Everyone turned toward the door when the sound came and saw Luffy quickly duck inside. A long string of drool still hung from the corner of his mouth. The moment he saw the empty table, his face dropped.
"What the heck, there is nothing left!"
Ace stepped forward and smacked him on the head. "You brat, all you think about is eating. You already ate half of our supplies on this journey."
Luffy sat on the ground, covering the bump on his head and complaining, "Hey, you did not eat any less than me."
Ace's face flushed and he punched him again. "Not only do you refuse to admit your mistake, you are even slandering your own brother. You deserve that."
Another bump instantly appeared on Luffy's head.
Luffy glared at Ace and then at Rolan with a resentful expression. "Sanji is still the best. No matter what I want to eat, he always makes it for me."
Rolan watched the two of them arguing and felt as if everything had gone back to the past. In the original story, Ace was cold on the outside but warm inside, serious most of the time and rarely joking around. Luffy was cheerful and carefree, but he also had a sharp side when it mattered.
Now the two of them were acting like spoiled young masters.
Rolan shook his head. "You two are exactly the same."
Luffy immediately protested. "Hey, Rolan, Ace is slandering me."
Ace grabbed Luffy's cheeks and stretched his face. "Where did I slander you?"
Luffy pushed two fingers straight into Ace's nostrils. "Do you not know how to give way to your younger brother?"
The two instantly started wrestling on the ground.
Bang.
As Luffy pulled his hand back, a punch accidentally landed straight on Rolan's left eye.
Rolan stepped forward and punched each of them once. "Fight if you want, but do not drag me into it."
Robin could not help but laugh when she saw the three of them like this.
With their current strength, the three of them could almost run wild across the pirate world. Especially Rolan, who already stood at the very top. Yet in private, they still acted like this.
Hancock's eyes sparkled as she watched him. In her heart she could not help thinking that even when he was playing around with his crew, he still looked unbelievably charming.
O Tama quietly murmured, "Big Brother..."
Rolan stood up and brushed the dust off his clothes, then looked at the two brothers still fighting on the floor. "Enough. Do not forget why we came here in the first place."
The two finally stopped.
...
Wano Country, Onigashima.
A guard rushed toward the cave where Kaido lived, almost stumbling several times on the way.
"Lord Kaido, something terrible has happened."
Gulp. Gulp.
"What is it? Why are you panicking like this?"
Kaido's deep voice came from inside the cave, filled with clear impatience.
The guard swallowed and forced himself to speak. "The Big Mom Pirates have been destroyed. Charlotte Linlin has fallen."
Crash.
The sound of a wine jar shattering came from inside the cave.
"What did you say?"
A terrifying aura exploded from the cave at the same time. The sky above Onigashima seemed to tear apart as the pressure surged upward. Thunder appeared out of nowhere and struck down again and again.
The guard in front of the cave could not withstand the pressure and immediately collapsed to the ground.
"Lord Kaido..."
The aura slowly disappeared. Kaido stepped out of the cave and stared at him coldly. "Say that again."
The guard knelt down with his head lowered. "Just now Perospero contacted us. Totto Land was attacked by Rolan's crew and has already been destroyed. Charlotte Linlin also fell in that battle."
At that moment, King, Queen, and the others also arrived. Their expressions were extremely gloomy. Clearly, they had already heard the news.
Kaido frowned. "Was it Rolan himself?"
King shook his head. "No. According to Perospero, only five members of the Ion Tempest went to Totto Land. Rolan was not there."
Kaido paused. "Only five people?"
King nodded. "Yes. Kuro, Crocodile, Enel, Law, and that man in purple who appeared last time."
Kaido's expression became serious.
After Charlotte Linlin awakened the power of her Soul Soul Fruit, her strength was already on the same level as his. Even if Rolan had personally made a move, it should not have been so easy to defeat her. And Charlotte Linlin was not the kind of person who would fall without a fight.
Queen spoke in a low voice. "They must have used some dirty trick."
Jack immediately nodded in agreement.
Only King shook his head. "The real problem is that Wano has been cut off from outside information. None of you know what happened at Marineford."
Everyone immediately looked at him.
King continued slowly, "During the Marineford War, Kuro alone held back Fleet Admiral Sengoku, and his strength was even slightly higher."
Jack snorted. "Sengoku is just an old man who should have been eliminated long ago."
King interrupted him. "You are wrong. From the live broadcast of the Marineford War, Sengoku's strength had not declined much. Sengoku, Garp, and Whitebeard were monsters from the same era as Roger. Their strength was on the same level."
He paused before continuing.
"If Kuro was slightly stronger than Sengoku, then his strength has already reached the level of an Emperor."
Jack and Queen still looked doubtful, but Kaido's brows tightened further.
King continued, "And that man in purple also went to Totto Land this time. From the strength he showed last time, he was already no weaker than Charlotte Linlin. Add Crocodile, Enel, and the Surgeon of Death, Law. Every one of them has strength close to an Admiral."
He took a deep breath.
"With only five people, even the Beasts Pirates would struggle against them. Rolan sending those five to destroy the Big Mom Pirates is clearly revenge for the attack on Peach Garden. I believe it will not be long before they sail their ship straight toward Wano."
After hearing that, Queen and Jack finally fell silent.
A moment later, Kaido slammed his club onto the ground. The entire island shook violently.
"Worororo. I am Kaido of the Beasts. Do you really think I would be afraid of him?"