First Move!

The old man's eyes lit up with joy at Akuta's words.

Since Akuta would curse Kaido, it shows that he is not on Kaido's side!

But when he thought of his loved ones who had died at the hands of the Beasts Pirates, a trace of grief still flashed in the old man's eyes.

"Wano Country has now completely fallen. It's said that Kaido's pirate crew is currently based on Onigashima, seemingly using it as a base."

"We're not too clear on the situation in the other regions, but we've heard that Lord Kozuki Oden has returned to Wano Country, and he's definitely rallying the samurai to fight against Kaido!"

Even though the old man was just a rural folk who had lived in the countryside for a long time, a proud smile still appeared on his face when he mentioned Oden.

At this point, a glimmer of hope appeared on the old man's face.

"As long as Lord Oden takes action, Kaido alone is no match for him!"

The surrounding villagers echoed their sentiments, and a glimmer of hope rekindled in their eyes.

Only one young child remained uneasy.

He asked in a low voice, somewhat worried.

Will they really win?

The villagers had only one response to his concerns.

"We will win!"

Their expressions were very certain; they didn't have the slightest doubt about Oden, only absolute confidence!

However, Akuta remained silent.

He wasn't surprised that the villagers trusted Oden so implicitly.

At this time, Kaido was just a relatively young pirate.

Oden, in terms of personal strength, past performance, and the power he controlled, was far superior to Kaido.

He just remembered very clearly that in the original timeline, Oden was not able to drive Kaido away.

That man naively believed the promise of Kaido, a pirate, and willingly accepted Kaido's conditions, performing a naked dance for five years.

By the time he realized what was happening, Kaido's power had already grown significantly, making it much more difficult for him to defeat Kaido.

Akuta did not shatter the villagers' hopes; sometimes, having hope in one's heart is not a bad thing.

He swallowed the last bite of rice ball and looked up at the old man.

"Hey buddy, do you have any information about Kaido? Like his crew's bounties and locations?"

Upon hearing this, the old man was taken aback at first, then suddenly slapped his thigh.

"Some adults, yes!"

"Although we samurai of Ringo cannot defeat Kaido, we have never given up on gathering intelligence!"

"We've kept those bounty posters from the adults!"

The old man turned and beckoned another villager to get the reward notice.

A young villager responded and quickly ran into the inner room.

A moment later, he came out carrying a large stack of curled-edge bounty posters and several yellowed newspapers, which he carefully placed in front of Akuta.

"Sir, these are the bounty posters for the Kaido Pirates and related newspapers."

"We have a complete collection of every member of Kaido's crew who has ever been wanted by the World Government."

The people of Ringo made many efforts to resist Kaido.

The bounty poster for Akuta not only listed the reward but also the suspect's approximate location!

Akuta's eyes lit up, and he immediately picked up the top wanted poster.

Kaido, the "King of Beasts"

[Bounty: 3.2 billion Berries]

[Located at Ghost Island Base]

On the bounty poster, Kaido's iconic horns and fierce face are clearly visible.

"Three billion...?" Akuta's heart stirred slightly.

He vaguely remembered that Kaido's bounty was over four billion during his time as one of the Four Emperors.

It seems Kaido hasn't reached his peak bounty yet; he still has a lot of room to grow.

He put Kaido's bounty poster aside and continued scrolling down.

To Akuta's surprise, he didn't know many people in Kaido's pirate crew!

At this point, the Beasts Pirates were far from becoming the Yonko crew they would become.

Most of the characters who will appear in future storylines are not yet members of Kaido's pirate crew at this time.

Even among the future three calamities, only "The Fire Calamity" Jhin and "The Plague Calamity" Quinn are currently present, while the last one, "The Drought Calamity," is someone that Akuta has only seen in the backstory.

Flower card!

"Has he not left the Beasts Pirates yet?"

Akuta was deeply impressed by this guy, not because of his strength.

It's because this guy is supposedly the Shichibukai who was defeated by "Fire Fist" Ace!

In the lore, Hanaza's strength is comparable to Kaido's, and they clashed several times in the early stages of the story.

Ultimately, due to a mutual respect, Hanaza joined Kaido's crew.

In the future, Hanazawa will leave the Beasts Pirates to help Kaido collect Zoan-type Devil Fruits.

After Hanaza left, Kaido passed the position of "Drought" to Jack, who was only eight years old at the time.

Anyone who sees it will have to sigh in admiration.

This guy is eight years old?!

Akuta flipped through the bounty posters with great interest for a long time, but did not find Jack's name among them.

"That's true." Akuta nodded.

Based on the timeline, Jack should have been only five years old at this time!

Being wanted by a five-year-old is just too outrageous.

The Akuta flipped rapidly, silently memorizing the abilities and characteristics of each person on it.

Although it was just a few bounty posters, for Akuta, who had a god-like perspective, this information was enough for him to temporarily understand the composition of Kaido's subordinates.

After reading them, Akuta tidied up all the bounty posters and prepared to return them to the old man.

However, the old man waved his hand.

"Sir, you should keep these things. They're useless to us."

"We are just a group of survivors who lost their homeland. These bounty posters are just a pile of paper to us."

"But you are different. You are Lord Moria's successor. Only when this intelligence is in your hands can it truly be of use."

Akuta pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"Alright, I'll accept it then."

Night had fallen.

After arranging a room for Akuta, the old man returned to his own home.

Inside the room, Akuta took out all the bounty posters and began to look through them again.

His initial goal was to find a low-level monster to test the waters. Since he didn't know any of these people, he would start by looking at the bounty.

Find one with a lower bounty; a lower bounty means the opponent can't be very strong.

Akuta rearranged the bounties by size, and soon a guy with a bounty of only 500,000 caught his eye.

What pleased Akuta even more was that this guy's bounty wasn't high.

Meanwhile, the other party did not live on Ghost Island, but was assigned to be stationed in a mine not far away!

"What a coincidence!"

Akuta laughed with delight.

The Beasts Pirates have a low bounty, are not based at their main base, and are still relatively small in the mines!

From any perspective, this is the perfect target for the Akuta!

Akuta glanced at the newly risen night sky and excitedly slapped the bounty poster.

"It's you I've chosen! Tonight, a night raid on the mine!"