Chapter 473: Kurozumi Semimaru's Madness
Utilizing the unique carp of this Sea Area, they continuously climbed up the Waterfall, pulling the Oro Jackson into Wano Country's Sea Area.
Subsequently, under the guidance of Kozuki Oden, the Roger Pirates took a detour by ship, passing through the River between Ringo and Hakumai to reach the Flower Capital.
The news of Kozuki Oden's return had long since startled the entire Wano Country.
His Vassals rushed to the Flower Capital from the North of Kuri.
Including the former Daimyo, they all gathered in the Flower Capital to hold a welcoming celebration.
After all, besides Kozuki Oden, there was also the Roger Pirates as guests.
Since they were Kozuki Oden's friends, they were also their friends, and what's more, Kozuki Oden had already joined the Roger Pirates.
The Tyrant Dragon Pirates occupying Wano Country also had its benefits, namely that Wano Country began to connect with the World.
Although they couldn't directly contact the outside world, they could learn more news about the Great Sea.
Every day, news birds arrived in Wano Country to deliver newspapers, and people were also sent to the Great Sea to purchase some items like Den Den Mushi.
Although Wano Country also had things similar to Den Den Mushi, their functions were limited and not as rich as the popular Visual Den Den Mushi on the Great Sea.
With more contact with the outside world, they were no longer so resistant to opening the country.
To be precise, Wano Country had already opened the country, but it was forced to open its Country's Gate, and the main Passage was still under the control of the Tyrant Dragon Pirates.
The arrival of the Roger Pirates made the Kurozumi Clan feel uneasy.
Although they didn't do anything or have any conflict with the Tyrant Dragon Pirates.
Just the existence of Kozuki Oden made the Kurozumi Clan feel very unhappy.
Kozuki Oden would always be a great threat to the Kurozumi Clan.
These years, the Kurozumi Clan hadn't been idle either; they were infiltrating and corrupting within Wano Country.
The Slave trade was also underway.
Especially in Wano Country's medical industry and funeral industry.
Combining the two.
Through specially made fake death pills, people were put into a state of fake death, and then cremated at the Funeral Home.
But in reality? They were turned into Slaves and secretly sent to the Great Sea.
After screening, they flowed into the Underworld's market.
On the surface, Wano Country didn't discover this, and coupled with the fact that Wano Country hadn't conducted direct statistics on its population.
Since the Tyrant Dragon Pirates occupied Wano Country until now, the Kurozumi Clan had transported at least two to three hundred thousand people to the Great Sea.
According to the current market price of the Slave trade on the Great Sea, the Kurozumi Clan had earned nearly several hundred million Beli.
The average price per person was two to three hundred thousand Beli, which wasn't high, but once the quantity reached an astonishing degree, the profits were very considerable.
Once this matter was exposed, Kozuki Oden and Wano Country would definitely attack the Kurozumi Clan in a rage.
In these years, Wano Country hadn't been idle either.
The Kurozumi Clan's Base Camp, Black Snake Island, had already been discovered by Wano Country.
They had attempted to infiltrate Black Snake Island multiple times to investigate relevant intelligence, but were discovered by the Kurozumi Clan before even reaching Black Snake Island.
If they wanted to, they could launch an attack against Black Snake Island at any time.
After all, Black Snake Island and Onigashima are located one to the North and one to the south of the Wano Country Main Island.
As an internal affair of Wano Country, the Tyrant Dragon Pirates couldn't directly interfere.
Under normal circumstances, the Tyrant Dragon Pirates could still provide some cover for the Kurozumi Clan, but if it was exposed, there was nothing they could do.
The Kurozumi Clan was very useful, obedient, and possessed considerable strength.
Facing the Tyrant Dragon Pirates' rule, there were quite a few people in Wano Country who were not submissive, especially with Kozuki Oden, this Monster who was gradually growing.
The Kurozumi Clan was a sharp weapon used to suppress and deal with Wano Country.
Even if they wouldn't directly help the Kurozumi Clan, they would preserve the Kurozumi Clan's forces.
The Kurozumi Clan wasn't afraid of Wano Country.
The current Black Snake Island wasn't even the Kurozumi Clan's Base Camp anymore; they could abandon it at any time.
Since Black Snake Island was discovered, its significance had diminished greatly.
However, abandoning it wasn't that easy.
The Kurozumi Clan had invested a large amount of funds to build Black Snake Island, turning it into a War Fortress.
It possessed incredibly terrifying firepower.
If Wano Country really came, the Kurozumi Clan also plan to use Black Snake Island to teach Wano Country a lesson.
Even if the war was lost, they would heavily damage Wano Country and eliminate most of Wano Country's combatant strength.
They even had a relatively perfect plan.
Raising soldiers for a thousand days to use them for an hour.
The Kurozumi Clan's Elite Unit had been trained for who knows how many years, only making one appearance when the Tyrant Dragon Pirates led the Pirate Alliance Army to invade Wano Country.
Such a Force was most valuable when it died.
The premise was that the Wano Country they faced did not have the Monster Kozuki Oden.
They were afraid that Kozuki Oden would bring the Roger Pirates this time and easily destroy the Kurozumi Clan's forces on Black Snake Island.
This was the most heartbreaking thing, as it meant their investment of so much funds would be completely wasted without having served its role.
Under absolute strength, everything is meaningless.
Even if a large amount of explosives were buried under Black Snake Island.
Kurozumi Semimaru didn't want to provoke the Roger Pirates, this Monster Faction.
"Damn Kozuki Oden, wouldn't it be better to just keep wandering the Great Sea? Why did he have to join the Roger Pirates?"
On Onigashima, Kurozumi Semimaru, dressed in a miko outfit, cursed in the Shrine.
Beside her, her aged younger brother, Kurozumi Orochi, quietly played the zither.
God knows how scared Kurozumi Semimaru was when she heard the news that Kozuki Oden had joined the Roger Pirates; her heart almost jumped out.
Fortunately, the Roger Pirates didn't cause any trouble and only stayed in Wano Country for three days before leaving Wano Country.
Perhaps it was due to the deterrence of the Tyrant Dragon Pirates.
This made Kurozumi Semimaru incredibly grateful that she had invited "Tyrant Dragon" Zak to Wano Country back then.
"Prepare for the operation. Black Snake Island can be abandoned now. Before that, we must maximize its value to avoid complications."
"Jijijiji!"
Kurozumi Semimaru grinned sinisterly.
"The World Government really has a lot of good items. Whatever their purpose, since they are against the Kozuki Clan, they are our friends."
"Our purpose of bringing them into Wano Country has been achieved. From now on, no matter how big a fuss they make, it has nothing to do with us."
In Kurozumi Semimaru's hand, she held a bottle of dark green potion.
She dripped a drop onto a tree, and the tree began to wither visibly, its leaves turning yellow and falling off.
"Have someone prepare. Since we're exposed, let's do something big."
Kurozumi Semimaru hadn't expected that the World Government would suddenly want to cooperate with her and even provide this potion that could wither plant.
This kind of thing was specifically used on Farmland.
Once this potion was sprayed, the Farmland would yield nothing.
This was a trump card to use against Wano Country.
She was old now, and the latter half of her life had been spent working for the growth of the Kurozumi Clan and against Wano Country.
Her body was already rapidly aging, and she didn't know how much longer she could live.
Maybe two or three years, maybe five or six years, or even longer.
But she couldn't wait any longer.
Before she died, she had to heavily damage Wano Country, completely crush this country she had hated for so long, making it unable to recover.
Beneath that aged and ugly face, a crazy flame burned.
(end of chapter)