Chapter 366

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34. Die together with the Beasts Pirates!

"Sorry I held everyone back—if not for me, we'd all have bounty rewards over a billion," Run-Fast apologized.

To be honest, it's a bit regrettable…

But!

The group exchanged glances, as if none of them particularly cared?

"These empty titles don't matter," Sanji comforted. "Run-Fast, don't worry about it."

"Then why do you care that your bounty matches mine?" Zoro asked with a soul-deep tone.

Sanji fell silent, then kicked him again.

"For talking too much!"

"Come on! Don't think eating two Devil Fruits makes you stronger than me!"

The two originals clashed once more.

The group, accustomed to it, merely discussed the changes in their bounties.

Sima Di watched leisurely beside them, his thoughts drifting toward the approaching Wano Country.

This nation…

Oda has expressed in multiple settings that "the Wano Country arc is a story he's always wanted to create."

Indeed,

Through countless details, one can feel the dedication and sincerity Oda poured into the Wano Country arc.

Through characters like the Nine Red Scabbards, Kozuki Hiyori, Kozuki Oden, and Old Kang,

Oda devoted extensive ink to portraying a vast array of Wano Country's social figures, achieving an unprecedented depth of social stratification.

Refugees, samurai, courtesans, ninja, sumo wrestlers, swordsmiths, daimyo, yakuza, thieves—from common laborers to high-ranking officials—nearly every social class and figure possible in feudal society appears in the Wano Country arc.

In Arabasta, Sima Di remembered only the Royal Army, the Rebel Army, and Old Shal.

Civilians?

Merchants?

Pirates?

His memories were dull.

Dressrosa was merely a clash between the old monarchy and Mr. 10's faction, nothing particularly brilliant.

But Wano Country,

has General Kurohige and the regional daimyo Old Kang,

the black-market armed force led by Boa Hancock,

the mountain bandits led by Asura Child,

the two ninja factions of the御庭番众 and Raijū with Kozuki Hiyori,

the samurai represented by the Nine Red Scabbards,

the prisoners locked in the Rabbit Bowl,

and the long-hidden courtesan Violet and the bandit hero Kurozumi Kuro.

Each story, taken alone, is extraordinarily compelling!

Each could even be written as a standalone arc.

And to gather them all together…

Such rich, intricate depictions of social factions—without exaggeration—Oda infused into the Wano Country arc everything he ever dreamed of.

From the ocean currents of "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," cultural symbols fill the story.

The entrance method of carp leaping over the dragon gate,

the Wano-style attire and names of the Straw Hat crew,

the kabuki-style theater with shamisen music accompanying the curtain rise,

35. The Windmill Village Banquet!

Windmill Village, Banquet Bar.

The bandit Dadan sat down with the villagers for once, looking harmonious and joyful.

"Hahaha—"

"That Luffy kid has really come into his own! He's even taken on the Four Emperors!"

"3.51 billion Beri! Our Windmill Village has produced a real figure!"

"Too bad he still falls short of Shanks."

"Aren't they both Four Emperors?"

"The newspapers say it too—Luffy is a Four Emperor! Shanks is just older!"

"He's so powerful he doesn't even seem human!"

"How did Dadan raise Luffy to become an Emperor?"

Everyone joyfully shared their excitement, except the stubborn old village chief, who angrily pounded his cane.

"How can you celebrate a pirate?"

"We're the hometown of Marine hero Garp!"

"It's so shameful! So shameful!"

The villagers merely nodded along, yet continued loudly discussing.

Saying one thing while doing another right in front of you made the old village chief tremble with anger!

The innkeeper, Makino, approached holding a child, comforting the village chief.

"Everyone is happy today, so let them be," Makino said soothingly.

"But we cannot take pride in being pirates!" the village chief shouted angrily.

"Yes, yes, yes, only for today; tomorrow it must not happen again," Makino called out.

"Yo!"

"Alright!"

"Makino is right!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Just for today!"

"Hahaha—"

Seeing everyone going back and forth like that, the old village chief had no choice.

He glared at them in anger over their lack of resolve, then turned and stormed off.

"Huh!"

"The old man is gone!"

"Today everyone drinks, and I'll be watching you drink the whole time!"

Seeing this, Nojiko could only smile helplessly, returned to the bar counter, and picked up another stack of newspapers.

They were all about Shanks.

The latest one read—

【Emperor Shanks once faced off against the Straw Hat Pirates at the Summit War; is he the next target?】

This made Nojiko feel somewhat worried...

Could Shanks and Luffy really have had a conflict?

And...

Shanks was actually expelled from the Luo Jie Pirates; that man who spoke nothing but Luo Jie must have been very sad back then...

Dadan, a bandit with a vicious face but a kind heart, saw Makino grieving there and slammed an empty glass heavily onto the bar counter...

Makino was startled!