Whoosh...
Inside the sealed room, a neatly cut, yellowed piece of paper spontaneously caught fire without wind, gradually being consumed by sparks.
Suddenly, despite there being no wind, the slowly burning Vivre Card turned to ashes with a swish. The flames instantly devoured more than half of what remained, leaving behind a handful of ash.
The three people in the room wore different expressions at the sight.
"Hmph! I told you we should have dragged him back! Sending Ryokugyu alone to deal with Azure Dragon—who the hell are you looking down on, Oric?!"
Kaido, the tallest among them, sat cross-legged at the table. Even so, his head nearly touched the ceiling beams. His face was livid as he snorted coldly and shot Oric a hostile glare.
After all, Azure Dragon was the monster who had forced him to sacrifice an arm to survive. Ryokugyu was indeed powerful. Though he was not a Logia, he could turn any island into his home ground. But compared to Kaido and Azure Dragon, there was still an obvious gap.
"That wasn't what Oric meant, Kaido."
Kurozumi Orochi glanced at the livid Oric and shook his head. "Precisely because he didn't dare underestimate Azure Dragon, he didn't have Ryokugyu return and instead sent him straight to END POINT... Think about it. If Azure Dragon had caused trouble here, the consequences would have been unimaginable."
Wano Country was their most important military camp and weapons-production hub, second in importance only to the survival of the three of them. Given the destructive power of Azure Dragon's Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the outcome would speak for itself if he started a fight here.
"That's why... I said we should have dragged him back!"
Kaido argued furiously. "Even if he wanted to cause trouble, what could he have done with the