Reincarnated as Kaido, married Big Mom, and formed a dual-Emperor pirate crew.

Chapter 291 Change of Mind

Several months passed in the blink of an eye.

Quinn's shift ended.

He has been stationed in Water Seven long enough, and for the next few months, Barrett will take over the post.

"You brat! Are you sure you don't want to come back with us?!"

Before leaving, Quinn found Franky, who had now become Tom's apprentice, and asked him about his choices.

Franky waved his hand impatiently.

"I'm not going back. Shipbuilding is much more interesting than going back to those classes!!"

Upon hearing this, Quinn stopped trying to persuade him.

As a world-class scientist, Quinn's original idea was for Franky to inherit his position and become a scientist with both combat and research capabilities.

But Franky wasn't interested at all.

Of course, Franky's current choice isn't actually that bad.

Shipbuilding technology is quite important to the Beasts Pirates.

Despite having passed Master Tom's tests in various aspects and having a very good impression of the Beasts Pirates, Iceberg's bond with the Beasts Pirates was ultimately not that deep.

Now, Franky has also become Master Tom's apprentice.

Although he can no longer take over his position, Franky will surely continue to hold a place in the Beasts Pirates in the future, thanks to the shipbuilding skills he learned from Tom.

Moreover, there is some overlap between the ship's weapon systems and Quinn's expertise, so it's not entirely impossible for him to pass on his abilities to this kid.

With that in mind, Quinn stopped forcing Franky as he used to and began to let him have his way.

"Alright, since you love shipbuilding so much, then you should learn from Master Tom and not let him down."

Franky gave his son some instructions, much like any ordinary parent would, and was somewhat surprised that Quinn didn't forcibly take him away this time.

Frankie was slightly taken aback as he experienced the happiness of his parents giving him more control for the first time.

It wasn't until Quinn officially set sail that he belatedly realized what was happening and ran to the port to wave goodbye to Quinn and the others.

Barrett took over Quinn's post in guarding the first half of the Grand Line.

As one of the Beasts Pirates' executives officially promoted from the trainee team, his reputation in the New World has grown day by day in recent years.

Unfortunately, Barrett didn't seem to care much about that.

Barrett cares more about his own abilities than his external reputation.

Therefore, after finishing the handover with Quinn, he went straight to the mining site.

The Beasts Mine is also the prison where the Beasts hold their pirate prisoners.

Barrett took off his combat suit and put on a plain vest suit, while also putting on a Seastone bracelet, thus becoming one of the many prisoners.

Clang! Clang!

Wielding a pickaxe, mining ore, and exercising.

Barrett is still in the prime of his career, where he is improving his skills.

However, since he is now close to the strongest realm in this world, without the stimulation of powerful enemies, even if he is still young, it will be difficult for him to continue to maintain his previous high-speed growth.

So he chose the simplest and most unpretentious way to exercise, and incidentally, to calm himself down.

Crocodile, who was also using similar methods to improve his physique, didn't actually recognize Barrett at first glance.

Muscular men are quite a sight in this prison.

Even he himself, after this period of training, has gradually begun to grow into a muscular strongman.

Therefore, it was only when he saw that his "coworkers" who mined with him had become the new host of the survival competition that he belatedly realized what was going on.

That's a damn Barrett!!

He also uses this method to strengthen his physique?!

It seems my method was correct! The beasts' own internal methods for becoming stronger are nothing more than this!

And so, after training his physique for about six months, Crocodile officially began his ring challenges.

The process of the challenge will not be described in detail.

Crocodile himself is very qualified.

However, in his early years, he was obsessed with the powerful strength of the Sand-Sand Fruit and thought that elementalization meant invincibility, which caused him to neglect the cultivation of his physical body.

Now that he has picked it up again, he has achieved his original expectations in just six months.

Despite having 90% of his physical abilities restricted by Seastone, he achieved a series of victories, defeating three Beast Pirates.

In the fourth battle, the Beasts Squadron Leader went into battle, and Crocodile, after a hard-fought fight, finally achieved a hard-fought victory.

Having fought his way here, he was now able to carry out his original plan: to escape from the Beast Prison.

but……

Just as Crocodile was about to take this action, he hesitated.

Is that enough?

I could only defeat one of the Beasts' squadron leaders.

Even though my physical abilities are restricted by the Seastone, do I really have a chance of winning against Kaido?

Crocodile watched the World Martial Arts Tournament live.

He might not have a clear understanding of the strength of the other officers in the Beasts Pirates, but he has a relatively good understanding of Kaido.

The true world number one, undisputed in every aspect, the absolute number one in all six dimensions!

Those devastating attacks were like tickling Kaido.

Although his Sand-Sand Fruit is quite powerful, in his current state, if he were to face Kaido... his chances of winning would probably be slim.

Looking back at this so-called prison of beasts.

Although it is called a prison, can it not be considered an excellent place for spiritual practice?

I don't need to worry about how to get highly nutritious food, and I'm usually not bothered by anyone.

The main point is that I am still very young and can definitely cultivate myself to improve my strength.

If you leave here, it will probably not be easy to find another place with such conditions for cultivation.

After all, Crocodile is not Ace from the original timeline, and he doesn't have that kind of anxiety about becoming the strongest in the world as soon as possible. Even Roger hasn't become the Pirate King yet.

There wasn't such an urgent need to sail to the New World and reach the final island as soon as possible.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Crocodile chose to continue the fifth round of battle.

The outcome of this battle was, without a doubt, a crushing defeat for Crocodile.

He will not be eligible to continue challenging the Survival Arena for the next five months.

But... this suits him perfectly!

The desire for freedom from the outside world still holds great appeal for him.

He was afraid that he would not be able to resist the temptation and end this so-called cultivation prematurely, so he forced himself to be locked up for five months.

"Be patient, don't rush."

Crocodile let out a long breath.

"Improve your own strength first, and then make a name for yourself!"

"I, Crocodile, am destined to become the strongest man in the world! How could I possibly be unable to endure this loneliness?!"