Sabaody Archipelago, Island 40. A white, wolf-headed two-masted sailing ship slowly docked beside a giant Yarukiman Mangrove, dropping anchor. At the bow, Yamato held her club in her right hand, resting it on her shoulder. Looking at the constantly bubbling resin bubbles on the land, she said excitedly, "Alright! Next, we just need to find a shipyard to coat the ship, and then we can dive down to Fish-Man Island."
Kuina, holding Wado Ichimonji in her hand, looked at the excited Yamato beside her and reminded her, "I heard that more than half of coated ships are buried at the bottom of the sea during the dive..."
"I think we should inquire about which shipyard has a more reliable coating technique." Iska thought for a moment, then carefully said, "How about... let Sephiroth just send us down directly? We have three Devil Fruit users on our ship. If something unexpected happens during the dive, it feels like it would be very troublesome."
"It is said that there are also very dangerous deep-sea currents at the bottom of the sea..."
Hearing this, Yamato immediately pouted, planting the club in her hand on the ship's deck. She muttered, "I don't want to! Arriving directly at the destination without any process isn't the adventure I envisioned... Besides, I believe in you. With your navigation skills, you can definitely get us safely to Fish-Man Island, right?"
It wasn't that Sephiroth hadn't proposed the idea of taking Yamato around using his Door-Door Fruit ability. But...
Yamato had no interest in this kind of travel that lacked any process or twists and turns. In her opinion, this kind of thing couldn't be considered an adventure, nor could she feel the joy of the journey. Therefore, she chose to set sail, taking a few of Sephiroth's girls to wander around wherever they pleased, freely and unrestrained.
Not far away, Kozuki Hiyori, wearing denim hot pants on her lower body and a white short-sleeved shirt on her upper body that showed off her chest, was originally watching Perona paint on a black flag.
Upon hearing Yamato's words, she immediately smiled and nodded. "I guessed you'd definitely want to go to Fish-Man Island... Therefore, I have done a lot of relevant research on the routes and currents to Fish-Man Island, so there shouldn't be any problems."
"Alright, finally done!" Perona, wearing a black Gothic Lolita long dress, casually threw the paintbrush in her hand into the paint bucket filled with white paint. Immediately after, she lifted the black pirate flag she had just placed on the deck and showed it to everyone. "How is it? Isn't Lady Perona's painting skill super awesome!"
On the black pirate flag that came into everyone's view, there were two crossed white bones and a lifelike white wolf head howling up at the sky. Perona, knowing the Captain of this ship was Yamato, had deliberately used her skills to design the pirate flag.
Seeing this, Yamato hurried over to Perona. She examined the black pirate flag, her eyes sparkling. "Wow, it's absolutely amazing!"
Yamato put one hand on her hip, raised the club in her other hand, and laughed towards the sky. "Okay, it's decided! The Yamato Pirates are hereby formed! I want the name of this pirate flag to resound throughout the entire sea!"
However, her bold words were not met with agreement from the others. The atmosphere on the ship suddenly became quiet, so silent you could hear a pin drop.
Yamato looked at the other four girls, confusion written on her face. They all had timid expressions, like children who had done something wrong, and were looking down at the deck, not saying a word. "Hehe! What game are you playing?"
"Is it pirate make-believe?" A familiar voice, forcefully suppressing anger, suddenly came from behind Yamato.
"Hehehe! Se… Sephiroth, you're here!" Yamato was covered in cold sweat. She slowly, with difficulty, turned her head to look at the silver-haired young man standing behind her. His face held a forced smile, and his forehead was covered in bulging veins.
"Can you explain to me what's going on with these five wanted posters?" Sephiroth's smile remained as he slowly raised his right hand, bringing the five wanted posters slowly towards her.
"This… that… I…"
"I'm sorry, I was wrong!" Yamato immediately plopped down on the deck, dropping the club in her hand. She pinched her ears with both hands and looked at Sephiroth with a pitiful, teary-eyed expression.
Seeing this scene, Sephiroth couldn't help but soften. He rubbed his forehead, sighed lightly, and subconsciously said, "Forget it! The mistake isn't yours in this matter… Actually, if you had just explained things clearly from the beginning, I wouldn't have blamed you. Just do what you think is right."
"Since you've decided to form a pirate crew under these circumstances, there's nothing I can do to stop it. However, if you encounter something like this again in the future, remember to contact me and let me figure out a way to help you solve it…" The total bounty of the five girls was simply too high. In the current situation, it was almost impossible for Sephiroth to ask Kuro to settle it. After all, Kuro had just gotten promoted to Rear Admiral in the Marine, and his influence was minimal; he simply couldn't handle such a big matter.
If Sephiroth were still in the Marines, Sengoku might have called off the wanted posters out of consideration for him. Now, he was no longer a Marine, and Sengoku wouldn't pay attention to such an unreasonable request. The only feasible solution was to get Yamato a Shichibukai title!
As long as Yamato became a Shichibukai, all her past crimes would be wiped clean. She'd become a legal pirate, and the Marines would withdraw her original wanted poster.
When the time is right, and Yamato's bounty increases a bit more, I'll help her get the title of Seven Warlords of the Sea... Sephiroth secretly decided in his heart.