Deep in the New World, the Beasts Pirates and the Blackbeard Pirates had been fighting for days.
Their strongest fighters kept one another occupied while their crews battled without end. But under King the Flood Calamity's command, the war was steadily turning in the Beasts Pirates' favor.
King's unmatched prowess in naval warfare was no empty boast!
Kaido had risen amid the chaos of the Great Pirate Era, gained a foothold in the New World, and climbed step by step to become a Yonko. Half the credit belonged to his own overwhelming strength; the other half belonged to King!
An almost unbeatable commander, a strategist even the World Government feared—King had helped Kaido secure victory after victory!
Of course, Zuwei had once been the brains behind Kaido, and his contributions had been considerable too.
But now Kaido had a brain of his own...
Still, a temporary setback did not shake the Blackbeard Pirates. Everyone knew that if their captains attacked together, Kaido would be the one to lose. Teach was merely wary of whatever trump card Kaido might have. He did not want the forces he had worked so hard to gather to suffer heavy losses, so he had been holding back.
What gave Kaido the confidence to wage war on the Blackbeard Pirates?!
Loa was not the only one pondering that question. Teach was too.
Teach might once have believed Kaido would charge ahead regardless of the cost for the Road Poneglyph. But now...
"Captain! A force is coming around our flank! It's several pirate crews we've never seen before!"
At the report, Avalo Pizarro, the Corrupt King, said, "Could Kaido have joined forces with those pirates?"
With the two sides locked in battle, outside help was indeed the most likely trump card Kaido could have. Those pirates were