Denjiro, always exceptionally clever, understood in an instant and explained it to everyone.
"Looks like the intelligence I received wasn't false. Orochi and Kaido's relationship is rather delicate now as well. This may be our chance. If Lord Oden could, at a time like this..."
But after saying that, his expression instinctively darkened again.
Their lord now even called his own retainers good-for-nothings. That alone was enough to show what state Oden was in.
Could they really restore their lord to the once peerless daimyo of Kuri, unite with the other daimyo, and resist Orochi and Kaido?
Just then, Kanjuro, dressed like a kabuki actor with a brush strapped to his back, spoke up.
"Um, I wonder if I may say something..."
Everyone was slightly surprised, unsure why Kanjuro had suddenly stepped forward. Ye Mu, however, glanced at him with interest.
"Go ahead..."
"Um, first, please forgive what I'm about to say. But if Lord Ye Mu could help us drive Orochi out of Wano Country, wouldn't that save Wano Country all the same? Even if Lord Oden remained as he is, we would still have Lady Toki and Lord Momonosuke..."
To be honest, what Kanjuro said at that moment could indeed be called outrageously disloyal. To the other Nine Red Scabbards, who revered Oden as though he were their faith, it was outright betrayal. Yet none of the Nine Red Scabbards could bring themselves to be angry. Instead, some of them—especially scoundrels like Ashura Doji, who had been born in Kuri and had seen the dark realities of life—began considering whether the plan was feasible.
The answer was that it was highly feasible.
Compared with Lord Oden, who only wanted to go out to sea and could even abandon his country and people for his so-called dreams, Lady Toki