Black Hole – Chibaku Tensei

So, while Queen was eating hot pot, singing songs, and watching the Oiran dance, a large group of burly men wielding sharp blades suddenly rushed in and beat him to the ground in a chaotic flurry.

Well, perhaps there was a bit of a size difference… After all, none of those burly men could match him in height or weight.

But that was not the point. The point was, was it not too much for experts like Asura Doji, Denjiro, Yamato, Ace, and Yota to gang up on him alone?

Under the siege of so many people, it took barely over ten minutes for the unfortunate Queen to be dragged directly into Dark Space by Yota. A whole pile of dangerous items was stripped from his body, and even his modified body was restored to its original state.

As for his subordinates, they were also subdued one after another by the samurai led by Hyougorou, without causing much of a stir.

"Since we’ve already begun our operation and captured Queen, the Beasts Pirates will receive the news within a day or two at most."

"So now is the time to launch our full-scale assault!"

Yota naturally understood that speed was paramount in war, and he did not hesitate to strike first.

First came Kurozumi Orochi’s double and his men. Yota placed Cursed Seals on several of the leaders, then gave the soldiers some stimulants and sent them directly to attack the Beasts Pirates’ mines.

Even drugged up, those men were only so capable. Likewise, the Beasts Pirates did not station their main forces at the mines. All things considered, the two sides were evenly matched.

Yota did not care much about that. Those people had long since rotted to the core; having a few more casualties would save them the trouble of settling accounts later.

Naturally, that meant the matter could no longer be kept under wraps.

The Den Den Mushi in Wano Country were rather unusual. They looked somewhat like Cone Snails and had much weaker signals, so communications had to be relayed through a large Den Den Mushi.

As long as the large Den Den Mushi was controlled, communications could be cut off. That was why the Beasts Pirates had received no news during this period.

However, there were still normal Den Den Mushi within the Beasts Pirates. The people in charge of those Beasts Pirates mines would surely have a way to contact Kaido’s people.

Upon receiving the news, Kaido naturally flew into a rage. He thought Kurozumi Orochi had turned against him. So he brought his entire household to settle the score with Kurozumi Orochi.

He truly brought his entire household—he dragged the whole of Oni Island over!

The Wano Country group, who had long prepared to ambush and annihilate their enemy, fell silent when they saw Oni Island in the sky.

"This guy actually… What are we supposed to do?" Asura Doji asked, looking utterly lost.

Jump up there with aerial movement techniques? That would be far too stupid, would it not? And how could they possibly stand a chance against Kaido in the sky?

Even if they won, if such a massive Oni Island fell, the people below would likely suffer grievous losses.

"Leave it to me." Yota sighed. He had been planning to seal away the abilities of his Chakra system, but who would have thought Kaido would pull something like this?

The moment he finished speaking, Yota’s eyes became Rinnegan, and he shot into the sky in an instant.

"Yota!" Ace flew up after him. "Can you really handle this? Such a huge Oni Island… Is Kaido some kind of monster?"

"Whether I can or not, just watch." A small black sphere slowly condensed in Yota’s hand, with pitch-black smoke swirling around it.

Combining the powers of the Rinnegan and the Dark-Dark Fruit, he unleashed:

"Black Hole – Chibaku Tensei!"

The black hole singularity struck Oni Island. In an instant, the entire island began to warp before being completely absorbed into the black hole.

Ace stared blankly at the vanished Oni Island in the sky, looking completely stunned. "I was wrong. Kaido isn’t a monster. You’re the real monster!"

Ace was not the only one stunned. Everyone from Wano Country was dumbfounded as well. Yamato stood there with her mouth agape. "Yota… When did he become this strong?"

Not long ago, they had fought the Kaido Pirates. During that battle, Yota had shone brilliantly with his Water Release abilities, but his actual combat strength had only been so-so. He had even been a little weaker than Yamato and Ace.

How had Yota become this powerful after such a short time?

"Could his Devil Fruit have awakened? Did the Munch-Munch Fruit awaken?" After thinking it over, they finally managed to come up with an answer that was at least somewhat plausible.

Though the answer still sounded absurd. Could a Devil Fruit awakening really increase one’s combat strength by this much? Was the Munch-Munch Fruit really that powerful? Yet Yamato and Ace could not think of any other explanation.

There had never been any records of an awakened Munch-Munch Fruit before. Who knew whether it would become this outrageous after awakening?

The ones shocked by Yota’s move were not only the people of Wano Country, Ace, and Yamato. Kaido, who had been dragging Oni Island forward, was equally startled.

Kaido, in his dragon form, flew at the very front, laboriously dragging Oni Island along. Then he suddenly saw Yota fly into the sky and throw out a small black sphere that swallowed the entire island. If he had not reacted quickly enough and been far enough from the center of that terrifying pull, he would likely have been absorbed by the black hole on the spot.

Though he had no idea what was inside the black hole, entering it did not seem likely to end well.

Fortunately, Kaido’s subordinates had crossed the sea by ship and were not on the island—Kaido had intended to use it as a bomb if things went wrong, after all. He could not exactly blow up all his own men.

Otherwise, after that Black Hole – Chibaku Tensei, the Beasts Pirates could have declared GG on the spot.

"Brat! It’s you! Where did you send my Oni Island?!" Kaido recognized Yota at once upon taking a closer look. Yota’s Water Release move during their previous battle had left a deep impression on him. It had even made him disregard his pride and blast Yota with Dragon Breath.

Though he questioned him aloud, his tail, coated in Armament Haki, swept out at Yota. A terrifying gale coiled around it as it sent Yota flying.

Yota hit the ground and rolled several times before finally steadying himself. He wiped the blood from his forehead. "I was careless. My combat instincts are still far inferior to those old monsters who’ve fought through countless battles."

The dragon in the sky slowly contracted, revealing Kaido’s half-dragon form. As he looked at Yota getting back to his feet, a hint of surprise flickered in his eyes.

Yota had not had time to defend himself with Armament Haki just now. He had taken Kaido’s Haki-coated tail strike head-on with his bare body. Yet from the looks of it, he did not seem to have suffered any serious injuries.