Blood dripped from Werther's sleeve, but his expression remained calm.
"So why have you shown yourself now? Wasn't stealing another batch of Artificial Devil Fruits and escaping a good enough haul, Kaido?"
The man who had suddenly attacked Werther was Kaido, who had been hiding in Dressrosa all along.
From his sudden arrival on the island to his theft of the Artificial Devil Fruits and, finally, his surprise attack on Werther—
It had all been planned by one man: the Goateed Old Man, Tillman, the brains of the Beasts Pirates who had remained hidden in the shadows.
Kaido wasn't stupid, but with his short temper, he could never have devised a plan this intricate.
Even though Werther had rooted out the Beasts Pirates' mole in Dressrosa, they had still managed to strike at this critical moment.
"Why am I here? I'm here to kill you. Once you're dead, Joker will put himself under my command right away, or he'll die too. Then everything here will be mine."
Kaido tossed something to Werther. Werther caught it and found a pair of sunglasses—Doffy's sunglasses.
Kaido's confidence wasn't unfounded. Werther was at the end of his strength. After defeating Red-Haired, he had nothing left for another fight.
"Kill me? Heh. You think I'd face Red-Haired without preparing anything, especially with you here in Dressrosa?
"Next time you want to kill someone, just do it. Don't stand around talking like some brain-dead villain first."
Crack. Kaido ground his teeth as he glared at Werther, his temper flaring.
"The state you're in? I can pound you into a heap of meat in five minutes."
With that, Kaido made to charge at Werther.
An eagle's cry rang out above Dressrosa. It was the King of the Sky.
"About time. You're slow."
Werther looked up. As the