Uchiha Puppet Master, Starting from One Piece.

"Kaido's daughter, Yamato."

Bai Yu looked at her silently.

Everyone else remained silent; no one spoke.

Yamato took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

Then, she did something that no one expected.

She knelt down.

He knelt on both knees, his forehead touching the ground, and prostrated himself before Bai Yu.

"Please allow me to follow you!"

Yamato's voice came from the ground, carrying a long-suppressed excitement.

"I saw it all! Your strength! Your will! You defeated Father! You did what I've always dreamed of but could never do!"

Bai Yu frowned.

"stand up."

He said.

Yamato did not move.

"I'll tell you!"

Bai Yu's voice became more forceful.

Yamato's body trembled, and she finally straightened up, but she remained kneeling on the ground, looking up at Shiraha.

“I have hated my father since I was a child.”

Yamato began to narrate.

"He imprisoned me, preventing me from leaving Ghost Island, from going out to sea, and from contacting the outside world."

"He put an explosive bracelet on my wrist, which would explode if I tried to escape."

Yamato's voice trembled.

"But I don't want to become like him."

"I don't want to become a beast, I don't want to become a monster, I don't want to become Kaido of the Beasts, who makes countless people bleed and cry."

"I want to be..."

Yamato took a deep breath, his eyes hardening.

"I want to become someone like Kozuki Oden!"

Bai Yu's brows furrowed even more.

Yamato, oblivious to Shiraha's change in expression, continued excitedly:

"Years ago, I found Kozuki Oden's nautical log in a warehouse on Onigashima."

"I read his story: he went to sea, he followed Whitebeard, he followed Roger, he returned to Wano Country, and he sacrificed himself for the people of Wano Country..."

"He is a true warrior! A true man!"

Yamato's eyes lit up, his pupils filled with longing.

"From that day on, I decided that I would become Oden! I would open the country of Wano! I would fulfill Oden's unfinished wish!"

She reached out and pulled a worn notebook from her bosom.

The notebook cover bears the words "Kozuki Oden's Voyage Diary".

"This is Oden's diary!"

Yamato held the diary in his hands as if it were something sacred.

"This book records his life's adventures, the world he saw, the people he met, and the lessons he learned."

"I will carry on his will and open the country of Wano!"

Yamato's voice echoed above the ruins.

Bai Yu looked at her silently.

After a long while, he spoke.

"Are you done talking?"

Yamato was taken aback.

"...That's all."

Bai Yu nodded.

Then he reached out and grabbed Oden's diary.

Give it back to me—

Yamato tried to take it back, but she found herself unable to move.

Bai Yu's eyes were fixed on her. Although the Mangekyou Sharingan had consumed too much of its power, its intimidating presence remained.

Yamato stood frozen in place, only able to watch helplessly as Shiraha opened the diary.

Bai Yu turned the pages one by one, his expression gradually changing from calm to a frown, and then from a frown to a sneer.

"This is the Oden you admire?"

Shiraha threw the diary back to Yamato.

Do you know what he did?

Yamato caught the diary and held it protectively in his arms.

"He did what he had to do! He did it for the people of Wano Country—"

"What did he do for the people of Wano Country?"

Bai Yu interrupted her.

Yamato was taken aback.

"He...he stood in the oil fryer for an hour..."

"and then?"

"And then...and then he died..."

"And then what happened to Wano Country?"

Yamato remained silent.

Bai Yu answered for her.

"Wano Country has become even worse."

"Kaido and Orochi have ruled Wano Country for so many years. The people are doing hard labor in factories, unable to eat clean food, drink clean water, or even breathe clean air."

"This is the result of Oden's sacrifice."

Yamato's face turned pale.

"But...but this wasn't Oden's fault..."

"Whose fault is that?"

Bai Yu's voice wasn't loud, but every word struck Yamato's heart like a hammer blow.

"Kaido's fault? Orochi's fault? Yes, they are wrong, they deserve to die."

"But was Oden without fault?"

Shiraha's Mangekyou Sharingan spun, reflecting Yamato's pale face in its pupils.

"Do you know how strong Kaido and Orochi were when Oden returned to Wano Country?"

Yamato shook his head.

“Kaido wasn’t as strong back then as he is now, and Orochi’s power hadn’t fully taken shape yet.”

"If Oden had acted directly back then, he would have had a great chance of winning."

Bai Yu's voice grew colder and colder.

"But he didn't."

"He chose to believe the serpent, chose to perform naked dances every week, and chose to let the people suffer for five years in vain."

"Five years."

Bai Yu emphasized his words.

"A full five years."

Do you know how the people of Wano Country lived during those five years?

Yamato's lips were trembling.

"They were exploited, abused, and worked to death in the factory."

"Their children are starving to death, and their wives are being humiliated."

"And Oden, the man on whom they placed their hopes, was dancing naked in the city."

Yamato's tears finally flowed.

"But... but he was protecting the people..."

"Protect?"

Bai Yu chuckled.

What did he protect?

"If he makes a move on his first day back in Wano Country, even if he loses, the people will suffer for a few more years at most."

"But he waited for five years, letting the people suffer for five years, and then he still lost."

"Is this the hero you admire?"