New World, Wano Country located in the second half of the New World.
While Rocks was still attending the banquet in the Kingdom of Dressrosa, Barrett and Quinn were also attending the banquet in Onigashima, Kaido's base.
At this time, in Kaido's banquet hall on Onigashima, gathered all the cadres of Kaido's Beasts Pirates and the head of the Kurozumi Family of Wano Country.
"Barrett, you bastard, give it to me! This is the finest wine I stole from all over the world!"
Kaido's face turned red, he laughed drunkenly, and kept signaling Barrett to drink.
"Hehehe, that's right, that's right, Barrett. Not everyone can drink Kaido's wine. It's rare that he takes out so much. We must drink it to our heart's content!"
The current lord of the Kurozumi family in Wano Country, Kurozumi Orochi, smiled and drank glass after glass of wine.
Beside him, there were several beautiful geishas sitting and constantly picking food for him.
"Mhahaha, Boss Kaido, I didn't expect that after not seeing you for a long time, you are much more generous now."
"Thinking back, when I asked you for wine, you were very reluctant to give it to me."
Quinn was smiling and dancing as he talked about how Kaido had been stingy in the past, completely ignoring the gloomy expressions of the other two leaders of Kaido's pirate group.
"Hey, Quinn, you traitor, are you living a good life now? Look at you, you are almost as fat as a ball."
Azuku of the Storm, one of the two main figures of Kaido's pirate group, sneered.
"Mhahaha, Azuk, you are still so sarcastic. But, there is nothing I can do. You are always inferior to me. After all, I am a genius, unlike you who are simple-minded and strong-limbed."
Quinn said with a mocking look as he drank his wine.
When Azuk heard Quinn's words, he smashed the wine glass to pieces in anger.
"Say it to me again, kid! Believe it or not, I will chop you into pieces right now!"
"Okay, Azuku, don't let the other party deliberately provoke you. Besides, Brother Kaido is still here, don't embarrass yourself."
A man with a round "Zhao Lin" collar, black medium-length hair parted in the middle, a tall and thin figure, and a monocular eye patch glanced coldly at Quinn and spoke to Azuk in a cold tone.
"Hmph! Stop ordering me around, Nnoitra! I'm your senior!"
Azuk glanced at Nnoitra very unhappily and responded with a low roar.
"Hey, hey, Azuke, are you becoming more and more arrogant lately?"
Just as Azuk finished speaking, a man with blue hair, wearing a white jacket and exposing his chest, looked at Azuk, then looked at Quinn and Barrett with a crazy look and a cruel smile on his face.
"Hey! Barrett, Quinn, you two boys, show some respect to me! Otherwise!"
"call out"
The blue-haired man instantly disappeared from what he was doing, and in the blink of an eye he was at Barrett's desk, his eyes were crazy, with a cruel smile on his lips, his palms turned into sharp claws, pointing at Barrett's chin.
"Be careful, I'm going to kill you right now!"
The entire banquet hall became tense following the actions of the blue-haired man.
Barrett picked up the wine bowl, glanced at the blue-haired man lightly, and drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp.
Feeling ignored, the blue-haired man suddenly felt humiliated.
"Hey! You bastard! Do you look down on me? Ah! I'm going to kill you!"
The blue-haired man changed rapidly.
The originally blue hair grew longer rapidly, and the ears also changed, becoming two long leopard ears.
The claws, which were originally sharp, turned into two beast claws.
Ten sharp claws were long and pointed, grabbing straight at Barrett.
"snort!"
A hint of disdain flashed in Barrett's eyes, and he sneered. A violent domineering aura burst out instantly, and then his fist came to the blue-haired man at a faster speed and hit him hard in the face.
“Pooh!!!”
The powerful punch knocked him back and smashed him into the wall.
Barrett easily dealt with the blue-haired man and waved his hands.
"Wow, it's really hard. My fist still hurts from the punch I received."
"Hmph! Barrett, this is not the place for you to mess around."
Kaido looked at his subordinates being defeated by the opponent with one punch. He felt a little embarrassed and snorted coldly and warned.
Although he knew that Barrett was very strong and not weaker than himself, he did not expect that Grimmjow, whom he valued and wanted to train as the third big man, would be knocked unconscious by a single punch.
This forced him to re-evaluate Barrett's strength.
"Ah? Really? Why, do you want to help that idiot vent his anger? I'm really looking forward to fighting you, Kaido!"
Barrett looked at Kaido provocatively, eager to try.
Ever since entering Wano Country, Barrett has always wanted to fight Kaido again to prove his current strength.
After the continuous support from Dr. Bakel and Dr. Vegapunk, he is now very curious about his own strength.
However, perhaps out of caution or other reasons, Kaido never gave Barrett a chance.
During these days on Onigashima, Kaido held banquets almost every day to entertain Barrett and Quinn.
He neither paid attention to Barrett's provocation nor discussed the deal regarding the artificial animal-type devil fruit.
"Hmph! Barrett, don't try to provoke me! I'm not interested in a fearless fight with you right now."
Although he said so, he had already scolded Barrett in his heart.
Ever since he was defeated by Barrett in the Sabaody Archipelago last time, Kaido has started training madly after returning to Wano Country.
Whether it was his physical strength or his domineering skills, he was practicing like crazy.
During these few years, he learned all the uses of Wano Country's domineering power. He also frequently jumped from a height of 10,000 meters to train his body while constantly developing his abilities.
With his continuous efforts in development, his abilities are about to awaken.
His current strength is much stronger than it was a few years ago.
"Hmph! When my power awakens, I'll kill you!"
Kaido thought silently in his heart.
"Hahaha! Kaido, you are a lot more cowardly than you were a few years ago! You don't have the domineering attitude you had a few years ago when you would fight anyone you disliked!"
Ignoring Barrett's provocative taunts, Kaido drank the wine in his bowl in one gulp.
"Okay, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you. Let's talk about the trade of animal-type artificial devil fruits."
"How do you want to trade? Tell me your terms!"
After hearing Kaido's words, Barrett and Quinn looked at each other.
"Mhahaha, Brother Kaido, regarding the trading plan for artificial animal-type devil fruits, our Captain Rocks has given us two plans."