Chapter 131: One Death, One Prisoner, One Confinement

Are you clear about the result?
The result has been pointed out, and I am not a fool, so I naturally know what the result will be.

Oden glanced at the pot of sake on the table, drank it all and held it in his hand.

The gentleman had already left at this time, but he couldn't calm down no matter what.

Shimotsuki Yasuie is the Daimyo of Hakuma who had done him a favor in the past. Part of what he has always insisted on comes from his loyalty to the Kozuki clan.

Kotsuki Sukiyaki, that’s my father, the former general of Wano Country.

Finally, there is his son.

Being human, one has emotions. Even if he had been cynical in the past, he knew at this moment that his decision would be the decision of their life and death.

Pick it up high and put it down gently?

Sir has already given the consequences of doing so, without any coercion, but the several reminders have already made clear the attitude of the Revolutionary Army, and also made clear the position and attitude of Wano Country in the future in that great change.

Veins popped out on Oden's forehead.

"boom!"

The wine jug in his hand was crushed to pieces.

If it is said that his father allowed Orochi to become a general for various reasons, which led to the Beasts Pirates invading Wano Country and caused many casualties among the people over the years, he would not be a qualified general.

This time, blinded by profit, he and others including Yasuie Shimotsuki attempted to cooperate with the World Government to bring the entire Wano Country to the brink of destruction.

This is not a question of qualification or not. To this country, he is a sinner.

For several months, Kozuki Oden never missed any of the Revolutionary Army's speeches and lectures in the Flower Capital.

So he could understand what the gentleman meant and knew exactly what he should do.

The future Kozuki will be just like the majority of the people in Wano Country, with no nobles or generals.

"call……"

Oden stood up and looked at the broken wooden door, then walked to the window and looked at the entire Wano Country which had become quiet.

So I am really not suitable for the position of general.

From the beginning to the end, the happiest time was the years when I went to sea.

Every day you can look forward to new islands and new experiences, companions, and sometimes, cooking...

So is it really that good to live in this huge general's mansion and be called "Sir" by everyone?
Nine years ago, Momonosuke was born on the sea. Scenes flashed through Oden's mind. He was very happy at that time. For the first time, as a father, he began to think about how to educate the next generation.

The result is today.

But this child believes that Wano Country belongs to Kozuki, it belongs to him.

Such thoughts are not allowed by the revolutionary army. It is also the bright future in the record that has crushed the feudal thoughts of the past.

So... you have to make your own decision.

……

Between the powers of Marie Gioia.

It was already late at night, but this place that represented the ultimate power of the sea was still brightly lit.

The God of Justice, Wokurisei, was the first to speak: "The investigation results of Wano Country show that the Revolutionary Army did not stay in Wano Country. The current ruler of Wano Country is still Kozuki Oden, whom they call the Shogun."

"Kozuki Oden."

The God of Finance, Nasujuro Sei, still carried his long sword: "This guy was once a member of Roger's pirate group, and he was also wanted. So... is it possible that he went to that island with Roger?"

Satan Saint replied: "Not all of the Roger Pirates have been to that island, but as someone from Wano Country, it is very likely that he has been there."

Mazisheng: "So should we report this to Lord Yimu?"

Peter Saint looked over and said, "There are too many unknowns in attacking Wano Country. Destroying a country is not worth mentioning to us, but Wano Country is too special. Once the balance is completely broken, it will be troublesome to cleanse it again."

At this point, Saint Peter looked at Saint Satan, who was in charge of scientific defense, and asked, "Have you made any progress in developing weapons against the cloaked man?"

Saint Satan replied: "After MADS, Vinsmoke Gage has been committed to the research of cloning soldiers based on bloodline factors. Among them, exoskeleton armor and a series of special ability equipment have already had a certain foundation in the North Sea."

"At present, the material that can block the temperature of 6,000 degrees has been produced. The CP organization has issued eight pairs of wrist guards."

"As for the space isolation device, we still have no idea. That bug is very cautious. After killing three celestial dragons, it still chose not to come to Marijoa."

Peter Saint said: "Although I don't know how this bug is immune to the restraint of P substance, the ability of the teleportation fruit has long existed. Coming here will be his death."

"Dong dong dong."

Nasujuro Sei poked the floor with his sword and said, "Since the Revolutionary Army dares not show its head, what needs to be decided now is the issue of Wano Country."

Bringing the topic back to the original topic, the Five Elders were silent for a long time.

The World Conference had just been held not long ago, and with the Revolutionary Army having left Wano Country, they also did not want to disturb Lord Im for such a simple issue.

Even using that kind of weapon.

"Let's keep the status quo in Wano Country. What we need is stability."

Saint Satan was the first to give a conclusion, and said: "The Punk Hazard Research Institute will continue to conduct targeted research. According to the information brought by Borsalino, the basic strength of the cloaked man is not at the top level."

Nasujuro Sei looked at him and said, "So next we just need to develop a device that can isolate the space on the spot. When he appears again, it will be his death."

Peter Saint: "Then I second the motion. Without the Revolutionary Army, Wano Country won't cause much trouble."

……

Huadu, the mansion where the World Government agents were arranged to stay.

Because no orders had been given from above, everyone, including Rob Cassidy, did not sleep but waited for the Den Den Mushi to ring.

Kevin's shadow clone yawned: "So why not just do it? Trading is not as convenient as surrendering."

Rob Casey glanced at Kevin and said, "That's something the adults above are considering. We just need to follow orders, whether it's CP0 or the Navy."

"understand."

Kevin waved his hand and then scratched his head: "I'm just complaining after being alert for so many days. Now it seems that the Revolutionary Army should not be in this country. So it doesn't matter who Kaido and their current general cooperate with."

No one else has the right to interrupt the conversation between the two captains.

At this time, the Den Den Mushi that everyone had been waiting for rang.

After a while, the Den Den Mushi hung up. Rob Cassi exhaled and said, "We will withdraw from Wano Country tomorrow. Next, the country's submarine port will open trading channels to CP0, and the nearby waters will be monitored irregularly to ensure that the Revolutionary Army will not come here again."

Hearing this, Kevin smiled and stretched: "Go to sleep. You have been nervous for a few days. You should also rest as soon as possible."

Leaving the hall, Kevin went straight to the bedroom.

Afterwards, after confirming with the Observation Haki that there was no surveillance, the shadow clone was released and the main body teleported back.

In the toilet, I dialed the anti-eavesdropping telephone bug in the Admiral's office at the Navy Headquarters.

"Everything goes well, I'll be back tomorrow."

After just one sentence, the Den Den Mushi was hung up.

But just this one sentence made Zhan Guo at the headquarters feel relieved.

You have to know that destroying an island will not only affect the disappearance of an island from the map, but the entire world will be affected by such an attack.

However, those high and mighty people in Marijoa never consider how many insects will die in this disaster.

Just like what happened in the Valley of the Gods nineteen years ago, those celestial dragons launched an attack just for a school trip.

Lieutenant General He also did not sleep that night. The two of them were waiting for Kevin's report.

As for Garp, who belongs to the same older generation, he was already snoring and even blew a few snot bubbles.

"This is the best possible outcome."

Vice Admiral Tsuru rubbed his forehead and said, "The Revolutionary Army is not in Wano Country, so Marijoa gave up the plan to destroy Wano Country. It seems that the proportion of the Revolutionary Army is a bit too large."

Sengoku also looked exhausted. "No matter how powerful the pirates are, they will not be so afraid of them. If it weren't for the God Valley incident, they would have just let Rocks go."

"What really matters to them about the revolutionary army is ideology..."

"Ohara was destroyed three years ago. The power of those scholars was nothing compared to Rocks or some big pirates. But the World Government will notify the Navy to destroy the entire Ohara with the power of the Demon Killing Order."

"One of the reasons is that the group of scholars were studying the blank hundred years. The conversation between Dr. Clover and the Five Elders also shows that they only care about ideas."

Thoughts?
Crane pondered the meaning of this word.

As navy, whether it was her, Sengoku, Garp or Zephyr, they all disagreed with the behavior of the Celestial Dragons in Marijoa. But this world needs the navy and relative stability to allow more people to survive.

In the navy, Mary Joa basically would not stand on that manual escalator, it was the only thing they insisted on.

Because they know more, they cannot judge right or wrong like the lower-level navy officers.

"They are too dangerous."

"But the cloaked man did not go to Marijoa."

"So he's pretty smart."

Vice Admiral Tsuru crossed his fingers and said, "The ability of the Teleport Fruit is not unsolvable. Moreover, he is still limited by the coordinates. After the incident at the Sabaody Archipelago, the World Government already knew that Seastone would not work on him, so naturally they had other arrangements."

"In Wano Country, we let Kevin join in and prevented the world from being destroyed, but they have been alerted by those people. If they show up, they will be destroyed."

Warring States was silent for a while.

"The navy's job is to maintain the stability of the sea, and this is still the case now. If they are smart, they will continue to lie dormant."

Vice Admiral Tsuru sighed and looked at Garp, whose snot bubble had burst. "It's too early. Only people like you can find peace in this world."

Karp looked up suddenly: "What? Any results?"

As he said that, he looked at Zhan Guo and picked his nose: "Tell me the result quickly, I have to go back to sleep. Zefa is really smart and semi-retired early. It seems that it is not easy to be a lieutenant general now."

These words made the veins on Zhan Guo's forehead throb again, and he finally took a deep breath to stop the urge to hit someone.

"The results are out, everything went well."

Upon hearing this, Karp stood up, yawned, turned around and walked out of the office without even saying goodbye.

"boom."

The office door was closed and Zhan Guo rubbed his temple.

"That's it for now."

Vice Admiral Tsuru also stood up: "Have a good rest. There are some things we shouldn't consider right now. There are more and more pirates in this sea, and the pressure on the navy is also increasing."

Zhan Guo replied: "I understand."

……

The next day, as Wano Country was a closed country, the agents of the World Government could only leave through the submarine port.

Afterwards, the navy surrounding the waters of Wano Country also began to evacuate, leaving only a small number of CP agents to pay attention to the waters around Wano Country.

One month later, Kozuki Oden, the general of the Wano Country Shogunate, deprived Shimotsuki Yasuie of his title of Hakumai Daimyo and was about to execute him in the name of the Shogun.

Not only the daimyo of Hakumai, but the daimyo of three regions in the entire Wano Country were stripped of their power and imprisoned and executed.

Crime: Intent to collaborate with the enemy, treason to the country.

Not only that, the General's Mansion in Huadu subsequently issued another notice.

The former shogun of the Kozuki clan, Kozuki Sukiyaki, appointed Orochi as the acting shogun, which caused Wano Country to experience several years of oppression and turmoil. However, he himself survived in the world and was stripped of the name of Kozuki and imprisoned.

Also: Kozuki Momonosuke nearly caused the destruction of the country of Wa due to his own selfishness, so he was stripped of his Kozuki surname, but because he was not the mastermind, he was not imprisoned.

After this action, the entire people of Wanzhi were stunned.

You have to know that daimyo like Shimotsuki Yasuie have a high reputation in Wano Country. With sufficient supplies and the ability to be self-sufficient, daimyo like Hakumai are still respected.

In addition, Kozuki Sukiyaki was still alive, which made the people of Wano country dissatisfied with the Kozuki clan for the first time.

Among them, the families whose family members died in mines and weapons processing plants, as well as the people whose relatives died in the Onigashima War, are the most incomprehensible.

During those years, they were always looking forward to the Kozuki clan appearing and saving them from suffering.

But the former general who made the wrong decision at that time did not stand up and take responsibility for his mistakes in order to save his own life.

And now their loved ones are dead, because Orochi was appointed by him as acting general, because he chose to trust that Kurozumi Orochi.

For a moment, these people had complicated feelings.

Their long-standing loyalty to the Kozuki clan, their current dissatisfaction with them, and the speeches of the Revolutionary Army over the past few months, all mixed together and made them begin to think from their own perspective.

In addition, the notice posted outside mentioned treason and almost caused the destruction of Wano Country. The public is also speculating about the inside story.

Every recent speech at the Huadu podium has caused chaos among the audience.

"It is wrong to tie the fate of all people in a country to one family!"

"The Kozuki clan has heroes like Lord Oden, who was able to dance for five years for his destiny and bring in foreign aid to restore order. Naturally, there are also people like Sukiyaki who are struggling to survive without caring about the lives of the people."

"Asshole! So you want to betray the lord of Wano Country?"

"No matter what, the Kozuki clan is the monarch of Wano Country!"

"You disloyal and unjust people, I will fight you to the death!"

"Are kings, princes, generals and ministers of different species? Wano Country is the Wano Country of all the people, not the Wano Country of the Kozuki clan!"

"This bastard on the stage is deceiving the people. Get him off the stage!"

"You are such disloyal and unrighteous people..."

"Who hit me?"

"Beat them!"

……

In the chaos, eggs, lettuce, and stones were thrown onto the podium, and the revolutionary army lecturer on it quickly avoided them.

When the lecturer was almost hit, the relatives whose loved ones died in the mine became angry and felt that it was their fault that the lecturer was hit, so the friction escalated during the pushing and shoving.

A melee broke out in various places in Wano Country, and the chaos was not stopped until the samurai from the Shogun's Mansion arrived.

It’s just that the seeds of confrontation have been planted, and the confrontation between ideological and social classes will take root and sprout from now on.

And the place where he was imprisoned was in Huadu General’s Mansion.

Oden looked at the two people in the cage, and both sides fell silent for a moment.

After a while, Oden did not confront his father, but looked at Shimotsuki Yasuie: "Six years ago, I learned about the past of Wano Country 800 years ago in the outer sea, and also learned about the natural position of Wano Country."

"If the World Government really knew that the Revolutionary Army was in Wano Country, they would choose to destroy this country if the two factors were combined."

"Mr. Kang is probably aware of the identity of the cloaked man. The bounty order states his abilities. The World Government has weapons that can destroy an island with one strike."

Shimotsuki Kangjia was stunned.

He knew nothing about the antagonistic relationship between Wano Country and the World Government.

All he knew about the situation in the outer seas, including the situation of the Revolutionary Army, was from newspapers and from the mouth of Hikoichirō Shimotsuki.

"Is that right?"

Shimotsuki Yasuie's hands were shaking a little, he did not doubt that Oden would deceive him.

At this time, there was no need to deceive. Moreover, the masked gentleman of the Revolutionary Army did not kill him, but handed him and others over to Kozuki Oden.

A month ago, the masked leader of the revolutionary army was also aware of the great crime that nearly destroyed Wano Country, and they could not escape the blame.

but……

"Oden."

"Mr. Kang, please speak."

Shimotsuki Yasuie raised his head and his eyes met Kozuki Oden's.

"I almost made a big mistake. I have nothing to say if I am executed. But as a member of the Kozuki clan, why did you agree with the lies of the Revolutionary Army?"

"I know you have never been attached to the position of general, but why? You should know that the power represented by that position is not only for you, but also for the Kozuki clan for hundreds of years to come."

"How could you... bear to do that?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kozuki Sukiyaki, who was eating next to Shimotsuki Yasuie, also looked at his son.

But at this moment, he seemed to no longer understand his son. From the moment he came in, he only glanced at him.

At this moment Sukiyaki clenched his hands.

……

(End of this chapter)