Red-Haired's territory.
On a small island, Red-Haired held a newspaper in his hand, his expression shifting unpredictably. "Mihawk really called it... Kaido lost!?"
He found it somewhat unbelievable. Was the Navy really that fierce?
They had even taken down Kaido?
But when he thought of the consequences of Kaido's downfall, he could not help frowning. The previously stable situation... had been shattered once again...
His original intention had been to maintain stability across the seas and let the New World enjoy peace for a while. Yet he had not expected the sea to descend into chaos once more...
What a headache!
Whole Cake Island.
Big Mom was also reading the newspaper. Though a wicked smile still hung from her lips, the gravity in her eyes was impossible to miss. "Mamamama, it has only been such a short time since we last met, yet you have become this weak? Kaido!! If you fall just like this, then you will truly disappoint me! Kaido!!"
Several of Big Mom's sons and daughters stood around her, their expressions utterly shaken. Beast Kaido, who stood alongside their mother in fame, had actually been defeated?
Nearby, Katakuri stood with his eyes closed, his aura restrained. Yet the aura he exuded at this moment was far more terrifying than before!
A domineering presence that even Big Mom could not suppress surged around him!
Clearly, after a period of intense training, Katakuri's strength had grown by an unknown amount!
"That man was defeated by the Navy?"
In a dim underground chamber in Alabasta, Crocodile, one of the Shichibukai, held a newspaper in one hand and a cigar between his lips. When he saw the report, his pupils contracted as he muttered,
"Navy Admiral Aokiji joined forces with Navy rising star Patino Yun Ye and completely froze