Kaido had indeed been talking out of his ass. Although he had fought multiple opponents at once and had beaten Luffy and the other members of the Worst Generation, he ultimately hadn't managed to kill them.
It wasn't that Kaido hadn't wanted to finish them off. It was true that he valued talent, but when it came to backstabbers like Hawkins and Apoo, and stubborn little brats like Luffy and Kid, his patience had long since worn thin.
Compared to the first time he'd met them, Luffy and the others had grown far too quickly. Kaido was worried that the next time they met, things might go south for him.
Talent you could recruit was talent. Letting talent you couldn't recruit grow unchecked was just asking for trouble.
So, to eliminate the threat once and for all, Kaido had already decided to kill Luffy and the others.
But just as his kanabo was about to come down on them, his rebellious daughter Yamato suddenly appeared.
Because of her handcuffs, Yamato couldn't leave Onigashima. But now that the entire island was floating, the situation was different.
The fighting that had broken out on the island had already caught her attention. But even with someone breaking into her home, she had no intention of helping her old man commit evil.
Then she accidentally heard that Luffy was Ace's younger brother. Well, that was all it took for Yamato to switch sides, after previously staying out of it!
At first, Yamato had thought that pirates were all bad, so she hadn't intended to help either the Beast Pirates or Luffy's group.
But now that she knew Luffy was the younger brother of her old friend Ace, the situation was naturally different.
Just as Kaido was about to crush Luffy and the others with