After officially confirming their alliance, Kaido, Golden Lion, and Stussy continued discussing matters for quite some time.
However, what they discussed afterward had little to do with Golden Lion.
Because Kaido had long maintained many highly profitable dealings with the World Government, this veteran arms dealer took advantage of the World Government's need for him this time to demand quite a few additional conditions from Stussy on top of cooperating against Garen.
As the World Government's representative of interests, Stussy naturally could not accept all these opportunistic demands without question.
Thus, Kaido and Stussy found themselves in a dispute over interests and began haggling like merchants.
After much discussion, Stussy could only answer helplessly:
"I must report these conditions of yours to the Government's upper ranks by telephone. I can only give you an answer after they have discussed them."
"I also need to formally obtain approval from the upper ranks regarding our cooperation with Golden Lion."
"Please give me some time."
Kaido knew Stussy could not make the decision herself, so he did not press her too hard. He merely had Stussy stay on Onigashima for the night.
The anti-Garen meeting finally came to an end.
As Stussy prepared to remain on Onigashima for the time being, Kaido immediately turned his attention to Golden Lion.
"Golden Lion, what about you?"
There was still a long time before the war officially began, and Golden Lion had no reason to keep lingering in Kaido's lair.
But after spending so much time around Garen, Golden Lion's acting might not have reached perfection, but it had certainly become convincing.
"I also intend to stay here for a little while."
Golden Lion responded calmly, then looked at Stussy with concealed hostility as he said:
"Though we are temporarily cooperating, the World Government will ultimately