Arceus' Pirate Journey

But it's different here. Kikunosuke's help can help her finish the battle in hand faster, so that she can free up her hands to deal with Fossa.

Her plan is to liberate herself as the highest fighting force.

They never doubted Baishou's words because they didn't dare to gamble on what would happen to Kozuki Hiyori if they didn't cooperate.

"What are you waiting for? Don't you understand what I'm saying?"

"I understand..."

Even though he was extremely reluctant, Kikunojo still forced his body to move.

"Brother...I'm sorry..."

In the choice between his biological brother and his lord's orphan, Kikunosuke chose the latter. No matter Drake died in battle or was defeated, because he was accompanying him, it would inevitably affect Kozuki Hiyori's situation.

He didn't even dare to let go too much, because Drake knew him too well, but because of his identity, even if he did nothing, as long as he appeared in Izang's field of vision, it would be enough to cause a huge impact.

Izang, who was fighting with Drake, noticed the movement nearby. When he pointed his gun in that direction, he was stunned and even gave up shooting. He only reacted after Drake kicked him in the abdomen.

Looking at the severed gun barrel on his left hand, Izo's expression was filled with shock.

"Why? Aju, why are you doing this?!"

Even through the mask, he recognized the man by the eye holes and the way he wielded the knife; he was his own brother.

Although he stayed on Whitebeard's ship for various reasons and had not returned to Wano Country for many years, he never thought that his younger brother would draw a knife against him.

"sorry...."

Two lines of tears slid down from the gap under the mask. There was a joke that the reason why Izo and Ashura Douji died in the original timeline was because they were not superstitious enough about the Kozuki family, but in a sense, these two people were indeed slightly different from other retainers.

At this time, Izo guessed that Kikunosuke had some unspeakable secret, but he didn't think about it in this direction. Whether it was joining forces with his brother to deal with Drake or passing on information, Kikunosuke didn't dare to do it because of Kozuki Hiyori. He just apologized and attacked at the same time.

But Izo was in a dilemma. Kikunosuke was left wide open and completely unprepared for him. He hoped that Izo could defeat him, which would be the best outcome for him. However, Izo couldn't bear to shoot his own brother.

Just because of Kikunosuke's appearance, the originally stalemate battle situation turned into a one-sided situation...

Chapter 522 Kaido's Departure

The appearance of Kikunosuke completely disrupted the situation on the battlefield. Originally, Izang had not gained any advantage in the battle with Drake, so naturally he began to lose ground under this circumstance.

He dodged a kick from Drake, but the iron tail that followed hit his shoulder, and the star-shaped tail flashed with metallic luster.

Its special shape made it act like a mace, and even with his domineering defense, the force of the iron tail still penetrated into his body. Judging from the feedback from his body, his shoulder blade was basically broken.

"It looks like you two know each other. This is very interesting."

According to her understanding of Kikunojo, Kikunojo has never left Wano Country, and Izo was wearing clothes similar to those of Wano Country. Since Kikunojo has never left Wano Country, the result is obvious.

Izo was born in Wano Country. Combined with Kozuki Oden's original itinerary, this person must have a certain connection with the Kozuki family.

However, this did not make Drake show mercy. She reached out to grab the opponent with her electric claws filled with lightning, but a flaming long sword blocked her attack. Fossa, who was originally fighting with Combi, appeared here.

Facing the Whitebeard captain, although Combi could delay him for a while, he had no way to stop him if Fossa wanted to leave.

Fossa also noticed something unusual here, so he quickly forced Kangbi to retreat and come over to support.

"Izo, what's wrong with you?"

Because Combi's strength was not enough to pose a threat to him, Fossa had observed Izo's fight in the previous battle, and it was normal at the beginning, but with the appearance of the masked man, everything about Izo became abnormal.

"That's my brother..."

"What?! I get it. You deal with that woman and I'll deal with your brother."

"No, it's not what you think....Have you forgotten my country..."

Fossa originally thought that Izo was unable to take action only because of his younger brother. This was not uncommon. It was not uncommon for one brother to join the navy while the other became a pirate.

So Fossa thought that the matter could be solved by just exchanging opponents, but Izo thought it was far from that simple.

It was Whitebeard's ship that accidentally landed in Wano Country after encountering a shipwreck. It was also at that time that Izou followed Kozuki Oden onto Whitebeard's ship.

Although Fossa is also a veteran of the Whitebeard Pirates, he had never had contact with Kikunojo at that time and did not know Kikunojo's situation.

Although Kozuki Oden did not return to the Whitebeard Pirates, they just thought that Kozuki Oden had gone back to be the general. As a retainer of the Kozuki family, Kikunosuke would never abandon the Kozuki family and join other forces.

Unless it was Kozuki Oden who took the lead in doing so, but if Kozuki Oden continued to go out to sea, he would definitely choose to return to the Whitebeard Pirates. This situation only means one thing, something happened in Wano Country.

Moreover, in the underground market of the New World, a large number of seastone products and weapons are sold under the name of Baishou, and Wano Country is the most known origin of seastone. After Izo's mind was filled with this information, a bit of haze appeared in his heart.

This made it impossible for him to calm down and fight.

"You mean Oden..."

"No, Lord Oden is so strong, nothing can happen to him... Let's retreat first. This island is no longer important. We have to bring the news here back to tell Dad."

There is no point in fighting to the death here. Intelligence is the most important thing for them in the next stage. If Oden is fine, it means that their speculations are wrong, and they can just attack here again.

But if something really happened to Oden, considering Kozuki Oden's strength, this would no longer be something they could handle.

Izo and Fossa reached a consensus on this, and following their orders, the members of the Whitebeard Pirates who had just arrived here also began to retreat.

Drake was not a God-given person who was good at retaining people, and she had no way to crush the two captains, and she was helpless when they chose to retreat.

Although she tried to give chase, she chose to give up when she got closer to Whitebeard's territory.

"Sister Drake, we..."

"Retreat. Abandon this island temporarily and withdraw to our territory. This is a bit unexpected."

She could roughly guess why Izo chose to retreat. The level of someone involved with Whitebeard was not something she could handle. In this case, only the tall man could take on the task.

When the ship returned, Derek also called Jin.

"Hey, Brother Jin, something happened here."

"Hmm? Do they take this island seriously?"

"No, Brother Jin, this is not the main problem. Among the people sent by Whitebeard this time is Izo. He seems to have an unusual relationship with Kikunosuke. He may have some speculation about the affairs of Wano Country. I think this matter should be reported to Lord Kaido."

"...I understand. Bring the people back first."

"Yes."

Although the exposure of this matter was related to Kikunosuke to a certain extent, he did not care about it at all. After all, some things could not be kept secret forever. The news that the beasts used Wano Country as their base camp was no secret, and many people in the World Government knew about it.

Whitebeard just doesn't know it for the time being. If he really wants to find out, he can still guess it, and now it's not just a few years ago.

After hanging up the phone, he took a few running steps and flew to Onigashima. Some things could not be explained clearly over the phone. He wanted to discuss the situation here with Kaido and Arceus in person.

........

"That is to say, Whitebeard already knows what's going on here, is that right?"

Kaido threw Yamato in his hand aside. This was his daily training routine, and it was also something that Yamato despaired of. For some reason, the stronger she became, the less human Kaido became.

“It’s just speculation at this point, but it’s very likely.”

"very good...."

Arceus saw clearly that Kaido's mouth corners were rising, and facing the future, he was only excited.

"Unfortunately, it's still a little early, otherwise we could have launched a full-scale war."

As his own strength gradually grows, Kaido's vision becomes higher and higher. His enemy is no longer a certain pirate group, but the world government which owns the entire navy.

In addition to becoming the Pirate King, he also wants to overturn the existing order and establish his own new order.

He was not afraid of an all-out war with Whitebeard, but not now, as that would not be in his interest.

A full-scale confrontation between the two major pirate groups will break the existing balance in the New World. As a participant in the war, his interests will inevitably be damaged. Neither the World Government nor the cooperating Charlotte Linlin will sit idly by.

Then Kaido also began to transform. Not fighting a big enemy does not mean not fighting. He is not the type to take a beating on the spot.

Chapter 523 Kaido’s method of finding people

"what are you up to?"

Arceus asked Kaido as he began to transform.

"Go talk to that old fellow Whitebeard. Ugh, I want to see if his fists are still as powerful as they were back then. That guy is no fool. He will definitely come knocking on my door with this kind of information."

He would know whether Whitebeard had noticed it or not if he just tried.

But given Kaido's understanding of Whitebeard, he couldn't remain indifferent. Instead of waiting here, he might as well take the initiative to go to him.

Whitebeard's ability has too great an impact on the surroundings. If that guy were allowed to start a war in his own territory, all the years of construction would probably be wasted.

"Do you know where Whitebeard is?"

Unlike Whitebeard, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, Whitebeard generally does not have a fixed island to stay on, but lives on the Moby Dick. As Whitebeard's flagship, this ship has been sailing freely on the sea and will never stop.

"I don't know, but those pesky flies out there know, and they'll tell me."

As Kaido spoke, he had already flown towards the open sea. The flies he mentioned naturally referred to the navy's surveillance ships. If the Beasts and Whitebeard were to fight, this matter would not be hidden from anyone. In this case, he had no intention of hiding it.

There are people outside Wano Country monitoring him, and there are naturally naval surveillance personnel near Whitebeard. In order not to waste time, Kaido plans to ask these people.

At this time, Yamato also crawled out of the ruins on the roof of Onigashima, covered in dust.

"Godfather, did father go to pick a fight?"

"Probably, what's wrong?"

"I hope that guy is strong enough. It would be best if my father could fight for ten days or half a month, and then rest for a year or two because of the injury. This way he won't have time to torture me."

Yamato, who was often tortured and exhausted both physically and mentally, issued his own "blessing". As for Kaido's death in battle, Kaido has successfully used his inhuman means to make Yamato believe that this monster will never die.

At the same time, on the surveillance ships around Wano Country, the navy on board were reporting the situation to the Navy Headquarters as usual.

Although this position is dangerous, it is actually a job that relies on luck. Sometimes those big pirates will not make any big moves for two or three years, and they can live in peace with each other. As long as they report information regularly, they can get high subsidies.

After seeing Kaido's figure through the telescope on the ship, the people on the ship were not particularly nervous at first, and just recorded the information casually.

"Kaido has appeared, destination unknown...direction southeast."

As he said this, he drank a sip of tea like a retired veteran, but when he looked up again, the hand holding the teacup couldn't stop shaking. Kaido's huge figure was still in his field of vision, the difference was that this time he didn't see Kaido through the observation port of the telescope, but saw him with his naked eyes.

"Hello? Then, where did that guy go?"

"In front of me..."

"what?!"

"In front of me! Enemy attack!

Kaido has landed on the surveillance ship!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Boom!

A series of gunshots rang out, and someone even pushed a cannon over and fired a shot at Kaido's face. Judging from the speed of their reaction, the soldiers on the surveillance ship were indeed well-trained, but there was an essential gap between them.

The attacks from these weapons are like tickling to Kaido and have no effect at all.

"I'm not here to kill you. After all, you're much quieter than the last batch of idiots. Now tell me, where is that old fellow Whitebeard?"

Ignoring the navy beside him, Kaido found the man who looked like the commander on the surveillance ship and asked him about Whitebeard's location. They were the only ones who could keep track of the movements of the major pirates at all times.

The previous batch of surveillance ships were attacked by Kaido because they were too active. He was quite satisfied with these people now. In order to prevent the navy from sending a group of more disgusting guys after they were destroyed, he did not kill them this time.

The Navy had no intention of keeping Whitebeard's whereabouts secret, and soon revealed the information they had obtained from their colleagues who were monitoring Whitebeard.

It was not until Kaido left that they tremblingly picked up the Den Den Mushi and continued to report the situation.

"Big event, Kaido left Wano Country to look for Whitebeard, his motive is unknown..."

The Navy Headquarters, which received the news, became busy, including the World Government's CP0. Kaido already had an inexplicable connection with Charlotte Linlin, and Whitebeard was also a remnant of Rocks.

Although Rocks has disappeared for many years, these three people have also grown. If these three monsters really join forces, what will happen will be a disaster no less than that of the Rocks Pirate Group.

The World Government needs balance, and what they want is a turbulent new world. If these three people unite, they might really be able to integrate all the pirates in the new world, and that is not what they want to see.

Even if Kaido wants to go to war with Whitebeard, they have to think about how to deal with the follow-up.

......

Some time later, on board the Moby Dick.

Izang and Fosa returned and reported what they had seen and heard.

"You mean, your brother seemed to be coerced into joining the Beasts Pirates?"

"Yes, Dad, I think Lord Oden might..."