With Kaido's defeat and flight, the forward defensive lines under his command collapsed outright.
The Navy's advance was unstoppable. In just a few days, countless pirates were surrounded and killed.
Nearly half of Kaido's territory in front of Wano Country had fallen.
Every pirate in the New World took notice.
None of them knew what had happened...
In the New World, Wano Country.
Inside the great hall on Onigashima.
Glug, glug-
The sound of heavy drinking filled the hall.
Several meters tall, Kaido sat cross-legged on the floor, his face flushed with drunkenness, seemingly drinking himself into a stupor.
He casually tossed aside an empty wine jar and grabbed another full one, bursting into tears from time to time.
The once-spacious hall was crammed with mountains of wine jars. Busy pirates wheeled cart after cart of wine inside, then hauled the empty jars out.
Even so, they could not keep up with Kaido's drinking, and this had been going on for days.
Whoosh-
A black Pteranodon landed and took human form.
King, who had hurried back from the front lines, was frustrated and anxious.
His exhausted body was pale and weak.
Ever since Kaido had returned from that battle, he had been like this.
King had spent these past days shuttling between Wano Country and the front lines. The Navy's attacks were growing fiercer, and their forces, already retreating steadily, could barely hold on anymore.
Without Kaido, their strongest fighter, King simply could not keep the Beasts Pirates standing on his own.
But Kaido would not speak to anyone. He only drank in misery, ignoring even King completely...
There was truly nothing else he could do.
A flicker of conflict passed through King's eyes. Finally, he made up his mind and took out a Den Den Mushi.
"I hope