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Flower Capital, Shogun's Castle.
"Gufufufufu!"
"Kaido isn't here, so this wine tastes a bit less flavorful!"
Inside the banquet hall, Orochi, served by numerous courtesans, drank and made merry with his followers, quickly becoming drunk.
Orochi raised his wine bowl and stood up, swaying drunkenly as he waved his hand. "All of you listen carefully, since you are all here, I shall repeat it once more!"
"As for the loyal samurai, we must use overwhelming force to destroy them, and absolutely not give them a chance to make a comeback!"
"Gufufufufu, I heard about Kaido's daughter opening a shop, that fellow Daichi did a truly splendid job!"
"All of you should learn from him!"
Orochi was in an exceptionally good mood.
Since Kozuki Oden's death, he had only two wishes left.
One was to completely eradicate the Kozuki clan, especially Oden's son, Momonosuke, and his retainers, the Nine Red Scabbards. The other was revenge on the people of Wano Country!
The most joyful thing for him recently was when Daichi captured more than two hundred loyal samurai in one fell swoop over a month ago.
It greatly pleased him.
It was just a pity that he did not witness the tragic deaths of the loyal samurai with his own eyes!
Orochi's eyes were as wide as brass bells.
"Do you all understand?"
"We understand, Orochi-sama!"
His retainers echoed him, trying their best not to laugh.
Here we go again!
Almost every grand banquet, Orochi would repeat the terror of the Kozuki clan, even though the Kozuki clan had long been wiped out, with only a few rats hiding here and there.
Truly timid!
Just then, Fukurokuju, the captain of the Oniwabanshu, came to Orochi's side and whispered something.
"Gufufufufu, you all continue drinking, I'll be right back!"
Orochi instructed, then went to the adjacent room with Fukurokuju, his face immediately turning grim.
"Speak, what's the situation?"
"Orochi-sama..."
Fukurokuju narrated in detail what had happened in Hakumai.
Such a large-scale construction project to build a town could not be concealed, and besides, Daichi had no intention of being secretive about it.
"Building a city?!"
Orochi was surprised and uncertain.
"Where did they get so many workers?"
"According to the Oniwabanshu's investigation, all the workers are prisoners from the Prisoner Mine, numbering around 1,000."
"And the money for building the city?"
"Orochi , when Kaido's daughter's shop opened, you specifically instructed to send ten thousand gold, plus the gifts from other guests, it's probably around forty thousand gold."
Forty thousand gold would certainly not be enough to build a city, but if there were free labor and primary material sources, it would be more than enough.
The stone from the Prisoner Mine and the forest resources of Kuri—these two things could be obtained for free.
Orochi couldn't sit still.
Using his money to build a city to spite him?
"How are they solving the food problem? Where do they get food and water!"
"Kuri's Paradise Farm!"
Fukurokuju calmly explained.
Kuri's Paradise Farm is located north of Kakura Town, specifically serving the Beast Pirates. Now that the Beast Pirates are on an expedition, their demand for food has greatly decreased, and the surplus food and water have become supplies for the Hakumai construction team.
Orochi was furious.
"What is Holdem doing!"
"..."
Fukurokuju frowned upon hearing this.
Holdem is responsible for guarding Bakura Town and supervising the Paradise Farm, but he is also a member of the Beast Pirates, and it is said that he was beaten half to death by Daichi , so how would he dare disobey Daichi .
Moreover, there is also Yamato.
"Orochi-sama, now that Kaido is leading the Beast Pirates' elites on an expedition, the Beast Pirates members remaining in Wano Country must obey Yamato-sama's orders."
"That little girl."
Orochi face became much gloomier.
He and Kaido had already reached an agreement not to interfere with each other's territories, but now Kaido's daughter was building a city in Hakumai.
In reality, apart from the Flower Capital, he didn't care about the situation in other regions, but the location where Kaido's daughter was building the city was very close to the Flower Capital, which would definitely affect the Flower Capital.
He certainly didn't want the residents of the Flower Capital to migrate to Hakumai!
There was another point.
In order to take revenge on Wano Country, he had carefully made the people of various regions live lives worse than death, creating numerous Ebisu Towns and scavenge towns.
However, Kaido's daughter's act of building a city might change this situation, especially solving the water pollution issue, which he absolutely could not tolerate.
Those commoners didn't deserve to enjoy clean water and food. They should suffer and die in regret for persecuting the Kurozumi clan!
The problem was that he couldn't directly fall out with Kaido's daughter.
After much thought, Orochi-sama temporarily suppressed his anger. "Fukurokuju, I want to see Kaido's daughter and that Daichi!"
"Yes, Orochi-sama."
Fukurokuju bowed and accepted the order.
The most urgent issue now was to clarify the true purpose of Kaido's daughter building the city. If it was just for fun, that would be fine, but if there was a deeper meaning...
Hakumai, Ebisu Town.
After half a month of effort, the formerly broken-down small town was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a large number of construction facilities and temporary shelters.
"Push harder, put more effort into it!"
"Faster, faster!"
"Send the stones over here!"
The prisoners chanted slogans, desperately pushing carts to transport stones to the east, for the construction of the largest manor within the new city, which would be the residence and office of the administrator.
Originally, they thought a more terrifying hell awaited them, but they never expected that their already despairing lives would take a turn for the better.
That was freedom!
Although there were only 10 spots each month, it was enough for them to risk their lives, like drowning people desperate to grasp a lifeline.
Moreover, compared to working in the mine, although the workload had not decreased, life was much more comfortable. Not only were there two meals provided daily, but they also had straw mats to sleep on at night.
Most importantly, there were no cruel jailers tormenting them for amusement, nor did they have to worry about suddenly being killed. Their lives and safety were guaranteed.
"Look, Daichi-sama is here!"
When Daichi-sama appeared at the construction site, all the prisoners immediately straightened their backs and worked even harder without needing to be urged.
"Brothers, let's put in more effort!"
"Don't let Daichi-sama look down on us!"
"Oh oh oh!!!"
The prisoners were in high spirits.
They knew very well that everything they had now was given to them by that man, and even Boss Hyogoro and Lord Yasuie deeply respected him.
Although that lord was a pirate, unlike other pirates, that lord was a "righteous" pirate!
Therefore, they also had to give back accordingly!
"Dahahahahaha, I'm here to help!"
Yamato lifted a stone weighing tens of tons, more than ten times her body size, and ran around nimbly, alone being worth a hundred prisoners.
Although a bit tired, the girl's spirit was extremely excited.
These past few days, sweating and working hard with the prisoners truly made her feel a long-lost joy.
She was helping the people rebuild their homes!
Night fell, at the Heavenly Abode Inn.
The owner's private bath.
Yamato, completely covered in dirt, tore off her clothes and jumped naked into the hot spring pool, splashing water all over Daichi-sama's face.
"Mmm-hmm-hmm, so comfortable!"
The girl comfortably narrowed her eyes.
After a day of work, nothing was more relaxing than soaking in a hot spring.
"This girl."
Daichi-sama sighed helplessly.
Lately, every night, Yamato would bathe with him. At first, she would be a little shy, but later she completely let herself go.
She didn't treat him as an outsider at all.
"Will this girl ever be able to get married later?"
Daichi-sama looked at the pale girl and soon felt bored.
After soaking for a while, Daichi-sama pulled the weak Yamato in front of him to scrub her body. Since Yamato is a Devil Fruit user, she loses strength in water and needs help with bathing.
"Hoo~~hoo~~"
Even snores soon sounded.
Daichi-sama's forehead twitched, and his palm involuntarily pressed into the girl's buttock, leaving five finger marks.
Why does this girl always fall asleep while being scrubbed!
Caidie came to the bath and, seeing Daichi-sama and Yamato drooling, couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle softly.
"Daichi-sama, Lord Fukurokuju of the Oniwabanshu has delivered an invitation."
"Fukurokuju... Understood."
Daichi-sama smiled.