"Karl, my fellow countryman is famous again!"
Ace's new bounty, just like Cavendish in the original story, caused a huge sensation around the world.
On a certain starting island in the New World.
Inside a hotel, Nami held today's World Economic Journal and looked at Karl, who was playing with the devil horns on Yamato's head, and said with a smile.
"Normal..."
Karl played with the devil horns on Yamato's head while she was writing in her diary, and gave Ace a high evaluation: "With his aptitude, making a name for himself in this strongest of seas is only a matter of time."
"After all... he is the Pirate King's son."
The last sentence echoed in Karl's mind.
"Karl, can you wait until I'm done writing before you play?"
Constantly being harassed by Karl, Yamato, who couldn't calm down to write in her diary, couldn't help but puff out her cheeks, her small face blushing slightly as she spoke.
"No!"
Karl stood behind Yamato, holding her head and vigorously rubbing her long white hair, teasing, "A bet's a bet. Now, your horns and the right to decide what you wear are all my property."
"Wuwu... I'm never betting with you again!"
Yamato, heartbroken by Karl, had an expression of wanting to cry but having no tears.
If you looked closely, you would find that Yamato's current clothes were no longer that white, sleeveless, form-fitting kimono, but a red cheongsam that Karl, full of mischievous taste, had demanded she wear.
Karl is a man of his word.
Since he had revealed his "Master Educator" tag, he had to correct the habits Yamato had developed over more than a decade.
First, the point about calling herself a man!
Yamato didn't just call herself Kaido's son; she truly saw herself as a boy.
When they had just set out to sea, she refused to bathe with Carina at all costs and ran to bathe with Karl, citing that men and women shouldn't be so intimate.
Then, after being severely reprimanded by the abstinent, god-like Karl, Yamato finally ran back to the women's bathroom covering her face. There, she was mercilessly ridiculed by Carina and Perona, and even Tama, which made her consider committing seppuku for the first time.
After that, the two "Master Educators," Karl and Carina, began to set traps for Yamato, making her realize she was a girl, not a man.
During one adventure, Yamato was running around wildly, causing quite a bit of trouble for Karl.
While resolving the trouble, Karl used his magical island to entice Yamato into a bet with him, and then won her devil horns and the right to decide her clothing.
Now, Karl could not only play with Yamato's devil horns whenever he wanted.
He could even decide what clothes Yamato wore.
Because she had been imitating Kozuki Oden for over a decade, Yamato, who had learned the samurai spirit from somewhere, felt extremely ashamed but was willing to admit defeat in a bet.
She was required by Karl to wear a cheongsam and normal girls' clothes and shoes, and she followed Carina to learn ladylike etiquette, fashionable dress, and so on for several months...
Although Yamato was still a bit careless about details, she now understood the difference between men and women and no longer called herself a man.
Obviously, Karl and Carina's education was very successful.
The current time was the end of September, Sea Circle Calendar 1518.
More than half a year had passed since Karl set out on his adventure.
In early September, Karl's group arrived at a certain starting island in the New World, and in mid-September, they returned to Gran Tesoro to switch crew members.
Carina and Perona, who had undergone half a year of hellish training, gave Karl a harsh lesson on the top floor of the Golden Hotel that day, venting their accumulated dissatisfaction from the past six months.
Then, finding that they were just asking for trouble, they kicked Karl away directly, showing no reluctance at his departure.
The look they gave Karl was like looking at a scumbag woman.
Due to the long voyage of over half a year being bad for the young Tama's health, Karl also left her at Gran Tesoro for Carina to take care of.
When the large three-masted galleon set off again, besides Karl and Yamato who remained, the three girls—Carina, Perona, and Tama—were replaced by Nami, Robin, and Nojiko.
As for Baccarat, because she couldn't leave the city of gold, she herself didn't like being a combat member, and her Luck-Luck Fruit didn't need development, so Karl didn't force her.
After changing the crew, Karl's group's next goal was to return to the first half of the Grand Line.
Now, they were on a certain starting island to get their ship coated, preparing to head to the underwater paradise 10,000 meters below, Fish-Man Island...
In fact, if it weren't for Yamato wanting to see the underwater paradise 10,000 meters below, Karl's group could have directly used the Float-Float Fruit's ability to fly over the Red Line and reach the first half of the Grand Line.
A week later.
The coating of Karl's group's large three-masted galleon was finally complete.
When a dozen devices created a giant bubble that enveloped the entire galleon as it sank into the sea, the underwater world immediately came into the view of Karl's group.
"The underwater world? It's so beautiful!"
Yamato's eyes lit up as she ran to the ship's rail, pressing her whole face against the bubble, wishing she could stick her head out into the sea.
"Idiot, be careful not to puncture the bubble with your devil horns."
Because he wasn't as tall as Yamato, Karl could only grab her gradient-colored long hair and pull her back.
"Hehe... Sorry, I got a little overexcited."
Yamato, who had learned to act cute over the past six months, couldn't help but stick out her tongue, then put her hands together and pleaded with Karl: "Karl, can you lend me a bubble coral? I want to go out and play."
"Sure. When did your brain start working so fast?"
Hearing this, Karl was suddenly quite impressed with Yamato.
As a reward, Karl pointed to Nami and said, "Go find Nami, she has some!"
"Nami..." Yamato's tall figure immediately pounced on Nami.
Before long, Yamato's body was enveloped in a transparent bubble. She passed through the ship's coating bubble and began to play in the underwater world while following the descending galleon.
Since she wasn't afraid of seawater, Karl wasn't worried about Yamato's bubble bursting.
As long as Yamato was within the range of his Observation Haki, Karl could save her with a few consecutive teleports.
Let Yamato have her fun before the large galleon transitions from the surface layer to the deep-sea currents.
After all, for more than half a year, making a girl who had thought of herself as a man since childhood relearn ladylike etiquette and dress... Yamato's suffering in some respects was actually no less than Carina and Perona's hellish training.
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