During the return journey, the Genesis first dropped off Tesoro and the others on another island. This island also falls within the territory of the Beasts Pirates, and troubles seldom arise here on ordinary days.
Due to this, the former store manager of Beasts Fruits was promoted, resulting in Tesoro taking on the role of store manager by being parachuted into this position.
The majority of those working in this place are ordinary residents of the island, shouldering the responsibility of the island’s economic activity. Naturally, there were some who felt discontent towards this parachuted store manager.
However, the people of Beasts Pirates didn’t intervene in this matter. If he can’t handle even such a small issue well, then his capabilities are just this.
Meanwhile according to protocol, when Beasts Fruits’ personnel contact Beasts Pirates, they use a code name. So, Tesoro received his own code name—Giovanni. [TN: Head of team rocket who also has a Persian.]
After sailing for some time, the Genesis returned to Wano Country’s borders. In these short two months, Wano Country had once again undergone several changes.
For example, Musashi’s nursing career had ended. The first Chansey training class was completed, and she was certified as not having much talent as a nurse. However, the Beasts Pirates’ Pokémon Center and Kojiro’s trading guild were being run by the Beasts Pirates from behind the scenes.
So, Musashi was transferred to Kojiro’s trading guild, responsible for security in certain areas. Unlike the conservative locals of Wano Country, Kojiro enjoyed incorporating outside elements.
While Arceus took Yamato and the others on a trip to Sabaody Archipelago, Kojiro found some time to check out the business model of the Beasts Pirates’ affiliated islands outside Wano Country.
After he returned, he built the first shopping center within Wano Country, pioneering the model of taking goods before settling bills.
Making a couple of scanning machines with Rotom wasn’t difficult, but handling the matter of stealing was.
In any group, there are always individuals with poor character. Dealing with men is easy; he has the courage to use dogs to search their body. However, it’s more challenging when it comes to women; Sometimes he encounters shameless people, making it hard to conduct business.
Moreover, he’s a businessman. He can’t just hold a knife to someone’s neck, or no one will dare to come.
So, what he urgently needs here is a group of female employees, the kind with combat skills.
So, Musashi and her former little sisters were assigned to be Kojiro’s subordinate, becoming security guards for the Flower Capital Supermarket.
As for the members of the Beasts Pirates who remained in Wano Country, nothing noteworthy happened in their lives.
Their daily routine involves training, visiting the red-light district, or engaging in activities like fishing or fruit-picking in various villages. For those who prefer not to go out, they gather on Onigashima to drink.
And sometimes they’d mock Kozuki Oden, expressing their contempt for him. This wasn’t something Kaido specifically instructed them to do, but a normal reaction when anyone sees someone dancing like that.
Meanwhile, Shimotsuki Yasuie was done recruiting 500 reliable individuals in secret. Since this operation requires both strength and credibility, ordinary people can’t do it, so he could only resort to this covert recruitment method. Therefore, the progress was very slow.
In Orochi’s perspective, this was far from enough. There were over a thousand pirates stationed within Wano. He didn’t want his loyal subordinates to risk their lives. So, he needed for the forces of Kozuki and the Beasts Pirates to be on equal footing at the very least.
Kozuki Oden’s actions also made more and more people look at him with a strange emotion in their eyes. Except for Yasuie, who knew the truth, even his retainers found it difficult to fathom this behavior.
Only Kozuki Toki remained quietly supportive, believing that Oden’s actions must have a reason behind them. However, on this particular day, a piece of information delivered by Kurozumi Orochi raised suspicions in Shimotsuki Yasuie’s mind.
“You’re saying this is from the Beasts Pirates?”
“Yes, Yasuie-sama. It’s a list of individuals within Wano Country who are said to have been recruited by the Beasts Pirates. I think we need to find out the contents of this list; otherwise, our plans could easily be exposed, rendering Oden-sama’s efforts in vain.
“Our people can’t get onto Onigashima.”
“No need to worry about that. I’ve already gathered information about it. In order to recruit those people, they placed the list with Kojiro. It’s in a safe at his house. However, it seems the safe is a fingerprint lock.”
After a round of discussions, they believed it was necessary to obtain that list. However, this task wasn’t suitable for samurais; the task of infiltration was better suited for ninjas. Conveniently, one of Oden’s subordinates was a ninja.
Since he will have to act, he needs to be told some things. So, Kozuki Oden called Raizo aside privately. After learning about the situation from Kozuki Oden and Shimotsuki Yasuie, Raizo was suddenly overcome with tears.
“Oden-sama, to think that you had to endure such humiliation…and as your retainers, we couldn’t even understand the depths of your sacrifice. It’s an insult to us, to me.”
“Alright, Raizo. Now is not the time to cry. As a ninja, you must find a way to retrieve that list.”
“Understood, leave it to me. I will certainly complete this mission.”
While they were anxiously preparing, Kojiro remained remarkably calm. This was actually a news he deliberately spread. One purpose was to test the security level of his residence; these people need practical exercise.
On the other hand, it was also to sow discord. The list was a carefully prepared piece.
Wano Country’s ninjutsu has always been a mystery. Most people’s so-called ninjutsu were just ambushes through special tools or through training physical skills to do things that ordinary people cannot do.
Kojiro wasn’t satisfied with the security measures of his house. The patrolling people failed to detect Raizo’s presence, though Little Kai did notice him. However, in order to test the abilities of these people, Kojiro didn’t let Little Kai sound the alarm.
Raizo successfully circumvented the guards in the yard and reached the location of the safe. Looking at the location of the fingerprint lock, he took out Kojiro’s fingerprint that he had prepared in advance, placed it on his finger, and pressed it.
Kojiro frequents many places daily, so obtaining his fingerprint wasn’t difficult. But in the next moment, an electric current surged from the switch, electrocuting Raizo’s entire body.
This was Queen’s outrageous design. Although it was a fingerprint lock, as long as the fingerprint was correct, one would be electrocuted. The correct way to open the lock was to pry open the location of the fingerprint and use another key to unlock it.
According to his explanation, only those intending to steal something would try to obtain a real fingerprint. This design was perfect because normal people would never think there was a keyhole hidden beneath the fingerprint lock. This incident served as a timely test of the design.
For now, the effect seemed to be good. However, Kojiro changed the alarm to an electrocution device to make it easy to obtain the list. So, after being thoroughly electrocuted, Raizo managed to escape with the list. Meanwhile, on the corner of the list, he faintly saw the name “Hyogoro.”
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