You Take Me for an Idiot!

Onigashima, the base of the Beasts Pirates.

Jin strode into the hall.

Kaido sat at the very top, and despite it being daytime, he was still drinking heavily.

Seeing King walk in, Kaido put down his gourd.

"Jin, what's wrong now?"

Jin immediately clasped his hands in a fist and reported.

"Big Brother Kaido, I've investigated the situation at the mine."

Kaido frowned, trying to recall for a moment.

"Mine? Which mine?"

"It's the mine that was attacked a few days ago."

"Oh, oh, oh!" Kaido slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing.

"I remember now! It's that mine that was attacked by those really, really wicked samurai from Wano Country, right!"

"I heard the mine was attacked again. What's the specific situation?"

Jin nodded.

"Yes, yes, the mine was indeed attacked, but I've discovered things aren't that simple."

A hint of curiosity appeared on Kaido's face.

A glint of wisdom flashed in Jin's eyes.

"Big Brother, that attacker deliberately let one of our men go, telling him he's waiting for Big Brother at the mine."

Hearing this, Jack, who was in the corner, couldn't help but stand up and shout.

"Arrogant!"

He then looked at Kaido and volunteered to fight.

"Big Brother, this guy is too arrogant! Who does he think he is?! I'll go and twist his head off right now!"

Seeing that Kaido was about to agree, King quickly stopped him.

"Big Brother, don't fall for the enemy's trick!"

Kaido was slightly taken aback.

"Why do you say that, Jin?"

Jin's voice was firm and resounding.

"Big Brother, think about it, what normal person who attacks someone else's territory wouldn't run away immediately, instead of staying and waiting for someone to come and catch them?"

He was clearly saying that on purpose, trying to provoke you, Big Brother, into personally leading people to the mine, only to find nothing there.

If word gets out that our Beasts Pirates were tricked by a samurai, how embarrassing would that be for Silver Smile!

Kaido frowned and asked in confusion.

"So... he wanted to trick me into going there, and then make sure I couldn't find anything?"

"Exactly!" he said matter-of-factly. "Do you think we'd fall for that?"

Kaido shook his head instinctively.

"Definitely not!" Jhin said it for him.

Kaido nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"But Jhin, are we just going to abandon our mine? We can't just let them take it for nothing, can we?"

King had anticipated Kaido's question and calmly analyzed the situation.

"Big Brother, that mine is just a small one; it's not worth investing too many people in it."

"We haven't found any retainers of the Akutami family yet, so sending people again could very well result in another attack!"

Kaido gave a thoughtful "hmm".

Jin continued:

"So the most urgent task is not to go to the mine to catch any attackers, that guy must have already run away."

We must first get an explanation from Oden and make him find those damned retainers of the Akutami family!

Kaido's expression immediately turned angry upon hearing the mention of the Akutami family's retainers.

"Yes! A retainer of the Akutami family!" He slapped his thigh suddenly. "That fellow is wicked!"

"All I did was accidentally wipe out his entire family, didn't I?"

Even Oden didn't mind, so why would he have a problem with it!

"Big Brother is right," King continued, echoing Kaido's words.

"I even suspect that this was secretly instructed by Oden!"

Big Brother, have you forgotten? We asked Oden to look for someone, and he searched for three days without any success.

This is clearly a cover-up!

Kaido's face darkened further.

"Well done, Oden, did I give him too much face?"

Asking him to dance is an honor, and he still dares to try and pull tricks on me!

The next moment, Kaido leaped from Onigashima, transforming into a blue dragon, and flew towards the Flower Capital.

Far away in the mine, Akuta looked into the distance and scratched his head in confusion.

"Hiss! Why haven't Kaido's men arrived yet, after all this time?"

"Aren't they a bit too inefficient?"

Wano Country, the City of Snakes.

In the city of serpents, Oden is performing his weekly nude dance.

After this period of "practice," his movements have become quite proficient.

Spinning, jumping, and closing his eyes—the whole process was completed in one smooth motion!

The onlookers stared at Oden with unbearable pity, then turned their heads away.

But Oden didn't care.

What does a mere nude dance matter if it can save the people of Wano Country from the suffering of war?

Just as Oden was getting into the swing of things and preparing to do another impromptu performance, a furious roar suddenly came from the Sky Manipulation.

"Oden!!!"

Accompanying the roar was an extremely domineering Conqueror's Haki aura.

Under the oppressive force of Conqueror's Haki, many ordinary people in Orochi Castle fainted, their eyes rolling back in their heads.

Oden's smile froze on his face instantly.

He suddenly looked up at the Sky Manipulation.

It's Kaido!

Kaido, transformed into a half-dragon, was hurtling rapidly down from the Sky Manipulation towards him.

Oden's expression changed drastically.

If we just let Kaido, with his size and speed, crash down on us...

The shockwave from the landing is enough to level half a street of houses, and the people around the square will suffer heavy casualties!

Damn it!

Without a second thought, Oden pushed off the ground with both legs and charged towards the falling Kaido.

In mid-air, Kaido watched Oden charging towards him and laughed excitedly.

"Hahaha! Oden, take this!"

"Thunderous Eight Trigrams!"

Faced with Kaido's massive club, Oden's right arm instantly hardened.

He poured Armament Haki into his fist as if it were free, turning his entire arm into a metallic black.

Oden's fist collided with Kaido's spiked club.

Boom!!!

The shockwave exploded in mid-air, and the visible shockwave spread in all directions.

In a normal fight, Kaido and Oden's strength would be roughly equal at this stage.

Oden might even be slightly better than Kaido!

But at this moment, Kaido not only had weapons in his hands, but he also had the advantage of falling from the sky, with his gravity acceleration fully stacked!

As the saying goes, "The high-level player beats the low-level player, and the idiot beats the fool."

Under Kaido's onslaught, Oden's figure was slammed back to the ground like a meteorite, creating a deep crater several meters in diameter in the center of the plaza.

Fortunately, he blocked the impact, which reduced most of the force of Kaido's landing.

Although the onlookers were blown about by the blast wave, no one suffered fatal injuries.

Kaido landed on the ground.

He looked at Oden at the bottom of the pit, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes—this guy's strength was indeed undeniable.

Oden climbed out of the pit, his eyes fixed on Kaido.

"Kaido! What are you doing? Do you want to start a war with me?!"

His voice was deep, but every word was as sharp as a knife.

Kaido instinctively reached for the nod.

"That's right! I'm here today specifically to..."

Just then, King, who had come with Kaido, quickly whispered a reminder to Kaido from behind.

"Big Brother, we're here to demand an explanation, not to start a war."

Kaido paused for a moment, then remembered why he had come here.

"Why are you asking me? Shouldn't I be asking you that?"

Kaido pointed at Oden and angrily cursed.

Why did you send men to attack my base?!