Caesar, You Wouldn't Want...

Queen waited for a long time in the yard outside.

He sat on the artificial hill, smoking one cigar after another.

After a while, Yamato came out, playing a little tune, looking refreshed and with a rosy complexion.

Ma Qiao followed behind, looking listless and walking unsteadily.

"As expected of Kaido's daughter..."

After making a remark, Queen quickly pretended to have just arrived and walked out from behind the artificial hill.

"Yamato, Kaido requests your presence."

"I'm busy."

Yamato and left without looking back.

Queen sighed.

The relationship between this father and son, or rather, father and daughter, is truly terrible.

Queen shook his head and added, "Actually, Kaido isn't on Onigashima. He went out to sober up. He used Den Den Mushi to notify us to invite you to the reception room to entertain some important guests..."

Actually, Kaido just called, and Queen instructed Jack to call Yamato.

But Jack absolutely refused, citing diarrhea and low blood sugar as reasons.

At the time, Queen had no idea what was going on, but now that I think about it, Jack probably already knew something.

This is like inviting a wolf into the house...

Well...

He glanced at the energetic Yamato, then at the dejected Ma Qiao.

It's still uncertain who the wolf is.

In short, it's best if you don't get involved in this matter.

Yamato heard that his father was not there, his stern face relaxed a little.

Kaido still has high hopes for Yamato, not just as a tool to be the new Shogun of Wano Country.

He hired Ma Qiao as his private tutor in the hope of changing Yamato's idolization of Kozuki Oden, so that Yamato could then become his successor without worry.

Therefore, Kaido would occasionally ask Yamato to attend some important gang social events.

However, most of the time, Yamato refuses.

He even verbally abused his own father and would stab him to death at the slightest provocation.

However, recently, Yamato has encountered two interesting outsiders, Ace and Ma Qiao, which has improved her mood considerably.

"Since your father isn't here, it's only right that you, as the young master of Onigashima, greet the guests."

Ma Qiao added in a low voice, "If you want to become like Kozuki Oden, making many friends is essential. Oden has friends all over the world!"

'You can't find a single one when it really matters...'

Ma Qiao silently added a sentence in his mind.

The fat Queen led Ma Qiao and Yamato through several courtyards to a reception room on the top floor of Onigashima.

At this Yamato put on the demon mask again.

Ma Qiao, following the host's lead, also put on the dancer mask from the Blood Moon skin line.

On the way, Queen spotted Jack, looking shifty, sneaking out of the toilet.

After all, Jack is eight meters tall; no matter how sneaky he is, he can't hide it.

"Young Master Yamato, Professor Ma Qiao, you two can go over there yourselves."

Queen abandoned the two men, charged towards the toilet with a Body Slam, grabbed Jack's tusk, and asked through gritted teeth, "Do you know something, you bastard?"

"Brother Queen, you knew about this?"

Why didn't you tell me sooner?

Jack glanced at the two people chatting and laughing in the garden, like a young couple taking a stroll, and gave them a knowing look.

"Don't you think Yamato only acts like a girl when she's with Brother Ma Qiao? Perhaps this is part of the therapy."

What you said makes a lot of sense...

Queen nodded.

"Then when Kaido returns in a few days, please tell him this good news."

Jack: "Dude, I was just kidding! What did you just say? I don't know!"

"Jin, can't you even handle this little thing?"

Yamato, carrying a spiked club, kicked the conference room door open and swaggered inside.

Ma Qiao followed behind, silently calculating how much money Heimerdinger would lose if he married such a spendthrift woman.

He sat in the secondary seat in the reception room, while the main seat remained empty.

And sitting in the guest seats were two extraordinary people.

Ma Qiao recognized them immediately; after all, both of them had very distinctive appearances.

Holding a glass of red wine, still wearing sunglasses indoors, and sporting a smug smile, the guy was none other than Donquixote Doflamingo, a former Celestial Dragons and now one of the Shichibukai.

Beside him, looking around nervously with a timid air, was Caesar Clown, the former Navy scientist and Caesar -Gas Devil Fruit User who had just blown up Punk Hazard and had a bounty of 300 million Beli on his head.

With those two showing up on Onigashima, Ma Qiao could guess with his toes what they were up to.

Sure enough, upon seeing Yamato arrive, Caesar, that goofball, mistook it for Kaido and immediately stood up. "Kaido, please believe me, investing in my laboratory will be the most important step in your pirate career's pinnacle!"

Doflamingo slightly beckoned with his finger, and Caesar was pulled back into his seat by invisible threads.

"Please ignore this idiot... no... I mean, this genius scientist. You know, scientists' minds are always very special."

Doflamingo took a sip of red wine, looking at the mysterious man who swaggered into Kaido's seat. "But I'm also very curious about who this masked young man is?"

"This is Lord Kaido's son."

He gave a brief introduction and then remained silent, waiting quietly for Doflamingo to speak.

Doflamingo and Jin are old acquaintances.

They all come from the New World and are among the top fighters below the Four Emperors. They have sparred with each other in their early years.

For years, he has been stationed in Wano Country under Kaido's command.

When Kaido goes out, he entrusts most things to his most loyal subordinate.

Meanwhile, Doflamingo began to establish himself in Dressrosa, engaging in underground trade.

The two sides have been cooperating quite frequently.

However, it was quite unusual for Doflamingo, as one of the Shichibukai and King of Dressrosa, to personally visit Onigashima.

"A big deal, a really big deal!"

Doflamingo spread his arms wide, revealing an arrogant expression. "A momentous event that could shake up a new era!"

"Oh? Could it be another piece of scrap material from Vegapunk's research?"

Sitting next to Yamato, Ma Qiao said in a sarcastic tone.

Who are you?

Doflamingo frowned, but couldn't find any corresponding information in his mind.

"Me? I'm just a complete bystander with no vested interest."

Ma Qiao shook his head. "Who did the Marine Science Unit hire? Vegapunk. And who did you recommend to Kaido the Four Emperors? Caesar Clown. Can someone like that do research? No, he can't. He doesn't have that ability, you know that?"

Upon hearing Ma Qiao recognize Caesar, Doflamingo's expression immediately darkened.

He would like to hire Vegapunk, but the problem is, will he even come?

Caesar, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, jumped up again.

"I won't lose to Vegapunk. If he hadn't been jealous of my research into powerful weapons and reported it to the Navy, which ultimately led to the explosion of Punk Hazard, I would have surpassed him long ago and become the world's number one scientist!"

"Hmph, you dare to claim you've surpassed Vegapunk?"

Just then, Queen and Jack walked in from outside and overheard Caesar blaming Vegapunk.

"Who are you? You know nothing about scientific research!"

Upon seeing Queen's bloated and obese appearance, Caesar automatically categorized him as a person with low intelligence.

"You ask who I am?"

Queen's forehead veins throbbed.

As soon as he snapped his fingers, his henchmen immediately turned on the stereo and lights.

Queen wiggled his obese body and delivered a poor-quality rap.

Anyway, Ma Qiao was incredibly embarrassed; he was practically digging his own grave with his toes.

But Queen enjoyed it.

"I am the most handsome man in the world, and my virus can manually reload bullets."

I attended MADS, and even Vegapunk said I was handsome!

The navy deployed a division to attack me, but I still managed to develop my strength!

..."

"Mads?"

Caesar Clair was dumbfounded. "You're a member of this legendary organization?"

"Of course."

Queen stopped dancing and said proudly, "Before you came, Vegapunk and I were colleagues!"

"Furthermore, Vegapunk was only at his most creative as a scientist during his time with the MADs! After joining the Marine Science Unit, Vegapunk was like dancing in shackles, only capable of doing some pointless research!"

Caesar hadn't expected that this large, fat man who didn't look like a scientist at all would be so capable.

However, he forced himself to suppress his guilty conscience.

"You've been separated from Vegapunk for too long, you probably don't know what amazing things he's researched using Lineage Factors, do you?"

Devil Fruits, Artificial Devil Fruits!

This is a completely new scientific technology that I developed based on the experimental data left behind by Vegapunk!

"Artificial Devil Fruit?"

Queen paused, "Can that kind of thing really succeed? Back then, Vegapunk got a blood sample from Kaido from me, but I heard the experiment completely failed..."

"What Vegapunk can't do, I, Caesar Clown, can do!"

Caesar patted his chest, brimming with confidence.

Artificial Devil Fruit, what an enticing name!

If they had this, the Beasts Pirates could build a powerful team of Devil Fruit users.

Relying on this, they defeated the other Four Emperors crews and ascended to the throne.

At that moment, everyone except Ma Qiao and Yamato, who had no interest in becoming the world's hegemon and only wanted to be like Kozuki Oden Yamato, was captivated.

Even Queen, setting aside his pride as a scientist, swallowed hard and asked, "Is it really possible?"

"Of course! As long as there's enough research funding, I can provide the Beasts Pirates with a continuous supply of Artificial Devil Fruits!"

Caesar patted his chest and assured him, "Three years, no, just one and a half years, and I will succeed!"

"Alright! I'll go and ask Kaido right away!"

Even the usually aloof Jin could no longer hide her excitement and stood up abruptly.

But at that moment, the Masked Man Caesar considered the most detestable, spoke again, his voice light and airy:

"Caesar Clown, you don't want Charlotte Linlin to find out that you used the lie of human giantification experiments to cheat the Big Mom Pirates out of their funding, do you?"

The words had barely left his mouth.

Caesar, who was gesturing wildly just a moment ago, suddenly seemed to be frozen in place.

Sweat poured down his forehead.