As Jovian and Aramaki sat inside the room, drinking and commenting on the beautiful scene before them, a powerful presence suddenly appeared and made both of them stop.
"What powerful Haki. Other than Kaido, does anyone in this country have Haki on this level?"
Aramaki seemed a little surprised. He had sensed very powerful Conqueror's Haki. A Conqueror's Haki user, the kind that appeared only once in a million people, was supposed to be extremely rare. Even if several Conqueror's Haki users really did appear in one country, raising it to this level still shocked Aramaki.
"That should be Kaido's daughter Yamato's Haki. I think aside from Kaido and Yamato, there shouldn't be a third person in this country with Conqueror's Haki."
Jovian lightly took a sip of sake. He was not surprised by Yamato's arrival. Based on his understanding of Yamato, she most likely wanted to ally with them, defeat Kaido together, and drive Kaido out of this country or something along those lines.
"Ahahaha…"
"Should we clean this place up?"
"Isn't Yamato the woman you're interested in, Jovian? If she sees this scene, it might be a little bad, right?"
Aramaki looked at the mess in their room and asked Jovian.
"Hahahaha…"
"I don't think that's necessary."
"Besides, even if we wanted to clean up, there's no time. That girl is already here…"
As Jovian spoke, he raised his head and looked at the room's ceiling.
"Ah, she really is!"
"That speed is amazing!"
After hearing Jovian's words, Aramaki also raised his head and looked toward the ceiling.
Boom!
The instant the two looked up, the roof suddenly exploded. A large figure wearing a huge mask crashed through the ceiling and entered Jovian and Aramaki's room.
"Ah…"
"All this sake was wasted."
"Even though the sake here is way too light and should have been brewed longer, seeing it wasted like this still hurts."
Aramaki looked at the sake mixed with the broken wood chips from the roof and felt a pang of distress.
"Sorry…"
"I need your help!"
"I heard you are people of justice, that you provide help to those who need it!"
"And I am someone who needs your help."
"My name is Yamato. I am Kaido's son!"
The girl wore a hannya mask, a kimono, and geta sandals. With a bright, straightforward voice, she spoke loudly to Jovian and Aramaki.
"Ahahaha…"
"I can't. This is too funny…"
After hearing Yamato's words, Aramaki could not help bursting into laughter. He had truly been amused by what she said.
"Miss, you really don't have any common sense."
"We're Marines. Do you know what Marines do?"
"We aren't a charity organization that helps anyone who needs help. We are an army that helps World Government member nations. At the same time, we are the enemies of every pirate on these seas. So, Miss Yamato, as Kaido's child, in a certain sense, you are our enemy."
Aramaki explained basic common sense to Yamato.
"What? You're Marines…"
"Could you be the Marines written about in Kozuki Oden's logbook, the World Government's lackeys?"
"If that's the case, then aren't you my enemies?"
As Yamato spoke, she took out her kanabo, seemingly ready to fight.
"Miss, let me say the ugly part up front. Even against a woman, I won't hold back."
When Aramaki saw Yamato enter battle mode, his eyes sharpened. In an instant, countless vines on the ground began writhing nonstop, and Aramaki's body also began transforming into wood.
"All right, both of you stop."
Just as Aramaki and Yamato seemed about to fight, Jovian, who had remained silent all this time, finally spoke.
The two, who had been on the verge of battle, both stopped the instant they heard Jovian's words.
At the same time, Aramaki and Yamato both felt a terrifying power rising from Jovian's body, a power that sent chills down their backs.
"Hahaha…"
"As expected of you, Jovian. I'm no match for this level of strength."
After feeling Jovian's power, violent to the extreme, Aramaki returned to his human form and laughed at Jovian.
"You…"
"You really are powerful. Among everyone I know, perhaps only my father and Kozuki Oden can stand on the same level as you…"
Yamato lowered the kanabo in her hand. She seemed to acknowledge Jovian's strength.
"Kozuki Oden?"
"Isn't that insulting me?"
When Jovian heard Yamato compare Kozuki Oden to him, he shook his head lightly.
Comparing him to Kozuki Oden was simply an insult.
"Kozuki Oden was the strongest man in the world!"
When Yamato heard Jovian refer to Kozuki Oden like that, she immediately grew dissatisfied and began defending Kozuki Oden.
"Oh, the strongest man in the world? Then where is this so-called Kozuki Oden now?"
After hearing Yamato's words, Jovian asked.
"Well, he…"
Yamato's expression showed some hesitation.
"He died. But he died for his companions. He was a hero."
After hesitating for a while, Yamato lifted her chest proudly and answered Jovian.
"If he died, then he can't be called the strongest, because the strongest are still alive."
Jovian shook his head. He easily found the flaw in Yamato's words.
"But he died for others. Besides, I don't think Father won that battle honorably."
Yamato still remembered the battle between Kozuki Oden and her father, Kaido, vividly. That was the first time in her life she had seen someone cut and wound her father. Without a doubt, Kozuki Oden's strength had been more than powerful enough.
"Hahaha…"
"You really are still a kid. You're actually talking about whether a victory was honorable or not."
"In this world, where is there any such thing as honorable or dishonorable? There is only winning and losing."
"The only people in this world who talk about whether victory is honorable are children."
Before Jovian could speak, Aramaki mocked Yamato first.
"This…"
Yamato took a step back. She did not know how to refute Aramaki's words.
"Your name is Yamato, right?"
"Remember this. In this world, no matter what reason you have, if you lose, then unfortunately, it proves one thing, your strength was not enough. Your strength was not enough to face the countless potential threats before you. Your strength was not enough to deal with those trials. Don't look for excuses. If you possessed invincible strength, then naturally you would not be tripped up by such obstacles."
Aramaki looked at Yamato and spoke coldly.
"To put it simply, every unfavorable situation comes from the person involved lacking the ability to handle it."
Jovian summarized Aramaki's words.
"Exactly. That's the idea. Every unfavorable situation is nothing more than insufficient strength."
Aramaki gave Jovian a thumbs-up. That was exactly what he meant.
"Think about it carefully, Yamato."
"If your strength were enough, you would not have come looking for us. If your strength were enough, there would not be cuffs locked around your wrists. If your strength were enough, then everyone in this world would listen to you. Unfortunately, your strength is lacking."
Jovian looked at Yamato and continued speaking.
"I…"
Although Yamato did not agree with Jovian and Aramaki's words, after thinking about them, she found it difficult to completely deny them. Just as Jovian and Aramaki had said, if her strength were enough, she could defeat Kaido herself. She could go out to sea through her own strength. She could begin her own adventure. She would not need to become someone like Kozuki Oden just to leave the sea. She could completely become herself.
"Yamato, you know what I'm saying is correct, but your heart is resisting my words. There is no need for you to resist them. You need to make the correct choice."
Jovian kept trying to persuade Yamato.
"Huff…"
"Sure enough, I still can't agree with your words. I want to become someone like Kozuki Oden!"
After thinking for a long time, Yamato let out a long breath. Then she gripped her kanabo with both hands and confronted Jovian and Aramaki.
"In other words, everything I just said was basically wasted, right?"
"In that case, there's nothing else to do. Aramaki, handle it."
Jovian sighed helplessly. Yamato was the most stubborn girl he had ever met, so he could not be bothered to waste any more words. When he could solve something with action, sometimes he really needed to talk less.
"Got it!"
After receiving Jovian's order, Aramaki summoned countless vines and bound Yamato.
"You think vines like these can hold me?"
After being bound, Yamato showed not even the slightest panic. She angrily shouted at Jovian and Aramaki.
"Yamato…"
Jovian did not answer Yamato's words. He simply walked up to Yamato, grabbed her head with both hands, and faced her directly.
"What are you doing?"
Yamato did not know what Jovian intended to do, but a bad feeling rose in her heart.
"So please sleep for a while."
As Jovian spoke, he held Yamato's head with both hands and slammed it toward his own head.
Bang!
With a thunderous impact, Yamato instantly felt dizzy. It was as though her head had suffered a world-shaking collision.
"Ah…"
"So dizzy…"
"Damn it, I miscalculated…"
Yamato kept muttering under her breath, then collapsed unconscious on the spot.
"Yamato, Yamato. Just stay quiet for a little while."
Jovian looked at the unconscious Yamato and shook his head.
Elsewhere, Denjiro looked at Jovian with veins bulging on his forehead. He could not tolerate Kozuki Oden's daughter being humiliated by someone else. He could not tolerate Komurasaki dancing naked before others.
"Hey, you're a samurai, right?"
"You've been directing killing intent at me since earlier."
"Do you want to kill me?"
"Hahaha… I'll give you the chance, if you can manage it."
Jovian looked at Denjiro and laughed.
"Ahahaha…"
"Since you said so, then I'll gladly accept!"
Denjiro knew his secret had already been discovered, so he simply stopped hiding. He was ready to throw caution to the wind and fight Jovian.
"Boss Kyoshiro…"
The samurai looked at Denjiro, who had drawn the katana in his hand and was ready to strike. Their expressions shook one after another. After all, in their eyes, Denjiro's strength was unfathomable. He was a true monster.
"…"
Komurasaki looked at Denjiro, who was preparing to stand up for her, and her eyes filled with endless tenderness.
"One slash will decide it!"
"This is my finishing move, one I've spent eighteen years refining in Wano Country…"
The katana in Denjiro's hand was wrapped in Ryuo. He was going to use the blade he had trained with for over a decade to defeat Jovian.
Boom!
However, before Denjiro could finish speaking, he felt his head sink. In an instant, accompanied by a thunderous crash, Denjiro's entire head was pressed into the wooden floor by Jovian.
The terrifying force immediately took half of Denjiro's life.
Sizzle.
Immediately after that, Jovian fired a blast of heat vision at Denjiro, directly shaving away the other half of his life.
"With that little ability, you still tried to copy others and take revenge?"
Jovian looked at the already dead Denjiro and spoke coldly.
"Dancers, put your clothes back on."
"A new era is about to arrive."
"Wait quietly for the bell to ring. The moment the bell rings will be the moment your country opens its borders."
"An Emperor of the Sea is about to fall here, and your country will be completely taken over by us Marines, by the World Government."
Jovian announced the beginning of this tremendous upheaval to the dancers before him.
At the same time, Big Mom, Charlotte Linlin, who had long planned to ally with Kaido and had therefore arrived near Wano Country early, had already reached Wano Country. The two Emperors were about to meet.
Meanwhile…
Jovian and Green Bull headed toward Onigashima, where Kaido was located.
After Jovian and Green Bull Aramaki arrived at Onigashima, Jovian held the Transponder Snail in his hand and spoke to the people on his warship.
"Go tell Sakazuki to send more warships. Of course, I'm not saying we need support. I'm saying I need more ships to carry all this pirate trash."
"…"
When the Marines heard Jovian's words, they all fell silent. There was indeed nothing wrong with what Jovian had said, but why did they have to go tell Sakazuki? Why couldn't the two Admirals, Jovian and Aramaki, explain it clearly to Sakazuki themselves?
They knew Fleet Admiral Sakazuki was furious right now. Going to say something like this at a time like this meant whoever spoke would get yelled at. The problem was, if there were credit to claim, they could have endured it. But this time, the credit for subjugating an Emperor of the Sea had almost nothing to do with them. This time, the credit for subjugating an Emperor belonged entirely to Jovian and Aramaki.
That made these Marines feel very miserable.
Oh, not only did they get no credit, they also had to bear responsibility. They even had to take the scolding in place of the Admirals. Wasn't this just bullying honest people?
However, military orders were absolute. They did not have the courage to ignore Sakazuki's orders the way Jovian did. So, in the end, they still called Sakazuki and delivered Jovian's command to him.
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