After staying in Kuri for a day, Rosse finally set off slowly toward Ringo.
He had to wait for the news to fernt before it could be maximized.
But during this one day, his mansion had already been broken into countless tis.
From morning to night, twenty-four hours without a single break.
Moria and Zephyr took turns. Everyone who dared approach the mansion was killed, then hung at the back gate in the trash disposal area.
Almost every day, that place had hundreds more corpses piled up.
And even with so many deaths, it didn't stop people from rushing forward in waves.
On the surface, the people of Wano seed to have backbone.
If Rosse hadn't heard enough of their begging for rcy before death, he might really have believed in their "principles."
They weren't unafraid of life and death. It was just a bunch of reckless fools who thought the ones before them were weak, and that they themselves would surely be the one to kill Rosse.
Just thinking about it made Rosse laugh.
If hundreds of predecessors hadn't managed it, where did they get the face to think they could?
But the defense of the Kuri mansion was coming to an end. Next up would be ambushes in the wild.
Ringo and Kuri, one on the far east of Wano, one on the far west.
At a normal pace, it would take about two days.
If Rosse went at full speed, it would take at most an hour.
But there was no need to rush.
He had never experienced a wild ambush before, might as well see what it was like.
"Heading out just like this?", Toki looked at the simple open-air carriage in front of her, and the few beasts pulling it, a little dazed.
These days, she had witnessed how luxurious Rosse's life was.
His food, drink, and supplies were the best Wano had to offer. If they couldn't be bought, he'd ask who had them.
If soone willingly donated, all was well. If not, Rosse just got himself more servants.
When it ca to servants, Rosse wasn't picky. As long as they had so use.
The ones he cared about most, the highest priority, were people like Gion and Sora. Stella, because of her long ti with him and high loyalty, also counted among this group.
The next tier were Olvia, Moa, and Toki. Whose hearts weren't with him, but each had their own pursuit. Rosse very much enjoyed forcing the unwilling fruit.
After that were temporary servants, only useful for quenching thirst.
This ti leaving Kuri, Rosse had no intention of bringing them along.
"Open-air is best, lets see farther. I want to see how they plan to stop from becoming Daimyo of Ringo," Rosse said with a grin.
"No need to make excuses," Toki didn't mind the simplicity. After boarding, she obediently sat, letting Rosse rest his head on her lap.
During this, Toki couldn't help glancing back. Hiyori and Olvia were together, getting along happily.
This ti, their group had only two carriages. She and Rosse in one, Gion, Olvia, and Hiyori in the other.
As for Moria and Zephyr. They were, of course, responsible for driving and security.
Altogether, not many people.
Yet in this group, Toki felt strangely at ease, even more so than on Whitebeard's ship.
On Whitebeard's ship, when they encountered the marine, they still had to avoid its edge.
But in Rosse's group, though they suffered attacks, after being with Rosse she knew he wasn't soone who abandoned comrades.
To have him as an enemy was endless tornt.
But as a comrade, it was pure comfort.
'But unfortunately...'
Toki forcibly stopped her thoughts, her fingers lightly pressing an acupoint on Rosse's head.
Her body had already beco Rosse-shaped, but her heart still belonged to Wano. That would never change.
Rosse's swaggering departure naturally attracted countless eyes.
But because of the killings of the past days, the reckless fools had decreased.
The ones left on the road to Ringo or still in Kuri were at least a little smarter.
Everyone wanted Rosse's head.
After all, Rosse was the man who had made Kozuki Oden and Orochi both submit.
If soone killed Rosse, it would prove their ability surpassed both Oden and Orochi.
And who didn't want to be a Shogun of Wano?
With Rosse as an outsider becoming a Daimyo, if they killed him and took his place, it wouldn't be too much, right?
But until sunset, Rosse hadn't encountered any large-scale attacks. Only scattered individuals causing trouble.
But those couldn't even get close to the carriage, Moria used his fruit power to deal with them.
"Kishishishishi! What a bunch of cowards, still no one is coming."
Moria let out another ghastly laugh, while Zephyr beside him was sowhat silent.
They knew Rosse's later plan.
Because of that, Moria's respect for Rosse had gone up another level.
And because of that, he was even more casual.
'Worthy of a Celestial Dragon, the evil runs deeper than pirates.'
The last pirate who'd participated in a nation's destruction had been Roger, already dead.
When Roger destroyed a nation, it had caused no small stir.
Zephyr, on the other hand, chose to ignore. If he were still in the marine, he would have clearly stopped Rosse.
Now, he still didn't want Rosse to do it. But since the proposal had co from Wano's ruling class, Toki herself, it seed aningless for him to object.
If even a forr ruler didn't care, why should he?
Under Oden or Orochi's rule, it might be better to be dead anyway.
Kuri, under Oden, had hardly been a good place.
It was originally chaos, ruled by Oden's brute force. His retainers and followers were forr bandits and brigands, hardly the kind of people you expected to govern well.
In Zephyr's eyes, the entire New World was rotten to the core.
Sotis, he even had the urge to blow up the whole New World.
But then he thought of Rosse's efforts, slowly making the place better. That thought faded.
At least the Fish-Man Kingdom was a good beginning.
"None of them dare get close. All circling two kiloters out. Likely waiting for nightfall."
Zephyr replied flatly. His Observation Haki far surpassed Moria's. He could already sense more and more people gathering in the distance.
"How many are gathering?", Hearing this, Toki grew a little nervous, her eyes on Rosse.
She actually didn't want people to trouble Rosse. These were Wano's n of ambition.
If too many of them died, the only ones left would be the cowardly.
The Kozuki family had also been actively recruiting and expanding lately.
But because of her, many looked down on them and chose to act alone.
Toki could already imagine their end, but she just hoped there wouldn't be too many.
Rosse smiled faintly, giving Toki a aningful look.
Such a little thought, how could he not see it?
But that too, was part of the fun.
"About a thousand. Not a small number. Enough for to play with a bit."
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