Pirate: It’s not a phantom beast, it’s a phantom god!

Chapter 384 Changing Flags
"Once I get there and become the world's number one pirate crew, I'll...!"

"Huh?!" *2
Roger's words startled both Whitebeard and Oden, before the former burst into laughter:

"Goo la la la la!"

"Roger, what nonsense are you spouting?"

"You're not a little kid anymore!"

"Hahaha!"

Roger didn't seem to mind the other's reaction and instead burst into laughter.

The two laughed so hard they were doubled over, completely unaware that Oden was speechless with astonishment.

[Is this man serious? He actually wants to...]
Oden stared blankly at the man in front of him, his mind completely blank.

……

"So... please, Newgate!"

The cheerful laughter abruptly stopped at a request.

After recounting his dreams, Roger surprisingly asked Whitebeard to lend Oden for a year...

"Lend me Oden for a year. With him, I can finally reach that final island..."

“This is my lifelong request!”

Roger's voice immediately drew everyone's attention to them, but he didn't care at all, and even knelt down!
"Hey! Roger! What are you doing? Whitebeard is our enemy!"

"Get up quickly!"

Upon seeing their captain kneel before the enemy, the Roger Pirates crew were all shocked, and Jabba immediately tried to stop him.

But Roger remained unmoved. When Whitebeard did not respond, he turned to Oden, who was equally panicked.

"Please, Oden!"

"Just one year! Let's travel together!"

"Here……"

Still reeling from the shock, Oden was flustered when he saw Roger pleading with him in such a humble manner.

"Get up right now! This is outrageous! How can a man like you kneel down like this!"

"It's alright, as long as you can come to my place temporarily..."

"enough!"

Before Roger could finish speaking, a deafening roar erupted.

Immediately, the entire island, and even the surrounding sea, began to shake violently and uncontrollably... and the world spun around in an instant.

"What a joke, Roger!"

"You actually want to take away my 'family'?!"

Genuine anger caused the veins on the white-bearded man's forehead to bulge, and a violent, domineering aura instantly swept across the entire space, causing the surrounding atmosphere to tremble under the man's fury...

At that moment, everyone present felt as if their hearts were being gripped tightly.

'Family'—this is an absolute taboo in the Whitebeard Pirates, a taboo subject that cannot be touched.

For Whitebeard and his crew, 'family' was far more important than any treasure, and anyone who dared to lay a finger on their 'family' would face the most terrible revenge on this sea.

In an instant, everyone in both the Whitebeard Pirates and the Roger Pirates gripped their weapons tightly, ready to act at any moment if things went wrong.

Faced with this tense situation, an unexpected voice suddenly reached everyone's ears...

"Um... Little White Chicken."

Oden, whose mind was blank, actually spoke at this moment, unconsciously revealing his truest thoughts.

“I…I want to go with this man to see…to that final island…”

"Please let me go!"

……

Wano Country, Onigashima.

After two years of construction, thanks to the tireless efforts of countless craftsmen from Wano Country and the Hundred Beasts, the first phase of the Onigashima project was finally largely completed.

What was once a barren island, where even seeing a stray dog ​​baring its teeth required a boat trip, now appears as a riot of flowers, possessing a dreamlike and prosperous beauty that seems otherworldly.

Looking up, a magnificent palace, adorned with carved beams and painted rafters, looms out from behind the giant horned skull on the island.

Two fox statues stand mysteriously and elegantly in front of the gate, while a fountain shaped like a demon behind them is ferocious and terrifying... Further inside, as you climb the steps, rows of vermilion torii gates stand solemnly, as if the path leads to the abode of the gods.

If the flowers of the capital city represent the bustling world of human life, then this place is like a paradise inhabited by ghosts and gods.

Beneath the most conspicuous, gigantic katana on the island, a child's stammering voice rang out...

"Ba...hug~"

Little Jack, who could already walk steadily, reached out and tugged at Osie's jacket sleeve... This action immediately drew Osie's attention, who was talking to Obey. "Hmm? What's wrong, little Jack?"

Ossie looked up slightly at Jack, who was already two years old.

"Hug...hug me~"

"hug?"

"Oh~"

Once Osie understood that the other person wanted her to hold him, she opened her arms and picked up Jack, who was a head taller than her, as if she were holding an extra-large Alaskan Malamute.

"Hmm~ Little Jack has grown quite a bit taller again~"

"Looks like he's been eating well~ Little Jack is such a good boy~"

After overcoming the difficult weaning trial, Jack and Yamato were brought to Wano Country, where they have been for over two months now.

It has to be said that the two little ones' lineage is quite remarkable.

Although they cried and begged for milk every day for the first few days, the two brats immediately started eating with relish after Kaido roughly shoved a big piece of meat into their mouths, their mouths dripping with oil.

Jack and Yamato now eat no different from other pirates, eating large amounts of meat and drinking large bowls of water every meal... well, that's not enough.

Kaido did try it out at first, but Jack and Yamato were immediately captured and taken back. He himself was sent to some remote and unknown place on official business and hasn't returned yet.

"Sigh~ In two more years, my older sister really won't be able to hug me anymore~"

Ossie lifted the awkwardly positioned Jack in her arms a little higher, her tone tinged with helplessness.

"No, no!"

Jack was playing with Ossie's hair, he loved playing with those bright red braids... but now that he heard Ossie couldn't hug him anymore, he immediately let go of her hair and hugged Ossie's neck tightly instead.

"Jay, Jack wants Auntie Honghong to hold him~"

"Oh, okay, okay, Ah Y... eh?"

"Ah, Auntie?"

Upon hearing the term "auntie," Ossie's teasing expression instantly froze.

"Jay, Jack~ Who taught you to call me that?"

"Call me sister~"

"The red one, the small one, is Aunt Honghong~"

Children seem to have their own set of logic.

Perhaps he overheard someone calling Sharp that while he was in Fenrir, or perhaps he heard Shirley call him that... In any case, Jack stubbornly believed that Osie should be his aunt.

"..."

"Pfft~"

Seeing Osei's stunned and petrified expression, Obe couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Heh~ These kids can be quite interesting sometimes~"

"Besides, you're not too old to be an aunt, are you?"

"..."

"Hmm~"

At Ossie's feet, another girl, who was sucking her finger and looking up at Jack with envy, heard the sound and curiously turned her little head towards Ossie.

This little guy is much cuter than Jack.

With rosy lips and white teeth, she was charming and lovely, with a pair of delicate white horns just beginning to peek out from her head... Her size, similar to that of an ordinary child, made Yamato look like a porcelain doll full of spirit.

At this moment, little Yamato clenched his little fist, looked at Obe, and then at Jack who was being held, as if he had mustered up his courage.

"Ok?"

Obe found it somewhat amusing to see Yamato walking towards him hesitantly, looking at him with a mixture of timidity and anticipation.

The little guy was still a bit shy. Compared to Aunt Osie, who often visited them, this was the first time they had met Obe.

"Come on~"

In a good mood, Ou Bei squatted down, bringing her gaze to Da Ping's level, and clapped her hands to indicate that the other person could come over... She didn't mind hugging this normal-sized little guy.

[Well~ even though he's Kaido's child, he's quite cute~]
"Oh~ Thank you~"

"Thank you, Brother Lan~"

"..."

￣へ￣

[This child is not cute at all.]
Hearing the other person call her Aunt Ossie, but call him brother, Obe's heart was like a pie chart, a mix of emotions he couldn't quite describe.
[Maybe I should grow my hair back...]
[No, no, that would make me seem like I care too much~]
[Tsk~ It's all this damn power's fault, there's not a single sign of it awakening after all this time.]
[If I could awaken my powers, would I be the way I am now?]
Obe, who was small and flat-chested, pursed his lips and stopped smiling.

(End of this chapter)