One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 87 The old king dies and the new king ascends the throne

When the Beasts Pirates, who were still celebrating the next morning, received the news of the death of old King Riku, the originally lively atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

"When did it happen?" Kaido said with a straight face, taking a big sip of wine. The relationship between the Beasts and Dressrosa has always been very good, and this is all thanks to the wise ruling attitude of the old King Riku. Even the Iron Islands under his feet were obtained with the recommendation of the old King Riku. Otherwise, the Beasts would definitely not be able to develop so smoothly. It is possible that they would take jobs everywhere for development, but what is the job in the New World? Isn't it just plundering or fighting everywhere? That runs counter to Kaido and Lily's dreams. Maybe Kaido is eager to fight, but he hates war. Fighting is his own business, but war is not. No matter what, war is always the last resort. If the Beasts are in war for a long time, will they forget their original intention? (Kaido shouted in his memory why he had to fight.)
"Last night, the prince sent me to deliver a letter to Mr. Kaido and Ms. Lily." The envoy bowed respectfully. He was the eunuch of the king and the prince, and he knew very well what it took for Dressrosa to become prosperous again, so his respect for Kaido and Lily was absolutely from the bottom of his heart.

"Okay, we got it. Please go back and tell Prince Riku that we express our condolences, but due to our identities, we cannot attend the funeral openly. Please forgive us." Lily was telling the truth. Although cooperation with pirates is common in this world, it cannot be brought to the surface after all. Especially as a member of the World Government Conference, the World Government will send people to attend the funeral of old King Riku. Although the World Government does not care about these member states, in order to consolidate their rule and Tensho Gold, they will still pretend to do so. The Beasts cannot hand the handle to the World Government, so they can only find time to pay tribute after the funeral.

"It's okay. Prince Riku has already thought of this. The main reason for coming here this time is not only to inform you of this matter, but also to tell you another thing. The contract between Dressrosa and the Beasts will not change because of King Riku's death. If you two are worried, Prince Riku said that he can sign a new one after he succeeds to the throne."

"No need. We believe in Prince Riku's character. You go back and help convey that as long as Dressrosa does not break its alliance, we, the Beast Society, will always be Dressrosa's ally." Kaido put the wine gourd in his hand on the ground with a thud and said solemnly.

"Okay, I'll take my leave then." The envoy bowed and prepared to leave.

"Aren't you going to stay for dinner?"

"No, I am the king's eunuch. There are too many things for the royal family to do now, and I need to go back to help."

"Okay, then I won't see you off. So, A-Zu, you come with me. You don't have a wanted warrant, so put down our flag. You must ensure the safe return of the envoy, do you understand?" Kaido said, looking at A-Zu beside him.

"I understand, boss. If the special envoy loses even a hair, I will come to you with my head held high." A'zu stood up and promised, patting his chest.

"Okay, go quickly." Kaido waved his hand, then left with a gloomy face. The banquet ended in a whimper.

Kaido was sitting in the room, drinking alone. At this moment, the door behind him was pushed open.

"Lily, you're here." Kaido didn't look back and continued drinking.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Lily walked over and sat down next to Kaido.

"Ah, he was only in his fifties, I didn't expect he would die like this." Kaido sighed, with loneliness in his voice. He still remembered that when they first met, he didn't like King Riku, or he didn't like all the nobles, but King Riku's generous character made Kaido accept him, especially later, when they successfully conquered the Iron Islands, King Riku grabbed the mud and cried. That kind of real emotion was definitely not acted out.

"Birth, aging, sickness and death are the normal state of human beings. King Riku's physical condition is probably caused by the overwork over the years. I have heard before that before the return of the Iron Islands, King Riku only slept four hours a day in order to stabilize the economy of Dressrosa. The long hours of work caused him to fall ill. It's a pity that I didn't discover it earlier, otherwise, he might have been saved." Lily also sighed. King Riku's strong physique confused her. Lily never thought that King Riku's body was actually strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

"Let Baique keep an eye on it. If anyone dares to cause trouble during this period, kill him. We can't help the dead King Riku, but we should help Prince Riku if we can." Kaido took another sip of wine and said with a fierce look in his eyes.

"Don't worry, I've already given the order." Lily took out a wine flask from her four-dimensional pocket and took a sip. However, this time Lily's action made Kaido blush a little.

"Okay, you still understand me." Kaido chuckled, and then said nothing more, continuing to drink. The two of them just snuggled together, looking out the window, the tides rising and falling. Of course, under this harmonious picture, there is still a little discord. At this time, there are a few discordant figures in the woods under the window.

"Are the big brother and the big sister leaning against each other?" Dai extinguished the flames on her body, and her body was wrapped in vines and green leaves. She lurked in the woods, observing Kaido and Lily above.

"It should be. The angle is not very good and I can't see clearly." Quinn tried his best to shrink his body to prevent being exposed because of his overly fat body. The camouflage cloak he made was still too small, so he went back to make it bigger.

"You two, keep your voices down. I can't hear what you are saying." Xia Ji transformed directly into a scorpion, half-lurking in the ground to conceal her body.

"Don't release your Observation Haki, otherwise you will be discovered." Taylor, who turned into a crocodile, was completely lurking in the ground, leaving only his head outside, like a piece of broken wood.

"Jin, can you see it over there?" Dai shouted softly to the side.

"No, I can't see it." Jin transformed into a big turtle through the Xuanwu Fruit and disguised himself as a big stone. Originally, Jin didn't like to join in the fun, but was dragged by Dai and he was also a little curious, so he came here reluctantly.

"Luke didn't come. If he had come, he would definitely have found a good position." Quinn has been taking Luke with him every day recently because he found that Luke's unreasonable luck was very useful. When he was doing experiments, his success rate increased by 20 percentage points with Luke by his side.

"Thank goodness, Archaon and A'zu didn't come, otherwise we would have been exposed directly." Xia Ji complained. It goes without saying that Archaon was too big, and A'zu was too noisy.

"Why didn't Caroline come?" Dai asked. She had already reserved Xia Ji and Caroline as her companions. Kaido and Lily said that each of the Three Calamities would be responsible for four twelve hours. Dai chose Caroline and Xia Ji. After all, their strength had already reserved two positions for the twelve hours. They had always been very good to Xia Ji. Quinn, who vaguely treated Xia Ji as his sister, wanted to compete with Dai for her, but unfortunately he failed.

"She was called away by Master Thorin and wanted to come at first." Xia Ji replied.

"Really? Looks like she's going to have extra training as well." A voice suddenly sounded.

"Extra training, that's true..." Xia Ji didn't react for a moment.

"Yeah!"XN
Everyone looked up at the same time, and saw Kaido and Lily leaning against the balcony looking at them, and even waving to greet them.

"You guys have a lot of free time, right? In that case, everyone, come with me for training this afternoon!" Kaido looked at them with amusement. He felt something was wrong just now, but he didn't think much about it. But then Quinn's flesh leaked out from under the camouflage cloth. Kaido then used his Observation Haki to take a look and found that there were so many people hiding in this grove. It must have been hard for them.

"No!"
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