but.

That was ten years ago. The Black Carbon Orochi has been able to rule Wano Country for so many years because of its allies, the Beast Pirates and Kaido.

As long as he destroys the Beast Pirates, the haze that has shrouded the people of Wano Country will naturally dissipate.

"In the entire Flower City area, how many people like you are hiding in the mountains because they cannot survive due to heavy taxes?"

Nuo Xia suddenly spoke and asked the leading bandit boy.

"Report, sir." The bandit boy said tremblingly, "There have been a lot more in the past two years. Now, it is estimated that there are three to four thousand..."

Three or four thousand.

Nuo Xia was silent and put down the teacup in his hand.

The Flower City is already the most prosperous and rich place in the entire Wano Country, and there are so many people in this place who have become bandits.

You can imagine how bad the situation is in the more barren and chaotic areas such as Jiuli, Tuwan, and Linghou.

The Bandit Rebellion is just a small microcosm of the current situation in Wano Country under the high-pressure rule of the Beast Pirates.

Nuo Xia looked at Ah He, who clasped his palms together again and cast a pleading look at him. Nuo Xia sighed and finally nodded slightly to her.

A smile suddenly broke out on Ahe's face, while Nuo Xia turned his eyes and looked at the group of bandits next to him.

"Put away all the tables and chairs that you have chopped down, and then let's go."

The bandits who were kneeling on the ground in fear suddenly heard such a sentence and immediately raised their heads in surprise, some of them couldn't believe their ears.

"Act quickly before I regret it." Nuo Xia added lightly.

"Yes...yes, sir!"

The bandits did not dare to delay any longer. They got up in a panic and hurriedly cleaned up the chaotic tea shed and restored it to its original state.

After a while, under the leadership of the leading young man, all the bandits knelt down again and kowtowed three times to Nuo Xia and the proprietress Ah He, and then cautiously retreated.

"Eh?"

Ah He suddenly found something under the corner of the table. He bent down and picked it up, only to be shocked to find that it was the purse she had given to those young men before.

"well……"

She looked at the disappearing mountains and forests in the distance, sighed, it was nothing, and silently lowered her head and wiped the table.

Nuo Xia looked at her busy figure without saying a word. After silently drinking the last cup of tea, he left a little money and then disappeared in a flash.

Morning tea time is over and it's time to get down to business.

…

Half an hour later.

On the coastal border of Wano Country, a stream of light flew out from the cliff and headed straight to the north.

In the pale blue lightning, Nuo Xia's face was expressionless.

On the way out of the teahouse just now, he had already searched every inch of Wano Country with his sense of sight, but he could not find even half a cadre of the Beasts Pirates.

This didn't surprise him.

After he appeared at a tea party last month and killed Big M, the whole New World went viral that he would take action against the Beast Pirates.

Even Galio VI and the others, who are thousands of kilometers away, have heard this rumor, not to mention the Beast Pirates, who have probably already entered the highest alert state.

In the original land of Wano, there were many members of the Beast Pirates stationed in scattered areas. Now they are nowhere to be seen. Apparently, they were all recalled by Kaido.

Do you wait for work with ease, or wait for hard work...

Looking towards the far end of the coastline, Nosha sneered. All the forces of the Beast Pirates were obviously concentrated on their home base of Ghost Island.

"It saves trouble!"

There was a cold look in Noxia's eyes. The Beast Pirates didn't want to make the same mistake as Charlotte, so they shrunk in one place and made all preparations.

But to him, there is no difference at all!

…

Ghost Island.

This is a small and medium-sized island nearly 100 kilometers north of Wano. It looks like a giant horn of a ghost. The palace complex located in the center of the island is the headquarters of the Beast Pirates.

Boom!

Muffled thunder rolled from the sky, and the thunder stopped directly above the palace complex. After it dispersed, Nuo Xia's figure was revealed.

"strangeness."

Nuo Xia looked down, his eyes wandering back and forth among the palaces, his brows slightly wrinkled, a little confused.

The huge palace complex was deserted and completely silent. Only the ghost giant's empty eyes were filled with faint cold flames, and there was almost no breath of living people on the entire island.

Is there an ambush?

This was an idea that came to Nuo Xia's mind, but was quickly rejected by him.

After three years of practice and training, his knowledge and appearance are now at the top of the world. Apart from the three disasters and ordinary cadres, even Kaido can't even think of hiding under his influence.

If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it. Just ask someone to find out.

Whoosh!

His body flashed, and the next moment, Nuo Xia landed on the steps directly in front of the palace, looking into the gate.

There are very few living creatures that can be sensed on the entire Ghost Island, and the only human being is sitting on the threshold of this gate.

It was a tall figure wearing a Prajna mask with red devil horns. The white cloak he wore was tattered and dirty, and his whole body was covered with bruises from being beaten and flattened.

The other party had been sitting there for a long time, as if just waiting for him. At this moment, he finally saw Nuo Xia appear and suddenly stood up.

"Ghost people?"

Nuo Xia's eyes were first attracted by the red devil's horns. When he saw the other party standing up, he frowned slightly and said coldly:

"Take off the mask, I have a few questions to ask you."

"Yeah!"

The action of the other party was quite simple. He pulled off the Prajna mask, threw it aside, and shook his head of long, gradient white hair, revealing a beautiful and charming face.

Girl?

Nuo Xia was slightly startled and looked surprised.

The girl in front of me has a slim figure and impressive curves, but she was so tightly covered by the white cloak that she didn't even notice it before.

"You are finally here, Lord Noxia!"

There was no look of fear or timidity on the white-haired girl's face. Instead, she stood on tiptoes with her hands behind her back, looking up with a hopeful and happy smile:

"I've been waiting for you here for a long time!"

The girl has a sassy temperament and a heroic spirit between her eyebrows, but when she smiles, her scarred face and dimples are particularly sweet and moving.

That look inexplicably reminded Nuo Xia of the time when he first met Nuo Qigao. His heart softened, his murderous aura dissipated, and his voice became much softer:

"Who are you, Kaido?"

"Yamato! My name is Romanov Yamato!"

The girl's answer was simple and unexpected, "As for Kaido, that guy has already escaped!"

Romanov Yamato?

Nuo Xia was stunned, but soon her attention was attracted by the second half of the girl's words, and she frowned: "What are you? Kaido ran away?"

"Yes, Lord Noxia!"

The white-haired girl couldn't help grinning, as if the mention of this matter made her very happy, "That despicable man didn't dare to be your enemy at all. After hearing about Wan Guo, he hesitated for several days, and finally

He still lost his entire family fortune, took his cadres to sea and ran away!"

ha?

After receiving the girl's confirmation, Nuo Xia finally couldn't hide the look of astonishment on her face.

What are you doing!

I had come all the way here, prepared to fight one against ten thousand and get into a tough fight.

Then you told me...

Kaido ran away with a bucket overnight?

…………

One minute later.

On both sides of the steps in front of the threshold, the two sat opposite each other. Nuo Xia crossed her legs and held her chin with her hand, chewing on what the girl had just said. Her face was full of bewilderment, and she still couldn't believe this ridiculous fact.

The majestic emperor of the sea, the immortal Kaido, who is known as "the strongest creature in the world", when he heard that he was coming, he took all his subordinates and ran away overnight. The belongings were moved very cleanly, leaving only an empty lair.

It's better now.
To be continued...