Uta's Idol.

'Raging Hannya' Pitch Enters the Ring!

Thank you for your patience in the publishing of this next chapter! As you can tell the main focus of this chapter will be the sumo tournament where Pitch will take a part of. For context sake, I know some of you are wondering where Luffy and the others are and I want to clarify that Uta and the Section Leaders arrived in Wano a day before Luffy does. Without further ado, let's head on to the next chapter! I don't own One Piece.

Inside the dressing room trying on outfits, Kyoshiro and Rave help Pitch in choosing an attire suitable for the former sumo wrestler. Uta on the other hand, stays behind to watch over Echo who's sleeping soundly due to the amount of liquor she drank. As Uta sips some of the leftover sake, she thinks back to the conversation she had with Robin just moments before.

~A couple minutes prior...

"I was invited by Kaido himself to perform for the Fire Festival this year." Uta said to Robin. "I guess my talents reached the Emperors and now they want to see me in action, but rest assured, me and my friends have no interest in allying ourselves with them."

"I see. So being a popular diva sure has its ups and downs if powerful figures, like the Emperors, are after you." Robin said, understanding why Uta is here in Wano. "If what Luffy says about you and your friends is true, then if we are to ally ourselves together, then our forces would be bolstered greatly."

"That being said, we are having plans to go visit Kaido later today. Just to let him know we arrived in Wano." Uta told Robin. "However, we came to one of Pitch's mentors in order to ask him for a ride over there."

"Interesting, maybe we can take advantage of this." Robin said thinking out loud. "Franky is off trying to get blueprints to Kaido's castle, but if we have someone go over there to scout the area it would save us a lot of trouble."

"Speaking of Franky, I think I saw someone like him working on a house." Uta said, pointing down the road. "But he looks nothing like his wanted poster."

"Oh, that's Franky." Robin said giggling at the fact Uta thought the wanted poster was him. "Since our captain trusts and you were allies, I'll tell you a bit of our plan in exchange."

"Keep it brief since I don't want the others to be too suspicious of me." Uta said to Robin. "Luffy told me on Whole Cake Island that you were allies helping a samurai and his friends take Wano back, right?"

"The future King of the Pirates needs to surpass the Four Emperors eventually so it was a once in a lifetime opportunity." Robin answered. "That reminds me, how did the rescue operation go?"

"Luffy rescued Sanji and Big Mom is furious." Uta said with a smile. "I'm sure they will arrive here soon, tomorrow at the very least. Me and my friends left Big Mom's territory a bit before Luffy did."

"I see. That's good to know." Robin said smiling. "Getting back on to the topic of the samurai, I'm sure Luffy has other reasons for helping them, especially Momonosuke. Putting that aside, let me tell you what we are doing now."

"Please do." Uta said as she prepared to listen to what Robin had to say.

"After Luffy and some of the others went to Whole Cake Island we entered Wano and the leader of the samurai, Kinemon, gave us all the task of blending into Wano while trying to recruit allies and gather information." Robin explained the gist of the situation short and brief.
"If you can get into Kaido's castle and gather some information there, it may prove useful to us."

"That shouldn't be too hard to handle." Uta says with a smug smile. "As a performer for the Fire Festival, that information shouldn't be hard to get."

"You know, putting all that aside, it's really nice to see you, Uta." Robin said with a smile. "I want to take this time to thank you for helping Sabo and Koala back when you were in the Maulista Kingdom."