One Piece: Winged Dragon of the Beasts Pirates

But since you're Uncle Jhin, I forgive you.

"We will never let Dad down!"

Yamato spoke loudly and confidently.

Jin gave a soft snort and followed Teacher Kai back to his room.

Yamato happily grabbed Ian's hand, who was looking worried, and ran downstairs. "Ian! Let's go play!"

"Brother Ian! Are you back?"

The two had just descended a few flights of stairs when a muffled voice rang out.

Ian turned around.

A burly boy, as big as a small mountain, strode quickly from the corner of the corridor, his face beaming. "I heard you went to fight the invaders with Boss Kaido!"

"Oh, Jack, isn't this him?"

Yamato waved to the person who came with a grin.

"Sister Yamato!"

The overly tall child obediently greeted Yamato.

This guy, who is the same age as Ian but is three times his height, is the future Drought Jack.

He is a fish-man who was picked up by Guy last year. He is also exceptionally talented and is being groomed to be a future executive of the Beasts Pirates.

After exchanging greetings, Jack looked at Ian expectantly, "How was it? Brother Ian, you must have been very active!"

"It's hard to describe in words."

Ian shook his head.

They were indeed quite active on the battlefield.

But upon his return, he was immediately identified as a future rival.

Jack tilted his head.

What do you mean?

He couldn't understand.

"Jack! You've come at the perfect time!"

Yamato chuckled, "Let's play a game together!"

Jack's face immediately fell. "Again, do I have to play Kozuki Oden again?"

"That's right!"

Yamato rolled up his sleeves, revealing his short, chubby arms. "The evil Kozuki Oden! I, Yamato-sama, will defeat him!"

Jack couldn't help but complain, "Why is it always me playing Kozuki Oden? Sometimes, I also want to play the righteous pirate who defeated the evil Kozuki Oden."

"Cut the nonsense!"

Yamato glared at him. "Do you want to get beaten up?"

"No, I dare not."

Jack immediately shook his head obediently, looking aggrieved, and said, "I'll act it out."

Ian felt something was off.

It's not just Kai-sensei who's changed; Yamato is also gradually learning some of her father's traits.

As for why the main villain in the game is Kozuki Oden, Ian can only say that it's all to prevent future trouble.

The children's house-playing continued until dinner time.

After having dinner at the restaurant, I played around with Yamato and Jack for a while, and then it was time to rest.

Ian's residence on Onigashima is located on the second-to-last floor of the main building. The only people on the same floor as him are Yamato, Jhin, and Quinn. The top floor above is where Kay's residence is located.

The dormitory assignments clearly demonstrate Ian's high status within the Beasts Pirates.

Although he is still young, he is already comparable to Teacher Kai's biological daughter and two big names.

He is the future third major figurehead of the Beasts Pirates, and everyone knows that.

Silent all night.

The next day, Ian got up very early as usual.

At five o'clock in the morning, he had already gotten out of bed, yawned, washed up briefly, and quickly went downstairs to the square outside the main building.

As soon as he stepped out, a small figure in the square waved to him.

“Ian!!”

Yamato grinned, hands on his hips, beaming with pride, "I'm earlier today!"

"very nice,"

Ian said with a hint of envy, "You got to see Ghost Island at four in the morning."

Yamato, from now on I'll call you Lao Da.

Let's begin today's workout!

Yamato clenched his little fists tightly, full of fighting spirit.

Ian nodded. "Okay, let's warm up first."

I didn't get up early to go on a date with a five-year-old kid; it's my morning exercise time.

The so-called warm-up involved Ian and Yamato each carrying a heavy barbell and jogging slowly around the square for half an hour.

Ian's barbell is larger, while Yamato's is smaller, but it's still a weight that most people can't lift.

Yamato is no ordinary child. She inherited Kai's bloodline and, despite her young age, possesses a monstrous physique.

After warming up the body, the formal exercise has just begun.

All those fitness tutorials that were gathering dust in my bookmarks in my past life are now coming in handy: weighted push-ups, weighted sit-ups, weighted crunches, weighted high knees, and weighted shuttle runs.

The two children were practicing their skills in the square in a very serious manner.

Ian, in particular, was exceptionally serious and worked hard to train every muscle in his body.

He is not a meticulous or serious person, but he has never relaxed when it comes to exercise.

This kind of training has been going on for a long time, starting with encouraging Dahe to challenge Teacher Kai.

While the two were exercising enthusiastically, two tall figures were quietly looking down at them from the rooftop terrace of the main building behind them.

"Hahaha! The little rascal who's always so lazy, but he never slacks off when it comes to training."

"He's as fat as a ball, one of the Beasts Pirates' signature figures," Queen the Plague commented with great interest.

The man standing beside him, Jin, simply said coldly, "Ian just doesn't like adventure or fighting, but he understands very well that power is the most important thing."

"Power may not represent everything, but in this world, those who lack power can easily lose everything."

Ian was unaware of the two guys' comments; he was simply training himself in silence.

Unfortunately, the weak in this world truly have no control over their own destiny.

Ian doesn't like to cause trouble, but he also feels that when someone causes trouble, he can't be without the power to fight back.

Their morning exercise continued until eight o'clock, when Ian and Yamato, exhausted, leisurely headed to the restaurant for breakfast.

After breakfast is study time.

The Beasts Pirates are all illiterate; even Guy is only literate. Only Queen is somewhat more educated.

Ian felt that he couldn't learn from these older generations; he still needed to have some basic understanding of natural sciences, history, and humanities.

There are no teachers on Ghost Island, so Ian has to find books to read on his own.

His study time is every morning.

Yamato had no interest in this. At this time, she would usually look at comic books on the side, but she didn't know many words, so she just watched for the fun of it.

In the afternoon, Ian would usually go to practice his skills or find someone to spar with.

or--

"Kids! Get up here!"

Teacher Kai's mini-class is about to begin.

Chapter 5: Facing Teacher Kai

2024-06-04

Not long after lunch, Ian had just woken up from a nap and was getting ready to exercise when he heard Teacher Kai's roar from above.

The explosion was like thunder, and could be clearly heard throughout the entire Ghost Island.

"Ian, Dad is calling us!"

The sound of footsteps approached rapidly, and the door to the room was pulled open. Yamato's cute little face peeked in, and she was dragging a long spiked club.

"Yes."

Ian looked dejected. "Let's go."

Every time Mr. Kai called his name from above the skull, it was for one thing only.

Together with Yamato, they went up to the rooftop terrace of the main building. Brilliant golden light burst forth, and Ian instantly transformed into a giant golden dragon.

"Ian!"

Yamato stared intently at Ian, who was slowly taking off with flapping wings. "So cool!"

"Come up."

Ian simply extended his claws toward Yamato.

Yamato jumped up happily, his small body leaping high into the air, landing directly in Ian's palm.

Then Ian spread his wings and flew off the terrace, through the skull's eye, then turned and flew towards the top of the skull.