Pirate: It’s not a phantom beast, it’s a phantom god!

Chapter 146 The Strongest Man
"By the way, why haven't Ossi and the others arrived yet? Didn't they agree to be back today?"

On Fenrir Island, in a small room next to the warehouse, Burfat was walking around the table, glancing at the Den Den Mushi on the table from time to time.

After learning that Ossi and his companions were preparing to return, he gave up his plan to go out again.

During this time, he would have to go for a stroll at the dock every now and then, and the rest of the time he would stay in this small room with La, waiting for the other's call.

"It's only morning now, they're not that fast."

Compared to Burfat's distracted mind, La was leaning back in his chair leisurely, looking down at a recipe in his hand.

This was brought to her by Dirk, who had returned to the island to report on his work a few days ago. It contained all the dishes he had seen in the past few decades.

Although there were many steps in it that he himself did not know the specifics, Old Cook believed that it would not be difficult to restore Ira's talent.

"Pah~Pah——"

"Hey! Where are you guys now?"

The Den Den Mushi on the table suddenly rang, and Burfat picked up the call at lightning speed.

"Where are you? It's me!"

A familiar voice came from the Den Den Mushi, and the little snail's face became ferocious.

"Oh, it's Boss Kaido."

The fishman's anxious tone suddenly dropped, and then became indifferent.

"What's the matter, Burfat? Why do you seem quite disappointed?"

"No no."

"Boss Kaido, where have you been recently? When will you be back?"

"Don't worry about that for now. Hurry and bring me a few barrels of the best 'Snow Wolf Wine' on the island, and send them to Piccolo Island by speedboat."

"And remember not to let that brat find out!"

"..."

Burfat glanced at La who was sitting opposite him.

After hearing what Kaido said, La closed the book and looked at Burfat in front of him with an expressionless face.

"Uh...haha, don't worry! Boss Kaido, I won't tell La."

[But since she heard it herself, she can’t blame me… What the hell, Kaido Boss.]
"That's good, remember to hurry up!"

"Gulala! A few buckets won't be enough! My sons must all have a taste!"

The Den Den Mushi suddenly let out a rather heroic laugh, and at the same time the little snail grew a white crescent-shaped beard.

"Hey! Newgate, don't push me over the edge!"

[Snow Wolf Wine] As a specialty of Fenrir Island, its reputation in the New World is not well-known, but it can be said to be little known.

It’s not that the Snow Wolf Wine tastes bad. In fact, it’s because its taste is so clear and mellow that almost everyone who has tasted it praises it.

However, due to the scarcity of raw materials and the complexity of the brewing process, the annual output is only a dozen barrels.

This amount is not enough for the pirate group to consume internally, let alone for foreign trade.

Even John, the original owner of the island, who valued money very much, was reluctant to sell it to others and basically kept it for himself.

Fenrir's current stock is only ten barrels, and it was brewed just this year.

For example, when Kaido held a banquet before, he only took out two buckets after searching around.

"Gulala! Listen up! If you want to redeem your captain, bring twenty barrels of your best wine!"

"Newgate, you..."

"beep--"

The Den Den Mushi was forcibly hung up.

"Forehead……"

Burfat had some sweat on his forehead. Things sounded a little complicated, and he didn't know what to do now.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

It was La who spoke first and gave him the lead.

"Listen, listen to the other party's tone, it seems that Boss Kaido is in his hands now."

"Who?"

"Whitebeard—Edward Newgate." ...

Pico Island is an uninhabited island located within the territorial waters of the Whitebeard Pirates.

The island is not large in area, but it has a peculiarly shaped circular mountain, making the entire island look like a natural circular arena.

At this moment, Kaido was like a defeated gladiator, lying in the center of this "arena" covered in blood, gasping for breath.

"Ahem! You are still as strong as a monster, Newgate."

"Humph! You little brat are no better than me."

The person who spoke was a huge man who was sitting on a rock not far from Kaido to rest, with a long naginata stuck beside him.

The man had unruly blond hair and a white beard that was like a crescent moon. He looked quite majestic and domineering.

Although he was simply sitting there, the blond man exuded an undeniable presence, as if the surrounding space was collapsing around him.

The opponent's condition at this time was obviously much better than Kaido's. At least he didn't appear to be injured, but his breathing was a little heavy.

There is no way. Even though his strength is one level weaker than the opponent, his natural racial advantage and the super recovery ability of the mythical beast species make Kaido almost invincible.

On the coast not far away, a group of young boys were clinging to the side of a huge white pirate ship and looking towards the island.

"Isn't this incredible? That guy with horns on his head was beaten by Dad for a whole day and night, but he's still alive."

"Marco, are all of you mythical beast users this resilient?"

A man with a pair of Western swords on his waist and a long braid sighed.

"I don't know, anyway, I definitely can't take two punches from Dad, hehe~"

"But if it was Joz, he could probably take a few punches."

"I won't fight Dad."

"Hmm? Looks like it's over over there. Thatch, go get a barrel of wine from the kitchen and I'll take it to Dad."

"Huh? But we only have one bucket left."

……

"Tell me! What on earth do you want to see me about?"

Taking the wine barrel handed over by his sons, the man named Edward Newgate opened the lid and started drinking from the barrel.

The normal-sized barrel fits like a perfectly sized wine glass in his hand.

"Wooo-ha-ha-ha! Cough, cough!"

"There's no reason. I just happened to meet you, so I thought of coming down to fight you."

This is the truth. Kaido has not experienced any intense battles since his last battle with Silver Axe.

Although he looked for Ra many times during this period, Ra, who had no interest in fighting, completely ignored Kaido's intentions and just focused on carving her wood.

However, due to the lack of actual combat consolidation, Kaido's domineering aura that had just broken through the threshold also stagnated, which made him, a battle fanatic, unbearable.

Conqueror's Haki Entanglement - the best way to improve this top-notch combat skill is through life-or-death battles.

Generally speaking, people who can comprehend this technique have top-notch combat talent. They can achieve progress in just a few minutes in combat that would take several years or even more than ten years to achieve in daily training.

For example, Kaido, although he was beaten all the time during the battle with Whitebeard, his use of Conqueror's Haki Entanglement became more and more proficient, and he was about to step into the threshold of mastery.

"Just for fighting?"

"Hmph! You little brat, you're still the same as you were back then, you haven't improved at all."

Hearing the other party's answer, the blond man was obviously unhappy. After drinking the wine in his hand in one gulp, he patted his butt and stood up to leave.

"Marco, call the others, we're leaving."

"Oh, oh. Okay."

The blond boy with a head that looked like a pineapple took the empty bucket handed to him by the man, looked at the empty bucket and complained:
"Dad, please drink less."

"This is the fine wine specially sent up by the pirate group below. This is the last barrel left on our ship."

"Now we can't even have a party."

"Ah? The last bucket."

The man stopped when he heard that, turned to look at Kaido who was able to move again, and walked over again with the naginata in his hand.

(End of this chapter)