World Shaken-Demon Child Lynn! Big Mom Was Going Mad with Jealousy!

Deafening laughter suddenly erupted from Kaido's mouth!

The entire Onigashima shook violently beneath his terrifying laughter!

Rocks tumbled down, and beasts howled in anguish!

"My son! Hahahahaha! That's my son!"

Kaido threw back his head and laughed wildly, laughing so hard that tears streamed from his eyes.

"Not even two years old, and he used a Marine vice admiral as a punching bag?! He can even open gates?! Blood-red steam?!"

"Uorororororo! Good! Excellent!"

"That's what it means to be Kaido's spawn!"

"Surpass me?! Hahahahaha! Go ahead and try, brat!"

"Uorororororororororo!"

Kaido's laughter was filled with unparalleled pride and joy!

Seeing this, everyone else...

also cast unprecedentedly fervent gazes at Lynn, who was still asleep!

The news birds of the World Economic News Paper blanketed the skies.

Their shrill cries scattered the latest newspapers across every corner of the sea.

Whether in prosperous island towns, aboard pirate ships wandering the Grand Line, or within heavily guarded Marine branches.

Countless people saw the front-page headline at the same time.

The bold black headline was viciously striking.

[The World Is Shocked! Kaido of the Beasts Has an Infant Son! Marine G-58 Branch Suffers a Devastating Blow!]

["Demon Child" Lynn! Marine Headquarters Issues an Exceptional One-Billion-Beri Bounty!]

The photograph showed the blurry figure of an infant wrapped in blood-red steam.

Though his face could not be seen clearly, the ominous terror that seemed to seep through the paper itself sent chills down the spine of everyone who saw it.

One billion!

A number terrifying enough to make one's scalp tingle just hearing it!

And the target of that bounty was actually... a baby?!

"M-My eyes aren't playing tricks on me, right? One billion? For a kid?"

One pirate rubbed his eyes furiously, and the wineglass in his hand clattered onto the deck.

"Kaido has a son? That monster actually has a son?"

"Demon Child... that nickname is fucking perfect! That's no baby—he's clearly a little devil!"

"Have the Marines gone mad?! A one-billion-beri bounty on a nursing baby?!"

"What the hell do you know?! Look at the state of G-58 Branch! Three headquarters vice admirals—one got beaten half to death, while the other two fled in disgrace! Could an ordinary baby have done that?!"

For a time, the entire sea erupted!

Arguments, cries of shock, and sharp gasps rose and fell across every corner of the world.

The name "Demon Child" Lynn swept across the entire world like a hurricane!

The Beasts Pirates were already infamous for their brutality.

Now, an even more terrifyingly gifted "Demon Child" had appeared.

The tides of this sea were about to change completely!

New World, Whole Cake Island.

Within Totto Land, in the castle of Queen Charlotte Linlin.

"Mamamamama... that bastard Kaido! He's really stepped in dog shit!"

Big Mom's enormous body sat upon a custom-made throne. Having just finished reading the newspaper in her hand, her face was livid, and her voice was filled with undisguised jealousy and fury.

The air was thick with the cloying scent of cake, yet at this moment it was mixed with a suffocating pressure.

She crumpled the newspaper into a ball and smashed it onto the floor.

"A brat under two years old! One billion beri! One billion!"

Big Mom's spit flew everywhere.

"Where are my sons and daughters?! Perospero! Katakuri! Smoothie! You useless trash! You sacks of shit!"

She roared in fury, her gaze sweeping over her children below, who stood silent as cicadas in winter.

"Look at Kaido's son! Then look at all of you!"

"You call yourselves elites, but what are you worth? You can't even compare to a little brat!"

"Why couldn't I give birth to offspring with that kind of promise?!"

Perospero licked his candy cane staff and forced out a smile.

"Mama... Kaido was just lucky, that's all..."

"Lucky?!"

Big Mom slammed a hand against the armrest, making the entire castle tremble.

"Damn it! Do you think you can just pick up a monster like that through luck?!"

"If even one of you had half that brat's ability, would I still be in such a passive position?!"

Katakuri remained silent. His scarlet scarf hid his expression, but his tightly clenched fists revealed the turmoil in his heart.

Smoothie did not dare utter a word, afraid of provoking her enraged mother.

The other members of the Charlotte Family barely dared to breathe.

The more Big Mom thought about it, the angrier she became. She grabbed a cake Homie made from a soul beside her and viciously stuffed it into her mouth.

"I'm dying of jealousy! Kaido, you bastard! Why does he get all the good things?!"

"Mamamamama... no! I've got to find a way to make an even more formidable one!"

Greed and unwillingness flickered in her eyes.

The appearance of this "Demon Child" made her feel unprecedented pressure, as well as... deep jealousy.

The latter half of the Grand Line, New World.

The Moby Dick.

Whitebeard Edward Newgate sat on a massive captain's chair, holding an enormous sake bowl suited to his size.

Ever since the matter with that traitor Teach, he had been in a foul mood.

The atmosphere aboard the ship was somewhat oppressive as well.

"Old man."

Marco the Phoenix approached slowly with a newspaper in hand, his expression somewhat strange.

"Oh? Any new news? Gurararara..."

Whitebeard took a huge gulp of sake, his deep voice carrying his distinctive laughter.

Marco handed over the newspaper.

"It's about Kaido of the Beasts... he has a son now, and the Marines put a bounty on him."

Whitebeard took the paper. His massive fingers held the thin sheet as his gaze fell upon the front-page headline.

When he saw the words "Demon Child Lynn, one billion beri," his drinking motion paused slightly.

The air fell silent for several seconds.

"Gurarararara..."

Whitebeard suddenly let out a low laugh.

"A brat worth one billion beri... Kaido really knows how to stir things up in this sea!"

He casually tossed the newspaper aside, raised his sake bowl, and took another huge gulp.

On the surface, he seemed unconcerned.

But Marco keenly noticed that, when his old man saw that news, a complicated emotion had flashed deep in his eyes.

There was surprise, gravity, and a trace of... barely perceptible displeasure.

The commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates also gathered in small groups to read the newspaper.

"One billion? You've got to be kidding! That's more than the combined bounties of several of our commanders!"

"Kaido's son... he sounds like a monster!"

"If that kid grows up, won't that be a disaster?"

Amid the discussions, Whitebeard raised his sake bowl once more.

He gazed at the rolling sea, his eyes deep and distant.

"Other people's sons..."

He muttered quietly, so softly that only he could hear it.

Blackbeard Teach's betrayal had been like a knife stabbed into his heart.

And now, Kaido's "Demon Child" had emerged.

The comparison left this old man, who regarded every crew member as his "son," with mixed feelings.