“Boss Kaido’s starting again. This kid’s luck really is good.”
“He actually made Governor-General Kaido come here personally. Is there something special about this kid?”
With Kaido’s voice, the entire prison block heard what he had just said. As for the pirates who had joined the Beasts Pirates long ago, they only felt envy and curiosity over it.
Kaido’s standards had grown higher and higher these days. Forget picking up kids outside, even the number of times he personally recruited anyone was pitifully low. At this point, the number of people who could make Kaido personally step forward to recruit them could be counted on one hand.
Looking across the entire pirate crew, without exception, everyone Kaido had brought back in the past was a high-ranking officer.
“Hmph, you two don’t understand the Governor-General well enough. He’s not interested because of that brat. He made this trip only because of that Heracross.”
Queen had already dragged over Babanuki’s chair and sat down at the side. Although it was a little small, he could still just barely squeeze into it, and Queen used his own understanding to define Kaido’s actions.
As someone who got beaten every day, he dared say with certainty that even King, that so-called right-hand man, did not understand Kaido as well as he did.
After all, King only needed to properly carry out the things Kaido arranged, while he himself needed to figure out Kaido’s mood and preferences in order to avoid getting beaten by Kaido gone mad.
“But Boss Queen, there are a lot of Pokémon in Wano Country, right? Governor-General Kaido has no need to care about this one, does he?”
“I remember Miss Uta has a Heracross by her side too, right? That one’s luster seems even better.”
The surrounding pirates still did not understand Queen’s thinking, which drew Queen’s disdain.
“That’s why I say you’re lacking in the brain department. Uta is working under Tesoro, so adventures and whatnot have nothing to do with her.
But this one is different. Judging by the way they are, they’ve probably been together since they set out to sea.
There are countless rookies every year. Never mind anything else, quite a few brats from the Worst Generation are here, aren’t they?
Anyone who can fight their way from the Four Seas to the New World has at least some ability. Being able to make this Heracross follow him is the root of what Boss Kaido is interested in.
Killing that brat isn’t hard. What’s hard is how to deal with that Heracross. Or rather, do you want to see what Lord Arceus looks like when he gets angry?”
Hearing this, the pirates fell silent. Compared to Kaido, whose personality was erratic every day, Arceus consumed by fury seemed even more terrifying.
“It’s not completely right to say he’s looking after that Heracross either. After all, the root issue is that Pokémon are creatures created by Lord Arceus.”
Changing his posture, Queen took a fan out of a pocket on his body. Kaido had personally come all the way here. If something still went wrong, then the Beasts Pirates might as well disband on the spot.
“You’re right. I suppose only Lord Arceus can make Governor-General Kaido be rational for a bit.”
“Young Miss can occasionally do it too, but that depends a little on chance. Lord Queen is still amazing, to even be able to see this…”
“Enough. How come you two don’t even know how to praise someone? Such awkward flattery has no meaning at all. Looks like you didn’t learn anything useful from Babanuki.
“This is Lord Arceus’s power. Even some brats who’ve just gone out to sea can bask in a little of his light. This kid’s luck really is good.”
The flattery from his subordinates did not make Queen happy. Perhaps because they had stayed in the prison for too long, these two subordinates completely lacked Apoo’s ability to read the room and did not know how to flatter people either.
Only, just as Queen was lamenting that Luffy’s luck was pretty good, what Luffy did scared Queen so badly that the fan in his hand slipped loose and fell to the ground.
“Why should I hang your flag?! I never said I was going to join you! Drunk old man!”
The whispers inside Udon vanished almost in an instant. Whether it was the pirates of the Beasts Pirates or the prisoners locked up here, all of them were frightened by Luffy’s words.
“Did that guy just refuse Governor-General Kaido?”
“And he even called Governor-General Kaido a drunk old man?”
All of this felt somewhat surreal to them, and they instinctively confirmed among their companions that this absurd thing really happened.
“Boss Queen, what do you think… Where’s Boss Queen?!”
The people still around Queen wanted to ask what Queen thought about this, but the chair that had originally been there was already empty. Queen had already run over to a prison cell made of Seastone and ordered the jailers to open the door and lock him inside.
“Lord Queen, what are you…”
“A Seastone house is sturdier. I suggest you all hurry up and find a place to hide now, or I’ll see you later at the Pokémon Center.”
Finding cover had already become one of Queen’s instincts. If it were Kaido under normal circumstances, he definitely would not need to make much of a commotion to handle this. The problem was that the current Kaido was drunk, so everything that happened next was completely uncontrollable.
“Worororo… Boohoohoo… I actually got rejected again. How heartbreaking…”
Things were exactly as Queen had expected. Kaido, who had just made a forced landing in Udon, had already released his transformed state. In his human form, he was currently lying on his side on the ground, and two tears really had flowed down from the corners of his eyes.
“It’s over… It’s over, it’s drunken sadness. Is Governor-General Kaido going this big this time…”
While muttering under his breath, Queen was also frantically tapping away on his Rotom, sending messages to Yamato like bombs.
[Young Miss! Help! Boss Kaido is about to go crazy again!!!]
[Can’t you run? Why are you coming to me for something like this? Are you trying to drag me down with you?!]
[No, according to my understanding of the Governor-General, running away at a time like this will attract his attention instead, and he’ll settle accounts afterward. Help!]
[So you want to trick me into going over there to attract fire? Dream on!]
Yamato simply hung up the Rotom and directly blocked Queen, leaving Queen alone where he was, helplessly panicking.
As for Luffy’s few remaining brain cells, they had no idea what exactly was going on. He had seen Kaido twice, but that had only been when he passed by while Kaido was fighting others. This was the first time he had truly faced Kaido head-on.
Looking at the deranged Kaido, a layer of gloom appeared in Kid’s heart. Kaido’s current appearance was almost exactly the same as when he had appeared that time Apoo and Hawkins tricked him. After that, Kaido had wiped out Kid’s pirate crew with just one blow.
“Hercules, we’d better hurry up and run out of here. I feel like he’s very dangerous…”
“Heraaacross.”
“We can’t run out? True, he seems like he can fly too, but why do you say that?”
Hercules was currently facing a very difficult decision. It knew Luffy was not someone who would casually choose to join others, but the Beasts Pirates were something Luffy absolutely could not defeat. After all, its own creator was right here.
Even though it had mentally prepared itself before, now that the moment had come, Hercules was still somewhat flustered when handling it.
But someone used their body to give Hercules the answer.
“I! I’m willing to join you! Don’t bother with that idiot in the straw hat anymore! I’m much stronger than him! Give me a chance, Lord Kaido!! Stop crying over there! I’m more useful than he is!”
Some people in the quarry seemed to have changed their minds and wanted to join the Beasts Pirates, but he had chosen the wrong time.
“Who is that… So noisy, chattering on and on…”
Zzzzt, zzzzt.
Electric currents coiled around Kaido’s palm, finally condensing into a golden electric ball, which Kaido aimed at the person who had just disturbed his rest.
Boom!
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