One Piece: Rayquaza of the Beasts Pirates

Teach quickly scratched the back of his head, and that familiar, harmless, and honest smile immediately returned to his face. "Maybe the sea breeze was a bit strong just now?"

At the Beasts Pirates' temporary camp, the hustle and bustle after the war was gradually replaced by another kind of busyness.

The culinary team set up a huge barbecue grill, with roaring flames sizzling over large chunks of meat. The sizzling sound of dripping fat filled the air, and the rich aroma of meat greatly comforted the pirates who had survived the ordeal.

After a fierce battle, what the pirates need most right now is wine and meat.

Kane, Yamato, and other core executives sat around the largest grill.

The freshly grilled, steaming hot chops were handed over, and in the next second they were devoured, turning into nutrients to nourish their tired bodies.

"Boss Kaido, we've suffered quite a loss this time."

Quinn frowned as he received the initial casualty report.

Of the eight thousand pirates, over a thousand died in the battle, more than a dozen of the pillars died, twenty-three of the fifty wild beasts died, and even two of the tough-skinned Barbarians were killed.

Judging from the data alone, the casualties were undeniably heavy.

The only saving grace was that none of the key officers died, thus preserving the core fighting force of the Beasts Pirates.

The remaining casualties can be replenished at any time.

Kaido listened to the report while gulping down his drink in silence, his face grim.

Clearly, he was not in a good mood because the battle had been interrupted.

Just as the Beasts Pirates were resting, in the distant seas, the retreating naval fleet was also conducting an emergency assessment of this sudden battle.

Inside the captain's cabin of the naval flagship, a small high-level meeting is being held.

Sengoku, Aokiji, Garp, and Tsuru from the Den Den Mushi participated in this analysis.

"...That is roughly how the entire war unfolded and what the outcome was."

After briefly summarizing, Zhan Guo said in a deep voice, "Everyone, please share your opinions."

"Overall, the Red-Haired Pirates suffered greater losses."

Aokiji spoke first, leaning back in his chair, his tone calm and analytical, "But strictly speaking, it's not exactly a crippling blow. After all, their core—Red-Haired Shanks himself—is still around."

The three from the Warring States period all nodded silently.

On this vast ocean, the individual power of the strongest can often surpass that of the collective.

As long as the captain doesn't get into trouble, even if the pirate crew becomes a lone commander, it can't be said that they are without danger.

“I think we need to focus on another person.”

Aokiji abruptly changed the subject, sat up straight, and pressed his two fingers together heavily on a wanted poster laid out on the table.

All eyes immediately turned to them.

The wanted poster shows a man looking slightly disheveled, but with an undisguised smile on his face.

"Cairne the Cataclysm..."

After a few seconds of silence, Tsuru on the other end of the Den Den Mushi slowly spoke: "About three years ago, he appeared out of nowhere in the Beasts Pirates and rose to prominence at an astonishing speed, directly becoming one of the top executives."

"In his debut match, he easily defeated three powerful executives of the Charlotte family: Owen, Daifuku, and Snag, directly turning the tide of the battle."

"Back then, he was a pirate who could be suppressed and defeated by Borsalino. But just three years later, he was able to defeat Ben Beckman head-on, the man who was hailed as being on par with Shanks. Shanks' strength is something we have all witnessed."

"Without the intervention of our Navy, the Whitebeard Pirates, and the Charlotte Family, Kane, who would have been free to deal with the situation, would have completely changed the course of the battle."

"Kane's strength has improved too quickly. Kuzan is right, we must pay more attention to him!"

He paused, then added an even more unsettling fact: "Moreover, his Devil Fruit ability hasn't even awakened yet."

When the topic of abilities came up, Aokiji looked at Sengoku and asked, "Mr. Sengoku, what exactly is Kane the Calamity's ability?"

That green dragon didn't match any of the records in the Devil Fruit encyclopedia at all.

Sengoku shook his head, indicating that even he didn't know: "The only thing we can be sure of right now is that that guy has the terrifying ability to cause a variety of large-scale natural disasters, and his codename 'Natural Disaster' is truly fitting."

During that fierce three-day battle, Kane displayed such a wide range and variety of abilities that even Sengoku found outrageous.

Summoning meteors, unleashing shockwaves, manipulating flames, controlling ice, summoning storms, drawing lightning, controlling the earth and rocks, and that monstrous body—each ability is astonishingly powerful.

It could even be said that he can do everything Kaido can do, and he can also do things that Kaido cannot do.

If it were to awaken, even the Warring States period couldn't have imagined how outrageous it would be.

In any case, the Navy must immediately strengthen its monitoring and intelligence gathering efforts on "Calamity" Kane and his Beast Pirates crew.

At the same time, the Whitebeard Pirates and the Red-Haired Pirates had completely withdrawn.

Moby Dick.

After settling the crew, Shanks looked somewhat listless but not dejected.

"Thank you very much this time."

He never expected that what was originally just a precautionary measure would actually become the key to saving the entire pirate crew from the brink of destruction.

Without Whitebeard's timely intervention, at least half of his crew would probably have remained on Chagos Island forever.

"This is the first and last time I will help you unconditionally."

Whitebeard spoke in a low voice: "What do you plan to do next?"

Shanks chuckled nonchalantly: "Naturally, we should strengthen our forces and find an opportunity to fight back."

Having suffered such a huge loss, he naturally wanted to get revenge.

Whitebeard was not surprised at all.

Without this spirit, Shanks wouldn't be where he is today.

Meanwhile, the Beasts Pirates, having completed their brief rest, also embarked on their journey home.

Thus, this war, which had captured the world's attention, came to a complete end.

But the enormous aftershocks it caused have only just begun to spread to every corner of the world.

Morgans, who went to the front lines of the battlefield to collect information and broadcast it live, originally had the courage to ask Kaido for an exclusive interview.

But as soon as he landed, he was frightened back by Kaido's gloomy and terrifying aura.

"Brother Kane, I'll send over your earnings in a few days. I'll be going now."

Morgans hurriedly shouted something to Kane, then jumped back into his hot air balloon as fast as he could and fled into the sky.

Since the interview is off the table, let's prepare a news report.

This is truly big news.

Thus, before Kane even arrived in Wano Country, he received the latest issue of the World Economic Daily.

Shocking! The next Pirate King is...?

Yes, as always, a shocking headline.

Kane was speechless, but this kind of title was precisely what attracted readers.

Even Kane himself couldn't help but look down.

Fortunately, Morgans, who had reached a verbal agreement with Kane, did not fabricate anything this time. Although he exaggerated some of the details, he did give a detailed account of the war.

Aside from the description of the battle between Kaido and Shanks, the largest portion of the article is devoted to the fight between Kane and Ben Beckman.

Of course, the article's content inevitably includes Morgans' artistic embellishment.

For example, the Red-Haired Pirates, who fought the Beasts Pirates for three days and three nights, were directly labeled by him as the Emperor Pirates.

"The new world has thus entered the era of the Four Emperors!"

Morgans wrote this.

Along with the World Economic News, a thick arrest warrant also arrived.

"Hahahaha, my bounty has finally gone up!"

Quinn laughed as he held up his wanted poster, which clearly stated: 1.32 billion Berries.

But the next second, upon seeing Kane's wanted poster, his laughter abruptly stopped, like a rooster being choked.

"H-How is this possible!"

"Two billion! Kane, you're amazing!"

After counting down the numbers, including the big one and the zero, it happily jumped onto Kane's back.

Kane didn't know what was so great about it.

However, he still replied without being disappointed, "Yamato, you're not bad either, 1.25 billion, that's a remarkable number."

"I am Yamato, hahahahaha!"

Yamato, hands on his hips, declared, "One day I'll surpass the Minotaur's bounty!"

I wish you success soon.

Kane turned his gaze back to the wanted poster in his hand.

This time, the navy really gave them face.

All crew members of the Sky Piercing Seat who participated in the battle received a brand new bounty.

Among them, besides Kane and Yamato, the one with the highest bounty is Kuma.

It amounted to a staggering 240 million.

In this era before bounties have become excessively inflated, getting this amount on your first bounty is already quite remarkable.

The other side of the deck.

The three teenagers were also gathered together, excitedly and competitively discussing their first bounty poster.

"Why is my bounty only twenty million?!"

Ace protested indignantly, especially after comparing Zoro's and Sanji's amounts: "I even fought against a high-ranking officer of the Red-Haired Pirates!"

"Hmph, you got shot down by Yasopp and you still have the nerve to say that."

Sanji proudly tossed his 25 million Berry bounty poster around, "I actually killed several pirates to get this much! Be content, even the green-haired guy only got 18 million."

"boring."