Con... Continue?
The silently sobbing people looked up, their eyes red.
Was killing so many people not enough?
Why did they have such an ominous premonition?
Countless people shared the same thought at that moment.
Kozuki Sukiyaki's corpse was dragged away, and another person was tied to the wooden cross.
She wore a large pink kimono and numerous ornaments. Her teal hair and crystal-clear eyes were as rippling as spring water, absolutely beautiful.
It was just that her clothes and hair were much messier than usual, and her mouth was gagged with a cloth strip, preventing her from speaking. Her eyes were filled with sorrow and despair, tears hiding within her rims.
Her damaged appearance made her even more lovable and pitiable.
There were even men whose blood rushed to their heads seeing Hiyori's current state, their faces flushing red, wishing they could play the hero on the spot and capture the beauty's heart.
"The... The Oiran?!"
"Komurasaki-sama?"
"Kaido could even lay a hand on such a beautiful woman?!!"
"Is the most beautiful woman in Wano Country going to die?"
The grief and fear in everyone's hearts had not yet dissipated, and wailing began again below the stage.
Regret and pity arose spontaneously in the crowd.
Especially looking at the Oiran's delicate, touching, and exquisite face.
It felt as if they were the ones tied up, their hearts tightening painfully.
Suddenly, with Hiyori's desperate struggle, the cloth strip sealing her mouth was shaken loose.
She opened her small mouth and shouted with tears streaming down her face: "Lord Orochi! This little woman does not know what mistake she made to be executed! I do not know why I must suffer such treatment!"
"I am so afraid. I am so afraid of leaving you, afraid of never seeing you again! That is far more painful than death itself!"
"Lord Orochi, I have always... always... always loved you so much! How I wished to spend the rest of my life with you..."
"It is good that I can see you one last time before I die!"
"..."
She was smart. She understood that only one person could save her at this moment.
Her biggest backer, the simp who was captivated by her, Kurozumi Orochi.
She was gambling. Gambling that Orochi still loved her.
Gambling that even if her identity was exposed, Orochi would still save her.
But she knew too little.
She didn't know that Orochi's fear of Kaido was carved into his marrow.
Nor did she know that he was no longer the Shogun.
Hiyori's tears fell like rain, the tip of her nose turning pink. Her teary eyes stared straight at the Smart Tanishi used for the live broadcast.
Her strong sense of the camera allowed people watching the Visual Broadcast in every region to feel as if they were there in person.
Endless farewells and longing poured from her mouth, as if a thousand words were not enough.
A poignant love story was enacted on the spot.
Some people unconsciously shed tears for the Oiran.
"I didn't expect the Oiran to be so infatuated. Truly... sob~"
"Damn Kaido! He's too inhumane!"
"For the first time, I'm actually looking forward to Orochi's appearance..."
In Kuri, beside the bandage-wrapped Jack.
Kurozumi Orochi also covered his face and cried, burying his head deep in the dirt, pounding the ground with his fist.
"My Komurasaki! My Komurasaki! I am useless! I can't save you! Waaaaah!!!"
"Did I not wish to live a life like a celestial couple with you! Waaah~~~"
Jack looked at this piece of trash with helplessness, wondering why the boss arranged such a burden for him.
Under the gaze of the public, Kaido spoke, and the atmosphere instantly vanished.
"Bullshit. There should be a limit to lying and acting."
"Where is the look you had when swindling people of their money? Where is the look when you turned hostile and dumped them? Where is the look when you said confident men love how you look when sleeping? Where is the look of the samurai descendant who fears no death?"
"Now that you are about to die, you've become an infatuated woman? You play the whore quite creatively."
"You're pissing me off, Kozuki Hiyori."
He was genuinely annoyed.
From top to bottom, not a single person in the Kozuki clan was normal.
Sukiyaki treated a minor illness as a terminal one, was imprisoned by Orochi for a few years, escaped, and then hid for twenty years without dying, the only thing he did was carve dolls.
Oden was simply brain-damaged. From a young age, he took money from the treasury to visit the Red Light District, fought with yakuza, caused floods, occupied temples to steal women at night, and ate food on a friend's cremation ashes.
He became a Daimyo but took no responsibility, only wanting to set sail. He knew the country was in trouble but insisted on sailing first.
When he returned to the country, he could have annihilated the enemy in one fell swoop, but he was indecisive and chose to dance naked. After Gecko Moria fought a great war with Kaido, this "gentleman" wanted to wait for Kaido to recover his forces.
In the final battle, he didn't summon the country's military power but fought single-handedly and failed, causing the other Daimyo to miss the best opportunity to attack, eventually leading to their total annihilation. The country's combat power was almost wiped out.
After being boiled in oil, he believed the lies again when he had been tricked once before. The Akazaya Nine could all escape, but he insisted on holding them up.
Finally, a brain-dead obsessive fan "reformed" everyone, even including Kaido's daughter, Yamato.
Only these people could give birth to the phrase "I love Kozuki Oden."
These two unlucky children.
Hiyori worked as a prostitute for thirteen years, only caring about swindling feelings and money and enjoying herself. Her intelligence gathering was inferior to what Robin did in a few minutes.
Momonosuke, traveling twenty years into the future, was equivalent to his parents having just died, yet he went around looking for breasts to suckle on while surrendering.
It could be said he perfectly inherited Oden's lecherousness.
And some people actually use "sleeping on brushwood and tasting gall" to describe this family.
Are they worthy?
Now Hiyori was acting.
If he let her die so easily, then there would be something wrong with him, Kaido!
The moment Kaido uttered Kozuki Hiyori's real name.
It was as if a basin of ice water had been poured over everyone's hearts.
They were chilled to the bone.
"The Oiran is Princess Hiyori?!!"
"Is the Kozuki family going to have two people die today?!"
"The Princess fell in love with the enemy, Orochi?!"
"The Princess actually worked as a whore?!"
"The Princess actually has so many variations! Then the playability is just too high!"
"Hey!"
"Uh... Kids are small and don't understand, just joking."
Discussions were rife. No one expected that the number one beauty, who paraded through the streets all year round and was known by everyone, was actually...
The grown-up Kozuki Hiyori.
It was too outrageous!
Kozuki Hiyori stopped. The blush on her face from crying had not yet dissipated.
She looked viciously at Kaido.
Kurozumi Orochi hadn't saved her all this time, and now that she was exposed in public...
Seeing that death was certain.
Then she had to bring out her aura at the very end! To redeem the image of the Kozuki clan!
Unexpectedly, Kaido gave the order first.
"Since men like you so much, it would be a pity to kill you."
"Send her to the brothel! Demote her to the lowest class yujo! Open to the entire nation, accepting guests at all hours! Set the price at the absolute lowest!"
Hiyori froze. Horror gradually appeared on her face as she struggled with all her might against her bonds.
"No! No!"
"Kill me! Kill me! I am the daughter of Kozuki Oden! I will absolutely not endure such insults!"
"Kaido, you bastard!"
Kaido sneered disdainfully.
"You've been doing it for thirteen years, and only now do you feel insulted? Was the money too little?"
"Watch her closely! Even if she wants to commit suicide, she must do it after she's dead!"
Below the stage, several Headliners who had eaten Artificial Devil Fruits were stared at by Kaido and agreed tremblingly, "..."
Below the stage, the fear of the people of Wano surpassed all other emotions.
"Kaido is also... too cruel."
"It is simply a fate worse than death..."
"Kaido is likely even more cruel than Orochi... Sigh."
In an atmosphere surrounded by silence and fear.
Some people who didn't care about the Kozuki family were actually a little happy.
"I didn't expect to see two members of the Kozuki family today, but I didn't expect this to be the last time seeing them."
"The last time? I think we can see her every day..."
"Why... Princess Hiyori..."
"Are you crazy!"
"The Kozuki family is dead and gone, what are you afraid of? That is the most beautiful woman in Wano Country, aren't you tempted?"
"I..."
"Better to act than to just be tempted. I'm going to stake out the Red Light District. If I'm late, I won't get a number~"
After speaking, amidst the conflicted gazes of his companions, the man gradually slipped out of the crowd.
But from a god's eye view, countless men silently withdrew from the crowd...
In Kuri, Kurozumi Orochi had turned to stone.
Kaido silently checked the progress.
Rebellion proportion: 14%!
Kozuki Hiyori's contribution reduced it by another 4%.
Closing the system.
Kaido frowned, feeling dissatisfied.
Surely, the lower the percentage, the harder it is to drop.
He was so disgusted that it was dropping too slowly; it would be better to finish it all in one big wave!
"Continue!"
"Bring up all the rest!"