"Big Mom's... pirate ship."
Hancock gazed at the Jolly Roger fluttering atop the cake-shaped ship. It was garishly ornate; it could only belong to the Big Mom Pirates.
Standing on the bow was Charlotte Cracker, the tenth son of the Charlotte Family and one of the Three Sweet Commanders.
To Cracker's left was a grotesque figure, neither clearly male nor female, with skin that looked as if it were melting and a tie fastened across its chest—this was Charlotte Opera, the fifth son of the Charlotte Family and Minister of Cream.
"Two pirates with bounties over 500 million... Is Big Mom herself on that ship?"
Koala held her sea binoculars and spotted the Charlotte siblings from afar, but she was more concerned about whether Big Mom had shown up in person.
"Another Yonko!"
"It's Yonko Big Mom's pirate ship!"
"That ship is huge... Hurry and move away, or we'll be hit! Move!"
The dock, already stirred by Alucard's arrival, immediately exploded into utter chaos because of the Big Mom Pirates. The pirate crews blocking the path of the singing ship scrambled to get out of the way. Although this was a neutral zone where fighting was forbidden, who would dare provoke a Yonko?
"Well, Koala? Is Big Mom aboard?"
Seeing the singing ship had docked dozens of meters away from the Kuja ship, Sandersonia asked Koala, who was still observing through her binoculars.
"Hmm... I haven't spotted her yet, but there are at least a thousand people on board," Koala said, lowering the binoculars.
Boom!
Suddenly, a massive tremor shook the air. Golden waves surged one after another in an exaggerated fashion, like a small tsunami.
"Huh? Is that another new fountain show?"
Marigold's first reaction upon seeing the unusual waves was to think of the fountain performance they witnessed when they first entered Gran Tesoro.
"Marigold, that strong presence... can't you sense it yet?"
Hancock walked over, one hand on her hip. "It shows your Haki still needs training."
No sooner had Hancock finished speaking than Alucard looked toward the source of the waves, a faint smirk playing on his lips. "That mad dog has arrived too."
The surveillance Den Den Mushi filming the area captured the true source of the massive golden waves, revealing him to all: Kaido of the Beasts!
"It's Kaido of the Beasts again!"
"What is going on? Three Yonko gathered in a row!"
"Is Tesoro insane? He invited the Immortal Pirates and the Beasts Pirates at the same time? Doesn't he know the history between those two?"
Kaido's appearance was terrifying. He gripped the edge of the dock with one hand, his enormous body dragging itself out of the water and onto the ground. His horrifying aura caused those with weaker resolve to break out in cold sweat.
Kaido hadn't brought any other ships. Was he acting alone again? Or did he swim too fast, leaving his crew far behind?
"..."
Kaido's gaze shifted slightly, locking onto Alucard standing at the bow of the Kuja ship. Without a single word, he pulled out his spiked club, which was tethered by a rope behind him, and swung it fiercely, sending it spinning like a boomerang toward Alucard.
Attacking without a word, they truly were mortal enemies!
Everyone screamed.
This scene was no longer confined to the dock. Through the broadcast system of the entire Gran Tesoro, the confrontation was being shown on public screens all over the city.
"Alucard-sama!"
Marigold and the others cried out anxiously. The force of that club, just by the sound of it cutting through the air, was enough to gauge its terrifying power.
However, Hancock, standing closest to Alucard, remained completely composed.
"Can't you be quiet, you mad dog?"
Alucard simply reached out his hand and grabbed the spiked club, which was three times his size. The powerful spinning attack tore his arm to shreds, but Alucard ignored it. With his nearly severed hand, he returned the club in kind, while adding a little something extra...
The club spun back toward Kaido along its original path, but in less than the blink of an eye, a pool of blood erupted behind Alucard, like a gate to hell. Baskerville, a monstrous black dog no smaller than Kaido, crawled out, its face contorted in a snarl, pursuing the club.
Alucard's power was greater than the force of the club, so he caught it with relative ease, but less than a second later, Baskerville bit down hard on Kaido's skull.
"Crawling out of the water just now wasn't enough to wake you up, was it?"
Alucard's eyes glowed crimson as he sneered. Baskerville swung its snake-like body, hurling Kaido into the air and slamming him heavily into the magnificent golden entrance—the gateway from the dock to the commercial district of Gran Tesoro.
Kaido's body hit the door, leaving a deep indentation, before he fell heavily to the ground two seconds later, causing the deck to tremble.
"A-lu-card!"
Kaido's eyes were blacked out with rage. He took slow, deliberate steps toward the Kuja ship. Some of the younger Kuja female pirates cowardly hid in the farthest corner of the ship.
"Master?"
Hancock instinctively called out to Alucard's back as he walked past her.
"Hee hee hee... Gild Tesoro must be an idiot. How could he invite these two monsters at the same time?"
Cracker chuckled maliciously, mocking Tesoro's folly.
Who didn't know that Kaido and Alucard were sworn enemies? How could things stay peaceful with the two of them in the same place?
"Hmm, what should we do?"
Whipped Cream Minister Opera mumbled innocently, "Mom didn't come herself."
"As long as we don't actively provoke those two, we'll be fine. Let's pretend we didn't see anything."
Cracker decided not to actively provoke the other two arriving Yonko. He led his subordinates off the singing ship while secretly keeping an eye on the situation between the two monsters.