One Piece: Nico Robin Collection

Chapter 9 Planning
Can you find another woman after getting married?
Are all men like this?
To be honest, I, Caesar, like traditional women like you!
When Caesar heard Yamato's words, his heart skipped a beat and he almost called Kaido "father-in-law" on the spot.

Of course, it was just a momentary excitement.

Struggles of position can be life-and-death, and should not be taken lightly.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore..."

Caesar shook his head. "What did Mr. Kaido ask me to do? Just to ask about my training progress?"

"Hmph... arrogant boy."

Kaido glared, very unhappy with Caesar's rejection: "No matter what you think in your heart, at least you are still my subordinate now. Calculating the time, it's time for you to go out and show your face."

Caesar suddenly became interested: "Going to sea? Fighting or plundering?"

Kaido sneered: "What difference does it make? You are a pirate."

"That's a huge difference. After all, I was a big boss before. I can't afford to go out to sea just to grab a few melons and dates. I can't afford to lose face..."

When the topic of money came up, Caesar suddenly assumed a more assertive attitude. He spread his hands out elegantly and nonchalantly, "Remember, there's a World Bank branch in Dressrosa? How about I personally donate another 10 or 8 billion to the group? That would be much faster than robbing them."

Kaido was stunned when he heard this: "Aren't you going to transfer your assets to me? Where did the money come from?"

"Industry is industry, and deposits are deposits."

Caesar shook his head slightly. "I've said before that money is a means, not an end. Its greatest use lies in exchanging resources and investing in cycles. This is also the fundamental reason why the rich remain richer and the poor remain poorer."

"Please put it simply, I don't understand."

Kaido snorted coldly. Although he was smart, it was a bit difficult for him, a rough guy who only swung a stick, to understand what economics was.

"For example, with the same 100 million Baileys, you would use it to hold a banquet, while I would use it to start a business. The profits from the business would then be used for investment. Slowly, this money would grow like a snowball. Even if I did nothing, there would be a steady stream of wealth flowing into my pocket."

"Perhaps you'll say, if you don't have money, then just rob. But manpower is ultimately limited. And as you continue to plunder, more and more merchants will avoid this unstable sea area, and the money you can rob will naturally decrease."

"Do you know why the World Government never worries about threats from pirates?"

Caesar chuckled and raised his index finger, pointing at Kaido: "Because pirates pose no threat to them at all. Even if they let you dominate the New World, you will be destroyed in a few decades. They won't need to take action at all. On the contrary, it is precisely because of the existence of the Four Emperors that the government has maintained the stability of their rule."

"Is this so..."

Hearing Caesar's words, Kaido was unexpectedly calm: "So, the economy is important?"

Caesar smiled and said, "Of course! It's the simplest logic. The richer the people are, the higher the taxes will be. The higher the taxes, the richer the country will be, and the richer the people will be. It's a virtuous cycle."

"If you were to kill Kurozumi Orochi now, declare that you were previously bewitched by his magic, shut down that pointless seastone processing factory, and then declare that this country is now under the protection of the Beasts Pirates, allowing everyone to live and work in peace, encouraging the people to go out to sea for trade, and vigorously developing agricultural resources."

"With the financial support of a country, their wealth will increase several times within two years. By then, even if Kozuki Oden were to be resurrected, the people of Wano Country would simply ask him to die again."

"Oh?"

When Kaido heard this, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he seemed to be interested.

Are the Beasts Pirates poor?
To be honest, with the support of Kurozumi Orochi, living conditions can be said to be quite comfortable, but it is only limited to maintaining operations.

Big money?

No!

If he really had money, Kaido wouldn't have to go to so much trouble to find devil fruits. He could just throw out 10 billion. Not to mention the ancient mythical beast species, he could at least get a few ordinary species easily.

Caesar's words touched his heart.

"Hey, wait a minute Caesar, this isn't right?"

Yamato on the side felt something was wrong the more he listened: "The Kozuki family is the legitimate heir to Wano Country!"

“Whoever allows the people to live a good life is the orthodox one.”

Caesar scoffed. "Which regime on this ocean wasn't established through violence? Who stipulated that only members of the Kozuki family could hold that position?"

"Ah, ha, ha! That's great! Caesar boy!"

Kaido burst into laughter: "According to my original plan, I wanted Yamato to be the general, but unfortunately this idiot only wants to become Kozuki Oden..."

"Hey—Caesar!"

Yamato pulled Caesar aside and said, "In this case, what should we do with those old retainers of the Kozuki family?"

"What do you mean?"

Caesar feigned confusion: "Isn't their goal to ensure a good life for the people? When everyone has enough to eat and a comfortable life, what else could they be dissatisfied with?"

"History has already given the Kozuki family a chance, but Oden himself didn't cherish it. Is he going to let the people repeat the same mistakes? Or do they really not care about the lives of the people at all, and are simply fighting for power? But this behavior is no different from Kurozumi Orochi, right?"

"this…"

Yamato felt like something was wrong: "No, wait a minute, Kaido didn't do those things because of Kurozumi Orochi's instigation!"

"What do you care if he is or not?"

Caesar looked at Yamato with a look of disappointment. "Wano Country is now ruled by Kurozumi Orochi. The people can't even get enough to eat. You and I don't have the ability to change the status quo anytime soon. Are we going to let them starve to death? If it were Oden, whom you admire, do you think he would just watch the people starve to death?"

Yamato froze for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Will Oden watch the people starve to death?
will not!

Although she has figured out that Kozuki Oden is not a qualified monarch and is so naive that he can be said to be stupid, but at least he is benevolent and righteous!

Yamato tried to convince himself.

But when she thought of what Caesar had said before, that the other party had abandoned their country and went to sea regardless of everything, as well as the difficult survival of the people of Wano over the years, she suddenly became a little uncertain.

Yamato pursed his lips, but ultimately did not refute.

Noticing the other party's reaction, Caesar raised the corners of his lips slightly and laughed in his heart.

He doesn't look down on the Kozuki clan at all.

Kozuki Oden - the user of the Touching Fruit, has a bunch of useless people under him. They can't do anything except being grateful for Oden's kindness. When talking about Oden, they want to cry eight hundred times!
As for his son Momonosuke...

Momonosuke must die, there is nothing more to say.

Cowardly, lustful...

If he wasn't worried about someone using his reputation as a legitimate Kozuki leader to cause trouble, this kind of trash wouldn't even be worth killing...

The Kozuki clan must be eradicated!

Of course, he couldn't do this kind of thing, otherwise it would only create a rift between Yamato and him.

This silly girl is very stubborn. Her ideas cannot be changed in a short time. She can only be changed little by little imperceptibly.

It’s just right for Kaido to do it!
When the other party has almost conquered Wano Country, he will come and defeat Kaido and pick the ripe fruit of Wano Country...

"You two little brats! Do you think my observation Haki is just for show?!"

On the couch, Kaido saw the two people whispering and started to quarrel in annoyance.

No matter how strong he is, he is still a human being after all. It is impossible for him to say that he has no feelings for his daughter Yamato.

But now, a yellow-haired guy like Caesar suddenly appeared. Seeing his daughter being fooled by others, he felt a little jealous.

Of course, no matter how jealous he is, Kaido will never show such useless emotions on his face.

"Caesar boy, you're not finished yet!"

"Wano Country is now a complete wasteland, with no way to farm. Do you think I should spend money to help those guys?" "Spend money? Why should I spend money? Isn't Kurozumi Orochi rich? Just kill him and distribute the money to the people."

Caesar sneered, "Isn't Quinn a scientific researcher? Let him solve the land pollution problem. If he can't solve it, let Vegapunk find a solution. If he can't find a solution, restrict the export of seastone. Believe me, by then the World Government will be more anxious than you."

Kaido's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Throwing the problem to others to solve? You are really treacherous!"

"So what do you think of this plan, Mr. Kaido?"

"Ah la la la... Not bad! I called you over here because I wanted you to go out and show your face, but I didn't expect there would be such a big surprise..."

Kaido laughed. Although he didn't understand economics, he was not a fool.

The plan given by Caesar is very feasible!
With the multi-faceted support of agriculture, trade, seastone processing and taxes from the entire Wano Country, you can imagine how huge the resources are.

Thinking back on his original idea of ​​completely enslaving Wano Country, he had to admit that his ambition, which he had been planning for a long time, was indeed a little bit off in details compared to Caesar's casually mentioned plan. No wonder this guy was able to make a lot of money...

After a pause, Kaido glanced at the two of them.

Not knowing what he was thinking about, he gently waved his hand, his tone carrying a barely perceptible gentleness: "Let's not talk about this for now. You two, sit down and have a drink with me?"

"Who wants to drink with you?"

Before Caesar could react, Yamato suddenly grabbed him and rushed out of the room.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Caesar was dragged behind Yamato and swung around like a rag bag.

Yamato rushed to the shore without saying a word, then slowly stopped, grabbed the devil horns on his head, and screamed madly.

"Ahhh! This is so annoying, you bastard!!!"

"What's bothering you?"

Caesar sat down cross-legged, took out two unopened bottles of wine, and tossed one to Yamato: "Are you still worried about the Kozuki family?"

"I just don't understand..."

Yamato took the wine and said in a muffled voice: "If Kaido can really make everyone in Wano Country well fed, then what does Oden's sacrifice mean?"

"He's stupid..."

Caesar chuckled: "And... sacrifice? Dancing naked for five years and killing so many people, who is sacrificing? Don't make a mistake about Yamato, Oden himself is a member of the ruling class, no different from Kurozumi Orochi."

"Strictly speaking, including Kaido and the samurai under Oden, they all belong to this class. If there is any difference, it is only in their attitude towards the people."

"But for the lower classes, it doesn't matter who rules. As long as they have enough to eat, that's all they need. If Kaido could really do that, the Kozuki clan would immediately become traitors. To regain power, their methods wouldn't necessarily be any more noble than those of Kurozumi Orochi."

Yamato shook his head: "No, I believe they are not that kind of people!"

Caesar chuckled: "Then they should protect Kaido's rule even more."

Yamato was speechless.

After a long time, she drank the wine in her hand, threw the bottle away, and looked at Caesar with burning eyes.

"Hey Caesar, come and fight with me?"

"What? Not confused anymore?"

Yamato grinned, "Being confused just means I'm not strong enough, right?"

"Then come on!"

Caesar smiled cheerfully, threw away the bottle, and a pair of large black wings stretched out.

boom--

On the coast, two violent domineering colors suddenly burst out!

Yamato took off the mace Ajian from behind him, turned around suddenly, and smashed the mace at Caesar.

“Thunder—gossip!”

"Are you going to use your big moves when you come up?"

Seeing the mace coming towards him relentlessly, Caesar's eyes twitched slightly, and he flew back to create some distance.

"Don't run, asshole! Look at me thundering gossip!"

"You look like you're going to kill me..."

"Ah, I don't know why, even though you're right, I'm just really upset and want to beat you up!"

Yamato laughed: "Take it!"

"Why are you being unreasonable right after turning back into a woman? Isn't this a bit too radical a change?"

Caesar dodged Yamato's mace left and right, but he didn't seem to be panicked.

boom!
The mace wrapped in armed color domineering and the fist wrapped in domineering color collided in the air.

As the thunder exploded, Caesar flew backwards, rolled twice in the air to release the force, and landed on the ground with his bat wings flashing.

Yamato took two steps back, his gaze towards Caesar becoming increasingly fiery, burning with a burning desire to fight.

Soon, the battle horn sounded again.

From day to night, and from moonlight to sunrise.

After a night, the coast looked as if it had been ravaged by war, with broken trees and deep pits everywhere.

Caesar lay quietly on the ground, Yamato sat cross-legged beside him, drinking from a bottle of wine.

"Ha—much better!"

After drinking a bottle of wine, Yamato wiped his mouth and looked relieved.

Caesar looked up at the sky, unable to rise again: "As expected of Kaido's daughter, her physical strength is as unfathomable as that monster..."

"Hey, Caesar, you're not bad either. You haven't even learned Ryuo, but you've managed to hold on for this long."

Yamato grinned: "Then when you master the Armament Haki, the two of us will be able to fight against Kaido together!"

Caesar raised his eyebrows slightly: "What? Are you not upset anymore?"

"Well...actually...after thinking about it carefully, Caesar, you are right. I just feel a little unwilling."

Yamato nodded heavily, his tone filled with indescribable annoyance. "Not being able to go to sea is one thing, but I haven't even truly understood what's happening right in front of me. Doesn't that make me look like a fool?"

Caesar nodded in agreement: "Well, it seems that you are already very self-aware!"

"Asshole, stop saying that!"

Yamato's cheeks flushed slightly, and he was angry and embarrassed: "I'm just not good at thinking, and I saw Oden being killed by Kaido with my own eyes at that time. That scene is indeed unforgettable to me, but... I have thought it through!"

"Caesar! I don't want to be Kozuki Oden anymore!"

"I am Yamato! A woman who is stronger and better than any man!"

"Whether it's Kaido or Kozuki Oden, I will surpass them all!"

(End of this chapter)