Yamato: I Will Always Honor Big Brother as King!

Wano Country, Udon, Prisoner Quarry.

Click! Click! Click!

The handcuffs and shackles binding the many samurai who had once rebelled against the Beasts Pirates were swiftly unlocked. Kuina swept her gaze across the area before finally settling on the two figures surrounded by the crowd.

"Hyogoro of the Flower and Kawamatsu the Kappa, right?"

"Ha ha ha! I never thought anyone would still remember the name of an old bag of bones like me. Thank you for getting this old man out of here."

Hyogoro of the Flower had once been a renowned yakuza boss in Wano Country, a man of considerable fame.

"No need to thank me. I only made this trip because Hiyori took care of me. This is Wano Country's internal affair, so it should be handled by you yourselves."

"Lady Hiyori, Lady Hiyori! Wonderful—it's truly wonderful that you're alive! I-I thought that you... Sob..."

With limbs resembling a frog's and a face strikingly similar to the legendary kappa, Kawamatsu could no longer hold back his tears as he watched the scene being broadcast through the transponder snail.

"Since our lord is still alive, save the sobbing for after we've driven Kaido out for good. This old man's name should still carry some weight. Even if I can't gather ten thousand men, five thousand won't be a problem!"

"Everyone, the demonic bird that defeated the ogre Kaido in one fell swoop sixteen years ago has returned! The Beasts Pirates are away fighting, and now is the perfect time to launch our counterattack!"

"Drive the ogre out of Wano Country! Straighten your backs, samurai!!!"

Blade after blade gleamed with an icy light beneath the sun. Hyogoro raised his arm and shouted sharply.

"Sixteen years—sixteen whole years! Kaido made our families suffer, forced us to labor day and night