boyutpedia Chapter 309 The General is never wrong.
Chapter 309 The General is never wrong.
P.S.: Yesterday's update was a bit harsh, but I feel it's still not enough.
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After destroying a mining site, Eileen did not continue the so-called "rescue" operation.
It wasn't that Hazuki Kojiro didn't want her to do it, but rather that she knew very well.
There must be a reason why his father, Kaido, knew about these evil deeds but remained indifferent.
It's impossible that it's simply because of so-called trade agreements.
Kaido wouldn't even use that kind of thing to wipe his butt because it had writing on it.
So, having made up her mind, she bid farewell to Hazuki Kojiro and embarked on a solo journey through Wano Country.
Of course, in order to make it easier to gather intelligence, she disguised herself as a samurai.
To make her disguise convincing enough, she even consulted with Hazuki Kojiro about some of the little habits that samurai must have.
While learning these little habits, the old craftsman Meiji, who had been coerced into forging a sword, still managed to forge a knife for Eileen.
Just as he said, he really did forge a great sword of the highest grade.
Furthermore, he was the first among all the laborers to wake up that day, and the only one besides Hazuki Kojiro to see the sun shining on the Benihime.
Therefore, he named the sword he forged for himself "Red Princess".
The Red Princess.
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A month has passed since I left Hazuki Kojiro and began my solo journey.
Over the course of a month, Eileen moved from Udon to Hakumai, then from Hakumai to Ringo, and then back through Ringo.
Today, she officially set foot on the land of the Ximei region.
During that month, she naturally also investigated many reasons why Kaido did not come to save Wano Country.
One very important point is that the people of Wano Country blame all their current suffering on the Beasts Pirates.
Yes, it's outrageous. They blame the Beasts, they blame Kaido, but not Orochi.
If Kaido hadn't forcibly seized Onigashima and demanded that Wano Country trade with him, would Wano Country be in this state now?!
If the Beasts hadn't driven out the Kozuki family, would Wano be in this state now?!
[If Kaido hadn't defeated Lord Kozuki Oden, the current Shogun of Wano Country would be Lord Oden!!]
[Kaido clearly has so much food, why doesn't he give it to us?!]
Such remarks have emerged one after another, and have almost become the consensus of the entire nation of Wano Country.
There was no deliberate instigation from Kurozumi Orochi; it was all the spontaneous idea of the people of Wano Country.
They all blamed the Beasts and Kaido; not a single person said that their current suffering was caused by Orochi.
Eileen questioned several people about this.
"Why do you all say that the current suffering is caused by the Beasts and Kaido?"
"Weren't you all doing quite well during the time of Kozuki Sukiyaki Shogun?"
"The Beasts and Kaido didn't do anything! It only turned out like this after Orochi took over. Shouldn't the responsibility lie with Orochi?!"
Faced with Irene's questioning, the Wano Country people stammered and couldn't answer.
Finally, they summed it up with a single, angry retort:
"The General is infallible! All the mistakes were caused by the Beasts and Kaido!!"
That one sentence instantly extinguished Irene's burning desire to save Wano Country, which had been fueled by the mining operation.
"So that's how it is! No wonder Father has been neglecting Wano Country all this time!"
Disheartened, Irene abandoned her passion and impulsiveness, and began to observe everything in Wano Country from a more detached perspective.
After entering the Ximei region, the natural environment here is much better than the previous two regions.
Because this is grassland, not mountainous area. Although there are mountains, there are relatively few places available for mining.
Similarly, precisely because this is a grassland with open terrain and nowhere to hide, Eileen sometimes walks for one or two days without encountering a single person.
It wasn't until Irene walked all the way to the area near Kuri that she finally encountered a proper human settlement.
This is a small village hidden on the mountainside, where dozens of people from Wano Country live a poor but peaceful life.
Eileen stayed here for two days, gathering some basic intelligence.
The people in this village are quite different from the people in other parts of Wano Country.
They were reasonable enough to know that their current suffering was caused by Orochi.
The beasts may bear some responsibility, but without the beasts there would be no Thousand Hands or Ten Thousand Longs?
Don't forget, the Whitebeard Pirates landed in Wano Country earlier than the Beasts Pirates.
It's just that Whitebeard was relatively benevolent towards the beasts and didn't launch an invasion.
However, as reasonable as they were, the people of this village also knew that they could not fight against the Kurozumi Orochi on their own, so they chose to hide in the mountains of the Nozomi region.
I'll hide as long as I can.
If they're lucky one day and a savior descends from the heavens, like Kozuki Oden returning as king, they can return to normal life.
If you're unlucky and don't get the savior, but instead get Orochi's slave-hunting crew, then just commit suicide to end it all and avoid suffering.
After leaving the village, Eileen encountered a few scattered households in the mountains and forests.
They all share similar ideas with the village.
If there is no savior, then we can just hide and wait for the next day to pass.
However, Eileen had only known this kind person for a short time before he quickly reverted to his old ways.
"Hit her! Beat her to death!"
"She is Kaido! She is a monster!"
"We must defeat Kaido! We must banish her from Wano Country!!"
The noise of a group of children caught Irene's attention, mainly because the name Kaido appeared so frequently that she couldn't help but pay attention.
Upon arriving at the scene, they discovered that a group of children were bullying another child.
Although the one who was bullied didn't look like a child, because she was over 4 meters tall.
Judging from her tender cheeks, soft skin, and muscles, she was a child of about ten years old.
The group of children who kept throwing stones at the big kids, although most of them were of normal size, had very fierce-looking faces.
In addition, not far behind them, a group of adults were watching them intently.
These adults might not stoop to physically attacking the 4-meter-tall child, but if the child dared to fight back, they would likely be willing to teach the child's parents a lesson on their behalf.
When Eileen saw this appalling scene, her brows furrowed deeply.
Child bullying—this was a completely unfamiliar term to her.
Therefore, since she had no experience in this area, she was unsure of what to do at that moment.
Her first thought was to drive the group of children away.
Then escort the 4-meter-tall child back to his parents and persuade them to move away from this disgusting place.
but……
As she took a step closer and saw clearly that the bullied child actually had two horns growing on his head, her thoughts instantly changed.