Arceus' Pirate Journey

There are always people with poor quality in a group. It’s easier to deal with men, as they dare to use dogs to search them directly. But it’s harder to deal with women. Sometimes, if he encounters some cheating people, it’s difficult for him to do business.

And he is in business, so he can't put a knife on someone's neck, so no one will dare to come.

So he urgently needs a group of female employees, and they have to be strong.

Musashi and several of her former sisters were assigned to work under Kojiro and became security guards at the Hana no Miyako Supermarket.

The lives of the members of the Beasts Pirates who stayed in Wano Country were nothing special.

Daily training, strolling in the flower street, or fishing and picking fruits in various villages. If you don’t want to go out, just gather with a group of people on Ghost Island to drink.

And periodically mocking Kozuki Oden to express his contempt for him. This was not Kaido's instruction. This is the same reaction any normal person would have when seeing someone dancing this kind of dance.

Shimotsuki Yasuie also secretly recruited 500 reliable people. His action required both strength and credibility, which ordinary people simply could not do, so he could only adopt this secret recruitment method, so the progress was very slow.

In Kurozumi Orochi's opinion, this is simply not enough. There are more than a thousand pirates from the Beasts Pirates stationed in Wano Country. He doesn't want his confidants to fight to the death, so he must at least make the military strength of Kozuki and Beasts equal.

Kozuki Oden's behavior also made more and more people look at him with a hint of strange emotions. Except for the Yasu family who knew the inside story, even his retainers could not understand this behavior.

Only Kozuki Toki was still silently supporting him. She believed that Oden must have a reason for doing this. On this day, a piece of information sent by Kurozumi Orochi made Shimotsuki Yasuie suspicious.

"You said this is something from the beasts?"

"Yes, Lord Kang, I think we need to find out the contents of the list of people from Wano Country who are said to have been recruited by the Beasts. Otherwise, it will be easy to expose our plan, and Lord Oden's efforts will be in vain."

"Our people can't go up to Onigashima."

"Don't worry about that. I have already found out. In order to win over those people, they left the list with Kojiro. The thing is in his home safe, but the safe seems to have a fingerprint lock..."

After a period of discussion, they thought it was necessary to get the list, but samurai were not suitable for such a task. It would be more appropriate to leave the infiltration operation to ninjas, and Oden happened to have a ninja under his command.

Since he was going to take action, he had to make some things clear, so Raizo was called out alone by Kozuki Oden. After hearing Kozuki Oden and Shimotsuki Yasuie's description of the matter, Raizo suddenly burst into tears.

"Lord Oden, as a retainer, you have suffered such humiliation, and we still cannot understand you... This is simply a humiliation to us... I, I..."

"Okay Raizo, now is not the time for you to cry. As a ninja you need to find a way to get that thing out."

"Understood. Leave it to me. I will definitely complete the task."

While they were making intensive preparations, Kojiro was very calm. He had released this news deliberately, one of the purposes of which was to test the security level of his residence. Those people needed a real-life exercise.

On the other hand, the purpose was to create discord, and the list was something carefully prepared.

The ninjutsu of Wano Country has always been a mystery. What most people call ninjutsu is nothing more than sneak attacks through some special props, or doing things that ordinary people can't do through the training of physical skills.

Kojiro was not satisfied with the security work of the residence. The patrolmen did not find any trace of Raizo, but Xiaoka did find him. However, in order to test the abilities of these people, Kojiro did not let Xiaoka sound the alarm.

Raizo successfully bypassed the guards in the yard and reached the location of the treasure chest. Looking at the location of the fingerprint lock, he took out the fingerprint of Kojiro that he had obtained in advance, put it on his finger and pressed it.

Kojiro goes in and out of many places every day, so it is not difficult to get his fingerprint. However, the next moment, an electric current came out from the switch and shocked Raizo inside and out.

This is Quinn's outrageous design. Although this is a fingerprint lock, it will be electrocuted as long as the fingerprint is correct. The correct way to unlock it is to pry open the fingerprint position and use another key to unlock it.

According to him, only people who want to steal things would try to get a real fingerprint. This design is perfect because normal people would never think that there is a keyhole hidden under the fingerprint lock. It just so happened that they tested it together this time.

It seems to be working well at the moment, but Kojiro replaced the alarm with a device that would give the name list upon electrocution, so Raizo, who was electrocuted, still managed to escape with the name list, and the three words "Hyogoro" could be vaguely seen on a corner of the list...

Chapter 273 Misunderstanding and Xiaoka's Luxurious Dog Life

"The quality of this group of people is still not good enough..."

"There's nothing we can do, Master Kojiro. Of those who followed the old master, only a few of us old and weak are left. It's quite difficult to train useful people again."

This operation was originally a special exercise to check the quality of his subordinates. Although the guards in the yard did not slack off too much, they did not notice Lei Zang who had sneaked in.

"Xiaoka is still more reliable." After rubbing Caterpillar's chin, he continued.

"Those men need to be trained more. How's the thing I asked you to find?"

"We have found many hunting dogs with excellent pedigrees in the country, and we are ready to start."

"That's good, Xiaoka, how about finding you a few more wives?"

"Wang?"

Growlithe didn't quite understand what Kojiro said, and this was Kojiro's most basic idea: it takes a long time to train a person, but it's different for a dog.

Kentaro Ranch has proven one thing: the second-generation Wagyu cattle bred by Kentaro are superior to the native cattle of Wano Country, both for eating and for working.

So Kojiro made the decision to use Xiaoka as a breeding dog and cultivate a new group of dogs to help his subordinates maintain public security, which would be completed in just one to two years.

The original Kakashi couldn't do this, but after becoming a Growlithe, it has found a second life. For it, this is an opportunity to start a harem in its life.

His butler has found many dogs with excellent pedigrees in Wano Country according to Kojiro's request, and the breeds are very diverse, intending to create a new breed.

As for the higher-end combat power, he doesn't have to worry about it. King Yanwu's residence is not far from here, and with its size, it can deal with most invasions.

At the same time, Quinn, who saw this scene, was also showing off.

"Hahaha, I told you this is a great design. As long as the current is increased, those guys who tried so hard to steal things will be in big trouble."

"Brother Quinn, although your plan is good, why do I feel that there is something wrong with it?"

This is Asie. He is the only one in the entire Onigashima who calls Quinn like this.

"What a question! What a genius invention."

"But...wouldn't it be better to just make an electronic lock and put a Rotom created by Arceus-sama in there?"

It is smarter, has a stronger current, and has a built-in alarm function, so it will not be invaded by others.

It’s not that Quinn’s plan is bad, it’s just that Quinn’s plan is a little bit useless compared to the convenience of Rotom.

"Well... we can't use Rotom everywhere. Look, those Rotom guarding the gates have to take turns. It's boring to have them guarding a box all the time."

There is nothing wrong with Quinn's explanation. Rotom's shape is different from other Pokémon.

They are Pokémon that live in electrical appliances. Although they can exist as electronic ghosts, such Rotoms have no practical value.

However, Rotom's personality makes it very torturous for Pokémon to stay in one place for a long time, so they work in shifts like going to work.

For example, electronic doors and surveillance cameras, which remain untouched for a long time, will have their resident Rotom replaced every once in a while.

Quinn's fingerprint lock design is somewhat valuable. For example, the Beast Fruit brand in Waihai is considering using this new type of security lock.

Lei Zang went through numerous hardships and dangers and finally brought out the information, and returned to Shimotsuki Yasushi's family through some secret routes.

...

"Raizo?! What happened to you?"

"Ahem, it's nothing, my Lords. It was just a small accident. There was a mechanism hidden on their box, and I was ambushed when I was not paying attention. But it doesn't matter. I brought the things back."

As he spoke, he took out an envelope from his pocket. After opening it, there was a list of several people's information and preferences.

"Brother Bingwulang?! How could they have any connection?!"

Of course, the information is not all false, most of them are people who have really established some connection with the Beasts Pirates. The composition of the personnel is also quite complex, including some businessmen in Wano Country, famous doctors, hot spring owners, etc.

All walks of life, all classes, and even individual nobles under other daimyo, but the information from Hyogoro at the bottom was the most unbelievable.

During the years he danced, the Binggoro family was one of the few people who did not discriminate against him and even invited him into the house to rest. Some of Binggoro's younger brothers who disliked him would be scolded by Binggoro and his wife.

But now his name appears on this list.

"That Kojiro... He has a lot of interactions with Hyogoro. I often see him going in and out of Hyogoro's house. Denjiro has also mentioned this."

Although Oden's retainers did not have a good life, they still went out normally.

They couldn't get up to Onigashima, and they weren't able to deal with Zeraora on the farm, so they spent most of their time observing the people they could observe.

That was when Kojiro was discussing the issue of thugs in Wano Country with Hyogoro. Whether it was the previous assassination issue or the thugs who caused trouble afterwards, those people had become a group that was an obstacle to development.

As a nearly cleansed gangster boss, Hyogoro has a lot of say in this matter, which is why he and Kojiro frequently come into contact.

But that is their business. The national conditions of Wano Country are very strange. Even the daimyo and the general may not be as effective as Hyogoro in managing those underworld personnel, so Yasuie and Oden don't know the details.

"No, that's impossible. Brother Hyogoro is not that kind of person..."

Kozuki Oden didn't believe that Hyogoro would have any dealings with the Beasts behind his back, but when these things happened at the same time, the situation became weird.

"Lord Oden, although this may not sound pleasant, it is always right to be more cautious. Lord Hyogoro's uniqueness is indeed unreasonable at this time."

Everyone was deceived, except Hyogoro, whose attitude did not change. This can be said to mean that he believed in Oden, or it can be said that there was something wrong with him.

"No, I believe in Hyogoro, I'm going to ask... Damn it..."

There was no way to ask about this kind of thing, and Kozuki Oden was suddenly in even greater entanglement.

"Lord Oden, please be patient until the plan is implemented. You should not have mentioned similar details to Lord Hyogoro, right?"

"No, although he asked about it, I didn't tell him about it..."

"Then please reduce communication with Lord Hyogoro before the plan is implemented. We can slowly clear up the misunderstanding after the matter is over, but now everything must be based on the overall situation."

Chapter 274: Going Home for the New Year.jpg

No one dared to make a conclusion about what the situation was, so they had to put the situation aside for the time being. However, this also gave Kozuki Oden another thing to worry about.

After the dance segment he was familiar with, he unconsciously passed by Heigoro's house.

"Little Mita, what are you looking at? Why don't you come in?"

A woman with short golden curly hair and a pipe in her hand greeted Kozuki Oden at the door. She was the wife of Hyogoro and, like Musashi, she was also a rare bad girl in Wano Country decades ago.

She eventually married Hyogoro, a gangster boss, and changed her lifestyle after that.

"Ah... No, Ah Shi is still waiting for me at home. I will go back first today."

"Really? That's a shame. Come over and play next time."

"Um..."

Kozuki Oden turned and left, but out of the corner of his eye he saw a figure, Kojiro, holding a gift box and walking into Hyogoro's house.

Moreover, Hyogoro's men did not stop Kojiro, but welcomed him in with a smile, which made him feel more doubtful.

This is just a very ordinary relationship between Kojiro and Heigoro. The shopping mall he opened has encountered a lot of troubles, and most of the petty thieves are gangsters.

If you want to manage these gangsters, Bingwulang’s manpower is the best way.

Besides, Hyogoro's men are no longer at the age of fighting and killing, and Kojiro can help some of his old brothers solve employment problems and let them have a legitimate livelihood, so the two sides have such exchanges.

......

Taoyuan Farm, a drawer was opened in a flash, and inside was a neatly arranged row of diaries, some of which were still covered with plastic film, obviously brand new, while some of them had covers that had begun to turn yellow.

That was her very first diary. It had been a long time since she left Zuowu, and she was no longer the seven-year-old wolf. She had changed a lot in almost ten years, but the habit of writing a diary remained.

December 1500, 12, sunny

It will be the 10th year since he left Zuowu. Zeraora works hard to exercise every day, but he seems to have met his biggest opponent in life - height.

Setsuna remembered that he was already 1.8 meters tall, but it seemed to have reached its limit recently and could not grow any more. It only reached Setsuna's chest.

Yanyan is the same, they have always been the same size, but they are all very cute...】

Yanyan is her Frosty the Fairy, who is much cuter than ordinary dolls.

[But this time is different. This New Year, Setsuna plans to go back to Zuowu. It took a lot of effort for Zeraora to agree to go with me. Mom will probably like him very much, but Dad may not...]

After getting the life card from Inuarashi, she found her way back to Zou, but she hadn't been back in the past few years because she had something to do. It's impossible to say that she didn't miss home.

People like Inuarashi and Nekomaru who were brainwashed to the point of forgetting their own race and country were a minority. After putting away her diary, Setsuna began to pack her luggage. She had finally made the trip home, but she hadn't figured out what to do yet.

Moreover, today her room was unusually quiet, with no sound of generators or electricity, because Zeraora was on the ghost island at the moment.

"Your Majesty, I will go to Zuowu with Setsuna tomorrow..."

"Just go, you're not going to come back, there's nothing to worry about."

Zeraora rarely bothered him, so this time when he returned to Onigashima and said some strange things to him, he felt it was a little abnormal.

"Um..I want to ask you if I should bring some gifts?"

The purpose of his appearance was not simple. Arceus created him in order to get in touch with the Minks, but Zeraora was a unique individual.

Loyalty is his fundamental quality, and apart from that, his thinking is independent. He is a unique mythical Pokémon, not a puppet.

At the beginning, his contact with Setsuna was purposeful, but in the past ten years, he and Setsuna have been together almost day and night for almost 10 years, witnessing the changes from a baby carriage to a large car, and he has developed real feelings for Setsuna.

Before returning to Zuowu, Shanta discussed her parents a lot, which invisibly brought a sense of pressure to Zeraora, making her feel like a live-in son-in-law.

Arceus gave him basic common sense and allowed him to develop his own way of thinking in life, but this kind of thing was completely beyond his blind spot.