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

Chapter 290 Dragon and Snake
"【Flying Six】?"

Upon hearing this strange title, many cadres, including Taolong, were somewhat bewildered.

The term "signboard" is still occasionally heard in some pubs and theaters. As the name suggests, it refers to the drinks or actors displayed as signs in a store.

But this "Flying Six"... is truly unheard of.

However, ignoring everyone's thoughts, Ossie continued to recount the information she knew:
"Not only that, besides selecting six of you to serve as what's called the 'Flying Six,' the rest of you will no longer be called island-based cadres, but instead... what's it called? 'Real Fighters'?"

【Real Fight】...another word I've never heard of before.

Everyone began to wonder where Kaido had heard these titles from. As if he could read minds, Osei then revealed the origin of these unfamiliar words.

"I heard that these strange and unusual names were come up by Kaido after he went to Wano Country and watched a few shows with that so-called 'Shogun'."

That's right...

Surprisingly, Kaido, who seemed to have no connection with art, was quite interested in the Kabuki performances arranged by Wano Country. He memorized the names of the characters after watching just a few shows.

Among these, he was particularly fond of a scene adapted from an ancient legend of Wano Country—the scene of 'Sword God' Ryuma slaying a dragon... I wonder if he made some connection to it.

However, Osei was clearly not interested in that Kabuki performance, and felt that Kaido was just putting an elephant in a refrigerator—a forced performance.

"Well, that roughneck of a man has really gotten sophisticated on this trip abroad, using all sorts of fancy words now."

"A toad wearing glasses... trying to look like a college student!"

Faced with Osei's unwavering complaints, all the executives on the other end of the Den Den Mushi could do was remain silent...

……

However strange the name may be, this reorganization of the Beasts can be considered a move in line with the times.

Over the years, as the pirate crew's reputation on the high seas has grown, pirates from all over the world and 'Paradise' have been coming to join them almost every day.

Kaido's attitude towards this was simply to accept it all!
This also led to the number of pirate crew members increasing by an order of magnitude in just a few years.

During this time, Wright also made several suggestions, saying that in order to ensure the fighting strength of the pirate crew and reduce the financial burden on the affiliated islands, even if the Beasts did not take the route of absolute elites, they should at least not stuff any mediocre people into the crew.

Kaido initially didn't take this seriously... Of course, a battle is more exciting and enjoyable with more people!
However, after witnessing the astonishingly low casualty ratio of the newly recruited rabble in several small-scale conflicts with other pirate crews, he obediently handed over the vetting of new recruits to the internal affairs department, which was under Wright's command.

Although the requirements for subsequent reviews were much higher, there were still just too many people being interviewed.

While most of these people were just ordinary pirates, whose strength was negligible, there were also quite a few who were reasonably strong.

Although Wright harbored a selfish desire to recruit more literate talents, he couldn't simply ignore those with great abilities; he still had to recruit them.

And so they kept recruiting, and over time, Fenrir's New Year Ranking Tournament became more and more intense each year, almost turning from the Cell Games into the Tournament of Power.

Pirates with various unique skills fought each other, creating a spectacular battle filled with lightning and flames. Just building the arena alone would cost a fortune.

After all, there are too many monks and not enough porridge. There are only a few islands in the territory of the Beasts, and the surrounding areas are all the territory of other great pirates, so it is not easy to forcibly seize them in a short time...

Therefore, after Kaido met with King and the others, he decided to take advantage of this opportunity to reorganize the pirate crew once again during their stay in Wano Country.

Select the most outstanding officers from those originally stationed on the islands, promote them one level up to form the "Flying Six," and then have them vacate their bases for pirates who are strong enough but have no islands to share.

To put it bluntly, it means promoting a group of outstanding local officials to become officials in the capital, and then letting those who came after them fill the vacancies.

……

"The number of [real fights] is not yet fixed, but everyone here should be able to get one."

Hearing Ossie say this, everyone who wasn't present breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially the bottom-ranking executive who followed Tōrō in speaking; at this moment, the two little eyes of his Den Den Mushi had visibly drooped.

"Well, don't get too excited yet."

"What?" The heart that had just settled down at the bottom of the ladder immediately jumped again.

"Boss Kaido said that once the division into the [Big Six], [Flying Six], and [True Fighters] is established, it will not be changed easily."

"What do you mean?"

"It means that you can no longer challenge opponents of higher levels as freely as you did before."

"Besides the fact that the ranking can be switched between the [True Fighters] and ordinary members, if a [True Fighter] wants to challenge the [Flying Six] or if the [Flying Six] wants to challenge the [Big Six], they need to obtain the 'qualification' granted by Kaido himself."

This can be considered one of the steps the pirate crew is taking towards becoming more formalized. Fixing the selection of decision-makers and key personnel is also beneficial to the long-term development of the organization.

"this--!"

Compared to the others who were content with the status quo, Tao Long, who had just been comforting himself, was now quite unsettled.

He had set his sights on becoming the "Big Board," thinking that, as before, once he had the strength, he could simply bring down the people above him. But now...

The Den Den Mushi's head drooped down.
"Well, you don't need to worry too much, Taolong."

"Ok?"

"The capable occupy lower positions while the incompetent occupy higher ones. Boss Kaido has never tolerated this kind of thing."

"You still have a great chance!"

"..."

"Eh……"

Hearing Ossi's words of comfort, and having learned that he was temporarily out of luck with becoming the "Big Signboard," Taolong stopped worrying about it.

From the day he became a cadre, he resolved not to waste his own time, but to only engage others... This was a phrase he heard from the other party.

"By the way, has Boss Kaido already been to Wano Country?"

Composing himself, Tao Long suddenly asked about Kaido.

"Yeah~ They said they were supposed to meet with that [General] first, but King and the others were only notified after Kaido returned."

"Well, I wonder what kind of beauty she is, and how much she suits Kaido's taste. Anyway, that minotaur was so happy when he came back that he practically blew snot out of his nose..."

Ossie pouted and complained.

Kaido's meeting with the newly appointed shogun of Wano Country, Kurozumi, was actually a test; he wanted to see what kind of person the other party really was.

As for the results of the test, if the other party wasn't exactly cunning, they were at least incredibly foolish and stupid.

Overall, both sides were very satisfied with the meeting.

The shogun of Wano Country coveted Kaido's martial prowess, while Kaido was drawn to the shogun's foolishness and the land of Wano Country; the two sides were a perfect match.

The Wano Country general, whose face was bigger than his body, showed his 'goodwill' almost the instant he saw Kaido.

The other party not only arranged the highest level of hospitality, but also said, "As long as you help him eliminate those samurai who intend to rebel and those daimyo who do not submit to him, then almost all the lands of Wano Country, except for the capital—the Flower Capital—can be ravaged by beasts at will."

Moreover, the general's words implied that the beasts could enslave and exploit the people of Wano Country at will, and Kaido even felt that the other party was expecting him to do so.

Kaido felt that the man named Kurozumi Orochi was more like an enemy of Wano Country than the shogun, someone who used the power of the beasts to seek revenge.

But none of this matters.

Since the other party is practically shoving meat into the throats of the beasts, then they can't blame Kai for being rude...

One empty input! Start!
Almost at the same time as Fenrir returned, an advance team led by King immediately set off, heading towards Wano Country via the secret passage provided by the enemy.

(End of this chapter)