The next morning, Yuta put on a simple disguise—baggy clothes, a hat pulled low, and even a fake wig he had stolen from a toy shop.
No one told him otherwise since that shop wasn't in Wano but in his old world. Actually, this one is with him since the All For One inccident.
Just like how Izuku and others tried to disguise themselves to go undercover to find Bakugo, he to had that plan, back then his disguise didn't work that well, it looked stupid with that wig on.
And this is coming from a boy who wore a Afro in an international event where he would be pick by professional heroes for their agency.
So yeah...
But...but, but...
This world was meant to be stupid. Its One Piece, no one has the right to point any fingers at him if he stand out a little bit here right !
So, Yuta search the old wig and costune he stole back then after all this time.
'As if why he stole it instead of purching it, well just to get the uncover feeling...'
"Perfect," he muttered at his reflection, trying to shake his shames of the past. Its better if the past remain burried. "Time to go undercover."
The only way to learn Conqueror's Infusion at this point was to find Kaido. Unless he wanted to sail out of Wano himself and find someone better who could teach him.
Luffy had learned it—he could do it too, right? But for that, he first had to become a member of the Beast Pirates.
At least, that was the plan for now.
He had no idea whether he could pull it off or not, however, if Oden refuse to teach him then Kaido was his beast option.
Of course his other option would be to go back in time and ask Whitebeards help, however, he didn't knew how long it would take for that.
Finding his Grandma, Kozuki Toki that is, was extremely hard. Since Oden had entered into his Idiot dancing Daimiyo phase, his grandma would definitely be keeping it low from others.
He was working from his side, however, finding her was much harder than he first anticipated.
After asking around about how the Beast Pirates operated—this early in the story, when they hadn't completely taken control over Wano—he learned how he could get enrolled in their crew. It was rather simple.
The Beast Pirates were, in fact, recruiting more members since they didn't have enough manpower to control the entire nation. Taking local residents was the most logical method.
They didn't even had that annoying criteria about the joning member to be a Zoan user right now, Kaido didn't had the luxury to nit pick his subordinate in this era.
Wano was still very much not under his rule. His current goal was to get as much man power under him as possible.
Yuta could use that for his advantage.
When he reached their hideout, a crowd of rowdy pirates shouted and drank. Low-level scum—but this was his way up the ladder, at least until he could meet Kaido and ask him to teach him.
At the entrance stood a guard with a nasty scar on his face, picking his nose.
"Oi, kid," the guard squinted. "What do you want?"
"I'm not a kid," Yuta said, puffing his chest. "I'm a warrior seeking to join the Beast Pirates!"
The guard snorted so hard he nearly choked on his snot. "BWAHAHA! Join the Beast Pirates? You? What are you, twelve? Shouldn't you be in school learning your ABCs?"
Yuta's eyebrow twitched. "I'm not twelve, I'm fifteen!"
That comment almost hit a sore spot—he just looked like a normal teenager when his powers weren't involved. His height didn't help either; in this world, the average person was much taller.
He really did look like a kid.
'Damn it.'
"Oh, my bad. Fifteen. Totally grown up!" The pirate clutched his stomach, laughing. "Planning to fight with your slingshot and homework assignments?"
Yuta glared. "You've got a big mouth for someone guarding the door."
The pirate leaned down, grinning. "That's because no kid has ever gotten past me. You think Kaido's gonna let a brat into his crew? Forget it."
Yuta crossed his arms. "If I'm such a brat, why don't you let me try the entrance exam?" He considered just punching the guy but held himself back.
The guard smirked. "Fine, fine. You want the exam? You got it. Rule's simple: beat an opponent in a fight. Lose, and we throw you into the sea. Sound good, little brat?"
"Sounds perfect," Yuta said with a sharp grin.
Minutes later, Yuta was pushed into a fighting ring. His opponent was a hulking Beast Pirate with muscles bigger than Yuta's whole body.
The mocking guard from earlier leaned on the railing, laughing. "Look at him! He's gonna be squashed like a bug!"
The big pirate cracked his knuckles. "Sorry, kid. Nothing personal."
Yuta sighed. "You people are so annoying."
When the fight started, the big pirate charged like a bull. Yuta dodged easily, then tapped him once in the stomach. Just once.
The big man froze, eyes bulging, before collapsing face-first to the ground with a thunderous crash.
Silence.
Yuta dusted off his hands. "That's it? That's your exam?"
The guard's jaw dropped. "W-WHAT?! You… you cheated! You used… uh… sorcery or something!"
Yuta smirked. "Huh, never heard of Ryo... man what a waste. Are we done already, bring out if you have someone else ready to be get beaten, just get this over with already."
The guard gulped, sweating. "W-Welcome to the Beast Pirates…"
So with a smug smile on his face Yuta pass the entrace with flying colours.
And yes, that was indeed Ryo, his control wasn't the best yet, only beginning stages, however, that was enough to take down a hulking muscle idiot who had zero Haki.
And from that day on, his life as a member of the beast pirate began.
The everyday routine for him was rather Lame. Wake up, playing around with Maki a bit, train with Grandpa Flower, beast some annoying beasts, climb the coporate ladder as fast as possible.
Life as a rookie Beast Pirate wasn't glamorous. Yuta spent his first few days carrying crates of booze, scrubbing floors sticky with sake, and getting yelled at by random pirates who thought they were his boss.
Not for long though, only until Yuta figure out the structure of the group and how things was done there.
Just as the name of the pirate group was, it was jungle rule though out.
The biggest fist rule them all.
Honestly, he only endured it because he still had some time before he and Maki had to return to their time. Otherwise, he would have snapped long ago.
"Oi brat, clean faster!" one yelled.
"I'm cleaning faster than your brain thinks," Yuta shot back, scrubbing lazily.
At night, he sneaked away to train under Hyogoro, so at least his time wasn't wasted. In fact, he balanced his Ryou training with his little work in the Beast Pirates quite efficiently.
Maki still thought he was wasting his time, and Yuta had started to agree—until today.
Today was different. The whole hideout shook with a booming voice.
"YO! YO! IT'S BIG QUEEN IN THE HOUSE!"
The ground vibrated from the music. In waddled a giant, round man with sunglasses, a cybernetic arm, and enough swagger to fill ten kingdoms. It was Queen, one of the All-Stars of the Beast Pirates.
'Jackpot.' Yuta's eyes lit up.
"Ladies, gents, and rookies! Who's ready to dance?!" Queen roared, striking a pose.
"Zoom zoom zoom zoom," and "I may look chubby, but it's all muscle~♪ / I can sing and dance, that's my type of... Funky"
Most pirates cheered. Yuta just stared. "This is… the big bad Queen? He looks like a disco ball that ate another disco ball."
That image for some reason, brought a smile onto his face.
Queen spotted him instantly, that smile bieng a little to anoying for the funky man to shallow. "Oi! Little brat! You got something to say about my style?"
Yuta blinked. "Hmm... I'm more into disco actually." Not sure of what to say, he spoke the first thing came to his mind.
Queen's eyes sparkled. "Oh! Someone with taste!" He grabbed Yuta by the shoulder. "Listen here, newbie. You and me—we're gonna drop the hottest track Wano has ever heard. Show me your disco."
"What?" Yuta blinked.
He remembered this character well and his peculiar habits. Just like a certain octopus rapper from next door, this guy, Queen, was an artist—he loved dancing and singing.
He pulled out a shamisen guitar with built-in speakers. "Let's go!"
The whole hall started clapping. Queen pointed at Yuta. "You rap, kid!"
"Wait, what? I don't rap!"
"Too late! You're on stage!" Queen shouted, throwing him a mic.
Yuta panicked but blurted out, "Uh… my name is Yuta, I came to join the crew, I'll mop the floor, but don't mistake you punks, I'll mop the floor with you!
Where I stand, I raise the bars. I don't care two shits, you bloody farts.
I play it smooth, you facy pants...
Sing with me, Ya'know... Its my Funky Dance..."
Shouted Yuta at the end, finding his mouth, finding words out of his ass to keep the rap going.
The crowd erupted in laughter. Queen gasped dramatically. "Bars! This kid's got bars!"
Yuta scratched his head. 'Did I have a hidden talent I didn't know about?'
"That's rap, baby!" Queen winked. "You're my new partner-in-rhyme!"
"Heh ?"
Queen ignored the fabbergasted look on the boy's face, slapping Yuta on the back so hard he nearly coughed up a lung. "Stick with me, brat. I'll make you a star!"
"What the hell I got myself into..."
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