Hiyori could see it clearly, because this was the method of rule that had been passed down through Wano Country for generations.
Simply put, the ruler and the samurai governed the land together.
Or, more accurately, the ruler and the nobles shared the land, while the samurai were merely representative figures among Wano Country's nobility—the representatives through whom the nobles and the ruler controlled the common people.
But now, the Revolutionary Army had enough grassroots officials to manage ordinary people, the commoners of Wano Country.
In other words, the Revolutionary Army no longer needed Wano Country's nobles. They had no need to compromise with them, so naturally, they intended to clear these old feudal forces out of Wano Country and leave it a clean world.
The Revolutionary Army could not be bothered to explain anything to the nobles of the old feudal world. When their fist was clearly several sizes bigger, failing to use it properly to eliminate future threats would be irresponsible toward the future.
All the major and hidden problems in Leo's former New Oriental society had arisen because it had once lacked sufficient strength and had been forced into appeasement policies. The problems accumulated by those policies over the years were like sand and gravel beneath a dam. If left uncleared, they would pile up until the dam eventually burst.
But the difference between the Revolutionary Army and New Oriental was that New Oriental's military strength had often fallen far short of being the strongest in the world. Even in recent times, when its military power had expanded, it could only barely rank behind the deeply established Bear nation.
When your fist was not big enough or hard enough, your words often carried no weight, and many people would not take you seriously. There was nothing to