"Kozuki Oden is an opponent I acknowledge.
Let me take his head!!!"
"Gulp, gulp..."
Kaido wildly poured liquor from his gourd into his mouth, his face feverish as he clearly succumbed to drunken madness. Then he hurled the gourd to the ground.
It shattered instantly.
"Really..."
"I'm looking forward to this!!!"
A demonic aura surged forth as Conqueror's Haki lightning crackled wildly. Kaido trembled with excitement all over.
How long had it been?
A battle to the death?
There weren't many people on these seas capable of giving him one!
One powerful figure after another emerged in his mind. Without exception, they were all among the few who could contend for the pinnacle of individual strength upon the seas.
Rocks D. Zebek.
Gol D. Roger.
Whitebeard, Edward Newgate.
Dotol Austin.
And if he had to add one more, it would be the man he was about to face.
Kozuki Oden.
King and Queen heard this and offered no objections.
They knew as well that, aside from Kaido, none of them were Kozuki Oden's match.
The ones they had to deal with were Oden's eleven retainers.
"The enemy is doomed to lose. Wano Country will surely fall into our hands!"
With Kaido leading the charge, two Great Calibers backing him up, and tens of thousands of Beasts Pirates under their command—
Just Kozuki Oden and a few subordinates?
Trapped rats in a jar.
Wano Country.
In an empty mountain wilderness.
Step... Step... Step...
The dense storm clouds foretold misfortune. Kozuki Oden led his retainers, intending to launch a surprise attack and eliminate Kaido.
But halfway there, he sensed that something was wrong.
Countless cruel, scarlet eyes emerged among the mountains ahead. Amid layer upon layer of dark clouds, a pair of enormous pupils stared down at them.
The group froze