But the sea is unpredictable, who could have thought that the invincible Kaido would perish at sea...
"Jack."
"Big brother King." Jack looked over.
King opened his eyes, "Let's join, since it's big brother Kaido's request, we'll follow his will and join the Disaster Pirates."
"Yes, Jack, us Three Calamities, it's better not to change." Queen continued.
"Big brother Queen..."
Jack glanced at Queen again, finally lowered his head, "I understand, since both big brothers said so, I'll join you, Sage... leader!"
The Three Calamities have joined, and the remaining Flying Six had no reason to refuse.
Black Maria, after the Three Calamities relented, had to join too. As for the siblings, Page accepted quickly, but Ulti couldn't accept it temporarily. However, seeing her brother accept, she could only agree.
They were raised by Kaido and were, in some ways, more like Kaido's daughter and son than Yamato.
"Hahaha, I won't treat you poorly! You'll have better treatment and more freedom than before!"
After laughing heartily, Sage looked at Yamato sitting there, "And you, Kaido's daughter... how strange, I hear you want to kill your own father to help the enemy?"
"What enemy! Kaido is the enemy! I want to become Kozuki Oden, and then open Wano Country!"
Yamato asserted, "Wano Country will definitely open!"
"Of course, under my rule, this place will definitely open up, just not in the way you think."
Sage said, laughing again, "You truly don't seem like Kaido's daughter, more like Kozuki Oden's daughter, compared to you, Ulti is more like Kaido's daughter."
"Of course!"
Ulti stood with her arms akimbo, head held high, "I won't be like certain someone, only knowing how to rebel!"
"Wano Country is Kozuki's Wano Country!"
Yamato glared at Sage, "Kaido is just an invader! And so are you!"
"On the sea, only the victorious become kings and the defeated are bandits, Wano people can certainly see me as an invader, but as long as I keep winning, they still have to acknowledge me."
Sage laughed, "This place has a long history, but history is also created by people, maybe even before that, Kozuki were invaders too. As long as you win, everything is open to interpretation!"
"Someone with no resistance, yet foolishly believes a prophecy after just one defeat, is it worth it? He's still a daimyo, not even a general."
"You, a daughter of Kaido, are naturally an enemy to Wano Country. Do you really think by helping them fight against Kaido, they will trust you? You hold a natural position, if you don't have power yourself, you will never be accepted by Wano Country!"
Sage stroked the wolf fang club, saying, "I call the Emperor of the Central Plains made by the heavens, such mediocrity is beneath that, right?"
"You won't succeed!"
Yamato, with the seastone chains, stood up and shouted, "Even if I die, I will defeat you and let Wano Coun..."
Bam!
Sage wielded the wolf fang club, striking her with force through the air, with one blow making Yamato completely collapse and fall unconscious.
She was already in a severely injured state, coupled with the properties of the seastone, unable to resist the blow.
"Completely brainwashed... what's wrong with this country."
Sage shook his head, "The Straw Hat here is parasitized by Nika, and Kaido's daughter, the next governor of the Beast Pirates, is parasitized by Kozuki Oden."
"And Roronoa Zoro."
Lily chimed in, "He seems to be parasitized by a sword, is this a land of curses?"
"Curse? Under the power, any curse must yield!"
Sage sneered, "Forget it, bloodlines are ultimately inferior to will. I initially thought of sparing you, but seeing how you are, you seem to want to destroy, let's just execute together."
"What are you planning to do?"
King glanced at Yamato, then looked at Sage, "The resistance here is very serious to us, even big brother Kaido only supported a puppet, but Kurozumi Orochi has been executed by big brother Kaido."
"No, our people found him, along with Kozuki Oden's son, Kozuki Momonosuke."
Lily said, "Kurozumi Orochi is an ability user of the mythical Yamata-no-Orochi, a heads representing sacrifice, it won't die unless all are killed."
"Oh?"
King showed a hint of surprise, "Then let him continue as the puppet..."
"No need for that."
Sage waved his hand, looking at Lily, "Lily."
"Overall numbers, already came out before, there are 5000 samurai in resistance, influenced ability rebels are 300 people, but whether ability user Kurozumi Tama would surrender is uncertain, let's temporarily ignore. The Beast Pirates' forces plus allied samurai forces now have 23,000 left, with 7,000 samurai remaining, the rest are Beast Pirates' subordinates."
The war in Wano Country is the operation with maximal forces, previously Kaido planned to hold a grand celebration here and, through this opportunity, completely rule Wano Country.
In terms of numbers, all his forces are gathered here, originally could have been 30,000 altogether, but due to battles, many were lost.
"Five thousand samurai... not much in numbers, clean them up."
Sage spoke casually as if pulling weeds, "First eliminate these rebels, then do what you're good at, Lily."
"Understood." Lily nodded as those present subconsciously held their breath.
There's a feeling that this woman carries a bloody aura that makes hearts tremble.
"Kill everyone?!"
Queen widened his eyes, "That would cause trouble! The people of Wano Country might rise in rebellion because of it."
"This is what makes me different from Kaido; he's still afraid of certain things, although he probably wouldn't admit it, ideas formed from growing up in a similar environment are not easily changed."
Kaido is also someone of a logical loop.
Wanting to bring all noble kings into the battlefield, essentially acknowledging the specialness of the noble king, that leads to such thinking.
Sage does not have that.
The simplest way to deal with these people is to clean them, clean enough and naturally someone will surrender, consolidating his rule.
Tradition is often descended to accepting conditions.
While Lily's approach is even harsher, she doesn't allow surrender.
"Supposed Wano peoples are all stubborn, how is that possible, if it was true, there wouldn't be samurai joining Kurozumi Orochi."
Sage chuckled, "In a way, this place is a colony, a colony has its uniqueness, don't need to consider too much for them, cleaning them will do, cleaning them and they'll understand. As for those who can't understand, they had already died when Kaido came, the remaining ones are just remnants."
Those who refuse to surrender, indeed are present.
But now, they're not many.
Kaido put a lot of efforts to conquer Wano Country, it inevitably involved a massacre, killing off those who didn't surrender, leaving only those who did.
"What do we do with Kozuki Momonosuke?"
Lily said, "Gin controlled him, he's not the rumored eight-year-old child, now looks twenty-eight."
"Didn't I say, execute together, bring out a few typical ones and finish them in front of everyone, to make these people completely give up on their fantasies."
Sage said, "Though they will say things like bloody, butcher, inhumane, but I generally call it efficient."
Kozuki Momonosuke, actually Sage doesn't care much, but since he's here, to prevent anyone from holding onto hope, killing directly is best.
That guy, though psychologically is an eight-year-old child, now he appears to be twenty-eight, twenty years' time, whether ability-related or not, should be this large.
He spread his hands, "Let's do it like this, after conquering Wano Country, let's hold a banquet. Since you all are here, start a banquet to foster relationships and announce to the world... the first half is mine!"