Pirate: Hades! ( One Piece)

# Chapter 315: Talent

Looking at the intelligence in his hand, Hades couldn't help but sigh with emotion; the Kurozumi Clan had become smarter.

Their current approach, using a more subtle method to undermine the foundation of Wano Country and throw the situation into chaos, also made it convenient for the Kurozumi Clan to carry out certain actions.

For the Kurozumi Clan, the more chaotic Wano Country was, the better.

The more chaos there was, the more unstable the Kozuki Clan's position as Shogun of Wano Country became.

What they wanted was the entirety of Wano Country, the rule over Wano Country.

As for the population and situation of Wano Country, the Kurozumi Clan didn't care.

Was there a difference between ruling four million people and ruling one million?

One must know that in the future, the Wano Country ruled by Kurozumi Orochi, except for the Flower Capital, had its other areas turned into factories and polluted.

However, this kind of human trafficking wouldn't last long.

The total population of Wano Country was only four million.

Currently, nearly 1.

5 million people had already been lost.

Over one million of them were arranged on Rainbow Island by the Kronos Kingdom.

The remaining several hundred thousand were arranged on Fusang Island.

Except for the Artisans and Ninjas, who were strictly monitored by the Kronos Kingdom.

For the ordinary Wano Country Residents, the Kronos Kingdom restricted their contact with the outside world, preventing them from learning news from The Great Sea.

Apart from the rule of the Kronos Kingdom, their only contact with the outside world was through one port of the Kronos Kingdom.

They needed time to forget Wano Country.

By then, the relevant restrictions would gradually be lifted.

Hades had requirements for human trafficking.

No Nobles, no Samurai class, only ordinary Residents.

Wano Country had been isolated for many years; for them, Wano Country was the entire world.

Many came voluntarily because they were too poor, so naturally, they didn't have strong beliefs about Wano Country, nor did they have much sense of honor.

These ordinary Residents were also easier to control.

Fusang Island and Rainbow Island were close to each other, within the same Sea Area.

So there would be interaction between them.

They could get a simple understanding of the situation in Wano Country.

Chaos, poverty, and various news made them more dependent on their current situation, not wishing to return.

Compared to Wano Country, their current life was like paradise.

There was no poverty, working would yield gain, and there were many novel things.

One had to admit the Kurozumi Clan's ability to manipulate people's hearts.

They did the bad deeds, yet they gained the good reputation.

Whether they were Human Traffickers or Bandits, they were all their people.

But before selling these Wano Country Residents, they would send people to "rescue" them, appearing as good people to lower their psychological resistance.

One had to say, the Kurozumi Clan truly possessed talent.

Originally, Hades only intended to weaken the overall strength of Wano Country, but the Kurozumi Clan did infinitely better than expected.

In just ten years, they had plunged a kingdom into such a state.

Wano Country could be said to be finished.

Woman, Child, having lost such a large population, who knows how many families were broken and scattered, with negative emotions filling the entire Wano Country.

This kingdom had lost its future.

As for human trafficking, this large-scale human trafficking was probably sufficient for Hades to continue for another year.

As the kingdom descended into chaos, the evil side of human nature would gradually be unleashed.

The bottom-level Residents would become cunning and selfish.

They would lose the so-called simplicity of ordinary Residents.

This would affect the Kronos Kingdom's rule over Rainbow Island and Fusang Island, which was something Hades did not want to see.

Therefore, after one year, Hades did not plan to take any more Wano Country Residents except for Woman.

Let Wano Country destroy itself.

Of course, this was not the end; human trafficking would continue, but it would have nothing to do with the Pluto Pirates.

Hades would contact the Underworld Forces involved in selling human organs through the "King of Arms" Victor and establish cooperation with the Kurozumi Clan.

Victor would act as the Middleman, and transportation fees would be earned through "Deep Sea Vortex" Umit.

By then, the Pluto Pirates would be free from this human trafficking, leaving the rest to those two to handle.

Naturally, Hades had no psychological burden.

He believed the Kurozumi Clan would not refuse, as without the revenue from selling people, they would need to find other ways to obtain funds.

Especially in recent years, as the population decreased, the land of Wano Country was abandoned, grain began to decrease, and many people starved to death.

Before gaining authority/power over Wano Country, the Kurozumi Clan would remain dependent on the outside world.

As for the trade of Seastone and metal ore, it had been ongoing.

As the Kurozumi Clan's faction in Wano Country grew stronger over the past few years, they secretly controlled many Wano Country Mines, capturing some Samurai and Wano Country Residents to continuously dig for ore.

The various ores dug out were basically all sent to the Pluto Sea Area.

For these things, the Kronos Kingdom would never be satisfied.

Besides Seastone Mines, Wano Country also had gold mines, iron mines, red copper ore, and various other ores; it was completely a treasure trove.

And this was only a small part of Wano Country.

Wano Country currently had an area of roughly four thousand square kilometers, which was only four times the size of Paros Island and one-hundredth the size of the Kronos Kingdom.

Eight hundred years ago, Wano Country was very large and one of the Superpowers at the time.

However, due to its connections with the Great Kingdom, it became a primary target of the World Government at that time.

Most of the entire Island was sunk below the Sea Surface, with only a portion remaining above the Sea Surface, forming the Wano Country of today.

And Wano Country was the first Superpower the World Government targeted, targeting it for hundreds of years until Wano Country completely closed its borders, and only then did the targeting end.

That a powerful Superpower became like this was also the reason why Superpowers like the Kronos Kingdom were unwilling to directly oppose the World Government.

However, the World Government was unprecedentedly strong in its early days, with various factions joining its ranks.

At its inception, the Marines could field five or six Top Tier Combatants.

The strength of the various World Noble Familys was also at its peak.

It was only over these eight hundred years that they began to gradually corrupt and weaken.

With the corruption of power, weakening was inevitable.

In the past, the World Government would still look for talent.

Now, as long as there were Celestial Dragons with ambition, they would receive focused cultivation, and precious Devil Fruits would also be prioritized for them.

Within the World Government itself, it was also unstable.

Some Familys with hundreds of years of history basically developed within the framework of the World Government.

Their origins were not without Monsters cultivated by the World Government or the descendants of retired Marine Admirals.

The combatant strength contained within these Familys was even comparable to that of some World Noble Familys.

According to what Hades knew, there were several such Familys.

They were never truly aligned with the World Government, and even the World Nobles regarded them highly.

For example, the Sterling Family, which had close connections with the Tartarus Family since very early times.

The Patriarch of the Sterling Family, Sterling Langman, was the World Government's Finance Minister and the Steward of the Holy Land.

He himself was a Top Tier Combatant.

This was enough to show his high position and power, arguably second only to the Five Elders.

The status of the Sterling Family was naturally also special.

There were many such Familys.

It was hard to say that the weakening of some World Noble Familys wasn't due to the actions of these top Familys.

One must know that their demand was to replace World Noble Familys or become new World Nobles.

Conflict, naturally, arose.

Besides the Fiorella Family, some intelligence about the World Government was also provided by the Sterling Family.

Hades had met Langman's son when he was a child.

His name was the same as the "King of Arms", also Victor, and he was one year younger than himself.

This was enough to show how close the connections between the two Familys were.

Over these eight hundred years, the two Familys had a total of seven marriage alliances.

Including one direct lineage and six collateral branch marriage alliances.

(end of chapter)