Chapter 129: Players declare that knowledge is power...
Violet: ? ? ?
She glanced at the mission name, then at Kaido, who sat there with two large tattooed arms looking like a gangster boss. Kaido blinked hard.
Did she misread it? Not sure, let me check again.
It is indeed true that my son's rebellion has broken my heart!
The style of the show instantly transforms from a story about ruthless underground villains plotting to destroy the world to a family sitcom filled with canned laughter at 8:30 pm.
Mr. Newgate, who likes adopting children; Big Mom, who likes having her own children; and Kaido, who has messy family conflicts with his own children...
Violet didn't know if there were any intelligence agents in the Navy and the World Government who specialized in studying these Sea Emperors, or if they had discovered any commonalities among these three regarding the issue of their "children."
Indeed, the education of the next generation is a problem that troubles everyone from ordinary people to sea emperors.
However, this makes it clear why there's still no news about Shanks' title of Emperor of the Sea, even after she personally urged Sengoku offline.
Shanks is such a loner (pointing and whispering).
Despite her rich inner monologue, Violet managed to spare some attention for this little meeting. Though called a meeting, Violet felt it was more like a casual chat. The main topics were how many islands everyone had recently seized from so-and-so, whether to teach that good-for-nothing Orochi a lesson for making Wano Country a mess, and how to teach the damned, ever-present Kozuki family a lesson for their resurgence.
It was quite boring, and it was obvious that Kaido and Violet had the same idea. Two minutes after the man spoke, Kaido quietly picked up the gourd that had been placed aside and started drinking again. Throughout the meeting, it was King who was quite serious in asking and answering questions.
Ah, Your Excellency.
The reason why Violet was specifically called over was revealed a few minutes later: Jhin wanted to ask her in detail what happened after she and Jhin separated.
"Ahem, it's like this..."
Vera adjusted her glasses and spoke confidently, reciting Robin and Chopper's prepared statements directly, ensuring that King would neither suspect her nor allow Kyoshiro and Kikunojo's affair to be exposed through her.
But is it really worth calling her over for this? Putting aside the fact that they could have just used a Den Den Mushi to talk about it, if Jhin really cared about this information, why didn't he ask her about it on the spot?
"Hmm..."
Kaido exhaled a strong smell of alcohol: "Vilson, how strong are you?"
Violet: ?
Ah, ask her, is it really that straightforward?
Vera, who had already become the focus of everyone's attention because of her conversation with King, felt the gazes on her become even heavier. Unable to figure out what Kaido wanted to do by asking this question at this time, Vera could only resort to her tried-and-true answer.
"So-so, not bad, not bad."
"Hmm." Kaido hummed in response, then suddenly stood up, picked up the black spiked club called "Eight Precepts" that was leaning against the side, and walked step by step towards Violet. "I see..."
He carried the Eight Precepts on his shoulder, looking down at the rather delicate and cute little devil in front of him.
Naive little devil.
This type of brat is not common in Kaido's life.
Youth means weakness, and weakness usually means being bullied and suppressed. So when Kaido thinks of kids this age, he usually thinks of a pair of suppressed eyes, full of anger and resentment.
Whether it was his companions who were trained as combat weapons, or the children Linlin had with him when they were in the Rocks Pirates, they all looked at each other with intense vigilance and hostility when someone who was clearly stronger than them approached.
But Violet clearly didn't; rather than the hostility Kaido was familiar with, it was more like a harmless curiosity.
Kaido hated this harmlessness, which reminded him of the nobles who trained him, throwing him into wars that had nothing to do with him, like livestock time and time again. Back then, the nobles looked at him and his companions with the same harmless curiosity, as if they were looking at some strange creatures that had nothing to do with humans. They also looked at the battlefield filled with smoke with the same eyes, as if the tragic scene of corpses on both sides was just a drama performed for them.
Winning is great, they will gain more territory and more wealth; losing is also fine, because they have enjoyed a thrilling and exciting drama.
In any case, it won't be these nobles who die.
Until the black spiked club shattered their illusions, Kaido forcibly seized those who had been hiding in the back watching as lowly people like himself were torn to pieces in the meat grinder of war, and threw them into the battlefield they had watched with innocent curiosity.
I admire the look of fear in their eyes—no, an even uglier kind of fear.
The spiked club came down and stopped in front of Violet: "I've heard of you. You've always wanted to join the Beasts Pirates, so you even specially selected all the crew members to be Zoan-type Devil Fruit users."
"The Beasts Pirates have no need for cowards or trash."
Violet replied confidently, "Lord Kaido, rest assured, I have absolutely nothing to do with those two adjectives."
Whether Kaido believed him or not, he started walking away. As Violet stared at his retreating figure, bewildered, he said, "Kid, follow me."
Kaido led Violet to a place on this floor that resembled a fighting ring. When they arrived, two pirates were having a great fight on the ring. The muffled thuds of punches hitting flesh, the cheers of the spectators, and the bloodstains scattered on the ground that had been wiped clean and dried all made one feel an inexplicable urge to jump in and join the fight.
Violet didn't understand why Kaido had summoned her to this place. Was he trying to demonstrate the martial spirit of the Beasts Pirates?
Foz-Fur, who followed behind, frowned.
As the person in the Beasts Pirates who (in his own opinion) was the best at understanding his superiors' psychology, Who's-Who knew that Kaido was not satisfied with the current size of the Beasts Pirates.
Leaving aside the uncertain success of the artificial Devil Fruit experiments and the unfulfilled dream of having everyone possess Zoan-type Devil Fruits due to a lack of available ones, Kaido clearly wants to add another major contender besides King and Queen, and the current number of Flying Children is simply too small.
Kaido's appearance and behavior make it easy for people to confuse him with the kind of brainless warrior who only knows how to fight. But in reality, as long as you understand a little about the role Kaido played in the transformation of the Wano Country shogun from Kozuki to Kurozumi, you will know that he is definitely a very deep and unpredictable type.
Kaido would never impulsively call an outsider like "Vilson" to a meeting attended only by the Flying Sons and the top signboard members, and then inexplicably bring him to a place like this.
As expected, the pirates gradually quieted down from their excited state upon seeing Governor Kaido and the top commander. Kaido glanced at the crowd, raised his hand, and pointed to a spot: "Can you win?"
Vera looked in the direction Kaido was pointing and saw a man with bronze skin, muscles that were so exaggerated they rivaled Kaido's, and his body covered in all sorts of hideous scars.
Violet was puzzled, but she still nodded honestly and said, "Okay."
Upon hearing Vera's answer, the man immediately revealed a fierce and defiant expression, let out a heavy snort, and looked at Vera as if he wanted to tear her apart.
"Then let's give it a try."
Upon hearing the command, the man Kaido pointed at jumped into the arena even faster than Violet. He tossed the two people who were fighting aside as if they were empty sacks, then looked at Violet provocatively: "Little brat, I'll beat you until you're crying for your mommy later."
It's a common practice among pirates to trash talk before a fight, and Violet, after adapting to the local custom, has also become a master of trash talk.
However, Violet was too lazy to talk to someone who was obviously cannon fodder. Under everyone's gaze, she calmly walked into the arena, holding "The Call of Tentacles" in one hand and pushing up her glasses with the other.
"These are your last words?"
"...You're asking for it!"
The person Kaido pointed at was considered to be of decent strength among these violent onlookers, but he was no match for Violet. She didn't even need to worry about using too much of "The Summoning of Tentacles" and having too low a sanity level to eat roasted green mushrooms in front of everyone; she beat him to a pulp with just her fists and feet.
Wipe the blood off her fist with the guy's clothes, and Vera calmly walked back to her original spot. Her face was not red and her breath was not out of breath, proving that dealing with such a guy was a piece of cake for her.
"good……"
Kaido still didn't explain why he suddenly insisted on fighting with Violet. Violet was neither curious nor asked. She only listened to Kaido say that he needed their help to find his runaway son, and then she left to get drunk.
Finally, it was King who answered Violet's question: "Governor Kaido intends to make you one of the Flying Children."
Violet: "..."
Violet: "That's really... an unexpected surprise."
"Ahem, I mean, I'm truly flattered. I never expected Lord Kaido to value me so much. I will definitely work hard to contribute to the Beasts Pirates!"
Even after realizing what had happened, Violet's fangirl identity remained intact. After sending King away, Violet thought about the boat that was drinking with Kaido. With no boat to hitch a ride on, she turned around and headed towards the place where she had found the suspicious barrel.
When Violet arrived, the wine barrel she had deliberately overturned was empty. The interior of the empty barrel was excessively dry, and it was clear that the wine that should have been stuck to the barrel walls had been completely absorbed by the clothes of the little guy hidden inside.
Violet sniffed and then realized that under Kaido's leadership, who loved to get drunk, the entire Beasts Pirates had followed suit, and the air was thick with the smell of alcohol. It was impossible to find each other by relying on one's sense of smell.
[Consumes 2 papyrus scrolls, 8 bee stings, and 4 honey]
[You have created "Beekeeping Notes"]
Each reading of "Beekeeping Notes" consumes 33 sanity points and summons two bees under her control. She can control up to sixteen bees at a time.
After reading it carefully eight times, a swarm of bees that looked quite familiar to Violet appeared beside her.
"You wouldn't happen to be the bees from R'lyeh, would you...? Never mind, can you smell the scent in the barrel? Could you please help me find that person?"
With an extra five portions of honey as "payment," the swarm of bees, which Vera suspected had been taken directly from her Laleye hive, flew around the barrel once before scattering.
Watching the bees disappear in the blink of an eye, Violet remarked that the role of the [librarian] really had too many functions.
Is this the power of knowledge? It's practically a gold-medal aid!
The problem is that her sanity is dropping way too fast. Violet has almost used up all the roasted green mushrooms she had saved up. If this continues, she will have to resort to the backup plan: plant the man-eating plant that she secretly hid in her backpack with Law and Sabo somewhere in Wano Country and rely on making [jelly salad] to survive.
Violet didn't know if any of the people summoned this time were trying to curry favor with Kaido by helping him find his rebellious, runaway son, but with prior clues and the help of the bees searching, Violet was practically standing on the edge of the finish line, and didn't need to worry about anyone getting ahead of her.
Violet strolled leisurely, much like a tourist, admiring the various exaggerated and enlarged architectural components inside the main castle of Ghost Island with a relaxed mood.
Um?
A round, yellow bee flew towards her, and Vera stretched out her index finger to let it land on it.
The little bee shook its wings as if urging her, and Violet had no choice but to take out another portion of honey and feed it to the bee.
It seems there's a reason why these little bees can raise themselves to be as big as ping-pong balls.
Satisfied with the reward, the little bee shook its legs, circled around Vera once, and then flapped its wings to fly to a higher level.
Without hesitation, Violet climbed onto the eaves of those buildings and leaped a few times, following behind the bee. She watched it finally land in a place and stop moving before nodding in satisfaction.
Found it.
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Author's Note: While researching, I couldn't help but laugh when I saw Kaido's drunken, spoiled behavior [doge emoji].
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