Ares closed his eyes and thought. When he was silent, everyone in the room was too intimidated by his power and might to even breathe loudly, let alone make a sound that might disturb him.
The three daimyos sat on tenterhooks, sitting bolt upright.
All they could do was wait quietly.
Ares opened his eyes. As his eyelids parted and closed, a terrifying light that seemed to seize the soul flickered within them. "You will continue serving as the daimyos of your respective regions. As for Kuri and Ringo, I will arrange for others to take up the position of daimyo and stabilize those regions."
Hearing this, the three daimyos breathed a sigh of relief, relaxing considerably.
Ares looked at Chinjao with a solemn, serious expression and said in a deep voice, "You will temporarily remain in charge of Kuri. As for the formation of the Water Serpent Corps, we'll discuss it later. The old system must be completely changed. We can't keep lumping them together with pirates. They must have the appearance and discipline of a real army!"
"As for Ringo, Oden, you will be its daimyo."
Oden, who had been watching the spectacle and enjoying the show, changed expression and refused. "Hey, hey—the shogun, did you call the wrong person? I have no experience as a daimyo. Besides, I'm planning to challenge Wano's strongest fighters and become Wano's number-one samurai first!!"
"They don't conflict," Ares said. "As someone from Wano, the people will find you easier to accept."
In Ares's memories, Oden had originally become the daimyo of Kuri.
He had developed Kuri in a thriving and vigorous manner, which had also helped ease his relationship with Sukiyaki and restore their father-son bond.
Unlike Kuri, where most of the people were slaves, most of Ringo's inhabitants were native