Pushing it back to the time when Lynch and his party had not yet arrived in Wano Country, or even before the final battle that killed the two Four Emperors of the Sea had taken place.
Sunny day, gentle breeze. Wano Country, Kuri.
Oden Castle, which had been turned into ruins and a dead city in the flames of war, suddenly appeared out of thin air. Five figures stumbled and sat down in shock. They even had traces of their bodies from the time Kaido led this Oden Castle nineteen years ago. The heat when the pirates turned into a sea of fire, the corners of their clothes were splashed with traces of oil and scorch, the blood and wounds on their faces were not dry...
"Is this a dream?"
Kinemon, Kikunochou, Kanjuro, Raizo, and Momonosuke, who was pulled out from the gap in the ruins by Kikunochori, all five of them looked at everything around them in shock.
"here it is……"
A group of people from nineteen years ago climbed to the high ground of Oden Castle. The once lively and prosperous place was already extremely desolate, with only a few tombstones standing alone.
"The Tomb of Kozuki Oden", "The Tomb of Kozuki Toki", "The Tomb of Kozuki Momonosuke", "The Tomb of Kozuki Hiyori", "The Tomb of Kinemon", "The Tomb of Raizo", "The Tomb of Kiku no Cheng", "The Tomb of Kanjuro", "The Tomb of Denjiro", "The Tomb of Neko Viper", "The Tomb of Inuarashi"...
A very familiar name. But the tombstone is decayed, telling them that in the blink of an eye, a long time has passed by the outside world. It is as if there is an invisible hand, pulling the few of them from this ten-year-old family. Nine years of time were cut out of the river with a knife and sent to this place.
"This is Oden Castle nineteen years later!?"
"Master Shi's ability... is real..."
Momonosuke knelt down in front of his parents' tombstone with tears streaming down his face. When he saw the tombstone with his name written on it, he felt a shocking sense of fear, huge pressure and a sense of absurdity that time and space were confused. , making him cry loudly, with tears and runny nose streaming down his face.
While Kinemon and the others were comforting Momonosuke, Kanjuro quickly smeared the ground with his huge brush weapon and sword Tsuji Shimei, and activated his superhuman ink-ink fruit ability to quickly draw two birds.
Two blackbirds surfaced from the ground, flapped their wings and flew away.
Kinemon wiped the blood and tears from his face and said seriously: "Anyway, we have to figure out the current situation first."
Several people stood on the high ground of the ruins of Oden City, overlooking the entire Jiuli scenery. The countryside that was once as beautiful as a peachland, now could not see a few living things as far as the eye could see, and it was completely desolate. In the mountains, along the river, There are many factory-like buildings, with several towering rows of chimneys emitting plumes of black smoke that look disgusting.
"Toki-sama sent us to this day nineteen years later, there must be deep meaning." Kin'emon looked around his three companions and said firmly, "We must inherit Oden-sama's last wish and let the country of Wano be founded!"
"Yeah!" Kikunochei, Raizo, and Momonosuke wiped away their tears. Kanjuro, the undercover agent sent by the Black Carbon Orochi, was very into the drama, and he was also in tears at this moment.
"Kanjuro, you are active near Kuri Oden Castle and Nozomi area. Xiaoju, you and Raizo go to Rabbit Bowl and south of Kuri to check the news. I will take His Highness Momonosuke Suzugo and Bai Wu to see if Shigetsuki Lord Kang is still talking..." At this point, Kinemon paused, feeling sad and heavy in his heart.
To them, nineteen years is just a blink of an eye, but Denjiro, Kawamatsu, and Asura Doji have endured it day by day. Also, Hiyori-dono, are you okay? If anything happened...
"Are they all going to various places to inquire about information?" Kanjuro raised his hand and asked doubtfully, "Old dog, old cat, they may have gone back to Zou a long time ago. Besides, nineteen years have passed, it will be more difficult for Orochi to defeat Kaido. Now
Not to mention Oden-sama, just relying on a few of us...Kin'emon, should we go to sea to find more help?"
Kinemon shook his head and said: "It's not that easy to go to sea! It's even more difficult for us to break the sea ban and leave Wano Country alive... It's not a pity to die for a few of our lives, but His Highness Momonosuke
But there is no room for failure. Mr. Shi finally managed to retain the fire, how dare he let it down in the slightest?" He murmured to himself: "Master Shi would rather sacrifice himself to send us to this day. There must be some reason..."
"In short, try to get in touch with Denjiro, Kawamatsu, Ashura Doji, Neko Viper, and Inuarashi." Kin'Gui Gatekeeper was still in shock. Momonosuke, who was in a low mood, took him into his arms and pressed the hilt of the knife at his waist with one hand.
, looking back at the group of corrupt tombstones with a sad look, "Success or failure depends on this one move, I won't have a second chance. Remember, we must hide our whereabouts and be careful! We must not expose our identities. After seven days
Let's meet again..."
"clear!"
With a few swishes, the group of five people was divided into three batches.
Kikunochō and Raizo left for the southern part of Kuri and Usagiwan. Kinemon took Momonosuke and headed straight to the Flower Capital, Hakubu, and Suzuo.
In front of the pile of deserted graves, Kanjuro stayed here. A strange smile appeared on his kabuki face with white pink cheeks, "You must never reveal your identity? A bunch of idiots, now Orochi-sama, you should have received the signal I sent.
Oh...hahahaha!"
…
The City of Flowers, General Mansion.
"Someone broke into the country of Wano?" Orochi was slightly drunk, and angrily smashed the document on the head of the minister, "I'm bothered by the matter of catching wind and shadow! Let's wait until the intruder is caught!"
"yes!"
"Hahaha, don't pay attention to them." The big snake hugged the gorgeous oiran and laughed wildly, "Keep going!"
Suddenly, two black birds flew in from the window and landed on the big snake's shoulders very affectionately.
Xiao Zi raised her eyes and looked over curiously. She noticed that the big snake's expression changed suddenly when the two birds landed. Even she pushed him aside. He rushed back to the screen in a hurry, opened the door to the inner room and disappeared.
not see.
Counting the time... Oiran Xiaozi was still laughing at the general's banquet, but she clearly remembered in her heart that this year was the year her mother had predicted. Just this year, her brother would be killed nineteen years ago.
The mother used the power of the Devil Fruit to be sent across time and space. If everything goes as smoothly as the prophecy, brother Momonosuke will resume his position as a general, and the country of Wano will be founded...
"Xiao Zi." Kuang Shi Lang's voice brought Xiao Zi back to her senses.
She covered her face with a fan, and her beautiful big eyes suddenly met the Kuangshilang's slender gaze hidden under his wig. She shook her head slightly to indicate that she was fine.
After last year's fireworks display, she knew that Kuangshirou could not wait to pass it by with his fingers pinched, appearing calm every day, anxiously waiting for Kin'emon and others who might come from nineteen years ago...
At this time, Orochi was in another room, looking at the birds that turned into two pools of ink patterns on the table, he couldn't help but turn blue and shuddered violently.
They are really here! Kinemon! The most important thing... Kozuki Momonosuke!
That son of Kozuki Oden! The one who is most likely to threaten his position as general, the last bloodline of the damn Kozuki family!
His cronies disappeared from the world along with Kinemon, Momonosuke and others nineteen years ago. Now, after nineteen years of absence, Orochi once again sees the ink bird created by Kanjuro's ability. He still doesn't understand what happened.
What?
"Check! Check it for me!"
The big snake felt chills all over his body, but he was furious. He overturned the low table in a rage and said, "Even if we have to rummage through every inch of Wano Country, we must find a few of them! All of them will be sentenced to death! They
... He should have died nineteen years ago!" General Heitan roared suppressedly, "Also, tell Kaido that Kozuki Oden's son has really appeared again!"
…
"What's going on? The atmosphere has been so tense these two days."
At the junction of Guri and Tuwan, in a certain town, four people, Monet, Senior, Buffalo, and Sugar, who had already changed into local Wano costumes and disguised themselves as husband and wife, bodyguards and their daughter, gathered in an empty, dilapidated house.
.
In this hellish place called Wano Country, Sugar has not had fresh grapes to eat for several days, and his mouth is extremely dull and he is in a very bad mood.
Senior said: "It seems that they are searching for someone."
"Could it be us?!" The buffalo was surprised.
Monet said: "We were riding a buffalo and you flew out directly without being discovered at all."
"It's not an option to stay here anymore," Sutang was very irritated. She dragged her patched kimono that was too long and refused to wear the clothes of a little girl "of the same age" that she had snatched. "Looking at the only entrance to the waterfall here in Jiuli, the buffalo
Just you and Senior will do. Monet, come with me to the Capital of Flowers, the information there should be better informed."
On the way to the Flower Capital, Monet smiled and said: "Sister, you just want to go to the Flower Capital to find grapes to eat, right?"
"Shut up!" Sugar scolded, and then said angrily, "It's so annoying! If that bastard Lynch doesn't show up again, we might as well join Kaido's banner together. They probably know Lynch's whereabouts."
Monet smiled and said: "In this case, I am afraid that only if Kaido knows your abilities, sister, will they accept us favorably."
"Isn't it enough to have a natural system?" Sugar glanced at her sister and sneered, "If I tell them about my ability, I'm afraid many people will be so scared that they will come over and strangle me to death in the middle of the night..."
"..." Monet was silent for a long time and murmured dullly, "After all, not everyone has the magnanimity of Dover."
"Sister, can we really avenge him?"
"Shut up!"
…
I am Kanjuro Kuotan, an actor who was born on the stage and longs to die on the stage... With a relaxed smile on his face, Kanjuro sat in an abandoned village in Kuri and unfolded a picture of the abandoned village he had finally found.
Paper, with ink hanging from the fingertips, wrote confidential information on the paper without any detail: "General Orochi is here... Kozuki Momonosuke is also waiting with me..."
Time was in a hurry just now. As an excellent undercover agent, Kanjuro is now free. Of course, he must report the information he can provide so far to the contemporary head of the Kuotan family, who is also his de facto loyal master.
, Orochi-sama, that idiot Kinemon, when they split up, he actually just let himself act alone! However, this is also the reason why his acting skills have been superb for so many years. Hahahaha.
After writing the secret letter, Kanjuro wrapped it up, then splashed ink and drew a lifelike figure of Fukuro Shou, the leader of the imperial clan, with a bald head and long earlobes. The ink-transformed Fukuro Shou picked up the secret letter and hid it in his arms.
In the middle, he raised his palms and saluted Kanjuro, who was smiling evilly. Kanjuro, an excellent actor who has played many roles, also returned the greeting in a similar way, and finally watched Mo Fu Lu Shou heading towards the direction of the Flower City.
As long as he receives the secret message, Orochi-sama will soon capture Momonosuke! Capture everyone!
Kanjuro looked at the sky and thought to himself, Kin'emon, I proposed to go to sea before, but I really thought about you! The best actor is not what he acts like, but what he acts like. When I play your companion
When I was Kanjuro, one of the "Nine Red Scabbards", I really thought about you in a new and different way... And when I returned to the identity of Kanjuro Kuotan, I also sincerely wanted you to die!
Hehehehaha... Kanjuro, who was covered in white powder and blushed, showed a narcissistic smile.
…
"Hey, thank you, thank you."
Kin'emon in disguise gave a fake smile to the passing pirates of the Beasts Pirates, and walked away dejectedly. After running for a few miles in a hurry, his arms squirmed, and Momonosuke came out of his head.
, his "disguised" face painted with ink by Kanjuro also turned red, and he let out a breath as if he was alive, "I almost died! Kinemon!"
"My crime deserves death!" Kinemon apologized hastily.
"Forget it, it's not the time to care about it..." Momonosuke dusted off his clothes and coughed lightly, "The most important thing now is our plan."
Kinemon sighed gloomily. Along the way in the past few days, they saw factories standing everywhere, spewing thick black smoke. The river water had been polluted to the point of being undrinkable. All the daimyo except the Flower City had been destroyed.
The land is exhausted, and the area that can be used to grow crops is less than one-third of what it was twenty years ago... These are the next best thing, and the most hateful thing is Orochi's bastard slander of Mitsuki's name!
The people of Wano today only know about the Black Carbon Orochi, but they don’t know about General Kozuki!
"Hey hey hey..."
Kin'emon was walking sadly when he suddenly heard Momonosuke's laughter in the distance and was shocked, "Momonosuke-sama, why don't you leave the lower body crane easily?!"
He looked up and saw that on the side of the road ahead, Momonosuke, with a face that had been "made up" by Kanjuro, fell into the arms of a woman who still had charm, and burst into laughter with his little head on his head.
.
Kinemon felt like he was struck by lightning. This woman was none other than his own wife, Crane!
Nineteen years have passed by in a hurry, and she is still so beautiful, gentle and plump...
"Hehehehehe..." Momonosuke arched and arched. In this cruel world, only this warm heart can give him a little warmth.
"Whose child is this? He got separated from his family?" The beautiful woman had no idea that her husband, who had disappeared for nineteen years, was secretly watching her, and she pressed her unrecognized young master Momonosuke with pity.
Comforting in my heart. "Be good, don't be afraid. How about going home with your aunt and eating some adzuki bean soup?"
Momonosuke shook his head vigorously, bowed his head after retreating and said: "The person you are waiting for will definitely come back!"
After saying that, regardless of how the crane reacted, he turned around and ran away, leaving the crane standing there blankly. He wanted to scream but didn't dare. He covered his mouth tightly and stared wide-eyed.
The boy fled not far away, and the tall figure waiting at the corner clearly looked like...
Tsuru Kinemon looked away with nostalgia, now is not the time for us to recognize each other! Kozuki Oden's number one retainer, the samurai, took Momonosuke and reluctantly left.
It really hurts!
The way Momonosuke was twisting in his wife's arms just now was like a nail stuck in his heart. Kin'emon didn't know if he had seen it wrong. His Highness Momonosuke seemed to be smiling like that...
…No, it’s impossible, His Highness Momonosuke is only eight years old, he is just an eight-year-old child!
"What's wrong with you, Kin'emon?" Momonosuke raised his head and asked.
What am I thinking? This is Lord Oden's son! Kinemon shook his head and said seriously: "I think we should make a secret code. If Denjiro sees it, he will be able to understand it..."