"A country where you can eat your fill every day!"

As dusk fell, the setting sun, like blood, dyed the sky of Wano Country a tragic yet magnificent crimson.

The deathly silence and despair in Jianlou Village were completely shattered by a loud and shocking roar!

When Speed ​​and Holdem personally pulled the massive, mountain-sized treasure ship, piled high with endless delicious food, into the dilapidated streets of Scavenger Village.

The starving villagers crawled out of their dilapidated houses like zombies.

They stared intently at the treasure ship with murky, utterly incredulous eyes.

"Oh my god... those are... those are apples from Peach Blossom Farm?!"

"It's white rice! It's snow-white, glistening white rice! And so much fresh meat!"

"Is this...is this a dream? Am I dreaming?!"

When Luffy kicked over several huge wooden barrels on the treasure ship, countless red apples, white rice, and clear spring water poured down like a waterfall in front of the villagers.

The entire village of Jianlou erupted in heart-wrenching, volcanic screams!

Countless emaciated villagers collapsed to the ground, not even bothering to peel the food, grabbing the food on the ground and stuffing it into their mouths frantically.

They wolfed down their food while wailing and crying, tears mingling with food scraps and streaming down their dusty faces.

"Waaaaah... We survived... We're saved!"

Tama stood beside Luffy, holding a huge red apple in her hands.

She didn't rush to eat, but instead gazed at the heavenly scene before her, tears streaming down her face like broken pearls.

She looked up at the boy in the straw hat beside her, her voice choked with emotion, barely able to speak:

"Big brother... thank you... really, thank you!"

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on Luffy, bathing him in a sacred golden light.

Luffy wasn't laughing and joking like usual.

He sat quietly on the edge of the treasure ship, watching the villagers kneeling and weeping for a single bite of food, and watching Ayu's tear-streaked face.

He slowly reached out and pulled down the straw hat that bore countless vows, covering most of his face.

"Don't thank me, Ayu."

Luffy's voice was soft, yet it carried a terrifying weight capable of piercing through this vast land and shaking an entire era, echoing through the village of scavengers in the setting sun:

"This food should have belonged to you in the first place."

Luffy suddenly raised his head, and in his clear eyes was reflected the blood-red sunset over Wano Country.

Looking at the villagers who were going wild with excitement, he solemnly uttered, word by word, a vow he, as a man, made that he could never break:

"I will make this scene of everyone having enough to eat the most natural thing in this country!"

"Wait for us...wait for us to completely blast that bastard Kaido away! Wait for us to leave this country..."

Luffy suddenly stood up, spreading his arms wide like an unparalleled emperor taking his oath of office, his roar soaring to the heavens:

"I swear! I will transform this hellish Wano Country into... a country where you can eat your fill every day, every meal!!!"

The oath was as powerful as thunder, shaking heaven and earth.

Under the witness of the setting sun, Luffy, the Straw Hat, issued the most deadly and irresistible declaration of destruction to the entire Wano Country and to the Four Emperors who were entrenched on Onigashima!

......

A desolate, howling wind swept through the dilapidated walls and ruins, emitting a mournful wail like the wailing of ghosts.

Wano Country, Kuri, Oden Castle ruins.

The once majestic castle, which symbolized the highest honor of the Kozuki clan and overlooked the entire Nine Mile Land, is now nothing but a pile of charred, rubble-like rocks, eroded by time and fire, resembling withered bones.

Dark purple clouds hung low over the mountaintop, and an inescapable sense of desolation and death permeated the surroundings.

There were no birds, no insects chirping, only withered grass stubbornly pushing its way out of the cracks in the rocks, shivering in the cold wind.

Ronan and his group trudged through the rubble to the ruins atop the mountain.

The air was filled with the smell of dirt and old, burnt marks.

Luffy, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped. His gaze was drawn to a few simple wooden tombstones in the center of the ruins.

Several names were crookedly engraved on it in faded handwriting: Kozuki Momonosuke, Kin'emon, Kanjuro, Raizo... and, Kiku.

"Hey, Kiku..."

Luffy, pressing down on his straw hat, pointed to one of the tombstones, his clear eyes filled with extreme confusion.

"Why... is there a tombstone here with your name engraved on it? And it looks like it's been standing here for a very, very long time."

The atmosphere in the entire room froze for a moment.

Aju, who had been following at the back of the group and was tall and graceful, slowly walked forward.

As she gazed at the tombstones, her eyes, which always held a gentle grace, now swelled with a profound sense of loss and deep sorrow, as if they had traversed countless years.

"Lord Luffy, Lord Ronan..."

Aju's voice trembled slightly, yet it was exceptionally clear amidst the howling mountain wind. She took a deep breath and finally revealed the earth-shattering secret hidden deep in her heart, a secret that could overturn everyone's worldview.

"Actually... the people whose names are engraved on these tombstones, including myself, are already 'dead' in the history of Wano Country."

"We died in that fire twenty years ago."

"What?!"

Usopp and Chopper were so terrified that their hair stood on end. They immediately hugged each other, their teeth chattering wildly. "A...a ghost?! You're a ghost?!"

Aju shook her head, her gaze passing over the tombstones to the distant weapons factory spewing black smoke, and she dropped the bombshell, word by word:

"I am not a ghost. I... came from Wano Country twenty years ago, traversing a vast expanse of time, directly through space and time, to arrive in the present Wano Country!"

"boom!!!"

These words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, striking the top of everyone present!

The well-informed Straw Hat crew were all visibly horrified.

The cigarette Sanji was holding fell to the ground with a "thud";

Zoro's grip on the hilt of his sword tightened suddenly;

Even Katakuri, who is usually cold and composed, suddenly narrowed his eyes to the extreme.

Foreseeing the future is one thing, but traveling through time and space, that's practically the realm of the gods!

"Wait...wait a minute!"

Nami jumped up like a cat with its fur standing on end. "Time travel?! You're kidding me! How is that even possible?! Who on earth has this terrifying ability to travel through time on this vast ocean?!"

Luffy's mouth dropped open, his jaw slamming dramatically onto the ground: "Eh?! You've crossed twenty years?! Kiku, you're from twenty years ago?!"

Only Ronan remained, tall and elegant, amidst the ruins, the wind whipping his clothes around his neck.

"Devil Fruit abilities are incredibly diverse. Since there are fruits that can manipulate souls and gravity, it's not impossible that there's a fruit that can manipulate 'time.' Continue, Kiku."

Hearing Ronan's calming voice, Aju's emotions gradually stabilized.

She closed her eyes, and two lines of clear tears slid down her beautiful cheeks. Her thoughts were completely pulled back to that terrifying night twenty years ago, a night that felt like purgatory.

"It all started with my lord, Lord Kozuki Oden."

As Ajuku recounted her story with heart-wrenching cries, a magnificent yet utterly tragic picture slowly unfolded in everyone's minds.