Kaido's Past

"Kozuki Oden's strength has indeed surpassed yours."

Kaguya met Genji's gaze and spoke calmly.

"Hmph!" Genji snorted coldly. "If it hadn't been for those strange outsiders and that Red Nose bastard, in the previous war at Yamatai, my forces would have crushed them completely. He wouldn't have been able to stir up even the slightest ripple!"

"But you lost. Badly," Kaguya said. "It was completely beyond my expectations."

"Stop talking!" Genji slammed the table and roared.

Kaguya looked at Genji, then rose to her feet. "I have matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave." With that, she left the tent.

Genji watched Kaguya's retreating figure coldly and thought, Bastard. Don't think that just because you helped cover the army's retreat a little, you're some all-powerful savior. Do you really think I can't see what tricks you people from Izumo are playing? I never placed my hopes on you...

He withdrew his gaze and looked at a reply letter tucked among the documents on the desk.

At last, unable to hold it in any longer, he muttered, "Kaido... I've been waiting for you. You'll come in person, won't you?"

"You mean Kaido...?" A look of surprise appeared in Buggy's eyes.

"That's right, Kaido." Kozuki Oden nodded. "One of the four emperors who ruled the New World... Well, to be precise, there are only three now. Kaido is one of those three. Having sailed the seas for so many years, you should know this better than I do."

"I know," Buggy replied. "But I want to know what you're going to say next even more."

Kozuki Oden said, "Everyone knew that this monster appeared on the seas more than ten years ago, shocking the entire world with his terrifying strength. That included Whitebeard. But no one knew what happened