Two years later.
Wano Country Provincial Administrative Region, Kuri City.
After the Alliance took power, Wano Country's eight-hundred-year state of isolation was completely shattered. The entire country entered a new era of vigorously advancing reform and opening up, striving to become a leading model of economic development.
Wano Country naturally possessed abundant mineral resources, along with the heavy industrial legacy left behind by Kaido's era, making it highly competitive in economic development.
But Kuri City's mayor had quite a headache.
Compared to other regions of Wano Country, Kuri City had neither mines nor factories. Its GDP never managed to rise, and it had long played the role of the province's poor little brother.
There was a Sea Stone mine not far away, but Sea Stone was an important national strategic reserve material. The area around that mine had therefore been designated a key district directly administered by the state, already separated from Kuri City's administrative boundaries.
Kuri City's mayor could only stare longingly at the mine, utterly helpless.
Without GDP in hand, the mayor of Kuri City did not even have the confidence to speak to his superiors when attending meetings in the Flower Capital.
So, the mayor sought another path:
If they could not develop light or heavy industry, then they would vigorously develop tourism.
He planned to thoroughly renovate Oden Castle, which had stood abandoned outside Kuri City for twenty years. Then he would promote the story of how Garen, leader of the Alliance, had personally rebuilt the Kozuki Clan's tombs here, turning Kuri into a tourist city capable of rivaling the Flower Capital and attracting the endless stream of visitors pouring into Wano Country.
Under the mayor's personal direction, the restoration project to return Oden Castle to its original appearance officially began.
This castle, built under the