The surrounding lackeys wore expressions of horror, their legs trembling so badly they could barely stand.
Bat Man was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground. Staring at Kaido of the Beasts with a blank look, his lips trembled as he muttered, "Lord Kaido... Lord Kaido is furious! Save me! I don't want to die!"
The surrounding pirates wailed and shrieked as well. Lord Kaido had always been notoriously hot-tempered and brutal toward his underlings!
Now that something this serious had happened, wouldn't he kill them all? Terrified out of their wits, they scrambled to flee.
But how could these lackeys possibly outrun Thunder Bagua?
In virtually an instant, Kaido's Thunder Bagua swept through the area. Violent winds rose within Onigashima's ghostly castle, lightning flashed and thunder roared, carrying an incomparably powerful aura.
Before the surrounding pirates could even be struck by Kaido's spiked club, they were swallowed by that overwhelming presence. One after another, they collapsed to the ground, their fates unknown!
"Whitebeard Pirates! Ye Yu! If I don't kill you, I swear I'm not human!"
Still unable to vent his rage, Kaido roared. His body suddenly swelled as he transformed into an Azure Dragon hundreds of zhang long. With a dragon's roar, he soared into the sky!
The weather grew even worse, affecting all of Wano Country. Lightning flashed and thunder boomed everywhere.
The people of Wano Country sensed the terrifying aura and looked toward Onigashima. A colossal creature was flying through the air. Wasn't that the Four Emperor everyone feared, Kaido of the Beasts, who was in cahoots with Orochi?
Every time Kaido got drunk in the past, he turned Wano Country upside down, and many ordinary people paid the price for it!
"The Dragon is here! The Dragon is here! Everyone, run!" The streets throughout Wano Country descended into utter chaos. Every shop shut its doors as crowds fled in panic!
"Roar!" The giant dragon in the sky let out a thunderous bellow.
"King, Queen, Jack has been killed. Get to Onigashima for a meeting immediately! We are going to wage war on the Whitebeard Pirates!!!"
The dragon in the sky spoke with a human voice, its words echoing throughout the heavens.
At that moment, Queen at the prison quarry and King, who was patrolling the skies, heard Kaido's voice. Both revealed looks of utter shock!
Jack the Drought... had actually died?
Although their younger brother was not particularly strong, his defensive power alone was even greater than theirs!
Which bastard dared to kill Jack the Drought? Wasn't this a slap in the face of the Beast Pirates?
Without wasting any more time, murderous intent rose in the eyes of King the Conflagration and Queen the Plague. They transformed into a pteranodon and a brachiosaurus, respectively, and rushed toward Onigashima!
On Whole Cake Island, Perospero approached Big Mom with his candy cane staff in hand.
"Mother, Morgans has sent us firsthand intelligence. Jack the Drought was taken out by the Whitebeard Pirates' Zero Division captain!" Perospero reported respectfully to Big Mom.
Upon hearing this, Big Mom's fat cheeks broke into laughter.
"Mum~ mum~ mum, if that brat Kaido finds out, his expression will surely be furious. Hahahaha!"
As one of the Four Emperors, having one of the standard-bearers of her crew killed by an opposing force was an extremely humiliating matter!
"According to the intelligence, just as Morgans reported, Jack was killed in a single blow," Perospero continued.
After laughing, Big Mom's expression gradually turned serious. She chewed on her cream cake as she pondered.
Killed Jack the Drought in a single blow...
Even someone with the combat power of an Emperor's commander, like Katakuri, could not necessarily guarantee killing Jack the Drought in one strike!
That brat Ye Yu appeared to be even stronger than she had expected!
Then she considered the title of Zero Division captain.
What an impressive brat. Could it be... that he was the strongest beneath Emperor level?
"This brat called Ye Yu has truly surprised me. Jack the Drought may not have been much in terms of combat power to me, but that one-billion-berry bounty was the real deal!" Big Mom said, glimmers flashing in her eyes.
"I remember telling you to bring this brat to me before. How did that go?" Big Mom recalled the matter and asked Perospero.
Perospero wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, groaning inwardly. It seemed Mother still remembered. Yet he kept a respectful expression. "Mother, I have already sent Pekoms to recruit Ye Yu."
"Mm..." Big Mom set down the cake in her hand and propped up her plump face as she thought for a while.
"Pekoms isn't high-ranking enough. Tell him to come back! I'll send Katakuri personally!" Big Mom ordered with a stern gaze.
Everyone around her was startled. Big Mom was truly giving that little brat Ye Yu plenty of face!
Katakuri was the strongest member of the Big Mom Pirates aside from Big Mom herself. He was also a wielder of Conqueror's Haki, and his mastery of Observation Haki even surpassed Big Mom's!
Sending such a powerful Katakuri to invite Ye Yu was already the highest standard of treatment the Big Mom Pirates could offer him!
Yet Perospero secretly rejoiced. He could not have completed this task in the first place. Handing it over to his younger brother Katakuri was for the best.
Thus, under Big Mom's orders, Perospero left her room and invited Katakuri inside.
Clack, clack, clack...
Katakuri strode up to Big Mom. Unlike his other brothers and sisters, who feared her, Katakuri remained calm in her presence.
After receiving Big Mom's orders, the lips beneath Katakuri's scarf curved into a smile.
"Interesting. I'm quite interested in a brat like this! I'll go invite this Ye Yu right away!" After receiving the order, Katakuri wasted no words. He immediately set off in search of Ye Yu with great strides!
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