Happy Gathering

It was as if a new storm was brewing on the sea. Every member of the Beast Pirates had gathered on Onigashima, seemingly preparing for something. A group of young pirates had arrived in Big Mom's territory, but Big Mom paid them little attention. At the Whitebeard Pirates' base, Crescent Moon Island, countless pirates were sharpening their blades and readying their weapons for the battle to come!

"Hey! Teach!" Ace arrived at Teach's room and pushed the door open without knocking.

"Fuck! Ah, it's Ace! Could you knock first next time?" Teach hurriedly put away the bottle of little blue pills. Honestly, Teach had just been conducting research that could benefit men across the entire world, only for his inspiration to be interrupted by Ace barging in!

"Yeah, yeah, I know!" Ace waved his hand before naturally sitting down beside Teach's bed. "According to the message the Beast Pirates just sent, they've decided to head to Marine HQ a week from now to rescue Kaido!"

Teach's expression darkened. Ace always admitted his mistakes readily, but was determined never to correct them! Then again, perhaps this was Ace's truest self.

"That's normal, isn't it? What's wrong?" Teach lay on the bed, his huge belly shrinking and expanding with each breath. It looked incredibly elastic!

"Normal?" Ace suddenly moved closer to Teach, his face filled with disdain. "Teach, you're usually so clever. Where did your intelligence run off to now? That's not the point! Have you ever wondered why the Marines went to such great lengths to capture that fat bastard Queen? Don't you think all of this is a little too strange?"

Ace's words awakened Teach. He abruptly sat up in bed, his mind beginning to race.

Queen, one of the Beast Pirates' All-Stars. His codename was... Plague! Plague? Ice Oni!