Yamato was speechless after what Kane said.
She knew Oden had turned over a new leaf, but she never knew Oden’s past was so bad.
“What you said is completely different from what’s written in the diary.”
Yamato frowned, finding it hard to accept at first.
Kane scoffed, “Who writes a diary if they’re a decent person? Who can write their true thoughts in a diary?”
If diaries could be taken seriously, then Peanut would be considered a leader who worried about the country and its people.
Before Yamato could retort, Kane continued, “Even Kozuki Oden, after turning over a new leaf, was incredibly foolish. He had immense strength but was deceived by Orochi and danced naked for five years!”
“He did that to protect the people of Wano Country!” Yamato’s face flushed as she argued.
“What did he protect?!” Kane retorted, “Did the people of Wano Country suffer less, or did their lives improve? He wasted five years for nothing! What could have been a glimmer of hope, he himself gave up on. Isn’t that foolish enough?”
Sometimes Kane wondered if Wano Country’s feng shui was problematic.
Not to mention Kozuki Oden’s series of actions that only someone with ten years of brain thrombosis could pull off.
His subordinates, those ruffians, were also like immortals in abundance.
Initially, Shimotsuki Yasuie funded Kozuki Oden with a sum of money. After Orochi tricked Oden out of this money, those ruffians didn’t think of stealing the money back from Orochi; instead, they stole from Shimotsuki Yasuie and were caught red-handed.
It was only because Shimotsuki Yasuie had a good temper and was loyal that he not only didn’t mind but also gave them another sum of money and taught them etiquette, making them qualified samurai.
Otherwise, whether there would even be the Nine Red Scabbards would be another matter.
Yamato was stunned, her faith quietly crumbling. The path of becoming Kozuki Oden to liberate Wano Country seemed to be a dead end.
She said dejectedly, “Then what should I do? I want to resist, but I can’t defeat Kaido.”
Kane’s words were astonishing: “It’s simple, apologize to your father, replace Orochi, and become the Shogun of Wano Country!”
Yamato was actually a person who possessed a treasure mountain but was unaware of it.
Kaido had always wanted her to be the Shogun of Wano Country, but Yamato was poisoned by Kozuki Oden’s influence, constantly resisting and opposing him.
“Ah~ Me, me?” Yamato pointed at herself, shaking her head like a rattle-drum, “I can’t do it, I don’t know how to govern a country.”
“What’s so difficult about governing a country? No matter how badly you do, can you be worse than Orochi?”
Kane encouraged, “Think about it, as long as you become the Shogun, everything in Wano Country will be up to you, won’t it?”
“As long as you don’t infringe upon the interests of the Beasts Pirates, you can open up the country and improve the lives of the people; your father won’t stop you. If it really doesn’t work, you can find someone to assist you.”
With Orochi as a precedent, even if Yamato were to simply lie flat, the people of Wano Country would breathe a sigh of relief.
“Find someone to assist me?”
Yamato secretly glanced at Kane, thinking it wasn’t impossible.
As she hesitated, Kane grabbed Yamato’s hands, genuinely encouraging her, “Yamato, for the sake of Wano Country, debut as Shogun!”
Yamato’s heart was already leaning towards Kane’s suggestion, but…
“But, but my relationship with my father is very bad.”
“Actually, Kaido has always loved you.” Kane revealed a fact Yamato dared not believe.
“How is that possible? He not only beat me violently but also locked me in a dungeon and put Sea Stone bomb shackles on me!” Yamato’s face was filled with disbelief.
“Are you dead?” Kane retorted, “You should know Kaido’s attitude towards enemies, right?”
Yamato lowered her head, not knowing what to say.
“Moreover, you said you wanted to become Kozuki Oden, and Kaido treated you as a son and as Oden. Isn’t that good enough?”
The people of the Beasts Pirates called her “Young Master Yamato” one after another.
“Maybe, it seems, I was a bit ungrateful?” Yamato’s beautiful face immediately flushed.
Had she misunderstood her father all these years?
Thinking about it carefully, in all these years, besides beating her half to death every time, her father didn’t seem to have done anything excessively bad.
“I’ve decided not to be Kozuki Oden anymore; I want to be the unique Yamato!”
After her passionate declaration, Yamato instantly wilted, grabbing Kane’s arm like a drowning person clutching a straw, asking, “But what should I do next?”
“Simple, listen to me…”
Banquet hall.
Yamato performed a dogeza towards Kaido, who was at the head of the table.
“Father, I was wrong!”
“I shouldn’t have wanted to become Kozuki Oden; I am Kaido’s daughter. I was confused all these years, please forgive me!”
Everyone was dumbfounded, caught off guard by Yamato’s sudden action.
For the past ten years, they had witnessed Yamato being beaten to within an inch of her life by Kaido countless times.
Even that level of domestic violence hadn’t changed Yamato. Had she taken the wrong medicine today?
King secretly glanced at Kane, who had entered with Yamato.
Was it you?
At the head of the table.
Black Maria, who was pouring sake for Kaido, forgot to stop, and the sake overflowed onto the table, but Kaido was no longer concerned with that.
Was this still his daughter Yamato, who couldn’t be steamed, boiled, or flattened?
Kaido, who had half-drawn his spiked club, put it back into his cloak and pressed, “Say that again?”
“Father, I admit my mistake.” Yamato said loudly.
“Maria, I didn’t mishear, did I?” Kaido turned to confirm.
“No.” Black Maria nodded.
That’s good.
Kaido immediately burst into hearty laughter, “Ugororororo. Today is a good day, announce it! I’m going to hold a grand banquet!”
“Oh!” Everyone responded in unison.
“Yamato, get up. I’ll let your past mistakes go.” Kaido waved his hand dismissively.
“Yes, Father.”
Yamato obediently got up, ignoring Kane’s dissuading gaze, and sat down next to him, like a husky that had completed its task, head held high: “Kane, I did well, didn’t I?”
He shouldn’t have expected Yamato to keep a secret.
Kane sighed helplessly, praising her, “Very good.”
Well, his relationship with Yamato would be exposed sooner or later, so it didn’t matter when.
After all, he hadn’t had any ulterior motives with Yamato, and he wasn’t afraid of Kaido causing trouble; on the contrary, he had helped Kaido a great deal.
“Kane, was Miss Yamato’s change influenced by you?” King was the first to ask.
Kane calmly nodded and selectively described his conversation with Yamato to Kaido.
“Yamato’s enlightenment today is all thanks to your unwavering dedication over the years, Mr. Kaido.” Kane concluded.
Kaido deeply agreed. If it weren’t for his years of persistence, Yamato would have long since passed away; there would be no today.
As for whether what Kane said was true, it didn’t matter.
The result was that Yamato apologized to him, and the Beasts Pirates gained another powerful fighter, and that was enough.
Just like his former enemies who were now his subordinates, as long as they were willing to work for the Beasts Pirates, he would accept anyone.
As long as he was one of the Four Emperors for one day, those people wouldn’t dare to betray him for one day!