Kaido’s grip on his kanabo tightened. He felt that before parting, he ought to leave his beloved daughter with one more unforgettable lesson, to deepen her impression.
In the end, however, he did not make a move. Instead, he flew off into the distance together with Nereus and found a harsh, isolated island.
Calling Kaido normal would be somewhat lacking, after all, in the original timeline he stubbornly threw Yamato beside a group of hostile samurai. If not for Kaido’s assistance, Oden’s horcrux would not have taken effect so easily either.
But it was not pure indifference either. If someone of Yamato’s personality was placed over at Charlotte Linlin’s side, what she would receive in the end definitely would not be a disguised compromise.
When it came to her children, Charlotte Linlin had an even more obsessive desire for control. They did not need a self, did not need independent views; they only needed to fill in her dream and obey the orders of this mother.
This was also what led to Nanamo now becoming like an urban legend-like taboo in Totto Land, a name that could not be mentioned.
“So Kaido… came all this way to send over his own child? I should have asked that guy for child support.”
As Nanamo muttered about such things, she sized up Yamato, as if studying how much Yamato could eat.
On this sea, body size and appetite could not be equated. The appetites of the strong were generally not small, and it was not uncommon for them to consume several times their own body size in a single meal.
Yamato, however, did not think that much. Right now, she was showing off her abilities to Chloe, and Chloe was doing the same. When she saw that Chloe could use both fire and electricity, Yamato also demonstrated that she could use ice.
However, the current Yamato could not directly draw out the elemental power inside her Mythical Zoan without entering her Beast Form, so she had already turned into a pure-white beast-person.
It was a branch of the Dog-Dog Fruit, the Mythical Zoan Okuchi no Makami, and also the only Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit Kaido had obtained in all these years.
Without thinking too much, he had ultimately still given it to Yamato. It was just that Yamato had not liked this Devil Fruit ability very much back then.
“I don’t want to eat this. Queen said it tastes super awful! And if I eat it, I won’t be able to swim!”
“Nereus is also a Devil Fruit user. This fruit is the same as his, both are Mythical Zoans.”
“Then I’ll eat it.”
Back then, Kaido also knew how to coax Yamato. With just a few words, he had gotten her to eat the Devil Fruit. However, Kaido did not tell Yamato that Nereus himself was very special, and even after eating a Devil Fruit, he could still swim underwater.
“Nereus is a Devil Fruit user? That’s right. And because of his race, he has a special method that lets him swim underwater. Not many Devil Fruit users can learn that.”
Only after Queen unintentionally said this did Yamato realize she had been tricked by Kaido again. In the end, she stormed off to question Kaido, asking why he had tricked her into becoming a landlubber.
However, she did not get any result. Kaido did not give a reason at all, and simply resorted to force, carrying out a new round of suppression one-sidedly.
A Devil Fruit that had been eaten could not be spat back out. Faced with a reality that was already set in stone, that was simply how things were.
“It’s even a Mythical Zoan. Looks like that Kaido does pay quite a bit of attention to you.”
Even though the known Mythical Zoan users were more numerous than Logia-type users, Mythical Zoans were still praised on the sea as abilities even rarer than Logia-types, and their prices at auction houses were also far higher than Logia-types.
If he truly paid no attention at all, he would not have taken out this fruit.
“Attention? I’d rather he didn’t pay attention to me. Day after day, he either beats me or finds some new way to beat me. My father is definitely a violence maniac!”
Thinking of Kaido’s attention, Yamato shuddered. Clearly, to her, those were not pleasant memories.
“So why did he bring you here?”
“I don’t know either. That day, I had a big fight with him, then I got beaten again, and in the end, without saying a word, he grabbed me and flew over here.”
Because Nanamo’s father was Nereus, Yamato answered every question Nanamo asked. It was just that she did not provide any meaningful answer.
“Sounds like he wanted to abandon you~”
Nanamo only wanted to tease the child a little. According to somewhat normal logic, a child would show a bit of panic upon hearing those words.
However, Yamato’s reaction made Nanamo realize one thing: Yamato’s relationship with Kaido was definitely not harmonious. Upon hearing the word “abandon,”
Yamato was neither afraid nor panicked. Instead, she excitedly came before Nanamo.
“Really? Sister, did he really abandon me?!”
That expression reminded Nanamo of herself back then. When she would hear that Nereus was giving some precious treasures to her, Nanamo would also wait with a face full of anticipation for an affirmative answer.
“This world… really is getting crazier and crazier…”
Watching Yamato squat dejectedly to the side after failing to receive the confirmation that she had been “abandoned”, Nanamo felt that this sea was developing in a direction she simply could not comprehend.
It was just then that Hermes leisurely floated over.
“Princess Nanamo, I have something to say. I feel that to you, it may not be good news.”
“Hermes, don’t tell me you actually think an outsider poses a threat to that ‘succession order’ you’re so fixated on?”
Hermes had persisted for a very long time in his “Chloe Threat Theory,” but after realizing that Nereus had no need to consider the issue of an heir, he had stopped bringing up similar topics.
Seeing Hermes looking as if he wanted to offer advice, Nanamo felt it was somewhat familiar.
“No, what I wish to speak of is another matter. Lord Nereus still has not given up on training you, correct?”
“Yeah. Other than Dad, no one else can make me go all out. If it isn’t underwater, Amphy can. She’s a monster. But what does that have to do with what you want to say?”
“According to your past evaluations, Queen Amphitrite is very much a training maniac, and Princess Chloe is also very much a training maniac… And though Lord Nereus’s training is harsh, this girl is a fan of Lord Nereus.
“And Lord Nereus also does not go back on what he has agreed to do. If Lord Nereus earnestly fulfills his promise, and she obeys Lord Nereus’s orders without question…”
Training maniac +1. This was the future Hermes foresaw.
This time, Nanamo did not feel that it was talking nonsense, but instead felt that it made a great deal of sense.
There were already enough training maniacs in Ryugu Palace. The examples Hermes had listed were merely ones that were relatively close to Nanamo. And now…
“Look at other people’s children…”
In the eyes of outsiders familiar with Nereus, Nanamo was the “other people’s child.”
Compared to powerful combat strength, some shortcomings in other areas did not count for much at all, but an increase in training maniacs could still indirectly affect her.
“No, I have to think of a way…”
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