Cooperation Reached

Having recovered from their shock, King and Queen hurried forward, wanting to ask who had left their boss in such a sorry state.

Before they could reach him, however, Kaido's furious voice rang out from the smoke and dust settling over the ruins.

"Bastard... damn brat, you actually made me look this pathetic..."

Then they heard the loud gulping of someone drinking in the ruins.

"Bang..."

A gourd flew out and crashed onto the ground. Kaido's swaying figure emerged as well, belching drunkenly with an utterly inebriated look on his face.

"Big Brother Kaido, are you all right!?"

King hurried over with concern, but his gaze remained fixed on the scar across Kaido's chest.

It was definitely a sword wound, yet it also bore traces of burning. Thinking of the purpose behind Kaido's outing, King came to an unbelievable guess.

"How could this be? Big Brother Kaido was actually wounded by a rookie..."

Hearing King's concern and seeing him stare at the scar on his chest, Kaido staggered over drunkenly and said,

"Don't worry. It's just a scar. Bastard, it really hurts!"

As he spoke, he touched it with his hand, and his expression grew even angrier. Soon, however, he recovered and turned to Queen, who was standing there blankly.

"Queen, I have a mission for you!"

"Huh!?"

Kaido then tossed him a transponder snail. Queen caught it carefully and asked curiously,

"What's this?"

Kaido said directly,

"I've reached an agreement with the brat who wounded me, but there's one condition. Queen, find me three Zoan Devil Fruit users, capture them, and send them to that brat. If he can successfully extract the Devil Fruits, then our cooperation can be finalized."

"Big Brother Kaido, what exactly is going on?"

King couldn't quite understand. Judging from Kaido's injuries, the two of