"Wise Strategist" Buddha Sengoku, "Beasts" Kaido, "Blackbeard" Marshall D. Teach, "Whitebeard" Edward Newgate, "Red-Hair" Shanks, "Ice Dragon" Loa.
These world-famous names had long been linked by an invisible chain. It had begun long, long ago, before Loa had made a name for himself, before he had even arrived in this world—
Dreams could give birth not only to hope, but to something called ambition!
Blackbeard Teach was a man of immense ambition, so a clash between him and Loa had been inevitable from the start.
According to Shanks's intelligence, Kaido appeared to have joined forces with Teach to eliminate the current Yonko one by one, especially Whitebeard, Edward Newgate. Loa, on the other hand, knew nothing of a possible alliance between Kaido and Teach. He simply felt that the string of events since he had gone to sea was a little too convenient. That led him to suspect a diversion—and that someone intended to strike Turtle Island while he was away.
In truth, each of them had guessed only half of it.
Human ambition knew no bounds, especially in those who had gained tremendous power overnight and now saw a chance to rule the world.
Whether driven by greed or fear, he had set his sights on Turtle Island—Loa's one and only base.
Two days after Loa and the others sailed out, several warships emerged from the direction of the Holy Land, Mary Geoise. As they passed the vast Ice Domain, a man who should never have been there stood on the deck of one Marine warship!
One of the Yonko, "Beasts" Kaido!
Gazing across the boundless Ice Domain, Kaido snorted. "A few years apart, and that bastard's Ice-Freeze Ability has grown even more terrifying!"
"Which is why I didn't ambush him directly. I went after his base instead." Beside