Blood sprayed from Raizo's face as he flew backward and hit the ground with a thud.
Raizo writhed in pain, then passed out. If no one helped him, the Wano Country ninja would likely die soon.
"Raizo!"
Kozuki Oden shouted, his face contorted with panic.
He shot Werther a hateful look, scooped up the unconscious Gaban with one hand, and gave a sharp pull with the other.
The long sword embedded in the ground before Werther rose into the air and flew toward Oden.
Sensing Kaido approaching fast, Oden knew he could not delay. If he did not retreat now, he might die here.
As luck would have it, Raizo had landed near Oden. Oden grabbed him as well, then turned and ran toward Wano Country.
"You're not getting away!"
Werther had no intention of letting Oden leave.
But to his surprise, Oden stamped his foot, and a thick cloud of smoke erupted beneath him.
Werther stopped at once, suspecting the smoke might be poisonous.
Even if it was not, he had no desire to go near it. The stench was unbearable.
"Urgh!" Werther gagged. It smelled as though excrement had fermented and then been left to bake in the sun.
Poisonous or not, he was not about to rush into it.
"Thunder Swordsman, where's Kozuki Oden?"
Kaido drew near and swept his bull-like eyes around. When he saw that Oden was gone, he snorted in fury. Two jets of white vapor shot from his nostrils like steam from an engine.
But after breathing out, he had to breathe in. Kaido drew a deep breath.
"Urgh!" Kaido gagged too, a measure of just how devastating the stench was.
"Ah, looks like he got away. Urgh!" Tillman emerged slowly from the crowd, specks of blood still on him.
Once he came