Ashura Doji's skin broke out in goosebumps, and a huge wave surged through his heart. What the hell!?
"How could someone from the outer seas be this powerful? He sent that Kozuki Oden flying with a single punch, and who knows how far he went..."
He was stunned!
Ashura Doji was completely stunned!!
He had just exchanged blows with Kozuki Oden, so he knew perfectly well that Oden was a formidable opponent with tremendous strength. Yet he had been defeated with a single punch...
The gap in strength...
It simply made Ashura Doji's heart tremble with fear!
When Ares's huge, bell-like eyes turned toward him, Ashura Doji couldn't help shuddering. Fear appeared on his face.
Cold sweat streamed down his body.
His voice trembling slightly, he asked, "You..."
"What exactly are you trying to do!? There's nothing in Kuri—no food, no treasure, only a group of thugs and refugees who struggle every day just to survive and fill their stomachs..."
Kuri... This place had no value or profit at all.
Ares sized up Ashura Doji, then said, "I want to represent the Tsukino Family and rebuild Kuri!!"
"Rebuild... Kuri!?" Ashura Doji's expression froze. He had never expected that this "big guy" who had returned from the outer seas would actually plan to rebuild the Kuri region.
Ares wore a serious and sincere expression as he continued, "At present, I don't know much about the Land of Wano. Ashura Doji, I need your help. I hope you'll join us and rebuild Kuri together!!"
"And..."
"Open the Land of Wano... to the world!!!"
Ares knew very clearly that he was not yet familiar with the Land of Wano. What he knew of the plot all came from events that would happen decades later.
He needed Ashura Doji's knowledge of the Land of