"Defeat... Kaido?"
Moria lay on the ground, mulling over Araki's words, and slowly sank into his memories.
That had happened twenty years ago. A fledgling hero of West Blue had taken the many companions he had recruited along the way and ridden the wind and waves, leaving West Blue, crossing Reverse Mountain, sweeping through the Grand Line, and advancing into the New World. He had smashed through everything in his path, the most dazzling supernova of that year.
They shared the same ideals, sang as they charged forward, defeated one famous great pirate after another, and at last finally arrived in Wano Country.
Entrenched there was a remnant of the Rocks era, and also one of the current overlords of the New World—Kaido of the Beasts.
Though the enemy's reputation was enormous, Moria had not feared him in the slightest. At that time, he had believed more than anything in his own strength and the strength of his companions aboard his ship. He had firmly believed that before them, there was no enemy who could not be brought down.
And so, they landed in Wano Country's Ringo region and encountered Kaido's pirate crew.
Back then, the Beasts Pirates had not yet reached their current scale either. There were only two All-Stars, the Tobi Roppo and the many Headliners were all uneven in quality, and the Numbers and Gifters were nowhere to be found. It could be said that the crew had only just opened for business—seven or eight people, two or three guns.
But!
Kaido, who had already completed his fish-to-dragon transformation, let Gecko Moria see for the first time what true power really was.
Relying almost entirely on his own strength, he completely destroyed the entire Thriller Bark Pirates.
Even though Moria had already devoured the shadows of many