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The two pirate crews fighting over Wheat Island, including Big Mom and Kaido themselves, were all drawn to the sight.

"What the hell is that thing?? A giant??"

Big Mom, who had grown up in a village of giants, was both horrified and intrigued. She had never seen a giant of such colossal proportions.

She was shocked that Wolf's head alone was so massive. The body hidden beneath the water cast a shadow over the entire seabed. An unstoppable fire ignited in Big Mom's heart.

Because she had grown up in a giant village and had unconsciously destroyed it, her guilt and awe of their hidden power had prevented her from ever setting foot there again.

Even now, as an emperor of the New World, she had no intention of facing them. She knew full well how much power was hidden there... a "terror" sufficient to stand against a legendary great pirate.

But now, suddenly seeing a person of such immense size, the thought of recruiting him immediately took hold.

"MAMAMAMAMA! Giant... Are you interested in coming to my Totto Land for some snacks?" She made what she considered a sufficiently sincere offer.

"Hmmm?" Kaido heard Big Mom's words and immediately snorted, challenging her head-on.

"HEY! YOU MONSTER OVER THERE! JOINING MY BEASTS PIRATES IS A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER THAN THAT WHOLE CAKE COUNTRY!!"

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU DUMB MONGREL??" Big Mom's anger was stoked by Kaido's words, and her eyes began to turn red.

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"Huh? They found me?" Wolf froze for a moment, then his huge head slowly began to sink, leaving only his eyes above the water. He seemed to say with some trepidation.

"Why isn't the Captain here yet..."

However, no matter how he tried to hide, no matter how he lowered his voice, it was impossible for anyone to ignore his presence.

"Captain? YOU HAVE A CAPTAIN??" Big Mom looked as if her favorite toy had been stolen, and her anger soared.

"If I just kill your captain... you'll belong to me, won't you?"

In a few short words, they had decided Wolf's ownership, completely ignoring who his captain might be...

In their eyes, if they wanted something, who cared who it belonged to? They'd just take it. Worst case, they'd fight it out.

Those with enough confidence in their own power never cared about so-called consequences.

Just as the two had finished speaking and were about to continue, they both suddenly looked up at the sky. They had both sensed an incredibly powerful aura coming from the sky.

"Is that the bastard Arthur?" Big Mom's upturned face was not a pleasant sight.

Totto Land was the nation of her dreams, a place where people of all races could be found. The only ones missing were giants—

Because she had been despised and rejected by all giants after destroying their village as a child, and she herself felt guilty, so she had never returned.

Now, suddenly seeing a super-giant, she was overjoyed.

But then she heard this "Giant" call someone else captain—and that captain was one of her sworn enemies, Seabury D. Arthur.

The one unscrupulously releasing his aura in the sky was undoubtedly Arthur.

"Hahahaha! BIG MOM! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU'VE GOT SOME NERVE TRYING TO RECRUIT MY CREWMATE!" Arthur's wild laughter echoed through the sky.

The golden flying ship, the [Thor], transformed into a streak of light and quickly descended from the sky, stopping above Wheat Island.

"Wolf, get over here," Arthur said, turning his head to call for him, completely ignoring the other two who were, in name, his equals.

"Hmph..."

Air shot from Kaido's nose as he let out an unreserved laugh. "Linlin, you stupid woman, you actually got scorned? HAHAHAHAHA!"

As he laughed, he also looked up at the man in the sky, his greatcoat billowing, his arrogance extreme, his aura terrifying, and his entire body exuding an incredibly dangerous presence.

"MAMAMAMAMA! DO I NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO RECRUIT SUBORDINATES, THUNDER EMPEROR??"

Big Mom, Kaido, and Seabury D. Arthur—the three most powerful pirates below the four legends—had, by the arrangement of fate, gathered for the first time on the insignificant little island of Wheat in the central sea of the New World.

Three powerful and terrifying auras occupied three positions, clashing wantonly—

One after another, people were unable to withstand the pressure and fainted. The raging wind flattened swathes of wheat. The sky churned, and the clouds, with the three of them at the center, were torn into three distinct, warring domains.

No one backed down...

"THUNDER EMPEROR ARTHUR... GET DOWN HERE AND FIGHT ME! LET ME SEE WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO FIGHT WHITEBEARD TO A DRAW!!"

After a long stalemate, Kaido was the first to break the deadlock, demanding a fight with Arthur the moment he spoke.

He loved to challenge the strong one-on-one.

With his extremely terrifying body that was almost impossible to kill, he had challenged Whitebeard several times, each time ending with him either being exhausted or knocked unconscious and thrown into the deep sea.

Although he was always unharmed when he woke up, a loss was still a loss. Although he was reluctant to admit it, he, Kaido, was still a step below Whitebeard in terms of strength.

He had been looking for a way to kill himself during the live broadcast of Arthur's duel with Whitebeard and hadn't had a chance to watch. Now that he had met Arthur, he naturally wouldn't let such a good opponent for a one-on-one fight go.

"A fight? With you??"

Arthur looked down from the sky, his eyes indifferent. "Come back after you've beaten Whitebeard. Right now... You're not worthy."

Arthur had no intention of dealing with this mad dog Kaido. Although fighting him would be somewhat exciting, it was meaningless and a waste of stamina.

He did things completely based on his mood, and right now, he had no interest in fighting at all.

Once he was entangled with Kaido, and if he won, he might have to face this mad dog's challenges at any time in the future. You couldn't kill him, and there was no point. There was no need to fight him.

Besides, there was a Big Mom over there, eating sweets and watching the two of them like she was watching a circus.

Arthur's purpose in re-entering the New World was to seize territory.

Finding fun came second... Of course, if a fight with Kaido was unavoidable, he really did want to test just how strong that ultimate physique—which was useless no matter how the Marines tried to execute it, really was.

Big Mom, who was staring intently at the two, saw that the fight was not going to happen. Her expression changed, and she put on a fake smile again.

"MAMAMAMAMA! this is the first time the three of us have met. Why don't you come to Totto Land for my Tea Party? Thunder Emperor came to the New World for territory, right? We can talk about it slowly at the Tea Party. This time, the theme is marriage!"

"Tch... another wedding," Arthur said, not bothering to hide his contempt. "A woman like you, in this most violent of eras, will be the first of the emperors to be eliminated."

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