At that moment, Ben Beckman's somewhat heavy and gloomy voice rang out. "Hey, Shanks, if you've still got the energy to fool around, why don't you take a look over there..."
Shanks turned toward the opposite end of what was less a room than a vast plaza.
There were cage after cage stacked in layers on the other side as well, with figures imprisoned inside them.
In the next moment, Shanks's pupils narrowed slightly. He suddenly spotted a familiar figure and spoke with some shock.
"'Wildfire' King? The guy who disappeared into the sea after Kaido died is actually here?"
Ben Beckman, who was hanging upside down, spoke up.
"It's not just King. I took a careful look, and more than half of the officers from the Beast Pirates are here. I also tried talking to them just now, but they didn't react at all. They all looked dazed and absent-minded."
"Clatter, clatter..."
Shanks suddenly struggled with all his might, trying to get closer to the edge of the cage, then began looking around.
"Shanks, what are you looking for?" Ben Beckman asked.
"Kaido..."
Shanks scanned every corner of the enormous room as he replied, "If King is imprisoned here, then that guy Kaido might still be alive too."
"Don't bother looking. He isn't here," Ben Beckman answered.
After Shanks swept his eyes around several times, he likewise failed to find Kaido's enormous and conspicuous body among the cages. He spoke.
"Tch, could that guy Kaido really have been completely killed?"
What Shanks failed to notice was that, at the enormous stone monument standing in the center of the room, one eye suddenly shifted and glared viciously at him.
"Come to think of it, Beckman, do you know exactly what this place is?" Shanks asked.
"I don't know. After that