In the pirate world, the strong preyed on the weak. The slaughter between pirates was far more frequent and brutal than their clashes with the Marines.
The New World was vast enough to accommodate the pirates who had poured in every year since the opening of the Great Pirate Era.
Yet the New World was also small. Once the monsters began to bare their claws and fangs, there was no longer any room for small fry.
Over the past year, the Beasts Pirates, who had been lying low in Wano Country for more than a decade, finally began to move.
Led by the two monsters King and Queen, with Captain Kaido occasionally setting out in person, the Beasts Pirates' grand fleet finally began expanding into the waters surrounding Wano Country.
In just one short year, countless nearby islands had been conquered, and the flags of the Beasts Pirates flew over all of them.
At the same time, many pirate crews had submitted to Captain Kaido, thereafter roaming the New World under the name of the Beasts Pirates' subordinate crews.
The Beasts Pirates were no longer as silent as they had once been. While Wano Country still knew nothing of the outside world, the name Beasts Kaido had already resounded across the globe.
"Guhahahaha! Everyone knows it now—the New World has become the battlefield of emperors! The powers of the three monsters are growing ever stronger!"
Kurozumi Orochi sat cross-legged in the seat of honor, his left arm wrapped around a gorgeous geisha while his right hand held a wine cup aloft. He laughed heartily. "Destruction or submission! Those are the only two fates awaiting the weak!"
A banquet for the Beasts Pirates was being held on the top floor of the Tenshukaku.
Fine food, fine wine, and geishas from every