Kaido's fingers tightened around the wanted poster, the paper crinkling softly in his palm as his expression grew uglier.
Beneath the portrait, this number was printed as clear as day: 4,300,000,000.
"Ron, Linlin," Kaido cursed, his voice thick with frustration. "You two bastards planned something big together without inviting me! You think I'm too weak, is that it?!"
After cursing them out, Kaido crushed the wanted poster into a ball, shoved it back into Annika's hand, and turned to run after the newspaper the wind had blown away.
He wanted to see just what Ron and Linlin had done to send Ron's bounty soaring straight from 1.5 billion to 4.3 billion.
At the railing on the other side of the ship, Gloriosa watched Kaido's strange behavior and asked casually, "What's gotten into him now?"
Stussy glanced at her out of the corner of her eye, her tone flat with familiarity. "You haven't been here long enough to understand the Rocks Pirates. Nobody here is normal. So never mind shouting and screaming-even if he suddenly swung his spiked club into your face, that would be normal too."
"Has Kaido hit you with his club?" Gloriosa pressed.
Stussy chuckled. "Almost."
"..."
Seeing her grave expression, Stussy smiled faintly again and added, "So be careful. Sometimes, the one who kills you won't be an enemy, but one of the so-called 'comrades' you spend every day with."
"Does that include you, Stussy?" Gloriosa asked again.
"Me? Certainly not." Stussy lightly patted her chest. "I'm a beautiful woman with a kind heart."
"Hard to say..." Marlon remarked nonchalantly as he passed, then walked off elsewhere just as nonchalantly.
Stussy's gaze darkened as she watched Marlon's retreating back. How rude. Was I talking to you?
Meanwhile, Kaido had already picked up the newspaper the wind had