When Kurozumi Orochi walked out from the place where Rosse lived, his whole body was soaked in blood, his body was trembling a little, and his face still carried lingering fear.
'That was way too damn terrifying.'
Those two old geezers, although annoying, Orochi had acknowledged their strength.
But now, two perfectly fine people had suddenly exploded right before his eyes.
Both the visual and psychological impact left an extremely deep impression on Orochi.
How would he dare say anything more? Whatever Rosse said, he immediately agreed to.
So what if it was the Daimyo seat of Ringo, he gave it. He gave it right away.
Even if Rosse wanted to be Shogun of Wano, he wouldn't hesitate at all.
The Shogun's seat might be good, but compared to his own life, it wasn't worth a thing.
"What did you do inside?", Orochi had only taken a few steps when King's figure suddenly appeared.
Originally he hadn't planned to show himself, but seeing Orochi's miserable state, plus the disappearance of those two old geezers, he couldn't help but think more about it.
"King, you must protect me, that guy's a lunatic!", Seeing King suddenly appear, Orochi wasn't surprised in the slightest. Instead, he hurriedly rushed over and grabbed King's arm.
"What exactly happened?", Seeing Orochi's obvious mental instability, King's brows furrowed even more deeply.
Orochi hadn't reported to them before going to Rosse.
And now, coming out in such fright, what did that have to do with them?
It couldn't be that Orochi hadn't gone to discuss cooperation, but had gone to posture instead? That would be way too stupid.
"They're dead. All dead. That guy wants the Daimyo seat of Ringo. No! I need to spread the news right away, we have to keep that guy stable no matter what," Orochi didn't explain clearly, but after leaning briefly on King to calm down, he hurried away.
Now he no longer had any trump cards. With his current strength, whether it was Kozuki Oden, Kaido, or Rosse, crushing him would be easy.
But after weighing it, Orochi decided he must first fulfill Rosse's request.
Others might still abide by some rules, but Rosse truly didn't reason at all.
Very quickly, under Orochi's publicity, the news that Rosse was to become Daimyo of Ringo spread.
The moment the news got out, it caused a huge uproar across Wano.
Everyone thought Orochi had gone mad.
This was Wano. Since the founding of the country, only members of the five great families could serve as Daimyo.
When had it ever been anyone else's turn to interfere in Daimyo affairs?
What's more, Ringo already had a Daimyo. The Shimotsuki family's Shimotsuki Ushimaru, whose strength was quite formidable.
Some even thought Ushimaru's strength was greater than Orochi's.
And this new Daimyo, who was he?
Rosse? They had never even heard of the name.
And as for this so-called "Jaygarcia," Wano didn't even have such a surname.
Letting an outsider become Daimyo of Ringo caused Orochi's reputation to plummet sharply.
Amid this chaos, many also jumped out to support Kozuki Oden's ascension.
After all, by right, the one to inherit the Shogun's position should be Oden.
Previously, Oden hadn't returned and was lost at sea with no news, making the Kozuki family seem effectively extinguished, so everyone accepted Orochi.
Now Oden wasn't dead. Although people didn't particularly like the "naked dance" Oden, he was still better than breaking ancestral rules.
Orochi did make another appearance in the Flower Capital. But this time, he didn't take back his order.
He simply announced publicly that in five days Rosse would take Toki and head to Ringo.
Standing on stage, facing the crowd below that filled the air with boos, Orochi, for once, showed some hardness, spewing foul words, "You say Kozuki Oden is more suitable than me? What a damn joke!"
"I only gave away a Daimyo seat in Ringo. Whether he can sit firmly or not, I won't help behind the scenes. How is that worse than Kozuki Oden?"
"Tsk! Tsk! that coward Oden handed over his wife and daughter to the enemy. Playing with his wife, and making his daughter call the man 'father.' Who knows what else might happen later."
"And you dare say I'm worse than that?"
Orochi's words silenced the crowd that had come to denounce him.
They had come under Oden's banner to force Orochi down.
But after Orochi's words, they had no argument left.
From Wano's standpoint, abandoning wife and daughter really couldn't compare to a Daimyo seat in Ringo.
Besides, Oden had always pulled stunts before, and this time it wasn't only Orochi kneeling to Rosse. On that side, the kneeling had been even more thorough. That left them with even less reason to object.
But at the same time, the kneeling of both Orochi and Oden provoked an even stronger rebellious sentiment among Wano's people.
What the hell was this?
Even if someone was strong, even if their reputation outside was great, did that mean they could bully the people of Wano like this?
Coming in to immediately take a region's top seat of power, and even snatching away wives and daughters?
How could such a person ever be allowed to be Daimyo of Ringo.
Public opinion among the people, because of Orochi's words, completely exploded.
Countless men of ambition began to set out from every region, swarming toward Ringo.
No matter what background Rosse had, they would not let him succeed.
Oden and Orochi might lack backbone, but that didn't mean they had none.
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[Kuri, Rosse's Residence]
"You've managed to stir up the whole of Wano," Gion said with folded arms and a light laugh.
This was obviously Rosse's style. Whatever he did, he wanted to make it big.
Even if he was going to play the ultimate villain, he had to make everyone hate him, then suppress all resistance under the gaze of all.
"This is nothing. What I'm more looking forward to is, after we finish with Ringo, what kind of reaction they'll have," Rosse said with a smiling face, his mood looking quite good.
Ringo's ending was already decided, but as for how exactly the killing would be done. That required some artistry.
He was someone who cared a lot about the process.
Without a good process, killing wouldn't bring him joy.
Thinking so, Rosse let his right hand fall gently, touching the busy Toki.
With these days of familiarity, he and Toki had become much closer.
He quite liked women like Olvia and Toki. With them, there was no need to hold back. Just press down lightly with his hand, or pat somewhere, and they knew exactly what he wanted.
No matter how he wanted to play, they would do their best to cooperate. That feeling was rather nice.
No helping it. He was kindhearted, willing to help these women fulfill their wishes.
As for why it had to be him helping them fulfill those wishes?
Mm, don't ask.
If you must, because only he could do it.
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