Chapter 177: Tao no Su must die

"Hurry up and prepare some fine wine and food."

Fortunately, during the clash of Conqueror's Haki, the vast majority of the Beasts Pirates' foot soldiers had been stunned and could not see Kaido's current red-faced, tantrum-throwing appearance.

Kaido's confidence stemmed from

what he had discovered during the day-and-night battle: Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen seemed unwilling to kill.

He merely wanted to drive the Beasts Pirates away.

Oden's wife and children are still alive—could this guy truly be so Heavy on Emotion, willing to hand back the entire Wano Country to Oden's foolish son?

Kaido said he didn't believe it.

Even if Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen intended to do so, the crew of the Morningstar Pirates would surely object.

Why should they give up the Wano Country they fought so hard to seize?

Being too Heavy on Emotion isn't a good thing.

As for Yamato staying behind as a hostage, Kaido would temporarily agree to Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen's terms,

and before the Beasts Pirates left Wano Country, he planned to plant hidden agents and spies to assist Yamato in escaping later.

Kaido believed Yamato would never willingly leave his old father, and had never imagined Yamato would choose to stay behind.

"Mr. Kaido."

"Pack up and leave quickly."

Saint Saint Saiwen pointed at the lightning squirrel on his shoulder.

"While I'm still in a good mood."

Although Saint Saint Saiwen looked harmless, counting his recent two-year record, the number of pirates and marines he had killed exceeded sixty thousand.

A true mega-massacre.

Among New World pirates, even the most notorious had only hundreds or thousands of souls under their belts, mostly pirate foot soldiers or civilians.

Pirates like Saint Saint Saiwen—who avoided civilians and targeted only pirates and marines—were truly rare.

Kaido turned his head away sullenly, finding that streak of white hair painfully glaring.

"Hmph, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, this isn't over."

"We'll meet again."

After hurling a threat, Kaido led the remnants of the Beasts Pirates away; as for the still-unconscious Beasts foot soldiers,

he had no face to say anything more.

A temporary defeat meant nothing—he had lost before in his life, and as long as he lived, there was hope for revenge.

After the Marineford War,

almost no New World pirate crew dared to fight the Morningstar Pirates; Kaido had managed to hold out for a full day and night.

Such a performance qualified as true bravery—quite impressive indeed.

Kaido comforted himself with this thought.

Yet leaving like this left Kaido deeply unsatisfied.

You Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen claim to be Heavy on Emotion, don't you?

I'll come back right after this and kill Oden's wife and children, making you bear the stigma of murdering your sister-in-law and seizing your nephew's position as Shogun.

Yeah, that's what I'll do.

Watching Kaido's humiliating retreat, Moria felt a rush of pure delight surge straight to the crown of his head, making his scalp tingle and his soul tremble.

"Keh-hee~ hee~ hee~"

Now that Kaido had suffered his first defeat, there would be a second, and countless more.

As for why the captain spared Kaido… perhaps the captain has longer-term plans.

Moria decided not to provoke the captain for now, or else he might next be beaten senseless simply for stepping forward with his right foot first.

Someone like Buggy, who challenged the captain daily and got beaten daily, was just a damn pancake.

Moria knew he could never reach that level.

At that moment, Master Tenghu used his Gravity Fruit ability to suspend the bound and gagged Kurozumi Orochi behind him.

"Captain, what should we do with him?"

Saint Saint Saiwen silently stepped back two paces.

"Announce to Kuri, Shimi, Usawara, Suzu-no-Oku, and Bai Wu Flower Capital: public execution at month's end."

Five years ago, when Kurozumi Orochi and Oden made their five-year pact, Orochi was already Shogun of Wano Country.

In five years, Kurozumi Orochi had governed Wano Country into utter ruin, inciting heaven's wrath and people's hatred.

After Oden's death and Kaido's seizure of Wano Country, the Wano nobility had been slaughtered wholesale; the people of Wano urgently needed an outlet for their rage.

Kurozumi Orochi was undoubtedly the most suitable target.

Publicly executing Kurozumi Orochi with Wano's national treasure, the sword Shusui, would not only demonstrate the legal legitimacy of Saint Saint Saiwen's rule,

but also make the people of Wano understand—

Saint Saint Saiwen has come, and Wano Country is at peace!

Saint Saint Saiwen has come, and justice has returned!

Although Saint Saint Saiwen had never attended school in the pirate world, in his past life he had been a proper university student—he still possessed this basic political awareness.

The people of Wano Country? Sometimes you just have to fool them.

Of course,

when it came to giving benefits, Saint Saint Saiwen would never hold back.

But if the people of Wano Country still tried to rebel and restore the old regime after receiving benefits, then Saint Saint Saiwen's sword Shusui was certainly not dull.

The Morning Star Pirates' liberation of Wano Country further highlighted Shusui's status within Wano.

Just imagine.

After the national treasure Shusui was stolen, Wano Country immediately fell into the Beasts Pirates' backyard, with its people trapped in dire suffering.

When Shusui returned, the Beasts Pirates were driven out of Wano Country, and Wano was liberated.

Kurozumi Orochi is about to be publicly executed.

For the people of Wano Country, Shusui is no longer merely a national treasure; it is a symbol of national prosperity, peace, and the people's well-being.

And Shusui is precisely Saint Saint Saiwen's blade.

Besides Saint Saint Saiwen, my lord, who possesses Shusui, who else is qualified to become the Shogun of Wano Country?

After imprisoning Kurozumi Orochi, Saint Saint Saiwen instructed his companions to maintain order in Flower Capital and to receive the Second Division of the Morning Star Grand Fleet led by Andigo.

At the same time, he told Yuzhi Xiliu to prepare some fruit and find an empty room to watch the fruit change.

He then went alone to the Daimyo Mansion of Flower Capital (before Oden's death, he was merely the Daimyo of Flower Capital).

Momonosuke cannot be allowed to live.

It was not only for the ten thousand bounty points, but more to completely eliminate future trouble.

Saint Saint Saiwen was not at all afraid of the so-called rebellion; someone as useless as Momonosuke would be useless even if Rocks led the Rocks Pirates to support him.

But how to put it.

Rebellions are just annoying.

Compared to the great cause of liberating all slaves and ensuring everyone has enough to eat, Saint Saint Saiwen had no time to waste his energy suppressing rebellions.

Saint Saint Saiwen successfully convinced himself.

Momonosuke must die.

Flower Capital, Daimyo Mansion.

Due to the shockwaves from Kaido and Saint Saint Saiwen's battle, most of the buildings in the entire Daimyo Mansion had been destroyed.

When Saint Saint Saiwen arrived, the Nine Red Scabbards under Oden's command were guarding Kozuki Toki and her two children; from their expressions, it seemed they had just gone through an argument.

"Saxi-buri-da-na."

Hearing the sound, the Nine Red Scabbards' gazes all focused on the famous blade Shusui hanging at Saint Saint Saiwen's waist.

"Saint Saint Saiwen Taro," Cat Fushe stepped forward.

"Shusui is the national treasure of Wano Country; please return it to young lord Momonosuke immediately."

With Oden dead, the Nine Red Scabbards naturally respected Oden's son, Momonosuke, as their young lord.

Cat Fushe and Inuarashi, who had followed Kozuki Oden onto the ships of Whitebeard and Luo Jie respectively, were acquaintances of Saint Saint Saiwen, the cook of Luo Jie's crew.

"That is natural," Saint Saint Saiwen said with a smile and nodded.

In the anime, after Oden was executed, to protect Momonosuke and fulfill Oden's wish to open the country, the Nine Red Scabbards were sent twenty years into the future by Kozuki Toki.

Perhaps because of the wings Saint Saint Saiwen flapped,

Kozuki Toki has, to this day, not sent the Nine Red Scabbards and Momonosuke twenty years into the future.

"Really?!" Kin'emon exclaimed.

The reason the Nine Red Scabbards had an argument just now was precisely because Cat Fushe and Inuarashi firmly believed: Saint Saint Saiwen Taro would not harm young lord Momonosuke.

Who on the seas does not know that Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen keeps his promises and is Heavy on Emotion?

To rescue Buggy Saburo, he did not hesitate to lead the entire Morning Star Pirates to the Marine Headquarters.

One can only say that Lord Oden was unlucky.

If there had not been the matter of Buggy Saburo's public execution, Saint Saint Saiwen Taro would certainly have come to support Wano Country immediately, and Lord Oden would not have died.

Saint Saint Saiwen Taro's willingness to return Shusui further confirmed the rumors on the seas.

Indeed, he is Heavy on Emotion.

Just as Saint Saint Saiwen was about to draw his blade Shusui, a strange laugh rang out accompanied by a fire dragon torch that could burn the sky and extinguish the earth.

"You truly are Heavy on Emotion."