Chapter 172 Deception
Brett was naturally no stranger to the person before him.
Kaido's dear daughter, the inheritor of Kozuki Oden's will.
Her name was Yamato.
A monster who had inherited Kaido's bloodline and talent.
Theoretically speaking, she and he should share some blood relation.
Was she a niece, or a sister?
And if he remembered correctly, she should be the same age as him.
"A man? You certainly don't sound like one."
Brett said with a smile, watching Yamato who had already pulled her kanabo from her back.
"Hmph, that's none of your business!"
Yamato huffed, gripping her kanabo, "If I can defeat you, this invading enemy, Father might be happy enough to let me leave Onigashima!"
Oh, so she was still at the stage of holding onto hope regarding Kaido.
That made sense. In the original story, it wasn't until she confirmed that the handcuffs on her hands would really explode that she completely broke out with Kaido.
"Father?"
Brett raised his eyebrows with feigned surprise.
"I am Kaido's son!"
Yamato declared loudly, "So prepare yourself, I won't allow you to run wild on this island!"
"Is that so?"
Brett chuckled.
He looked Yamato up and down.
She was much shorter than him, probably only reaching his waist.
Yamato, who was close to three meters tall, still looked quite small in front of Brett who stood over four meters.
"Anyway, here I come! Thunder Bagua!"
Yamato's personality probably wasn't one for beating around the bush. Having said she would defeat Brett, she showed no mercy and charged straight at him.
Her speed wasn't slow.
Having inherited Kaido's monstrous bloodline, plus being beaten up by Kaido since childhood, her physical abilities were probably astounding.
The iron club wasn't wrapped in lightning, just swinging down with plain but tremendous force.
At Yamato's current age, she probably was still far from learning Conqueror's Haki infusion.
Moreover, the handcuffs on her hands were probably limiting her performance as well.
Brett extended a single finger.
"Eh?"
Kaido's daughter exclaimed in surprise.
The hard kanabo struck Brett's fingertip, but it was as if it had hit an impregnable wall of sighs.
Brett's index finger was pitch black, with faint sea-blue ripples wrapped around the finger.
The tremendously forceful iron club couldn't budge it even slightly.
His technique for internal destruction was becoming more and more skilled. Combined with the external application technique, his defensive power could reach another level.
Brett thought this to himself.
"You bastard!"
Yamato cautiously retreated to create distance.
This guy is really strong!
Without being able to remove the handcuffs, she definitely couldn't fight him!
"Kozuki Oden? That's what you said just now, right? That you want to become Kozuki Oden?"
Brett had no intention of pursuing. He said with great interest, "I've heard that name. He was once the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, later switched to the Pirate King's ship, and followed the Roger Pirates to reach the final island as a samurai."
"Eh? You know about him?"
Yamato said in surprise.
"Of course I know,"
Brett said casually, "That man was a companion of the Pirate King, after all."
Yamato yanked off the hannya mask from her face, revealing her true appearance.
She was beautiful, of course.
White hair, golden eyes, delicate features, red horns - no one could deny her striking beauty.
But of course, Brett remained unmoved.
He was just curious whether, if he met Nami or Rebecca or Vivi in the future, he would discover that they actually looked quite similar to Yamato.
The woman's eyes sparkled brightly, as if light was emanating from them, "That's right, you must be from overseas too, right? Of course you've heard of Kozuki Oden's name!"
"How about it, he really was an amazing person, wasn't he!"
What a brainless fan.
Wasn't she just ready to fight moments ago? Just mentioning Oden completely changed her attitude?
Brett smiled, "I only know that he was indeed a powerful samurai."
Setting other things aside, as one of the five people Kaido acknowledged as capable of matching him, Kozuki Oden's strength was quite substantial.
Of course, this powerful strength only made his brainless decision-making even more apparent.
"But you said you want to become Kozuki Oden?"
"That's my dream!"
Yamato puffed out her chest and said solemnly.
"Wanting to become someone else? I've never heard of such a dream." Brett chuckled lightly, "You are you, Kozuki Oden is Kozuki Oden. How could you become him?"
Yamato was stunned for a moment, then shouted loudly, "I want to live like Kozuki Oden, open Wano's borders, and then adventure freely on the seas!"
Brett nodded slightly, "I understand. You want to become someone like Kozuki Oden, right? That's just inheriting his will, not becoming him."
"Eh?"
Yamato's brain seemed to be overloading. After thinking for quite a while, she tentatively asked with a furrowed brow, "Is, is that so?"
What kind of family education had Kaido provided?
How lamentable.
"However, you really chose quite a troublesome idol."
Brett said with a smile, "Kaido, your father, would absolutely never allow such a thing, would he?"
"That's right, that's right!"
Yamato nodded repeatedly, looking like someone finally understood her, "Because of this, Father always seems like he wants to kill me, and he even killed everyone who tried to help me!"
Her mood became very downcast.
Onigashima was the base of the Beast Pirates. It was always lively here, and there was no shortage of children close to Yamato's age, but she had grown up alone.
Because anyone who dared to show her any care would be mercilessly killed by Kaido.
Although her blind worship of Kozuki Oden was really quite mind-numbing.
But thinking about it carefully, this wasn't necessarily without reason.
Yamato's only connection to Kozuki Oden was that logbook and witnessing Kozuki Oden's execution that day.
Very coincidentally, whether it was the logbook or the execution, both represented the highlights of Kozuki Oden's life.
As a child, Yamato didn't understand what the real Kozuki Oden was like. She had only read the logbook and witnessed that day's execution, so she naturally thought Kozuki Oden was an amazing man.
Her desire to become such a free and bold person wasn't incomprehensible.
The reason she later became obsessed could only be attributed to the great contribution of Kaido's family education.
"So, even now you still want to inherit Kozuki Oden's will and open Wano's borders?" Brett asked.
"Of course!"
Yamato said almost decisively, "I want to live like Kozuki Oden!"
"In other words, you want to drive the Beast Pirates out of Wano and become Wano's shogun yourself, right?" Brett said this.
"Eh?"
Yamato blinked, "Shogun?"
"Since you want to inherit Kozuki Oden's will, then naturally you should do what he failed to accomplish."
Brett smiled meaningfully, "That man didn't open Wano's borders, didn't let this country live in peace and tranquility. So whether as his inheritor or as himself, you should complete the work he left unfinished."
"Lead the people of Wano to drive out the Beast Pirates, restore this country's former prosperity, and then as you said, open its borders."
"That does seem to be right."
Yamato nodded in deep agreement, then said with some distress, "But I also want to freely adventure on the seas like Oden!"
"There's no conflict, is there? You can go to sea after finishing things in Wano first." Brett said with a smile.
"You're right,"
Yamato agreed, "I really should become Wano's shogun! I am Kozuki Oden, at least I'm going to become a man like Kozuki Oden!"
"But—"
Then, her elevated emotions immediately sank again. Yamato raised both hands, "I can't do anything..."
Two handcuffs locked around her wrists meant she couldn't even leave this island.
"If it's about that, then I think I can help you."
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