In the Shogun's castle of the Flower Capital, just a few kilometers from the ruined pleasure district, the current Shogun of Wano Country, Kurozumi Orochi, was haggling with a member of CP0.
The World Government had dealings with Orochi, primarily because Wano was the source of Seastone.
One had to admit, Orochi had a knack for business. Despite being a weakling in terms of combat power, he had managed to form cooperative relationships with so many major players.
He'd even gotten Kaido to cede control of Wano Country's mainland to him, content to stay on the desolate Onigashima.
In that regard, he was several tiers more competent than the idiots of the Kozuki Family.
Sitting across from Orochi was the current leader of CP0, Stussy, wearing her fox mask.
Suddenly, a tremendous crash and a powerful earthquake shaking the ground caused Orochi to stumble and fall.
"What's going on!?" He cursed.
Kalifa, also masked during her mission, opened the window to look outside just in time to see the silver giant standing amidst the ruins.
"Is that...!?" Kalifa's pretty face instantly turned pale, 'He's here in Wano too?!'
...
On the ruins of what was once the Flower Capital's largest pleasure house, the silver Susanoo placed the woman it held, Komurasaki, gently in front of Jin like a chick. Its other hand held the corpse of Kyoshiro.
"You... you killed Den... Kyoshiro!?" Komurasaki stammered, terrified at the sight of the man who had secretly protected her for a decade.
Jin didn't bother with explanations. Ignoring her cries, he threw her over his shoulder.
"Oops, used a bit too much force and wrecked the brothel. Now I need to find another place. Sigh~ I really shouldn't be so impulsive in the future," Jin mused aloud in broad daylight, not a hint of shame on his face.
Pudding, following beside him, pouted unhappily. She thought that with those two vixens gone, it would finally be her turn.
But now another one had appeared. Even though Pudding was quite confident in her own looks, she had to admit she couldn't compare to this courtesan.
It couldn't be helped, after all, Komurasaki was one of the three great beauties of the One Piece World.
It seemed fate truly favored the Kozuki Family.
While Luffy's Nika power was like the gods offering him a meal, the Kozuki Family felt like the gods were kneeling to spoon-feed them.
And even with that, they still needed Luffy's plot armor and an insider like Yamato to finally reclaim Wano.
Their incompetence seemed to surpass even the four old bastards of Konoha Council.
"Let me go! Let me go!" Komurasaki, slung over Rin's shoulder, finally started struggling fiercely.
The citizens of the Flower Capital who had gathered around watched with eyes burning with fury.
This was the goddess every man in Wano dreamed of! Countless men had bankrupted themselves just for a glimpse of her. And this unknown outsider not only had his hands on her but was openly talking about... with her... Damn him!
Bang!
A gunshot rang out. Pudding had drawn her ever-present .36 caliber pistol and shot Komurasaki in the right leg.
Blood gushed from the hole in her kimono.
"Aaaahhh-!!!" A scream of pain replaced her struggles.
The samurai who had been about to step forward and play the hero were stunned into silence.
'This... this was too brutal.'
Jin continued walking, Komurasaki still over his shoulder, his tone utterly calm, "Don't test my patience. In my eyes, you're just a piece of pretty meat. Beyond that, I have no other feelings for you."
Whether from the searing pain in her leg or the soul-deep fear, Komurasaki turned deathly pale and fell silent.
Though she had experienced the destruction of her family as a child, her stunning looks had ensured most of Kozuki Hiyori's life was comfortable.
It couldn't be helped… this world was full of simps. Someone like Jin who was blatantly only after one thing, was a first for her.
Swish!
As if using the Body Flicker Technique from the Ninja World, several figures landed in front of Jin and Pudding.
The leader was an old man wearing sunglasses, with a head swollen like a tumor. They were the ninjas of Orochi's Oniwabanshu.
"Who are you!? How dare you steal this Shogun's wom-" Orochi, who had just arrived, couldn't even finish the word 'woman' before a silver flash.
A silver ribcage shield manifested around Jin and a giant Susanoo arm wielding a Chakra Sword shot out, cleanly slicing off Orochi's head.
The cube-shaped head hit the ground with a thud and rolled away.
"Aaaahhhhh!" The surrounding citizens screamed in terror.
Jin paid them no mind, stepping over Orochi's headless body and heading straight for the most prominent building in the Flower Capital behind him… the Shogun's castle.
"Yosh! That'll do,"Jin nodded in satisfaction and strode towards the castle.
Just then, Orochi, thanks to his Yamata no Orochi Fruit's Power, regenerated a new head.
He screamed at his subordinates like Fukurokuju, "You useless fools! Why didn't you stop him!?"
Fukurokuju and the others bowed their heads in silence.
'Damn, we didn't even see the move that took your head. What could we have done?'
"Uchiha Jin." Stussy, still wearing her fox mask, appeared beside Orochi and spoke the name calmly, "That is the man's name."
The anger on Orochi's face instantly turned to terror. Although Wano was isolationist, he collaborated with the outside world.
He knew very well what that name represented. The Overlord who stood above the current Three Emperors of the Sea!
Orochi's face cycled through shades of green and white. He was indeed scum, but he wasn't a fool… certainly far smarter than Oden.
He knew he couldn't afford to provoke Jin.
But having played the tyrant in Wano for so long, he just couldn't swallow this insult.
Gritting his teeth until they nearly cracked, Orochi roared, "Contact Kaido!"
...
Shogun's Castle
"Kneel!" Pudding kicked the back of Komurasaki's knee, forcing her down in pain.
Komurasaki fell to her knees, her face, on par with Hancock's and Shirahoshi's, nearly colliding with a certain part of Jin's anatomy.
"Hahaha! She looks just like a dog!" Pudding's eyes lit up, as if discovering a new, delightful hobby.
"Jin-sama wait a moment." Pudding's three eyes rolled, and she quickly ran out of the room.
Jin glanced curiously at her retreating back, then looked down with detached coldness at the kneeling woman before him, "Do your thing."
Komurasaki bit her lip, the ten seconds of hesitation feeling like an eternity. Finally, she slowly opened her mouth and lowered her head further.
About five minutes later, Pudding returned to the castle, holding a dog collar and leash.
She had broken into several wealthy homes in the Flower Capital before finding a household that owned a dog and stealing these.
Entering the main hall and seeing the scene inside, Pudding pouted again, 'Really, couldn't you even wait that little bit?'
Seeing the indecent act, the still-virgin Pudding blushed with a mix of anger and embarrassment.
Under Komurasaki's shocked gaze, Pudding fastened the collar around her neck and took hold of the leash.
"Mmm! It suits you perfectly." Pudding said, sitting beside Jin and issuing commands from her position of authority, "From now on, you are not to remove this. Or I'll kill you."
Komurasaki trembled violently. Tearfully, she nodded with a muffled "Mmph!" and continued her task.
"Pudding, don't scare her while she's busy." Jin said irritably. Her trembling, like a Chihuahua's, was getting uncomfortable.
"Hmm..." Perhaps affected by the charged atmosphere in the room, Pudding also began to feel strangely restless.
'Sigh, it looks like I'll have to take on two at once today.'
...
Flower Capital, the street leading to the Shogun's Castle.
"Kaido! You have to back me up on this! When he cut off my head, he wasn't just attacking me, he was disrespecting you!" Orochi walked beside Kaido, who had rushed over from Onigashima, crying and whining.
"Piss off!" Kaido kicked Orochi aside in annoyance. If this were ten years ago, he might have humored the fool.
But now, Wano's resources were nearly exhausted. In other words, Orochi was useless to him.
Kaido was already thinking of a good time to dispose of the trash. And he was supposed to offend Jin for him? Dream on!
Orochi crashed through the wall of a nearby house.
When they reached the castle gates, Kaido was about to push them open when Orochimaru spoke up coldly, "I advise you not to go in right now if you value your life."
"Huh?" Kaido and the others were taken aback.
But then, faint sounds from inside reached their ears. They were all grown men, all lawless scoundrels, so they could easily guess what was happening.
Kaido's face twisted strangely before he finally spat out one word, furious and frustrated, "Wait!"
And so, Kaido, Blackbeard, and their crews found a spot outside the castle, sitting down to drink away their boredom. It was utterly humiliating.
…
About half a kilomter away from the gathering of ugly villains, in a restaurant, Carina, the new navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates, disguised as a waitress and having infiltrated Wano early, swallowed hard.
"Should... should I run away?" She muttered to herself.
Several members of the Straw Hat Grand Alliance had infiltrated Wano ahead of time. The alliance was currently split. One group, like Carina, Morley of the Revolutionary Army, Kanjuro of the Kozuki Family, and their ally, Law, all skilled in infiltration, were gathering intelligence.
The other group, like Luffy and Sabo, the brawlers, were heading to Zou to gather all possible allied forces in preparation for the coming war.
Initially, Carina thought that with their combined strength, they might stand a chance against the combined forces of two Emperor-level crews.
But when she saw Jin brazenly abduct a woman in broad daylight, only two words echoed in her mind: 'We're finished.'
"You... Carina?" A voice from behind, calling her real name, startled her.
After all, she had been using a pseudonym all this time!
Carina turned around, her hand subtly moving towards her chest to draw her gun and silence the speaker.
But when she saw the face of the person who had spoken, her movement froze.
"Na... Nami?"
The former and current navigators of the Straw Hat Pirates stood face to face. An awkward silence fell between them. For over two minutes, neither spoke.
Finally, Carina broke the silence and said, "Th... thank you,"
The reason was simple. Back at Gran Tesoro, Nami had let her go. Carina had heard that Jin wanted to kill her to vent Nami's anger, but Nami had spared her, allowing her to live until now.
"...Don't mention it," Nami replied, inwardly wanting to slap herself, 'Fine, I admit it, I'm a soft-hearted fool.'
But she couldn't help it.
There wasn't much else to say. After her brief reply, Nami prepared to head to the Shogun's castle.
She had Jin's Vivre Card and knew where he was.
"That... we are..." Carina started to say something, but Nami preempted her, "Relax. He's just here to watch the show."
Carina's small mouth hung open, 'Watch the show? Seriously?'
Several minutes later, Carina looked at her reflection in a mirror, noting her figure and face, which were on par with Nami's.
She then muttered under her breath, "If things really turn for the worst... if I get on my knees and... for Uchiha Jin.. would he let me go...?"
They were all pirates. Who didn't understand a man's simple desires?
...
When Jin and Pudding finally emerged from the castle with Komurasaki, even perverts like Kaido and Blackbeard found the sight... excessive.
The famed Wano Country's courtesan, Komurasaki now wore a collar around her neck. A leash in Pudding's hand was attached to it.
Pudding had even wanted her to crawl out on all fours, but Jin thought better of it.
Why give a free show to ugly bastards like Kaido and Blackbeard? If anyone deserved that sight, it should be Kozuki Sukiyaki.
…
Half an hour later, the main hall of the Shogun's Castle.
Kaido threw a grand banquet, claiming it was to welcome Jin.
"Zehahaha! With this, it's an alliance of Two Emperors and One Overlord! Marco and the others are dead! Zehahaha!" Blackbeard raised his cup and drank heartily, laughing uproariously.
When he first heard about the Straw Hat Grand Alliance and its members, he had nearly pissed himself in fear. It felt like no pirate crew in history, except perhaps the Rocks Pirates forty years ago, could match that level of power.
More importantly, his feud with Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates' remnants was absolutely irreconcilable!
"When did I agree to an alliance with you?" Jin showed no courtesy, his arms around two women with another resting on his lap, embodying extravagance.
The atmosphere instantly turned awkward.
Orochimaru, displaying high emotional intelligence, spoke up, "Khu khu~ Even if Rin-kun doesn't lift a finger, his mere presence here is enough to deal a devastating blow to the enemy's morale."
"Zehahaha! Our new captain is right!" Blackbeard, whose laughter had momentarily stalled, picked it up again, "With our current lineup, if we can't handle those Straw Hat brats, we should just kill ourselves! Hey! Woman! More wine!"
At Blackbeard's command, the courtesans hurried forward to refill the cups of the three powerful figures present.
"Hmm?" Rin's attention was caught by the face of the woman pouring his wine.
"Is something wrong, sir?" The courtesan asked, forcing a smile uglier than crying.
The woman had a head of deep purple, frizzy hair, and features Jin wouldn't rate above 50 out of 100, though her figure was curvy.
At this time, Jin almost laughed out loud, 'Well, well. Emporio Ivankov. You've managed to sneak in here.'