With the Beasts Pirates gone, Chaos returned to Caesar's side. He looked at Oden, who lay on the ground, poisoned and barely clinging to life, and Toki, who knelt beside him in a panic.
He looked down from on high, like an emperor who held the lives of countless people in his hands.
Cool and aloof.
He raised a foot and gently stamped the ground. Everything within ten meters turned to gold, forming three Golden Thrones that hovered three feet above the ground. Caesar and Bonis sat down at once.
Chaos ignored Oden and took the middle throne. A branch sprouted from it and wrapped around Toki's waist once more.
Kaido had already left.
He had struck a deal with Toki, and it was time for him to go.
"Golden Emperor, I'll kill you one day."
Oden clung tightly to Toki, but in his current condition, there was nothing he could do.
Only helpless rage could suppress the panic in his heart.
Somehow, he felt that this parting from Toki would be forever.
"Please, let her go. I'll do anything."
At last,
Oden cast aside all his pride and dignity and knelt on the ground, begging.
But Chaos didn't even look at him. The Golden Thrones rose into the air and shot away as golden streaks of light, vanishing from the maze of deep ravines. In the end, only a sobbing voice remained, leaving Oden stunned.
"Don't come looking for me, and don't seek revenge!"
"Take care of Wano Country, and of Hiyori and Momonosuke. That's the only way they can have a good future."
The smile on Toki's face as she neared death, and her eyes clouded with tears, pierced Oden's heart like an arrow.
"Toki!"
With a heart-wrenching roar, Oden spat blood three feet into the air. His