Yamato Wants to Have Fun (Please Keep Reading!)

"So bored."

Yamato lay listlessly over the railing, gazing blankly at the endless sea.

She looked like a little cabbage left baking under the scorching sun for two days, completely wilted.

"So boooored!!"

Like a brat dragged along to visit relatives for the New Year with no phone to play with.

"Didn't you say you'd never get tired of looking at it for the rest of your life?"

On the deck behind Yamato, beneath an open parasol, Ian wore a floral shirt and beach shorts, with a pair of yellow sunglasses perched on his nose. He looked like a young man vacationing on a tropical cruise.

Still flipping through a book, he leisurely took a sip of the iced orange juice specially prepared by the ship's chef. The cold, sweet-and-sour liquid slid down his throat and esophagus into his stomach, bringing a refreshing chill. "It's only been a week."

Today marked the seventh day since they had left Wano Country.

For the first few days, Yamato had indeed been excited beyond measure. She had wanted to wave hello even to every seagull flying overhead, and every day, she ran across the sea like a dog off its leash for two whole hours.

But that enthusiasm only lasted three days.

Starting on the fourth day, Yamato began to feel bored.

It couldn't be helped. Sailing on the sea was just like this. All there was to see was the boundless blue ocean. No matter how beautiful it was, anyone would eventually get sick of looking at it.

Fortunately, this was the New World. Every few hours, they would encounter a violent storm, or even snow and hail, letting her experience the thrill of challenging nature. Otherwise, Yamato would have gotten tired of it even sooner.

"Anyway, it's just really boring!"

Yamato puffed out her cheeks and turned around to stare intensely at Ian. "Ian! Let's fight!"

Whenever she got too bored, she wanted to fight Ian to pass the time.

"No way."

Ian rolled his eyes. "Too boring."

"Huh? Why?"

Yamato did not understand.

"Sister Yamato!"

At that moment, Jack, who had been diligently pumping iron on the deck nearby, stood up and volunteered, drenched in sweat. "Let me fight you!"

"No way."

Yamato refused without hesitation. "It'd be boring. Jack, you're way too weak!"

Jack looked as though he had been shot in the chest, staggering before dropping onto the ground.

Too... too weak!

He clenched his teeth.

I'll become stronger too!

He began pumping iron even more frantically.

"Ian!"

Yamato pounced beside Ian and clung to his lounge chair. "Come on, come on!"

Why don't I want to? Didn't you just give the answer yourself?

It was too boring.

Without using his abilities, it was difficult for him to deal with Yamato when she used hers. But if he did use them, Yamato could not even manage to hurt him.

Growing increasingly annoyed, Ian shouted, "Babanuki!"

"Lord Ian!"

Babanuki hurried over. "What are your orders?"

"How much longer until we reach Hachinosu Island?" Ian asked.

Yamato immediately turned to look at Babanuki as well.

She was even more impatient.

"We've probably completed about half the journey already,"

Babanuki immediately replied. "It should take another week to reach Hachinosu Island."

"Still that long?"

Yamato's face immediately fell.

"Are there any islands nearby?"

Ian asked.

Yamato's eyes instantly lit up, and she fixed Babanuki with her gaze once more.

Babanuki began sweating under her aggressive stare. If he could not give Miss Yamato an answer she liked, she would not kill him, would she?

"Yes, there are!"

Babanuki hurriedly said, "About eighty nautical miles ahead to the right, there's a small island with a town on it. Many pirates use it as a resupply point."

"Then let's go take a look."

Ian said.

Eighty nautical miles was not much of a detour.

Teacher Kai probably would not object.

Besides, when a general was in the field, the ruler's orders need not always be obeyed!

Wait, wasn't I the ruler of Wano Country?

"Yes."

Babanuki nodded. "I'll have the helmsman change course immediately."

"Yay!!"

Yamato cheered and threw herself straight onto Ian. "Ian! I like you the most!"

"Yeah, yeah."

Ian's expression remained indifferent.

Not even the fragrant scent filling his nose or the soft body of the girl against him made him so much as raise an eyelid.

He was used to it by now, one could say.

The island was called Banana Island because, when viewed from above, its outline resembled a banana. Even its color was identical to one, since there was barely any vegetation on the island—only bare yellow rocky mountains.

On the middle stretch of this giant banana, a small town stood on the little plain beneath the rocky mountains.

The town was not large, but it had everything it needed: taverns, general stores, shipyards, weapon shops, and hospitals. They were all rather crude, but they were more than enough for the pirates who came to this island.

Some pirates were even fishing at the docks, enjoying one of the rare leisurely moments in a pirate's life.

It was at this time that the Golden Flying Dragon approached the docks.

"Hey! Look!"

The pirates fishing on the docks were the first to notice the ship's arrival. "What a huge ship!"

The golden vessel, more than three hundred meters long, was like a mobile fortress at sea. No one could possibly ignore it.

More importantly—

"Th-that is!!"

A pirate holding binoculars suddenly went pale. "The Beasts Pirates' flag! It's a Beasts Pirates ship!!"

"What!!"

The docks instantly erupted in an uproar.

But there was no mistake. Flying from the mast of that enormous ship was a skull emblem with two great horns!

That really was the flag of the Beasts Pirates!

"The Beasts Pirates are here! A Beasts Pirates ship has docked!"

The news spread through the town like the wind.

Some pirates fled at the news.

But many more pirates gathered at the harbor.

Those were the Beasts Pirates! How could they not see them for themselves?

The Golden Flying Dragon slowly docked at the town's pier.

"We're ashore!"

Under the expectant gazes of the pirates gathered at the docks, a young girl jumped down from the deck of the huge ship. She cheered excitedly, "What fun places are there on this island?"

So young!

She was practically a baby who had not even been weaned!

That was the pirates' first impression upon seeing Yamato.

"It's only a small town. Don't get your hopes up too high."

Another youth slowly descended the stairs lowered from the deck, followed by two absurdly tall children, one male and one female.

Four kids?

"Lord Ian! Miss Yamato! I'll guard the ship here, so please enjoy yourselves without worry."

Yet the man on the deck who respectfully called out to the children seemed far more like a formidable figure to the pirates. His powerful build, dark skin, and rugged appearance—now that was a real pirate!

Ian did not turn back. He merely raised his right hand and waved, counting it as a response to Babanuki.

"Let's hurry and check out the town!"

Yamato impatiently grabbed Ian's hand and pulled him forward. "Come on, come on, Ian! I've had enough of staying on the ship!"

"There are so many people."

Black Maria followed behind them, curiously examining the people at the docks. "Are they all pirates? Babanuki said this was a gathering place for pirate crews."

This was her first time seeing pirates from overseas.

Jack, meanwhile, was concerned about something else. Were there any among these pirates worth fighting?

Ian said nothing. He merely observed in silence.

"Hey, brats, are you pirates from the Beasts Pirates?"

Among the pirates who had come to watch the Beasts Pirates, a group stepped forward and blocked the four of them.

Their leader was a muscular, brawny man carrying a huge iron hammer. He stood more than four meters tall, taller than two Ians stacked together. Looking down at Ian and Yamato, he grinned maliciously.

"That's Hammer Heim! His bounty is almost forty million, isn't it?"

The pirates behind them began whispering among themselves.

"What's he trying to do? Does he want to join the Beasts Pirates?"

"Doesn't look like it."

"Hm?"

Yamato raised her head blankly, then nodded as though it were only natural. "That's right! I'm Yamato!"

Ian rolled his eyes. No one asked you to introduce yourself.

"Ha ha ha ha! So you really are brats from the Beasts Pirates?"

The hammer-wielding pirate burst into loud laughter, tightening his grip around the handle of his enormous weapon. "Good, good! Excellent! That means if I kill you lot, I'll make a name for myself across the seas, right!!"

Without hesitation, taking advantage of Yamato's lack of guard, the huge hammer came crashing down.

Ian raised an eyebrow. Oh, one of this world's uniquely brainless, bloodthirsty pirates had appeared.

The unrestrained gaze, the arrogant words, the senseless grin—he was clearly the cream of the cannon-fodder crop.

Whether the opponent was a Marine admiral or a Pirate Emperor, if they saw an opening, they attacked.

The surrounding pirates had only just begun to cry out in alarm.

But the huge hammer in the hands of the man known as Hammer had already shattered outright.

A fair, delicate little fist, wrapped in invisible ripples, smashed the hammer to pieces with a single blow. Then, as its owner leaped into the air, that fist slammed into Heim's face.

The cheek of the man with a bounty nearing forty million instantly caved in. His facial bones shattered, and he spun through the air before crashing heavily onto the ground.

"Eh!!"

The pirates at the docks nearly had their eyes pop out of their sockets.

An instant kill?

No matter what, Heim was a pirate with a bounty close to forty million!

By such a young girl?

"The local pirates sure are unfriendly!"

Yamato landed happily, rubbing her fists together as she looked at the stunned pirates. Her hand reached for the spiked club on her back. "But do you want to fight us? Great! Then let's have some fun!"

The girl shot forward, charging at all the pirates ahead of her.

Though I doubted that was what they meant.

But it did not matter. As long as this girl stopped complaining that she was bored.

At the same time, in a bar in town, a hand pushed open the door and a man rushed inside.

"Boss Squard! A Beasts Pirates ship has landed!!"