"Listen up, you fools of Wano Country! I know there are still plenty of Oden's surviving followers hiding among you!"
Holdem raised his arm and announced loudly to the crowd below the platform:
"See this kid? He's Momonosuke, the son Oden left behind!"
"Take a good look, you pathetic samurai! This is the end of the twenty years you spent waiting, hoping to defy Governor Kaido!"
The voice from the platform continued, and an uproar had already broken out in the crowd.
A few people gritted their teeth in secret, their fists trembling uncontrollably. Their eyes were filled with a complex mix of fury, despair, and resentment.
Most people, however, looked bewildered. Hadn't Oden's entire family been wiped out more than twenty years ago? Their gravestones even stood at the ruins of Oden Castle.
Even if one child had miraculously survived, how could he still be so young after twenty years?
Most people didn't understand.
Even so, Holdem's words weighed heavily on them, like a dark cloud hanging over every heart.
[Twenty years under the moonlit sky, nine shadows descended from the heavens]
This poem had circulated in secret across Wano Country after Oden's death. It was said to be a prophecy, foretelling that one day Wano Country would see the dawn.
"Come to think of it, it's been exactly twenty years this year, hasn't it?"
"Ah, now that you mention it, you're right."
"So much has happened over the past couple of days. I wonder what's going to become of this country."
Scattered whispers passed among the crowd.
Kurozumi Orochi had only just been assassinated last night, and today this news had come to light.
The blazing sun beat down at noon, yet the heat made people feel inexplicably cold. A sense of an approaching storm rose in their