Chapter 129 I Did Nothing Wrong!
"I have always been willing to cooperate with the World Government. After all, Wano Country is too small in comparison, and there are many places that need the support of the World Government."
Oden raised his hand, and Kikunojo, who had been waiting, walked forward slowly and poured drinks for Kevin and others.
The CP0 people are no longer surprised by such an attitude. They have been in Wano Country for three days. Since entering the harbor, it seems that the people of this country are very enthusiastic.
When they first chose to enter the harbor tentatively, they had already prepared to be blocked and retreat along the same route at any time.
But the samurai with a bun was surprisingly good when he learned of their identities, and repeatedly asked them to go to the Flower City to see the lord for a detailed discussion.
Originally, they thought there might be a trick, such as deceiving them to enter the Flower City, and then rushing out a bunch of revolutionary soldiers to surround and kill them, but in the end, nothing happened.
And the general of Wano Country, that is, the Kozuki Oden in front of him, enthusiastically expressed that he could continue the previous cooperation with Kaido.
The matter originally ended here.
However, the CP people still had another mission. Kevin, as one of the leaders, first touched the agent next to him and said that he needed to conduct an on-site investigation.
"Wano Country is not as important to the adults above as the Revolutionary Army and the Cloaked Man. Investigate everywhere first, and then come to Huadu to discuss cooperation in two days."
This was Kevin's suggestion, and it was also what the CPs originally planned to do.
Being pointed out by Kevin at this time, they felt that the navy really wanted to investigate clearly.
In the following two days, several people passed by Kuri, Linghou, and Rabbit Well Mine, which had been arranged long ago.
Kevin would even pull one or two arranged passers-by and ask the Revolutionary Army inconspicuously.
The answers CP0 got were basically unclear, but they were able to defeat Kaido and drive the Beasts Pirates out, all thanks to the reinforcements brought by Lord Oden in the outer sea.
At Rabbit Well Mine, under the guidance of inconspicuous guidance, another action captain of CP also asked several people and got exactly the same answer.
In two days, this investigation operation got a definite answer.
Kevin and another captain reported to the higher-ups:
It was explained that the Revolutionary Army left Wano after helping the country defeat Kaido. Currently, Wano is under the management of the so-called general in the country, and this general was a member of the Roger Pirates nearly six years ago.
In fact, the Five Elders knew this very well.
The year when Oden and Roger found Raftel, his face was naturally known to the World Government, and there was even an old bounty order.
It was just that before that, Kaido was in charge of Wano, and Kozuki Oden had no meaning to the World Government.
But now it’s different.
Because the Roger Pirates have been to Raftel.
So time is needed to discuss on Marijoa.
……
The General’s Mansion in the Flower City of Wano.
CP0 Rob Cassi, who is the captain with Kevin, looked at Oden who was sitting opposite him: "If I remember correctly, you should be a member of Roger's pirate group?"
Oden smiled and admitted: "I did go to sea with Roger, but now the captain has disbanded the pirate group. I am just the general of Wano Country. I need to consider the people of Wano Country."
After the voice fell, Rob Cassi stared at Oden, as if he wanted to find something in his eyes, but in the end he found that he was sincere.
At this time, after Mary Joa learned about the situation in Wano Country, the new order had not come down, so naturally CP0 could not leave.
Kevin on the side drank the sake in one gulp: "Since General Oden has been to sea before, he should know that no one in this world can go against the will of the World Government."
"Although the group of people in the Revolutionary Army helped you, they are criminals to the World Government. It doesn't matter whether we trade with Kaido or Wano Country, but you must be clear about the above, I hope you can understand."
Oden smiled sincerely: "Of course. In comparison, the Revolutionary Army is not worth mentioning to the World Government. I am the general of Wano Country, of course I have to consider the people of Wano Country."
CP0 was full of threats, but Oden was unexpectedly easy to talk to.
The meeting at the General's Mansion was a happy one, and both sides were very satisfied with each other's attitude, and Oden was even more satisfied with his acting skills.
Only after the CP0 people left, Oden wiped the sweat from his forehead with a guilty conscience.
I'm still nervous...
After all, the information sent by Mr. Zi and the investigation results of these guys will affect the survival of the entire Wano Country.
Why didn't anyone mention the power to destroy the island with one blow when they were on Captain Roger's ship?
"General, the other party doesn't seem to be leaving."
Denjiro frowned: "We have three more places to perform. If the other party stays for a long time, then..."
Kinemon said: "Can we discuss with the Revolutionary Army and let them leave Wano Country first?"
"Tsuru-tsuru-tsuru!"
With a sharp laugh, Kawamatsu looked at Kin'emon: "Do you want everyone in Wano Country to become unjust people?"
Kinemon was about to explain, but Oden raised his hand to interrupt him.
After looking at the retainers present one by one, Oden smiled: "You may have always been curious about my experience after going to sea. After all, I once landed on the final island of Raftel with Captain Roger and others."
Speaking of this, Oden breathed a sigh of relief.
"I did learn a lot there, the blank hundred years, the meaning of D, and the great changes in the future. But unfortunately, I can't tell you all of this."
"All I can say is: Wano Country is of great significance to the world, and its natural position is on the opposite side of the World Government."
"Compromise and surrender in exchange for lingering life, this is the choice that other countries and islands can make. But Wano Country will only usher in destruction."
As soon as the voice fell, the dispute that was almost caused just now dissipated.
In a few months, Kin'emon, Denjiro and others have long understood the firmness of the revolutionary army's ideology to prohibit hereditary succession, which can be said to be the most fundamental central idea of the revolutionary army.
And their loyalty to the Kozuki family made them unwilling to accept this idea, even if the lord had agreed.
But now the lord who is also trusted has made the natural position of the entire Wano Country clear, and it is obvious that their minds have been directly broken.
"Are there also people from the Revolutionary Army in the World Government's investigation team?"
Denjiro asked.
And Oden knew that he could not hide this from them. After all, the group would wander around and investigate according to the pre-arranged plan, which would be too obvious to smarter people.
"I don't know who it is, but there should be one. But judging from their attitude today, the two aggressive captains should not be them."
Oden supported his head and thought for a while, and finally waved his hand to let everyone stare at their direction.
After everyone left, Oden was still thinking about where he was not prepared, and he could check and make up for the gaps while he had time.
At this time, a gap was pushed open by the door on the side.
A little guy with a bun came in.
"Momoko, why haven't you gone to bed yet so late?"
Momonosuke pushed the door back and gently closed it, then walked to Oden and knelt down: "Father. In... I think this is an opportunity!"
Opportunity?
Oden was stunned, what opportunity?
Momonosuke felt his heart was in a panic, so panic that he had prepared a speech for two days, but now he couldn't speak because of fear.
After waiting for a while, Oden smiled and said: "You are also a member of the Kozuki clan. If you have any good ideas, you can say it. Brainstorming, isn't it?"
Brainstorming, this is a word proposed by the Revolutionary Army in the school.
Momonosuke frowned.
Although he was a little timid, he also knew that if he didn't say it now, he might never have the chance again.
"Father!"
"Hmm?"
"The Revolutionary Army is trying to cut off the roots of the Kozuki clan by using the favor to repay the favor! Why don't we take this opportunity to report the Revolutionary Army to those people?"
The moment the words fell, Oden's face changed.
But Momonosuke was getting more and more excited as he spoke, and he didn't realize that Oden's expression was wrong.
"Since those revolutionary armies want to hide, they must be unable to fight against the power behind them in terms of force! So we have a choice! As long as we expose the revolutionary army, Wano Country will still be ours!"
"The Kozuki clan has ruled Wano Country for 800 years. Those bastards want the Kozuki clan to give up the position of general just because they drove Kaido away. This is to make the entire Wano Country betray Kozuki!"
"Father! You are the general of Wano Country and the lord of the Kozuki clan. We are the rulers of Wano Country."
After saying a long paragraph, it seemed that all of Momonosuke's courage was exhausted.
Oden looked ugly and looked at his son.
Maybe he was wrong.
During the period of childhood, when her thoughts were growing up, Toki was sick and asked her to take her two children back to Kuri. At that time, Mrs. Toki needed to reverse her reputation and govern Kuri while guarding against Orochi.
For various reasons, this child became what he is now.
So the thoughts of the revolutionary army are indeed correct...
It is wrong to tie the life of a country to a family. Because no one can guarantee that the descendants of the Kozuki clan will not appear like this fool in front of him, who will lead Wano Country to destruction.
But he knows his son himself.
Even those words just now were not thought of by him.
Cowardly, without any responsibility, and no will as a Kozuki clan.
We? Ruler?
Compared to himself, even if he is only nine years old, he has already had such an obsession with power.
"Momonosuke."
"Father... Father."
Oden said in a deep voice: "Who taught you to say these? Shimotsuki Yasuie? Or someone else?"
Momonosuke was stunned, and remembered what the White Dance Daimyo said to him, so he closed his eyes and replied: "All... all I thought. As a Kozuki clan, I can't turn a blind eye."
"Can't turn a blind eye?"
Oden stood up and looked down at his son: "Is there anything you can't explain to the dead Kozuki ancestors? Can't let you inherit the position of general?"
The position of general!
Momonosuke clenched his hands, and two pictures alternated in his mind.
One is that he left the General's Mansion in Huadu, and even the Daming Mansion in Jiuli did not belong to him. In order to make a living, he could only work hard to support himself.
The other one, after inheriting the position of general, lived a life of luxury in the General's Mansion in Huadu. Whatever he wanted, someone would give it to him, even the beautiful ladies in the entire Huajie belonged to him alone.
The two flashed by alternately.
Momonosuke was very sure that he didn't want to live that kind of ordinary life. He was a member of the Kozuki clan and the future general of Wano Country.
"I..."
Momonosuke stood up and confronted his father with his eyes: "I am the only heir of the Kozuki clan and the only general of Wano Country in the future! Father..."
"General?"
Oden interrupted him: "Do you know what the responsibilities of a general are? You don't know anything. What you think of a general is to do whatever he wants like Orochi?"
Momonosuke did not retreat at all: "As the ruler of Wano Country, the lord is above everything. Isn't it right to enjoy it? Didn't father cause the so-called harem chaos when he was young?"
"This is the power given by the Kozuki family name. Enjoy power while governing this country, without any..."
"Snap!"
The arm swung out a residual image.
"Bang. Boom!"
Oden slapped Momonosuke with anger and flew him out, and the wooden sliding door was broken.
However, he was his son after all. He didn't use domineering power, and he didn't kill him with a slap.
But even so, Momonosuke's face was swollen like a pig's head, and his eyes were full of confusion and fear.
"The position of general brings responsibility rather than enjoyment. The descendants of the Kozuki clan should bring honor to the family, not use the Kozuki surname to do evil!"
Oden's voice was full of anger, and he walked towards the door step by step.
Momonosuke kept kicking his legs when he saw this, just wanting to stay away from his father.
The slap just now, the little courage he had just raised was beaten away.
He didn't understand why it was like this!
The Kang family told him that those revolutionary forces wanted to uproot the Kozuki family. If they succeeded, then from now on the Kozuki clan would no longer be the destined lord, and he would not be the next general...
But why would the father, who is also a member of the Kozuki clan, hit him so angrily?
Obviously...
The Kang family said that the father was also forced by the force of the revolutionary army to accept the so-called reform plan of those guys.
"As a general, it is my responsibility to make the people of Wano live and work in peace and contentment, and to make everyone in Wano live a better life."
"So my father is not a good general. His cowardice has caused Wano to fall into the oppression of the Beast Pirates, and the people have a hard time even surviving."
"So before you truly inherit Kozuki's will, just this surname means nothing!"
At this time, the noise just now made Kawamatsu, who was responsible for the outer security of the general's mansion, run in.
Following closely was Mrs. Toki, who was holding Hiyori.
"Clang!"
Kawamatsu saw the door being broken, and immediately appeared in front of Oden, drawing a knife to guard the surroundings.
And Mrs. Toki looked at her son who was swollen like a pig's head, and hurried forward to hold him in her arms and looked at Oden: "Is there an enemy?"
Oden shook his head slightly, and looked at Momonosuke with a confused look.
Seeing Oden shaking his head, Mrs. Toki subconsciously looked at Momonosuke in her arms: "Did you make a mistake?"
Perhaps seeing his mother coming, Momonosuke felt that he was okay again.
"I'm not wrong!"
"Father is really wrong. Lord Kang and the others are ready. Wano Country belongs to the Kozuki clan!"
As soon as the voice fell, Oden's pupils suddenly shrank, and a strong domineering aura rushed straight to Momonosuke.
At this moment, Momonosuke's eyes turned white.
He could feel that his father really wanted to kill him!
In fear, even if Oden's domineering aura was about to be withdrawn, Momonosuke trembled all over.
"What did you just say...?"
Oden walked over slowly, and even his right hand was already on the hilt of the knife.
Momonosuke trembled all over, buried his head in Mrs. Toki's arms, and shivered constantly.
"Kawamatsu!"
"General."
Kawamatsu was confused, and he couldn't remember what happened at this moment.
But the murderous intention of Lord Oden just now was indeed launched against Lord Momonosuke.
"Quickly notify the Revolutionary Army and tell them that Shimotsuki Yasuie has betrayed and should have gone to the World Government to report it. I... have failed to live up to your trust."
For a moment, everyone present except Momonosuke was stunned.
In Kawamatsu's mind, he even saw the scene of Wano Country being destroyed.
Even though the general had just told them the position of Wano Country and had made so many preparations with the Revolutionary Army.
"Bang!"
A small figure punched Momonosuke in Toki's arms to the ground, and Hiyori was full of anger at the moment.
Unlike Oden, Hiyori jumped up and rode on Momonosuke, clenching her hands and constantly greeting the swollen face in front of her.
"Do you know what you are doing, bastard?!"
"Bang!"
"Teacher Robin, and all the teachers who have been answering our questions, will be killed by you!"
"Bang!"
A bad tooth was broken out, and Momonosuke, with a mouth full of blood, looked angry and roared at Hiyori: "I want them to die! Those guys want to take away my destined position as general, why can't I resist?"
"Bang!"
A punch fell, and Momonosuke's head hit the ground heavily.
Hiyori continued to shoot left and right.
"Wano Country belongs to all the people of Wano Country, not you! Nor to the Kozuki clan!"
"Bang."
"The reason why the Kozuki clan was able to become generals was because their ancestors were recognized by everyone. And what are you? Just because of a surname?"
"Bang."
After the last punch, Hiyori stood up with a cold look.
"People like you are not worthy of being my brother!"
At this time, Madam Toki stood up and gently swept the dust off Momonosuke's body.
Momonosuke, whose eyes were so swollen that he couldn't open them, burst into tears: "Mother, I did nothing wrong, nothing wrong!"
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