**Chapter 193: Sea Calendar 1482 and the Cooperation with the Kurozumi Clan**
Sea Calendar 1482.
Nearly three years had passed since that battle, yet the entire World had never truly been peaceful.
The World Government received strong support from its Member Nation, and the Marines rapidly expanded their Military Strength to 500,000, recovering some of their forces.
Many new Navy Branch were established throughout the Four Seas to maintain stability and protect Merchant Ship.
However, facing the Rocks Pirates, the Marines and the World Government were still under suppression.
The entire New World remained fertile ground for rampant Pirate.
The Marines dispatched heavy forces to guard the World Government's gateway, and facing the Pirate's assaults, the annual losses were not small.
The Rocks Pirates would not cease their plunder and fighting.
In these three years, they had acted numerous times to weaken the strength of the Marines and the World Government.
Even the World Government's Heavenly Tribute was plundered considerably.
The infamous Shiki "The Golden Lion" was truly notorious.
In the past four years, over ten Member Nation had been destroyed by his hand, and an untold amount of wealth was plundered.
The number of Member Nation belonging to the World Government was sharply decreasing.
Royal Family were massacred, and Kingdom suffered damage.
Even if the Rocks Pirates' Pirate Fleet left, even if a nation wasn't annihilated, it would suffer a series of chaos.
Political turmoil, internal and external attacks.
Other Member Nation took the opportunity to launch War and plunder land.
Many Member Nation, under the influence of various factors, had lost the ability to pay the Heavenly Tribute.
To pay the Heavenly Tribute, many Kingdom began to raise Taxes, oppressing ordinary Civilian and Merchant.
Such actions caused immense suffering, leading to even greater chaos.
And without the Heavenly Tribute, the arrogant World Government would not give them any regard.
The Marines would not provide protection or waste military strength, as there were simply too many places requiring Marine protection.
Losing a Member Nation could even alleviate some of the Marines' stress.
Without the Marines' protection and lacking strong military strength, Pirate, Underworld Forces, and various lawless elements would take advantage of the weakness.
This was a vicious cycle, a continuous decline.
The weakening of national strength was not easily recovered, especially in such a chaotic situation.
It was also difficult for the World Government to provide them with help.
As for money, the World Government itself was lacking.
In this situation, the Gang Forces in the West Blue rapidly expanded, with large and small Gang spread throughout the entire West Blue.
The Slave Trade also expanded, as some Kingdom were forced to sell people to survive.
The chaotic state of the Resident led to Young Pirate actively emerging, causing considerable trouble for the Marines.
The Rocks Pirates' Faction also began to expand, starting to affect the Four Seas and the First Half of the Grand Line.
By lending their Pirate Flag to certain Pirate Crew and Underworld Forces located in the Four Seas or the Grand Line, they were brought in as Affiliated Force.
Having the endorsement of the Rocks Pirates gave these Faction more confidence, igniting even greater chaos.
Each Battle Outcome made the Rocks Pirates even more rampant.
Countless people hoped that the Marines and the World Government could defeat the Rocks Pirates.
This could be said to be a beautiful fantasy, a delusion, with no telling when hope would appear.
Northern part of the New World.
Within the Sea Area where the Chronos Kingdom was located, adjacent to the Chronos Kingdom, was the Island named Nijū by Hades.
Transport Ship were docked at the Port.
Men and women with strange hairstyles, unusual for the mainstream of the Great Sea, walked down from the Ship one by one.
They looked confused, even fearful, at this unfamiliar land.
They didn't know how far this place was from their hometown.
However, their subconscious told them that they might never be able to return and would usher in a brand new life here.
"How many batch is this? Approximately how many people?"
Hades looked at the Netherworld's confidential Den Den Mushi and asked with interest.
"This is the twelfth batch of Transport Ship. One batch every three month, with 30,000 people per batch. To date, around 360,000 Wano Country Resident have been transported here."
Listening to the answer from the Den Den Mushi, a smile appeared on Hades' face.
"It seems Kurozumi Semimaru is doing quite well."
"How are those Wano Country Resident being cultivated?"
Hades asked casually.
"Very well. Whether they are Samurai, Ninja, highly skilled Artisan, or ordinary Resident, they all possess an extraordinary trait of endurance."
The voice on the other end of the Den Den Mushi thought for a moment, then praised.
"Cultivating them, whether as Soldier or Intelligence Officer, offers considerable advantages. We have also discovered quite a few children with potential."
"That's good. Don't neglect their education. Make them the most loyal Slave of the Tartarus Family."
"Yes, His Highness!"
The Den Den Mushi hung up, and Hades closed his eyes.
He didn't like these people, but they were very useful.
The cooperation with Kurozumi Semimaru had begun three years ago.
To be precise, it was the cooperation between the Chronos Kingdom, represented by Hades, and the Kurozumi Family of Wano Country, represented by Kurozumi Semimaru.
The Chronos Kingdom needed Wano Country's Artisan, Samurai, Ninja, population, Seastone, and precious Metal Ore.
The Kurozumi Family, on the other hand, only needed Hades to provide large amounts of Munition, Guns and Ammunition, and necessary Supplies.
This was to achieve their goal of replacing Wano Country's Kozuki Clan.
When necessary, they could even introduce external forces into the isolationist Wano Country.
The cooperation between the two sides could be said to be a perfect match.
At the same time, Hades also disliked this country.
Although he wouldn't personally act to eliminate it, he would do his best to weaken Wano Country's strength and wear down Wano Country's foundation.
After all, Wano Country was also a Powerhouse Nation with terrifying strength.
Aside from influence, in terms of strength alone, saying it was a Superpower was no exception, of course, that would require Kozuki Oden to mature to his peak.
Currently, Kozuki Oden was only eighteen years old, the same age as Kaido.
The Kurozumi Family possessed extraordinary influence in Wano Country.
Even though they once erupted in rebellion due to coveting the Shogun's position and lost their Daimyo status after being suppressed.
Even a weakened large entity is still formidable.
The Kurozumi Family was not annihilated, but compared to their past authority and status, it was undoubtedly worlds apart.
Such a sense of disparity was unacceptable to them, and they desperately hoped to reclaim everything they lost.
Relying on the Kurozumi Clan's Connection, they smuggled Wano Country's population here to the Chronos Kingdom.
Wano Country only had a population of over four million, and close to one-tenth had now been transported away.
One had to acknowledge the Kurozumi Clan's ability and Connection, and also the foolishness of the Wano Country Resident.
The state of the Wano Country Resident cannot be said to be doing well.
After all, they had gotten used to it; it had always been like this.
Family ruined and life lost were not uncommon, otherwise, where else would there be so many Ronin and Geisha in Wano Country?
The vast majority of these Wano Country Resident who came over were voluntary, but they never expected that they would directly leave Wano Country.
Hades didn't care what kind of methods the Kurozumi Family used to deceive these Wano Country Resident,
As long as the goal of the transaction was completed, it was fine.
Regardless of whether it was ultimately discovered, it had nothing to do with him anyway.
As long as the Kurozumi Clan had this ability, this transaction would continue indefinitely.
Hand in hand, the Kurozumi Family obtained large amounts of Munition and various kind of support, and their armed force were rapidly expanding.
They hoped to rely on the strength of the Munition to overthrow the Kozuki Clan's long-standing rule.
(end of chapter)