And now Big Mom's attention is earned

By Arakiisjogenius

"Hey Kaido, I heard your daughter ran off with a boy! Do you want some tips on being a grandparent?"

Big Mom cackled as Kaido screamed indignantly over the transponder snail. She almost never spoke to Kaido, but she couldn't resist mocking her former kohai about his rebellious child.

"Mama, Mama!" Tamago bellowed as he entered the room. "We have great news! We have found the location of-"
He paused, realizing that Kaido was on the line. Fortunately, the man was too busy fuming to hear Tamago's entrance.
"-That man you wanted us to talk to," Pekoms finished for his friend.
"Mamamama! Such great news! Bye Kaido~" She mocked as she hung up on her old crewmate, cutting off his scream of impotent rage. "So~ what do you have for me?"

"We have found out more about his abilities from a spy that managed to sneak a homie near him and his associate."
Big Mom had provided some of her spies with liquid-based homies similar to Nitro as a boon. It seems it had paid off tremendously.

"As it turns out, his abilities are not devil fruit-based! It seems that he is of a race similar to the Lunarians; his powers are encoded into his own Lineage Factor. Though, from what we can gather, his abilities were enhanced through outside means. All we can be certain of is that he is no mere human."

"Powers are in the blood for his kind, Mama. What those powers are we cannot be certain, but his words implied that his strength was common amongst his kind and that his tentacles were a byproduct of enhancement."

"Oh! He also said that his flight came from his grandmother, Nana Shimura, now deceased" Pekoms interjected.

"Mamamama! How excellent. He'll make a wonderful addition to the family won't he~? Oh, who do you think he would like the best? How old is he? What are his tastes?"

"Our spy, a long-arm man by the name of Leech, found out he is sixteen years of age, but only recently found them. He can't tell us too much yet."

"Then we'll put a pin in that for now. Send Leech a very generous gift for his fine work and make certain he knows just how much we can pay him to keep it up. Now bring me his full report, I want to read it over tea."

"Yes, Mama."
"Yes, Mama."

"Oh, and send Perospero, and the Sweet Commanders here. I want to discuss this with them."

"We'll get them right now."

'Hmm, sixteen years old, huh? Joscarpone should be the right age for him...'

"Hey, Izuku? Have you ever considered having kids?"

Izuku's brain nearly short-circuited at the suddenness of the question. "What makes you ask?"

Yamato looked down as she contemplated how to answer.

"It's just that... my own father was a bastard. He treated me like garbage and I didn't learn anything about being a parent from him. Seeing that lady with her daughter and her own mother..." She trailed off as she took a bite of the takoyaki Izuku had gotten her. "I never really thought about being a mom while in Wano, but I realize now I might never be one, or rather, I might never be a good one."

Izuku shook off his shock, starting to understand where this was headed.

"Yamato, a lot of people have succeeded in being better parents than their own. It is easier to be a good parent if you have a good example, but I know that you are already better than your dad. You saved me after all."

This got a smile out of Yamato.

"Thanks, Izuku."

Unknown to either friend, they had an eavesdropper. He was very plain looking: black hair, glasses, plain red t-shirt under a brown jacket, blue jeans and black and white sneakers. Overall, he was just any guy you could pass on the street, with his extra joint in each arm being the only thing that distinguished him from a normal human.

'Interesting. I wonder how Big Mom will take it when she hears that The Green Demon and Kaido's daughter are already talking about having kids?'

He paused and took another bite out of his tornado fries.

'... I am so damn happy I don't report this stuff in person.'