Wano Country, Onigashima.
Inside a towering pavilion, Kaido sat cross-legged on an enormous bed, holding a huge sake gourd in his right hand. He tipped back his head and guzzled the liquor inside. "Glug! Glug! Glug!"
"What a boring day!"
Kaido's eyes were bleary with drunkenness as he let out a belch, his tone filled with melancholy.
In his haze, he recalled his past once more...
He had been born in a small country called the Voka Kingdom, one of the World Government's member states.
However, the Voka Kingdom was far from wealthy. It had to wage wars against other nations continuously, and only by winning could it seize enough money to pay the Celestial Tribute!
Otherwise, the Voka Kingdom would lose its status as a World Government member state for failing to pay the Celestial Tribute. Its citizens would then completely lose their human rights, becoming inferiors who could be captured and plundered at will...
Born in such a war-torn country, Kaido, blessed with extraordinary talent, naturally became a soldier in the kingdom's army.
Among Kaido's hazy childhood memories, the earliest one he could recall was himself holding a weapon and fighting enemies...
At the time, was he five? Or six...?
He no longer remembered.
But...
He vaguely remembered becoming the strongest warrior in the Voka Kingdom by the age of ten.
Yet, when he was thirteen, the king had bound him in chains and sold him to the Marines.
In exchange for selling him, the Voka Kingdom would gain the right to directly attend the World Conference.
The World Government had over one hundred and seventy member states, but not every country was qualified to attend the World Conference held once every four years, where matters of worldwide security and order, as well as major decisions, were discussed.