Chapter 147: I Also Want to Go Over

New World, Onigashima.

Onigashima, shaped like a giant demon horn, looms like a devil drilling up from the abyssal depths, its pair of demon eyes staring fiercely at Wano Country.

The base camp of the Beasts Pirates.

Plague Queen Quin, dragging his obese body, barbarically crashed into the hall where Kaido usually drank.

"Big Brother Kaido!"

"Big Brother Kaido, huge news!"

Inside the hall, Kaido didn't even look up, continuing to beat Yamato until his face was bruised and swollen.

"What huge news?!"

Quin hurriedly handed the newspaper to Kaido and silently stood before Yamato, his chubby hands behind his back frantically signaling to Yamato: Run, run.

Like King, Quin extremely disapproved of Kaido's method of educating Yamato.

But since he couldn't beat Big Brother Kaido, he could only occasionally play the savior.

Quin believed that rather than constantly being annoyed by Yamato, Kaido should simply abandon Yamato, just as Quin treated his own son.

Give birth but do not raise; no disturbances.

Kaido took the newspaper and looked closely.

"Nani? The Navy is about to publicly execute Luo Jie's son at Marineford?"

"Luo Jie's son is this old already?"

"Barzab Seven is going to fight?"

Kaido originally wanted to shout a few words of "Heaven helps me," but thinking of what Barzab Seven was about to do at Navy Headquarters, he wished he could go personally.

"Truly the man I picked!"

"Indeed has courage."

"I also want to go over."

The Navy had clearly prepared a net of heaven and earth in advance, yet Barzab Seven did not retreat at all; this was a golden opportunity to show his face before the world.

Must not miss it at all costs.

At this moment, the voice of Flame Disaster King sounded.

"Big Brother Kaido, stop fooling around."

"We should take this opportunity to defeat Oden and seize Wano Country; such a heaven-sent opportunity, if missed, will truly be gone forever."

Before this, King and Kaido had worried that Barzab Seven would lead the Morning Star Pirates to support Oden.

Now that Barzab Seven is about to collide head-on with the Navy's peak combat power, he cannot possibly return unscathed; this is truly a heaven-sent opportunity to seize Wano Country.

Kaido naturally understood all of this.

But seizing Wano Country is important; showing one's face before the world cannot be missed either!

"Go quickly and make preparations; we will seize Wano Country as soon as possible, and perhaps we can still go join the fun."

Just a little Oden; easily handled.

At that time, riding the momentum of a great victory, descending in giant dragon form to cause chaos at Navy Headquarters, letting the world know the name of the strongest creature, Kaido.

I, Kaido, am never weaker than anyone.

It is even possible to take this opportunity to absorb the remnants of the Morning Star Pirates; truly, Kaido does not look favorably upon Barzab Seven's... impulsive behavior.

Years ago, even the mighty Rocks Pirates disbanded at God Valley.

That guy Rocks disappeared ever since.

With the order issued, the entire Beasts Pirates moved like a precisely operating instrument, rapidly assembling forces under the command of the two All-Stars, Flame Disaster King and Plague Disaster Quin.

Vowing to seize all of Wano Country in one stroke.

Only Kaido held a wine jar, talking to himself.

"Did the Navy get it wrong?"

"How is Luo Jie's son a red nose? He doesn't look like Luo Jie at all; he looks a bit like Rocks."

As an intern of the Rocks Pirates, Kaido had been educated by Rocks many times and had even fought side by side with Rocks and Whitebeard at God Valley.

He was even stabbed by Rocks when the latter went mad.

Kaido stared at the photo in the newspaper; the more he looked, the more he felt Luo Jie's son resembled Rocks.

"Gol D. Buggy?"

"What a strange name."

"If Barzab Seven meets the same fate as Rocks, we must take the opportunity to bind all the others of the Morning Star Pirates to the Beasts Pirates."

Shiki can be left out.

If talents like Mihawk, Big Bear, and Jin Ni survive at Marineford, Kaido wouldn't mind rescuing them all.

While Kaido stared at the newspaper and let his mind wander, far away at the Cake Island of the Totto Land Kingdom, Charlotte Linlin was also looking at the newspaper in her hand.

"Mamamama~"

As the tallest human in the pirate world, Linlin's imposing figure, obviously fattened by binge eating, trembled with her laughter.

"Truly the man Mommy picked."

"Going head-to-head with the Navy, brave enough!"

"But Luo Jie's son, why does he look a bit like Rocks... the hair color is similar too."

After the Great War at God Valley,

Linlin built Totto Land's Whole Cake Island with her children, dreaming that all races and things in the world would live together regardless of high or low status.

Making all human races in the world become family, and growing their bodies to be as large as hers, sitting as equals around the dining table to eat.

At this moment, Charlotte Cracker, with purple hair shaped like a long loaf of bread, spoke up with a proposal.

"Mother, shall we seize Honeycomb Island while the opportunity lasts and connect the All Blue Sea with Honeycomb Island?"

Cracker's proposal received nods of support from the brothers and sisters.

"Yes, Mother."

"The Morning Star Pirates are clearly too overconfident. Sending so few people to Marineford to rescue someone is equivalent to abandoning their advantage of mobility."

"There is a high probability they will not return."

"Rather than letting other pirate crews occupy Honeycomb Island, we should strike first!"

The children's words made sense and were highly beneficial to the All Blue, but Charlotte Lingling did not intend to act immediately.

"Mamamama~"

"Even in this cruel world of pirates, one must still speak of loyalty and righteousness."

"Although Barzab Seven has refused the Tea Party many times, this is after all a mission to Marineford to rescue Luo Jie's child. Such a man is worth waiting for."

Despite her words, Charlotte Lingling still made arrangements.

"Katakuri, Cracker."

"You two prepare in advance. Regardless of the outcome of the battle at Marineford, it will not affect our plan to seize Honeycomb Island."

Loyalty is one thing, but how could such a heaven-sent opportunity be easily missed?

As pirates, one must go and plunder—plunder territory, plunder resources, plunder people, plunder treasure...

Barzab Seven and the Morning Star Pirates are destined to be a fleeting bloom; if we don't take Honeycomb Island, it's a waste.

Upon hearing this,

unlike Cracker, whose face showed fanaticism, Katakuri raised a different view.

"Mother, what if Barzab Seven wins?"

As the words fell, the banquet hall first fell into silence, then bursts of laughter erupted loudly, sweeping through the entire hall like a tide.

"Brother Katakuri,

how could Barzab Seven possibly win?

The Navy Fleet Admiral, the three Admirals, and the hero Garp—so many officers of flag rank are all at Marineford. Even if we all mobilize, we are not guaranteed a sure victory."

"And—

"Even if there is a one-in-ten-million chance,

if Barzab Seven wins, he will return in a pyrrhic victory. It is uncertain how many members of the Morning Star Pirates will remain."

"What is there for us to worry about!"

Everyone firmly believed this: Barzab Seven could not possibly win, and even Charlotte Xia Luote, seated above, held the same belief.

How strong is the Rocks Pirates currently? Simply comparing the members of the two pirate crews yields the most direct conclusion—

Rocks is stronger than Barzab Seven.

Whitebeard is stronger than Mihawk.

Golden Lion and Golden Lion are evenly matched.

She, Charlotte Lingling, and Kaido would surely defeat Master Tenghu.

The Rocks Pirates also have Gazi, Captain John, Silver Axe, Fire Flower, Stussy, Gil Bastard, Long Bread, and others.

Even so, back then at God Valley.

With Rocks, Whitebeard, Luo Jie, Garp, herself, and Kaido—six great experts—they could do nothing against the mysterious black shadow possessing Saint Saturn.

In the end, the pirate crew disbanded, Rocks vanished from that point on, and the remaining members each formed their own pirate crews.

"Katakuri," Charlotte Lingling said in a deep voice.

"Do not forget, there is also the World Government."

Katakuri ceased speaking, silently accepting Mother's arrangement to occupy Honeycomb Island.