Wano Country Guys Love to Dance

King, seeing Kaido deep in thought, continued to add to the discussion.

"Those warriors want us to be in chaos, but we will not be."

We can protest directly to Oden and demand that he hand over the people who attacked us!

"Tell Oden to hand over the hostage?" Kaido took a deep breath, somewhat doubtful. "The people of Wano are helping Oden; will he really hand him over?"

Jin sneered.

"Big Brother, didn't you make a deal with Oden that as long as he performs a nude dance once a week, we'll release 100 hostages from Wano Country?"

Now that his people have broken the rules, he certainly needs to clean house himself!

Kaido fell silent, then nodded thoughtfully.

That makes sense.

His gaze fell on Jin.

"Jin, go find Oden. Tell him he broke our agreement."

Make him hand over every single person who attacked us.

Otherwise, don't blame me for breaking our agreement!

Wano Country, the City of Flowers.

Master Oden, who had just finished a busy day, had just finished his nude dance experience for the day.

Just as he was about to put his clothes back on, he saw the Nine Red Scabbards under his command.

At this moment, they were all waiting for him in the corner, their faces ashen, clearly having something bad to tell him.

"What's wrong?" Oden asked somewhat anxiously.

The Nine Heroes looked at each other, unsure of what to say.

In the end, it was Kin'emon, the leader of the Nine Swords, who stepped forward.

"Lord Oden, one of Kaido's pirate crews' bases was attacked yesterday, and several pirates were killed."

Oden was slightly taken aback.

"That's a good thing!"

He didn't quite understand why the Nine Heroes were angry.

Jinweimen nodded with a subconscious smile.

"Indeed, this is a good thing."

The two of them laughed several times facing each other, the atmosphere quite harmonious.

Until Denjiro behind him couldn't help but kick Kin'emon.

"Oh dear!"

Kin'emon then seemed to wake from a dream, finally remembering why he had come here.

"My lord, that's not what I meant!"

His smile quickly turned into anger.

"That bastard Kaido said this attack was carried out by our samurai!"

They said we broke our agreement with them! They gave us a limited time to find the people who attacked them.

Otherwise, we will void all agreements with you, sir!

Oden's smile froze instantly.

"Impossible!"

Although Oden was somewhat puzzled as to why samurai from Wano Country would disobey his orders and attack Kaido's crew without authorization.

But he did not doubt Kin'emon's words.

After all, the Kaido Pirates are such a powerful force; they couldn't possibly be lying to him without even having properly investigated the situation, could they?

Oden simply could not accept Kaido's orders!

He agreed to dance for Kaido every week not because he liked dancing.

Oden's goal was always to protect every citizen of Wano Country and prevent Wano Country from falling into war.

But now Kaido is demanding that he hand over the people of Wano Country voluntarily, which is absolutely unacceptable to him!

"Well said!"

"Lord Oden is right!"

The Nine Red Scabbards excitedly echoed their agreement.

They had long harbored resentment towards Oden for dancing for Kaido.

It was simply because Oden was their lord.

As retainers, they could only obey; they had no way to force Oden to change his mind.

Kaido's offer to break the agreement at this moment undoubtedly struck a chord with their deepest desires.

They'd rather fight Kaido in a real battle than watch Oden dance around Orochi Castle every week.

Among them, the cat-belly snake even squeezed its way out from the crowd.

The burly man from the Mink Tribe bristled with fur and instantly transformed into his Spinosaurus form.

"Let's fight Kaido and his gang! I want to see whose firepower is stronger!"

Beside him, Inuarashi, also a member of the Mink Tribe, nodded repeatedly.

"Exactly! Are we afraid of the Beasts Pirates? We'll just sink Wano Country if necessary!"

Sink Wano Country?

Oden, who was surrounded in the center of the crowd, was startled.

Given Kaido's strength as the strongest creature in the world, if he were to truly fight Kaido to the death...

In that case, it's very possible that the war will eventually wipe out Wano Country!

The Nine Red Scabbards around him were still urging him to fight, but Oden slowly lowered his head.

"We can't fight."

His voice was very soft, but it instantly silenced everyone present.

Oden raised his head, his gaze sweeping across the faces of his nine retainers, his eyes filled with struggle.

"I am the shogun of Wano Country. I cannot easily start a full-scale war with Kaido. The people of Wano Country cannot withstand a war of this magnitude."

If protecting Wano Country could be achieved simply by making Oden lose face, he wouldn't mind doing so.

But now Kaido not only wants to humiliate him, but also wants to harm the people of Wano Country, which is something Oden finds hard to accept!

Following Oden's words, a heavy silence fell over the room.

The Nine Red Scabbards looked at each other, their faces filled with resentment, yet they couldn't utter a word in rebuttal.

Overwhelmed with anxiety, Kin'emon didn't know what to do.

He shouted in a somewhat desperate manner:

"What else can we do? Are we really going to find them and hand them over?!"

No sooner had Kin'emon finished speaking than Denjiro roared in fury.

"You can't associate with any of them!"

Denjiro, an orphan from the Flower Capital, has no family.

But ever since he followed Oden, he has always taken Oden's ideas as his own.

He could tell at a glance that Oden wanted to refuse Kaido's offer, but he didn't know how to bring it up.

In that case, as a retainer, he had an obligation to act as Oden's mouthpiece and speak the words of refusal on his behalf.

Nevertheless, Kaido's demands cannot be ignored.

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out from the crowd: Kanjuro's voice.

"Lord Oden! I have a plan!"

All eyes turned to Kanjuro.

"We can pretend to agree to Kaido's request, and then deliberately drag it out."

Oden's heart skipped a beat, and he hesitated for a moment before saying:

"Dragging it out is fine... but what if we can't drag it out any longer? We'll have to pay him back eventually."

Upon hearing this, Kanjuro's lips slowly curled up into a confident smile.

"My lord, rest assured, have you forgotten my abilities? I'll just draw a corpse for him and say that the person committed suicide out of guilt during our arrest."

Kanjuro is a user of the Paramecia-type Pen-Pen Fruit.

He can bring the things he draws to life; theoretically, he could indeed draw a corpse that is so realistic it would be hard to tell the difference.

However, as soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the crowd, who had been full of anticipation, instantly became subtle.

"Cough cough..."

Kin'emon coughed lightly and patted Kanjuro on the shoulder, carefully choosing his words.

"Kanjuro, we understand your feelings... but that..."

"What's wrong?"

Kanjuro looked around in bewilderment.

"You don't believe in my drawing skills?"

"It's not that I don't believe it..." Denjiro said with difficulty.

"The main problem is... your painting... the thing you painted... it doesn't look like it!"