Wano Country.
Flower Capital.
The most prosperous city, and the place where the rulers lived.
After Oden returned and discovered that Kurozumi Orochi had seized the shogun's position, Orochi joined forces with the Beasts Pirates to build numerous weapons factories in Wano Country, making the pollution increasingly severe.
With Oden's strength, he could have resisted completely.
But to rescue the hostages in Kuri, he was ultimately tricked by Kurozumi Orochi and lost his dignity, dancing beneath Orochi Castle once every week.
When Oden first returned, many of Wano Country's residents had placed their hopes in him.
Some even regarded Oden as their Savior.
But after he danced again and again, the residents who didn't know the truth went from respect and admiration to disappointment, and even gradually began to hate him.
It was tragic.
"Lord Oden, how did you become like this?"
"Why did you give in?"
"You've really disappointed us!"
"Shameful!"
On the busy, prosperous streets, many Wano Country residents in kimonos watched Oden dancing in the middle of the road, completely naked and like a clown. Their faces were filled with disappointment and anger.
This man was supposed to be their Savior.
But now he had become a clown.
The greater their hope had once been, the deeper their disappointment was now.
Their reverence had turned into even greater loathing.
That was human nature.
"Lord Oden."
"Damn it."
"If Kurozumi Orochi and the Beasts Pirates weren't holding the hostages..."
In the crowd, Oden's Nine Red Scabbards—Kin'emon, Raizo, and the others—fought back tears as they watched the person they admired most lose his dignity. The humiliation made their chests feel as if they would burst.
When a lord was humiliated, his retainers should die for him.
But all they could do was watch.
If they could, they would charge