Time also quietly came to the middle to late 1496, and Arceus had not found a new slate for the time being.
The World Government has also failed to establish a stable relationship with the Beast Pirates, and it is still purchasing sea floor stone products from the black market.
CP0 had two negotiations with the Beast Pirates, but each time they were led by the other party, so much so that they suspected that someone within Mariejoia was deliberately leaking information to interfere with their plans.
In the end, a factional war broke out. Officials of the World Government already had their own sides, and it was very common for them to hold others back in this kind of transaction.
In the "unintentional" revelation of the beasts, they also believed in this problem, and an invisible political struggle took place on the Red Earth Continent.
Through the News of the World, the Beast Pirates of Wano are somewhat aware of major events in the outside world. The most arrogant newcomer this year is a man named Crocodile.
His battle with Barrett and Whitebeard was put on the front page by Morgans, but he lost his sight after challenging Whitebeard miserably, and the New World lost track of this man for a while.
On Fishman Island, Neptune ascended the throne and became the king of the Dragon Palace Kingdom. In Dressrosa, Cyrus won an unprecedented 1,000 consecutive victories and became the army commander of the kingdom at the invitation of King Riku.
Off the coast of Japan, the Golden Jackson was already approaching.
Some time ago, the Whitebeard Pirates and the Roger Pirates met. Gol D. Roger knew that Kozuki Oden could translate historical text. In order to find the final destination, at his request, Kozuki Oden was He borrowed it.
At the same time he boarded the ship, his retainers Inuarashi and Cat Viper also sneaked onto Roger's ship and sailed with them on the Golden Jackson.
Earlier, his daughter Hiyori Kozuki was also born on board.
The reason why they came to the Country of Wano was for a piece of historical text. There was a red historical text hidden in the Country of Wano, which was a must-have for going to Lafdru.
Moreover, his wife Tengetsu Toki developed a high fever for unknown reasons, so he decided to leave her in Wano Country.
Instead of going to the harbor, the Roger Pirates entered Wano Country from the waterfall under the leadership of Kozuki Oden. Today, under the control of Arceus, Wano Country has not become full of factories, and the scenes of black smoke rising everywhere are not the same. does not exist.
Kozuki Oden only noticed some changes, but did not become suspicious. It was normal for some changes after so many years of absence.
And Roger's time is running out. He doesn't have time to stay here for too long. As a descendant of the Kozuki family, he certainly knows that the red historical text is under the inland sea of Wano Country.
He didn't even choose to go there through the secret passage. Instead, he used his monster-like physique to dive directly to complete the rubbing work, and then landed on the shore intending to leave his wife and children here.
And all this was seen by Setsuna. From the moment Roger's ship flew over the waterfall, the news had already reached Arceus and Kaido.
If Kaido is alone, then he plans to stay away from the limelight for the time being, because he is very aware of Roger's strength. He is no match for him now, and there are many strong men among his crew.
But now that he still has Arceus, not even Gol D. Roger can try to drive them away. The most they can do is start a war with Wano Country as the battlefield.
However, the Beasts Pirates' foundation is not yet stable after all, and there is no direct conflict between them and the Roger Pirates. A hasty battle will undo all these years of hard work.
So the beasts were just waiting and watching and on guard.
On the coast of Kuri, Kozuki Oden also saw the retainers who came to pick him up, but what was strange was that only Raizo, Kanjuro, and Kokiku came over, and their clothes were still in tatters.
"Where are Kinemon and the others? Why are you three the only ones here?"
"Lord Oden, Asura Boy will return to Touzhan to manage those humans after you leave. Denjiro is doing business in the Flower Capital. As for Kinemon..."
Although they wanted to say what happened to Wano Country during this period, in order not to delay Oden's plan, Amazuki Toki stopped them and allowed Oden to leave peacefully.
And this man with an extremely big heart really left the country of Wano. Although the country of Wano was completely different under the management of the beasts, he missed the best opportunity.
...
In addition to Tenzuki Toki, or Kozuki Toki, according to the rules of Wano Country, her surname should be Kozuki now. Besides her, there are Kozuki Momonosuke, Kozuki Hiyori, Inuarashi and Nekatsuki. Snake was also kept by Oden.
Although they were all his retainers, Kotsuki didn't know the others after all, so leaving two acquaintances would allow her to better adapt to the environment here.
And they had been watching the Golden Jackson leave Wano Country before planning to leave here.
While they were still introducing each other, Setsuna also called her number.
"Lord Holy Beast, the ship has left Wano Country. Can Setsuna move freely?"
"What's wrong?"
"I met two acquaintances, and I may have found a way to return to Zuowu." The life card to Zuowu is difficult to find, at least the Beasts Pirates have not found such a thing in these years.
After seeing Inuarashi and Neko Viper, Setsuna thought that they had a high probability of carrying Zuowu's life card.
"Whatever you feel like, be safe."
"clear."
...
Inuarashi and Neko Viper were chatting with Raizo and the others about the past few years, and planned to take Kozuki and the others back to Oden Castle in Kuri.
However, Inuarashi and Neko Viper's ears suddenly stood up, and they heard a very familiar voice.
"Inuarashi! Neko Viper! Long time no see! Did you actually come here?"
"moment?!"
"Why are you here?"
The population of Zuowu is not large, with a total of only 20,000 people from one race. Not only are they of the same age, it can be said that even if they cannot name each other, they have interacted with each other in life.
Not to mention children of similar age, they are quite familiar, but in the eyes of Inuarashi and Neko Viper, Setsuna should be in Zuowu and should not appear here anyway.
"Of course it's because I also went to sea. You two guys actually left Zuowu without saying a word. You didn't even call me for such a thing!"
"You're still too young..." They hadn't seen each other for several years, but before they said a few words, Inuarashi discovered something was wrong. Whether it was Raizo or Kikunojo, they looked at Setsuna. Something is very wrong.
"What happen to you guys?"
"Do you know this guy? She is from the Beast Pirates..."
