New World, Whitebeard's Territory, Sphinx.
CRASH!
A sake bottle smashed against a rock. Vice Commander of the Dressrosa Royal Army, Taigu, and the others standing before Whitebeard nearly wet their pants. Though they had often heard news of Whitebeard, this first encounter made them keenly feel the intimidating presence of the world's greatest pirate.
"Gurarararara…"
Half of the golden hair under his pirate hat had turned white. Whitebeard let out a burp, his eyes half-closed as he said with disdain, "Go back and tell that brat Alucard this! I don't know what he wants from me, but whether it's a fight or a chat, if he wants it, tell him to come here himself!"
Afterward, Whitebeard glanced at the group from the Dressrosa Royal Army in front of him. With a sigh that sounded more like a threat, he said, "What's this? Wanna stay here and have a drink? That's fine too!"
"No, no thanks! We'll be going now!"
Taigu and the fifty soldiers behind him were so terrified they were about to piss themselves. Hearing Whitebeard, they had no guts to stay and drink. They just wanted to get out of there as fast as they could!
Once Taigu and his men had left on their ship, Marco walked over and asked, "Pops, that guy is gathering the four top pirates of the New World. Maybe it's really something important. Are you seriously not going to get involved?"
"Gurarararara!"
Whitebeard threw his head back and laughed loudly. "Who cares? Let him come to me! When Roger and Shiki were around, I wasn't afraid in the slightest. What's an alliance with those insignificant half-pints to me!"
Then, Whitebeard chugged the bottle of sake, which was at least ten liters, and roared his catchphrase, "I am… Whitebeard!!"
"That's our Pops!"
"I'll follow Pops forever!"
"Who cares about the three monsters? They can't even be compared to Pops!"
The surrounding Whitebeard Pirates and their affiliates cheered. In a slightly distant corner, the future Blackbeard, Teach, gnawed on a cherry pie, his uneven teeth exposed in a grin. He spoke in a voice only he could hear, "Zehahaha… Marco, Jozu, you're too dependent on Pops. A true pirate isn't like that…"
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New World, Big Mom Pirates' Territory, Sugar Island.
"Kukukuku~ Is that so, perorin? A representative of one of the three monsters, Alucard, is requesting to see Mama? I see, perorin. Then why didn't you say so sooner? You made us think you were just a normal ship and we almost killed you all."
On the dock, Perospero, the eldest son of the Charlotte Family, said with a smirk. The ones he led onto Sugar Island were soldiers of the Dressrosa Royal Army, with Kyros at the front.
As soon as they had entered the Big Mom Pirates' territory, they were attacked. Nearly two hundred men were instantly wiped out, leaving fewer than fifty. If Kyros hadn't finally used Alucard's name, the Dressrosa army would have been completely annihilated in less than five minutes.
Kyros could only endure Perospero's insincere apology. There was nothing else he could do; the difference in strength was too vast.
He finally understood that his title of "the strongest swordsman with 3000 consecutive victories" was worthless in front of these people.
BOOM!!
Just then, a huge tremor and the screams of citizens came from the city on Sugar Island.
"Huh? What's going on?"
Perospero licked his lollipop and asked a subordinate who was running from the city gate.
"Mama is having a rampage again! Run!" The man said, his face filled with terror.
Perospero sighed and scratched his head, telling Kyros, "Well, these things happen sometimes. Let's just wait for a bit."
"…"
Kyros was drenched in a cold sweat, but he could only follow Perospero's words.
He knew that the other party was being polite to him because he had invoked Alucard's name. Without that layer of protection, he could be killed at any second.
More than half an hour later, Kyros and the others finally met Charlotte Linlin in the tattered city of Sugar.
"Mamamamama… The Immortal, who's been missing for half a year, wants the three monsters and Whitebeard to gather? That's hilarious!"
Charlotte Linlin laughed twice. Under Kyros's extremely tense gaze, she suddenly asked, "By the way, Dressrosa... do you have any delicious sweets?"
"Uh…"
Kyros choked up for a moment, suddenly remembering what Perospero had reminded him of earlier: "If Mama asks anything about sweets, just agree with her completely."
Thinking of this, Kyros nodded frantically. "Yes! Of course, no problem!"
"Good. He's certainly worthy of making me travel. I want to see what he has to say, but tell him to prepare some delicious sweets, okay…"
Charlotte Linlin's body shook as she laughed, like a witch from a fairy tale.
'I should probably use the Den Den Mushi to let King Riku know to prepare something…' Kyros thought to himself.
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New World, Kaido's Territory, Bannila Island
Looking at the corpses of the soldiers dressed like gladiators, Kaido's top fighter, Jack, swallowed hard. He turned to look at Kaido, whose kanabo was stained with blood. "B-Boss, isn't killing them a bit too much? I mean… they're special envoys from that Alucard guy. If you kill them…"
Jack himself was reckless and fearless, but he wasn't an idiot. He knew how dangerous Alucard was, and they shouldn't just kill his men willy-nilly.
"Don't give me that bullshit!!"
Kaido swung his kanabo, shattering a distant mountain. The sight made the Beasts Pirates' hearts race.
"I've been waiting to get my revenge on him ever since he threw me into Marineford half a year ago! In Dressrosa, right? I'm gonna go kill him!"
With that, Kaido ignored everyone else and strode to the shore. He didn't even wait for his crew and started swimming over.
"Hey! Wait! Boss Kaido!"
"If you're gonna go, at least take a ship!"
Led by Jack, a large number of the Beasts Pirates quickly boarded their ship to catch up.
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