"Take over Wano Country and collect the Soul Tax."
A magnificent voice fell from the horizon.
At the same time, several shadowy figures, seemingly illusory and elusive, separated from Loki and floated down before Panda and the others.
These shadows wore pitch-black robes and towering official hats. The brims were pressed extremely low, revealing only a section of tongue made of black mist dangling outside their lips. Their hands tightly gripped chains emitting a faint, eerie light.
These were soul clones created by Loki based on the legendary image of Black Impermanence (Hei Wuchang) from his previous life, specifically responsible for collecting souls.
"Yes! Your Majesty Loki, please rest assured and leave it to us!"
Panda, Shark, and the others responded respectfully.
Although it was their first time doing it, they had already practiced similar plans in Elbaf.
Plus, His Majesty Loki had already shattered the hearts of the people of Wano Country.
If they still couldn't do this.
They might as well find a sea to drown themselves in.
"Pluton, how do you feel?"
Loki paid no more attention to these trivial matters, his focus entirely on Pluton.
Pluton responded excitedly: "Feeling good! Father God, I have tried to run the main gun. The main gun energy channel is intact and can be activated. If I harvest four or five more times, I should be able to fire a complete main gun shot."
"Harvest a few more times... what an energy guzzler."
Loki calculated in his heart.
Wano Country just had about twenty thousand people. The average remaining lifespan was about 30-50 years. The total soul energy was at least 900,000 years.
Damn, one shot from Pluton costs nearly 6 million years of soul power.
"Doesn't matter, it's not my own life anyway."
Loki got over it in an instant.
Just lives; there are plenty on the sea.
Compared to the Mother Flame, which is a difficult problem, this is simply inexhaustible.
What's more, this is a world-destroying attack capable of shattering an entire island.
Let alone 6 million years of soul power, even if it takes 10 million years, he will shoot!
In this battle, he must give Mariejois a fucking shot no matter what.
"However, there is still a gap of about 5 million years. Relying solely on the Marines of the New World G-series branches doesn't seem enough."
"According to the production level of the Edo period, Wano Country can support so many samurai, so Wano Country must have at least about 2 million subjects."
"Harvesting two months of lifespan per person is only about 330,000 years."
"Too little. Wano Country has been liberated by me. This is a day worth celebrating. Let's take five years for the first tax payment."
"Presumably, the people of Wano Country can understand."
Loki thought of a solution in an instant.
Let the people of Wano Country suffer a bit; the nobles will bear the infamy.
Three days passed in a flash.
With the Oniwabanshu, this group of former ninjas, as lackeys, plus the mountains of grain confiscated from the nobles' granaries.
The people of Wano Country went from disbelief and fear at the beginning to expectation and urgency now.
Flower Capital, Itachi Port, Neko Port, Habu Port...
Long queues formed in towns across Wano Country.
People clutched their household registration tablets, their eyes full of longing for the future, discussions rising one after another.
Flower Capital.
At the entrance of an alley.
Buzz~
The air rippled like the surface of water.
A girl jumped out of it and landed on the ground.
The girl had light green loose hair, with a bundle of hair on each side, and red and yellow hair ornaments on the right side.
She wore a short pink kimono with several crescent-like patterns on it.
Her legs were long and slender, wearing yellow short boots, and a katana was at her waist.
Her style was vastly different from the current Wano Country.
"How could it be..."
Fear lingered on Amatsuki Toki's face. She touched the wall, her emotions fluctuating.
There should still be more than ten years until eight hundred years later.
The ability still exists; why can't she reach the future?
Could it be that the future she wants to go to no longer exists?
"This is not where I started either; something went wrong with time and space."
Amatsuki Toki suppressed her thoughts and observed the surroundings.
When she traveled through time, she was on a remote island.
This place is obviously not it.
Amatsuki Toki carefully poked her head out of the alley.
A familiar yet strange style came into view.
People dressed in various class costumes were queuing on the main road, with expectations for the future on their faces.
"Is this Wano Country? What is everyone doing?"
Amatsuki Toki was pleasantly surprised and pricked up her ears to listen.
"His Majesty Loki is truly a benevolent ruler! He actually gave us grain, and in the future, the grain harvested from farming belongs to us; we don't have to pay rent to the nobles anymore!"
"Yeah, yeah, and no more grain collection in the future; whatever we get from farming, we can keep for ourselves."
"It's like a dream."
"Those hateful nobles would rather let the grain rot in the granary than give it to us."
"Boohoo~ If only His Majesty Loki had come earlier, my daughter wouldn't have been sold by the loan sharks to be a songstress."
"It's all because that Shogun Kozuki Sukiyaki was too incompetent. Why didn't he die earlier with those nobles!!"
"There will be no Shogun in the future; don't insult His Majesty Loki."
"My bad, hehe, heard he was killed by his son."
"Really? That's great."
"...."
Noisy discussions entered her ears. Amatsuki Toki was struck by lightning, freezing in place.
The Kozuki clan was not only the object of worship for their five clans—Amatsuki, Shimotsuki, Fugetsu, Uzuki, and Kurozumi—but also the Shogun passed down for generations in Wano Country.
But now, what did she hear?
The Shogun was abolished, and the samurai class was banned.
The current Shogun, Kozuki Sukiyaki, was actually killed by his own biological son?
What exactly happened in Wano Country?!
Amatsuki Toki suppressed the stormy waves in her heart and moved carefully in the shadows, approaching the front of the queue.
This was a square formed by demolishing several buildings.
In the square, grain and gold and silver piled up like mountains.
Beside it, ice crystal-like text floated in the air, forming legal articles one by one.
"Paradise Law?"
"Supply food, guard safety, exemption from death and assistance.... pay Soul Tax."
Amatsuki Toki's gaze swept over the articles one by one, somewhat surprised.
Not too harsh, but tolerant beyond her imagination.
Abolished the hierarchy between nobles and commoners, emphasized the subjectivity of each person's life. Anyone who actively harms others must bear the penalty of death.
And provides security guarantees, life guarantees. Once an individual encounters survival difficulties, they can also apply for assistance.
Even in the sea eight hundred years ago, there was no such benevolent country.
This His Majesty Loki seems to be a rare good person.
"However, Soul Tax?" Amatsuki Toki scanned the specific content, her face complicated.
Using two months of lifespan in exchange for a year of peace.
She didn't know how to evaluate it.
For a noble like her who had no worries about food and clothing, it might be a disaster.
For the people of Wano Country...
Amatsuki Toki scanned the hopeful faces one by one and had the answer in her heart.
She knew why she couldn't go to the future.
Wano Country... has already died in the hearts of the people.
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