The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

When we entered the Flower City, we did not see the imagined scene of every household closing their doors. All kinds of small shops were still open for business, and the sounds of hawking were endless.

The crisis of national extinction is imminent. Areas outside the Flower Capital have become a living hell. However, the capital of Wano Country seems to be unaffected and continues to operate at its own pace.

Team Sword, who saw this scene, had a bewildered look on their faces. They felt that this strange atmosphere was a little abnormal, but they couldn't tell what was wrong for the moment.

"Such a big thing happened outside, don't people in the Flower City know about it?"

"The contestants will not let anyone go, the Tianlong people only care about the points they get."

Drake walked in the front, listening to the whispered discussions of his former teammates. He knew the confusion of outsiders, but this was not the place to explain. "Come back to my residence with me. I'm the only one left at the contact point of the Beasts Pirates. It's a good opportunity for us to stay here."

The spies of the Wano Country general should have identified the people brought by Drake as members of the Beasts Pirates. Since they are still allies on the surface, they will not fall out in the short term.

He brought the navy back to the contact point of the Beasts Pirates. Now most of the people in this base have been evacuated, and only some local workers are left, completing their work as usual.

They are responsible for cleaning the courtyard and doing housework, and they earn day's pay for day's work. Some temporary workers are very enthusiastic about their work. After all, there is never a shortage of women in the City of Flowers, and there is never a shortage of beautiful women.

Everyone entered the room and sat on the tatami. After the waiter brought tea and pastries, Drake told them that they could have the day off and their salary would be calculated as a full day's work.

After receiving their wages, these temporary workers ran out of the yard happily to find their relatives and their men. In short, they wanted to spend money well, because there was no concept of saving money in the City of Flowers.

In Wano Country, which is ruled by Kurozumi Orochi, life expectancy is very short. Coupled with the cultural atmosphere of mono no aware, it is very difficult for a child to survive to adulthood, let alone survive to middle age, which is a miracle among miracles.

Saving money will not make your life better. One day you may die suddenly due to a trivial matter, which will make you suffer while you are still alive. It is better to enjoy life while you can.

This contact point of the Beasts Pirates is located in the downtown area. The passenger flow around the Flower Street is very impressive. Doing intelligence work here will achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Now that there were no outsiders in the yard, Team Sword gradually let down their guard and began to move their bodies with a sense of relaxation, their eyes darting around to observe the layout of the surrounding rooms.

Captain Drake's undercover career seemed to be very comfortable. The decoration of his room was even more luxurious than that of ordinary wealthy people, almost like that of princes and nobles.

In addition, he has a nouveau riche mentality and does not like the culture of Wano Country. Drake prefers precious metals. Since he went undercover, he has never lacked funds and has never asked the Navy Headquarters for money.

Sometimes, the contact person sent by the navy would come here to extort money. Who made Drake so rich, being supported by the Beasts Pirates and living a life of luxury, while other colleagues were still living a hard life.

"Tonight, Flower City will hold a grand ghost celebration, which is called the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons by the locals. It is a superstitious thing that Kurozumi Orochi has created in recent years to make the people of Wano Country believe that one day they will be saved by ghosts and gods."

Drake showed a look of contempt when he said this. In the past two years, he had seen the so-called Night Parade of a Hundred Demons. Through the perception of his Observation Haki from a distance, he knew that all the monsters and demons that appeared in the white fog were humans in disguise.

A few or dozens of people put on props and costumes to become big demons, or people with congenital disabilities dressed up as little ghosts. A group of guys doing performance art fooled the people of the Flower City.

They really believed that demons and ghosts would descend on the day of the celebration, and in order to obtain their protection and to protect their loved ones from being harassed by demons, they were all willing to hand over money for incense and pray for a better life to come.

Kurozumi Orochi pretends to be a ghost behind the scenes and can collect a huge amount of incense money from the locals at one time. In the end, he splits the money 50-50 with the Beasts Pirates. Both sides maintain a tacit understanding not to expose this trick.

In order to improve the quality of service, some members of the Beasts Pirates even have to be defeated by fake monsters during the celebration in exchange for cheers from the people around them.

It provides a lot of emotional value, and does not hesitate at all when gold coins explode. One after another, the people, as if possessed by evil spirits, give their remaining money to Kurozumi Orochi.

With sustainable overfishing, Kurozumi Orochi's Shogun's Mansion is getting richer and richer. This weird and effective way of collecting money is really an eye-opener for Kaido, the King of Beasts. It turns out that the people of Wano Country really know how to have fun.

"A country that closes itself off from the outside world has caused its people to become so ignorant. Such land is really wasted in their hands."

Todoroki Shoto originally had sympathy for the people on the island. He knew that these untouchables were too superstitious. The evil cults and ghost beliefs that had been ruined in the outside world were actually revived here. It could only be said that these people deserved to die.

However, Bellumebo has a different opinion. "Every piece of land breeds different races. We can persuade them to be good and Buddhist. Sooner or later, ignorant human beings will wake up."

Just as the two were about to continue their debate, a lot of shouting and crying suddenly came from outside, interrupting the conversation.

Since everyone was curious about what happened, Drake took his teammates to watch the fun and learn about the customs and culture of Wano Country.

A group of ragged refugees, who had obviously come to the Flower City from other areas, had been frightened by the butcher knives of the Celestial Dragons. They had only one purpose in entering the capital alive, which was to spread fear to the public.

"Everyone is dead... Everyone is dead"

"There are no living people outside the capital anymore. You will all die in a few days. Everyone go to die. Hahahaha, everyone go to die."

He was crying and laughing while speaking, and was in a completely insane state. His family and relatives all fell under the butcher knives of the invaders, and he was the only one who survived in the whole village. This heavy blow made the man unconscious.

"The gods and ghosts will not come to save us. You have all been deceived by Kurozumi Orochi. He is just a general who cheats people out of money."

Some refugees directed their criticism at tonight's celebration. It would have been better if they hadn't said anything, but once they did, they stirred up a hornet's nest. The two sides started a war of words on the spot, and the particularly excited fanatics even started beating up the refugees.

The people of Flower City knew what happened outside the capital, and how brutal the invaders were. They slaughtered people regardless of gender, age or status. As weak people, they had no other options. Where could they go if they left their homes? They lived one day at a time before the butcher's knife fell.

At the critical moment, the Beasts Pirates have already run away with the money. They can only hope that the illusory ghosts and gods will save the country and drive away the invaders who landed on the island.