The Beast Kaido Wanted to Be Wood's Father-in-Law

Two enormous slashes collided, and a canyon-like fissure instantly split the entire Historian Town in half.

Kurozumi Orochi's men and the people of Wano who were there stared at the enormous fissure that had suddenly appeared. Quite a few unlucky souls had fallen straight into it and were now either dead or alive, leaving everyone else shaken to the core.

By now, even an idiot could tell that the man and woman who had just fought were no ordinary characters.

Cutting an entire town in half with a slash was beyond the ability of an ordinary Great Swordsman.

And anyone with a keen eye could see that the two combatants had clearly held back a great deal.

Their terrifying strength was probably not much inferior to that of this country's legendary Kozuki Oden.

After the earth-shattering clash, one of its protagonists, Momousagi, stood atop a pile of ruined buildings. She looked at the spot where Wood had vanished, her expression turning grim.

Momousagi knew perfectly well that Wood couldn't have died from a clash of that magnitude. He might not even have been injured.

He had chosen to avoid the fight simply because he didn't want to face her.

"I don't know why you came to Wano, but you probably won't leave so soon—not before you accomplish what you came here to do, right?

"Wood, if I run into you again, I won't let you get away so easily!"

The fight between Wood and Momousagi had caused far too much destruction. The town was now a complete ruin, and Momousagi didn't want to risk being surrounded by the Beast Pirates. Though reluctant, she ultimately had no choice but to leave with Ayn.

"Ayn, why didn't you try to talk your Wood brother out of it?

"You hate pirates too, don't