Chapter 381: You

Seeing Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen hesitate, Kaido grew frantic.

"What's not proper?!"

"I'm only asking for this one small thing—if you won't agree, I'm not going, ah, I'm not going."

"Go find someone else then."

With that, Kaido pulled along Yamato, whose face was bright red.

"Look at my Yamato—slender, graceful, flawless in build and appearance, top-tier in every way—what's not good enough for you, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen?"

"You both have white hair—you're a match made by heaven itself."

"Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, what are you still hesitating for?"

Yamato lifted her head and glanced at her father.

Father, please use some sense.

Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen came to Onigashima to propose—and he'd already prepared one hundred billion Beri as bride-price. Now, thanks to this fool of a father, everything's been turned upside down.

Not only has the bride-price been slashed from one hundred billion to ten billion, but the fool has even thrown the entire Beasts Pirates in as dowry.

Yamato had never realized before how foolishly endearing her father truly was—no wonder Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen privately called him "Cute-Do."

And he even named that T-Rex pet "So Cute"—what a wicked, despicable fellow.

Besides, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen has so many schemes—he's been slowly digging pits for Father, and even when Father falls in, he still thinks he's made a fortune.

"This…" Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen still shook his head.

"Senior Kaido, I'm not that kind of person."

The onlooker trio: You totally are that kind of person.

I really want to push this guy into a transformer station and electrocute him with ten billion volts.

Hearing this, Kaido seemed to understand something, and immediately slapped his chest in assurance.

"Don't worry—marriage is decided by parents and matchmakers. Since Yamato's mother is gone, I'm the one in charge, and no one on the seas will gossip about you."

"Who dares gossip? You don't even need to lift a finger."

"I'll handle it for you."

Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen had been waiting for those exact words.

"Senior Kaido, you've really made my life miserable."

At these words, Kaido's eyes instantly lit up.

"Stop dawdling—today's a perfect day. I'll settle this now. When you become King of the World and Yamato comes of age, come back to marry her."

Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen bowed with clasped fists.

"Senior, I humbly accept your command."

Witnessing this, the onlooker trio silently raised their thumbs—and instinctively stepped farther away from Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen.

This guy is full of schemes.

He came to Onigashima to propose, but in a few sentences, he tricked Kaido into a stupor, making Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen succeed in proposing with only ten billion Beri.

He even took the entire Beasts Pirates—including Kaido himself—as Yamato's dowry.

Is there no justice left?

Please, just be human!

The onlooker trio couldn't help imagining: the day Kaido learns the truth—that scene will be incredibly entertaining.

Will father-in-law and son-in-law turn into bitter enemies?

Or will Kaido grit his teeth and accept it?

Delighted at his own perceived victory, Kaido immediately drafted the marriage contract, then happily handed one copy to Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen and kept the other himself.

With the contract in hand, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen can't back out!

"Now we're family—when you're ready, just let me know."

With a future King of the World as his son-in-law, Kaido was desperate to storm Mary Geoise right away and help Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen become King of the World sooner.

Who would dare stand in his way to becoming Pirate King?

Even if becoming Pirate King this way is absurd, a Pirate King is still a Pirate King—no matter how he got there.

Do you have the guts to take Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen as your son-in-law?

Look at that old hag, Charlotte Lingling—what good are all those children she's birthed? Useless!

All those foolish kids together aren't worth one Yamato.

From the moment Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen accepted the contract, Kaido's grin never faded—and when he saw Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen pull out several wooden chests filled with ten billion Beri, his joy exploded.

This calls for a great toast.

Once Yamato gives birth to several plump little boys, I'll personally train my grandsons.

Just thinking of it, Kaido's energy surged—he immediately prepared to train the Beasts Pirates' younglings, shaping them into my grandsons' future retinue.

Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen is King of the World—so my grandsons will naturally become King of the World too.

"Go back quickly—I'm very busy."

Kaido truly wanted to keep Yamato with him, but feared the Flower Capital was full of seductive women—what if someone else snatched him first?

Yamato is better off staying with Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen.

I'll definitely ask Black Maria to help keep an eye on Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, so no one steals him away.

Such a perfect son-in-law exists nowhere else.

If I miss him because someone else snatches him, I'll regret it till my guts rot.

"In that case, we won't disturb you further."

Saint Saint Saiwen bowed his hands.

"Senior Kaido, farewell."

Watching Saint Saint Saiwen and Yamato depart through the spatial portal, Kaido finally stopped suppressing his joy and burst into loud, unrestrained laughter.

"Woooh la la la la~"

Indeed, one must use one's brain more—if in the past, Kaido would have simply taken the one-billion-Berry reward and missed out on becoming the World King's son-in-law.

He wouldn't be like this now.

He gets to join the world war, receives a billion-Berry subsidy for household expenses, and secures a World King's son-in-law for his beloved daughter Yamato.

It's one fish, three meals—absolute victory!

Jinbe couldn't bear to look at Kaido's laughing face; he couldn't help but think: No wonder Saint Saint Saiwen—how effortlessly he brought the Beasts Pirates under his command.

Then, when they storm Mary Geoise, he won't need to leave the Beasts Pirates.

Yet, Jinbe always felt that just now, Mihawk and the other two had strange expressions—something oddly off.

What could it be?

On the other side, after Saint Saint Saiwen's group returned to the Flower Capital's Shogun Mansion via the spatial portal, Yamato slipped away immediately.

Left behind were the three onlookers, teasing Saint Saint Saiwen.

"Tsk tsk tsk—no wonder it's you."

Shanks clasped his fists: "Saint Saint Saiwen, over these years I've never admired anyone but you."

Saint Saint Saiwen is even sneakier than he was on the Luo Jie Crew.

The Red-Haired Pirates must be extra careful from now on—otherwise, they might get sold by Saint Saint Saiwen without knowing it, and probably even help him count the money.

Luckily, Saint Saint Saiwen is our own brother—if we had such an enemy, we'd never sleep soundly, unless we never slept at all.

"Saint Saint Saint Saiwen," Buggy raised his thumb.

"You're the very model of our kind."

Buggy said he'd learned something—they had all watched Kaido being fooled straight into madness, and yet Kaido still thinks he got the better deal.

No wonder Saint Saint Saint Saiwen built such a vast empire; Buggy had never understood why, despite both being from the Luo Jie Crew and roughly the same age, Shanks was slightly inferior.

Only tonight did Buggy finally understand: it wasn't that Shanks was inferior—it was that Saint Saint Saint Saiwen was too monstrous.

Remember, Kaido is one of the Four Emperors—Saint Saint Saint Saiwen, in just a few words, won the woman's heart and brought the entire Beasts Pirates under his command.

Buggy wholeheartedly accepts Saint Saint Saiwen as the World King.

"Just average." Saint Saint Saiwen changed the subject.

"We don't have much time left—use these final months to train hard; sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in war."

"I will personally hone your sword skills."