Chapter 298: Disasters

[Eighteen years is neither a long nor a short time. The Kurozumi clan represented by Kurozumi Orochi has completely squeezed out the ecological niche of the Kozuki clan. A group of ninjas gathered around them to work for them, and they have completely completed their rule over Wano Country.

Moreover, after years of publicity, Kozuki Oden's samurai image has been reversed and has become a topic of conversation among the people of Wano Country, a synonym for cowardice, failure, and villain.

The children were playing with each other, but as for the villain Kozuki Oden, no child liked to be the villain and be bullied all the time. They would rather play the role of Kurozumi Orochi to scare the cowardly villain clown.

Not only did Kozuki Oden have a bad reputation among the common people, but at the official level under the rule of Kurozumi Orochi, through deliberately compiled textbooks, some children who had not formed a worldview knew that Kozuki Oden was a big villain and a fool, and that the samurai was not worth remembering. 】

[Mitsuki Momonosuke was only eight years old. Although his retainers put on a hat to hide his identity, he never stopped crying. For a child, the future world was full of malice towards him. The surname Mitsukuni could not be mentioned in front of outsiders, otherwise it would bring about a fatal disaster.

Wano Country has been firmly controlled by the Beasts Pirates. The idyllic life has been broken. A large number of factories have been built on the plains, and billowing black smoke is emitted day and night. Many people who came to work in Wano Country have suffered from respiratory diseases. The meager wages they can earn are barely enough to make ends meet, and they can only sell their children if they want to see a doctor.

Ordinary people living in Wano Country today will work themselves to death as long as they are not killed. Factories producing weapons are always short of labor, and because the country has always been closed to the outside world, most citizens cannot afford to escape. They can only work hard in the factories of the Beasts Pirates and contribute to the happy lives of the meat eaters.

Kurozumi Orochi has never truly loved Wano Country. He has been the general for eighteen years and has no mercy on his people. Perhaps he is just deliberately seeking revenge on those who were once subjects of the Kozuki family.

Although this man looks incompetent on the surface, he has been cracking down on the restoration forces hiding in the dark in the country. If he catches one, he will kill the entire family without mercy. He firmly believes that as long as he uses physical means to eliminate the supporters of the Kozuki clan, the Kurozumi clan's ruling career can continue.

He also heard the prophecy that Lady Toki made before her death. Perhaps others would not care about it after all so many years have passed, but Kurozumi Orochi has never let his guard down. He has a premonition that the missing Child of Kozuki might return to Wano Country one day.

For this reason, two policies were implemented at home and abroad. Internally, the number of samurai was strictly cracked down, and externally, large sums of money were offered as rewards to people dressed as samurai. During this period, many innocent people were implicated and protected Kozuki Momonosuke and his group. 】

[However, Kurozumi Orochi still underestimated the restoration forces in Wano Country. He actually sent Kozuki Momonosuke and others who had traveled back to the sea right under the noses of him and the Beasts Pirates.

Accompanied by his three retainers, Kitsune Kin'emon, Kanjuro, and Raizo, Kozuki Momonosuke set sail from Wano Country to seek reinforcements from the outside world to help the Kozuki clan restore their country.

And for the sake of safety, in order to prevent Kozuki Momonosuke's identity from being exposed, Kitsune Kin'emon and the young master called each other father and son. This was done to avoid some minor troubles, and Kozuki Momonosuke even changed his name to Momoko. 】

[After passing through informants within the Beasts Pirates and avoiding their patrol ships at sea, their original goal was to head to the Whitebeard Pirates' base. Kozuki Momonosuke wanted to ask for help from Edward Newgate.

But Kozuki Momonosuke was a little worried. He was not sure whether Whitebeard would change after eighteen years, whether he would still accept Kozuki Oden's kindness and recognize his father as a brother. If this matter was not confirmed, they would be walking into a trap.

Finally, the decision was made to sail separately. Raizo volunteered to go to Zou Island, where the Minks were located. There were two retainers of Kozuki Oden, and perhaps they could be asked to continue to be loyal to Kozuki Momonosuke.

Kozuki Momonosuke's ship was on the sea heading to the Whitebeard Pirates, but because there was no navigator on board, the three of them deviated from their route and mistakenly entered Dressrosa, entering the territory of Kaido's ally Doflamingo.

Kanjuro, one of the Nine Red Scabbards, chose a person to cover him, so the young master and Foxfire Kin'emon were able to escape. This loyal samurai was trapped in Dressrosa, and it was five years later that he was rescued again. 】

[Kinemon Kitsune, as the leader of the Nine Red Scabbards, actually got separated from his young master during the escape, leaving Kotsuki Momonosuke, who just turned eight years old, to escape alone. This is already the most unreliable person.

In order to survive, the young Kozuki Momonosuke boarded a ship with an unknown purpose. In the following days, he was completely separated from his retainers, and his action to seek help from the Whitebeard Pirates was delayed. Unexpectedly, this small accident led the boy to another life, and from then on he began his journey to become a hero. 】

[Kozuki Momonosuke was both lucky and unlucky. Fortunately, the ship he was on had many children of different ages, and he would not be caught and thrown overboard by the crew even if he hid inside.

Unfortunately, these children were experimental materials. They were tricked from their biological parents to the ship by Caesar Courant and Vice Admiral Vergo. They also used an excuse that they could not refuse. They lied that these children were suffering from serious illnesses and the Navy was kind enough to provide free treatment.

The parents chose to believe what the Navy said, thinking that not having to spend money on medical treatment was a great advantage, but they did not realize that they were pushing their own flesh and blood into the abyss. Caesar Courant was a scientist who had lost his humanity, and humans were no different from laboratory mice in his eyes.

Some of these children will undergo a gigantic experiment, which is a project funded by the BIG MOM Pirates. Unfortunately, the experiment is progressing slowly and is approaching failure. This is because the experimental materials are too weak and cannot withstand the toxicity of the gigantic agent, and often cannot survive for even a few months.

The other part of the children were Caesar Kulang's personal experimental materials. He conducted inhumane human experiments on them to observe the transformation of artificial devil fruits in the body. He accumulated experimental data step by step on the corpses of the children. In the end, the pseudo-three admirals of Bikini Bottom were able to appear one after another, thanks to the selfless sacrifice of these children. 】

[The Navy branch base has become a cover for a man-eating demon. Mass graves can be seen everywhere in the internal laboratories. Caesar Courant believes that they are all experimental waste from various races. They have lost their lives and value and are discarded at will. In the face of science, human life is just a number.

The secret laboratory has never been exposed, thanks to the naval spy Vergo who covered it up and easily deceived the multiple inspections of the naval headquarters, which also ensured that Caesar Courant, the mad scientist, would never lack experimental materials. The crimes they committed together are truly innumerable.]