One Piece: Winged Dragon of the Beasts Pirates

King Ian!

Amidst the bewildered crowd, a figure draped in a black cloak quickly departed.

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Chapter 27 Kozuki Sukiyaki

2024-06-04

In the heart of the Flower Capital, inside the castle tower built atop a giant tree, in a spacious hall.

"General Ian!"

An elderly man with white hair knelt on the ground. He looked up in astonishment at the child sitting lazily on the cushion at the head of the table. "You mean to abolish the title of general?"

There were quite a few other people kneeling here with this old man, mostly middle-aged or older, dressed in neat kimonos and looking very respectable.

"Yes."

The child sitting at the head of the table, Ian, the new shogun of Wano Country—or rather, soon to be no longer a shogun—said lazily, “Don’t you think this title is inherently inferior? It will be embarrassing to meet other kings in the future.”

"Absolutely not, General Ian!"

The old man hurriedly replied, "This is a tradition that has existed in Wano Country since ancient times, and it has never changed."

This old man was a high-ranking official under the Orochi Shogunate, holding the rank of Rojū, equivalent to a general's assistant or a prime minister.

There were four officials in this position, and they were all kneeling before Ian.

The four of them followed were high-ranking bureaucrats of lower rank.

It can be said that Orochi was able to rule Wano Country in a respectable manner for so many years entirely thanks to their help.

However, it's hard to say that these guys were loyal to Kurozumi Orochi. After being invited to Ian by the Fukurokuju ninjas, they all knelt down obediently.

The old man's words were met with much agreement, and other high-ranking officials pleaded, "Lord Ian, please change your mind! Neither the Kozuki family nor the Kurozumi family has changed this tradition!"

"Therefore, both the Kozuki and Kurozumi families have been destroyed."

Ian glanced at them, and the boy, who could still be described as cute, said casually, "Do you also want to go and uphold tradition with them?"

The ministers, who had just been acting as if the ancestral laws were immutable, immediately lowered their heads, their foreheads pressed against the floor, trembling.

Ian chuckled.

In the world before I traveled there, the rulers' power came from the people and from the ruling class.

However, in this world, power can also come from one's own strength.

Ian said slowly, "From today onwards, I am the King of Wano Country. Call me Your Majesty!"

"Yes, Your Majesty Ian."

Everyone seemed to have lost their memory and became extremely compliant.

"Excellent. From now on, you only have one task: to stabilize the domestic situation."

"Yes."

The meeting concluded, and all the officials respectfully took their leave.

Isn't this pretty simple?

Ian sensed the joy of the black charcoal giant snake.

He didn't need to worry about it at all; these elite bureaucrats were capable of handling all the affairs of Wano Country and maintaining the country's operation on their own.

As a general—oh, now I should be called a king—Ian, as king, only needed to make decisions on certain important matters.

That's exactly what Kurozumi Orochi did.

There are even corresponding measures for cases where officials are corrupt and collude to deceive others.

“I will keep a close eye on them, Your Majesty Ian, and will not allow them to have any chance to act recklessly.”

After the officials left, a dark figure appeared and knelt before Ian. The gleaming bald head was so bright that it almost blinded Ian under the lights.

Fukurokuju and his ninjas are more than just fighters.

They were also Ian's eyes and ears.

He would report all the actions of these officials to Ian.

Being a king must be so easy! Teacher Kai was absolutely right.

"By the way, Your Majesty Ian, there is someone I think you should meet."

Fu Lu Shou raised his head and suddenly said.

"Oh? Lead the way."

Fukurokuju led Ian to a secret passage in the castle tower. Following the passage down, they soon arrived at the outside of a locked room.

"The man imprisoned here is none other than the former shogun of the Kozuki family, Kozuki Sukiyaki."

Fukurokuju respectfully said, "He is not actually dead. For some reason, Lord Kaido and Orochi have been imprisoning him here."

Yes, Old Deng is still alive.

His son, Kozuki Oden, ruined the entire Wano Country, and his father, Sukiyaki, was no less ruthless. In the original story, after escaping, he did nothing but live in anonymity for twenty years, letting the country languish in hell.

"Open the door."

Ian said.

"Yes."

Fu Lu Shou took out his key and opened the small door.

The space inside was surprisingly spacious. As Ian walked in, he felt a chill in the air, and the ground was damp.

Ian saw a row of shelves with lots of pretty dolls.

A man sat upright in front of the shelf, fiddling with a doll.

I remember now, this old guy is a figure collector who likes to collect cute girl dolls.

Kozuki Sukiyaki turned around and was slightly taken aback when he saw Ian.

child?

"So you've remembered me again? I thought I'd been forgotten long ago."

Ian sized up the man who spoke slowly. He looked to be around fifty or sixty years old, but his hair and beard were completely white. "What do you need me for now? Haven't you already gotten your hands on those stones that were hidden so well?"

Ian remembered that there was a passageway further down in this room, leading to a deeper secret chamber where the Road Poneglyphs of Wano Country were located.

However, Teacher Kai had already obtained that stone long ago.

The present-day Wano Country was built on the mountainside after the original Wano Country was submerged, with high walls erected around the entire country.

The secret chamber that preserved the historical text of the road signs had long been submerged.

Although Teacher Kai did not know about the secret passage, he could reach the secret room directly through the water outside the passage.

Ian suspects that this is the direct reason Jack was taken in, because he is a fish-man.

That happened a year ago, when Jack had just been brought back. At that time, he wasn't an ability user yet. Teacher Kai took him to the Flower Capital. After returning to Onigashima, Jack said that Teacher Kai had asked him to find a stone in the water.

"I've heard that the Kozuki clan is the most famous stonemason family in Wano Country."

Ian walked up to the shelf and picked up a doll.

To be honest, it didn't suit his aesthetic. It was a classic Japanese-style doll, while Ian preferred the anime/manga style that screamed "I'm so into it!"

"Yes, Your Majesty Ian."

Fukurokuju quickly replied, "The Kozuki family is not only a royal family with a long history of Japanese culture, but they are also the country's premier stonemason family."

"His Majesty?"

Kozuki Sukiyaki was stunned for a moment. He turned to look at Ian and asked, "Who exactly are you?"

Mingming is just a child!

"Standing before you is the King of Wano Country! Lord Kaido's prized disciple, His Majesty Ian!"

Fu Lu Shou dutifully introduced Ian's identity, saying, "You should remain humble in his presence!"

"king!!"

Kozuki Sukiyaki muttered to herself.

How could it be the king!

How could it be a child!

"In the end what happened?"

He asked in a panic.

"Kozuki Oden launched a rebellion, was defeated by Lord Kaido, and was executed yesterday."

Fukurokuju went straight to the point, "Kurozumi Orochi's ambitions had grown, and he intended to fight against the Beasts Pirates. He was also killed by His Majesty Ian himself. Now, His Majesty Ian is the true ruler of this country!"

"..."

Kozuki Sukiyaki's lips moved slightly, her expression blank.

Oden, is he dead?

The giant serpent is dead too?

The current general of this country is Kaido's disciple, and the country is completely under the control of the Beasts Pirates?

The doll in her hand suddenly fell to the ground, and its exquisite little clothes were instantly covered in dust.

Ian looked down at the doll. This guy has been living a pretty leisurely life all these years.

"Let's get back to the main topic."

Ian looked at Kozuki Sukiyaki, whose face was slowly filled with grief, and said, "I've also heard that the Poneglyphs were carved by the ancestors of the Kozuki family."

The sadness on Kozuki Sukiyaki's face froze at that moment.

Fukurokuju, on the other hand, was somewhat bewildered. Was there really such a thing? Even he, a native of Wano Country, didn't know about it.