Rocks wore a smile as his gaze fell on the tall, powerfully built Kaido. Deep in his eyes, however, a trace of hatred flashed.
This mission had been for the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit shown on the treasure map.
He had been planning to claim it for himself.
As someone who possessed the Logia Dark-Dark Fruit, he needed a powerful Devil Fruit to raise his combat strength to another level!
But...
The Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit Rocks had always yearned for had been eaten by Kaido.
It had been snatched right out from under him!
His heart filled with hatred.
Yet he hid it perfectly, revealing nothing.
As for promoting Kaido to captain...
Rocks had his own reasons. He wanted to divide the strength of Ares's Division.
He knew Kaido possessed the talent for Conqueror's Haki.
If he could awaken Kaido's ambition to become king, Kaido would become an enemy capable of checking Ares. Even if he could not defeat Ares, he might at least suppress him.
At the very least, he could not let those two monsters stand on the same side.
Everyone in the room reacted differently when they heard Rocks's announcement.
Some were surprised, some envious, some laughed in disbelief, and some were shocked...
Others understood perfectly well but pretended not to.
The room erupted in an uproar.
"Since Kaido has become a powerful ability user and his strength is immense, I think there's no problem with him becoming a Division captain. Besides, if anyone's dissatisfied, they can challenge him!"
"Captain Rocks, isn't this a little inappropriate?!"
"I never thought that after Ares, another monster would become a Division captain. This is getting lively!"
"Kaido has long since changed. In the Rocks Pirates, there aren't many people who can beat that guy now."
"......"
Rocks's expression turned