When Kurozumi Orochi and his subordinates set their sights on Yoriichi Tsugakuni, Yoriichi Tsugakuni, who was strolling on the streets of the Flower Capital, also realized that he was being followed.

After exchanging money from the gold house, Jigoku Yoshiichi had already walked two or three blocks, but under his observation Haki's perception, he could sense two auras following closely behind him, and they followed him for several blocks.

When he stops, the other party stops too; when he moves, the other party moves too.

Noticing this, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi looked around with a cold expression, saw a noodle shop not far away, and then walked over.

Although he already had some guesses in his mind, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi still wanted to confirm it in this way.

This is a small shop on the commercial street. The area inside is not big, only about 20 square meters. The kitchen is only separated by a few pieces of white cloth. There are four small tables in the shop. It is deserted and there are not many customers.

It was not mealtime at this time, and the boss, who had some free time, sat on a recliner in the kitchen, leisurely watching the bustling street scene with people coming and going.

"Boss, tonkotsu ramen."

As soon as Ji Guoyuan walked into the noodle shop, he glanced at the small wooden sign in front of the kitchen with the dishes written on it, and spoke to the boss in the kitchen.

At the same time that Jiguo Yuanyi walked in, the boss, who had seen a customer coming in, had already sat up from his recliner. Upon hearing what I Yuanyi said, the boss immediately smiled and replied repeatedly:

"Okay! Please wait a moment!"

As he spoke, the noodle shop owner's eyes turned, and he quickly looked at Ji Guoyuanyi, then immediately got busy.

"Guest, where are you from?"

"Is this your first time in the Flower City?"

Inside the small noodle shop, the boss and Ji Guoyuan started chatting about family matters. This is actually a style of this kind of small shop. Since the shop is relatively small, the kitchen is completely exposed to the guests' sight, and there is closer contact between the boss and the guests.

Compared with the restaurant system that is common in later generations, this kind of store has more human touch.

And precisely because of this, the people who come to this noodle shop to eat noodles are basically regular customers, and there are of course strangers, but relatively few.

Yuichi Tsuchikuni is tall and handsome. Although he wears a sword on his waist, he exudes a calm and easy-going temperament. These things cannot be hidden at all. Ordinary people like the noodle shop owner have their own way of judging people and have already felt that Yuichi Tsuchikuni is different from others.

"Ah! First time in the Flower Capital."

Ji Guoyuanyi found a seat near the inside and sat down. Just as he was talking to the boss, two more people lifted the curtain and walked into the noodle shop.

These were two young men, both dressed in kimonos, with long swords on their waists, dressed like samurai, and exuding a fierce aura.

The two young men were one tall and one short, one fat and one thin. The tall and thin one had a bitter look on his face, and looked like they hadn't gotten along well with each other for a long time; while the short and fat one had a face full of flesh, and looked quite fierce.

The temperament of these two people is just short of having the word "bad guy" written on their faces.

Hmm. It fits the style of the One Piece world very well.

"What would you two like to order?"

After the two young men entered the noodle shop, they did not look at the boss first, but instead looked in the direction of Jiguo Yuanyi. Seeing Jiguo Yuanyi sitting in the shop, they breathed a sigh of relief and shouted to the boss at the top of their voices:

"Give me some fried udon."

"I want pork bone noodles."

Then the two of them ordered food and sat down on the seats closest to the door. From time to time, they glanced at Ji Guoyuan in the room, as if they were afraid that Ji Guoyuan would get lost.

At this moment, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi, who was sitting in the room, suddenly stood up and said to the boss:

"Boss, please make the noodles for me first. I'll go buy some other things and come back."

Then, as the boss answered, Tsugikoku Yoriichi walked out of the house. Not long after Yoriichi opened the door curtain and left, the two people sitting at the door also stood up impatiently, ignoring the boss's greeting and walked out of the house.

Then, when he lifted the door curtain, he suddenly found Ji Guoyuanyi standing at the door, looking at them with a smile on his face.

"Tell me, what are you following me for?"

Ji Guoyuanyi put his hands behind his back and stood with his sword in his arms. As soon as he finished speaking, the smile on his face disappeared without a trace.

"you"

When the two young men saw Yuichiro Tsugakuni waiting outside the door, they immediately realized that they had been exposed. They wanted to take action, but they found that people on the street were looking in their direction, and they hesitated for a moment.

"Thief! You stole our brothers' money!"

Just as the two were hesitating, the short and fat one suddenly had an idea and pointed his finger at Ji Guoyuan and shouted.

"oh?"

Hearing this, Jigoku Yoshiichi also glanced sideways at the crowd watching the excitement on the street, raised his eyebrows, and was quite surprised.

He thought someone recognized his face and was following him.

However, the answers of these two people really exceeded Tsugikuni Yoriichi's expectations. The other party should not be someone with an official background in Wano Country. He thought that they were just scoundrels who were attracted by his money.

"Yes, you stole our brothers' money, so just hand it over!"

"Or you won't be able to leave here?"

As they spoke, the two young men quickly drew their long swords from their waists and approached Ji Guoyuanyi aggressively.

The people watching the excitement on the street seemed to be accustomed to this kind of knife-wielding scene in the street.

Samurai. In this country, compared with ordinary people, samurai have a superior status.

Upon hearing this, Ji Guoyuan couldn't help but sigh softly. He didn't want to waste time talking to the other party. He released his terrifying domineering aura and pounced directly at the two people in front of him.

"Buzz—"

The domineering aura that had almost solidified into substance instantly enveloped the two young men. Under the gaze of everyone, the two men who had been so aggressive suddenly turned their eyes white, lost consciousness, and fell to the ground.

“Plop—”

“Plop—”

Two consecutive muffled sounds were heard on the street. Jiguo Yuanyi then walked back into the store, left a few coins, turned around and left. In the eyes of everyone, he disappeared in the crowd.

Until Tsugumi Yoshiichi left, the onlookers still didn't realize what had happened.

All they could see was that the two young men who were originally aggressive and wanted to ask for money fell to the ground inexplicably. It was not until a long time after Jiguo Yuanyi left that the people reacted and came forward. They felt the breath of the two young men and realized that the two were still alive. They immediately chose to report to the police.

Yes, there are government offices in places like Wano Country.

Soon after, with the sound of hurried footsteps, the crowd surrounding the two young men also made way for them. A tall, long-haired young man with a long sword on his waist arrived at the scene. He glanced at the people around him with an unhappy look on his face, and then shouted:

"What the hell is going on here?!"

"Who did this?! Did anyone of you see it?"

Kozuki Momonosuke, this burly young man is named Kozuki Momonosuke, the grandson of Shogun Sukiyaki and the eldest son of Kuri Daimyo Kozuki Oden.

Kozuki Oden was away for a long time, and the work of governing Kuri was shared by several of his retainers. Kozuki Sukiyaki also had a premonition that his son was somewhat unreliable and liked to run away too much, so he was not confident in entrusting the future of the country to him.

The only thing he can do is to raise Momonosuke from another generation.

Momonosuke has now grown up to 24 years old. He inherited his father's strong physique and is full of momentum when he shouts to people around him.

When the people saw Momonosuke's aggressive look, they all retreated. In the eyes of the people, this heir of the Kozuki family was not a good-tempered heir.

Perhaps it was because Kozuki Oden was away from Wano Country for most of the year and allowed Momonosuke to grow up wildly; or perhaps it was because Sukiyaki doted on his grandson too much.

In short, Momonosuke's personality is somewhat like that of a spoiled second-generation rich kid.

Seeing that the people around him seemed to be somewhat afraid of him and were retreating in all directions, Momonosuke raised his brows, glanced around, and directly grabbed a woman who wanted to leave and asked:

"You should know what happened here, right?"

"explain!"

Momonosuke's tone was harsh, which frightened the woman so much that she trembled. The fear on her face made Momonosuke narrow his eyes and look at the woman carefully.

She was about thirty years old, with soft eyebrows and delicate features. Although she was not a beauty, she was above average in appearance. The most attractive thing about her was her plump figure, which was far beyond the reach of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl.

"It was done by a young samurai in a red kimono with long red hair."

"They said the red-haired warrior stole their money and wanted it back, so a conflict broke out between the two groups."

"The man didn't even draw his sword, and the two warriors suddenly fell down."

"By the way, that warrior is heading that way."

"Lord Momonosuke, this is all I know."

The woman noticed Momonosuke's gaze on her, stretched out her hand and pointed towards the south, then covered her plump chest with her hands and answered with her head down. Thinking of some rumors about Lord Momonosuke, the woman's body trembled involuntarily.

“Tsk.”

Momonosuke saw the woman's frightened expression, smacked his lips lightly, and let her go. He glanced at the two young men lying on the ground, waved to the subordinates he had brought with him, and ordered:

"Four people, take these two guys to the infirmary. When they wake up, ask them what happened."

"Everyone else, chase!"

Momonosuke gave his subordinates an order, then turned back to look at the woman and said soothingly:

"Don't be afraid, it's just a routine matter. I asked you a few questions."

"Is it necessary to act like this? I'm not going to eat you."

"By the way, what's your name? Where is your home?"

Hearing Momonosuke's question, the woman's face turned pale, and her body seemed to have lost all its strength. She collapsed involuntarily and sat down on the ground.

The people around were also very secretive, pretending not to see what was happening before them, and turned away one after another.

Only one man quickly rushed to Momonosuke, supported his wife, and pleaded to Momonosuke with a sad face: "Lord Momonosuke."

"My wife has already told me everything she knows. Please be kind and let her go."

Before the man could finish his words, Momonosuke suddenly drew the sword from his waist and placed it directly on the man's neck, staring at him with a bad look:

"What do you mean by that?"

"Would you please?"

"What do you mean by be kind? What have I done to you?"

"ah?!"

"I'm just asking where you live. If we can't catch the criminal later, I'll have to ask you for more specific information."

"And if you're lying, I have to be able to find you and hold you accountable, right?!"

The knife in Momonosuke's hand also made the couple tremble with fear and dare not speak. Seeing the two people's fearful expressions, Momonosuke didn't know why, but a nameless fire surged in his chest. He grabbed the man's collar and pulled him in front of him, then said to the woman beside him:

"You're not telling me. Are you afraid I'll expose your lies?"

"Are you in cahoots with that thief?"

Seeing that the two men still didn't speak, Momonosuke lost his patience and left the man aside. He then said to his subordinates behind him, "These two may be accomplices. Take them back together!"

Seeing the samurai holding shackles approaching him, the man finally couldn't bear the huge pressure in his heart and said hurriedly: "Master Momonosuke, we live in Mingmen Street, Lane 3, Gate 4"

The man spoke these words as if he had used up all his strength. After he finished speaking, the woman beside him burst into tears and hugged her husband tightly.

"whispering sound"

And at the moment when Momonosuke was asking the questions, the people who were watching the excitement on the street were looking at this place from afar. Feeling the strange gazes of those people, Momonosuke waved his hand, and then immediately took his people away, chasing in the direction where Tsugumi Yoshiichi had left.

"Don't worry, we'll go back to Hime right away."

"I will protect you and will never let you get hurt."

After seeing Momonosuke and others leave, the man hugged his wife tightly and comforted her softly.

Yoshiichi Tsugikuni didn't know that Momonosuke and his subordinates had already started searching for him in the Flower Capital.

At this time, he had already left the Flower City. After finding someone on the road to inquire about the direction of Jiuli, he walked towards Jiuli.

Kozuki Oden has not returned to his country yet, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi also plans to take a good stroll around the island and get a deeper understanding of the country of Wano Country.

If possible, he would also like to find a craftsman to make a scabbard for his broken sword.

The weapon Dawn has been with him for so many years, and he has already developed feelings for it. Even though the connection has been broken now, Yuanyi can't bear to throw it away.

The departure of Yuichiro Tsugakuni caused the two forces in the Flower City to search hard, but they were unable to find any trace of Yuichiro Tsugakuni.

At night.

Momonosuke followed the address he got in the morning to Mingmen Street. After searching for a long time, he finally arrived at the door of the so-called Sanxiang Simen house.

After knocking on the door for a while, I found that no one answered.

Momonosuke, feeling something was wrong, kicked the door open, only to find that the place was empty.

Momonosuke, who had no place to vent the nameless anger in his heart, suddenly drew out the long sword from his waist, cut the table in the house in half with one stroke, and then left Mingmen Street angrily and walked towards the teahouse.

(End of this chapter)