One Piece: Groudon the Beasts

Chapter 34 Yamato: I Love Beating Ashes

The City of Flowers, the City of Generals.

"Hehehe!"

"With Kaido gone, this sake doesn't taste quite the same!"

Inside the banquet hall, the giant serpent, served by numerous courtesans, drank and made merry with his confidants, and soon became intoxicated.

The giant serpent, holding a wine bowl, rose and drunkenly waved his hand, saying, "Listen up, all of you! While you're all here, I want to reiterate this once more!"

"We must use overwhelming force to destroy the Kozuki Samurai and never give them a chance to make a comeback!"

"Hehehe, I've heard about Kaido's daughter opening a shop. That guy named Good did a really good job!"

"You all need to learn from this!"

The giant snake was extremely happy.

Since Kozuki Oden's death, he only has two wishes left.

One is to completely annihilate the Kozuki clan, especially Oden's son Kozuki Momonosuke and his retainers, the Nine Red Scabbards. The other is to take revenge on the people of Wano Country!

The thing that made him happiest recently was that a little over a month ago, Goode wiped out more than two hundred Kozuki warriors in one fell swoop.

It pleased him greatly.

Unfortunately, he didn't get to witness the tragic death of the Kozuki Samurai!

The snake's eyes were wide open, like copper bells.

"Do you understand everything?"

"We understand, Lord Orochi!"

The retainers echoed their sentiments, struggling to suppress their laughter.

It starts again!

At almost every grand banquet, Lord Orochi would reiterate how terrifying the Kozuki clan was, even though the Kozuki clan had long since been wiped out, leaving only a few rats hiding in fear.

What a coward!

Just then, Fukurokuju, the captain of the Oniwabanshu, came to Orochi's side and whispered something to him.

"Hehehe, you all keep drinking, I'll be right back!"

The giant snake gave his instructions, then went to the next room with Fukurokuju, his face immediately darkening.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

"Lord Orochi."

Fu Lu Shou recounted in detail what had happened to Bai Wu.

The massive project of building a town could not be concealed, and besides, Goode had no intention of doing it secretly.

"Build a city?!"

The giant snake was filled with doubt and uncertainty.

"Where did they get so many workers?"

"According to the investigation by the Oniwabanshu, all the workers were prisoners from the prison quarry, numbering around 1000."

"Where did the money for building the city go?"

"Lord Orochi, when Kaido's daughter's shop opened, you specifically instructed that 10,000 gold coins be given as a gift. With the gifts from other guests, the total is probably around 40,000 gold coins."

Forty thousand gold coins is certainly not enough to build a city, but if there is a source of free labor and main materials, it is more than enough.

The stone from the prisoner's quarry and the forest resources of Jiuli can both be obtained for free.

The giant snake was getting restless.

Is it a waste of his money to build a city and cause him trouble?
"How will they solve the food problem? Where will they get food and water!"

"Peach Blossom Farm in Jiuli!"

The blessings of fortune, prosperity, and longevity are explained calmly.

Kuri's Peach Garden Farm is located north of Boro Town and serves the Beasts Pirates. Now that the Beasts are on an expedition, their need for food has greatly decreased, and the surplus food and water have become supplies for the White Dance Engineering Team.

The giant snake was furious.

"What is Holdem doing!"

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Fu Lu Shou frowned upon hearing this.

Holdem is responsible for guarding Boro Town and overseeing Peach Orchard Farm, but he is also a member of the Beasts and was said to have been beaten half to death by Goode, so he dares not disobey Goode.

Besides, there's that Demon Child there too.

"Lord Orochi, Lord Kaido is now leading the elite of the Beasts Pirates on an expedition. All the Beasts members remaining in Wano Country must obey Lord Yamato's orders."

"That little girl."

The giant snake's expression darkened considerably.

He and Kaido had already reached an agreement not to interfere with each other's territory, but now Kaido's daughter wants to build a castle in Hakumai.

In reality, he didn't care about the situation in the other towns except for the Flower Capital, but the location of Kaido's daughter's castle was very close to the Flower Capital, which would inevitably have an impact on it.

He didn't want the residents of the Flower Capital to migrate to White Dance!

One more thing. In order to take revenge on Wano Country, he went to great lengths to make the people of various villages suffer a fate worse than death, creating many towns known as towns of wealth and towns of bargain hunters.

However, Kaido's daughter's actions in building the city may change this situation, especially since she has solved the problem of water pollution, which is something he absolutely cannot tolerate.

Those lowly people don't deserve clean water and food; they should die in agony, filled with remorse for persecuting the Black Coal Clan!
The problem is, he can't directly turn against Kaido's daughter.

After thinking for a long time, Orochi temporarily suppressed his anger: "Fukurokuju, I want to see Kaido's daughter and that Good!"

"Yes, Lord Orochi."

Fortune, prosperity, and longevity bowed and accepted the mandate.

The most pressing issue now is to figure out the true purpose behind Kaido's daughter's construction of the castle. If it's just a game, that's fine, but if there's more to it than meets the eye...
Baiwu, Caishen Town.

After half a month of hard work, the dilapidated town has disappeared, replaced by a large number of building materials facilities and sheds.

"Push harder, give it your all!"

"hurry up!"

"Bring the stones over here!"

The prisoners chanted slogans and desperately pushed carts to deliver stones to the east, to be used to build the largest palace in the new city, which would be the residence and office of the administrators.

They originally thought that an even more terrible hell awaited them, but they never expected that their already hopeless lives would take a turn for the better.

That is freedom!
Although there are only 10 spots available each month, it's enough for them to risk their lives, like a drowning person desperately grasping at a straw.

Moreover, compared to working in the quarry, although the workload has not decreased, life is much more comfortable. Not only are there two meals a day, but there are also straw mats to sleep on at night.

Most importantly, there were no cruel jailers to torture them for amusement, and they didn't have to worry about being suddenly killed; their lives were safe.

"Look, Lord Goode is here!"

When Goode appeared at the construction site, all the prisoners immediately straightened their backs and worked even harder without needing to be urged.

"Brothers, give it your all!"

"Don't let Lord Goode look down on us!"

"Oh oh oh!!!"

The prisoners were in high spirits.

They knew very well that everything they had now was given to them by that man, and even the eldest brother, Hyōgoro, and the head of the Kang family respected each other immensely.

Although that person is a pirate, unlike other pirates, that person is a "benevolent" pirate!

Therefore, they should also give corresponding rewards!

"Hahaha, I'm here to help!"

Yamato lifted stones weighing tens of tons, more than ten times the size of his body, and ran around with incredible speed; he alone was worth more than a hundred prisoners.

Although she was a little tired, the girl was extremely excited.

These past few days, working hard alongside the prisoners has truly brought her a long-lost sense of joy.

She is helping people rebuild their homes!

Night falls at the hot spring resort.

The owner's private bath.

Covered in filth, Yamato ripped off his clothes and jumped naked into the hot spring, splashing water all over Goode's face.

"Mmm, this feels so good!"

The girl squinted her eyes comfortably.

After a long day of work, nothing is more relaxing than soaking in a hot spring.

"This girl."

Good sighed helplessly.

Lately, Yamato has been taking a bath with him every night. At first, she was a little shy, but later she just let loose.

They didn't treat him like an outsider at all.

"Will this girl ever be able to get married?"

Goode looked at the pale-skinned girl and quickly lost interest.

He can count every single hair.

After soaking for a while, Goode pulled the limp Yamato in front of him and scrubbed her body. Since Yamato was an ability user, she would lose strength in the water and could only be scrubbed by someone else.

"Hu~~ huh~~"

The even snoring soon began.

Veins bulged on Goode's forehead, and his hand involuntarily dug into the girl's buttocks, leaving five finger marks.

Why does this girl always fall asleep while getting a scrub in the bath?!
When Cai Die arrived at the bathhouse, she saw Gu De and Yamato, who was drooling, and couldn't help but cover her mouth and giggle.

"Lord Goode, Lord Fukurokuju of the Oniwabanshu has sent an invitation."

"Fu Lu Shou understands."

Goode smiled.

(End of this chapter)