Was Inuarashi...
Planning to recruit a few allies in preparation for retaking Wano Country someday?
Xie Wen rubbed his chin, feeling slightly surprised.
After all, in the manga, he and Cat Viper had done nothing. They had not even sought out Whitebeard, whom they had once known, and had simply holed up on Zou for twenty years based on Kozuki Toki's prophecy, waiting for the "Dawn" she had spoken of...
Well, calling Luffy, the "Sun God" who had eaten the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika, the "Dawn" was fair enough.
But in the manga, Ace seemed to have asked Whitebeard to help Wano Country, only to be turned down. So had they actually already approached Whitebeard?
As Xie Wen speculated inwardly, he spread his hands and answered perfunctorily, "There's really not much to say. It was just like the papers said. We exchanged a few blows with him, then fled with our tails between our legs. We only managed to escape because Kaido still seemed drunk at the time and wasn't thinking clearly."
Just as Inuarashi had been reluctant to discuss Cat Viper, Xie Wen did not particularly want to talk about this either.
Once the excitement of escaping with his life had worn off, Xie Wen had long since stopped considering an escape from Kaido anything to be proud of. More importantly...
Xie Wen did not want anything to do with Kozuki Oden, nor did he have any interest in helping the Kozuki Clan reclaim Wano Country.
Even if he went to fight Kaido again in the future, that would only be a personal grudge between them.
"Is that so? I thought as much..."
Inuarashi sighed. He had not held out much hope to begin with.
Having faced Kaido himself, he knew just how terrifying that monster was, so he