Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance

"Your father used to be a crew member of the Pirate King?" Luffy asked Momonosuke incredulously, and Momonosuke nodded.

"He was one of the people who knew the mysteries of the world! He even traveled with Mr. Rayleigh..." Robin said in disbelief.

"I see..." Zoro seemed to understand something. "So Donquixote Doflamingo and Caesar, who colluded with Kaido, tried to capture you in order to force that so-called mystery of the world out of you subordinates?"

"Exactly. However, Lord Oden never intended for us to bear his secret with him, so we knew nothing!" Kin'emon now hated himself for being unable to help Kozuki Oden at all.

"That's right. Even if we had known, we would never have revealed a single word! Besides, whether we knew or not, the pursuers would never let us go! Since that was the case, we had no choice but to see it through to the end! That meant facing them in battle!" Kanjuro showed no fear whatsoever. "Besides, we still have Lord Oden's dying wish!"

"Open Wano's borders!" All of Kozuki Oden's retainers shouted in unison.

"We should have sworn to protect our lord to the death... We never imagined that he would protect us instead! Now that we have lost all face and have nowhere left to hide, the only thing we can do is fulfill our lord's wish!" Kanjuro looked at Luffy imploringly.

"That is to defeat Wano's shogun and open Wano's tightly sealed borders!" Raizo also spoke pleadingly.

"This is the great cause we samurai must pursue! Wano is now almost completely suppressed by the shogun and Kaido working together!" Kin'emon said painfully. "Although a rebel force has already been organized within the country, we are still hopelessly outnumbered before the enemy's army, with no chance of victory! But we must