radicalducati Chapter 4 Harikasa Village Kotama
Chapter 4 Harikasa Village Kotama
The year is 1518 in the Sea Calendar. (Two years before the Marineford War)
Wano Country, Kuri District, Nougasa Village.
Weapon factories and poison gas factories were built near this remote and dilapidated village.
Towering chimneys shot into the sky, emitting black exhaust fumes and colorful toxic gases.
Under the rule of the Beasts Pirates, various weapon factories were established in different regions of Wano Country to provide weapons for the Beasts Pirates' Great Expedition.
They even export their products to war-torn countries around the world through the underground dark world, making money for the Beasts Pirates.
The Beasts Pirates' Seastone weapons and tools, as well as various weapons and poison gas weapons, are very famous throughout the world.
Queen the Plague's various poison gas weapons are extremely dangerous, making him a notorious pirate with a bounty of 1.32 billion Berries.
In the villages near the various weapons factories, life was even more miserable.
Not only were villagers forcibly conscripted to work, but various types of sewage and waste also polluted the land and rivers on which the village depended for survival.
This resulted in many villagers receiving little to no wages, while the land was unable to produce food.
Large numbers of villages were plunged into a prolonged famine.
At this time, we were on the mountainside outside Bianli Village.
A little girl, her clothes full of holes and filthy, knelt before two graves, her lips pursed, sobbing and trying to stop her tears and snot from flowing.
"Xiaoyu, this is really hard to talk about, but your father and mother have already..."
A woman, also dressed in tattered clothes, choked back tears as she spoke softly and sorrowfully to the four-year-old girl.
The death of their neighbor made them see the same future, and for a moment they felt a kind of despair of shared misfortune.
"I'm fine."
"Mom and Dad...you two get some rest..."
The little girl knelt on the grave, her hands clasped together, and spoke in a trembling voice. The bow on her back was askew, and her tattered little shoes revealed her dirty little toes.
At that moment, in the large treehouse behind the village of Meigasa, Tenguyama Hitetsu also saw the poor little girl.
"Charcoal...?"
Tenguyama Hitetsu hesitated for a moment, but in the end he still chose to walk towards the little girl.
He hated Kurozumi Orochi, but not all Kurozumi clan members were unforgivable sinners.
The couple were members of a branch of the Black Charcoal Clan, but they were just ordinary, nameless commoners.
They both died in Kaido's weapons factory.
He decided to adopt the poor, dark-skinned little girl.
Otherwise, this little girl, who was only a few years old, would never have been able to survive in this harsh and remote village.
But just as Tengu Mountain Feiche walked toward the little girl's grave on the mountainside, a crane's cry rang out from the sky.
"These tall chimneys are so annoying! I never knew there were so many in this world!"
"What is this smell? It's practically poisonous!"
A figure flew down amidst cursing and swearing.
The sudden appearance of this stranger made Tenguyama Hitsuya cautiously stop in his tracks.
He was terrified that this person was one of Kurozumi Orochi's Oniwabanshu.
The little girl kneeling in front of the grave also saw the man descending from the sky. Instinctively, she moved closer to the tombstone, looking at the young man with a hint of fear.
Even the neighbor woman who had just been comforting Xiaoyu rushed back to the village, completely disregarding Xiaoyu's safety.
They were afraid that this was either a real attack or a supervisor from the Beasts Pirates.
After Luo Ji jumped to the ground, the flying crane turned into some ink and disappeared into the air.
"Sorcerer!!"
Tenguyama Hitetsu immediately hid, not daring to reveal his identity in front of such a sorcerer.
He was also wondering what purpose this strange sorcerer had come to Amigasa Village. Could it be that he had been exposed?
If there is any danger, he will immediately flee the village of Bengashi.
"This must be the village of Meili."
Luo Ji frowned. He plucked a leaf, activated his Fu-Fu Fruit power, and turned it into a mask, which he then put on his face. The air pollution here was just too severe.
The range of variations in the Fufu Fruit's power is quite large; in fact, even accessories like sunglasses, gloves, wigs, or fake beards are within its range.
Luo Ji quickly spotted the pitiful little girl and the unique komainu (guardian dog) beside her.
These komainu with their golden manes look just like lions.
It's important to know that komainu, komainu deer, and komainu fox are species unique to Wano Country and are considered relatively rare pets.
How could poor Xiaoyu afford to keep such a pet?
This suggests that Tama has already acquired the Paramecia-type Dango Fruit ability.
The Komainu were not much bigger than Tama at the time, but a few years later, they grew into giant beasts over ten meters tall. How much food must they have consumed?
It's likely that the komainu (guardian dog) hunts in the mountains to support itself.
Under Fei Che's care at Tian Gou Mountain, Xiao Yu can only eat rice on her birthday. Otherwise, she can only survive on barnyard millet, which has little nutritional value. This is too poor.
What a miserable life we're living.
Tenguyama Hitetsu, the former shogun of Wano Country, is utterly incompetent at making money.
He's not even very good at hunting.
Even if they only went into the Wano Inland Sea to hunt a sea monster or a waterfall carp, it would be enough to feed their village for many days.
It's worth noting that Amigasa Village is located on the coast of the Inland Sea, next to Udon Ward, which has a sea stone mine, and across the sea from Oni Island.
Fire Fist Ace stormed into Wano Country and ended up stranded in Amigasa Village.
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"Your name is Kurotan Tama, right? Did you pinch a dumpling off your own cheek and feed it to this komainu?"
Luo Ji took off his mask and looked at the little girl with a smile.
The moment he saw Xiaoyu, he roughly knew the current timeline.
It seems that Tenguyama Hitetsu hasn't adopted Tama yet, and Fire Fist Ace hasn't landed in Wano Country.
This timeline seems a bit early.
However, Tama is already three or four years old and has lost both her parents, which means that it won't be long before Fire Fist Ace enters Wano Country.
Furthermore, when Portgas D. Ace stormed into Wano Country, the Beasts Pirates were on a full-scale expedition.
Kaido of the Beasts and the Three Disasters are not on Onigashima.
Fire Fist Ace stayed in Amigasa Village for a few weeks, during which time he also learned to weave straw hats from Tama.
This is also one of the key skills that enabled Ace and Little Oars to become good brothers.
Finally, Ace left Amigasa Village and stormed Onigashima, where he fought with Yamato, who remained on the island, and they became good friends.
Oh, so the chances of Tama becoming a glamorous ninja and joining Ace's ship, as well as meeting Yamato, will all fall into Luo Ji's hands.
"Yes, sir. How did you know I fed dango to Komachiyo?"
Xiaoyu answered Luo Ji's question somewhat timidly. She was a little afraid that this strange young man would take away her Komachiyo, so she quickly hugged Komachiyo.
With her parents gone, Komachiyo became her only family.
"From now on, you'll come with me! I'll never let you go hungry again."
Luo Ji chuckled softly, his smile gentle and possessing a clear and approachable quality unique to college students from Blue Star.
Tama's Paramecia-type Dango Fruit ability is jokingly referred to by many One Piece fans as a beast-taming ability with the potential to become the 'Beast King'.
Most ferocious beasts, and even artificial Devil Fruit users, will obey Tama's commands once they eat her dumplings.
Just one feeding is enough to make these animals obey Xiaoyu's commands for a month.
With this ability, Tama is even more like the Beast King than Kaido of the Beasts.
This little guy has the potential to become Luo Ji's capable subordinate.
At worst, Luo Ji could free up some scroll space to capture and imprison some ferocious beasts for Xiao Yu.
Like the specimen prison in Montdor, it imprisoned a large number of rare animals and wild beasts.
If they become powerful in the future, they can also purchase goods from Shiki the Golden Lion and tame a large number of powerful mutated beasts.
He even went to Ruskaina Island, where Luffy trained, to tame some powerful beasts comparable to vice admirals.
Then Xiaoyu will truly become the Beast King under Luo Ji's command!
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