Chapter 34

That night, Luode had to handle Yamato, and it still took some effort.

After all, she's a big beauty about two meters six-odd tall; even after undergoing the meat-eating baptism of the Sea Kings in the One Piece world and adding devil fruit power, Luode's height barely reaches two meters! In the Azeroth world, that height isn't even considered tall.

The humans of Azeroth, after all, are descendants of the Vrykul, and their stature is quite sturdy; the average height for women is generally between one meter seven-odd and one meter eight-odd.

Men's height is around one meter eight to about two meters.

With my current strength, if I relied purely on brute force, I would hardly be a match for Yamato; only after eating the devil fruit could I barely fight her, and by using some contractual suppressive power could I barely subdue Yamato.

Even so, Yamato still put up fierce resistance, and the two fought straight through the late night, only falling asleep when the sky began to lighten.

So the next morning, Kaido had already gotten up and was waiting outside for Luode and the others to arrive, while Luode and Yamato were still asleep.

Bored, Kaido began arranging things; during the time after he leaves, the three major overseers must properly look after Wano Country.

Even after lunch, the two were still asleep, and the exasperated Kaido burst through the door.

"You little brat, didn't we agree to meet in the morning? It's almost afternoon now—when are you two going to get up?"

The booming voice woke the two who were sound asleep; Yamato grabbed her head and curled up under the blankets, her whole body drawn up, and being suddenly barged in by her father made her say she was utterly embarrassed.

"Luode, you good-for-nothing! It's all your fault."

"Cough cough! We—we'll get up right away, you go out first." Luode, extremely embarrassed, casually grabbed a cloth to wrap around himself and said.

"Hmph! I'll wait for you outside for twenty minutes."

"And kid, what you're wearing is Yamato's clothes; never mind, I'll have someone bring you two new outfits." After saying that, Kaido shook his head and left the room.

"So I'm going to have a grandson soon? I don't know if he'll be strong or not! His father and mother both have Conqueror's Haki, so the kid should have it too!"

Luode, extremely embarrassed, handed Yamato her clothes, and soon two female Beast Pirates brought in two new outfits.

"Luode, I'll only acknowledge you when you can beat me without relying on contractual power." Yamato said after putting on her clothes.

"Got it, I won't keep you waiting long." Luode said.

"Also, I want to tell you that I and Ace are just ordinary friends, we get along well, and I have no feelings for him." Yamato said.

"Yeah! Let's go—let's talk outside, your old man must be getting impatient." Luode said.

He also had no need to be jealous of a dying person.

"Letting that bull-headed jerk wait a bit longer doesn't matter." Yamato said.

After they were fully dressed, they left the room and went outside, where Kaido was already fully armed and waiting.

"You're taking too long! Alright, let's hurry up and set out—I've already taken care of the Beast Pirates' affairs." Kaido glanced at Yamato and Luode, then said.

"Yeah! This time I'll take three people: Kaido, Yamato, and Runti." Luode said.

"Why bring Runti? If that guy comes with us, our relationship might be exposed." Kaido said. For father and daughter it didn't matter before, but bringing another Beast Pirates member could turn into something problematic for him and might get exposed.

"I have a mission to entrust to her; I chose her as a bodyguard because I want her to complete this task in the future. Don't worry, she's a carefree person."

"In another world, you can just call me Luode kid; when she's around, I'll call you Boss Kaido." Luode said.

"Got it, I'll have someone call Runti over." Kaido said.

When Luode and Yamato fought last night, it also affected Runti, who was sleeping nearby.

So when the two started fighting, Runti blushed and fled.

After several minutes, Runti was found and brought back.

"Little Runti isn't abandoning her post; it's just that last night's atmosphere made me unsuitable to stay there." Runti said after coming over.

Please, those two were fighting so intensely last night that I, standing nearby, was dumbfounded; if I hadn't left, it would have been terribly embarrassing.

Moreover, that jerk Luode went after Yamato—would he go after me too? Runti is really concerned about that.

"Runti, your luck's not bad—this time we're heading to a new world, and as Luode's bodyguard you should come along; feel honored, little girl." Kaido said.

"With Boss Kaido protecting him, what could happen? Why do we have to bring Little Runti? Little Runti still wants to be with Little Pei." Runti said.

Damn it, I absolutely don't want to stay in that guy's room at night; my annoying little brother would be better.

That damned little brother, seeing his older sister being ordered around, still had a schadenfreude expression, even feeling a sense of relief at being free of himself—what the heck?

"Don't give me nonsense, come over now." Kaido snorted coldly and said with a fierce expression.

"Tch! I'm telling you, Luode, if you dare lay a hand on Little Runti at night, you're dead." Runti came over unwillingly, glaring at Luode and saying warningly.

"Damn! The more you say that, the more excited I get—I'll take care of you in a couple of days."

"Alright! Everyone, stay by my side and don't wander too far." Luode said.

Just as Luode was about to activate his ability, tearing space to send everyone away, a black shadow of incredible speed suddenly flew in from the far distance of Wano Country.

In everyone's astonished gaze, it flew into Luode's teleportation array; after a flash of light, the several people vanished.

"Hey! Just now, just now, was there some black thing that suddenly flew toward the boss and them?" a low-ranking Beast Pirates member said.

"I—I think I saw it too; it looked like... like an afro."

"No, I think it looked like a large skeleton wearing a tailcoat."

"No matter what it is, with Boss Kaido over there there'll be no problem; we just need to wait calmly for the boss to return." Blaze Ember said.

(End of chapter)