Elsewhere,
Yamato escorted King Luffy toward a safe place.
"Who are you?!!"
"You're Ace's little brother, aren't you?"
A little over two years ago, Ace had also come to Wano Country to cause trouble for Kaido.
He just hadn't expected to meet Kaido's daughter, Yamato, who admired Austin.
"Your style... really is just like Uncle Austin's!!!"
With just that one sentence, Yamato and Ace became good friends. The lonely Yamato had met a new friend.
Ace told her his story.
"Uncle Austin was actually my benefactor..."
The two chatted about everything under the sun, and they even brought up King Luffy's dream.
"Really?!!!"
"Your brother's dream was also spoken of by Lord Austin's captain!!!"
"Huh??? Really?!!!"
Ace had been utterly shocked at the time, because he knew exactly who Austin's captain was: his biological father, the man he had refused to acknowledge.
The Pirate King, Gol D. Roger!!!
Perhaps that was the first time he had begun to see that father, whom he had never mentioned, in a different light.
After that encounter, Yamato had become very interested in King Luffy, which was why she chose to save him now.
What puzzled her, however, was that King Luffy's expression became extremely strange whenever Austin was mentioned.
"Well... how should I put this..."
"Anyway, I came here to defeat Kaido!!!"
Yamato, meanwhile, displayed Austin's knack for betrayal as she showed King Luffy the shackles on her wrists.
"So did I!!!"
"Kaido locked me up on Onigashima to make me stop admiring Mr. Austin.
Even though he himself was defeated by him..."
Just then, Kaido formally announced to everyone on Onigashima that he had joined forces with Big Mom.
He intended to move Onigashima in its entirety to Wano Country and turn Wano Country into another pirate island!!!
The timid Momonosuke was