Starting with two Kamui, they raised the flag of rebellion in One Piece.

The biggest difference between Yamato and other royal-level masters is that she is currently almost a blank slate.

Although her dream was to set sail like Oden, Kaido had put a sea stone bomb bracelet on her since she was a child, restricting her life to Wano Country, which was equivalent to keeping her under house arrest.

She has little life experience, and her journey has not even begun.

Yamato's cheerful and lively personality is almost a carbon copy of Luffy's in some ways. Her overly straightforwardness makes her seem a bit idiotic. It is because of this trait that she was so excited after watching Oden's execution when she was a child that she developed a deep admiration for her father's enemy. She was so obsessed that she wanted to become Oden herself and openly declared that she was "Kozuki Oden". She even hated her father who executed Oden.

For such a being, once someone boards their ship, as long as one's actions do not violate the other party's values, there is a high probability that the ship's main course of navigation will be based on their opinion.

Normally, even if they aren't at the Emperor level, or even if they are at the Deputy Emperor level, aren't they all seasoned veterans of the sea? Even if they manage to persuade someone to join the team, the commander still has to follow the other party's wishes.

Besides, given Yamato's personality, once he's on board, you'll get along well with him when he's joking around and having fun. But when it comes to crucial moments, he's incredibly fierce and reliable when it comes to fighting. Who wouldn't like someone like that?

The more I think about it, the more I feel that it should be Yamato.

"As for after the Wano Country trip, whether we succeed or fail in recruiting Yamato, the next step should be to choose between Impel Down and Golden Castle."

"There are too many powerful individuals in Impel Down. To this day, we don't know exactly how many strong people are imprisoned there. However, most of them are troublemakers, such as those Blackbeard recruited in the main storyline, and other escaped prisoners who slipped out of various games or movies, like Barrett, Bundy Wald, Red Earl, and so on. There are simply too many to count. Each of these people has a distinct personality, and even if you try to recruit them, they probably won't obediently follow you. You can only be driven by interests, ideologies, or strength, and there are too many risks involved."

"In comparison, Golden City is better."

"Although the only one who can truly be called strong there is the Golden Emperor Tesoro, who was given the status of an Admiral in the movie interview, the Golden Emperor has a huge amount of money, which is an advantage that several strong people combined cannot match. Moreover, unlike those capricious guys in Impel Down, Tesoro actually hates the Celestial Dragons deep down. If we can truly open his heart, he will definitely stand by my side more firmly than anyone else and fight against the World Government together."

"Not only will it be much easier to recruit them, but the level of trust they have will also be unmatched by just anyone. They could very well become future confidants."

To be honest, if Yamato's situation wasn't time-sensitive, and if they had arrived late, Ace would have made an impression on Yamato first, allowing the expectation of "setting sail" to be projected onto him and Luffy. In terms of pure value, going to the Golden Emperor would have been the top priority.

But that's life; you always have to make choices. It wouldn't matter if we delayed going to Impel Down and Golden City for a few more years, but there's only Yamato. If we miss this opportunity, there won't be a second chance.

Li Mingyuan tapped his arm lightly with his fingers.

Without realizing it, I had already established my main plans for the long term ahead in my mind.

After clarifying his thoughts on what to do next, Li Mingyuan felt much more relaxed. Just like Luffy's dream of becoming the Pirate King, so his first goal was to enter the Grand Line, if he wanted to become the King of the World, he would have to have a step-by-step plan.

With such a clear plan, when facing Karina and Nami again, he wouldn't be like a headless fly, pretending to have a plan while actually being aimless and confused about what he was supposed to do.

As he pondered this, Li Mingyuan slowly closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already the morning of the next day.

Compared to the previous nights when he fell asleep in a drunken stupor, tonight's clear-headed sleep left him feeling much more refreshed.

Li Mingyuan got up quickly and decisively. After a quick wash in the bathroom, with a few drops of water still running down his face, he stood by the window and looked at the scenery outside.

The morning sun wasn't scorching.

However, what caught Li Mingyuan's attention was that he could see many villagers eating breakfast outside the window. Some villagers got up early to go out to sea to fish, while others prepared to work in the fields and were heading out of the village early in the morning.

As for the revelry left over from last night's banquet, there are hardly any traces left now. If you happen to catch a glimpse of a remnant, you'll soon see other villagers nearby cleaning up.

This also means that Li Mingyuan's truly immersed banquet in the world of One Piece has come to a complete end.

There were some minor regrets, and a touch of reluctance to part.

Li Mingyuan withdrew his gaze, letting go of the brief moments of happiness from the past few days, and switched back to his daily routine.

"There's still a lot to do today."

"If nothing unexpected happens, it's going to be another busy day."

Li Mingyuan muttered to himself.

Meanwhile, in Cocoyasi Village, at Nami's house.

After a night of negotiations, Nami got up early in the morning to pack her luggage. Beside her, Nojiko sat at the table, propping her cheek up and watching this scene.

There was an awkward atmosphere between the two, which suggested that last night's conversation had not gone as smoothly as expected.

This awkward period continued until Nami packed her luggage into two large suitcases.

"Nojiko, I'll carry my luggage onto the ship first."

"If you need anything, just come find me over there."

Dragging her suitcase, Nami turned back casually before leaving, saying something.

After saying that, Nami was about to leave.

"Nami, are you really going to set sail again?"

"And it's not about pursuing dreams, but simply leaving this island for financial reasons?"

Suddenly, Nojiko, who had just been silently watching Nami pack her luggage, sighed softly.

"Although the orange grove harvest isn't much, you still have a considerable amount of savings. And it's not like we both have to take care of the orange grove at the same time. We can take turns finding other jobs to support each other. You really don't need to force yourself to go out to sea again."

"here we go again……"

Upon hearing Nojiko's words, Nami couldn't help but rub her forehead in exasperation.

She turned around abruptly to look at Nochiko and raised her voice, "So didn't I already say that? It's not like that at all. I wasn't unwilling at all! Although this time I didn't go to sea again for my dream, and I hesitated for a long time at first, even so, I didn't give up on my dream. This time I went to sea to accumulate funds and experience for that goal."

"Is it really not because of your family's financial situation that you're thinking of going to sea to ease the burden?"

Nojiko countered, "You've only just gained your freedom from the Arlong Pirates, so you probably don't love the sea as much anymore, do you?"

"Although I'm not completely without those thoughts, haven't I already explained it to Nojiko?"

Nami frowned, exclaiming helplessly, "Seriously, if this keeps going, it'll never end!"

Nami gritted her teeth and decided to ignore Nojiko's concern and leave home instead.

If this continues, I probably won't get anything done all day.

There wasn't much time left before we set sail.

"We can talk about it tonight. I'm heading out now, Nojiko! Come find me at the ship if you need anything!"

With a loud shout echoing through the house, followed by a loud slam of the door, Nami's figure had already vanished from sight.

Watching Nami's hurried departure, Nojiko lowered her eyelids and fell into deep thought.

Last night's conversation with Nami didn't go smoothly. It wasn't that she had any issues with Li Mingyuan; the main problem was that she couldn't understand why Nami would choose to go to sea at this time.

Nami is already traumatized by the Arlong Pirates incident. If it weren't for her dream, which is a good remedy for healing wounds, Nojiko would say that going to sea would be a very painful and difficult choice for Nami right now.

I'd go to sea even at this cost...

"You can live a good life if you don't care so much about money."

Nokiko gave a bitter smile, leaned back on the stool, and stared blankly at the ceiling.

Meanwhile, Nami, having left home, is currently heading towards the port without stopping.

Just thinking about Nokiko's somewhat apologetic expression from earlier made her scalp tingle.

Honestly, I've said it so many times, it's not like that, it's not like that, why can't you understand?

Besides, even if it really is for money, so what?

That's a salary of ten million Berries a year!

"Even if the money inside was originally given to Li Mingyuan as a thank-you fee, that money isn't calculated that way. Besides expressing my gratitude, there was also money to help Karina out of a predicament. It wasn't something I could get back. Therefore, this time, the price of ten million Berries a year is pure profit."

"Ten million Berries a year, if I stay for five years, wouldn't that be fifty million Berries!?"

"It's more than the thank-you fee I gave!"

Thinking of this, Nami's mouth watered, and her eyes were now completely filled with the desire for money.

Just thinking about it made her feel incredibly happy, as if she were floating on a cloud.

Sometimes, it's okay to go to sea for your dreams, but who says it's not okay to go to sea for money?

Nami felt that it was perfectly acceptable!

This mental wandering continued for some time.

After Nami arrived at the port address given by Li Mingyuan, she wiped the corner of her mouth and came back to her senses to look at what was in front of her.

"Is this the place?"

"Wow, it's been a few days and this ship has completely changed. It's almost unrecognizable as Ah Long's pirate ship."

Looking at the enormous ship before her, Nami's eyes lit up. "How much did it cost to make the ship look like this?"

She was initially worried that if the ship in front of her still looked like Arlong's pirate ship, she might feel a little uncomfortable getting on board. But if it looked like this now, Nami felt perfectly fine.

The ship that once sailed out of the Grand Line will now sail back to the Grand Line once more.

In a way, it's fate.

Nami looked around the ship. There were still many workers carrying things onto the ship. At first glance, they seemed to be household items and furniture.

Looking closer, it seemed that some books were being loaded onto the ship along with the furniture.

"Oh? I didn't realize that captain was such a studious person?"

After explaining her identity as a crew member to the porters, Nami casually picked up a book and flipped through it. She found it was a notebook of sailing experience, and she couldn't help but marvel as she read it.

"Spending money to buy so many books is really rare for a pirate, but normally even a bounty hunter wouldn't buy these books, right? Is this person genuinely studious or just showing off?"

After flipping through the contents, Nami could confirm that this was a genuine nautical log. Even though it didn't involve the Grand Line and was just the log of a captain from the East Blue, it would still be quite valuable in terms of Berries.

Nami put the book back in its place and then glanced at the other books on the shelf. Looking at the titles, she was secretly surprised. If these books were all genuine, this whole shelf would probably be worth no less than hundreds of thousands of Berries.

Is that captain so rich he doesn't know what to do with all that money? He's spent so much on these things.

Just as Nami was still marveling at the sights before her, a sudden commotion erupted from the edge of the harbor.

Nami turned around and saw that it was her new captain, Li Mingyuan, who was currently surrounded by villagers.

A group of people were chatting enthusiastically, but no one knew what they were saying. Not far away, Karina followed impatiently beside them.

"Ah, Nami? You've arrived."

Nami walked towards Karina, but before she could get close, Karina seemed to sense something and turned around.

Upon seeing that it was Nami, she waved listlessly and greeted her, "How's everything going on your end?"

"There wasn't much to pack, so everything went smoothly."

"Compared to this, why do you look so listless? Didn't you eat breakfast?"

Nami looked at Karina's expression with a puzzled expression.

Although Karina had been acting listless since last night, I didn't know why. I thought she was just a little drunk. But when I saw her again today, Karina was still like this.

"It has nothing to do with that... Sigh, I can't explain it to you, just leave me alone."

Karina said with annoyance, "Is this all your luggage? Do you need me to help you carry it upstairs later?"

"Sure, if you have time."

Nami readily agreed.