Wano Country was perhaps one of the largest nations in the world by land area.
It was the homeland of samurai, and for the past eight hundred years, it had maintained a policy of isolation.
Long ago, it had been known as the Country of Gold. People from overseas had flocked here, and then the first samurai to shake the entire world had emerged.
That samurai was named Ryoma Shimotsuki, known as the Dragon Slayer Samurai.
After Ryoma, Wano Country had remained out of the world's sight for several centuries, until more than a decade ago, when another powerful samurai, Oden Kozuki, appeared on the seas.
But that had already been more than ten years ago. Now, the only impression people on the seas had of Wano Country was that it had become the territory of the Beasts Pirates, where the monster known as Beasts Kaido was entrenched.
Now, Bright had arrived in this country.
Bright did not know what Wano Country had once looked like, but the present-day Wano Country was indeed utterly ruined.
As Bright swept across the sky, he saw factories belching thick smoke every so often amid a desolate wasteland.
In a sense, Bright felt that Kaido shared some ideas with him.
For instance, developing industry.
But the difference was that Bright focused on industries that benefited people's livelihoods, and he paid close attention to pollution.
Kaido, on the other hand, had completely turned Wano Country into a massive weapons factory. Every citizen and resource in this nation was nothing more than expendable material for his use.
As a result, the country had become a wasteland.
"What a tragedy."
Bright descended from the sky and landed on a road through the wilderness.
The people of this country truly were tragic.
They had encountered a naïve and