Pirates: Knowledge is power

Seeing people wearing Wano costumes coming and going all over the street, Kozuki Oden didn't notice anything was wrong at first.

But after walking through most of the Flower City, Oden finally realized something was wrong.

If he had never been to the sea before, he might not have discovered it carelessly.

But in the nearly ten years of crawling around with the Roger Pirates on the sea, he has also grown somewhat, and it is not that he has learned nothing.

At least now, he has learned how to use his brain.

Thinking back to the people he saw along the way, Oden suddenly realized that almost all of the people walking on the streets of the Flower City were women!

The men who used to be seen everywhere on the streets have now completely disappeared. There are no male vendors, no samurai who travel across the sword, and even those Wano nobles who take to the streets to have fun!

If he hadn't recognized that this was the Flower City, Kozuki Oden would have almost recognized this place as the Amazon Lily that Rayleigh once said.

Kozuki Oden looked around strangely. He had just come back not long ago, so he didn't understand the current situation in Wano Country.

So he asked Denjiro, who had returned to Wano Country early:

"Denjiro, what's going on? Where are all the men on the street?"

Denjiro stepped forward with a solemn expression and said to Oden:

"Lord Oden, the reason why there are no men in the Flower Capital now is because they were all taken away by force!"

"Why?" Kozuki Oden asked in confusion. Forcibly taking away all the men in the Flower City would not do any good to Wano Country at all.

Although his father, Kozuki Sukiyaki, was not a great wise king, he still understood this and would never do such a thing as cutting off his own arm.

"Lord Oden, based on our inquiries during this period.

The reason why the Flower City is like this is entirely because the shogun suddenly established a large number of factories and mines all over Wano for some unknown reason.

In order to keep factories and mines running normally, the General recruited men from all over the country.

Regardless of whether they were civilians or nobles, whether they were old people or children, as long as they were men who could stand up and work, all of them were taken away.

The Flower City is like this because it is closest to the General's Mansion.

And other places are not optimistic either. The general seems to want all the men in Wano to work in the factory. "

"How is this possible? Why would father do this?" Kozuki Oden was also surprised, because such behavior could almost be described as cruel.

If a country has such a king in general, the end is already doomed, and the people must be in dire straits.

"What about the daimyo in other areas? Shouldn't they stop my father from doing this?"

Kozuki Oden asked in surprise, if something like this happened in Wano Country, the daimyo of other regions should stop it.

Although it is true that the general has the greatest power in name, the general's greatest influence is only in the Flower Capital and its surrounding areas.

Except for the Flower City, other areas are in a state of daimyo autonomy.

The power of the daimyo in each region is not small. They also have their own samurai and troops.

If the local daimyo had a tough attitude and wanted to stop the general's order, even the general would have to compromise.

There is no way it could develop like this.

"Lord Oden, this is the strange thing. Not only did the other daimyo not stop the shogun's atrocities, they also did not take any action when the shogun's soldiers went to arrest people in other places. Several daimyo seemed to have acquiesced in the shogun's actions. Atrocities…”

Kozuki Oden shook his head crazily, unwilling to accept his father's atrocities and unwilling to believe that the daimyo in various places did not act. He gritted his teeth and said:

"No, I must ask my father for details. I don't believe he would do such a thing! He must have some unavoidable reason!"

After saying that, Kozuki Oden quickened his pace and headed towards the general's mansion.

When Kozuki Oden arrived at the General's Mansion, he looked up at the General's Mansion, which had doubled in height, with a look of astonishment on his face.

With steel walls and neon lights of various colors, the Shogun's Mansion, which was originally quite Wano-style, has now transformed into a building full of cyberpunk style.

Shocked, but Kozuki Oden has not forgotten the reason why he came here.

As soon as he was about to walk into the general's mansion with his retainers, he was stopped by two fully armed warriors holding spears.

The two warriors were wearing purple armor, with scary masks on their faces, and samurai swords on their waists. Standing guard in front of the general's mansion very indifferently.

"Who are you and why do you want to break into the general's mansion!"

A cold and low voice came from under the mask, and the two masks spoke in unison, questioning almost exactly.

"I am Kozuki Oden, the Daimyo of Kuri, please get out of the way, I want to see the general!"

Kozuki Oden was a little impatient and put his big hands on their helmets, preparing to push them away.

Now he was anxious to question his father and didn't want to be wasted by the two of them.

But the two samurai suddenly hit Kozuki Oden in the chest with their spears.

A huge force came, and Kozuki Oden Kyo was knocked out without any defense.

"The general has an order. Until the remnants of the Heitan clan are publicly executed, if the Jiuli Daiming comes without a trace, he will not be allowed to step into the gate of the General's Mansion. The Jiuli Daiming should not embarrass us." The two soldiers said this in a firm tone. And non-negotiable.

The look of the two soldiers made Kinemon and others grit their teeth.

"Do you know who this is? He is Oden-sama, the next general of Wano Country. You are so disrespectful to Oden-sama!"

Kinemon was angry and wanted to rush forward to teach the two of them a lesson, but was hugged tightly by Denjiro.

This is in front of the General's Mansion. If they take action, things will become big.

Therefore, they must not take action unless absolutely necessary.

But the two warriors had no intention of stopping. They raised their spears and spoke aggressively.

"The General has an order to prohibit the Daimyo of Jiuli from entering the General's Mansion before the remnants of the Black Tan clan are publicly executed. If you disobey, we have the power to expel them with violence!"

The two raised their spears and pointed them at Kozuki Oden and his retainers. When they spoke, the general's door also opened.

More than twenty warriors wearing purple armor emerged from it.

Some of them were armed with spears, some with samurai swords, and some with bows and arrows stood behind the crowd and aimed at a few people.

More than twenty people surrounded Kozuki Oden and his retainers, the weapons in their hands shining with a cold light...

Seeing that the situation was not good, several people from Kinemon also gathered around Kozuki Oden and pulled out the weapons they carried.