One Piece: The user of the Nen-Nen Fruit, who overturned the sea.

The port on Ghost Island is unusually lively today.

When Jack's fleet docked, the Beasts Pirates' henchmen on the pier craned their necks to look at the ships.

They had long heard that Lord Jack's trip to Zou Island was to steal the Red Poneglyphs.

Now, seeing the huge red rock, gleaming with an eerie light, being lifted down from the cargo hold by a dozen strong men, their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"That's the Poneglyph? The legendary Red Stone?"

"Nonsense, otherwise why do you think Lord Jack personally came out of his way?"

"I heard this thing points to Laugh Tale—the end of the Pirate King's journey!"

Jack jumped off the deck, two scimitars hanging at his waist. His face was expressionless, but anyone who knew him could tell that something was on his mind.

Inside the main hall, Kaido was lying on the throne, drinking.

Roy sat in the guest seat next to him, holding a wine glass in his hand, and the two chatted casually.

Seeing Jack stride in, Kaido slammed his gourd onto the table.

"You're back? Where's Stone?"

"Outside."

Jack knelt on one knee, his voice deep and muffled.

"The complete text of the Red History has been obtained."

The mink tribes of Zou couldn't stop them.

Kaido laughed loudly, the sound so powerful it shook the beams of the main hall.

"Well done, Jack!"

Roy put down his glass, looked at the weariness faintly visible on Jack's rugged face, and asked:

"How is the battle going?"

Tell me the details.

Jack stood up, pulled a chair from the side, and sat down. His nearly seven-meter-tall frame creaked under his weight, as if it might fall apart at any moment.

"The two kings of the Mink Tribe, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, are more troublesome than expected."

The two of them work together seamlessly.

Inuarashi took the brunt of the attack head-on, while Nekomamushi launched a sneak attack from the side, combining static electricity attacks with physical attacks in a very tight rhythm.

He paused, then added:

"But his strength is just so-so."

They couldn't break through my mammoth form; after all that fighting, they were just tickling me.

Kaido snorted:

"Those two guys were retainers of Kozuki Oden back then, how weak could they be?"

However, it's certainly not enough in front of you.

"I was playing pretty well."

Jack frowned.

"But then a group of people suddenly appeared out of nowhere—the Straw Hat Pirates."

Kaido put down his gourd of sake, a hint of interest flashing in his eyes:

"Straw Hat Boy? You've run into him?"

"Yes. And all his crew."

Jack recounted the battle situation in detail.

Straw Hat Luffy used a technique called Gear Fourth from the very beginning, his body swelled up like an inflated doll, Armament Haki covered his arms and legs, and his attack power was several times greater than in his normal state.

Later, it changed its form again, shrinking in size but increasing in speed, making the trajectory of its punches completely unpredictable.

"That three-sword style swordsman is also quite good; his three swords work together flawlessly."

Black Leg Sanji's kicks are wrapped in flames and are quite powerful.

The other crew members each had their own methods—the cyborgs' cannon fire, the archaeologists' joint locks, and the skeleton swordsmen's slashes—and their combined attacks were quite effective.

Kaido listened with great interest, tapping his fingers on the armrest of his throne to keep time:

"And then? You beat them all to a pulp?"

"He was beaten down several times."

"But that straw hat kid is like an unkillable cockroach; he can get back up every time he falls down."

His crew was the same; they were clearly far inferior to me, but they just wouldn't back down.

Jack paused for a few seconds, as if organizing his thoughts:

"If you pick them out individually, none of them are good enough for me to beat up."

But when they work together, how should I put it, it's not just an aggregation of strengths, it's something else entirely.

It's like everyone knows what their teammates are going to do next—who's going to attack, who's going to defend, who's going to cover—there's never any need for communication.

Roy picked up his glass, took a sip, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

Of course he knew what it was. It was the tacit understanding that the Straw Hat Pirates had honed through countless battles, the trust that allowed them to completely entrust their backs to their comrades.

"That kid's willpower is indeed extraordinary."

Jack added,

"If it were an ordinary person, after I beat them down three or four times in a row, they would have been unable to stand up by now."

But he always managed to get up, and his eyes grew fiercer with each passing day.

Kaido grinned: "Hehehe—interesting! Roy, you weren't lying to me, this kid is definitely worth looking forward to!"

"Where would you rank his strength?" Roy asked.

Jack thought for a moment:

"Much stronger than a regular supernova."

Kidd and his gang probably wouldn't last three moves against me, but this Straw Hat kid can fight me for several rounds without being at a disadvantage.

But that's all there is to it. If I really wanted to kill them, they would all die.

Kaido nodded in satisfaction and was about to tell Jack to step down when he noticed that Jack was still standing there, looking somewhat hesitant.

"Is there anything else?"

Jack swallowed hard.

"that......"

"Governor, Captain Roy—there's one more thing."

Jack's voice was a few decibels lower than before.

"I saw someone from Beehive Island in the Straw Hat Pirates."

Kaido frowned. "Who?"

"Nicole Robin. The woman who can decipher the Poneglyphs."

The air in the main hall suddenly became quiet.

Kaido put down his gourd of sake, his face as gloomy as the sky before a storm.

He turned to Roy, his voice clearly filled with anger:

"Roy, how did your men end up on the Straw Hat Boys' ship?"

What exactly happened?

Jack also looked at Roy: "I was stunned when I saw her on the battlefield."

At first, I thought she was a defector.

She stood there in the Straw Hat Pirates' ranks, fighting alongside them.

"Roy."

Kaido's voice was deep.

"What if she's a traitor?"

"Don't worry about it."

Roy raised his hand to interrupt Kaido, his tone as calm as if he were saying that the weather was nice today.

He picked up his glass and took another sip, his expression completely unchanged, as if what Jack had just said was nothing more than a trivial matter.

"I have my own plans for Robin's matter."

Her job is to stay with the Straw Hat Pirates; you don't need to worry about anything else.

Kaido stared into Roy's eyes for a long time.

There was no flicker, no guilt, no concealment in those eyes.

That was the expression Roy always had after setting up his plans, as if to say, "Everything is going according to plan."

Kaido loosened his eight precepts, leaned back on his throne, and let out a heavy snort:

"What are you up to now, kid?"

You'll find out then.

Roy said calmly,

"Robin is my backup plan for the Straw Hat Pirates. Now all we have to do is wait."

Luffy and his crew will definitely come to Wano Country.

"Then let him do it."

Kaido grinned; most of his earlier anger had dissipated.

"I was just looking for an opponent to stretch my muscles."

Roy looked at Kaido, his tone suddenly becoming serious:

"Don't forget our agreement—beat him up, beat him hard, push him to his limit."

But don't kill him.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."