The Healing Power of Fluff

The Mokomo Dukedom.

It was a wondrous country, built on the back of a giant elephant yet still able to provide for its people. Its residents were just as remarkable, like a cross between animals and humans. To Tisen, it would have been a terrible shame to visit the world of pirates and never see such a place.

After getting permission from their superiors, the two female warriors on patrol led Blackbeard and the others into their country. Perhaps they were young and had yet to experience much of the world, but despite Teach and his companions' fierce looks, it took only a few minutes for the warriors to warm to them. The sight finally put the worried Pekoms at ease.

It was only about a fifteen-minute walk from Zou's entrance to the Mokomo Dukedom, where the Mink Tribe lived. Teach and the others were far gentler than Pekoms had expected. Before long, they passed through the forest patrolled by the Musketeer Squad and entered the Minks' territory.

No one knew how the Mink Tribe had come to live on the giant elephant's back, but they had been there for nearly a thousand years. The Zou Kingdom once had two rulers: Duke Inuarashi, who ruled by day, and Boss Nekomamushi, who ruled by night. Both owed Kozuki Tamata a debt, and they had spent a long time in Wano, discussing with the remaining samurai how to overthrow Kaido. Without the protagonists and their allies, though, that lot would have trouble even getting close to him.

The samurai alliance was far weaker than it had been in the original story, while Kaido's forces were far stronger. Without the help of those favored by fate, they had no hope of turning things around, no matter what they tried.

With both rulers away