"That's right!"
As though he were bringing up something incredible, Yamato swayed to his feet. "I'm Kaido's son, also known as Yamato! But please call me Kozuki Oden! That's the name and identity I use now!"
Even though he had reluctantly accepted Xie Wen's assessment of Kozuki Oden, the single-minded Yamato still hadn't given up on inheriting his name. In that simple head of his, the whole chain of logic went like this-
Become Kozuki Oden → reclaim Wano Country in Kozuki Oden's name → find Kozuki Momonosuke, who had escaped back then → return Wano Country to the Kozuki Clan.
Only then would Wano Country be "back on track."
After proudly declaring his identity, Yamato slumped back against the wall, then gave Xie Wen a goofy grin. "Hehe... do you have anything to eat? I haven't eaten in ages."
No wonder Yamato looked so weak all over. And...
Xie Wen glanced at the shackles around his wrists.
If his guess was right, those were probably low-purity seastone shackles like the ones worn by the slaves in the Udon quarry.
Back when he read the manga, Xie Wen had wondered about this too. Yamato wasn't exactly weak, so why hadn't he removed his own shackles like Rayleigh?
But after coming to the One Piece world and learning and mastering the advanced applications of Armament Haki, he had figured it out...
No one had ever taught Yamato how to use Armament Haki for internal destruction. Combined with seastone's effect on his strength, that was why a pair of explosive shackles had kept him firmly confined to Onigashima.
So instead of taking out food for Yamato right away, Xie Wen first reached out and grabbed the shackles on his wrists...
"Wait..."
Yamato had only just opened his mouth when Xie Wen crushed