Because Sherwin and the Felynes went to Wano Country and overturned Kaido stronghold, Kaido naturally found Sherwin irritating in every possible way.
Not to mention...
His "son" had even been abducted by someone (a Felyne).
And what Kaido found most unacceptable was that Yamato was currently wearing women clothing, and he could even see some light makeup on his "son" face.
Didn't this mean that his daughter, whom he could never teach properly no matter how hard he tried, had been casually set straight by Sherwin (the Felynes)?
This made Kaido feel like a complete failure, yet he absolutely refused to admit his failure.
Therefore, as soon as those irrelevant people left, Kaido couldn't wait to jump out, wanting to settle scores with Sherwin, whom he saw as the "culprit."
Of course, this was also because he wasn't confident he could handle Kaido Meow, who looked very much like him, and he didn't want to have another horn blown off. Kaido could still be quite shrewd when he needed to be.
"...Alright."
Sherwin, unaware that he was actually taking the blame for Kaido Meow, only hesitated for a brief moment before readily agreeing.
Although sending Kaido Meow or Arc would be the safest choice, as previously mentioned, they were already in a four-against-two situation, so there was really no need to back down.
Besides, he had already been able to go back and forth with the upgraded Mihawk using only swordsmanship before. Now, Sherwin truly had the confidence to duel Kaido one-on-one without relying on the Felynes.
However, this didn't stop him from teasing Kaido a bit more before they started...
"We Monster Hunters are used to bringing Felynes with us when we fight. To keep it fair, you can bring a helper too."
"Didn't we say it a one-on-one duel?! A one-on-one duel! Do you even know what a one-on-one duel means?!"
Kaido stomped his feet and roared furiously.
"Tsk, you guy, you're not as fun to tease as you used to be after losing a horn."
Sherwin picked his ear with a look of boredom, continuing to provoke the other party.
However, this wasn't purely out of mockery Kaido was indeed much more irritable than before... though he had been quite irritable before as well.
Of course, Sherwin could understand. After all, Kaido base had been overturned by him, one of his horns had been broken, and not long ago, Uranus had wiped out most of his subordinates with a single blast. It was only natural for him to become a bit more irritable.
In fact, the fact that Kaido only had a worse temper at this moment, rather than recklessly rushing to kill Sherwin, was enough to prove that he wasn't the thoughtless brute he usually appeared to be.
"Ma-ma-ma-ma, even if we are going to fight, it won't be here. I still have to live here normally!"
BIG MOM held down Kaido, who was slightly losing control, and smoothed things over, saying, "Kaido, Sherwin, you will both give me this face, right?"
Seeing Charlotte Linlin even bring out Red Hair catchphrase, Kaido could only suppress his anger, though his eyes continued to glare fiercely at Sherwin.
Sherwin also knew when to stop and didn't provoke Kaido further.
The location for the match was quickly chosen. Because the BIG MOM Pirates had also lost several officers, several of the 34 scattered islands of Totto Land had lost their managers.
After suffering this blow, Charlotte Linlin wasn't in the mood to immediately assign people to take over.
Combined with the subsequent alliance invitation from Dragon and the preparations for the Tea Party, those few islands had been abandoned for some time, and even the residents on them had basically relocated to other islands.
Thus, Charlotte Linlin simply selected an island called Jam Island from among these abandoned islands to serve as the "arena" for their battle.
"Is Dacquoise not around anymore? That a bit of a pity, the jam made on his island was quite distinctive, meow..."
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Sanji Meow sighed with a look of regret.
The little yellow cat, who had traveled all over Totto Land to learn cooking back then, was probably the one among them who knew the most members of the Charlotte family.
In any case, Sherwin couldn't remember who that guy named Dacquoise was, and he didn't seem to have any impression of the Jam Island selected by Charlotte Linlin either.
Smoothy 100% Island, which turned the surrounding seawater into juice, was the one Sherwin had a deep impression of.
In the end, it was Klee Meow, the little glutton, who whispered a reminder in his ear, "It that strange uncle with spiky hair and a pair of big purple wings, meow."
(=ΦΦ=)
The little ragdoll Felyne licked her lips. "The jam on his territory really is delicious, meow."
Sherwin only then got a faint impression of it, remembering that there indeed seemed to be such a person.
While whispering with his Felynes, Sherwin and the others quickly arrived at the already abandoned Jam Island.
Although the people on Jam Island had all moved away, the abandonment had only just begun, so the buildings on the island were still intact. Moreover, they still followed Totto Land usual style, all shaped like jam jars.
As for why Charlotte Linlin chose this island, Sherwin had also roughly guessed...
Perhaps that guy named Dacquoise did not hold a high position in the Charlotte Family, or perhaps it was just his personal preference.
In short, there were not many "jam cans" on this island, and they were distributed rather sparsely.
Therefore, when they started tearing it apart later, BIG MOM would not feel as much heartache.
"Come on! Hunter brat! Even if I don't win this match this time, I'm still going to give you a proper lesson!"
Before the ship everyone was on had even docked, Kaido leaped onto the island in a single bound, rapidly shifting into his half-human, half-dragon form in the process.
After landing, he slammed the iron club in his hand fiercely into the ground, smashing out a large web of cracks, and roared at Sherwin, who was still on the ship.
"Tch... what an impatient guy."
Sherwin smacked his lips, then waved his hand at Shanks and the others. "Then I'll take the lead, just in time to test the new weapon Purah Meow made for me."
Saying that, he brushed his hand against his waist, pulling out a strange-looking three-in-one insect glaive-gunlance-lance combo weapon from his spatial waist bag.
Although this was also an insect glaive-gunlance developed by combining the best features of Monster Hunter polearms, it was not the same one Sherwin had used to fight the Five Elders before.
Aside from being a size larger, the insect glaive-gunlance currently in Sherwin hand was not straight like a conventional lance, gunlance, or insect glaive.
It looked somewhat curved overall, and if one looked closely, they could see that the shaft and the hilt were originally supposed to be one piece, but to be able to "straighten" it, Purah Meow had cut it into two sections.
Yeah, by the way, this somewhat odd-looking insect-glave-gunlance was given a very straightforward name by a certain tasteless Hunter—
"The Hundred Beast Demon Horn"