--February 2, 1518.
It was a bizarre island. Besides its jagged rock formations, the "mountain" at its center looked like a gigantic horned skull, with a clearly visible pear-shaped nasal opening and the outlines of teeth.
Demon-shaped water outlets stood on either side of the skull. A gigantic katana was planted at the entrance, its blade alone stretching hundreds of meters.
At that moment, a group of pirates with a distinctly "wasteland punk" look were scurrying around the island in a panic.
Onigashima, located near Wano Country, was the headquarters of the Beasts Pirates.
Today was a special day: the day of the peace talks between the Beasts Pirates and Babylon.
Kaido had originally wanted to hold them on February 1. For some reason, the Great Angel had replied that he intended to come a day later.
Still, such a minor detail hardly mattered... probably?
"Shut up! Listen, you lot! It's just a visit from the Great Angel! Show some Beasts Pirates spirit, you bastards!"
Queen, a rotund man wearing black-and-white overalls with a cigar clenched between his teeth, was directing his flustered subordinates as they prepared to "welcome" their guest.
The peace talks had been arranged long ago, so the main preparations were already complete.
But their nervousness had turned everything into a chaotic mess, which made Queen feel thoroughly embarrassed.
The two golden whiskers above his mouth bobbed up and down. As he swung his mechanical left hand in broad gestures, the golden ponytail behind his head swished restlessly along with it.
Queen the Plague, one of the Beasts Pirates' All-Stars, had a thoroughly wasteland-inspired aesthetic, as did the subordinates under his command.
They could have walked onto the set of a certain end-of-the-century apocalypse series without looking remotely out of place.
But today, they really were nervous.