In the ruins of the headquarters, his body wrapped in dense bandages, Sengoku held freshly arrived intelligence materials in his hands. Anger still burned within him, but soon gave way to numbness and loss.
"Why…" he whispered. "Kong, I want to step down as Fleet Admiral and live a peaceful life, like you."
Kong, sitting off to the side and leisurely eating donuts, paused his meal for a moment.
"If you want to leave—leave. You're over seventy. Even if you want to stay a Fleet Admiral , how much longer will you have the strength? But who will you appoint as your successor? Aokiji, Akainu, or Kizaru?"
Talking about the admiral he favored more, Sengoku used to hesitate. But now, with Akainu having become a woman, he almost seemed eager to clash with Ivankov.
"Aokiji But…"
"Aokiji? Kizaru might not object, but Sakazuki definitely won't agree. Conflict between them is inevitable. By the way, how should we properly refer to her now? Sakazuki?" Or Sakaski-ki?
"Sakaski? If you dare twist words, Sakazuki will kill you. Women..." Sengoku sighed. "Their nature is unpredictable. Nobody knows how she'll react to changes. Even though Sakazuki has just changed, no one can guarantee her heart hasn't changed along with her."
"Yes, you're right. Better to stay silent."
Garp looked up at the sky and sighed without restraint. In his time, no one challenged his right to claim the Fleet Admiral's position. He even had the support of the former Fleet Admiral and the current Commander of the Marines, Kong.
But Aokiji and Akainu are a completely different story. Although Sengoku favored Aokiji, Akainu's reputation in the Marines was higher. Two tigers will clash, and Garp will have to worry. If things go wrong, They could lose a Admiral...
The war ended, but its consequences gradually ripened, making the world even more chaotic. Although, before his death, as in the original, Whitebeard did not announce the existence of the great treasure, Roger's resurrection had far more significant consequences.
Soon after Whitebeard's death, many hyenas rushed to the Whitebeard Pirates' territory, hungry to grab their share of the pie. In the waters of the Wano Country, in the New World, a massive blue dragon spewed a stream of fire from its mouth, destroying a pirate ship. About a hundred people were reduced to ashes, and not a splinter remained of the ship.
As the Blue Dragon was about to fly away, a figure with a long sword in hand appeared before it, and a sharp slash cut across the dragon's eyelids.
"Kaido... Die!"
"Crunch..."
The silver slash shattered. The attack failed to inflict the desired damage on Kaido, but the blade broke against the dragon's scales.
"How is this possible...?"
The eyes of the middle-aged swordsman widened in fear, but unfortunately for him, Kaido did not give him a second chance. Under the mocking gaze of the Blue Dragon, Kaido, the opponent was crushed by the dragon's claws.
"You're such a fool. I was too lazy to put obstacles in your way and let you live, but you came to die on your own."
When Kaido returned to his human form and boarded the ship, his deputy , King, stepped forward and said:
"Lord Kaido, it's not worth wasting your energy on such ants who don't know their own worth."
Kaido, standing seven meters tall, incredibly tall and powerful, with black hair falling over his shoulders, a pair of long horns similar to dragon horns, a bare torso with an X-shaped scar on his right abdomen, a purple cloak around his waist, two golden chains hanging from the lower part of the cloak, and dark green wide pants on his lower body.
"Nothing to worry about, King, consider it a way to kill time before dinner. You know, how happy I was when he appeared again?"
"Pirate King Gol d Roger?"
"Yes, it was Roger." When I was young, he easily pinned me to the ground, and I couldn't move. I must take revenge for that, and nothing will bring me more joy than defeating the Pirate King."
Kaido casually sat down, causing the chair to screech piercingly. Kaido one of the Four Emperors radiated a terrifying aura, like a hardened evil dragon that instilled fear.
Kaido involuntarily smirked and bared his sharp fangs, imagining himself fighting Roger once more.
King was not as interested in Sal's affairs as Kaido was. After Kaido saved him from the laboratory, he hadn't interacted with Roger's pirate crew. Later, Roger was dubbed the Pirate King, and sometime after that, Roger was executed.
He was curious to learn more about the famous Pirate King, this legendary figure, but since his Kaido wanted to do something, he would definitely support him.
"Lord Kaido, it seems the Pirate King Roger was closely associated with Whitebeard's pirates, and his former deputy, Dark king Rayleigh, is with him now. The best option is to lure him to the Land of Wano."
"Ha-ha, King, your idea is really good. Although Whitebeard's sons aren't that strong, they're still a minor problem."
"If I spread a rumor that I killed Kozuki Oden, do you think he will avenge his former comrades? As for Dark king Rayleigh, he was truly strong in the past, but now he's just an old man. I'm sure you're no worse than him."
Kaido, who had been drinking all this time, suddenly remembered something and gave an order to his men.
"By the way, Whitebeard is dead. Send people to capture several islands on the outskirts of Whitebeard's territory. Don't go too deep." Let the old woman Linlin start by checking the situation. It seems that Roger promised Whitebeard to protect his territory.
— Leave this to me, Brother Kaido...
Meanwhile, in the territory of the Big Mom Pirates, in the Land of Wano, consisting of 34 islands surrounding Totto Land, which is the central island.
In a castle made entirely of desserts, Charlotte Linlin had not recently been so obsessively fixated on her love for food. The live broadcast she recently watched was still disturbing her.
— Well, well, Whitebeard finally died at the hands of the Marines. He refused when I offered him a marriage of convenience, and now he's finally paid for his arrogance.
— The only thing I didn't expect was that Ace is actually Roger's son. What surprised me most is that Roger didn't die and has rejuvenated again. That was truly unexpected. If I could obtain the secret of rejuvenation, it would be perfect.