The country of peace.

Since Kaido of the Beasts and Charlotte Linlin of Big Mom formed an alliance, the situation in Wano Country has been tense.

Because several pirates who were their enemies had entered this area, an alliance led by Straw Hat Luffy, with Kid and Law mixed together, which often caused headaches for the pirates of Wano Country.

Both Flying Six and Big Mom's children have encountered them, but without exception, none of them have been able to capture them, and some have even failed.

In particular, they had captured them once, but after they escaped due to a surprise attack by Admiral Kinni, they were never captured again. Moreover, their influence grew, attracting many samurai from Wano Country to follow them and igniting war within the country.

Especially ten days ago, when the Straw Hat Boy led the allied forces into the Flower Capital and fought fiercely with their Guardian King and the newly arrived old woman who had formed an alliance, the situation suddenly became unpredictable.

The castle tower, the residence of the general in the Flower Capital, is in a state of utter ruin. Ruins lie everywhere, and the surrounding residents have long since evacuated. Only the traces of battle remain, along with a large number of corpses lying around. Most of the corpses are covered in frost, their faces resembling demons. Many of the survivors are also covered in frost, looking like demons themselves.

But their frost wasn't everything; they all carried a ball of blue flame, giving them half-human shapes. Their pupils, too, were red when covered by frost, but clear when covered by blue flame.

"Chopper, isn't the antidote ready yet?!"

Among the crowd, Marco, who had a pineapple-shaped head, spoke to a rather burly, furry animal beside him.

The furry creature was very wide, looking like a brick. It was Chopper, who had used 'soft power enhancement' to make his body incredibly agile and flexible.

"Hey! It's in progress, please wait a moment!" Chopper called out to Marco without looking up.

"Damn it, my stamina is limited too." Marco looked at the large number of people shrouded in blue flames in front of him and said with some difficulty.

Those people included not only pirates like Kaido and Big Mom, but also samurai.

They were all infected by Quinn's virus, 'Ice Demon,' which, once infected, would cover the body with frost, grow two horns on the head like a demon, and once tainted, would also be assimilated into Ice Demon.

The Ice Demons lacked intelligence and only knew how to kill; they had become a different species altogether.

Moreover, those who become ice demons only have one hour to live; they will die after that hour.

However, the Phoenix's 'Flame of Regeneration' can curb this situation, but it will consume his stamina. He had just fought with Jin twice, and then fought with Perospero. Now he has to use the Blue Flame to curb these people infected with the virus. His stamina is indeed a bit too much.

Chopper has managed to get the antidote from Queen and is currently working on its preparation, aiming to produce a large quantity of the antidote so that these people might be saved.

"Help me, I don't want to die!"

A pirate from the Beasts Pirates wept bitterly. Half of his body was infected by frost, and the other half, his human face, was covered in blue flames, tears streaming down his face. "I don't want to die!!"

"Don't worry, as a doctor, even if you are an enemy, I will not stand by and watch you die if you ask me for help."

Chopper looked up and gave him a reassuring look. "But you have to help Luffy after you're healed."

"Luffy? Straw Hat, huh? Don't worry, even if Lord Queen doesn't consider me his subordinate, I'll help you!" The pirate nodded emphatically.

"Yes, I'll help you too!"

"Me too, Dr. Chopper!"

“Count me in too. I’ve wanted to get my hands on that arrogant Quinn for ages. He never treats us like human beings!”

The pirates cursed in unison.

The atmosphere of the 'Beasts Pirates' is one of respect for the strong, which means that although it attracts many subordinates who aspire to be powerful, these subordinates do not live very well because the executives do not treat them as human beings.

Only the strong can have a voice in this pirate crew.

Marco smiled as he listened to the pirates' words, then glanced up at them with a somewhat serious expression.

It's been going on for several days now, so it should be over soon.

Marco never imagined that the Straw Hat crew, which was relatively weak during the Marineford War, could now fight Kaido to a standstill, and judging from the situation, might even win.

"Hehehehe, hahahahaha, help, hahahaha!"

Suddenly, panicked laughter came from outside.

Yes, although they were laughing, they were filled with panic and fear.

Marco turned his head and saw a little girl in a red kimono with pink hair running around, a happy smile on her face, but her eyes were filled with panic.

"Hey! It's Atoko!"

Chopper also heard the noise and turned around to see a group of Ice Demons chasing her into the distance behind her.

"Hey, Atoko, run this way!" Chopper shouted.

At the same time, Marco flapped his wings, which were blazing with blue flames, and charged towards the group of ice demons.

boom!

A ball of flame suddenly shot out, startling Marco, but he didn't pay much attention. He spread his wings, unleashing blue flames, to block the flame.

A tall man with fluffy orange hair, wearing a pink bodysuit with wide sleeves, appeared there, baring his sharp teeth and grinning menacingly at Marco: "Found you, Marco!"

Flames were still visible on his wide sleeves.

The flames that just shot out were emitted by him.

"Bascardi!"

Marco was startled. This guy was Big Mom's thirteenth son, and he possessed the power to manipulate fire, making him quite difficult to deal with.

However, his appearance means...

"Oh, it's Marco."

Two people rushed up behind Baskardi and stood with him.

Both were tall, one with a large beard, wearing a purple soldier's uniform and a top hat, sunglasses, and a raised chin. He slashed his knife downwards and said, "Perfect, you just injured Brother Perospero, so let's have another fight."

On the other side, a man with a silver-gray mohawk, wearing a purple aristocratic robe, and looking extremely angry, was also holding a knife and nodding, saying, "Avenge Brother Perospero!"

The one in the soldier's uniform is Nusteldi, Big Mom's twelfth son.

The other is Dosmarcher, Big Mom's fourteenth son.

The three of them are triplets.

Marco glanced at Toko, who was being chased by the Ice Demon and running into the distance, then looked at the three brothers and gave a wry smile: "This is troublesome."

These three brothers are not weak, and it will take some effort to deal with them. Otherwise, Chopper alone probably cannot withstand them, and he cannot leave either. The Blue Flame has a range, and once he leaves, Chopper, who has not yet made the antidote, will be entangled by these ice demons.

Little girl, hang in there...