"That woman Linlin... whatever else she was, she was one of the strongest pirates alive. Her presence also maintained the balance between us pirates and the Marines. Now that Linlin is dead, the Marines are bound to make a major move!"
"Gurararara... that ghost brat really does love causing trouble..."
Whitebeard drew Murakumogiri and planted it heavily on the Moby Dick's deck. Surging Conqueror's Haki poured out of him, almost tearing through the sky.
"Boys, change course for Totto Land!
"We'll show the Marines!
"The New World belongs to [pirates]!"
Chapter 526: The opportunist and the balancer
While the senior officers of Marine Headquarters and the Whitebeard Pirates headed toward Totto Land in an unspoken accord.
The other leading powers of the seas also received word, one after another, of Charlotte Linlin's death and the devastating blow dealt to the Big Mom Pirates.
Wano Country, Onigashima.
Inside the deep, dark "Heaven" cavern, an enormous man with a pair of fearsome horns sat cross-legged on the ground, holding a sake gourd high as he drank deeply.
Richly fragrant liquor kept spilling out, and his rough, beastlike gulps echoed throughout the cave.
Nearby, a group of pirate attendants wearing horned ornaments gazed reverently at their boss—Kaido, "King of Beasts"!
"Boss Kaido! Boss Kaido!! We have news from the Tea Party!"
Just then, a simply dressed pirate practically stumbled and crawled into the cavern. His loud cries resounded through it in layer upon layer of echoes.
Kaido lowered his sake gourd and turned his slightly drunken eyes toward the pirate. That gaze, like a terrifying predator's from the top of the food chain, instantly frightened the man into silence.
"Out with it! What's that damned woman Linlin planning this year?"
Kaido looked away and raised his gourd to drink again, liquor streaming down