What had once been Wano Country was now Dragon Island.
Wano Country had been destroyed in the wake of that disaster.
The plague had passed, and the surviving residents of Wano Country gathered to rebuild their homes.
Those who gathered from across the country numbered fewer than twenty thousand, not counting the hundreds of thousands of residents under the Overlord Dragon Pirates' rule.
Kozuki Oden had returned to Wano Country with a smile, only to be greeted by this sight.
And that was not all. His father, Kozuki Sukiyaki, was dead. Only a few daimyo, a handful of samurai, and some of Wano Country's residents were still alive.
Under the leadership of those daimyo, the survivors scattered across the Flower Capital, Ringo, and northern Kuri had gathered to live in Kibi.
This country was finished.
Once Kozuki Oden learned what had happened, he was utterly furious.
The war started by the Kurozumi Family had inflicted devastating losses on Wano Country.
The battle between the CP0 Chief and "Overlord Dragon" Zack made it clear to Kozuki Oden that neither of those two factions was free of blame.
The Kurozumi Family had most likely colluded with the Overlord Dragon Pirates and the World Government, reducing Wano Country to its current state.
He wanted to go after the Kurozumi Family, but they had already moved away from Wano Country to parts unknown. Only a small number of their people remained in the Overlord Dragon Pirates' territory.
Inevitably, Kozuki Oden and "Overlord Dragon" Zack fought a great battle in Udon.
The proud Zack did not let the other members of his pirate crew intervene.
Although Wano Country's remaining forces were not insignificant, they no longer posed a threat to the Overlord Dragon Pirates.
The two fought for three days.
Against Zack, who had been