Wano Country, Udon, quarry.
This was not only where Wano Country imprisoned and detained Kurozumi Orochi's rebels, but also where Governor Kaido broke powerful pirates into submission.
Anyone sent here had only two choices: submit to Kaido, or work in the quarry until they died!
On either side of a handcart, five men were struggling to move an enormous white cubic stone.
The stone was far too heavy, and the path was steep. Even exerting every ounce of their strength, the five could only inch the cart forward.
At the front of the cart, the man pulling it walked with difficulty, his face haggard and his eyes numb.
Thud!
Overwhelmed by exhaustion and hunger, the man's legs gave out beneath him, and he collapsed to the ground. The cart stopped with him.
A Beast Pirates member acting as an overseer stood nearby with a long whip in hand. Seeing the man fall, he immediately strode over, raised his whip, and lashed him twice with two sharp cracks, splitting his skin and drawing blood.
"Get back to work! No slacking off!
"If you can't work, then go die somewhere else!"
As he spoke, the Beast Pirates overseer spat in the man's face.
Even after being whipped and insulted, the man did not dare resist. He struggled back to his feet and continued pulling the cart, hauling the stone with difficulty.
There was one ironclad rule in Udon Quarry:
Prisoners were absolutely forbidden from resisting or talking back to the guards!
The first offense meant losing both hands. The second meant losing both feet. The third was immediate execution!
Furthermore, every prisoner in this jail had to perform grueling physical labor every day. No work meant no food.
But...
Even those who worked received very little food!
Only after painstakingly digging out