Night Raid on a Member Nation

Julian didn't guess wrong. The Human Body Dance Master, nicknamed the Fool King Kozuki Oden, had arrived in Wano Country with the Roger Pirates. Roger had already obtained his second Poneglyph. The transcript of the first Poneglyph was snatched from the Big Mom Pirates in Whole Cake Island. The transcript of the second Poneglyph was obtained from the Mink Tribe on Zou, which was on Zunesha's back. Moreover, Wano Country and the Mink Tribe were old friends, and Kozuki Oden got it with just a few words.

Now, they were preparing to obtain the transcript of the third Road Poneglyph in Wano Country. Kaido had already begun his preparations to annex Wano Country with Kurozumi Orochi. Meanwhile, Kozuki Oden was accompanied by two great sea kings, Pirate King Roger and Pluto Rayleigh. With just a word from the Fool King, Roger and Rayleigh could have crushed Kaido and King, Queen, and the newly founded Beasts Pirates into the ground.

The Human Body Dance Master refused to speak and instead planned to return from Laugh Tale after half a year to perform his naked dance. Oden also noticed the pirate invaders in his country but chose to ignore them.

His father, Kozuki Sukiyaki, had already been imprisoned by Kurozumi Orochi. Furthermore, Black Charcoal Cicada, who possessed the Paramecia Imitation-Fruit, began impersonating Kozuki Sukiyaki and allowed Kurozumi Orochi to become the acting General. The filial son, however, completely disregarded his father, Kozuki Sukiyaki. He returned to Kuri, took a brief look, then went to the Kozuki Family's basement, obtained the transcript of Wano Country's Poneglyph, and immediately set off with the Roger Pirates.

If they had stayed even for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea with Pirate King Roger, Kaido would have been kicked out of Wano Country by now, thoroughly beaten by Roger and Rayleigh. The filial son's excuse was: he was afraid of wasting Roger's limited time. After Roger became the Pirate King at the age of 52, he disappeared for nearly a year, specifically on Patrila Island, having a child with Ace's mother, Portgas D. Rouge. He had a whole year, but not even half a cup of tea's worth of time.

Half a year later, after Rayleigh, Red-Hair, and Roger sent Oden back to Wano Country, Rayleigh asked, "Do you need any help?" The filial son flatly refused, "We Kozuki Clan will handle our own affairs." The result of their handling was dancing naked for five years. They finally realized they had been tricked by Orochi and Kaido for five years and resisted. As a result, his reputation was in tatters, and he was completely at Kaido's mercy. Kozuki Oden was truly a talent.

He had flown off his wet nurse shortly after birth, frequented brothels at six, occupied other people's wives, girlfriends, and daughters at fifteen, set up a harem in a temple's backyard at sixteen, and even cooked oden with the ashes of his dead friends. He was utterly devoid of any decency.

Especially his son, that little beast Momonosuke, who inherited the lecherous nature of the Human Body Dance Master Kozuki Oden from a young age. Both of them were disgusting individuals. Julian would definitely support Kaido in this situation.

At this time, Roger had already obtained his third Poneglyph transcript and was preparing to head to Fish-Man Island for the fourth. On Fish-Man Island also lay Joy Boy's apology letter. Kozuki Oden, holding the transcript, happily scurried towards Fish-Man Island for the fourth Poneglyph. He left behind his bewildered retainers and the citizens of Kuri who were eagerly awaiting Kozuki Oden's return. The Nine Red Scabbards also wore expressions of helplessness.

Julian mused, "Kozuki Oden had ninety-nine ways to win against Kaido in a hundred matches, and one way to lose. Yet Oden managed to achieve that one. How did he avoid the ninety-nine winning methods and achieve the one losing method? Only the Fool King Kozuki Oden could do something like this."

Meanwhile, Kaido at this time was merely an experimental specimen that had just escaped from the World Government's research department, Punk Hazard. Vegapunk had used the flesh and blood taken from Kaido to create the Artificial Devil Fruit, Azure Dragon Form. Kaido had been an experimental specimen for several years and had also saved another test subject, the Lunarian youth Abel. Kaido named him King.

The researcher Queen also joined Kaido, becoming Scourge Queen. On their journey to find territory, they encountered two former crew members of the Rocks Pirates. The first was Black Charcoal Semimaru, who possessed the previous generation's Paramecia Wall-Wall Fruit, and Black Charcoal Cicada, who were siblings. The second was Black Charcoal Cicada, who was a Paramecia Imitation-Fruit ability user.

Kaido was a monstrous intern in the Rocks Pirates over ten years ago, working alongside the Black Charcoal siblings in the Rocks Pirates. Black Charcoal Cicada invited Kaido to invade Wano Country and conspire for a grand cause. It was at this time that Kaido began his entrepreneurial journey. Kaido was merely a 34-year-old small boss just starting his career, with only two employees.

Queen was half a liability, but Boss Kaido was also a liability. Five years later, after his career took off, he dealt with them decisively. First, he killed Black Charcoal Cicada with one blow, then he killed Black Charcoal Semimaru with another blow. He then made Orochi the figurehead General because they had impersonated Kaido's subordinates and ambushed Momonosuke. The key was that they hadn't even succeeded. You can imagine how infuriating that was.

In the end, Kaido spared Momonosuke, allowing that dog thing to escape to twenty years later, where he went to sea to rally Monkey D. Luffy and latch onto his father's thigh. Luffy's father defeated Kaido. The little bastard then became a General. Kaido's daughter, Yamato, even became the Guardian King for this little bastard Momonosuke. The little bastard Momonosuke finally lived a life of luxury.

Every time Julian thought about the events in Wano Country, he became angry. Julian spoke, "Wano Country is utter garbage. I must deliver a heavy blow to these Wano Country Japanese Samurai, at least to the point where they become extinct."

George, having followed Julian for a long time, understood some of Julian's unique vocabulary. He took out a notebook to record the words Julian spoke. The first sentence recorded was: "I am willing to exchange Momonosuke's twenty years of lifespan for one day of my good luck." The second sentence was: "How can Momonosuke be worthy of being a General? He is only worthy of being a bastard." The third sentence was: "What is Momonosuke? He is just a dog thing, not worth mentioning."

Today, George took out his notebook again and wrote: "Wano Country is utter garbage. These Wano Country samurai are all scoundrels." George said, "There is much to learn. The Captain's words are far ahead of their time."

Julian began another banquet that evening. The atmosphere of the banquet was very lively, with many crew members singing happily. Julian said, "Everyone, please have fun." All the Division Captains replied, "Thank you, Captain."

After the banquet reached midnight, Julian had plans for the night, so he said, "Brothers, let's drink until here." George replied, "Understood, Captain." All the Division Captains returned to their respective ships. Julian said, "Pablo, I'm going out for a bit." Pablo replied, "Understood, Captain."

Julian prepared to activate his Earth-Earth Fruit ability to go to the kingdom of this country and become an ambush thief, raiding their home. Two days ago, the Mud Dragon Pirates had just arrived on this island. Julian had spent two days thoroughly scouting the country. Edia Kingdom, a World Government member nation, with a population of over 500,000. Julian said, "The time is now ripe."

Julian disembarked alone under the cover of darkness. He walked to the dock, activated his Earth Elementalization, burrowed into the ground, and also activated his Mud Bounce skill, rapidly burrowing towards the King's palace. As Julian burrowed into the castle, one sentence could summarize it: it was incredibly rich. The King's palace was also very large and luxuriously built.

Julian searched room by room. He finally found the palace's treasure room. Julian emerged from the ground and arrived at the King's treasure room. Julian laughed, "Finally found you. The Edia Kingdom's treasure room is now mine."

Julian complained, "I still have to search room by room, it's too much work." Looking at the treasure room before him, it was incredibly wealthy. Approximately 1.6 billion Belly, and the gold coins were worth 100 million Belly. Julian said, "I put in a lot of effort, but with these rewards, it's worth it." Julian collected all the Belly and gold into the Mud Space within his body and began searching for other treasures. Julian carefully searched the treasure room for any hidden rooms. Julian also saw two sharp Tachi hanging on the wall, and without a second thought, he packed them away into his body's storage.

This room was very large, about 400 square meters. There were also several paintings on the walls. Julian didn't know if they were famous paintings, so he ignored them. His favorite Devil Fruit had not yet appeared.

Julian secretly thought, "This country is also a World Government member nation, so it must have Devil Fruits. They have to pay Heavenly Gold to the Celestial Dragons every year, and some kingdoms even hand over some Devil Fruits to offset part of the Heavenly Gold."

The World Government has over 170 member nations. All member kingdoms hand over some Devil Fruits, and the World Government itself stores a large number of Devil Fruits. Those Celestial Dragons feed them to slaves just to test the Devil Fruit abilities, or to send the slaves to participate in arena competitions. They are also utterly inhumane.

Moreover, this country is a relatively large kingdom. Julian estimated that there should be hidden rooms where Devil Fruits are stored. Julian searched as he went. He suddenly thought, "As an Earth-Earth Fruit ability user, can't I sense the earth within twenty meters around me?" With that, he began to sense anomalies in the ground and discovered a hidden room in the corner.

Julian pushed open the small door in the corner with his palm. The door and the wall were the same color, and there was a painting on the door. If Julian hadn't sensed the surroundings, it would have been truly difficult to find. Inside were a large number of gold items, over ten golden crowns, golden bells, over ten golden birds, and several golden bracers, as well as other strange jewels and diamonds. On top of the pile of treasures were three chests. Julian immediately opened them, and sure enough, there were three Devil Fruits. Julian looked at the Devil Fruits before him.

One was banana-shaped with patterns, one was apple-shaped with patterns, and one was melon-shaped. Julian knew that one of them was the Paramecia Bomb-Bomb Fruit. Julian said, "I'll check the other Devil Fruits back at the ship."

Julian packed all these treasures into his body and then transformed into a small lump of mud using his Earth-Earth Fruit ability, burrowing into the ground. Like an Earthwalker, he moved through the earth.

Ten minutes later, Julian returned to the dock. Julian walked to the side of the ship. Soon, two logistics personnel lowered the ship's plank. Julian boarded the ship and clapped his hands at the two, telling them to continue their guard duty. Julian walked towards the third floor. It was already past three in the morning. Beatrice and Alice had already gone to rest. Julian took out the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia from the safe.

He took out the three Devil Fruits and began to compare them. The first was the Paramecia Bomb-Bomb Fruit. He took out another one for comparison and found it in his encyclopedia: the Paramecia Gale-Gale Fruit. Julian estimated it should be a lower-tier Devil Fruit than Monkey D. Dragon's Logia Hurricane-Fruit. The third was the Zoan Lizard Fruit, Ancient Zoan, Deinosuchus Form. Julian burst out laughing and said, "I've struck gold!"