Pirates: How Many Divisions Do the Five Elders Have? The Pirate World's Traditional Art

Ma Qiao felt a terrible headache, like his head was about to explode.

During his three days aboard the Moby Dick, Ma Qiao didn't even give the Whitebeard old man any face, and didn't touch a drop of alcohol.

I don't know what happened this time, maybe he was infected by Tama's innocent smile, but Ma Qiao actually broke his rule.

He rubbed his forehead, slowly sobering up from his hangover.

A faint floral scent wafted into his nose, Ma Qiao opened his eyes.

A soft mattress, pink gauze curtains...

This is...

Yamato's room?

Ma Qiao jumped out of bed and found himself completely naked, except for the red scarf around his neck and not even a pair of underwear.

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Boys need to take good care of themselves when they're out!

Ma Qiao is currently filled with regret, deep regret, for he shouldn't have indulged in drinking.

No matter how hard he tries to recall, he can't remember what happened last night.

"Hey! Good morning, Brother Ma Qiao!"

Yamato walked in from outside, humming a little tune and looking radiant, carrying a food box in his hand.

"It's breakfast brought over by Jack and Queen. You're quite popular, aren't you?" Yamato a smile.

Ma Qiao quickly burrowed under the covers to cover his private parts. "What did you do to me last night?"

"It's just for a look, Brother Ma Qiao, don't be so stingy. Aren't you my teacher? Doesn't this part include the private lessons?"

Yamato casually sat down in the chair, opened the food box, and took out the very rich oyster soup that had been simmering all night.

"It looks delicious! Why don't you try some?"

Ma Qiao jumped off the bed after getting dressed, suspiciously scrutinizing Yamato's expression.

Her complexion looked perfectly normal.

But Ma Qiao always felt there was a cunning glint in the eyes of this busty woman.

I'm probably overthinking it.

This white-haired, big-breasted girl is a tomboy who identifies as male; she wouldn't even blush entering a men's bathhouse...

It might just be simple curiosity.

Who hasn't been harassed by female classmates during their childhood?

Ma Qiao nodded, having convinced himself.

The oyster soup that Queen and Jack prepared tasted very good.

After he finished drinking, Yamato actually took Ma Qiao's soup bowl and gave him another one.

After drinking seven or eight bowls, Yamato finally said, "Kaido back. He wants you to come over."

"Oh?"

Kaido sobered up a little faster than Ma Qiao had expected.

It seems that the title of the World's Strongest Creature is well-deserved.

For an average person, a sip of this Chemtech -engineered vodka would cause their liver enzymes to explode, but this guy sobered up in just one day and one night.

Kaido is, after all, his employer, and if he wants to do business in Wano Country, he can't bypass Kaido, the protector king of the country.

Ma Qiao nodded and prepared to get up to go find him.

"Etc!"

Yamato pulled Jora to the full-length mirror in the wardrobe.

She pulled a beautiful samurai outfit from the wardrobe. "Wear this, your clothes are all wrinkled..."

"I understand the logic, but why do you have clothes in your closet that are 1.9 meters tall? If it's a tribute to Oden, it should be at least 3 meters tall..."

Bang!

The spiked club landed half an inch in front of him, Ma Qiao wisely shut his mouth.

Onigashima Kitchen.

Jack was directing the chefs to bring in truckloads of ingredients rich in protein and zinc, such as geoduck, oysters, and oysters.

Meanwhile, Queen was Devour devouring a large pot of red bean soup in the corner.

He beckoned Jack over.

"What are the results of the investigation?"

"I personally kept watch, and Brother Ma Qiao didn't leave Yamato Master Yamato's room all night. He even finished the oyster soup I sent him this morning... and..."

"And what?"

"I heard that last night, Yamato went to Black Maria to urgently order a set of men's clothing. Judging from his build, it's for Brother Ma Qiao..."

"You're playing a bit too wildly..."

The red bean soup in Queen's mouth slid out:

"Young people these days have no self-control, but that's youth after all... Jack, keep a close eye on him, make sure Teacher Ma gets plenty of nutritious meals these next few days."

"That's true... but I'm young too. I'm only twenty-four, a year younger than Brother Ma Qiao, and the same age as Miss Yamato!"

"Jack!"

"Ah?"

"Let me tell you something: only good-looking people have youth; yours is just a number..."

Jack shed tears of regret.

He suddenly realized that he had made a fatal mistake in "Infinite Tsukuyomi".

"I shouldn't have chosen Kisame Hoshigaki... and I definitely shouldn't have mocked that noob who played Itachi Unohana... he's the one who won!"

Kaido wasn't fully sober, but he had a reason to rush back immediately.

It's not because of Doflamingo.

Although Doflamingo is a figure of some importance, he's still far from being one in Kaido's eyes.

Kaido held a secret letter in his hand, without any signature or name, and without any distinctive symbols.

However, Kaido took this letter very seriously.

This is because it is a letter from the World Government Cipher Pol.

Although Kaido is ostensibly one of the Four Emperors and at odds with the Navy, Kaido actually maintains a good cooperative relationship with the World Government.

During the era when Wano Country was still under the rule of the Kozuki Family, the Kozuki Family refused to engage in any form of trade with the World Government in order to protect the secret of Pluton, the Dark Lord.

The raw materials and processing techniques for Seastone are only available in Wano Country.

Therefore, in a sense, the World Government was happy to see Kaido steal Wano Country.

The annual arms trade between the Beasts Pirates and the World Government is currently enormous.

The government, with its advanced Seastone weapons, also gained a military advantage over other forces.

However, this balance seems to be about to be broken.

"Emperor Clown Buggy..."

Kaido murmured the name, his eyes filled with deep dread.

Unless one views Buggy from God's perspective, anyone would consider him a formidable and powerful figure.

His resume is simply too dazzling.

Even Whitebeard, who was known as the World's Strongest, personally invited Buggy to form an alliance during the Paramount War.

Like Whitebeard, Kaido considered Buggy a powerful pirate.

After all, not long ago, the Beasts Pirates had just had a small-scale battle with the Red Hair Pirates.

Kaido didn't gain any advantage in his fight with Shanks; in fact, one could say he suffered a slight loss.

Kaido didn't say anything about Shanks' rapid growth, but he was actually scared inside.

Logically speaking, as Shanks' close friend, and having publicly disrespected Shanks during the last Loguetown livestream, Buggy's strength must be close to Shanks'.

The letter from the World Government stated that Emperor Buggy Shaco had entered the Grand Line.

While the Buggy Pirates' objective remains unclear, it's highly likely they're also aiming for the New World.

"The New World is too small to hold so many emperors!"

Kaido tore the letters to shreds, then turned them to ashes with a breath of Dragon's Breath.

"Brother Kaido, you were looking for me?"

Ma Qiao, dressed in a well-fitting samurai outfit, entered Kaido's study.

Yamato, had a smug look on his face.

Ma Qiao secretly poked Yamato's butt with his finger.

Yamato reluctantly called out, "Kaido."

His words were full of perfunctory remarks.

But Kaido's eyes lit up, and he showed a look of surprise.

This was the first time in over a decade that Yamato hadn't threatened to kill him.

She even called herself by her own name, without adding any suffixes like "bastard."

"He truly is a male mentor who understands human nature perfectly!"

Kaido secretly gave Ma Qiao a thumbs up, feeling that he had made the right choice in entrusting his daughter to him for education.

"Professor Ma Qiao, I've called you here today mainly to inquire about something."

Kaido suppressed his excitement and got down to business.

"I heard you own a newspaper in East Blue?"

"Brother Kaido, this is a misconception."

Ma Qiao shook his head. "I don't own a newspaper. I work in new media, and the administrative headquarters are in Shurima City, Alabasta."

"New media? What's that?"

Kaido confused.

The Big Bird Den Den Mushi's service didn't even cover the latter half of the Grand Line, let alone the New World.

Kaido, being an elderly man who spends three days drunk and two days sober, has even less understanding of what a smartphone is.

Ma Qiao gave a brief introduction, but Kaido was still completely confused.

In Wano Country, the commonly used Den Den Mushi is a type of clams that cannot communicate with Den Den Mushi from the outside world.

Furthermore, these Den Den Mushi) have relatively weak communication capabilities and require base stations to strengthen their signals for long-distance communication.

In the original story, Raizo used this weakness of the Den Den Mushi in Wano Country to sever the connection between Udon and Onigashima.

However, this does not mean that regular snail-type Den Den Mushi cannot be used in Wano Country.

Drake and Ryokugyu, Admiral later arrived in Wano Country, both used ordinary Den Den Mushi to contact the outside world.

Ma Qiao subtly tried to entice Kaido, hoping he would allow the Mobile Den Den Mushi to enter the Wano Country market.

However, it's quite obvious that Kaido would not agree to such a thing.

"Wano Country has its own unique circumstances, and it is not advisable for it to connect with the outside world for the time being."

Ma Qiao sighed.

It seems impossible for me to subdue Wano Country through peaceful evolution.

However, the Anzas' imperialist manual had many more tricks up its sleeve, so Ma Qiao wasn't discouraged.

Kaido didn't understand what this new media was, but he did know that Ma Qiao's side did indeed have a very strong intelligence-gathering ability.

"So, it's a little embarrassing to say, but all the underground organizations in the New World are at a loss when it comes to information about the Buggy Pirates, and the only person I can think of is you, Professor Ma Qiao."

"But Yamato... Master... Ouch... This way..."

For some reason, when Ma Qiao mentioned the word "young master," Yamato gave him a hard twist on the waist.

I swear to God.

Ma Qiao felt that if he didn't have over 7,000 health and 400 armor, he would have been crushed to death by the white-haired guy on the spot.

Kaido pretended not to see his daughter's actions.

"Yamato is the main point I want to make to you."

Kaido paused, then glanced at his daughter with a complicated expression. "My plan is to send Yamato to join Buggy Pirates as an undercover agent!"

Ma Qiao:????

If it weren't Kaido on the other side, Ma Qiao would have loved to jump up and give him a good beating.

Old man, have you lost your mind?

What powerful figure would be so brain-dead as to send their daughter to infiltrate an opposing force?

Well...

Ma Qiao discovered that this actually seemed to exist...

And quite a lot...

I won't go into detail about Vivi.

If I hadn't shown up, she would have been completely wasted.

Viola, daughter of King Riku, the former king of the Dressrosa Kingdom, also infiltrated the Donquixote Family as an undercover agent. (See picture)

Moreover, Reiju, who is currently a researcher at the Shurima Laboratory, is actually an undercover agent planted by King Vinsmoke Judge of the Germa Kingdom.

Four years after the original storyline, Big Mom's marriage to Sanji could be considered, in a sense, that she was an undercover agent?

So, sending one's daughter to infiltrate the enemy camp seems to be a traditional superpower in the world of One Piece?

"But you haven't even asked Yamato if she's willing!"

Ma Qiao wanted to try and persuade him again.

I'm not worried that Yamato will be given away for nothing like Vivi, but I'm worried that Buggy will be given away for nothing!

As Devil Fruit User, Buggy might not be able to be killed by the real Kozuki Oden, but Yamato, the imposter Kozuki Oden, were to strike him down with one blow, Buggy would most likely be sent to his death.

However...

"I do!"

Yamato's eyes lit up. "But I still need to continue studying Brother Ma Qiao's —no, I mean Professor Ma Qiao's —courses, so he's going to go undercover with me too!"

"Miss Yamato, you've recovered, so I don't need to participate, right?"

Ma Qiao had a bitter face; he really didn't want to go to the Buggy Pirates to play house!

Both of Buggy Pirates's Emperor's Deputy are already his men. If he and Yamato go over there, is this the Buggy Pirates or the Ma Qiao Pirates?

Yamato and said softly, "Professor Ma Qiao, you wouldn't want me to tell my father about last night's private lesson, would you?"

Ma Qiao:???

"This is knowledge you taught me!"

Yamato revealed an expression that was unusually youthful and girlish.

"No, even if you whisper at this close range, would Kaido, as the Strongest Creature, be able to hear you?"

Ma Qiao's face turned pale as he prepared to Flash to escape.

However.

Kaido had long since lost track of all other random information.

"Yamato, what did you call me? What did you just call me?"

Kaido jumped up from his chair.

"Father, what's wrong? Aren't you my father?" Yamato raised his head and said coldly.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Kaido, tears streaming down his face, cried out, "Teacher Ma, a miracle doctor!"

Don't worry about the undercover job! I'll pay you extra!

"It's not about money..." Ma Qiao said, feeling rather troubled.

"Wano Country will fully import the 'Short-Lived Ghost' series of fine wines and 'Life-Shortening Brand Cigarettes, tax-free for three years!"

"It's not about the money. The main thing is that, as a true media warrior, I'm also incredibly curious about Buggy, this newly risen Fifth Emperor. So, I'll board the Going Buggy-senpai Pirate Ship as a shipboard reporter..."

Ma Qiao said with righteous indignation.