When they had been near the Sea of Thunderclouds, Kaido had immediately rushed over to kick Ronglin while he was down the moment he heard that the Marines had dispatched two Admirals to ambush him. However, Red-Haired Shanks had been present, making Kaido wary enough not to attack Ronglin then.
Thinking back on it now, choosing to retreat then had been utterly foolish! Kaido silently cursed himself, forcefully suppressing the fury inside him to keep it from erupting.
Kaido then continued studying the map, calculating the current distribution of the major powers and the possible direction of the future situation. Any strategic plan he made had to be cautious, cautious, and even more cautious. The New World's balance had changed so drastically that one careless move could very well lead to him being plotted against by others.
Yet the more Kaido stared at the map, the more violent his gaze became. The plans he had calculated in his mind all seemed to have their own path of development obscured by someone.
"Damn it!" Kaido was thoroughly displeased. The reason he found himself restrained at every turn now was because Ronglin had been stirring up trouble throughout the New World, prompting Mary Geoise to intervene so forcefully that the balance of the New World had been shattered.
"Boss, what do we do now?" one of his subordinates asked.
After sweeping his cold gaze across the map one final time, Kaido said viciously, "We're going back. Let that crazy Charlotte woman keep tangling with Ronglin on her own! We'll deal with Blackbeard first!"
The moment the order was given, everyone felt somewhat unwilling. They had traveled all this way and abandoned their cooperation plans in Wano Country to come here and join forces with the BIGMOM Pirates in pincer-attacking the Star Alliance.