Fate's Hand, the Decision to Strike! (Two-in-One)

The Straw Hat Pirates' expanding forces had indeed exceeded Tsugikuni Yoriichi's expectations. He had judged the Straw Hat Pirates to be "no threat," but once their strength truly reached that level, Yoriichi, as the Marines' chief of staff, had no choice but to consider the threat this massive force posed to his plans.

The Straw Hat Grand Fleet had surpassed ten thousand men. Intelligence from Whole Cake Island showed that the Giants' Giant Soldier Pirates and the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates had also joined the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, becoming aids to Straw Hat Luffy.

Although their numbers appeared far inferior to the Marines', the pirate crews that had now become part of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet were all pirates who had roamed the New World.

Anyone who could survive in the New World under the New Marines' rule was unquestionably formidable.

What was more, Tsugikuni Yoriichi already had a certain understanding of the strength of those remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates.

Yoriichi had personally dealt with the people of Wano Country. They had promised him that they would never become enemies of the New Marines, that they would remain peacefully in Wano Country and live ordinary lives.

But now, it seemed...

With Straw Hat Luffy's appearance, the promise Oden had made to Tsugikuni Yoriichi years ago was about to become void.

After giving it some thought, Tsugikuni Yoriichi could roughly grasp Kozuki Oden's state of mind. At their core, the Kozuki Clan of Wano Country was not much different from Kuma's Bucaneer clan.

The shoguns of Wano Country throughout the ages had also been tightly bound by the ghosts of the past. They had kept the country closed off for so many years, all to wait for the so-called opportunity to "open the country."

But in truth,