novelkee Chapter 487 The Arrival of Yamato
Chapter 487 The Arrival of Yamato
The Knights of God and Shanks' origins—these were matters of great importance to Danzo, concerning the future outcome of the war. However, in Kizaru's eyes, they were actually two rather interesting events.
However, before delving into these two matters, the arrival of another thing, or rather, a person, first caught Kizaru's attention.
Kaido, true to his word, sent a stubborn fool to the Land of Light for education.
This person is none other than Kaido's only daughter, Yamato, a fanatical admirer of Kozuki Oden, so obsessed that she calls herself Kozuki Oden and wants to inherit that man's will and rebel against her father's rule over Wano Country.
Kaido went to great lengths to send his daughter, who was quite strong but also extremely rebellious, to the East Blue. To ensure that Yamato wouldn't resist or escape during the journey, he used heavy force, severely injuring and rendering her unconscious before personally escorting her there.
Upon arriving in the East Blue, Kaido, who distrusted the other ninjas, insisted on personally handing Yamato over to Kizaru.
Upon receiving the message from his subordinates, Kizaru had no choice but to make the trip himself. On the military island where he had initially received Kaido, he met Kaido and Yamato, who was lying unconscious on a specially made, extra-large and wide hospital bed.
When Kizaru appeared, the first person to speak was not Kaido, but a medical ninja who was also in the ward and wanted to treat Yamato, but was stopped by Kaido.
"Lord Kizaru, this young lady's injuries are very serious and she needs immediate treatment." The medical ninja who dared to stay alone in the ward and stand off against Kaido was a young Jonin from the Uzumaki clan.
"This kind of injury won't kill anyone," Kaido denied nonchalantly. He looked at Kizaru and continued in a manner as if handing over goods, "Kizaru, this guy is yours. My requirements aren't high. When she's brought back later, make sure she doesn't keep muttering that idiot's name every day. I want her to accept her fate!"
"So you're telling her to accept the fate you've ordained, Kaido?" Kizaru said with a sarcastic remark after glancing at the unconscious Yamato.
"It makes no difference," Kaido said nonchalantly.
People do laugh when they're speechless. At this moment, Kizaru couldn't help but laugh at Kaido's audacious request. He walked to the bedside, clicked his tongue twice, and then looked at Kaido again.
“This isn’t your wishing hall. The kind of daughter you want can’t be obtained through education, especially not with your methods.” Kizaru paused for a moment and held up two fingers at Kaido.
"The first option, which is to abandon education, is for me to have my people recreate all of your daughter's memories from her previous life, so that she becomes the daughter you want her to be."
Kizaru pressed his palm forward, stopping Kaido from speaking, and continued, "The second option is to let her receive the most advanced and comprehensive education in the Land of Light, to make her realize the ignorance and weakness of the so-called Kozuki Oden, to make her aware of your reactionary and oppressive nature as her father, and to make her understand that Kozuki Oden and those samurai cannot teach Wano Country, they can only defeat you, and they cannot save Wano Country."
"What's the difference between this and before?" Kaido said with dissatisfaction.
Kizaru smiled confidently, "In that case, you will gain the most rebellious, but also the most clear-headed, the freest, and the most outstanding daughter."
Kaido's face, which had been somewhat angry, froze, then his anger slowly subsided, and finally turned into a big laugh.
After a burst of laughter, Kaido looked at Kizaru and said seriously, "I'm waiting for her transformation. If she doesn't satisfy me, I'll make her pay back for her tuition."
"Don't regret it if you get defeated by your own daughter, Kaido," Kizaru said, seemingly jokingly.
"Bring it on!" Kaido wasn't angry; instead, he was somewhat excited.
After handing Yamato over to Kizaru and reaching an agreement, Kaido didn't linger there any longer, as he had been quite busy lately.
After watching Kaido leave, Kizaru's gaze returned to Yamato, who was receiving treatment. He instructed her, "Let me know when she wakes up."
"Yes, Lord Kizaru." The Jonin Uzumaki, who was leading the treatment of Yamato, responded and then continued to devote himself to the treatment.
In the afternoon, as the sun gradually set and the sky turned dusky, Yamato, with bandages wrapped around his forehead and arms and receiving an IV drip, slowly opened his eyes in a private intensive care unit at the military hospital.
Suddenly attacked by Kaido, she was inexplicably beaten and knocked unconscious. Her consciousness and memories had not yet fully returned. She felt dizzy and her mind was foggy. She remembered that just moments before, she was preparing to go out to find food, and then she encountered Kaido.
That's right, Kaido! He's my greatest enemy, and the one I absolutely must defeat!
That guy attacked him, and then
"You're awake? That's great. Don't move around. Your injuries are quite serious. Just stay in bed."
A very gentle woman's voice entered Yamato's ears, and his blurry vision gradually cleared. A woman with short red hair, wearing a white nurse's uniform and a mask, with only a pair of eyes full of concern and memorable emerald green pupils visible, was gently placing her hand on Yamato's shoulder, stopping him from getting up.
Yamato could sense the kindness and gentleness of the woman in front of her, but her life experiences over the past twenty years, her encounter with Kaido before she fell into a coma, and the unfamiliar environment she was in after waking up made it impossible for her to lie quietly in bed.
"Who are you? Where am I?" Yamato paused her movement to get up, but her tense muscles showed that she was ready to fight at any moment.
Yamato thought he had handled things very discreetly, but in the eyes of the Uzumaki Jonin who had wandered and hid as a child, came to Konoha for ninja training as a teenager, and participated in wars, it was almost no different from being completely undisguised.
"Don't be nervous. The man named Kaido who brought you here has already left," the Jonin Uzumaki said in a calm and gentle tone.
"Kaido? What's your relationship with Kaido?" Yamato reacted again to the name, but her basic rationality allowed her to hold back for the time being.
"I have absolutely no connection with that barbaric guy who doesn't value human life. This isn't Wano Country; this is a hospital in the East Blue." As a medical ninja who had experienced the hardships of life, Jonin Uzumaki originally had no goodwill towards Kaido.
"East Blue? East Blue," Yamato muttered to herself. She didn't understand why Kaido had brought her here. Was he tired of her resistance and had finally thrown her out like trash?
Yamato could only think of this one possibility. Her right hand instinctively clenched into a fist. "That guy, he doesn't think that just because he threw me into the East Blue, I'll give up on my ideals, does he? I will definitely defeat him and open Wano Country to the world!"
"Alright, stop talking to yourself. Now, please cooperate with my questioning. As a doctor, I have a lot to do." The Jonin waved his hand in front of Yamato's eyes and then emphasized his words.
"Oh! Sorry!" Yamato responded instinctively, then looked at the doctor with a somewhat bewildered expression.
The Jonin picked up the medical record book from the bedside, and while preparing to write something down, asked, "What's your name?"
“Oden!” Yamato answered without hesitation.
Upon hearing this, the pen that the Jonin Uzumaki was about to write on stopped on the paper. She looked at Yamato with some helplessness and asked again, "Your name, your real name, the name Kaido registered for you!"
“That’s not my name, my name is Oden!” Yamato insisted.
Seeing Yamato's stubbornness, the Jonin Uzumaki stopped trying to correct him and simply wrote down, "Yamato."
Yamato, lying on the hospital bed, sat up slightly, poked his head out, saw the record in the medical record, and corrected, "My name is Oden! Not that!"
"Alright, a name is just a code! Now, please continue to cooperate with my work. Does your head still hurt? Do you still remember anything before you fainted?" The Jonin asked, as if he were talking to a child, with a tone that was both helpless and indulgent.
"Your head?" Yamato paused for a moment, then replied, "A little, but I'm used to the pain. As for my memories, I've remembered them; it was Kaido who attacked me."
"Pain is pain, don't numb yourself with habit!" Jonin Uzumaki said irritably, putting down his medical record, stepping forward to Yamato's side, helping her sit up, and letting her lean against the headboard to examine the injury on her forehead.
As a medical jonin, Uzumaki jonin was very skilled. She gently unwrapped the gauze on Yamato's forehead, and after confirming that the wound on Yamato's forehead was healing and that the fracture had begun to repair, she applied medicine and disinfected the wound again before wrapping it with new gauze.
This meticulous and gentle treatment made Yamato feel somewhat uncomfortable. The Uzumaki Jonin, who was standing close to her and carefully bandaging her wounds, made Yamato feel an indescribable tension. Her muscles tensed up with each touch of the Uzumaki Jonin's fingertips and the skin near the wounds.
"Alright! You can change the dressing on your forehead again tomorrow." After re-bandaging, the Jonin Uzumaki took a half step back and looked at Yamato, instructing him.
"Doctor, how long until I can leave?" Yamato asked with concern.
Looking at Yamato, who was tall but had very innocent eyes, the Jonin Uzumaki felt a sense of unease, as if she were facing a little sister who hadn't grown up yet. She didn't hide anything and answered directly, "With your physique, you can be discharged from the hospital in three days at most. But as for leaving here, that's not up to me."
"Are you all in cahoots with Kaido? You're going to imprison me here?" Yamato reacted again, poised to get out of bed and fight.
"Oh ho ho! It's not imprisonment, it's your good father who sent you here to study." This time, it was Kizaru who answered Yamato, having been standing at the ward door for a short while. He leaned against the doorway, smiling at Yamato. (End of Chapter)