Chinjao stood on a large block of ice, leaning slightly as he quickly breathed in the freezing air. At this moment, he no longer exhibited the same momentum as six days ago. The fury in his eyes had faded to give way to fatigue.
"Ice Time!"
At this moment, Kuzan took advantage of Chinjao's temporary inability to move or dodge and released a surge of cold air to freeze his entire body into a large ice statue.
This made Kuzan finally able to relax a little. This battle was really exhausting.
Luckily for Kuzan, his Devil Fruit managed to awaken, in addition to finding himself in an environment of extreme ice, it allowed him to defeat Chinjao, otherwise he could have been killed by him.
"Alalalala, I'm sorry, but we'll just keep your treasures. I think they'll be used for more important things..." Although he uttered an apology, he actually didn't feel guilty at all.
At the same time, Kuzan activated the Ice-Ice Fruit's ability again, and the wind and snow that was created during the battle was quickly dispersed revealing the Jewel Ice Sheet.
Kuzan took a few steps forward, then placed his right palm against the transparent ice.
The next moment, the frozen ground began to shake violently as if there was an earthquake.
Soon the Jewel Ice Sheet began to separate to both sides at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Suddenly, that seemingly endless wealth of golden treasures was once again exposed, unleashing a resplendent burst of golden light.
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Holy Land Marie Geoise
Mihawk walked along the cobblestone path of Castle Pangaea, slowly heading towards the large steel door that led outside, while his mind returned to the encounter from the previous night.
"Let me lead the army to suppress Wano Country?"
"That's right."
"But I heard from Shanks that the samurai named Kozuki Oden has gone back. With my current strength, I can't be his opponent, and I personally want to stay with you to practice swordsmanship..."
"Someone will take care of Kozuki Oden for you. Your task is to represent the World Nobles and the World Government while protecting the entire Wano Country. Specific management tasks will be the responsibility of those in charge of you."
"As for fencing, that country has produced the best swordsmen for years. You should go experience it for yourself."
That was the conversation he had with Imu.
"The mysterious country of samurai. There should be many swordsmen there. It's really fascinating..." At this time, Gion, who was following Mihawk, said softly with longing on his face.
However, Mihawk said nothing and continued walking without saying a word, silently leaving the castle gate and heading towards the place where he would take the Bondola.
As Mihawk and Gion approached the location of the Bondola, they saw five warships floating outside the Red Line.
The general appearance of these warships has not changed much, except that the left and right sides of the bottom, the rear and the bottom are equipped with many metal jet pipes covered with red veins.
"Oh my god, the warship is actually flying in the sky..." Gion covered her mouth in astonishment and stared at such a magical scene with her eyes wide open.
"Come on, get on the Bondola." Mihawk was also surprised, and after reminding Gion he continued forward.
"Dear Saint Mihawk, I am Bayer, the senior director of the Administration Department, who is responsible for the subsequent government affairs of Wano Country. I will be under your command." A middle-aged man in a suit took the initiative to greet Mihawk and bowed his head respectfully.
"Well, are you all ready?" Mihawk nodded as he asked, scanning the place.
"Yes. We can leave immediately." Bayer responded.
"Perfect."
On another warship at the time, Kaido was standing on the deck looking around, surprised by the floating warships.
Suddenly white clouds began to pour out of the metal tubes at the bottom of the five floating warships. This propelled the warships and they turned rapidly, before flying away at high speed.
...
Two days later.
"It's such a bad storm. If the sea conditions here remain like this, then this country's isolation is not just a policy issue..." Mihawk stood at the railing of a warship, watching the roaring waves below.
The five flying warships he was leading had arrived in the skies around Wano Country, and he had witnessed the chaotic sea area surrounding Wano Country.
Even for warships, it was difficult to cope with such a hostile environment.
"It looks pretty scary." Guion, standing behind Mihawk, also watched everything seriously, beginning to feel the difficulty of the mission in Wano Country.
About thirty minutes later the island of Onigashima appeared in the distance.
"Looks like we've arrived!" At that moment, Kaido's voice sounded behind Gion.
"Then please follow the plan, Kaido." Mihawk gave instructions without even turning his head.
"Tch!" Kaido, annoyed by Mihawk's attitude, snorted coldly and jumped from the deck of the warship. He transformed into a dragon with blue scales before heading towards Onigashima Island.
"Is he really going to obey that easily?" Gion asked, looking at Kaido with some concern.
"Yes, because Kaido has no choice." Mihawk perfectly understood the temptation that the Dimensional Gates and the conquest of Other Worlds represented for someone like Kaido. As long as the Dimensional Gates were under Imu's control, Kaido would have to obediently follow his orders.
However, he could not share this information with Gion.
...
"You are indeed back, Kaido!" After seeing Kaido approaching, King flew to meet him.
"Of course I will come back, what's the surprise..." Kaido heard the worry and joy in King's words. In all the Beast Pirates, he only considered King and Yamato as relatives, while Queen and the others were only his subordinates. "How is the situation on the island recently?"
"Not very good, there is unrest among the people. But because confidentiality measures were taken immediately, Wano Country did not find out about your arrest, so the situation is quite stable."
Kaido was very satisfied after hearing this and said with a smile: "Let's go back first. I have something to talk to you and Queen about!"
"Ok." King, of course, had no objections.
At the same time, on Onigashima, Queen also sensed Kaido's aura approaching so he gathered the members of the Beast Pirates at the entrance of the Skull Dome.
"The captain is back!"
"Hahahaha, I knew the boss would be fine!"
"That's right, how can a simple Impel Down catch Chief Kaido?"
All the crew members looked at Kaido with admiration.
"Let's break up, Queen, King come with me!" Kaido, however, barely paid attention to his subordinates and ordered coldly. Honestly, he didn't care much about these subordinates now.
Soon, the three arrived at Kaido's room, where there was a small white-haired girl with bare feet, dressed in a priestess's outfit.
"Father!"
"You are finally back, Father!" The four year old girl jumped towards Kaido.
Kaido showed a smile and hugged her tightly.
"Hahahaha, stupid daughter, I just went out for a few days to enjoy the scenery of the world's largest prison!"
It has to be said that the relationship between the two of them as father and daughter is indeed very harmonious now.
"Okay, okay, I'll eat with you later. Now Dad has something to talk to them about. You go out first and wait..."
"Okay but come quickly!" Yamato said with a pout and then quickly walked away, closing the door behind her.
Seeing this, Kaido's warm and kind expression faded, transforming back into the captain of the Beast Pirates.
"King, Queen, what I'm about to say is not a joke. All of you listen to me seriously, let's start from when I was captured and taken to Impel Down..."
"..." King and Queen were stunned for a while. Because the amount of information was too huge, complicated and unbelievable, they stood there speechless for a long time.
"Ahem, so you... don't want to be the Pirate King?" King looked at Kaido hesitantly, but Kaido simply scoffed and said: "The Pirate King is nothing!"
"So... Can I ask you how you are sure that what the World Government says is true, or have you personally already gone to another world?" Queen asked.
"That's not true, but judging from the images they provided, it doesn't look like it's fake..."
Kaido then talked about the battle between Bullet and Crocodile, and the so-called Kabane.
"They also said that in that other world, the sea does not deprive Devil Fruit users of their strength. By the way, Queen, when you go to that biochemical research institute later, you will be able to learn more about the situation in advance."
"Ah this..." Queen thought he hadn't really accepted yet, but he didn't dare say it out loud. Furthermore, after hearing Kaido's words, he was really interested.
At this time, Kaido picked up the wine gourd and took a big sip. He wiped the spilled wine from his mouth and said in a deep voice: "Queen, your business is over. Get out of here first, I have to talk to King alone."
"OK~~" Queen spread his hands, turned around and left nonchalantly, jumping up and down, shaking his fat body, and humming rhythmic lyrics. "By the way, if I join the World Government, will I have a chance to meet Stella?"
Many people in the Beast Pirates knew that Queen had recently become obsessed with Tesoro's highly elaborate acting style. From time to time, he would gather a group of subordinates and go to the banquet hall to sing those songs.
But he was also obsessed with the overly beautiful Stella. When Queen learned that Stella was Tesoro's lover, he turned to disgust and jealousy towards the latter.
"When the time comes, I must sing the RAP I created to him, so that he will be so ashamed that he gives Stella to me with his own hands..."
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