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

Chapter 285 Franky and the Iceberg

North Sea.

Under Doflamingo's influence, the Donquixote Family took the initiative to extend goodwill to the Germa Kingdom and invited Judge to cooperate with the Donquixote Family.

After investigating Doflamingo's background, Judge agreed to the collaboration.

The two sides thus formed a powerful alliance and began a new struggle with other underground forces in Beihai.

Meanwhile, the first half of the Grand Line.

The shipbuilding collaboration between Water Seven and the Navy continues.

The great battle at the World Martial Arts Tournament did not seem to affect the shipbuilding business between the two parties.

Furthermore, their business collaborations are gradually expanding.

The Navy's orders increased year by year, so Master Tom rarely took charge of shipbuilding himself.

Because most of the ships being built in the shipyard are naval vessels.

Those ships all have fixed models, specifications, and corresponding skilled workers. For Master Tom to personally build such ships would be a complete waste of time.

Therefore, in the past two years, apart from occasionally helping some young people who catch his eye to design and build ships out of interest, Master Tom has gradually begun to try teaching his apprentices.

He's not young anymore, over fifty, and it's about time he found a few good disciples to carry on his legacy.

After all, it's not easy to find a true disciple who can carry on the mantle.

In many cases, it can take many years just to find such a person.

In addition, there's the time required for instruction.

It's not uncommon for someone to start looking for apprentices at fifty, only for the apprentices to finally emerge from seclusion at seventy or eighty.

Fortunately, Tom was lucky; he found a disciple who suited his taste right in Water Seven.

Iceberg, Tom's eldest disciple in the original timeline, and also the eldest disciple Tom found in Water Seven during the past two years.

Besides the iceberg, Tom actually had another person he preferred, but...

"You brat! Get back here right now!!"

Quinn's loud roar echoed through the city's mansion; the past few months had been his shifts of garrisoning Water Seven.

"You damn old man! I don't want to listen to you! You're no good father!!"

A childish rebuttal rang out, accompanied by the image of a blue-haired boy skipping and hopping away on the rooftops of Water Seven.

"That damn brat!!"

Quinn stood at the main gate of the city lord's mansion, his round body swelling and contracting with anger.

With his strength, capturing such a little brat would be no problem at all.

But as the saying goes, sometimes it's not that we lack the ability to do it, but that we can't do it.

The blue-haired boy who just ran off is actually his son.

Carter Fram took Quinn's first name and Carter Thane's last name.

That's right, this kid is actually Franky, who will later become a member of the Straw Hat Pirates.

However, for now, he is still a rebellious boy.

Furthermore, if it weren't for Kaido's change in this life, he would most likely have been abandoned by Queen in Water 7 next year.

(PS: Oda hasn't confirmed it, but based on the information he recently revealed, Queen's early experiences and Franky's childhood experiences are highly similar, and there are also many other overlaps. Therefore, this article sets the two as father and son.)

With Kaido's change in this life, Queen will certainly not abandon Franky so easily again.

But just like Franky in the original timeline.

Before Tom was killed by the World Government, Fram was just a spoiled brat.

"Honestly, I have no idea who this brat takes after!"

"Who else could it be like! Of course it's like you, you old lecher!!"

A woman with long, sky-blue hair, whose looks weren't exactly top-tier but were still pleasing to the eye, spoke angrily behind Quinn.

"What other reason could there be for Fram to turn out like this, other than you being such a terrible father?!"

"Huh?! You're saying the whole responsibility is on me?!"

Quinn turned his head, his face also filled with anger.

"You know how busy I was back in the day!"

"Not only do we have to work on research day and night, but we also have to constantly improve our capabilities! And from time to time, we have to risk our lives in battle!"

"Otherwise, where do you think your good life comes from!"

However, Quinn's rebuttal failed to evoke any empathy from the woman. She coldly and sarcastically remarked, "Yes, yes, you're very busy, so busy that you're keeping a mistress outside and can't even take care of your son!!"

"you!!!"

Quinn's expression froze, and his face instantly turned red.

How did you know?!

"The entire pirate crew knows! You're the only one keeping it from me! What? You really thought you could hide it from me forever?!"

The blue-haired woman was so angry her hair almost stood on end.

As Quinn's wife, she was well aware of how uncontrollable Quinn was, and she had also prepared herself mentally for it.

But she never expected that Quinn would actually be so audacious.

Not only did he actually keep a mistress outside the marriage, but she was also a Celestial Dragon!!

When she first found out about this, she felt like the sky was falling.

Fortunately, in essence, she was in the right in this matter.

Therefore, in her confusion, she went to Kaido and begged him to help her.

Kaido usually turns a blind eye to these kinds of things.

But since the aggrieved party has taken the initiative to come to him, he, as the leader, certainly can't remain silent.

The only thing they could do was give her a promise that she would never let Quinn divorce her.

Then, secretly, he met with Quinn alone.

"Being lustful and having many women isn't a big deal. The important thing is that you can handle them!"

"Furthermore, our pirate crew has a bottom line when it comes to our conduct and actions!"

"Doris has done nothing wrong and has done nothing to wrong you, so Quinn, if you dare to divorce her because of a Celestial Dragon whore, I will have to consider taking back your position as a high-ranking officer!"

With Kaido's threat preceding him and knowing he was indeed in the wrong, Queen had no choice but to shrink back in the face of his wife's anger.

Seeing this, Doris also sighed in annoyance.

She wasn't a shrew, nor was she simply arguing for the sake of arguing; she wanted to solve the problem, but Quinn kept running away.

If she hadn't taken the initiative to bring her son to Water Seven today, Quinn might have been hiding from her in Water Seven for a long time.

"Forget it, there's no point in constantly scolding you. Come in! Let's talk about how to resolve this!"

Quinn, who had been listening to his wife scolding him, was lost in thought when suddenly her tone softened and she said something that Quinn didn't quite catch.

Seeing that Quinn did not react for a long time, Doris's anger, which she had just suppressed, suddenly flared up again.

Wearing high heels, she strode forward, Armament Haki wrapping around her heels, and stomped hard on Quinn's instep.

"Awoooooo!!!"

Quinn screamed like Tom the cat, finally snapping out of his daze. To prevent his other foot from being badly injured as well, he quickly agreed:

"Let's go, let's go, let's talk! Let's talk! We can talk about anything!"

………………

Leaving aside the chaos at Quinn's place, on the other side, Franky nimbly leaped across the tops of the buildings and quickly arrived at the Beast Shipyard.

"Hey! It's Fram, here to watch the shipbuilding again?"

"Hmm! Which part have you installed today? Is it the weapon system?!"

Fram has been in Water Seven with his mother for a month now.

After spending a week getting familiar with the environment, he soon arrived at the shipyard.

After observing a day of shipbuilding work, he was successfully piqued.

Therefore, for the better part of the past two weeks, he came to watch the shipbuilding almost every day.

As time went by, the shipyard workers all got to know this blue-haired boy, and they also learned that he was actually Quinn's son.

Of course, this identity does not inherently bring any preferential treatment to Franky.

Although the Beasts Pirates' executives wield considerable power and privileges, that has little to do with their shipyard.

Aside from wartime, Kaido's policy is to specialize in one's own field.

Therefore, even if Franky is Kaido's son, if he weren't genuinely interested in shipbuilding, the shipwrights would have no obligation or time to pay attention to such a little kid.

"You're still so fascinated by weapon systems!"

A boatman laughed loudly:

"Unfortunately, it's still not time to build the weapon system today. The process we're going to assemble today is the ship's propulsion system."

After a brief pause, the boatman asked persuasively, "So? Are you still interested in watching?"

"Um!!"

Franky nodded emphatically.

"I want to see!"

"Whether it's the weapon system or the propulsion system, both are crucial components for a warship to achieve victory!"

"While I love firepower the most, I won't neglect the ship's power!"

Upon hearing this, all the boatmen burst into laughter.

Don't misunderstand, this isn't mockery, but rather a feeling of relief.

It was the same boatman from before. After laughing, he asked, "How about it? Interested in helping us out?"

"Don't worry, it's not a difficult thing, it's just helping us move some materials."

Franky's eyes lit up.

"Is that alright? I've never built a ship before!"

"Haha, why not? When we first started, we all began by moving things and doing odd jobs to learn how to build a ship."

"If you really enjoy shipbuilding, then give it a try."

"If you still like it after trying it, I might find a chance to recommend you to Master Tom!"

"I heard he's been looking for apprentices lately. You love shipbuilding so much, maybe he'll take a liking to you."

Upon hearing this, Franky's eyes widened in amazement.

"Become Master Tom's disciple?! Am I dreaming?!"

In recent years, as Water Seven’s reputation has grown, so too has the reputation of Tom, the first master shipbuilder at Beast Shipbuilding Company.

They all seem to be hailed as the world's greatest shipbuilders.

Shipbuilding masters from all over the world disagreed and came one after another to challenge him.

Unfortunately, none of these masters were a match for Tom.

Their repeated defeats only solidified Tom's reputation as the world's number one shipbuilder.

Therefore, when Franky learned that he actually had the opportunity to become the disciple of the legendary Master Tom, he was immediately filled with excitement.

“┗|艹皿艹|┛嗷！！”

With his slender, childlike arms raised high in the sky, Franky was so excited that his hair stood on end.

"Please let me help you! I must become Master Tom's apprentice!!"

"Haha, you're full of energy! Let's go!"

"Be careful when moving it. Although the ship's propulsion system is relatively resistant to impacts after assembly, it is not very resistant to drops before assembly."

"Please rest assured and leave it to me! I definitely won't make a mistake!!"

Amidst Franky's spirited and excited shouts, he unknowingly began his internship at the shipyard.

Tom led Iceberg to a small room on the second floor of the shipyard, silently observing everything below.

And this was actually the day Tom first met Franky.

Now, another month has passed.

Quinn seems to have taken care of the household chores.

At least now, roars are rarely heard coming from the direction of the city lord's mansion.

Correspondingly, Quinn's dark circles under his eyes became increasingly pronounced, and his expression grew increasingly haggard.

Many middle-aged men, seeing Quinn's increasingly frail appearance, showed sympathy and envy.

Quinn, of course, kept his troubles to himself and didn't tell outsiders.

Compared to the fascinating gossip about him, Franky's month-long internship at the shipyard has at least partially met Tom's expectations for his apprentice.

Thus, Iceberg, who had previously had no feelings for Franky, began to feel a sense of crisis.

He secretly found Frankie behind Tom's back.

Hey! You blue-haired naked man over there!

"Huh? Blue-haired naked man? Who? Where?!"

Franky didn't immediately realize that Iceberg was calling him, and instinctively looked around.

It wasn't until he saw with his own eyes that there wasn't a single blue-haired person around him, and that he was the only one with blue hair, that he belatedly realized what was happening.

"You actually called me a blue-haired naked man?! You brat! Where are you from?! State your name!!"

iceberg:"……"

Franky's current attire is similar to his appearance in the original timeline.

A patterned shirt and a pair of underwear, maybe with a pair of slippers, and sometimes she wears them and sometimes she doesn't.

If he's not a naked man, then what kind of man is he?

"What kind of look is that?! This is a beach outfit, you know! A beach outfit!!"

Franky was annoyed by Iceberg's gaze and charged forward, intending to punch him.

however……

The result of the battle was a complete victory for Iceberg.

Franky, his face bruised and swollen, lay on the ground looking up at the sky.

This purple-haired bastard looks skinny, so why is he so good at fighting?

Iceberg stood beside Franky, looking down at him.

As a formal apprentice, he had to do much more physical labor every day than Frankie.

Given his age advantage, it's quite normal that he's physically stronger than Franky now.

"Hey, blue-haired kid, why do you like building ships?"