Besides the red Poneglyph, there was also a huge Kozuki Family crest on the wall behind it.
But Xie Wen merely glanced at it and looked away... it had nothing to do with him anyway.
Actually, much as with Kozuki Momonosuke, although Xie Wen scoffed at Kozuki Oden's ability to govern and his naive ideas, he did not have much against the man himself.
Although Kozuki Oden had been a failure as a ruler, Xie Wen was not from Wano Country. However useless their ruler was, it made no difference to him. The reason he avoided anything to do with Kozuki Oden was entirely because of his blindly loyal samurai retainers, the people of Wano Country who pinned their hopes on the Kozuki Clan despite its already demonstrated unreliability, and that rabid fan Yamato.
Because Xie Wen simply could not understand how a ruler as incompetent as Kozuki Oden had become everyone's hope...
But considering the One Piece world's excellent matchmaking system, Xie Wen could seemingly understand it a little better.
After all, although Kozuki Oden was not a competent ruler, by Wano Country's standards-or, more precisely, Japanese standards-he could be called a heroic figure.
Because Oda had clearly modeled Kozuki Oden on Susanoo.
In mythology, Susanoo had also been willful and violent during his time in Takamagahara, and everyone disliked him. Only after he slew the drunken Yamata no Orochi was he celebrated as a hero.
Kozuki Oden had likewise initially been despised by the people of Wano Country. Only after defeating the Mountain God and unifying Kuri had he turned his reputation around. When dealing with Kaido, he had also planned to wait until he was drunk before attacking, but a spy in his group had led to a different outcome.
The Yamata no Orochi Fruit that