached an agreement for once. Why don't the two of you form an alliance?} Big Mom said, fanning the flames.

{Who would form an alliance with trash like him?!} Kaido and Golden Lion said almost simultaneously.

Somewhere in the Grand Line, aboard the Thousand Sunny.

"Sanji, I'm hungry. I want to eat takoyaki," Luffy said to Sanji, drooling.

"Takoyaki, my foot! Don't even think about eating anything until Nami-san is rescued." Sanji gave him a karate chop on the head and scolded him.

"Ah! Sanji-kun, I'm right here. I haven't been captured." Nami raised her hand.

"No, Nami-san, I didn't mean you. Ah, no, I didn't mean the real you. That's not right either." After a long explanation, Sanji finally sorted it out and said, "What I mean is, if you in the video haven't been rescued, I won't cook."

"Eh?!" Luffy immediately fell apart, collapsing on the Sunny's lawn. He threw a tantrum and rolled around, shouting that he wanted takoyaki.

Sanji ignored him outright. Staring at the screen in the sky, he said worriedly, "I wonder how Robin-chan is doing?!"

"Ah! Are you calling me, Sanji-kun?" Robin asked slyly.

"Ah! No, I—sigh!"

On the screen, as if to answer Sanji's concern, the video suddenly shifted to Robin.

She wasn't alone. She was with Franky and Brook.

The three of them were in an ancient town submerged by seawater. Suddenly, Brook, who was walking at the rear, seemed to hear something and began looking around.

Franky, walking in front of him, said they had no time to worry about that now.

But no sooner had he finished speaking than a swarm of army ants emerged from a house behind them and charged toward them at high speed.

This startled Brook, who was at the rear. The army ants paid him no attention, however, and went straight past him, charging toward Franky and Robin.

Although Franky was curious about this, he raised his left hand, preparing to fire a shell at the swarm.

But Robin, standing behind him, reminded him that he had run out of fuel long ago.

Only then did Franky remember. Just then, however, a green shark suddenly sprang from the seawater beside them and lunged at them, but they dodged it.

The shark didn't give up after its failed sneak attack. It swam a little farther away, then leaped high out of the water and attacked them again.

But before it could bite Franky and Robin, the swarm of army ants leaped just as high and stripped it down to a white skeleton.

This startled all three of them, but it also made Franky realize why the army ants had ignored Brook earlier.

They didn't eat bones.

This immediately made Brook angry. He drew his sword and charged at the swarm, sweeping through the army ants with slash after slash before gracefully arriving behind them.

The swarm of army ants, however, continued charging toward Franky and Robin as though unaffected.

Seeing this, Franky and Robin calmly walked toward the swarm.

Just then, the army ants suddenly leaped high and pounced at the two of them.

But all they heard was Brook's deep voice from behind them. "Hanauta Sancho: Yahazu Giri."

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Fierce slashes burst forth from the army ants' abdomens.

The next second, the swarm fell like raindrops. Franky and Robin calmly walked through them and came to Brook's side.