On the warship.
Inside Shaya's luxurious cabin, Stussy and Rouge sat quietly on the soft sofa, enjoying the plush comfort brought by the top-tier sofa worth tens of millions of Beli~
As for Shaya, he sat quietly before the two women, holding two exquisite jade plates worth over a million each and gently placing them beneath Stussy and Rouge's feet...
Yes, Stussy and Rouge were currently barefoot, their crystal-clear "jade feet" resting on trays atop the tea table for Shaya, a Celestial Dragon, to properly "play with" and "admire"~
As Shaya gazed at those "edible-grade" jade feet before him, he felt as though something was lacking. So he moved to the cabin window and opened it, letting the sunlight outside stream in and fall directly upon the trays on the tea table~
Thus, beneath the golden sunlight, the two women's flawless white jade pearls gleamed brilliantly, like precious treasures...
It really did carry a hint of "large pearls and small pearls falling upon a jade plate."
Mm, the ancients truly had not deceived him!
Then, taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Shaya pulled out the contract he had made Roger sign and quietly admired it in the sunlight streaming through the window~
If someone looked in through the window behind Shaya at that moment, they would surely think he was constantly playing with Stussy and Rouge's pale ankles, never realizing that he was actually reviewing the contract in his hands.
Mm, Shaya was simply that cautious in everything he did.
"..."
Shaya flipped through the document repeatedly. The main contents were more or less standard, without any strange traps!
Only regarding the inheritance of Roger's estate had Shaya quietly played a little trick. What he had written was not that he would inherit Roger's estate, but that he would inherit the estate of Roger and the Roger Pirates...
Inheriting the estate of Gol D. Roger and inheriting the estate of Gol D. Roger together with the Roger Pirates might seem like only a few extra words, but the difference was enormous!
Roger represented only Roger himself, while the Roger Pirates represented every member of the entire pirate crew led by Roger! This included, but was not limited to, Roger's corpse after his death, Roger's beloved sword Ace, the private savings Roger had stashed away, ahem...
Even Douglas Bullet, "Dark King" Rayleigh, "Red-haired" Shanks, "Clown" Buggy, and Gaban, Roger's other right-hand man alongside Rayleigh, could technically all be counted as part of the Roger Pirates~
Of course, even if Shaya brought this contract to those living fellows, it would not mean much. Rayleigh and the others were all great figures of the seas. They would never serve him merely because of a contract signed by the captain they respected. No one was an idiot...
Shaya's true purpose in holding this contract was to "reasonably" and "legally" take over Oden's assets. After all, Rayleigh and the others were not fools, but Oden was...
Oden was not only an idiot, but an absolute dumbass too~
By Shaya's reckoning, Oden had most likely already returned to Wano Country. Unfortunately, from the moment he had selfishly abandoned his people and chosen to sail with Whitebeard Edward Newgate, that country had ceased to belong to him. Through the cooperation of Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido of the Beasts, Wano Country had already changed hands~
As for Oden, he was most likely still dancing naked~
Shaya had no intention of helping Oden. For an idiot like Oden, Shaya had only one thing to say: "Keep dancing your fucking naked dance!"
Shaya only wanted to take over Oden's assets...
Toki, Hiyori, and Teacher Kaido's exceptionally filial daughter, the "Oni Princess" Yamato~
"Lady Toki, you wouldn't want your son Momonosuke to die, would you?!"
"Hiyori, you wouldn't want your brother Momonosuke to die, would you?!"
"Yamato, you wouldn't want to be unable to inherit Oden's will, would you?!"
"Oden was a member of the Roger Pirates, and I am the heir of the Roger Pirates. Therefore, Oden's widow and the Oden who calls herself Yamato should rightfully be taken over by me..."
It had to be said that Shaya's reasoning was logical and airtight.
For now, Shaya would let Oden dance naked for a few years before Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi turned him into "sukiyaki" together...
As for Wano Country~
A country that was simply an eyesore!
Forget it. He would just make it disappear completely from these seas!
Shaya had already drawn a massive cross over all of Wano Country on the world map in his mind! Once Vegapunk finished Holy Mother's Flame, Wano Country would make the perfect test subject!
Didn't Wano Country dislike contact with the outside world? Then it might as well stop contacting the outside world altogether and vanish directly from these seas!
As for Pluton, one of the three Ancient Weapons hidden beneath Wano Country and bestowed with the title of a god, Shaya would take that for himself...
"Destiny? The Nine Red Scabbards?"
"How laughable! If your country no longer exists twenty-five years from now, wouldn't your so-called prophecy become the greatest joke in the world, Oden..."
Seated before the two women, Shaya played with the jade pearls on the table as the corner of his lips curled upward slightly. If any of the Five Elders familiar with Imu saw Shaya right then, they would surely feel a chill run through their entire bodies and their spines turn cold...
Because Shaya's icy eyes at that moment were no different from those of Imu, the master of the Void Throne! Both stood high above all things, regarding all living beings as mere dogs!
Outside the window.
The patrolling Marine soldiers and World Government officials would naturally catch sight of Shaya's "debauched indulgence" and "daytime revelry" whenever they passed by...
Whenever that happened, those righteous Marine soldiers and World Government officials would curse, "Damn Celestial Dragons! Scum of society! The filth of the world! Fuck, I'm so jealous! Why was he born into such a good family?!"
Yes, once someone was born a Celestial Dragon~
They would go through several stages: hating the Celestial Dragons, becoming a Celestial Dragon, then surpassing the Celestial Dragons!
If they were Celestial Dragons, they would only play far wilder than ordinary Celestial Dragons!
It was like how, when someone had suppressed themselves for too long over something, they would eventually find an outlet to vent the dissatisfaction in their heart...
It was perfectly normal behavior~
And so, after Shaya raised the banner of the Celestial Dragons, they sailed peacefully and safely across the sea for an entire week, with the Holy Land nearly in sight...
During that week, whether pirates or merchant ships, everyone who saw Shaya's warship would consciously give way...
On these seas, aside from brainless fools, no one dared provoke a Celestial Dragon!
It was also on the night before they were about to reach the Holy Land.
Just as Shaya was about to fall asleep, a soft figure carrying a faint orchid fragrance quietly slipped into his room and squeezed into his bed...
Feeling the soft body pressed against his back and the damp, warm breath, Shaya could not help frowning. Putting on the air of a righteous gentleman, he said softly, "Sister-in-law, please behave yourself!"
"What you're doing is truly putting your little brother in a difficult position..."
"If I really do something, wouldn't that make me seem like a beast?"
"But if I do nothing, wouldn't I be worse than a beast?!"
Yes, Shaya was a righteous gentleman~
At least, Shaya had always considered himself a righteous gentleman~
Cao: "What a coincidence. Same here!"
Ahem...
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