The samurai hidden in the Flower City gathered together.
"Denjiro-sama!" one of them shouted: "We can't just watch the Dawn Pirates win people's hearts and do nothing!"
"Yes! They will change the name of the country in three months!" Another samurai added: "By then, the eight-hundred-year-old Wano Country will become history!"
"We can't wait any longer!" A samurai raised the weapon in his hand: "Kaido is dead. As long as we defeat the Dawn Pirates, we can recapture the country of Wano, and then welcome Princess Hiyori to serve as the country of Wano. General!"
"..." Hearing the indignant discussions of the samurai, Denjiro remained silent.
"Sir Denjiro!" When the warriors saw that Denjiro was silent, they tried to force him to stand in line and express his position: "You should say something!"
Denjiro spoke slowly: "Just a few days ago, I reported the current situation of the people of Wano to Princess Hiyori, but Princess Hiyori replied: 'I was walking on the street in disguise, and I saw the new look on the people's faces. Full of smiles, how long has it been since we last seen this? I will never allow my selfish thoughts to ruin their happiness!'"
"..." The warriors fell silent, and everyone looked at each other.
"I also want to expel the Dawn Pirates, but I can't disobey Princess Hiyori's order." Denjiro whispered: "What's more, Hiyori-sama has been acting with the Dawn Pirates now. Once a rebellion starts, , I cannot guarantee the safety of Princess Hiyori!"
"Since Denjiro-sama has the same idea, let us handle the resistance!"
"They defeated the Beast Pirates!" Denjiro was shocked: "You can't be their opponent!"
"Denjiro-sama, what are you talking about?" one of them laughed: "They are just a group of young people. I also heard that Kaido's biological daughter joined them. It must be his daughter who is in the Beast Pirates Poisoned in the wine, this group of guys used opportunistic tricks to defeat the Beast Pirates! That must be the case!"
The last sentence added at the end of the words was almost like confirming his own speculation.
A few blue veins appeared on Denjiro's face: "Akashi Takao, don't underestimate them. The auras of some of them are not much weaker than Kaido! Your inference may not be correct!"
"Sir Denjiro." Another samurai said in a deep voice: "Just a year ago, everyone who had been waiting for ten years was unwilling to wait any longer and went to Onigashima. As a result, they all died in the battle."
"However, those of us who are living on the last breath cannot just watch the destruction of Wano Country!" He continued: "In just more than ten days, those ordinary people have fallen in love with the Dawn Pirates, and even thought that under the rule of the Dawn Pirates Life is better than the rule of the heir to the Kozuki clan!"
"It is conceivable that on the referendum day more than two months later, based on the voting results, the country of Wano will definitely change its name to the country of Hua!"
Having said this, the samurai smiled slightly: "Thanks to their national broadcast through the image bug, the samurai scattered all over the country already know that the heir of the Kozuki clan is still alive! An army can be gathered in the name of Kozuki Defeat the Dawn Pirates!"
"Denjiro-sama, please stay by Princess Hiyori's side to protect Her Highness, and leave the crusade against the Dawn Pirates to us!"
"you--!"
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"Huh?" Eric frowned: "Some people have been moving frequently recently and are gathering in the direction of the Flower Capital?"
"Yes." Chitong said: "I noticed that there are many people on the street wearing weapons, their faces don't look like ordinary people, and they smell like they have killed people."
Kurumi said: "The clones in various regions have collected intelligence. Some samurai are gathering in secret. They seem to be going to attack the Dawn Pirates, take back the rule of Wano Country, and return it to Hiyori Kozuki."
"These warriors." Eric sighed: "Do you think we have a good temper? It's rare that we didn't take the opportunity to cause trouble for them."
"Eric, what should we do?" Chi Tong frowned and said, "If a war starts in the Flower Capital, ordinary people will definitely suffer losses, and the Flower Capital will also be damaged to varying degrees."
"Hmm~" Eric pinched his left and right temples.
"Catch them all, and then torture them to death as a warning to others." Esdeath said with a cruel smile: "This method is most suitable for rebels. I will capture a warrior now and bring him back for torture."
After saying that, Esdeath was about to get up.
"Esdeath, don't be busy yet." Eric stopped Esdeath: "We have to wait for them to take action first."
"Why?"
"If we kill the samurai first, ordinary people will definitely be afraid of us, and the good reputation accumulated over the past ten days will be gone, which will also have an impact on our future rule." Eric scratched his head: "Tomorrow is the last day of the event. We first ensure the safety of our colleagues everywhere."
"I understand." Chitong nodded.
"Do I need to tell Hiyori Kozuki about this?" Kurumi said with admiration: "That little girl from the Kozuki family really doesn't care about her status. She always helps at the dressing place."
"Hmm -" After thinking for a moment, Eric slowly shook his head: "Don't tell Hiyori yet, let alone Miku and Wendy. I don't want them to be exposed to this darkness."
Eric smiled slightly: "Through Denjiro, I will arrange the location of the decisive battle at the Rabbit Bowl, and the time of the decisive battle will be determined by them."
Black Eyes clapped his hands happily and said: "The defeated warriors can just serve as coolies in the quarry."
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The samurai looked surprised: "Sir Denjiro? Why are you here?"
Denjiro's face looked a little ugly, but he still said: "I'm here to convey the Dawn Pirates' letter of challenge."
"What?!" Akashi Takao was furious: "Did you tell the Dawn Pirates?!"
"How could I snitch!" Denjiro said angrily: "I don't know where they got the information, and they learned that you were plotting a rebellion!"
"Damn it!" Takao Akashi gritted his teeth and said, "If I catch the traitor, I will make him look good! What did the Dawn Pirates say?"
"Darren Eric has set the location of the decisive battle at the Rabbit Bowl, and the time of the decisive battle is up to you." Denjiro said solemnly: "I don't think you will win, so you should take the opportunity to give up the crusade!"
"Denjiro, don't let other people's ambitions destroy your own prestige!" Akashi Takao said to the other samurai with an unhappy face: "Contact all samurai tomorrow, and assemble the army the day after tomorrow for a decisive battle with the Dawn Pirates! Once successful, we can take back the country of Wano. And there’s tons of gold!”
"Akashi Takao, you?!" Denjiro was startled: "Is it just for the gold?!"
"Denjiro, as one of the Nine Red Scabbard Heroes, you may not have suffered any hardships following Lord Oden, but we are different!" Akashi Takao said loudly: "Most of us low-level samurai have spent these ten years in misery. One year! If they were not given enough rewards, why would they risk their lives to resist the Dawn Pirates!"
Denjiro said angrily: "But those golds are distributed to the people by the Dawn Pirates, and your actions are worse than those of the Dawn Pirates!"
"Oh, Denjiro, don't think that everyone is so noble. There are many people who can't afford to eat!" Akashi Takao said disdainfully: "Since Wano Country was ruled by Orochi and Kaido, the entire land has been destroyed. No, The surrendered warriors have been living in starvation."
"Thanks to the generosity of the Dawn Pirates, we received money and clothes and regained the strength to resist them!"
Only then did Denjiro realize that many samurai at the scene did not have buns on their heads, but crisp and capable short hair.
"You, you—!"
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"Understood, Denjiro-sama?" Akashi Takao curled his lips: "You sneaked into the side of the black charcoal snake and became a gang leader. I'm afraid you never had the chance to suffer..."
"You don't understand the pain of being unable to kill your enemy in front of me——!" Denjiro glared angrily, and his raised eyes gave Akashi Takao an incomparable sense of oppression.
"You, you, you..." Akashi Takao was frightened by Denjiro's terrifying murderous intent, and moved away from Denjiro with trembling legs.
"My words have been brought." Denjiro turned around and glanced at him coldly: "I advise you to give up the crusade against the Dawn Pirates."
"How is that possible!" Akashi Takao jumped to his feet and said, "Wano Country is a country that belongs to generals, daimyo and samurai!"
Denjiro didn't reply and left directly.
"Bah!" Akashi Takao spat: "The Nine Red Scabbard Heroes are obviously a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"
"Brother Takao, what should we do?" A samurai came up and said, "The plan to recruit Denjiro to deal with the Dawn Pirates was ruined."
"Hmph, it doesn't matter!" Akashi Takao said with a proud face: "In short, I have contacted about five thousand samurai, preparing to jointly defeat the Dawn Pirates. Once successful, it will be the first attack on Luo!"
"By then, Brother Takao will definitely be named a daimyo by Princess Hiyori!" Another samurai complimented: "Daimyo Takao must support his younger brother!"
"Hahaha, easy to say." Akashi Takao put his hands together and motioned for several people to approach him.
"What's wrong?"
"Not only will I be a daimyo, I will also be the general of Wano Country!"
Akashi Takao's words stunned several other samurai at the same time.
"But, Brother Takao, aren't we going to make Princess Hiyori the general?"
"That's what I said, but have there been women who have served as generals in history?" Akashi Takao asked back: "In the end, it was not a man who served as the general of Wano!"
"When we defeat the Dawn Pirates and rescue Princess Hiyori, Her Highness the Princess will definitely give us a celebration banquet." Akashi Takao said his plan: "You will also attend the banquet with me."
"At that time..." Akashi Takao took out several small bottles with different labels on them: "I will add sleeping pills and aphrodisiacs to Princess Hiyori's wine."
"Drug Princess Hiyori?!"
"Yes, when Princess Hiyori wakes up in a daze the next day, I will only say that she had sex after drinking, and Princess Hiyori will definitely not tell anyone else." Akashi Takao said proudly: "After experiencing such a scandal, , Princess Hiyori can only marry me! In this way, I can become the general of Wano Country!"
"..." Several other people looked at each other, feeling something was wrong, but they couldn't figure out what was wrong.
Finally, someone asked: "How should Denjiro-sama solve the problem? He will definitely follow Hiyori-sama to protect her."
"This is easy to handle." Akashi Takao handed one of the bottles to him: "Tetsuji, put this in Denjiro's wine glass and take the opportunity to poison the Nine Red Scabbards."
"Scared!" The named samurai trembled: "Let me poison you? Poison Denjiro-sama?"
"Um."
"But..." Tetsuji said with a hesitant look on his face: "Aren't the banquets always for one person and one person? How could I put poison in Denjiro-sama's wine?"
Akashi Takao said confidently: "If you add poison to your own jug, take the jug with you to toast, and fill up Denjiro's and your own wine glasses, he will not be suspicious."
"Didn't I drink the poisoned wine too?!"
"I'll give you the antidote." Akashi Takao carefully identified it and handed him another bottle: "Remember, take the antidote beforehand."
The samurai named Tetsuji did not accept the two bottles.
Akashi Takao grinned: "Watch it, I'll give you a demonstration."
After taking the antidote and poison one after another, Akashi Takao said after a while, "How is it? Am I okay?"
"Yeah." Tetsuji finally felt relieved and took the two bottles, but he never thought that the bottle with the antidote fell out of Akashi Takao's hands.
Akashi Takao patted his chest and said, "When I become the general of Wano, I will definitely make you a great name!"
Before Akashi Takao succeeded, he began to rush to become an official and make a wish.
In a corner that no one noticed, a shadow made some ripples and returned to calm in the blink of an eye.
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"Oh..." Eric chuckled after listening to the long recording recorded by Kuang San: "This is really interesting."
"Sir Eric——!" Hiyori Dogezaza on the side apologized: "Perhaps the other samurai did not have any malicious intentions, but were just deceived by the insidious villain..."
"..." Eric looked at Hiyori who was kneeling indifferently. Her unmanaged emerald hair was messy and clinging to her body, and her fine clothes were stained with dust.
Eric thought to himself: She must be very tired after being busy recently.
However, Eric still asked calmly: "If a person kills an innocent person because he was deceived by others, is this person guilty or not guilty?"
Hiyori pondered for a long time and finally answered in a low voice: "...guilty."
"You cannot let ignorance be used as an excuse to get rid of the crime, and being deceived by others can be used as an excuse to escape legal punishment." Eric said calmly: "Guang Yue Rihe, every day you live in the country of Wano is like a bright stick. Like the flag, warriors are gathered all the time."
"..." Hiyori Kozuki raised his head: "Lord Eric, please exile me overseas! In this case, the warriors will have no flag or reason to resist!"
"You are really an idiot." Eric smiled bitterly: "There are as many reasons as you want, and careerists will always find various reasons to start rebellions."
"Besides, you didn't commit any crime. I can't blame other people's crimes on innocent people." Eric helped Hiyori up and reached out to push her messy hair to one side.
"Eric-sama——!" Hiyori was startled by Eric's slightly frivolous movements, and took two steps back with a blushing face.
"I said that I will let the country of Wano be founded and let the common people live a happy life." Eric changed the subject: "However, I will not show mercy to the prisoners. These warriors are a cancer that undermines the stability of the country of Wano. , I must eradicate them."
"Sir Eric!" Hiyori clenched Eric's trouser legs with both hands: "Please spare the lives of these warriors!"
"Wait, wait a minute!" Eric said anxiously: "My pants are going to fall off!"
