"Who did it?"
"Didn't the Tile News say?"
"Stabbed in the back. Died by suicide!"
"That's a way to die?"
"Who knows?"
"I heard the new shogun is a girl!"
"I heard that too. Apparently, she's Lord Bright King's daughter."
"Ah, what a tragedy!"
Over the past few days, one major piece of news after another had swept through Wano Country, leaving the common people of every region utterly stunned. Even Kozuki Oden's death hadn't been this eventful.
Not only the shogun, but all the Daimyo of the Various Regions had died too.
The good news: Orochi was dead.
The bad news: a pirate had become shogun!
The good news: the daimyo were dead too.
The bad news: pirates had become daimyo!
Shogun Yamato, Hakumai Daimyo Good, Ringo Daimyo Blue Worm, Kuri Daimyo White Dog, Uwan Daimyo Red Sparrow, and Kibi Daimyo Tea Mouse.
With each day's Tile News, the people's moods rose and fell like a roller coaster, leaving them even more anxious about the future.
At the Shogun's Castle, workers were making repairs.
Inside the drafty shogun's office.
Good sat at the desk, reviewing documents.
A new official always started with a few bold moves, and these past few days had worn him out. Every region had a mountain of matters to deal with.
Even Blue Worm and the other three had become daimyo under his arrangements.
Yamato sat on top of the desk, swinging her bare feet back and forth and occasionally brushing against Good, trying to get his attention.
But Good ignored her completely.
The girl couldn't hold back any longer.
"Good, I want to go to Hakumai!"
"What for?"
Good didn't even look up.
Yamato raised her arm expectantly.
"To work!"
"No."
Good refused mercilessly.
The girl was shogun now. How could she go do