"Well, speaking of Kaido, Strawhat Luffy has recently just defeated Doflamingo, destroying Kaido's supply of smile fruits from Dressrosa." Stated Sebas lightly as he ignored the wanted posters, reading the newspaper's contents in his hands.
"Oh, that cute little boy did?" Asked Freyja in slight surprise as she glanced at Sebas, who nodded, causing her to lick her lips lustfully.
"Dressrosa? I remember going there a few months ago to recruit pirates; I even had a run-in with Doflamingo. Bastard is quite strong." Said Scar lightly with furrowed brows as he folded his arms while appearing behind Sebas, observing the newspaper.
"Hmph, just say the word, Scar; I'll give that fake Celestial Dragon a beating." Said Freyja with a huff as she looked at Scar with a wicked smirk, causing him to roll his eyes while shaking his head.
"No, I want to fight him!" Stated Chala aggressively with a feral smile, though everyone promptly ignored her.
"Eh, Doflamingo? I can see that happening; I happened to meet him at Fish-man Island, and he was decently strong." Muttered Diddy with a raised eyebrow before nodding, only to suddenly stand up while pushing Chala and Freyja out of his way, causing them both to click their tongues, though only one retaliated.
"Is it that hard for you to just say move?" Asked Freyja in annoyance as she slashed at Diddy's tail, yet he promptly stopped her with his tail, wrapping it around her wrist.
"Yes. Now leave me alone; I'm going to train." Replied Diddy lightly as he tossed Freyja into Scar, who caught her in his arms, causing her to kiss his cheek.
"Hmph, you're lucky Scar caught me. C'mon, dear, take me to my room." Remarked Freyja in annoyance as she glared at Diddy before shifting her focus to Scar and gently rubbing his cheek, causing him to nod.
"Haha, what's going on, and why is Trenza lying on the ground outside?" Asked Grand with a large smile as he entered the lounge, his loud voice causing Chala to smirk.
"Who cares about Trenza; just look at this." Remarked Chala with a wicked smile as she raised her and Grand's wanted poster, causing his initial smile to grow before it rapidly shrunk.
"What the hell…is this!? How could my bounty be lower than yours!? I don't believe this! Fight me!" Exclaimed Grand in slight anger as he knocked the wanted posters out of Chala's hands before punching her with his haki-clad hands, causing her to respond in kind while wearing an icy gauntlet.
While Chala and Grand fought for supremacy, I jumped onto the roof and trained my haki; just because I've finally managed to achieve haki on the level of Red Haired doesn't mean I no longer trained my haki; I knew I still had much room for improvement, so why would I bother stopping?
'Why would I ever bother stopping when I've yet to surpass beings like Whitebeard, Gol D. Roger, and Rocks D. Xebec?' Though Diddy with a feral expression, only for him to take a deep breath as he calmed himself, focusing his mind on his incredibly powerful haki.
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With a rather thick fog surrounding us, I helped guide Mony through it as we neared the moving Island of Zou, which was very close, given how potent his scent was; after another two hours of navigating through this fog, we finally exited it, only to see an absolutely massive elephant walking through the ocean.
"Man… Zunesha is so freaking huge. How can a living creature even reach such a size?" Muttered Grand softly as he gazed upwards at the Zunesha, who was slowly moving through the ocean, creating massive waves.
"Haa, I don't know." Replied Scar lightly with a shake of his head as he, Trenza, and Janet stared at Zunesha in awe.
"I wonder how big his cock is. If you guys were curious, that's what Freyja was thinking." Said Diddy lightly with a smirk, his words breaking everyone out of their immersive thoughts while Freja scoffed in annoyance.
"Hmph, no, I'm not thinking that; we've already visited Zunesha, so why would I think about that again? I'm actually thinking, why is one of Kaido's ships here." Remarked Freyja in annoyance, her words causing everyone's face to twitch while she pointed towards one of Zunesha's legs.
Just as Freyja said, anchored to one of Zunesha's legs was one of Kaido's ships, which didn't make much sense, but then again, I wasn't him.
"Ho, not just any ship either; it's Jack the Drought's ship, one of Kaido's most trusted and strongest men." Said Sebas softly with a raised eyebrow, his words causing a certain woman to grin like crazy.
"Strongest men? Hehe, I'm going!" Stated Chala with a feral smile as she leaped overboard, freezing the ocean before she could touch it while she speedily dashed towards Zunesha.
"Hmph, well, no point in waiting." Said Mael with a grunt as he flapped his wings, flying upwards towards the top of Zunesha, heading for Zou.
Seeing how Mael was correct, I leaped into the air, using geppo to rapidly ascend into the sky, with Scar, Freyja, and Sebas following right behind, leaving Janet, Grand, and Trenza behind.
"Ugh, yeah, go without me; last time I was there, I couldn't hear anything except Zunesha's voice. Felt like my head was about to explode." Said Trenza lightly as she waved her hand while walking down the stairs with Janet following behind while Grand swam towards Zunesha.
After a minute or so, I finally arrived above Zunesha's back and saw Zou off in the distance, though I quickly noticed it was covered in a thick, greenish fog, causing me to frown since there was no weather when you're this high up. Heading towards Zou, I landed atop Zunesha's back and walked into the city, stepping into the green fog, which I quickly realized wasn't fog but poisonous gas, and the poison wasn't half bad.
"Poison? Who did this? Jack?" Asked Freyja curiously as she landed on the ground beside Diddy, followed by Mael, Sebas, and Scar.
"That is what it looks like." Replied Sebas with a nod as he created a forcefield surrounding himself, Mael, and Scar since Diddy and Freyja were unaffected by the poisonous gas.
"Hmph, I'll just burn it all away." Stated Mael with a frown as he raised his hand, creating a giant sun that floated into the sky.
Mael's sun emitted large amounts of heat, greatly raising the temperature of the surroundings, casting bright light through the thick gas as it began burning away, revealing the sight of corpses lying sprawled across the ground.
"Well, Jack clearly wasn't here on a friendly mission." Muttered Scar lightly as the five began walking through the streets of Zou, following the trail of bodies.
As we walked deeper into the city, we happened to come across several Minks tied to crosses while several pirates wearing protective suits tortured them; of course, when they saw us, they tried attacking, but they were barely able to utter a thought before their minds were forcefully crushed into oblivion.
"So, what are they here for?" Asked Freyja as she glanced at Sebas, who blankly glanced at her before sighing.
"They're here on orders of Kaido, searching for a ninja of Wano called Raizo, who is believed to be hiding here, though the residents of Zou are stubbornly refusing to reveal any information." Replied Sebas lightly as he closed his eyes and placed his hands behind his back while casually walking.
"So, is this ninja Raizo here or not?" Asked Scar curiously, only to be slightly surprised when Sebas nodded.
"Yes, he's hiding on Zou… Oh my, now that's quite a lot of information. Raizo's mind is like a vault; it contains much valuable information about Wano." Said Sebas softly while searching through Raizo's mind with a smile.
After a few more minutes of walking, we finally reached the center of Zou, which was filled with crosses of nailed Minks and corpses, along with the cat and dog who were both being tortured by Jack himself; however, before any of us could do anything, Chala came dashing right past us with a feral smile while blasting Jack with numerous ice shards.
"Hehe, another prey!" Said Chala with a ferocious smile as she violently kicked Jack with ice boots, though he blocked the attack with his curved swords.
"Ice Quen." Muttered Jack with a frown as he narrowed his eyes at Chala before pushing her back, only for his eyes to widen when he noticed Diddy.
"Hmm? Don't look at me; I'm not going to do anything; you're too weak to be of any interest to me." Said Diddy lightly as he dismissively waved his hand at Jack, who was punched in the face by Chala, forcing him backward.
"You're fighting me!" Stated Chala in joy as she violently attacked Jack, who was forced to shift his focus to her, causing the two to engage in battle.
While Chala kept Jack busy, I approached the cat and dog, only to see they had both lost a limb, an arm, and a leg, respectively, not to mention the cut looked relatively fresh.
"Aren't we Minks supposed to be a powerful warrior race? How did an entire city get defeated by some poison? Pathetic." Remarked Diddy with a shake of his head as he glanced between Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, his disappointed voice causing them to slightly raise their head.
"Kong." "Care to help your home?" Asked Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, respectively, as they glanced at Diddy, who raised an eyebrow before shrugging his shoulders.
"Eh, not really; besides, why would I ever want to claim this city of weaklings as my home?" Asked Diddy as he tilted his head and looked at the two, his words causing Nekomamushi and Inuarashi's expressions to twitch.