"You people, when things aren't done, you pin your hopes on others. Old and young alike, you're all the same. But everyone's dreams are different, Kaido..."

Kuro raised the bottle, swallowed hard, took a few sips, and said calmly:

"As for me, I only want to live a safe and peaceful life. Ambition and dreams don't exist for me. If you guys are just messing around, I won't even bother with this. But someone of your size would cause a global upheaval if something happened to you. One white-bearded man is enough. Nobody can handle a few more."

He was completely uninterested in Kaido's suggestion.

He had experienced far too many of these kinds of 'temptations' and was no longer interested in them at all.

Kuro continued, "Just wait here for your execution. When the others arrive, you will die publicly in front of many people in Wano Country."

Just as Kuro was looking at Kaido, on the fourth floor, in the same floor where the two calamities were imprisoned, there was another person lying there. Between the two enormous figures was a short, sleazy middle-aged man, his whole body bound by sea stone chains.

To his left, the enormous and obese Queen, wearing his small sunglasses, glanced at the man and said, "You're still alive, Orochi? I remember Kaido killed you with a single slash. Was it the effect of his ability?"

Orochi glared at Quinn and shouted, "That's not important. What's important is that you actually failed. What a disgrace!"

Bang!

Quinn's massive body crashed down, pinning the giant black serpent beneath him.

"Ouch! It hurts! It hurts!!"

Beneath the mountain of flesh, the black serpent screamed in pain, "Let me go! You bastard, I can't activate my power without Seastone!!"

"Die again, you bastard." Quinn ignored his shouts and just kept pressing him down.

A handsome middle-aged man with a white hair and brown skin, whose mask was broken and revealed tattoos on his face, glanced at Quinn but said nothing.

Soon, a group of naval soldiers ran over, pulled Quinn away, and dragged him away like a steamroller.

"That damned guy!"

Orochi, panting heavily, yelled, "Hey, he's trying to murder me! You Marines should execute him now! Let me go! I'm the Shogun of Wano Country, believe me or not, I'll join the World Government and become a member state, then I'll punish you!"

"Then you'll probably have to wait a while."

A voice rang out from the stairwell.

Kuro, dressed in a new black suit and wearing a navy cloak, walked up and approached Orochi. He stopped in front of Orochi, and sunlight streamed down from the hole above, illuminating his back and casting a shadow over Orochi's body.

Kurozumi Orochi subconsciously looked up at the cold-faced man.

"Who are you? Where is that Golden Lion? Tell him to come see me!"

Kro raised his arm, pushed up his glasses with the heel of his hand, and without answering, looked at Jin beside him and said, "Speaking of which, if it weren't for the difference in skin color, I would have thought you were a member of the Kro family."

Jin thought for a moment and said, "That assassin family from the West Sea? I've heard of them, but unfortunately, I'm not the same kind of person as them."

Kro nodded, ignoring Jin's skin color and wings. There were so many strange creatures on the sea, one more wouldn't make a difference, and he didn't know what race Jin was.

He glanced at Orochi and said to the Marines beside him, "Take him away."

Several marines grabbed Kurozumi Orochi and dragged him away to another location.

"Hey, what are you doing! You can't kill me! I am the Shogun of Wano Country! I am the Shogun of Wano Country!"

Orochi tried to struggle, but his physique was no match for those who could move even when bound by sea stone chains. He could only be dragged along until he was pulled into a secluded little room, where the Navy put him down and then left.

Kro followed closely behind, drew his flintlock pistol from his waist, and aimed it at Kurozumi Orochi.

"No, don't kill me, don't kill me!" the black charcoal serpent cried out in terror.

He had already overused his abilities, and now he was being stopped by the Seastone. If he died, he would be truly dead.

He didn't want to die!

"I can't die! Wano Country hasn't been destroyed yet! I can't die!!" Kurozumi Orochi's face was contorted with rage.

"Want to live?"

Kro moved a little closer, bringing the muzzle of his gun even closer to the black charcoal serpent.

The black charcoal serpent nodded frantically.

"You want to destroy Wano Country?" Kuro asked again.

The black charcoal serpent nodded again.

"If it's just about destroying 'the current' Wano Country..."

Kuro put down his pistol, stared at Orochi, and said softly, "I have a suggestion that can save your life and also destroy Wano Country."

"What?!" Orochi was stunned. "What do you want to do?!"

"It's very simple..."

Kro slowly said, "I've studied your intelligence. You obtained the position of general early on by having the previous general, Kozuki Sukiyaki, make you the acting general first, and then hand over the position to you, right? Although that 'Kozuki Sukiyaki' was fake. But if this kind of scheme can be used on your Kurozumi family, it can naturally be used on others as well."

Even before entering Wano Country, Kuro, as a professional strategist, consciously began to gather intelligence about Wano Country. As the vice-commander of 'Sword' and an advisor under the admiral, obtaining intelligence was easy for him. Although most of this intelligence was unnecessary because Mr. Kuro wouldn't ask about it now, he had to prepare it because Mr. Kuro might ask, and he didn't want to be unable to answer. He had suffered such hardship long ago.

The Kurozumi family was a daimyo family before the birth of the previous shogun, Kozuki Sukiyaki. The previous shogun, Kozuki Sukiyaki, had no heir, so the five major families fought for the shogun's position. The Kurozumi family took this to heart and used all sorts of means to persecute the other daimyo families. But the result was bad. Kozuki Sukiyaki was born, and the Kurozumi family was purged. They were hated by everyone in Wano Country and were no different from stinking rats.

If a family that is hated by the entire Wano Country can still become a shogun, then naturally an 'outsider' who has no feelings towards Wano Country can also become one.

Just a little push...

"Let's make a deal."

Kuro stared at Orochi and said coldly, "Use your life and your ideal of destroying Wano Country to exchange for your position."

If the previous general could act as 'acting general,' then the current general can do the same. Kurozumi Orochi was only defeated, but his position hasn't changed. Regardless of whether anyone acknowledges it, he did serve as general for twenty years, and that title is very useful.

Tell him to give up his seat so that someone in need can have it.

In that case, the task Mr. Kuro gave him can be accomplished.

Orochi abdicated, 'voluntarily' handing the throne to Mr. Clow, so that Mr. Clow could fulfill his previous promise to become the shogun of Wano Country!