Sengoku Chapter 111 Travel Frog, Kaido!

Just as the Beasts Pirates were about to embark on their adventure in Elbaf, far away in the Sabaody Archipelago in Paradise.

A disheveled man was hiding in the ruins of Grove 16.

His body was emaciated, his makeup blurred by sweat.

"Damn it, why can those World Government’s agents find me every single time!?"

Confirming there were no familiar black suits around, Queen swallowed his saliva, cautiously emerging from the corner holding two tree branches.

‘Hmm?’

Suddenly, Queen stopped, his nose twitching.

"It's the smell of food!!"

A thunderous rumble sounded from his stomach.

His nose began to actively control his body's movements.

He hadn't had a proper meal in a long time. Every time he found food, those damned agents would track him down by the smell.

Queen swore that no matter how poor the cook was, he would drive them all away and monopolize that food!

Left turn, right turn, straight, right turn again... Unknowingly, Queen arrived near the house where Tiger had hidden Kaido.

Because hunger had taken over the high ground of his intelligence, Queen didn't see the agent corpses around.

"This is the place!"

Queen tightened his belt, drew a handgun with only 1 bullet left, stepped forward, and kicked the door open.

"Get out fast! This place is occupied by Queen-sama now!"

"All the food belongs to me!!"

"If you don't want to die, disappear from my sight right now!"

Kaido, who was about to bite into his roasted meat, froze. He turned his head and looked at Queen in disbelief.

‘Robbery?’

‘Me, the captain of the Beasts Pirates, a remnant of the Rocks Pirates, and the man known as the World's Strongest Creature…’

‘Was being robbed!?’

At this moment, Kaido felt utterly absurd. His anger turned to laughter.

"Do you know who I am?"

"I don't give a damn who you are!"

Queen's eyes were already full of greed, staring fixedly at the super large roasted meat in Kaido's right hand.

"For the sake of the barbecue, I'm going to be kind for once. Take her and get the hell out of here."

Shakky didn't refute either, just smiled and watched Kaido, clearly enjoying the show.

Kaido tried moving his right hand and found the man's head angle followed the meat.

He then lowered the meat close to the ground.

Queen instinctively lay down, his nose becoming long and large like a wolfman's.

Seeing this, Kaido quietly gripped his kanabo with his left hand and smashed down with a ferocious smile.

"You idiot, next time you rob someone, make sure you see who it is first."

Thud… Thump!!

Queen's eyes instantly rolled back, his body stiffening straight.

Under the powerful blow of the kanabo, his entire body flipped over like a dried, stiff salted fish.

Queen is now lying ‘peacefully’ on the floor of the shabby wooden house.

Kaido put away his kanabo and continued eating.

"This guy…"

Shakky took out a stack of photos and flipped through them.

"Found him. So it's him."

"Former member of the illegal scientific organization MADS, the illegal scientist Scien."

‘Scien?’

Kaido, who was eating, paused. The next second, he continued biting into his meat skewer as if nothing happened.

‘I'm really lucky!’

‘While hiding to recuperate and wait for  Bazel and the others, I actually run into the scientist I originally wanted to capture.’

His peripheral glance at the ‘peaceful’, emaciated + filthy version of Queen made Kaido suspicious.

‘This guy seems somewhat familiar... Have I seen him somewhere before?’

He had a feeling that bringing him back to the Beasts Pirates would cause major problems for the entire crew's style…

"Hey, Shakky."

Shakky didn't look up, "What?"

"Is this guy really that scientist from MADS? Are you sure you didn't misidentify him?"

Swallowing the meat in his mouth, Kaido quickly added, "I think I've seen some Scien or other before, but he didn't look this strange."

Shakky knew what Kaido meant. She immediately lifted Queen's jacket, revealing his upper body where skin and bones were visible.

"This guy seems like he hasn't had a proper meal in a long time. He was probably attracted by the smell of roasted meat just now."

"What, interested in him?"

Kaido didn't bother hiding it either, nodding with a smile, "I'll give him two choices later. If he chooses right, I'll take him in. If he chooses wrong, I'll send him on a trip to the underworld."

Shakky was clearly interested. She put away the stack of photos and lit a slender cigarette using the campfire.

"Speaking of which, you still haven't told me why you chose to ally with the Fish-men?"

"Lending your Jolly Roger to a World Government’s affiliated nation isn't common."

"Telling you is fine, but this matter is very important. If you really want to know, trade it for the favor of saving my life."

Kaido showed a confident expression of certain victory.

This was a confidence he could never show in front of Bazel.

"I guarantee it's absolutely worth it."

"You'll be absolutely shocked when you hear this news."

Shakky didn’t answer right away, instead narrowing her eyes as she fell into thought.

After a moment, "Forget it. My curiosity isn’t heavy enough to spend such a big favor on. This kind of major favor has to be saved for something more important."

“If I ever get locked up in Impel Down, I’ll trouble your Beasts Pirates to turn that place upside down and bust me out."

“Wororororo~~ no problem, I keep my word!"

As Kaido and Shakky’s lunchtime chatter passed, the ‘peacefully’ lying Queen slowly opened his eyelids.

His gaze was three parts clear, three parts confused, three parts pained, and the last part… idiotic.

“You brat, you’re called Queen now, right? Haven’t we met before? You left quite an impression on me."

Hearing Kaido’s voice, memories of right before he lost consciousness finally surfaced in Queen’s mind.

‘That face… Kaido!?’

Cold sweat slid down Queen’s forehead. At the tail end of MADS, the organization was already dead in name only.

Du Feld never dared to defy the orders of the Gorosei.

Before the World Government announced MADS’ disbandment, the four of them had anonymously worked within the ‘Marine Science Division’, researching certain special races together…

Kaido and the Lunarians included.

Later, when MADS was officially disbanded, Vegapunk and Caesar chose to stay behind, while Judge and Queen refused to work for the World Government and secretly fled.

But because of his different status, Judge returned home and inherited his throne without issue.

Queen, on the other hand, was left a miserable fugitive.

“Kaido!? Why are you here—wait, no!"

“Sorry to disturb, I’ll be on my way now."

Bang!

Kaido’s kanabo slammed down across Queen’s path. His face was expressionless:

“Go on. Why don’t you walk anymore?"

Forcing out an awkward smile, Queen obediently dropped to his knees before Kaido.

“Say the word, I’ll listen.”

“Listen well. I’ll only give you one chance.”

Kaido set his kanabo down before Queen, then grabbed his half-eaten roast meat and stuck it in front of him too.

“Option A: the meat. Eat, drink, and follow me to Mary Geoise. If you survive, join my crew.”

“Option B: the kanabo. Choose."

Queen pulled a pitiful face, ‘How the hell was I supposed to choose?’

“Uh, can I ask… what exactly is the kanabo option?”

“The kanabo?”

Kaido crossed his arms and looked down with a playful look in his eyes.

He realized that after spending so long around Bazel, he’d really come to enjoy this superior kind of pleasure… standing on the high ground of intellect over his enemies.

“What else? If you pick the meat, you eat it. If you pick the kanabo, you eat it too."

“If you can’t swallow, I’ll help you. Now pick. My patience only counts to three."

Shakky shook her head with a smirk, “Poor scientist. My advice… pick the meat. At least you’ll die a full belly ghost."

Hearing this, Queen’s already gloomy face nearly broke into sobs.

“I-I choose…”

Kaido began the countdown.

“One!”

“Wait, wait! Hey! What about three and two?!” Queen panicked.

Gripping his kanabo, Kaido rose and said expressionlessly, “A man only needs to remember one to survive. That’s what my brother told me."

“I choose A! I’ll take A!!”

Kaido sat back down, loosening his grip on the kanabo.

“Good. You made a wise choice. Shakky, take some of this idiot’s hair and nails and make a Vivre Card."

“If you dare run, I’ll prove to you that your mouth can swallow my Hassaikai!"

“Hey now, Kaido-kun, I’m not your housemaid.”

Despite saying that, Shakky briskly got up, collected some of Queen's hair and nails, and turned to leave.

"Eat. After you finish, I'll tell you about the upcoming travel plan."

While Queen ate the roasted meat between sobs, Kaido took out a Den Den Mushi and walked out of the room.

Buru buru buru… Kacha…

"Mmm~ Who is it?"

"It's me!"

"Ah, Kaido-san. Damn, the Giant Tribe's wine is really something…"

Den Den Mushi looked listless.

"Did something happen?"

‘Giants' wine?’

Kaido glared at Den Den Mushi and said, "You better bring good liquor when you come find me, or I'll show you the terror of hellish special training."

The Den Den Mushi yawned, "If it's not important business, I'm hanging up. It's a man's hangover time right now."

"I picked up Queen."

As soon as these words were spoken, the Den Den Mushi immediately pulled out a question mark hairband from its shell and put it on its head.

"Picked up… Queen???"

"Hey hey, Kaido-san, stop joking! Why is it that every time you disappear and reappear, you pick up strange people?!"

"Last time you picked up Tom, this time you pick up Queen."

"Did you eat the Kero Kero no Mi, Mythical Zoan-type, Model: Travel Frog, you frogman bastard?!" (T/N: I’m using Kero since Kero is how a frog sounds in Japanese. And Travel Frog is from a popular mobile game.)