Big brother, I want to become the strongest pirate in the world!

This isn't acting or pretending; it's the real Pepe.

Kazan felt a pang of sympathy for Perona's pitiful appearance. He knelt down, gently picked her up, and patted the dirt off her skirt: "Does it hurt?"

"Hmm~~"

Perona shook her head, secretly glanced at her three friends hiding behind a big tree to encourage herself, mustered her courage, and carefully reached out to grab Kazan.

Kazan watched as Perona slowly grabbed his clothes, then pressed her face against his chest. A moment later, Kazan felt his chest get wet.

"Brother... Peipei doesn't understand, what did Peipei do wrong..."

"Do you understand now that you can't run around like that anymore?"

"Um……"

"Peipei...do you always feel that whatever you do is your due, and that everyone should give in to you? Do you think that no matter what you do wrong, your brother will forgive you?"

"……No……"

Perona let out a slightly hesitant groan, but... she really did think so.

"This is called princess syndrome... I hate little girls with princess syndrome the most!"

"...Pepe doesn't have princess syndrome!"

"really?"

“…A little bit, but Peipei won’t do it again! Peipei doesn’t want her brother to hate her!”

Kazan looked down at the little guy's hysterical state, his eyes filled with childlike innocence and simple determination.

Can Pepe do it?

"can!"

"Ah."

"Then...brother, could you like Peipei a little more?"

“My brother likes Peipei more every day than he did yesterday.”

Perona pouted; this wasn't the answer she wanted: "Pepe... Brother, can you only like... Brother, you have to like Pepe the most!"

"Hmm... Brother likes well-behaved Peipei the most."

Kazan wasn't deaf; he heard Pepe's murmur and understood what the unfinished sentence was.

Kazan understood that everyone has a possessive streak. When he first transmigrated, he also hoped that his master, senior brothers, and senior sisters would only like him, but... that was absolutely impossible.

It's understandable that Perona would have such thoughts. Everyone hopes that their elders will only dote on them. This is true not only for children but also for adults.

However, Kazan didn't care too much about Perona's simple possessiveness. Since she was a member of the monster family and lived in such a large family, Perona would eventually understand that it was possible.

"I'm sorry... I scared you a few days ago."

"Hmm~ Peipei knows that brother is just scaring me... Brother will never abandon Peipei, Peipei knows that."

"Hey...you little rascal! Your dress is all dirty. Go back to the ship and change. Then have your sister Robin give you a bath."

"Yes! Brother, please carry me back!"

Perona blinked her big, dark eyes, and the little ghost that had disappeared beside her reappeared, acting all cute with Kazan.

"By the way, Pepe's Kumashi is all dirty. Do you want your brother to buy you a new teddy bear?"

"No! Kumashi is Kumashi! No little bear can replace her!"

Kazan, carrying Perona, strolled towards Caroso's line, then tilted his head and nodded to a pair of eyes watching them from the sky.

Hmm... As expected, Pepe-chan is fine too. No wonder she's Kazan.

On a high platform in Cocoyasi Village, Bon Clay, transformed into a seabird, silently watched the scene below. He blinked naturally, then took off again and began circling the waters near the island.

Every now and then, he would fly around to check for any potential dangers. This was the awareness of the second brother, and Feng Kelei was creating a simple protective umbrella for his family in his own way.

My younger siblings... just play peacefully.

Flying in mid-air, Bon Clay glanced in the direction of the Red Line. No matter where they went, he would protect them.

Chapter 145 Preparations for the Future

On the high seas, in the waters surrounding Cocosia Village.

"Uncle Kazan, have a taste!"

"Awoo... Hmm~ Nojiko's cooking skills have improved again."

"Hey hey hey..."

In the galley of the Carroso, Nojiko brought over her homemade orange-flavored steak for Kazan to try. Although her mother Bellemere and her sister Monet helped, Nojiko was still very happy to receive praise from Uncle Kazan.

There was also a greedy little sugar next to him, secretly planning to reach out and grab a piece of cake while Kazan was eating steak.

But how could Sugar, with his clumsy nature, possibly fool his brother?

Snapped.

"Well……"

"Sugar! I told you, you can't eat anything sweet lately! Your teeth are practically riddled with cavities!"

No way!

Sugar covered her little hand that Kazan had hit, puffed up in anger, and looked unhappy. She really wanted to eat that cake.

However, Sugar has been eating too many random things lately, and her teeth are starting to hurt. Kazan is worried that she will get cavities if she continues to eat like this, so he has started to control Sugar's diet.

Perona and Nami are putting what they learned from the nautical book into practice in the lookout room. Little Nami has learned a lot from Perona.

Ever since the Bellemere family became acquainted with the monster family, they've been living off the Carroso every day, freeloading off them. However, out of consideration for Nojiko, Kazan doesn't hold it against them.

Having stayed in Cocoyasi Village for almost a month, Kazan felt it was about time to leave, but there was one more thing to take care of before that.

That is the problem of the Fishman Pirates, which may still exist in the future.

Arlong is basically half of Kazan's underling, and a few days ago Kazan even specifically asked Bellamy, who has a very good relationship with Arlong, for his opinion on Arlong.

As expected, both Kazan and Bellamy believed that Aaron's attitude towards humans remained one of hatred and disgust.

Among humans, only the Whitebeard Pirates and the Monster Pirates are special to him.

So... this makes Kazan think that in the future... the Fishman Pirates might come to Cocoyasi Village again.

That night, after returning to Cocoyasi Village, Nojiko and Nami said they wanted to sleep with Perona and Sugar, so they stayed on Caroso.

Kazan immediately sprang into action, first following Bellemere back to her home.

"Hey! Why have you been following me for so long? You're not planning to do anything to me, are you? I'm a mother of two daughters."

"...Don't worry, it's just you...hehe."

Kazan dismissed Bellemere's wicked joke with disdain, saying that the area that should be big was not big at all, and he had no interest in it whatsoever.

"Then what are you doing here? Stealing oranges?"

Bellemere, however, didn't care at all about Kazan's 'contempt'; they had joked like this several times before and were used to it.

Kazan didn't reply. He arrived at Bellemere's house, looked around the house, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'll go back for a bit."

Kazan rushed back to the Carroso, and when he arrived at Bellemere's house again, he was accompanied by Bellamy and Bon Clay, each of the three carrying a large steel block on their shoulders.

"It's starting now."

Bellemere watched as Kazan's hands suddenly turned red and then plunged directly into the steel block, and a bad feeling suddenly arose within her.

Fifteen minutes later.

"What...what have you done?!"

Snapped.

Bellemere slapped Kazan on the forehead and angrily pointed at the house that had turned into steel.

The steel gate was also engraved with the logo from the Monster Pirates' flag.

"Tsk... This is for your safety, you know. Look at this sturdy house, it's impervious to knives and bullets!"

"Then what's with this skull?! I'm a Marine, don't you understand?"

"A Marine who hangs out with pirates every day? Consider this a souvenir, so you won't forget us."

"Tsk... Damn it! I'll tear this door down sooner or later!"

Bellemere looked at the sign on the door with displeasure. Actually, she didn't care much about what was on her door, but as a former naval soldier, she couldn't help but feel strange about it.

It seems we need to make some preparations for this tiger girl.

Kazan sighed inwardly as he looked at Bellemere's clenched teeth.

"Alright, I'm leaving~"

"Get out of here!"

Kazan, who had left Bellemere's house with Bon Clay and Bellamy, sent his two younger brothers back to the Carrosso first.

Then one person went to the guardhouse in Cocosia Village and found Ah Jian sitting inside reading a newspaper.

"Kazan? Is something the matter?"

The villagers of Cocoyasi Village were quite familiar with the monster family, and they had no problem communicating normally.

"Ah...this is for you."

"Hmm? This is... a painting?"

"Yes, it's the symbol of our pirate flag."

Ah Jian held a painting in his hand, looked at the skull with bloodshot eyes on it, and didn't understand what Kazan meant by giving him this.

"You know better than I how reckless Bellemere is. If pirates come again in the future, he might still rush in like an idiot."

"Ok!"

"If you encounter someone that Tiger Girl can't handle, try using this thing; it might be of some use."

"……it is good."