--Amigasa Port.
The sea breeze carried the scents of machine oil and salt across Amigasa Village's brand-new docks.
The aqua-blue Winter was moored there, while a few local residents marveled at it from a distance.
Some of them had seen the Red Tears six months earlier. Sailing airships had also been coming and going regularly lately, so they were merely amazed, not particularly alarmed.
Nor was this their first time seeing the Knights disembark from the Winter. For the most part, the residents were deeply grateful to them.
Most of Wano Country's residents watched curiously for a while, then went back to their own business.
They worked on the docks with smiles on their faces. They actually looked remarkably healthy and upbeat.
Human-shaped Artificial Angels dressed as samurai maintained order.
Their appearance was primarily intended to make them easier for the people of Wano Country to understand and accept.
The Mechanical Servants, which had no intelligence and only basic Logic Modules, mainly handled heavy manual labor.
They hauled heavy loads or broke through ore deposits, much to the residents' amazement.
The people of Wano Country called these metal men "Mara Puppets."
The very human-looking "Artificial Angels," meanwhile, were called "Papiyas Samurai."
At first, Wano Country's residents had struggled to adjust, particularly fearing the all-metal Mechanical Servants.
Now they had gradually grown accustomed to them, and had even begun to love and support them.
After all, the "Mara Puppets" worked tirelessly without complaint, while the "Papiyas Samurai" were fair and incorruptible.
Before long, this peaceful, orderly atmosphere was stirred slightly by news from a few well-informed people.
--That "Sixth Demon King (Great Angel)" had returned. He was visiting the "National Guardian Wisdom King" on Onigashima and would return to his territory, Amigasa Town, that afternoon.
Three in the afternoon, at the