At the same time, the faces of the Tobi Roppo darkened with pure rage.
Black Maria lazily blew a smoke ring, but her stare was freezing cold. "How annoying... and here I thought I could finally get some proper rest today."
She stood up slowly, her massive body casting a long shadow, her flaming wheel weapon primed and ready for blood.
Sasaki laughed in a total fury. "Hahaha! Good! Very good! I was just itching for a real fight!" He violently drew his sword, the blade shining coldly as his battle spirit burned out of control.
The sibling duo, Page One and Ulti, were especially furious.
Ulti directly kicked a nearby wall into splinters, screaming at the top of her lungs.
"Are these bastards begging for death?! How dare they cause trouble in our territory?!"
Though Page One stayed quiet, his eyes were savage enough to look like he was ready to eat the enemy alive.
X Drake stood off to the side, his face totally serious, keeping his mouth shut.
His eyes swept across the burning chaos spreading through the Land of Wano, his mind secretly calculating his next move.
The entire Beasts Pirates crew, from the mighty Calamities all the way down to the lowest foot soldiers, were now burning with pure anger—how dare someone attack their home directly? This was not just an insult; it was a total declaration of war!
The counterattack had begun!
...
Meanwhile, Queen's eyes were locked onto Onigashima, which was now right in front of him.
He had originally been out handling his own plans, but he never expected to run into a massive invasion halfway back to base!
After shouting his orders, Queen did not dare waste another second.
He quickly picked up his pace, rushing wildly toward the skull-shaped island.
Before long, Queen arrived at the top of the Skull Dome on Onigashima.
His eyes were instantly drawn to Kaido, who was hovering high up in the air in his massive Dragon form. Just ahead of Queen stood King. The right-hand man looked like a battle-ready demon, his eyes burning with fury as he stared out at the burning country, quietly waiting for the enemy to show themselves.
Queen did not dare slack off. He hurried over to stand next to King.
A short while later, Jack also rushed up to the roof. His face was twisted with pure anger as he glared at the thick black smoke rising from all over the mainland.
"The Whitebeard Pirates are truly begging to die, daring to cause trouble right in our own backyard!" Jack's fists squeezed together so tightly that his knuckles turned completely white.
King's eyes flashed with a chilling light that sent shivers down the spine. He lifted his head slightly, his stare deep and calculating.
"Using Kaido-sama's own power to attack Kaido-sama's territory—this is already a total fight to the death."
King's eyes swept over the sky like radar, carefully reading the battlefield before calmly stating.
"Only the division commanders have shown their faces so far. Whitebeard must be hiding somewhere close by, secretly watching everything. And that vice-captain, Ron, must also be hiding in the shadows like a poisonous snake, just waiting to deliver a deadly strike."
Queen nodded heavily, completely agreeing with King's breakdown of the situation.
He carefully scanned the sky, his eyes on high alert, and whispered, "That is right. Those bastards love ambushes more than anything."
But right then, he suddenly noticed something very wrong—Who's-Who, the incredibly fast new "Light Calamity," was nowhere to be seen!
"Huh? What is going on here?" Queen's chubby face instantly scrunched up like a crumpled ball of dough, filled with total confusion and annoyance.
His beady eyes darted around the roof, a flash of suspicion growing in his stare before he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Hey! Where the hell has that bastard Who's-Who run off to?! How dare he disappear at an important moment like this?! Does he not know what is happening right now? That good-for-nothing troublemaker!"
Just as Queen was boiling over with frustration, the Den Den Mushi in his pocket suddenly began ringing.
The loud "Bruru Bruru!" sounded totally out of place in the heavy, tense air of the roof.
Queen frowned, a flash of impatience in his eyes.
He roughly snatched up the receiver, but before he could even yell a question, the panicked, shaking voice of the Udon Prison Warden came through the speaker, packed with undeniable terror.
"Qu... Queen-sama! Terrible news! Something awful has happened! Who's-Who-sama suddenly charged into Udon Prison like an absolute madman—we could not stop him! Without saying a single word, he rushed straight down to where Kawamatsu was locked up and broke him out! We could not hold him back at all! He is like a hurricane right now, leaving total chaos wherever he goes! Sir, what should we do? Should we chase him? If he escapes with Kawamatsu, the fallout will be a total disaster!"
"Hah—?!!" Queen's furious roar exploded like thunder, nearly blowing out the poor Den Den Mushi's eardrums.
The fat on his face shook wildly from pure rage, his teeth grinding so hard they made a loud scraping sound.
"What did you just say?! That bastard Who's-Who... actually dared to break into my Udon Prison and steal Kawamatsu?! Is he trying to pick a fight with the gods?! Has he forgotten his place?!"
Queen's voice grew louder and louder, his screams echoing all the way through the speaker into Udon Prison.
He gripped the receiver tightly, veins popping out on his forehead as his mind raced through a million different possibilities, his thoughts spinning out of control.
Had Who's-Who betrayed them?
Or... was that not the real Who's-Who at all?
No, thinking about it carefully, that bastard must have betrayed them! Ever since he got his hands on that Glint-Glint Fruit, he had completely turned his back on the crew!
Queen had already pieced together the exact moment the new Light Calamity decided to turn traitor...
"Useless! A bunch of completely worthless trash!" Queen roared furiously, his voice turning rough from screaming so hard.
"Go after them! Lock down all the exits right now! You cannot let them escape the Land of Wano!!"
Queen screamed like a madman, waving his free arm wildly in the air.
After slamming the receiver down, his chest moved up and down heavily, panting like a broken machine.
"Interesting... how very interesting!" Queen's voice dropped into a low, rough growl, carrying a deadly chill.
"It seems today we will not only crush outside enemies, but we are going to clean house, too!"
As he spoke, his eyes showed pure cruelty and determination.
He had already decided to make the traitor pay a painfully slow price.
He slowly turned his head, his burning stare locking onto King and Jack.
He looked at them like a judge about to hand down a death sentence. "Hey! We have a traitor! That bastard Who's-Who just broke Kawamatsu out of prison."
"What? At a time like this, he actually pulled a stunt like that?!" Jack yelled, his face full of total disbelief.
"..."
King stayed completely silent, but the temperature around them instantly dropped to freezing!
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