Watching Roger's Execution at the Start

He acknowledged Whitebeard's strength as the World's Strongest Man. But as a pirate, the old man was hopelessly unfit for the role. All this for one subordinate?!

"Still..."

Kaido's eyes narrowed, a savage glint flashing in them. His fingers clamped around his wine gourd as though he might crush it at any moment.

"Isn't this what I've always wanted... a war between the strongest forces in the world? Hahahahaha!"

"Whitebeard's finally acting like the World's Strongest Man!"

His piercing laughter rang across Onigashima, leaving the other members of the Beasts Pirates baffled.

They paid it no mind. Kaido's moods were unpredictable, but he was generous with his subordinates.

They simply ignored their governor's strange outburst. Once he was drunk, no one could tell what he was thinking.

In the Totto Land Waters of the New World, on Whole Cake Island.

Sweet scents filled the air, and eerie faces covered every patch of land. At the island's center stood a castle, home to the supreme queen of Totto Land.

Big Mom sat on her throne, her belly swollen. Judging by its size, she was probably carrying just one child this time—the Charlotte Family's eighty-first!

Perhaps because she was close to giving birth, Big Mom lacked her usual temper today. She even wore a rare smile.

"Mom, did something good happen today?"

As Charlotte Linlin's eldest son, Perospero had always kept things running smoothly within the family. He might not have Katakuri's formidable strength, but he was indispensable in his own right.

"Mamamama! Whitebeard's actually going to war with the Marines. What a stupid old fool! I've had my eye on Fish-Man Island's dessert factories for ages!"

"If Whitebeard hadn't kept protecting the place, I could've made Fish-Man Island my private territory and planted our flag there!"

As Big Mom spoke,