"Kozuki Oden, I'm not here to listen to your pretty speeches. I'm not interested in that Poneglyph, either. I just want to know about my Master."
Werther found Kozuki Oden growing more and more impassioned. Now he was even going on about the will of the D. Clan.
That clan had long since been swallowed by time. Werther had no idea what they still had to be proud of.
Whatever methods the World Government had used to defeat the D. Clan, they did not matter.
Only the victors were righteous. No matter how noble the losers had been, they would be branded evil.
Cut off by Werther, Kozuki Oden gave him an unfriendly look. He did not lash out, perhaps because he was wary of the Beasts Pirates' army, and continued:
"After Longliang was imprisoned, the day of his execution soon arrived.
"But Longliang was a direct descendant of the Dragon-Slaying Swordsman Ryuma, so his execution was postponed again and again.
"We'd been friends since childhood. I couldn't bear to let Longliang be killed, so I secretly set him free.
"At first, Longliang refused to flee. He was a samurai. But a decision my father made later crushed his hopes, and he chose to escape Wano Country.
"My father ordered Longliang's Family expelled from the Daimyo's Residence. If pirates ever invaded, his Family would have to be the first to confront them. That order could never be changed. Even I, as Wano Country's ruler, cannot change it. It was my father's dying command.
"Before my father died, he did two things. First, he moved the Road Poneglyph to a safe place. Even if you conquer Wano Country, you won't get it.
"Second, he destroyed every record concerning the Poneglyphs. From then on, knowledge of them in Wano Country was passed