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"It's impossible to run away, young lady who clearly carries hatred and doesn't practice well. Apart from your good looks, you are completely inferior to others."
This is not Shangguanwen's intention to belittle Kozuki Hiyori. Among the princesses of the kingdom who suffered in the world of One Piece, whether it was Weiwei at the beginning or Rebecca later, they all took up arms to fight. Regardless of their strength, their willingness to sacrifice for the country is not comparable to Kozuki Hiyori. Otherwise, she would not be said to be the weakest princess by the majority of One Piece fans, without a doubt.
"Is this lord coming here to kill me?"
"Look at your performance. If you don't know how to appreciate my kindness, I will kill you. After all, I don't like stupid women. Of course, before killing you, I will kill Kyoshiro, Kawamatsu, Ashura Douji, and Raizo first."
"Hehehe, you don't want them to die in front of you, do you?"
Hiyori Kozuki stopped him in panic:
"No, don't kill them, I'm willing to stay with you"
Not to mention Ashura Douji and Raizo, Kyoshiro and Kawamatsu have been trying their best to protect her safety over the years, beside this undercover enemy. Otherwise, how could she guarantee her innocence today? She doesn't want to get the three of them killed because of her.
Shangguan Wen took a step forward, grabbed Guangyue Hiyori's hand, leaned forward, and said in a low voice:
"As the saying goes, a man who knows the times is a hero. If you listen to me, I will teach you to become stronger, and even let you kill the black charcoal snake."
Kozuki Hiyori's pupils shrank suddenly. Wasn't Kurozumi Orochi an ally of the Beasts? Why would the Beasts want to kill him? Could it be a rebellion due to a mismatch in the spoils?
Upon hearing the news, Kozuki Hiyori was shocked and frightened, fearing that it was a lie.
"is this real?"
"That depends on your performance. If you perform well, I can even make Wano Country even better."
Hearing Shangguan Wen say this, Kozuki Hiyori was happy at first, but soon calmed down. She had seen too much ugliness in the red-light district, and she didn't believe there was a free lunch in the world, let alone about Wano Country.
Hiyori's eyes flickered with complex emotions in the night, a desire for revenge and a wariness of Shangguan Wen. She gently pulled back her hand from Shangguan Wen's grasp, took a step back, and slowly spoke, maintaining a proper distance.
"Your words are indeed tempting, sir. But Hiyori knows that strength and power are never easily gained, nor are they free gifts. May I ask, what are your conditions? Why would you help someone as insignificant as me?"
Shangguan Wen put his hands behind his back and smiled slightly:
"Hiyori, you are too modest. You are currently a descendant of the Kozuki family and currently hold a special status in Wano Country. There are still a bunch of fools who believe in the Kozuki family. Is this insignificant?"
When Kozuki Hiyori heard this, his heart was filled with waves.
This guy really has bad intentions!
Kaido, the King of Beasts, and Kurozumi Orochi are in cahoots with each other, exploiting the seastone of Wano Country to build arsenals, and Shangguan Wen in front of him is the same kind of person. Wouldn't sustainable war bring Wano Country into a deeper abyss of war?
Shangguan Wen could see the resistance from Guangyue Hiyori, but he said confidently:
"Hiyori, you have no choice. Choosing you will allow Wano Country, oh no, the future Inazuma, to preserve a little bit of the so-called samurai bloodline. I am not Kaido, and I don't need this group of idiot samurai to be stabbed in the back. I don't mind killing all the daimyo of Inazuma in advance for the sake of future wars!"
Bound by the shadow, Kyoshiro said stubbornly:
"That's impossible. There are endless samurai in Wano Country. Besides, this is Wano Country, not some bullshit Inazuma."
Runti
With permission, Runti picked up the mace and smashed it hard at Kyoshiro's head. With the addition of Armament Haki, Kyoshiro's face was covered in blood.
Kyoshiro's body trembled violently from the sudden blow, but the light in his eyes remained undimmed, only growing stronger. Blood trickled down his forehead, dripping onto the cold ground, as if every drop spoke of his unyielding spirit and tenacity. "Hahaha... Shangguan Wen, do you think you can conquer people with strength alone?"
Kyoshiro endured the severe pain, and his laughter was filled with a hint of sarcasm:
"The samurai of Wano Country, their faith and glory, how can a pirate like you understand? Even if their bodies are destroyed, their spirits will live on forever!"
Shangguan Wen frowned slightly when he heard this and looked directly into Kyoshiro's eyes:
"You're just being stubborn right now. In my opinion, the Bushido of Wano Country is about being brutal to unarmed civilians, and being beaten and grovelling when captured. Isn't the fact that Inazuma was ruled by the Beast and Kurozumi Orochi for so many years the best proof of that?"
Kyoshiro retorted angrily:
"You are talking nonsense"
Shangguan Wen just said to Runti and others:
"Take him away. When you meet the other person, don't mind tearing off the underwear of the so-called Wano Samurai. Go meet the stupid Yamato who was brainwashed by a diary."
Runti and others knew that the daughter of Kaido was actually the one who claimed to be Oden. If she wasn't Kaido's daughter, she would have been sold for money long ago.
Black Maria gave a gentle reminder:
"Um, Lord Shangguan, Yamato is the daughter of Boss Kaido. If you attack her..."
Yamato is a filial daughter, but Kaido has always favored Yamato. In terms of strength, Yamato is also among the top three of the Beasts, on par with King. She is the future heir of the Beasts Pirates. Once Kaido kills Yamato, he will definitely find Shangguan Wen to fight with him.
Shangguan Wen replied confidently:
"Heh, I corrected Yamato, that idiot who was brainwashed by Oden's diary. Kaido can't even thank me enough. Besides, no matter how hard Kaido tries, he still can't beat me."
Ah, Boss Kaido really can't defeat Shangguan Wen at the moment. He is unconscious now.
Chapter 21 Break the filter and expose the fool Oden
On Onigashima, she used her Observation Haki to find the key to the handcuffs and planned to get out of the cage to help the Beasts Pirates. Although she called Kaido a bull-headed gorilla, she knew deep down that the people of the Kozuki family still needed the protection of the Beasts Pirates before they returned to Wano Country.
As Yamato was running and preparing to join the war, he suddenly thought of Wano Country, which clearly belonged to the Kozuki family. Why were the people of Wano Country willing to submit to the Kurozumi family and the Beasts instead of resisting?
As luck would have it, both sides collided with each other.
When Runti saw Yamato running away, she couldn't help but point at her and said:
"It's that yellow-haired girl from Yamato. What's with the handcuffs on her hands?"
"What Yamato? I'm Kozuki Oden."
It's such a shame that Boss Kaido has such a stupid daughter.
Kozuki Hiyori and Kyoshiro were full of surprise. Why did this woman say that she was Oden?
She has long white hair, devil horns on her head, gold earrings on her ears, fair skin, a beautiful and heroic face, and is 2.7 meters tall. She is a model woman with very well-proportioned figure and a curvy figure.
Shangguan Wen looked at Yamato who claimed to be Oden and laughed sarcastically:
"She's obviously Kaido's daughter, but she's pretending to be that loser Kozuki Oden. What good is that?"
Yamato is good in every way, she is good at fighting and beautiful, but she just needs a brainwash.
Yamato gnashed his teeth and looked at Shangguan Wen and said:
"You are not allowed to slander Oden, he is the hero of Wano Country"
Kozuki Hiyori and Kyoshiro, who were being held nearby, also glared at Shangguan Wen, as he was belittling his own father (the lord).
Shangguan Wen asked one by one:
"Haha, hero, may I ask, what did this hero do? Did he defeat the invader Kaido, or kill the traitor Kurozumi Orochi, or was it the so-called founding of Wano Country? Answer me, Yamato, and you two."
This is what the ruler of Wano Country should do, but Kozuki Oden did not do it, and no one did.
Kozuki Hiyori hurriedly spoke of his father's achievements and said:
"Father followed the Pirate King out to sea, discovered a great treasure, and witnessed the Onepiece."
Shangguan Wen sneered:
"He's not even a pirate, he's an ungrateful pirate. As far as I know, Kozuki Oden was the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' second division. You, Kozuki Hiyori, were born in the Whitebeard Pirates as a child and spent some time in the Whitebeard Pirates before switching to Roger's Pirates and setting sail again, abandoning the country that gave birth to you."
"During the time he was away, Kurozumi Orochi plotted to usurp the throne and seize Wano Country with internal and external support. If Kozuki Oden hadn't left, Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido's plan wouldn't have succeeded. He would have been a great hero defending his country, but unfortunately, he didn't..."
"The idiot Kozuki Oden left at will, causing his own country to be seized by Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido, and also causing the death of his own father, Kozuki Sukiyaki. Oh no, that cowardly General Kozuki is still alive and well. After being healed by Kurozumi Orochi, he hid in the village of Bimiya and adopted Kurozumi Kodama. He secretly watched you, Kozuki Hiyori, Kyoshiro and others working hard so that he could steal the fruits of victory."
Kozuki Hiyori and Kyoshiro never thought that Kozuki Sukiyaki, who was supposed to be dead, was still alive.
"What? Grandpa (the old general) is still alive and has adopted someone from the Kurotan family???!!!"
Shangguan Wen doesn't mind adding another evil fire to split the Kozuki Revenge team.
"Well, he sold his son in exchange for his own survival. Otherwise, he would have been killed or imprisoned to death. Why would he come out to adopt Kurotan Xiaoyu?"
Kozuki Hiyori stepped back in disbelief. She never imagined that her grandfather would adopt a girl from his enemy's family in order to survive.
“No, no, no, that’s not true.”
Shangguan Wen shrugged and commented on the cunning and cowardly Kozuki Sukiyaki:
"Unfortunately, this is true. Kurozumi Tama is a user of the superhuman-type Dangoku fruit. The dango she uses can control any animal after taking it. She can be said to be a natural nemesis of the Beasts. When Kozuki Sukiyaki saw that Tama had this ability, he deliberately approached her and took her in as his apprentice. He made two preparations for this. One was that if Kozuki's prophecy failed and the counterattack to seize power 20 years later failed, he would use Kurozumi Tama to save his life. The other was that if the prophecy really succeeded and he succeeded in seizing power 20 years later, he could use Kurozumi Tama's dangoku fruit to control a large number of Beasts members who took the Animal-type Devil Fruit, so that Wano Country would gain many remaining Beasts Pirates members."
"When it comes to conspiracy, this cowardly old man is much better than that fool Kozuki Oden. Let's get back to the point. When Kozuki Oden returned to Wano Country, he could have gotten rid of the country-stealing Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido, but he chose not to. Even though Roger only had one year to live at the time, Pluto Rayleigh, Crocus, Douglas Barrett, Jabba and others in Roger's pirate group could have gotten rid of the Beasts Pirates and Kurozumi Orochi at the time, but he didn't ask for help from the members of Roger's pirate group at the time. This shows that in Kozuki Oden's eyes, his own country is more important than his own pirate group!"
After hearing this, the brainless fan Yamato retorted with a lack of confidence:
"Oden just doesn't want to trouble his friends. He wants to solve his own problems."
Shangwen smiled and looked at Kozuki Hiyori and Kyoshiro and said:
"Do you think so too?"
Kozuki Hiyori and Kyoshiro didn't know what to say, especially Kyoshiro who had said more than once more than 20 years ago that he hoped his lord would ask for support from the Roger Pirates or the Whitebeard Pirates. If he had done so more than 20 years ago, there would be no Hyakusu and Kurozumi Orochi plaguing Wano Country today.
"Look, in the eyes of that idiot Oden, his own country and people are nothing compared to the favors he has with the Roger Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates."
"No, that's not the case. Oden is not like that..."
Yamato's eyes couldn't help but become lifeless, the glorious image of Kozuki Oden in her mind kept collapsing and destroying. When the pirate groups fought each other, they all knew to call for help when they couldn't win, but Kozuki Oden had such powerful connections but was reluctant to use them to call for help to save his country, which showed that the so-called Wano Country was nothing in Kozuki Oden's eyes.
Yamato grasped at a life-saving straw and said:
"Oden sacrificed his dignity, danced naked for 5 years to save 24000 people, and finally gave his own life to let the Nine Red Scabbards leave alive and safely."
Shangguan Wen heard this and said with undisguised sarcasm:
"Is this considered a sacrifice? During the five years that idiot Oden was dancing, Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi killed more than 5 people. There was clearly time for the Red Scabbards to report to the Whitebeard Pirates, or to contact the forces in Wano Country that were resisting the Beasts and Kurozumi Orochi, but the problem was that they didn't. They would rather dance like an idiot for five years and do nothing, allowing Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi to consolidate their power. Is this considered a heroic act? Don't be ridiculous."
Chapter 22 Breaking the Idol Filter
"Besides, saving the Red Scabbards while frying in a frying pan was a completely self-congratulatory act by the idiot Oden. Oden is an idiot, and the Red Scabbards are also idiots! He was clearly on equal terms with Kaido more than 20 years ago, and with the help of the samurai from Wano Country, he could have driven away all the beasts and destroyed Kurozumi Orochi, but he still didn't do it. He couldn't seize so many opportunities, what else can he be but a fool?"
Yamato hypnotized himself and retorted:
"You bullshit!"
"This is the truth. The bloody events of Wano Country have proven that Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards are incompetent fools!"
Kozuki Hiyori quickly retorted:
"My father loves his country and his people. He is not a fool."
Kyoshiro beside him nodded vigorously.
Shangguan Wen looked at Guangyue Rihe with disdain. If he wanted to be cleansed, his brain must be cleansed as well.
"Then may I ask, what achievements does Oden, the fool, have to prove that he is a hero?"
Shangguan Wen's words were sharp and provocative, his eyes seeming to penetrate all false pretenses, gazing directly into the cowardice and vulnerability deep within the human heart. Hiyori's face paled slightly upon hearing this, but then she became resolute, her eyes gleaming with an undeniable light.
"Sir Shangguan, you may only see the superficial glitz and failures. When my father was young, he once entered Jiuli, the 'lawless fringe', alone. In just one day, he defeated all the evil forces, including Ashura Boy, known as Jiuli's most dangerous man, and conquered the Jiuli region. This action demonstrated his outstanding combat ability and leadership skills."
Shangguan Wen revealed the other face of Ashura Douji, a subordinate of the fool Oden.
"But that Ashura boy would rather be a bandit than seek revenge, and he's also harming the ordinary people of Wano Country. Even I, an outsider, know this, or is it that you, Miss Kozuki, who lives in the most prosperous area of Wano Country, don't know? Or maybe in your eyes, the Nine Scarlet Scabbards are human, while ordinary Wano citizens are not?"
Faced with Shangguan Wen revealing the ugly side of Ashura Douji, Kozuki Hiyori couldn't say that this was a necessary sacrifice for the Kozuki family to seize power, right?
Nowadays, the story of the fool Oden is widely spread in Wano Country. On the one hand, it is because of Kurozumi Orochi's deliberate smear campaign, and on the other hand, Oden's foolish behavior back then made many people feel stupid and disgusted. If the true identity of Ashura Douji who robbed Kuri was exposed, then Wano Country's disgust towards Kozuki Oden would be even greater.
Wano Country has experienced a massive population decline in recent years. In addition to the oppression of the beasts and Kurozumi Orochi, the bandits are also to blame. This cannot be washed away in any way!
Hiyori Kozuki wanted to say something, but she was at a loss as to what to say.
"It's easy to tell what kind of boss his subordinates are. They're all the same kind of people, working together like a traitor!"
Finally, under the continuous blows, Yamato's face turned black. She never thought that Kozuki Oden, whom she had admired for more than ten years, was actually a fool with many shortcomings, and the one who aspired to become the second Oden would be a bigger fool.
"I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear it, you bastard, you're lying!"
Shangguan Wen pointed at Guangyue Hiyori and said:
"Are you lying? Ask Kozuki Hiyori next to you. She is the daughter of the fool Oden, a scapegoat abandoned by her own mother. Kozuki clearly had the ability to send her away with him, but he chose to stay in the precarious, panic-stricken Wano Country. Who are her father and mother?"
Kozuki Hiyori really wanted to say good things about her father, but Shangguan Wen's words just now shattered the self-protective thoughts she had once had. Why was her brother allowed to go 20 years later, but she couldn't? Was she the one who was abandoned from the beginning?
Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will blossom and bear fruit with just a little watering. Doesn't Kozuki Toki know how difficult it is for a girl, or a descendant of the Kozuki family, to survive in Wano Country, which is full of enemies?
He knew it, but still gave up his daughter and used her as bait to attract the attention of Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi in order to pave the way for his useless brother Kozuki Momonosuke. Doesn't she deserve to go 20 years later?
Shangguan Wen saw that Guangyue Rihe was showing signs of a darker side, and he couldn't help but add fuel to the fire:
"Is it because you, Kozuki Hiyori, are a girl? In this male-dominated world, women already have a hard time, so you have to endure all this? Could your father, Kozuki Oden, have some intention in this?"