New World, Totto Land.
Ever since suffering that humiliating disgrace in the G-5 waters and paying that astronomical "afternoon tea compensation fee," the entire BIG MOM Pirates had been living under suffocating pressure.
No one dared speak loudly.
No one even dared walk normally; everyone tiptoed.
Because their ruler, Charlotte Linlin, was in a state of unprecedented, explosive instability.
She hadn't enjoyed a proper dessert for three days.
Not because she didn't want to, but because nothing tasted good.
Everything was dull, flavorless, like chewing wax.
Every time she closed her eyes, the same image surfaced:
Renzo yawning lazily and mumbling, "So noisy."
Those 30 seconds of absolute stillness, and the warning about Blackbeard's missing arm…
They had become her personal trauma.
"Ma~~~ mamamama…"
On the throne of the Whole Cake, Charlotte Linlin irritably flung a premium cream cake worth tens of millions of berries onto the floor, laughing without the slightest joy.
Just then, a terrified Homie came running in.
"Mama! Mama! Bad news!"
"Hm?" Linlin's bloodshot eyes shifted toward him.
"What are you panicking about?"
"It's… it's Kaido of the Beasts! His ship has entered our territorial waters!"
The moment he finished, a thunderous, alcohol-soaked laugh rolled in from outside the castle, echoing across the entire Cake Island.
"Wororororororo!!!"
"Linlin! I heard you made quite the big deal recently!"
BOOM!!
The massive castle wall exploded outward as a colossal figure barged straight through, carrying a gigantic kanabo in one hand and an even bigger sake gourd on his shoulder.
It was none other than the "Beast" Kaido!
His eyes immediately fell on the newspaper sitting on the table, the one whose headline had spread across the world:
"10.8 BILLION BERRIES."
"Wororororo!!"
Kaido jabbed a finger at the newspaper, laughing so loudly the floor trembled.
"Ten point eight billion?! For a single afternoon tea?! Linlin, you're really growing generous these days! That's the funniest thing I've heard in decades! Wororororo!!"
The Sweet Commanders, Katakuri, Smoothie, and Cracker, turned pale with rage but did not dare speak.
Charlotte Linlin's face, however… had gone pitch-black.
Veins bulged wildly on her forehead.
Her fear and hatred for Renzo had been festering inside her, with nowhere to release snd now, Kaido, had come to tear open her fresh wound… and sprinkle salt into it.
All that suppressed fury found an outlet.
"Kai… do…!!!"
She shot up from her throne.
Her massive figure cast an oppressive shadow.
The entire castle vibrated with her rage.
"You bastard… you came here just to laugh at me!?"
"Laugh at you?"
Kaido took another huge gulp of sake, belched, and spoke drunkenly: "I'm just curious, what kind of Marine could make you, the greediest hag alive, cough up that much money willingly? Is that brat… really that strong?"
He was laughing, but his eyes carried genuine curiosity.
Anyone who could push Charlotte Linlin this far was worth paying attention to.
But his words pierced directly into her most sensitive wound.
She couldn't deny it, because that man really was that strong.
And she definitely couldn't admit it, because admitting it meant admitting fear.
And for a Yonko, that shame was worse than death.
So she chose the most direct, most Linlin-like method.
"Ma!!! Mamamamama!!!"
"You want to know how strong he is!?"
Her hair rose into the air like flames.
Prometheus and Zeus appeared at her sides in an instant.
"Then I'll show YOU my strength first, Kaido!!!"
She channeled lightning and fire into Napoleon, forming a massive flaming, electrified greatsword.
"You drunken bastard! Today I'll show you, my wrath!!!"
Her true thoughts were:
'I may not be able to beat that lazy idiot Renzo… but you? You stupid drunkard? I'll crush you today!'
'All that frustration from G-5? I'm unloading ALL of it on you!!'
"Wororororo! Now THAT'S more like it!"
The moment Linlin attacked, Kaido's expression turned from drunken to ecstatic. His battle spirit burned bright.
"That's the spirit of a Yonko! Come, Linlin! Let's 'exchange pleasantries'!"
He raised his kanabo, Hassaikai, now engulfed in swirling armor haki and crackling conqueror's haki.
"Ikoku Sovereignity!!"
"Thunder Bagua!!"
A flaming sword and a thunderous kanabo, two monarchs of the New World unleashed their might inside the tiny Cake Palace.
BOOOOOOM!!!
A terrifying shockwave erupted, black-red lightning ripping open the air.
The entire castle collapsed like paper in an instant.
Even the sky split apart under the clash of their conqueror's haki.
Above the ruins, their blows collided like a primordial explosion, unleashing a storm fierce enough to tear the heavens.
Black-red lightning spread like a physical shockwave, blasting away buildings, the candy forest, juice rivers,
In the blink of an eye, the sweet kingdom Charlotte Linlin spent decades building was reduced to rubble.
"Evacuate the civilians, now!"
"Protect the Queen Mama Chanter!"
Katakuri, Perospero, and the others shouted commands, shielding their family members from the overwhelming shockwaves.
Meanwhile, the head of the Three Calamities, King, hovered calmly in the air, wings spread to block most of the blast for the Beast Pirates.
He sighed quietly.
Whenever Kaido wore that ecstatic, battle-drunk expression… things could no longer be resolved peacefully.
"Mamamamama!! Kaido! You bastard, you're still as durable as ever!"
Linlin's fury didn't cool, it only burned hotter.
She turned every scrap of humiliation, fear, and resentment from Renzo into pure destruction, unleashing it all upon the dragon before her.
"Wororororo!! And you haven't changed either! Once you go crazy, you forget everything else!"
Kaido roared with laughter.
His drunkenness had been completely drowned by his rising battle spirit.
He had come to pick a fight, and this was exactly what he wanted.
"This place is too cramped! Let's move!"
With a thunderous shout, Linlin soared into the sky riding Hera, becoming a blazing meteor of thunder and fire streaking toward the horizon.
She couldn't keep fighting inside Totto Land, or she'd destroy her entire territory.
"Wororororo!! Fine by me!"
Kaido let out a dragon's roar as his body expanded, transforming into a massive azure dragon thousands of meters long.
With a single sweep of his tail, he produced a storm that swallowed the island, and then he shot after her.
Two Yonko, like twin world-ending meteors, tore across the sky, carving long-lasting scars across the New World.
Their destination: a nameless, uninhabited island nearby.
Once lush with forests, mountains, and rare wildlife…
The moment the two emperors landed, its doomsday had arrived.
.....
If you enjoy the story, my p@treon is 30 chapters ahead.
[email protected]/DaoistJinzu