IW: Chapter 181 - Kaido: Stay away from Bai Ye! Yamato: Father, you don't understand him at all!
"No."
Yamato shook her head. Under Bai Ye's puzzled gaze, a hint of excitement flashed in Yamato's eyes as she said, "I am the freest female warrior! If I had a teacher, I wouldn't be free!"
"But don't you still have a father?"
Bai Ye's lips curved into a smile. This thought process completely stumped Bai Ye.
So, becoming an apprentice means losing freedom?
Surely, there's no such rule, right?
"But can't I be the freest female warrior if I have a father?"
A hint of awkwardness flashed across Yamato's face. She was conflicted. On one side was her father, and on the other, the freest female warrior. But...
What's so good about being the freest female warrior?
Yamato suddenly realized something. Bai Ye had only said one sentence, and somehow, she felt like she was being led astray!
"Actually, they don't conflict. It's just that if one day your freedom and your father's ideals clash, what will you do?"
Bai Ye was curious about what Yamato was thinking now.
In the anime, she would naturally defeat Kaido, but the current Yamato still had a lot of malleability.
"My ideals and my father's ideals conflict."
Hey, hey, hey!
Are you trying to sow discord between them?
The others watched Bai Ye, who was slowly instigating Yamato to walk towards the abyss.
A hint of sympathy for Kaido suddenly arose in their hearts.
Just now, Kaido was just showing off his daughter, and you're already trying to abduct her?
As expected of you, unscrupulous Captain!
Yamato was deep in thought about what Bai Ye had said. She was considering what she would do if, as Bai Ye said, her ideals and her father's ideals clashed.
She didn't know either. For the young Yamato, this was a very difficult choice.
"Actually, it's not necessarily about what your father wants to do, but a clash of ideals. Perhaps he thinks something is good for you, but you think something else is better for you."
It was like Yamato wanting to leave Wano Country, and Kaido stopping her.
Perhaps from the beginning, Kaido's only thought was to protect Yamato.
What would Yamato face if she went out?
Definitely pursuit by the Marine.
Firstly, she inherited Kaido's physique. The World Government, in order to study the physique of the Oni race, initially traded with kingdoms, using Kaido to exempt celestial tribute, and later even sent people to capture them.
And after Kaido grew stronger, it was naturally impossible for him to be captured again. So, Yamato, who also inherited the Oni race's physique, would naturally become a target for the World Government.
Secondly, there was Wano Country.
Kaido had occupied Wano Country for a very long time in the anime, and the World Government had always coveted Wano Country.
Not to mention the Pluton hidden here and some other secrets, just the Sea Stone here was enough for the World Government to act. Perhaps capturing Yamato would give them the confidence to challenge Kaido, or at least threaten him.
So, Kaido had his reasons for not letting Yamato go out to sea.
"Then what about you, Lord Bai Ye?"
Yamato thought about it and felt that Bai Ye was right. In fact, even now, she sometimes felt that she didn't quite understand Kaido's decisions.
So, when she grew up, there might really be a clash of ideals between her and her father, as Bai Ye said.
"Me?"
Bai Ye was stunned for a moment, then realized that Yamato was probably asking about how he would choose if a similar situation occurred between him and his family.
His normal answer should be for his dream, after all, in this world, dreams seemed to outweigh everything else.
But Bai Ye didn't think so. This world was purely for freedom, for dreams. He wasn't.
Excessively pursuing freedom and dreams while ignoring the cruelty of reality.
Yasopp abandoned his wife and daughter for his dream, making a false promise when his wife was seriously ill that he would take the mother and son out to sea once she recovered.
If it was such a dream, Bai Ye would rather not have it. His dream didn't require abandoning anyone, nor did it require sacrificing anyone.
"Dreams and family affection are not incompatible. Yamato choosing to go out to sea for her dream is a brave warrior, because she is prepared to sacrifice herself in the great sea, and she has taken the most important step to realize her dream, which is courage!
But to abandon one's family affection, friendship, and everything else for one's own dream, that is selfish."
Bai Ye lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then told Yamato what he thought in his heart.
"But what if Lord Bai Ye faces two choices one day?"
Yamato quickly asked.
But didn't Bai Ye say before that these two choices were conflicting?
After listening to Bai Ye's words, she also felt it made sense. She could pursue her dream, but she couldn't hurt those close to her.
But what if a conflict really arose one day?
And she really wanted to accomplish it?
"Only children make choices; adults, of course, choose to have it all!"
"..."
So, it seems you didn't say anything at all, did you?
The people around were originally wondering what Bai Ye would say next.
Who would have thought that Bai Ye would directly say "I want it all," completely baffling them.
"Actually, some things are only impossible because one's strength is insufficient. If one's strength is sufficient, then there won't be so many worries."
Ultimately, isn't it just about not being strong enough?
If one is truly powerful, one can even change the world, so why make a choice?
"So, Lord Bai Ye, your meaning is?"
A hint of confusion flashed in Yamato's eyes. She didn't quite understand Bai Ye's meaning.
"It means if your father doesn't let you go out to sea, you just do what I do: knock him out directly, then drag him out to sea!"
That's truly a clean and decisive way to handle it!
Everyone inwardly complained, but thinking about it, Kaido was indeed beaten in by Bai Ye, so saying this didn't seem wrong.
"Mhm, I understand!!!"
Got it!
Yamato finally understood!
So, it was because her strength wasn't enough. It seemed she needed to work hard from now on, not only to defeat her father's opponents but also to defeat her own father!
"It's good that you understand. You'll stay in Wano Country from now on. You'll train with Ginny, Ivankov, and Kuma."
Bai Ye pondered for a moment. He had also decided that he would now begin to re-educate Yamato.
This girl was probably lacking love and affirmation when she was young, which led to a lack of life goals. Now that even the saintly Kuma had been completely changed by him, he didn't believe he couldn't change Yamato.
"Let's go. You, over there, go carry Kaido over."
Next, he would not leave Wano Country for the time being, unless there was a major event.
And now, with Kaido's return and Bullet's joining, he also needed to re-plan Wano Country.
For the next period, Bai Ye had been planning the path Wano Country would take.
Yamato, after being arranged to be with Ginny and the others, clearly became much more cheerful.
She also frequently came to find Bai Ye with Ginny.
This made Kaido, as an old father, very sad. His little darling was going to find other men every day, and even instilled ideas different from his own into Yamato every day. Whose daughter was she anyway?
So, Kaido decided to have a heart-to-heart talk with Yamato.
"Yamato, I don't think you should keep going to Bai Ye!"
Kaido looked at Yamato seriously.
He wanted to admonish Yamato. Although Bai Ye was his Captain, he was actually a bit annoyed that Bai Ye kept educating his daughter.
At least Kaido believed his own education was not wrong.
But Bai Ye kept trying to change Yamato in his direction. Is this like he gave birth to a daughter for you?
To fight for his father's rights, Kaido felt he had to do this!
"Father, you don't understand him at all!"
Yamato retorted. In her opinion, Kaido didn't understand Bai Ye at all.
She had learned many things from Bai Ye.
Hearing Yamato's words, Kaido almost choked.
What do you mean, I don't understand him?
Kaido believed he had known Bai Ye longer than Yamato, right?
"Yamato, you unfilial daughter! Don't you know what that guy said before?!"
Kaido was almost spitting blood from anger. He had heard from others what Bai Ye and Yamato had talked about when he was unconscious.
This clearly showed he had no good intentions!
Yes!
Kaido admitted that he had the thought of showing off in front of Bai Ye, but while he was showing off, he never expected that Bai Ye, that sly fox, would actually turn the tables and try to lead his daughter astray into rebellion!
He actually made his daughter start thinking about rebelling against him!
Therefore, Kaido naturally couldn't let Bai Ye continue to interact with Yamato.
"Lord Bai Ye said I am the freest female warrior on the sea, so now I must fight for my freedom!"
"But didn't he say you should be obedient? When family affection and dreams clash, you should consider family affection?"
Kaido was anxious.
No?
It wasn't like this before!
How did it turn into the freest female warrior again now?
"That was version 1.0!"
"Now it's 2.0?"
Kaido subconsciously asked, then saw Yamato shake her head and say, "Now it's 3.0!"
Damn it!
The updates are very fast, aren't they?
"What is 3.0 again?"
Kaido continued to ask.
"3.0 is that everything Lord Bai Ye says is right. Everyone has their own choices at every age. If you don't know how to choose, just find Lord Bai Ye!"
After hearing Yamato's words, Kaido fell silent.
Then Kaido roared, directly transforming into a dragon and flying towards Bai Ye's location: "Bai Ye, I'll fight you to the death!!!"
The old father finally knew what it felt like to raise a cabbage only for a pig to come and root it up!
Although Bai Ye might not have such thoughts, for Kaido, he now only wanted to kill Bai Ye, or be killed by Bai Ye!
"Yo, Kaido, you've come at just the right time. I was just about to look for you."
Bai Ye looked up at the flying Kaido and immediately motioned for him to sit down.
But looking at his expression, he seemed a bit angry.
"Bai Ye, you bastard! You made Yamato like this! I'm not done with you!!!"
Alright!
Bai Ye finally understood why Kaido was looking at him with such an expression.
So, he thought he had said something bad to his daughter.
But he didn't consider it bad, did he?
If Yamato wasn't educated, wouldn't she just follow the same old path as in the anime?
"Kaido, there's nothing wrong with pursuing freedom. I know what you're worried about, but high-pressure education will not only fail to gain Yamato's understanding, but might even make her resent you from now on?"
From the anime, one could see how suffocating Kaido's education was.
Yamato reaching this point was half due to Yamato being an idiot, and half due to Kaido.
"So you just instilled such ideas into her?"
"Kaido, haven't you noticed that Yamato has become much better since she came here?"
"This..."
After hearing Bai Ye's words, Kaido was momentarily at a loss for how to refute, because he knew very well that Bai Ye was right.
Since coming to Wano Country, Yamato was completely different from before.
"So, you see, I'm changing her for you, and you're still angry with me!"
Bai Ye patted Kaido's shoulder, shaking his head with an expression that said, "I'm doing this for your own good."
"Alright, don't worry about this matter. I will educate her well for you."
"Okay."
Wait...
Wasn't he here to find trouble with Bai Ye?
How did he get so easily swayed by Bai Ye?
But... he also felt that Bai Ye's words made a lot of sense, and he couldn't find any reason to refute.
Indeed, after coming to Wano Country, aside from being a bit rebellious, she seemed to have become better, and got along very well with Ginny and the others. Compared to the previous Yamato, the current Yamato was indeed much more lively.
"Is this guy too easily swayed?!"
Seeing Kaido fall silent like that, who had been so aggressive and ready to settle scores with Bai Ye just moments ago, but now wasn't looking for trouble and even seemed to have given up, Old John didn't know whether to say Kaido was simple-minded or that Bai Ye was good at swaying people.
"Alright, then, I have something very important to discuss with you all now."
Bai Ye looked at them seriously. He had gathered all the current members of his forces.
Kaido, John, Bullet, Kuma, the Three Disasters Ginny, Ivankov, and Tengetsu Toki, Lilia.
"First, let me talk about the organizational structure. Kaido, from now on, you will be the apparent ruler of Wano Country."
"Me?"
Kaido was a bit surprised. He didn't quite understand why Bai Ye would do this.
"That's right. When we open the country later, the World Government will come. I don't want to show my face for now, so you will lead Wano Country on the surface. Then, John, you'll be in charge of Wano Country's finances, no problem, right?"
"No!"
A hint of excitement flashed across Old John's face. Of course, he could! He had been waiting for this moment. Leave it to him, Old John. He had been eating Pirate rations for decades and hadn't lost a single old tooth. He would definitely make the accounts clear as day for Bai Ye!
"Bullet, you're in charge of military industry and technology. Kaido, your subordinate Queen will follow Bullet's orders from now on. At the same time, the scientist I brought back earlier will also join. You will all research Pure Gold together!"
Bai Ye definitely wouldn't let that unreliable Queen continue to follow Kaido.
Bullet had to properly discipline Queen, otherwise Queen would just keep screwing over their own people in the future.
During the big battle with Luffy, he didn't kill many enemies, but he eliminated a lot of his own people.
"No way..."
Queen looked at Bullet, having a bad feeling. Was he really going to be sent to Bullet?
"It's just a division of labor. You're still Kaido's man."
Bai Ye explained, then looked at Kaido. Seeing that he had no objections, he turned his gaze to Queen.
Seeing Bai Ye's eyes fixed on him, although they were calm, Queen felt that it was non-negotiable.
Although he was a bit afraid of Bullet, Queen finally agreed.
He wouldn't harm himself, would he?
"Also, Kuma, you'll be in charge of medical and special support units."
"En."
Kuma nodded. He had also been developing his Nikyu Nikyu no Mi abilities recently and, under Bai Ye's guidance, had begun to study medical knowledge.
As for Ivankov, Bai Ye wasn't planning on finding her a Horu Horu no Mi. He didn't want everyone here to be an Okama.
"From now on, don't think of us as a pirate crew, but as a kingdom. Let's act like a kingdom should. The world is still waiting for us to change it!!!"
Bai Ye looked up, his gaze sweeping over everyone.
Pirates were just thieves. What he wanted to do was change the world!
And at this moment, for some reason, the others, after hearing Bai Ye's words, also felt a surge of excitement, especially after learning that Bai Ye had obtained something called Pure Gold, which was an existence that could grant eternal youth and immortality!
They suddenly felt that changing the world with Bai Ye seemed even more exciting than becoming the Pirate King.
In the following time, Wano Country began to operate according to Bai Ye's plan.
Until one day.
The news of Roger becoming the Pirate King reached Wano Country.
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