"So that means Kozuki Oden hasn't completely cleaned up Kuri yet, right?"
"You say, if I go to Wano Country, defeat Kozuki Oden, and incidentally clean up the criminals in Kuri."
"Then I restore order in Kuri and become the daimyo of Kuri, that should be fine, right?"
After Nox heard this, his eyes lit up.
The most difficult thing about ruling Wano Country, for Nox, wasn't insufficient military strength, but the lack of a suitable opportunity for him to smoothly take over Wano Country.
"You want to enter Wano Country now?"
Kurozumi Mumaru asked.
"What? Can't I?"
Nox retorted.
"It's not that you can't, but isn't it too fast? We're not ready yet."
Kurozumi Mumaru said.
"You just need to stir up chaos in Wano Country, and then cooperate with me to take down Wano Country!"
"At that time, I will personally go to Wano Country to talk with the Kurozumi behind you."
Saying this, Nox hung up the phone.
"I wonder if Kozuki Oden has become a Grand Swordmaster yet."
Nox said, stroking his chin.
In the original story, Kozuki Oden died at 39. By then, he must have become a Grand Swordmaster, but the current Kozuki Oden is only in his twenties at most.
"Shakky, help me make two large mirrors. I want to enter Wano Country directly."
After hanging up the call with Kurozumi Mumaru, Nox prepared to enter Wano Country.
After all, at this point in time, Kozuki Oden has not yet risen, making it the best time for him to enter Wano Country.
"No problem!"
Saying this, Shakky created two large mirrors for Nox.
"I'm entering Wano Country now. If anything happens, contact me through the mirror or den den mushi."
Saying this, Nox left Venus Island Palace and flew directly towards Wano Country using Moonwalk.
In front of Wano Country, there exists a massive isolation, a natural barrier against foreign enemies, but for the current Nox, this barrier doesn't exist at all; he can just fly over.
"Chasing the Moon!!"
Holding the two large mirrors given by Shakky, Nox directly soared into the thousand-meter high sky from Venus Island using Moonwalk, flying towards Wano Country.
Wano Country, Kuri:
Kuri is the most chaotic, disorderly, and crime-ridden place in Wano Country.
The residents living here are either impoverished people, or noble classes like Samurai, or criminals who fled here for refuge after committing crimes elsewhere in Wano Country.
After Nox arrived at Kuri in Wano Country, he found a place to put the mirrors away and then came out alone to see what Kuri was really like.
"This place is truly filthy, chaotic, and rampant with thieves and bandits. The key is that no one is in charge, or rather, there are no administrators at all, because the people running rampant are precisely the administrators of Kuri."
After walking around here for a day, Nox roughly understood the situation in Kuri.
"Run! The bandits are here again!!"
On the wealthiest street in Kuri, suddenly more than thirty robbers armed with Samurai swords rushed over.
This scared the people who were originally setting up stalls, selling goods, and running businesses on the street, causing them to frantically pack their things and flee.
"Brothers, let's go! Grab everything and run!"
Those thirty-plus bandits were very goal-oriented, specifically robbing food, as well as gold and silver treasures. They didn't even look at other small items.
"Time's almost up, hurry and leave!!"
Those thirty-plus bandits only robbed for less than ten minutes before the leader immediately took everyone and fled.
"Interesting, the biggest bullies and bandits in Kuri are the forces led by Ashura Doji."
"According to the Kurozumi's intelligence, Kozuki Oden hasn't completely defeated and unified Kuri, which means Ashura Doji hasn't been defeated by Kozuki Oden yet."
"These people should be the bandits under Ashura Doji, right?"
Nox hid in the dark, observing these bandits.
After figuring some things out, he followed these bandits until they reached the large mountain near Kuri.
"We're back. We robbed quite a bit, enough for us for half a month."
"It's all that damn Kozuki Oden's fault! If it wasn't for him, why would we be forced to hide on this mountain!"
After the bandits returned to the mountain stronghold, they said loudly.
"It's good that you're back. Once the boss finishes training and defeats Kozuki Oden, we can go back to our happy days."
In this mountain stronghold, there were more than two hundred bandits, but many of them had bandages on their bodies; they were injured.
"Is your boss Ashura Doji?"
After arriving at the mountain stronghold, Nox walked out from behind. He felt he hadn't come to the wrong place, but Ashura Doji didn't seem to be here.
"Clang!!!"
"Who are you!!!"
Nox's voice immediately attracted the attention of all the bandits in the mountain stronghold. They immediately drew their swords and looked at Nox warily.
From this person, they felt a deadly sense of threat. Even though the other party was just standing there, they felt an incredibly heavy pressure.
"That should be Ashura Doji, then."
Under Nox's Kenbunshoku Haki sweep, he discovered the aura of a Sword Master on the other side of the mountain.
"You, who exactly are you?"
Seeing that Nox didn't answer, the bandits in the mountain stronghold asked again.
"Hmm?"
Nox still didn't answer them. Haoshoku surged out from his body, and an immense aura soared into the sky, enveloping the entire mountain.
Suddenly, the mountain was covered in blood-red lightning, as if a force 10 gale had struck, causing leaves to fly all over the mountain.
"How is that possible!!!"
The bandits in the mountain stronghold suddenly felt an incredibly powerful mental pressure bearing down on their heads, giving them splitting headaches and even causing the swords in their hands to fall to the ground.
However, Nox's Haoshoku was controlled with great precision, causing this group of bandits to lose all ability to resist, but without making them faint.
"Hmm? A strong one!!"
"Not good, it's from the mountain stronghold!"
On the other side of the mountain, Ashura Doji, who was training, suddenly felt the aura of Nox's Haoshoku Haki. His expression changed abruptly, and he immediately rushed towards the mountain stronghold.
Before long, Ashura Doji arrived at the mountain stronghold and saw his many subordinates lying on the ground struggling, as well as Nox, who was exuding powerful Sword Intent.
And after Nox saw Ashura Doji arrive, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Ashura Doji was tall and stout, with fluffy pink curly hair tied into a topknot.
He wore a light purple kimono with yellow floral patterns, left unbuttoned to expose his chest, and had purple floral tattoos on his arms and chest.
He wore a yellow sash around his waist and carried a sake gourd engraved with the character "sky" (Heaven).
"Boss, we've disgraced you!!!"
After seeing Ashura Doji appear, the subordinates were both excited and felt very ashamed that they had fallen without even touching the enemy.
"Who are you, and what do you want here?"
After seeing that none of his subordinates had died, Ashura Doji breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Nox and asked solemnly.
This person's sword road is ridiculously strong. The dense Sword Intent emanating from his body is not even as strong as Kozuki Oden's, who defeated him before!
"My name is Nox. I want to come and integrate Kuri and develop Kuri into my territory."
"I heard you are the strongest force in Kuri. I came here to subdue you and make you work for me!"
Nox stated his thoughts frankly. Samurai are a group of very persistent and stubborn people.
But if you can defeat them and convince them in the right way, they will pledge their loyalty.
"Impossible! We will absolutely not submit to anyone else!!"
Before Shura Doji could speak, his subordinates couldn't help but shout out.
"In the face of absolute strength, nothing is impossible to subdue."
"You don't want to fight me here, do you? Then come with me, let me see the strength of Kuri's strongest monster!"
Nox ignored the shouting subordinates, instead looked at Ashura Doji and said, then turned and walked down the mountain.
"Wait for me here."
Ashura said a sentence and followed Nox down the mountain.
After reaching the mountainside, Nox stopped, and Ashura Doji also stopped fifty meters away from him.
"You're not from Wano Country?"
Ashura Doji looked at Nox solemnly and asked.
"That's right, I am indeed not from Wano Country, but in the future, I will be the master of Wano Country."
"I am from overseas. The seas and islands near Wano Country are all my territory. Wano Country, surrounded by my territory, I naturally have to conquer."
Nox also didn't hide anything from Ashura Doji. In his eyes, Ashura Doji was already his person.
"I believe in strength. I wonder if your sword is strong enough!!!"
After Ashura Doji heard Nox's words, the ambition in his heart couldn't help but ignite.
As Kuri's strongest monster, he is currently eighteen and about to turn nineteen, which is the time when ambition is most rampant.
Even though Kozuki Oden had defeated him once before, he still managed to escape from under Kozuki Oden's blade with his own strength.
He believed that with his current strength and age, as long as he trained for a while longer, he would definitely be able to surpass Kozuki Oden.
And after hearing Nox say that the territories overseas from Wano Country all belonged to Nox, his ambition to break out of Wano Country was completely ignited.
Within Wano Country, he had previously challenged the daimyo of other territories in Wano Country, knew their strength, and also knew the limits of Wano Country.
He wanted to go further and become stronger, and overseas was the best option.
"Come on, I'll show you whether my sword can suppress you or not."
Nox didn't use the Seven Star Sword, but instead drew the Futsu no Mitama from his waist.
Even though the terrifying killing intent of Futsu no Mitama wasn't leaking out, Ashura Doji felt as if he saw a hell full of slaughter, with endless evil spirits all imprisoned within this sword.