The Spark

The news of the Beasts Pirates' destruction in the kingdom had barely settled when another report sent shock waves across the world the next day.

God had destroyed a kingdom famed for its swordsmanship.

This was a kingdom that had never even taken the World Government seriously. Now it lay shattered, its people nearly wiped out.

Several news agencies condemned God as utterly inhuman. Of all the people of Wano Country, fewer than one in ten had survived.

How many people lived in a country? How many of them were children or elderly? Now they had all been reduced to ash by God's Nuclear Explosion.

On a prosperous island beneath the kingdom's flag in the New World, three people stared at the report in grief.

"Young master, Wano Country... Wano Country..."

The tall man had thick red hair, a high-bridged nose, and full lips. As he read the newspaper, his eyes turned red.

A samurai stood beside him.

The three were Momonosuke, Kin'emon, and Kanjuro. They had planned to go to Zou to find Raizo, but a recent report said Zou had gone to the kingdom, so they had changed course.

Then, on the way, they received the devastating news. God had destroyed their country. They might be the only people of Wano Country left alive.

"Damn it... Our country..."

Momonosuke gripped the report, tears filling his eyes. Despair covered his face.

"Young master, are we still going to the kingdom?"

Kin'emon ground his teeth. Looking at the cold-blooded man in the report, he wanted to tear him limb from limb.

"We are. And we're going to make God pay."

Momonosuke's face hardened as he made his decision.

"But God is beyond us." Kin'emon did not want his young master throwing his life away.

"We still have Nekomamushi and Duke