Queen: "Ah! I'm Building an Ability User Army?"

Wano Country, Flower Capital, inside the Shogun's residence.

Kaido, his entire body wrapped in bandages and covered in wounds, with a sharp gash left on his left horn, woke from his coma.

"Boss Kaido, Boss Kaido is awake!"

"Great, the Lead Performer is awake! Now we can definitely show those lowly civilians what we're made of!"

"That nearly scared me to death. If Big Mom had invaded Wano Country during this time, we would've been in real danger..."

The many Beasts Pirates members were moved to tears. It was not that they loved their captain all that much; they were mainly afraid of being ground to dust by the enraged people of Wano Country and Big Mom, who coveted the Poneglyph.

"Quiet down. Lord Kaido, how are you feeling?"

His head still muddled, Kaido turned his head, picked up his sake gourd, and guzzled from it.

"What a sorry sight, King. Seeing myself like this always reminds me of that irritating face—that madman with that inexplicable smile always plastered on his face."

"This is the gap between our strength and Lord Kaido's. Such a gap will truly take us a lifetime to make up."

King spoke humbly. Not far away, Queen sat silently in place. Contrary to his usual Funk style, he had brought over laboratory research equipment and was pondering how to improve himself.

"Tch, I won't just sit around waiting to die. The next time we meet, I'll definitely develop even stronger killing weapons and show that bastard what I can do! Who's the 'Art' Calamity now?!"

Hearing this, Kaido stood up as well. His bull-like eyes widened like bronze bells as he fixed Queen with a deep, unfathomable gaze.

"Queen."

"Boss Kaido, what is it?"

Queen turned around in confusion and put down the mechanical tool in