On the other side, in Orochi’s residence, he angrily flipped the table after Kaido and others left.
“What sort of partner is this? They are nothing but robbers! Robbers!”
“Orochi-sama, pirates are originally sea robbers, and isn’t this what you wanted? Our aim is to take revenge on the entire Wano Country, and it is only through the strength of these ruthless individuals that we can achieve it. Only with formidable strength can we stand up against Oden.”
Kurozumi Higurashi wasn’t angry, but instead explained the pros and cons.
“Plus, now that Kaido is here, we can open more factories.”
They were not worried about the daimyos rebelling, as long as Kurozumi Orochi had the title of proxy Shogun, those people would not act directly. Kaido’s strength was prepared to prevent any future issues.
“We will recover all of our losses from those commoners, Orochi-sama. Therefore, I ask that you exercise patience for the time being.”
“I know, you all can leave now. I need to rest.”
But today was destined to be different. As soon as Orochi closed his eyes, he saw a terrifying ghost coming towards him. He was so scared that he instantly sat up and hit the wall behind him.
Scary Face left by Arceus was destined to give him a nice dream, but it was nice only for Arceus.
Under the influence of Arceus’ Scary Face, Kurozumi Orochi couldn’t sleep all night. Every time he closed his eyes, he would see all kinds of monsters, and they became more and more terrifying as time passed.
At first, it was just monsters, but later, the things he feared most appeared, such as Kaido holding a club, Kozuki Oden burning with anger, and daimyos discovering the truth.
It wasn’t until the sun rose that Scary Face left behind by Arceus slowly dispersed, but just as the drowsiness began to set in, someone walked in.
“Who let you in?”
“Orochi-sama, you said yesterday that we should report any new developments to you immediately.”
“Speak up. What did those guys do? Did they burn a house or kill people, or did they have a conflict with a daimyo?”
“Well… none of that. They forcibly bought a courtesan’s house and put your name on the bill….”
“What did you say?!” Orochi felt something was off. He brought these pirates in to have them attack the people of Wano Country, preferably by robbing them clean. But now it seemed like these pirates were specifically targeting him.
The event that occurred last night in the Red-Light District of the Flower Capital was not a secret. Besides Kurozumi Orochi, Shimotsuki Yasuie, Shimotsuki Ushimaru, Uzuki Tempura, and Fugetsu Omusubi, all received the same news.
This made them curious about the Beasts Pirates and what kind of force they really were.
Meanwhile in Kuri, the daimyo Kozuki Oden had already gone out to sea, leaving only his retainers behind. They only knew that Kurozumi Orochi brought a group of foreign pirates, who were reveling in the Red-Light District all night. They were unaware of anything else.
The next day, Orochi requisitioned a group of craftsman and laborers in the name of Wano Country’s proxy Shogun and sent them to an isolated island in the inland sea to build a new territory for Kaido. Riko and Maria were also brought back by Kaido, adding another infant to the Beasts Pirates’ care.
However, Maria’s mother was also present, so her treatment was much better than Jack’s.
The reason Kaido bought the courtesan house was to gather information. Although the number was relatively small, there were also some women among the ordinary members of the Beasts Pirates. Kaido sent them to manage the establishment while gathering information.
Babanuki also led a group of people to Mogura Port to guard Wano Country’s gateway with the people there. Since Orochi did not fully trust Kaido, he requested that both side’s people guard the place together.
Kaido did not refuse him, as it wouldn’t take too much effort to deal with those people anyway.
Then, as planned, Orochi began building weapons factories within Wano Country. He understood the principle of boiling a frog in warm water, so he did not take a too aggressive approach at first and only built factories in the empty areas of each village.
With Kaido’s military support, Orochi became more daring, but he overlooked some details. Although the people of Beasts Pirates would settle some of the troubles for him, they would always emphasize that these were Orochi’s orders and they were only acting on his orders.
After a period of time, Kaido’s territory had been renamed Onigashima, and the island was bustling with a large number of craftsmen working with enthusiasm, without any signs of dissatisfaction.
According to Wano Country’s rules, Shogun has the right to conscript labor, and these people were sent by Orochi under this pretext. However, on the Beasts Pirates’ side, they became paid workers.
As for where their salary came from, Queen was currently demanding the payment from Kurozumi Orochi, and he brought his Plague Bullets with him, implying that he would resort to violence if he was not given the money.
Meanwhile, Arceus was currently focused on animal husbandry. They had acquired a piece of land in Kuri. As Kozuki Oden was not present, there is no official administrator of Kuri, which allowed Orochi to intervene in the situation more easily
When Kaido asked for a piece of land suitable for farming and breeding, Orochi readily gave them a section of land in Kuri, hoping for a more direct conflict with the Beasts Pirates after Kozuki Oden’s return.
Shortly after arriving in Wano Country, Beasts Pirates discovered that the beef here tasted better, so they purchased a large amount of local cattle from Wano Country, some of which were modified into Miltank.
Previously, the newly released dairy products of Beasts Fruits had received a good market response, so this time they were ready to expand production. After receiving feedback from others, following the dairy products and fruits, Arceus decided to add the third product to Beasts Fruits – meat products.
Using Orochi’s name, they obtained several cattles that others were unwilling to sell, which were then modified into Tauros. Tauros bred normally with Miltank to produce Pokémon offspring. At the same time, Tauros also crossbred with local cattle to breed a second-generation cattle with Tauros bloodline.
These cattle are then exported as beef, which Arceus named as a local specialty of Wagyu.
Meanwhile, the actions of the Beasts Pirates appeared on the table of Kurozumi Orochi.
“They’re planting trees and raising cattle?!”
According to Orochi’s plan, Wano Country’s weapons will definitely sell well outside, and when Kaido sees the profits, he will surely expand the factories crazily. By that time, the entire Wano Country will become a weapon production country.
And when the factories had occupied all the arable land, the citizens of Wano Country would enter a state of food shortage. Although this cannot be achieved overnight, the process should still be visible.
However, Orochi found the current situation to be quite wrong. He thought that Kaido would join forces with him to exploit the commoners of Wano Country, but he is currently clearly developing the livelihoods of the people of Wano Country by sucking his blood!