Chapter 162: Wano Country Changes Hands

Red Line, Holy Land Mary Geoise.

Deep within the Ancient City, the Flower Room.

Seemingly completely cut off from all the outside noise, the sea breeze, and even the real sunlight, the light in the Flower Room is eternal and soft.

An endless expanse of grass, like a giant carpet woven from the finest, most even emerald velvet.

And surrounding this quiet green carpet, flowers of all kinds bloom.

Everything is beautiful, so beautiful it does not seem like the human world.

Imu lay panting on the grass, his scarlet eyes flickering with strange excitement.

"How many years, how many years."

"Imu has not seen anyone so powerful."

Barzab Seven's move, Divine Fall, possessed terrifying power nearly comparable to the Ancient Weapon Tenno; if a shallow-sea contract could be signed with him.

Even to occupy his body...

Imu's breathing became increasingly rapid.

Especially thinking of Barzab Seven's handsome and fair face and white hair, Imu admitted that His heart was moved.

Very, very, very much moved.

A nineteen-year-old young body...

Infinite potential...

And not so resistant to the World Government.

Imu could not wait to immediately usurp the nest and possess Barzab Seven; this kind of excited thrill, Imu had not felt since Joy Boy eight hundred years ago.

After lying on the grass for a long time, Imu slowly rose, taking several deep breaths in succession to calm the throbbing in His heart.

When Imu arrived at the Empty Wang Zuo, the Five Elders were already kneeling on the ground waiting for orders.

"Satan."

"Go and exchange hostages with Barzab Seven."

"Afterward, bring him to the Flower Room to see Imu."

Although extremely eager for a new body, Imu did not forget His unworthy junior Saint Elaine, after all, in a certain sense, He was a blood descendant.

"Yes, my lord Imu."

Saint Satan sighed with relief; my lord Imu did not seem to show any emotion of wanting to punish him.

That is to say, he managed to bluff his way through again?

Barzab Seven is about to become a Celestial Dragon, so the Human-Slaughter Plan must be pushed onto Sengoku; the Five Elders were merely bewitched by Sengoku.

Yes, explain it that way.

After giving two simple instructions, Imu was obviously in a very good mood and wandered away from the Empty Wang Zuo.

Seeing this, Saint Satan immediately snatched the Den Den Mushi from Saint Vachili and made an appointment with Barzab Seven to exchange the hostages held by both sides at the Ancient City.

New World, Wano Country, Flower Capital.

Kaido led the Beasts Pirates, and after a battle, captured Oden and the other daimyo alive.

Oden must die, but how to deal with the other daimyo and samurai, Kaido fell into a dilemma.

With Barzab Seven and the Morning Star Pirates present, Kaido desperately wanted to gain more immediate combat power, but these samurai were stubborn and unwilling to submit.

"Speak up."

"How should we deal with these samurai."

Scalding Heat Jack stated: "Big Brother Kaido."

"Hand them over to me for severe torture; there will surely come a day when they submit."

Due to his childhood experience of being captured by the World Government for experiments, Jack has a lifelong passion for torturing prisoners.

Kaido naturally knew the younger brother's hobby.

"No, no."

"By the way, how should those daimyo of Wano Country be dealt with? If you have a good idea, I will reward you heavily; hurry up and figure out how to handle it."

"I still want to go to Marineford."

The Morning Star Pirates went to Marineford, and no definite news has arrived yet; Kaido could not wait to go to Marineford immediately.

Yet he is entangled by these trivial matters.

"Boss Kaido."

Vergo weakly raised his hand: "I have an immature suggestion for your reference."

Having received Kaido's permission, Vergo took a deep breath to calm the excitement in his heart.

"Everyone knows."

"This person Barzab Seven not only keeps his promises but is also Heavy on Emotion; for the sake of Roger's son, he did not hesitate to force his way into Marineford."

Then let us consider the worst-case scenario: if Barzab Seven returns victorious from Marineford and is willing to avenge his former partner Oden."

"What after the revenge?"

Facing Vergo's question, Kaido shook his head, Queen imitated him and shook his head, only Jack fell into deep thought, as if he was grasping something.

Seeing this, Vergo's heart was full of helplessness.

The Beasts Pirates are good in every way,

except that from the captain Kaido and the top commander Queen down to the All-Stars and ordinary crew members, it seems they ate too many Zoan-type Devil Fruits, and their brains are not very sharp.

They simply cannot keep up with Vergo's train of thought.

Queen immediately got angry and just slapped Vergo on the back of the head; before he could open his mouth, Queen was slapped by Kaido.

"What are you doing?"

"The Beasts Pirates have only one smart and capable prospect like this; what if we break him?"

Kaido has always valued talent; though Virgo's strength was lacking, his mind was extremely sharp, making him the most scarce talent in the Beasts Pirates.

"That someone, you continue."

Virgo felt a warmth in his heart,

for initially he was valued by the Young Master to join the Marines as a spy, then valued by the stingy Fleet Admiral Sengoku to infiltrate the Morning Star Pirates, and then appointed by Captain Barzab Seven to spy within the Beasts Pirates,

and now, once again valued by Boss Kaido,

indeed, he was the born king of spies.

"It is like this, Boss Kaido."

"Even if Barzab Seven avenges Oden, even if there is only a one-in-ten-million chance we lose, Barzab Seven cannot become the Shogun of Wano Country himself, can he?"

"You know, Wano Country not only has severe concepts of hierarchy, but is also very xenophobic."

"Therefore, even if Barzab Seven occupies Wano Country, he must find someone to serve as the Shogun of Wano Country."

"Following this line of thought."

"Boss Kaido, we simply need to kill everyone within Wano Country who possesses the qualification to become Shogun; even if Barzab Seven takes Wano Country, he will have no way to govern it."

"This is the solution for the worst-case scenario."

"But if Barzab Seven and the Morning Star Pirates are defeated and arrested by the Marines and imprisoned in Impel Down, we will not need to worry at all."

Seeing Kaido and the others all fall into silence, Virgo spoke weakly.

"Boss Kaido, I have finished... speaking."

Kaido finally came to his senses and nodded in satisfaction.

"Good, good."

"King, go immediately and slaughter the several families within Wano Country that possess the qualification to become Shogun; leaving only Orochi is enough."

King nodded: "Yes, Big Brother Kaido."

Kaido held the wine jar and gulped down several mouthfuls, paying no attention to the cross-shaped wound on his chest inflicted by Oden.

"Um... Virgo, is it?"

"You first become a Top Ranker."

"Work hard, the future is yours."

The member structure of the Beasts Pirates is clearly hierarchical, mainly divided into Governors, All-Stars, Top Ranks, Gifters, Lunarians, Laughing Ones, and Waiters.

Among them, the Governor is Kaido, the supreme leader of the Beasts Pirates, equivalent to the Captain.

The All-Stars are respectively the Scorch Calamity King and the Plague Calamity Queen, equivalent to Vice-Captains.

Top Ranks are the core combat officers of the pirate crew, and there are many of them.

In the anime, the six Top Ranks with the strongest strength hold a status higher than other Top Ranks and are called the Tobiroppo; Tobiroppo members can also be adjusted due to changes in strength.

Including Fukurokuju, Black Maria, Sasaki, Ulti, Page One, and X-Drake.

Below the Top Ranks, Gifters and Lunarians are important combat forces of the pirate crew, mainly composed of artificial Devil Fruit users.

Laughing Ones are members who consumed an artificial Devil Fruit but did not gain abilities, and can only laugh ho-ho.

Waiters are members who have not yet obtained an artificial Devil Fruit and are waiting for ability assignment.

The hierarchical structure can be described as strictly graded.

"Alright." Kaido stood up holding the wine jar.

"First, deep-fry Oden."

"I will then take you all to Marineford."