Flower Capital.
The streets were busy with the smell of delicious food and the shouts of vendors, a stark contrast to the poor towns, as if they were in two different worlds.
Daichi walked alone in the middle of the street, his rough Viking clothes clashing with the surrounding environment.
Without a word, passersby immediately moved to the sides when they saw him, not even daring to look him directly in the eye.
Fear, disgust, hatred...
Daichi could clearly feel all sorts of negative emotions from the reactions of the passersby, and he knew very well how unpopular he was.
After all, to this country, the Beast Pirates were a symbol of disaster. Even if they didn't dare to express it openly, the inner hatred was unavoidable.
However, Daichi thought of another problem.
"Can I rent out my house?"
The common people hated the Beast Pirates so much, who would dare to rent his property?
The problem was serious and needed to be addressed.
Not long after, Daichi arrived at the outermost area of the Flower Capital. Compared to the noisy interior, it was much quieter here.
"Grrr-grrr~"
A convoy transporting household waste passed by Daichi.
"It stinks, hurry up."
"Dump all this trash in Ebisu Town."
"Those poor devils love to eat trash the most."
In the middle of the grumbling, the convoy quickly left the Flower Capital, heading to Ebisu Town, a few thousand meters to the south.
Though called Ebisu Town, it was actually a broken village surviving on the scraps from the Flower Capital, inhabited mostly by the old, weak, women, and children.
Daichi looked in the direction the convoy left, and at the faintly visible Ebisu Town, a thought suddenly popped into his mind.
"First, business."
Daichi shook his head and came to the outside of a warehouse.
A smiling old man had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Daichi, he immediately ran over to greet him.
"Daichi-sama, you've finally arrived!"
"Mr. Random."
Daichi nodded.
As early as a month ago, he had met the old man in front of him. The other party was a famous wealthy gentleman in the Flower Capital, owning a large number of properties, and the warehouse in front of them was one of them.
Recently, for some unknown reason, the other party began to sell off properties. Rumor had it that it was related to the courtesan Oiran Komurasaki.
Daichi took out the money he had prepared.
The reward for capturing Yamato was 500 gold, equivalent to 5 million berries, of which 30% was left for Ulti, and 50 gold was given to the fan club members.
The remaining 300 gold was exactly the amount he had agreed upon with Binhao.
"Here's 300 gold."
"Oh, Daichi-sama is truly generous."
Random smiled broadly, quickly took out a land deed from his kimono, and after both parties confirmed it was correct, the transaction was quickly completed.
With the money in hand, Random's smile became even brighter, and he was eager to leave. "Daichi-sama, I'll take my leave now."
"Mm."
Daichi nodded slightly, his gaze strange.
This lecherous old man, he couldn't have fallen for a honey trap, could he!
That courtesan lady...
Tsk, she's sucking him dry!
Daichi walked into the warehouse, looking at the huge space, and couldn't help but shrug his shoulders, bursting into laughter.
"Hahahahaha!"
After nearly three months of hard work, he finally became a homeowner again. Although it was just a remote warehouse, this was only the beginning.
Getting rich is just around the corner!
"Also, this feeling!"
Daichi clenched his fist, his eyes filled with joy.
It's Haki!
He had mastered Armament Haki!
So that's it, he finally understood his Haki path!
Owning property meant having basic life security, and this security could be said to be his confidence in facing the world, which then turned into Haki!
Converted into a formula:
Property = Confidence = Haki!
Wait, if the guess is correct, does it mean that the more properties he buys, the stronger his Haki becomes?
This is too good!
"It's a good chance to test the effect of Haki."
Daichi's gaze turned cold, and he roared.
"All of you, come out!"
"..."
After a brief silence, seven or eight thin figures poured in from several entrances of the warehouse, quickly surrounding Daichi in the center.
They were ronin samurai!
Daichi looked coldly at the samurai.
Although he hadn't awakened Observation Haki, he had long sensed someone following him, and the little Groudon inside him had also sensed danger, warning him multiple times.
"Just this few pieces of trash?"
"Don't underestimate us!"
The samurai were angry and drew their swords one after another.
"Kaido's dog, today is your death day!"
"Just because you stray dogs are here?"
Daichi sneered.
A bunch of rats in the gutter, without the guts to attack Onigashima, playing a game of catching stragglers, truly disgraceful.
Indeed, after Kozuki Oden's death, the backbone of this country was completely broken. Where could there be true samurai?
Hearing Daichi's verbal taunts, three young samurai immediately saw red and charged forward recklessly.
"Bastard, die!"
"Get lost!"
Daichi grabbed his door-sized greatsword and swept it out with immense power and weight. The nearly two-meter-long, heavy blade sent the three young samurai, along with their swords, flying.
"Ahhh!"
Screams and blood burst in the air.
Four remained.
The remaining four samurai's expressions changed drastically.
"Don't clash head-on with him!"
Just by looking at Daichi's body and weapon, they knew he was a power type. Fighting head-on was definitely the most foolish way to fight him.
"All together!"
The leading samurai gripped his sword with both hands, a thin layer of Ryuo covering the blade, and leaped up, slashing at Daichi from the front.
"Clang!"
The blade was blocked by the greatsword!
Daichi held the greatsword horizontally in front of him, feeling the special aura around the opponent's blade, and knew what it was.
It was Haki.
According to Wano Country's terminology, it could also be called Ryuo.
Too bad, the power was a bit weak.
The samurai had been chased and forced to hide, making it difficult to even ensure normal food and shelter, let alone maintain a strong body.
To be able to use Haki already made them outstanding among the Kozuki remnants.
"And us!"
While their leader held Daichi back, two samurai launched attacks from the left and right sides, their blades thrusting toward Daichi's waist.
Daichi's lips curved slightly. He stomped his right foot on the ground, and two stone walls rose from the earth, stopping the two men's blades.
"Clang!"
The blades struck the rock chunks, creating sparks.
But there was still one more!
The last samurai quietly moved behind Daichi, leaped up with all his might, and slashed his long sword with full force at Daichi's neck.
With the leader drawing attention from the front, two flanking from the sides, and one responsible for the beheading, this tactic had been practiced many times by them, successfully eliminating many strong enemies.
"Got him!"
The moment the blade struck the neck, a joyous sense of revenge appeared in the samurai's eyes. However, something that horrified him happened.
"Crack!"
The blade broke into two!
"Ryuo!"
The enemy's neck was covered in Ryuo!
"Is this all your strength?"
Daichi spoke coldly, his entire body's muscles slowly expanding and tensing, with ugly snake-like blue veins appearing on the surface of his skin.
The ground began to shake violently!
The samurai's eyes were filled with horror.
"Run!"
They wanted to escape, but it was too late.
"Boom!"
The entire warehouse exploded and collapsed, sending a massive amount of dust billowing out.
Who knows how long passed.
When all the dust settled, the site of the warehouse looked as if it had experienced a powerful earthquake. The ground was covered in cracks and rubble, and the bodies of the samurai were buried under the debris.
Daichi stood in the center of the ruins, his foot on the dying samurai leader, his gaze fixed on the inner city of the Flower Capital.
"The clean-up crew is coming."
A crowd was approaching.
The noise was too great for the people in the city not to notice, but he didn't know if the approaching group would be the Mimawarigumi under Orochi, or Kyoshiro's family gang.
"Hm?"
A distinctive pompadour entered his sight.
It was Kyoshiro!
Daichi showed a playful smile.
"A big shot has arrived!"