Kaido, Your Home Is About to Be Gone!

He kept expanding his forces without pause, waiting for an opportunity to spread violence throughout the world.

That was the strategy Kaido had been pursuing all along.

If Doflamingo had not met with disaster, then with a steady supply of SMILE, the number of True Pros and Gifters under his command would have continued to grow.

Kaido had all the patience in the world.

He could wait until the number of Artificial Zoan users under his command reached his expectations.

But plans could never keep up with change.

Doflamingo had been killed by Maud, and even the Donquixote Family, which could have continued supplying SMILE, had been completely destroyed by Maud, severing the SMILE supply chain.

That had undoubtedly struck at the vital point of Kaido's plan.

On top of that, Maud's rapid rise had left Kaido extremely displeased.

Fortunately, Maud had not wiped out the Donquixote Family completely. Monet and Caesar had survived, along with the technology for manufacturing SMILE.

Thus, even without Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family, Kaido could continue expanding his army of Zoan users.

However, once Kaido gained a certain understanding of the core of SMILE production, he was no longer satisfied with the status quo.

He needed stronger subordinates with Devil Fruit abilities.

Ordinary Zoans could no longer satisfy his appetite.

He wanted more subordinates with Ancient Zoan abilities!

And so—

After leaving Big Mom's Whole Cake Island, he did not hurry back to Onigashima. Instead, he traveled thousands of miles to Little Garden, where countless ancient creatures lived.

The blueprint for an Ancient Zoan army that would exist in the future was something he was determined to obtain!

Above the river.

The enormous ship slicing through the water slowly reduced its speed before finally docking at the riverbank.

Standing at the bow, Kaido silently