One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

The two fleets sailed side by side. After arriving in Wano Country, since the ships had to go upstream to climb the waterfall to enter, the Ugly Emperor used a little trick, claiming that his fish-man pirates and flying beast-taming mercenaries had been lost in the previous battle and were now unable to help.

So the Big Mom Pirates had no choice but to control several giant carp to drag the Queen Mother Anthem up the waterfall. As a result, they were ambushed by the fish-man pirates that Sabo had arranged in advance, and fell from the top of the waterfall several times. During the process, even Charlotte Linlin disappeared.

While the pirates of Whole Cake Island were leaderless, the Ugly Emperor had already secretly ordered everyone to turn around and set sail towards Whole Cake Island, which was so weak in terms of military strength that it could be described as completely undefended.

Even though they never actually fought the old woman, Bucky's henchmen were convinced that it was just that the Ugly King disdained to beat up the old woman.

Buggy dared to launch a sneak attack on Whole Cake Island because he had already figured out the Big Mom Pirates' lineup during their voyage.

Charlotte's eldest son, Perospero, along with Katakuri and Smoothie, all sailed with the fleet this time. The fleet included almost all the top fighters of the Big Mom Pirates, except for Cracker, one of the Sweet Commanders, who was left behind in Whole Cake Island to lead the biscuit soldiers in defending the territory.

The Big Mom Pirates are currently in a state of chaos due to their mother's disappearance. It's estimated that even if news of Buggy's Express attacking Whole Cake Island arrives, they won't return to help, because the core of Whole Cake Island has never been the territory, but rather their mother, Charlotte Linlin.

The mother is in very bad condition. She fell off the boat while climbing the waterfall and was not rescued in time, causing her to lose consciousness completely after falling into the water.

When Charlotte Linlin woke up, she was not greeted by Chopper and Tamako's healing, but by the fishmen of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet taking control of her.

Even though the old lady was restrained by sea stone handcuffs, she still managed to overwhelm the Straw Hat Grand Fleet members with her sheer physical strength.

But as soon as Sabo arrived, he quickly ordered his men to lure her into the water again, and she fainted once more.

Charlotte Linlin, who had just woken up, had been rescued and taken to Onigashima. She was looking forward to fighting Kaido, whom she hadn't seen in years, when Kaido told her that he didn't have time to fight her now because Luffy and his crew had already chased them from Wano Country to Onigashima.

After a crushing defeat, Luffy and Ace became even stronger and escaped the mine with Law and Kid.

Luffy and his crew fought Kaido in Wano Country, and with the help of four powerful allies—Ace, Sabo, Law, and Kid—Kaido was forced to retreat to Onigashima.

The group of warmongers chased after them relentlessly. Yamato, who had been reunited with Ace after a long separation, stayed in Wano Country, saying that she would help the people of Wano Country overthrow the dark rule of Kurozumi Orochi.

To Yamato's surprise, Orochi should have put up a stubborn resistance, after all, he was legally the shogun of Wano Country and had indeed amassed a considerable fortune over the years.

But for some reason, this general remained stubbornly inside the castle tower, refusing to come out, until the entire Kuri region of Wano Country rebelled and the rebel army stormed into the Flower Capital, at which point Orochi finally revealed himself.

Yamato, leading a group of Wano Country samurai, completely surrounded the castle tower. Kurozumi Orochi looked down at the dark mass of samurai below and asked, "Why are you rebelling against me? Haven't I treated you well?"

Yamato was the first to speak, shouting, "Kurozumi Orochi! You shameless scoundrel! What kind of lives have the people of Wano lived during all these years you've been shogun?! How dare you say you've been good to everyone?"

To be honest, there weren't many samurai surrounding the castle tower, maybe a thousand at most. Most of them were laborers carrying hoes and pickaxes.

Kurozumi Orochi said in a strange tone, "I may not be very kind to ordinary people, but I'm quite good to samurai, even better than Kozuki Oden. Why would they rebel against me?"

Yamato was almost amused by his shamelessness: "You're a general for the people of Wano Country, not for the samurai! What good is it if you only treat the samurai well!"

Orochi shook his head: "Ordinary people won't cause trouble as long as they have food to eat, but samurai are different. They want more, and if their appetites are not satisfied, they will turn on their masters. Isn't this the situation now?"

The surrounding samurai shouted and cursed loudly, but Kurozumi Orochi remained unmoved: "Whoever sits in my position as shogun will try to win over the samurai class. But Wano Country's resources are limited. The samurai's appetites are not enough. Should I give up my position as shogun to them?"

"So the only option is to exploit the common people. Yamato, it's not that I want to exploit the people, it's that these samurai are forcing me to do it!"

"Now that they see pirates causing trouble, they immediately jump out and join me in opposing me, but they are clearly the ones who are the real culprits exploiting the people!"

Yamato is straightforward; he feels there's definitely something wrong with what Kurozumi Orochi said, but he doesn't know how to refute it.

Kurozumi Orochi laughed loudly, "So what if you overthrow me, the shogun? Bring back the descendants of Kozuki Oden?"

"He's just another version of me, still trying to win over the samurai. Does that mean the common people will live a better life?"

The farmers, who had initially been coerced into coming, were now wavering, and their gazes toward the leading samurai were beginning to turn hostile.

Kurozumi Orochi laughed wildly, "Anyway, my time as general is coming to an end. Didn't you say I don't care about the people?"

"Very well! Today I will be a good general who rids the people of this scourge!"

"Listen up, all people of Wano Country! I, Kurozumi Orochi, am about to issue my final order as Shogun!"

"From this day forward, Wano Country will no longer be divided into classes! No samurai or shogun will be allowed to sit above the masses!"

"From now on, everyone in Wano Country will be treated equally, with no more class distinctions. Are you all satisfied now?"

Yamato was thrilled, feeling that Orochi had finally done something worthwhile, when he heard a series of loud shouts beside him:

"No! We don't agree!"

Chapter 49 Provocation

Yamato was momentarily dazed. The samurai who had just fought alongside him were now all contorted with rage, shouting their opposition to this decree that sounded so beneficial to the country and its people.

"The samurai class is the oldest tradition of Wano Country! Without samurai, can Wano Country still be called Wano Country?!"

Kurozumi Orochi explained at the opportune moment: "Who said that samurai should disappear? I just said that samurai should be on equal footing with ordinary people in the future. They can't just laze around all day and rely solely on their strength to make ordinary people work hard to support them. Isn't that what you're pursuing?"

A samurai shouted, "Kill him! Kill this sinner who wants to change the laws of our ancestors!"

Kurozumi Orochi laughed loudly: "I said I wanted to protect your samurai class, but you disagreed. You told me that the people weren't living a good life. Now that I want the people to live a good life, you disagree again!"

"Actually, it's never been me, the general, who makes life difficult for the people, but rather those daimyo who control their own territories, and those samurai who do nothing!"

Yamato was deeply shocked. She had longed for the legends of samurai since childhood, and even called herself Kozuki Oden because of her admiration for the samurai culture.

But when he finally arrived at the castle tower and joined the people of Wano Country in their plan to overthrow Kurozumi Orochi, who had killed Kozuki Oden, he tore off the fig leaf of Bushido with just a few words.

The thousands of samurai knew they couldn't let Kurozumi Orochi speak again. Today, Kurozumi Orochi was like a completely different person. If he provoked them any further, these peasants behind him might turn around and attack them.

The leading samurai cleaved the heavy gate of the castle tower in two with a single slash, and a group of people rushed in to fight against the Orochi Oniwabanshu, the guards recruited by Kurozumi Orochi.

The two groups were engaged in a fierce battle. Wano Country is, after all, a country that produces famous swords and swordsmen. The samurai are extremely strong, and almost everyone can master Armament Haki. A few can even use advanced techniques like Ryuo.

However, the wild samurai, in terms of both weapons and swordsmanship, could not compete with the retainers recruited by the current shogun, Kurozumi Orochi. Although they had a slight advantage in numbers, the castle tower was not large enough to accommodate thousands of samurai. In close combat, they were basically fighting one-on-one, and the rebellious samurai quickly fell into a disadvantageous position.

Not long after the fighting started, these samurai realized they couldn't keep adding fuel to the fire. They needed a strongman who could take on a hundred men to break through the defensive formation, or they needed to send cannon fodder forward to wear down Orochi's Oniwabanshu.

They looked back outside and saw that the extremely tall, horned beauty was a highly skilled fighter, while the tens of thousands of laborers who had been coerced and instigated by these thousand-plus warriors from various places were excellent cannon fodder.

But just one glance made my heart sink.

The female expert named Yamato was currently in a daze, seemingly caught in a deep internal conflict.

Those commoners who originally had no independent thought and could be easily provoked into anger by the samurai's slogans now seemed to have a somewhat inexplicable meaning in their gazes towards them.

The voice of the black charcoal serpent grew louder and louder, echoing the sounds of battle at the bottom of the castle tower.

"Back then, Kozuki Oden kept shouting about opening up the country, but what kind of country was he opening up? Wasn't it just about letting Wano Country's abundant swords and blades be sold outside to make money for the Kozuki family? How is that any different from what I did?"

"On the contrary, what I am doing now is what a true nation is! I am unlocking the hearts of the people of Wano Country that have been locked away for thousands of years!"

"Out on the high seas, there is a group of guys who call themselves revolutionaries. Wherever they go, kings, generals, high-ranking officials, and warriors are all treated the same as ordinary people. All those in power are elected by the people themselves!"

"From now on, everyone will work, and everyone will be equal!"

The people outside the castle tower were already somewhat mesmerized. Even if they had worked all day and were drinking fake sake from a rabbit bowl when they were most exhausted, they would never dare to dream of such a thing.

Suddenly someone shouted, "We can't let anything happen to the general!"

The next moment, everyone realized what was happening and rushed towards the samurai who had come with them earlier like madmen.

After so many years of management by Kurozumi Orochi, there were only a few thousand or so unruly samurai who had not yet submitted to him. However, in order to ensure the safe overthrow of Kurozumi Orochi, they managed to raise an army of forty to fifty thousand people from all over the country.

These commoners had all sorts of jobs, including farming, mining, and blacksmithing, but they all had one thing in common: they were all strong laborers engaged in manual labor.

Tens of thousands against a thousand, even if those thousand were all exceptionally skilled warriors, many were killed in a short time.

Moreover, their opponents were not just these ordinary people, but also many of Orochi's guards who were stronger than them.

The battle began quickly and ended just as quickly. Before Yamato could even decide who to help, over a thousand rebellious samurai were overwhelmed by the vast crowd.

Without the samurai, the bloodthirsty civilians instantly turned their attention to the Orochi Oniwabanshu who had just fought alongside them.

Someone in the crowd shouted, "Kill them too! They're samurai too!"

Kurozumi Orochi quickly reassured everyone, "Don't worry! I will revoke their samurai status! From now on, they will be guards in various regions!"

Amidst the chaos, someone immediately shouted, "Don't believe him! If we don't kill all these samurai today, they'll just change their identities and continue to oppress us!"

Orochi's initial speech was like an enlightenment for the people of Wano Country. They had a vague feeling that all the samurai were telling themselves that it was the general of the Flower Capital who was oppressing them, even though they had never seen the general!

All oppression descends through the ranks, ultimately being carried out by warriors in various regions!

People hate those who directly oppress them the most. Now that they finally have the opportunity to raise their swords against the samurai, the people who have seen bloodshed can no longer hold back.

The Orochi Oniwabanshu were numerous and powerful, but even the strongest can't fight against overwhelming odds.

Moreover, Yamato also made a move this time. Even though she was conflicted before, she was still a samurai who had come together. She couldn't bring herself to attack her comrades who had just fought alongside her. But she had no qualms about facing these Orochi Oniwabanshu who were aiding and abetting evil.

The nationwide battle ended when the last Orochi Oniwabanshu was torn to pieces by the enraged mob. It seemed that only then did everyone realize that they hadn't heard Orochi's voice in a long time.

At the top of the castle tower, Orochi lay on his luxurious couch, humming a tune, seemingly oblivious to the fact that his subordinate, Death Ray, had no connection to him whatsoever.

The roof suddenly shattered, and the travel-worn spy, Kanjuro Kurozumi, who had infiltrated the Nine Red Scabbards, only slightly calmed down when he saw Orochi.

"My lord! I'll take you away! Let's go!"

Orochi was clearly taken aback and sat up from the bed: "Kin'emon and those guys didn't kill you?"

Kanjuro said anxiously, "They spared my life because of our past relationship, and I escaped!"

"My lord, there's no time! Come with me now!"

Kurozumi Orochi laughed: "Yes, time is running out."

His figure vanished from the bed in an instant, and the next moment he appeared in front of Kanjuro Kurozumi, his fist imbued with Armament Haki slamming into Kanjuro's throat!

"Robert has instructed that evil must be eradicated completely!"

Chapter 50 Yamato's mentality collapsed

Kurozumi Orochi arrived at Kanjuro's side almost instantly from in front of the bed, using the technique Shave from the Six Powers of the Navy.

Kanjuro infiltrated the Kozuki family for many years, and the belief that sustained him was that, as a branch family of the Kurozumi clan, he had to be loyal to his lord, Kurozumi Orochi.

Even if he racked his brains, he couldn't understand why, at the most critical moment, his loyal servant, dragging his severely injured body back to save his master, would be attacked and killed by Orochi.

Kanjuro was, after all, a skilled fighter who was taken in by Kozuki Oden, so he could naturally discern the killing intent in Kurozumi Orochi's moves. Having not been by Kurozumi Orochi's side for many years, he was completely unfamiliar with him and could not tell that his lord was any different from before.

The Bushido spirit of Wano Country not only poisons the lower classes, but also greatly harms the samurai class itself. At least for now, Kurozumi Kanjuro has no intention of resisting at all. He just subconsciously tilts his head to avoid a fatal blow aimed at his throat.

Orochi's attack was swift and ruthless, with sharp, claw-like nails that sprang from his fingertips, imbued with Armament Haki. His aim was clearly to kill Kanjuro in one strike.

Kanjuro had already been severely injured by Kin'emon and the others, and he was focused on saving his master. He had dragged his battered body all the way back to Wano Country, and he was already at his limit. This turn of his head was his last struggle.

The finger slash cut open most of Kanjuro's neck, even severing the artery, causing a large amount of blood to splatter out.

Kanjuro drew his brush-shaped katana, but instead of slashing at Kurozumi Orochi, he quickly drew a palm-sized plaster on the ground and stuck it on his neck, barely managing to stop the gushing blood.

He was betrayed by his lord, and the last breath he had been holding on to finally came out. He slumped to the ground, looking helplessly at Orochi, his throat choked with blood, and his words were slurred and bubbly.