Onigashima was an island near Wano Country.
Because its shape closely resembled the skull of a demon, it earned its name.
Most of the Beasts Pirates' forces were gathered on this peculiar island. It was the headquarters of one of the Yonko, "Beasts" Kaido.
As Roy guided the cloud island swiftly toward the skies above Onigashima,
a gigantic island resembling a demon's skull soon appeared before Roy and the others.
At that moment, everyone on the cloud island was doing everything they could to conceal their presence.
They knew Kaido was on the island below. If their auras were detected by Kaido's incredibly powerful Observation Haki,
then a portion of Roy's prior plan would go to waste.
And the price they would have to pay to take down the Beasts Pirates would inevitably become much greater.
That was something Roy could not afford, and it was also the worst outcome he wanted to avoid.
Roy looked around at the powerful figures on the cloud island who were doing their utmost to hide their auras, as well as Baccarat, the Luck-Luck Fruit user who had absorbed enough luck.
He had great faith in all of these subordinates.
But the person Roy trusted least was none other than the strongest among them—"Whitebeard," Edward Newgate.
Looking at the towering man before him, fists clenched, aura gradually destabilizing, and face twisting with emotion,
Roy understood why Whitebeard, who had always been emotionally steady, wore such an expression.
Blood debts had to be washed away with blood. Kaido, once Whitebeard's companion, had killed Oden and his entire family, whom Whitebeard had regarded as his own kin.
Though Whitebeard had eaten, drunk, and laughed as usual throughout the journey, Roy possessed the ability to manipulate sound, and through monitoring Whitebeard's various physical signs,
Roy knew that