Pirates: I loaded a game panel

Even the other members of the Nine Red Scabbards usually called themselves "Kozuki retainers," expressing their loyalty to the Kozuki Family.

Ashura Doji, however, called himself only "Oden's retainer," making it clear that he acknowledged Kozuki Oden's strength alone.

Of course, after Kozuki Oden subdued him,

Ashura Doji, the "strongest monster in Kuri," followed him willingly and was deeply grateful to him for turning Kuri into a peaceful paradise.

However, several years earlier,

after Kozuki Oden sailed away with the Whitebeard Pirates and Kurozumi Orochi became Wano Country's new shogun,

Ashura Doji went straight back to the mountains of Kuri and resumed his life as a bandit chief.

So there really were powerful fighters among the mountain bandits of the pirate world!

When Kozuki Oden returned to Wano Country,

Ashura Doji had thought that Lord Oden, who had once turned Kuri into a peaceful paradise, would immediately drive out Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido of the Beasts.

Never in his wildest dreams had he expected a "Fool Prince" instead of a "wise ruler who would open the country"!

Kozuki Oden wanted to unshackle Wano Country, break the traditional chains of centuries of isolation, and peacefully open its borders.

Absolutely no one opposed that!

The eight members of the Nine Red Scabbards would absolutely raise all ten hands, two flippers, two cat paws, and two dog paws in support!

But shouldn't they completely eliminate the internal threat of Kurozumi Orochi and the external threat of Kaido of the Beasts before considering opening the country?

Now all he did was run out into the streets of the Flower Capital once a week to dance in a loincloth. Had he gotten addicted to dancing or something?

The other members of the Nine Red Scabbards were unwilling to criticize Kozuki Oden's behavior, whether out of