A children's version of the Knights of the Round Table.
A children's version of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.
This could be considered Ike's personal bad taste.
However.
This kind of bad taste did not really matter. After all, he was naming his own children. No matter what kind of nas they were, they could actually be understood and accepted. What? You had an opinion? Shut up. These were his children. He could na them whatever he wanted. Did he need monsters and demons like you to waste words?
Of course!
This was purely Ike's personal bad taste.
Ike did not return to the castle. Instead, he casually strolled around Whole Cake Island., quietly walking along the road.
At that mont!
"My lord!" A figure wearing ninja clothing stepped out behind Ike. He knelt on one knee, his expression extrely respectful as he said, "This subordinate has sothing to report!"
Ninja!!!
Like samurai, ninja were one of Wano Country's specialties. Compared to samurai, ninja were not especially well received. It was similar to the comparison between craftsn and swordsmiths.
And through the transaction with Kurozumi Higurashi, Ike had naturally purchased many ninja families as well.
Aside from the Oniwabanshu who served the shogun…
There were also many ninja families within Wano Country. Inside Wano, they were also unable to live peacefully. They were even typical examples of people who were looked down upon and disliked. While being purchased, they ca to the Totto Land sea area.
Here, they received respect.
Samurai, craftsn, ninja.
No matter their identity, after coming to the Totto Land sea area, they could perfectly display their abilities and truly shine. Under Ike's managent, they felt their true value.
Naturally!
They beca even more respectful and obedient.
At the sa ti.
Ike also spent a great amount of money training samurai troops and ninja troops.
Likewise!
Ike also understood why Wano Country was so vast, yet Kozuki Momonosuke could only recruit a few thousand samurai. It was purely because they were fucking expensive!
Training samurai and training ninja cost far too much. Setting equipnt aside, the resources required for training alone were already very nurous.
Ike had roughly estimated that one hundred million Berries could train about five hundred people!
What kind of concept was that?!
What kind of concept?!
Extrely outrageous.
However!
Ike still spent two billion Berries to train a samurai force of over ten thousand people, which was currently in a gradual growth stage. As for the ninja force?!
Hehehe~~~
It might be hard to imagine, but! The ninja force made him curse even more. In terms of training cost, they were even more expensive. After all, the samurai force could walk the world with just a katana, but ninja? All kinds of ninja tools added up to roughly 1.5 tis the cost of samurai troops.
With three billion Berries, Ike also trained a ninja force of ten thousand people.
For these two forces, he spent five billion Berries in total. Ike finally understood why Wano Country closed its borders. If it did not close its borders, it could not afford this at all! This price was truly expensive!
Ike silently looked at the ninja kneeling on one knee behind him and thought secretly, "Aside from being expensive, they're good in every way!"
"Sigh!"
Even Ike could not help sighing silently.
That was right!
Just as he had said, samurai and ninja had no problems at all aside from being expensive.
This could be seen in the original story.
The truly elite samurai troops Kozuki Momonosuke recruited only numbered a few thousand. And the result? They fought the Beasts Pirates, the ninja troops, and the samurai troops, who totaled thirty thousand people, to a stalemate. They even forced Queen to use virus weapons.
From this alone, one could see just how elite samurai troops were.
So!
Spending money!
Spending money would always show results.
Ike restrained his thoughts. The money had already been spent, so what was there to think about? There was nothing worth dwelling on.
Afterward.
Only then did he speak calmly. "What happened?"
"My lord!" The ninja reported respectfully, "Ships have been discovered outside the Totto Land sea area."
"Ordinary ships?"
"No!" The ninja shook his head and continued, "This subordinate led people to observe them. Although that rchant ship appears to be a rchant ship, within just fifteen days, it appeared around the Totto Land sea area six tis. This is impossible. Setting aside the issue of sailing distance, the Totto Land sea area is a relatively remote region within the New World."
"Hehehe~~~"
Ike chuckled and said with interest, "Looks like these are the people Big Brother ntioned who have set their sights on Totto Land, this piece of fat at. I just wonder what exactly they plan to do!"
Ike found it quite interesting. He had originally been considering when these people secretly watching from the shadows would show themselves. He had not expected that after only three short months, they would already be unable to hold back and start revealing themselves.
"My lord!" The ninja continued asking respectfully, "Should we deal with them?"
"No need!" Ike raised his hand and stopped him slightly, then said, "Go call Sasaki and your lord Hattori over."
"Yes!"
Along with a burst of rising white smoke, the ninja instantly disappeared without a trace. Ike did not wait too long and calmly walked toward the castle.
Very soon.
Ike had just returned to the study.
Rather than calling it a study, it should more properly be called an office.
After all!
On normal days, Ike handled all kinds of problems here every day.
Ike sat down in his seat and muttered, "Should I specially build a study or an office building?"
"Mm~~~"
"I should build one. After all, there are more and more people now."
"And…"
"The castle is ultimately the family residence. It is not suitable to always let outsiders enter."
Ike was also thinking about this matter in his heart.
For example!
Ike had built a villa complex behind his castle. His children would always grow up, and once they were grown, it would be ti for them to move out.
Moreover!
As the family expanded in all aspects and the number of people responsible for various positions increased, this kind of office building would also be needed.
"Fine!" Ike recorded it briefly and muttered, "Let's record this matter like this."
Tap!
Tap!
Creak!
"Co in."
Following Ike's voice, two n walked in. The two of them knelt on one knee at the sa ti and said respectfully, "Greetings, my lord!"
"Mm~~~"
Ike nodded and said, "Get up."
"Yes!"
The two n stood up. The man on the left was like an iron tower. He ca from Wano Country and was a great swordsman of fairly outstanding strength. He was from the Sasaki family. However! Because he once had so slight connection with the Kurozumi clan, he had been excluded by all of Wano Country. Under Kurozumi Higurashi's contact, he imdiately brought his entire clan to the Totto Land sea area without hesitation.
The man on the right looked very feminine. He ca from the Hattori family, a very large ninja family of Wano Country, even one with a very long history. However, as ti passed, it had declined.
Now!
These two were respectively responsible for the samurai force and ninja force of the Totto Land sea area, and they were also the respective leaders.
As for their strength?!
About Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral level!
However!
They were probably only at the level of relatively weak Marine Headquarters Vice Admirals. Of course, Ike did not care. The future of his family depended on his own children. These people were only subordinates. In the future, perhaps they would retire, but they would absolutely not truly control real power.
"Hattori." Ike said calmly, "Tell about the situation over the past half month."
"Yes!"
Hattori's expression was serious as he reported, "My lord, during this past half month, that rchant ship has appeared six tis around the Totto Land sea area from every angle."
"Not only that!"
"During this half month, many submarines were also discovered. They seed to be planning to enter the Totto Land sea area from the deep sea."
"However…"
"They failed!"
Hattori reported all the circumstances. The core reason why he had not imdiately reported was that although they knew the other party was coming for the Totto Land sea area, who were they? What was their purpose? Who was the master behind them? They knew none of this!
To put it unpleasantly, this was simply being blind in both eyes. Without joking, this was practically a disgrace to ninja! To Hattori, naturally, he wanted to investigate more.
However!
Hattori also keenly sensed that the other party seed to be moving more and more frequently, already showing signs that they were ready to act. Therefore, he had his subordinate ninja imdiately report.
"I understand." Ike listened to Hattori's report, nodded, and continued, "Continue confirming the other party's identity as quickly as possible. As for entering Totto Land from the deep sea?"
"Hehehe~~~"
Ike chuckled and shook his head. "That is practically like a fool's dream! The deep-sea whirlpools and deep-sea currents beneath the Totto Land sea area run directly through the sea. Aside from attacking head-on or entering from the sky, it is fundantally impossible to set foot inside the Totto Land sea area."
"However!" Ike changed the topic and continued, "It does not matter that the other party is doing such things. There is no need to stop them. Hattori, continue confirming all of the other party's intelligence. I do not want there to be any intelligence I do not know."
"Yes!"
Hattori knelt on one knee and said respectfully, "My lord! This subordinate stakes the Hattori surna on it. Every action of the other party will be displayed before you as transparently as glass."
Ike nodded, then waved his hand. Hattori imdiately stood up and withdrew to the side.
Afterward.
Ike placed his gaze on Sasaki and continued asking, "Sasaki, what progress has been made in training the samurai force?"
"My lord!" After bowing, Sasaki said respectfully, "The candidates, resources, and everything else are all sufficient. The training speed is very fast. However! My lord, at the very least, if we want to completely train them into elite samurai, or even reach the level of the legendary samurai force from the era of Shimotsuki Ryuma, it will take at least three to five years."
"The samurai force from the era of Shimotsuki Ryuma…"
Ike murmured these words.
That was right.
During Shimotsuki Ryuma's era, the news spread that Wano Country possessed gold. In that era, countless people wanted to flood into Wano Country, and Shimotsuki Ryuma, holding Shusui, stopped the attacks of countless people. He even killed the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon model user of that ti.
However!
In that era, there was not only Shimotsuki Ryuma. There was also an elite samurai force numbering around ten thousand. They were all top-tier samurai troops. From then on, Wano Country's reputation for having samurai also spread, and Wano Country was crowned by the world as a superpower.
It was just that!
After that, with Shimotsuki Ryuma and that generation's Kozuki clan shogun dying, the successors truly had no money. There was nothing they could do! That war had drained everything dry, and they could no longer train elite samurai of that level again.
As for the thod of training, any Wano samurai family with even a little foundation knew how to cultivate them.
The problem was!
The core point truly did not lie there! It lay in another problem: no money. The entire Wano Country was poor!
When Sasaki ca to the Totto Land sea area and learned that he could personally train such a samurai force, he directly knelt before Ike. From now on, Ike was his god. Whoever dared attack his god, he would kill them.
"Three to five years." Ike thought briefly and said, "Sasaki, there is no need to rush! There are roughly eleven years until chaos arrives. What I need are elites, true elites. I hope the samurai force you train can rember this point."
"Yes!"
Sasaki's expression was extrely serious. His gaze sharpened as he said, "My lord! This subordinate will definitely train the most top-tier samurai force, even one that surpasses top-tier."
Only then did Ike nod.
There were still eleven years until the God Valley War.
Of course.
This was calculated according to the original story.
He did not know what kind of butterfly effect his existence as a butterfly had brought.
However!
No matter what, the God Valley War would definitely happen. Otherwise, even Rocks would be unable to stop all the people inside the increasingly expanding and gradually crazier Rocks Pirates.
So!
The truly chaotic era had not yet arrived. There were at least eleven years remaining as a buffer. Before that truly chaotic era arrived, what the Edward Family needed to do was accumulate strength and, at the critical mont, reveal its fangs and claws to tell everyone how terrifying it was.
"My lord!"
Sasaki continued, "Although the samurai force has not yet been trained to its peak, dealing with these pieces of garbage secretly watching from the shadows can still be done easily. This subordinate can lead people to take action."
Ike shook his head and said, "No need. There is no rush. Play with them."
"Sasaki, Hattori." Ike then said, "Go handle your respective matters."
"Yes!"
Sasaki and Hattori both withdrew.
"A top-tier samurai force surpassing the era of Shimotsuki Ryuma…"
"Hehehe~~~"
Ike watched the two of them leave and murmured these words. Then he chuckled and shook his head. "That is almost impossible!"
That was right!
This was almost impossible.
Swordsmanship training was divided into three levels: cutting iron, cutting fla, and cutting nothing.
Generally speaking, a swordsman who reached the cutting iron realm could already release sword energy. If paired with the two types of Haki and a decent weapon, then on the sea, they would already count as quite good.
That was right!
The samurai force led by Shimotsuki Ryuma back then—ah! Although they had not reached this level, they had indeed completely mastered the two types of Haki. As for the cutting iron realm? It was true that not all of them had reached it, but thirty percent of those samurai had reached the cutting iron realm and beco swordsn. This was already an extrely astonishing ratio.
Sasaki actually said he wanted to surpass that? That was impossible! Could it be all mbers becoming cutting iron realm swordsn, with skilled two types of Haki, and weapons at the level of famous blades?!
Holy shit!
Ike said that if he truly had such an elite samurai force, then he was not joking! He would not need to consider the power of the Giant Tribe at all. He could flatten the Giant villages of Elbaf one by one.
It could even be said!
If Admiral-level combat power did not intervene, Ike could bring those people and flatten Marine Headquarters. That was how confident he was. If individual strength ford a unified whole, that would be far too terrifying.
Ike felt that Sasaki was joking. More than anything, he was just saying it casually. Listening to it was enough.
So things…
Whether they could succeed or not?
That was truly sothing no one could say for certain!
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