Chapter 819 The Disappearance of Momonosuke (Part 2) (5800 words)

Kuri, west of the depths of Touyama.

The obese Ashura boy scooped a bucket of dirty water from the river, his face as gloomy as the water. He was a samurai, and drinking such poisonous water would at most cause stomachache, but ordinary civilians in Wano Country would be poisoned or even endanger their lives. And this is just the daily life of people in Wano Country in recent years...

"Come to think of it, this year should be..." Ashura muttered to himself expressionlessly. Suddenly, a subordinate in tattered clothes rushed over excitedly holding a piece of paper, "Boss Shutenmaru! Look at this!"

"The people who are chasing us are here?" Ashura Boy, who went by the alias Shutenmaru, frowned. His expression changed drastically after he took the note. Amidst his disbelief, there was a hint of uncontrollable excitement, and a little sadness.

Nineteen years have passed, Kin'emon, you really came here after nineteen years? ...

"If there are no actors in the audience, is there any need to act?"

In a deserted village not far from the abandoned Oden Castle, Kanjuro casually drew an ink bed using his ability and lay down on it leisurely.

Let him inquire about the news in the north of Jiuli and Ximei area, but he is alone, so there is no need to put so much effort.

Kanjuro smiled indifferently. Even if he wanted to go out to investigate, he would have to pretend to hide his whereabouts. In that case, why not hide it more thoroughly? Wouldn't it be perfect if he didn't go out at all? Hehehe... He lay on the ink bed with his legs crossed, and continued to focus on the ink Fukurokuju clone he had released before, and rushed to the Flower Capital to visit Lord Orochi with a secret letter containing Momonosuke's whereabouts.

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Nozomi. The vast wilderness. A group of extremely downtrodden ronin, thieves, and samurai gathered together, and a hint of excitement appeared on their thin and pale faces.

It has been nineteen years, and the heart that I thought had turned to ashes long ago is suddenly igniting with sparks again.

This note was found in a village in the suburbs of Flower Capital. This note is still very new... The mark drawn on it... It is definitely them, the five people who disappeared nineteen years ago! It is the prophecy of Master Toki... In addition, there is another very convincing evidence: this kind of code pattern that requires certain cultural knowledge and insight to write can only be drawn by the samurai of Kozuki Oden! Rural civilians, a bunch of illiterate people who can't read a single word, how can they be elegant and make such a bad joke.

"The time...the place...it should be there!"

The bald fat man who looked like a large Maitreya Buddha squinted his eyes and asked his extremely downtrodden companions, "Do you want to go together?"

"Is there anything else we can do?"

The wanderers all laughed, "It's been a long time. I feel like this heart hasn't beat for a long time."

They looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

"Keep your voice down! If you get caught, and Orochi's people know..."

"Don't worry. The big snake lives in the general's mansion in Huazhidu. How could he pay attention to such trivial matters..."

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"There has been no news about Jiro, Kawamatsu, and Ashura. This is not a solution."

In a remote village on the border of Hana-no-Toku and Kuri, Kin'emon hunted a wild beast, roasted it using the Foxfire Sword Technique, tried it himself, and found that it was not very poisonous, so he gave it to Momonosuke to eat.

Momonosuke was extremely hungry and ate voraciously.

The marks had been scattered for a few days, but Kin'emon was still worried. He held the marked paper in his hand and pondered, "Kawamatsu is a fishman. He might be hiding at the bottom of the river. I can't find him. Ashura was a bandit in the past. He hid in the mountains and could stay there for three to five years without coming out... Denjiro is smart. He might be hiding in the busiest Flower City, right under the nose of Orochi..."

Kin'emon's eyes became firm. Even if it meant taking some risks, he didn't care in order to get in touch with Denjiro.

If Denjiro has a safe hidden identity, perhaps he can entrust Lord Momonosuke to him for the time being... huh?

"Your Highness?!"

Kin'emon looked up, but Momonosuke was gone. He was anxious and rushed out of the door, and almost blacked out on the spot - in the middle of the road in the small village that should have been deserted, a burly man and a ronin with a stern face were talking to Momonosuke.

"Kinemon, look at this!" Momonosuke turned around and pointed at the two men's hands, which were the marked notes that Kin'emon had distributed.

Senior met a kid and just asked a few questions. He didn't know what was going on. But now he was secretly alert. However, he didn't show any emotion. He raised his chin to Kin'emon through his sunglasses and said calmly as if he knew everything: "Do you need help?"

Even if you don't know the specific details, there's nothing wrong with saying this.

These words sounded like heavenly music to Kin'emon, and he almost cried. It had been nineteen years, and he had never thought that there were still samurai loyal to the Kozuki family in Wano Country!

"Okay, okay!" Kin'emon patted Senior's shoulder with emotion and said, "Well done to you! Of course we have to help, the more people the better! But as you can see, it's not the gathering time agreed in the code yet..."

"Hmm?" Buffalo was puzzled. What was this man saying all of a sudden? What did he mean? A signal? Gathering? Senior held the note and nodded slightly. "We have to find something to do."

"Of course!" Kin'emon said, "I am going to take Momo - I am going to the Flower Capital to distribute the marked notes and gather more colleagues and patriots to join us in the future."

Inu?! Kin'emon, you are so brave! I... Momonosuke took a deep breath, but he also knew that things were different now, so he could only bow his head and acquiesce to Kin'emon's statement.

Oh...are these people going to be enemies with Kaido? Senior guessed it. Although he felt that the local samurai were a little overconfident, he personally would not give up on them.

He is a tough guy. So if we send such a tough guy to Kaido, in exchange for information about Lynch's whereabouts, it shouldn't be too much, right?

"In that case, let's go without further ado." Senior nodded calmly. He and Buffalo had been waiting for several days at the coast closest to the waterfall entrance, south of Jiuli, but there was no sign of the Straw Hat Pirates. He had already planned to go to the Flower City to find the Sugar sisters to discuss countermeasures. It was actually on the way now.

His behavior invisibly deepened Kin'emon's trust. He couldn't help but feel ashamed for hiding the identity of Lord Momonosuke just now, and hurriedly said, "You are right, there is no time to lose."

So two people in a group of two became a group of four and headed towards the Flower City.

On the way, Kin'emon asked Seniole and the others about the changes in Wano Country over the years, especially where the samurai had gone and why it was so difficult to find them.

Senior had no idea, but they had been in Wano Country for quite some time, so they did know that General Orochi had been searching for someone, and the intensity of the search had been particularly strong recently.

"The search has been intensified recently?" Kin'emon was puzzled. Why? It couldn't be that Orochi already knew the whereabouts of them? ...

Fukurokujuu, the form of the Ink-Ink Fruit, entered the Flower Capital. Kanjuro naturally knew the location of the Shogun's Mansion, and after entering the city, he quietly headed straight there.

When he arrived at the Shogun's mansion, he could use Fukurokushou's face to alert Lord Orochi. At worst, he could summon Fukurokushou himself. Anyway, he would definitely be able to connect with him. After handing over the secret letter, he could remove Mo's clone, continue to hide his identity, and play the role of his own "Kozuki retainer" and "Red Scabbard Samurai"...

Mo's clone Fu Lu Shou went away. On the streets of Flower City, Sandu was teaching her sister Monet a lesson.

Like a little girl, Sugar picked five grapes on her five fingers and ate them one by one. After eating, she licked her white and tender fingertips.

With her other hand, she grabbed Monet's collar, glanced at the dazzling white, and angrily scolded: "Why are you dressed so coquettishly? Don't you know that we can't attract attention?"

Monet squatted down, grabbed his sister's hand, and said with a wry smile: "You have to get the news, sister. Compared with the trouble that can easily arise from taking real action, wearing cooler clothes is actually a small matter."

"If you want to show it, show it, but don't show it in front of me." Sugar chewed grapes expressionlessly.

Monet smiled, hugged Sugar, and said softly: "If Sister hadn't eaten this fruit, she would definitely be bigger than me..."

"Hmph!" Sugar stuffed his mouth full of grapes, his cheeks puffed up, his expression disdainful, but his eyes revealed a meaning of "What else?"

Monet held her sister's hand and said to herself, "In Wano Country, it's hard to take action if you dress too formally. If you say a few more words, they will misunderstand that I'm interested in them. What's even more exaggerated is that they will ask for my address on the spot, as if they are proposing to me or giving me gifts..." She couldn't help but shake her head.

The two walked around twice more, and suddenly saw a familiar figure out of the corner of their eyes. They walked over quietly and came to a room in the corner of the alley. The owner of the room had been knocked unconscious and was leaning against the corridor outside.

"who are they?"

Sugar spat out the grape skins and looked at Kin'emon and Momonosuke with a frown.

Senior simply said, "Warrior."

Before he finished speaking, Kin'emon glared at Monet with a red face and said in a low voice: "Too, too slutty! How can a woman dress like this?!"

"Shut up!" Sandang's eyes turned cold, "What she wears is her business. Who do you think you are?"

Kin'emon was startled at first after being scolded like that, and suddenly he felt a chill down his spine. No, these people... aren't from Wano Country? !

Senior took his hands out of the bosom of his kimono, ready to strike at any moment.

However, just when Kin'emon was commenting on Monet's cool outfit and Sato was scolding him, everyone soon heard Momonosuke's hehehe laughter...

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"Who are you?!"

In the Orochi Shogun's mansion, the leader of the Oniwaban clan, Fukurokuju, stared at the "self" in front of him who looked exactly like him.

But this "self" smiled strangely, took out a letter from his arms and stuffed it into his hand, saying only one sentence: "If you don't want Lord Orochi to execute you, give this letter to him intact." Then the whole person turned into a ball of ink out of thin air, and the black ink splashed all over the ground.

"What kind of ninjutsu is this..."

Fu Lu Shou held the secret letter in his hand, stunned for a long while, and finally, with a sudden shock, he stuffed the secret letter into his wide sleeves and hurriedly went into the mansion to look for General Da She.

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“Hehehe…”

Momonosuke originally wanted to pretend to be pitiful and throw himself into the arms of this sexy big sister to rub against her. After all, in this cold and cruel world, there is only this kind of... Hmm? That's not right. Although it is indeed very soft, why is it so cold? ? ?

"Haha, you're a little pervert." Monet rubbed Momonosuke's head with a smile. Since the elder sister was so gentle, Momonosuke planned to forgive her for her cold heart for the time being. Just when he was about to enjoy it, suddenly, there seemed to be a ball of colder fire rising into the sky, and a voice that seemed to be mixed with the cold air of the underworld approached his ears:

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"Little bastard...what are you doing?!"

"What did you call me?"

Momonosuke was stunned, thinking he had misheard. Then he flew into a rage, turned around and saw the little girl who was about his age, and scolded, "Just now I resisted teaching you a lesson for your disrespect for the inferiors, but you know that I will..."

Before Kin'emon could cover His Highness's mouth, he saw the little girl with an extremely ugly look on her face slapping His Highness Momonosuke who looked unhappy.

The little girl's hands were weak and looked fluttery, so Kin'emon naturally didn't take it seriously. Momonosuke didn't take it seriously either. Even if Kikunojo, Kanjuro, and Raizo were called over, no one would take it seriously. They would just think that Momonosuke really inherited Lord Oden's bloodline that easily attracted women, and he actually attracted flirting and scolding from girls of the same age...

Sato's small hand fell on Momonosuke's shoulder.

Monet watched with a smile. The buffalo gloated. Senior was indifferent.

At the moment when Sugar's hand fell, Momonosuke, under Kin'emon's gaze, shrank rapidly from the image of a young samurai with a moon-shaped haircut to a body on all fours, with soft fake fur growing on his body... In the blink of an eye, he became a furry toy puppy. At the same time, the name, image and all the memories related to "Kozuki Momonosuke" were wiped out like a tide as the light in Kin'emon's eyes gradually dimmed...

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"Secret letter? A person transformed by the ink ninjutsu?"

At the General's Mansion, Orochi took the secret letter from Fukurokushou and waved him off. He didn't want anyone to know that the Kurozumi family had planted an undercover agent in the Kozuki family.

However, Kaido, who was in the same room, was naturally not included in the list of “just anyone”.

Kaido drank his wine and said with a smile: "Did the little bug you raised really travel through time from nineteen years ago?"

"Do you think you can stay out of this?" Orochi trembled as he opened the secret letter and read it quickly. He was completely confused. "What is this written by Kanjuro? Momonosuke? Who is Momonosuke?"

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At the same time, on Onigashima, after Kaido left, Yamato climbed up and down a few times, and came to the top of the huge skull with horns, and took out the sailing diary of Kozuki Oden, which she regarded as the Bible. She had read this diary countless times, but no matter how many times she read it, the things recorded in it about the first child named Kozuki Momonosuke of Kozuki Oden and his wife Toki... were all shocking to Yamato's mind.

Who is Momonosuke? Kozuki Momonosuke? There is no such person in Wano Country! Kozuki Oden has only one daughter, Kozuki Hiyori who disappeared for 19 years! That Oden... wrote a lie in his diary?

Yamato was shaken for the first time. She felt very depressed while holding the old Oden diary. She felt that she should face this problem today: since Kozuki Oden would make up a non-existent eldest son in his diary, should the credibility of the rest of the diary also be questioned? Is it Kozuki Oden that I admire... or am I just admiring a symbol called Kozuki Oden who represents my desire to rebel against my father? Yamato, who had never been to school for a day, was a little confused at the moment.

It would be nice if Ace was here. I really want to have a couple of drinks with him right now so I don't have to worry...

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"You idiot! Write down Kozuki Hiyori's whereabouts for me!"

Orochi angrily threw the secret letter on the tatami. "The woman who disappeared for 19 years is the only heir of the Kozuki family. As long as she is alive, I will never be at peace! What a bullshit Momonosuke, this guy has been undercover for too long and his brain is broken - wait, could it be that this 'Momonosuke' is a nickname for Kozuki Hiyori among these close associates of Oden?"

Kaido raised his head and took a sip of wine, then sneered, "Your own confidant wrote a secret letter to tip you off, why do you have to beat around the bush?"

The big snake resumed its rage.

Kaido sneered and said, "It's easy to find Kozuki Hiyori. Just give all the women in the Flower Capital to Black Maria, and I guarantee that no one will escape!"

"You're crazy!" The snake seemed to be stimulated, "All the women in the Flower City? Doesn't that include my dear Xiao Zi?!"

Kaido said coldly: "They are all bitches anyway, what does it matter?"

"Xiao Zi is the oiran!" Orochi held back his anger, "She is different."

Kaido drank his wine carelessly, "Then let's try another method. Find all the women and kill them. We can just bring in women from outside to fill the gap."

"Isn't this even less feasible?!" the snake said indignantly.

"Oh my, you are such a waste, Orochi!" Kaido's unbridled laughter echoed in the inner room of the Shogun's Mansion.

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The banquet was over, and the courtesan Xiao Zi's beautiful cheeks flushed, "Kyoshiro... Tell me, is it better for me to die?"

"You're drunk, Kozuki." Kyoshiro was walking beside her. There were many people around, so he couldn't call her by her real name and called her Hiyori-sama.

Denjiro smiled meaningfully and said, "A unique woman like you is a rare treasure of Wano Country. How can I give you up so easily?"

"Hehehe..." Xiao Zi exhaled alcohol, her eyes rolling, "Isn't it enough for me to give birth to a more precious one?"

Kyoushiro said, "You are drunk."

"Hehehe...are you moved?" Xiao Zi swayed without looking back, "You are really useless, Mr. Kyoushiro, you taught me all these."

Until Xiao Zi left, Kyoshiro stood there in a daze, speechless.

A question vaguely emerged in his mind... Since Lady Hiyori is the only blood of the Kozuki family, what exactly have I been doing all these years, and why did I shape her into an oiran? He rubbed his forehead and soon sighed inwardly, Master Toki, you should have sent Lady Hiyori with Kin'emon and the others to the present nineteen years later, instead of letting her suffer in Wano Country for the past nineteen years...

Carrying a bottle of wine, Kyoushiro was wandering on the streets of the Flower Capital. Suddenly, his eyes became stern and he stepped on a piece of paper.

Opening the marked paper, Kyoshiro suddenly sobered up from the alcohol in his eyes, and his breathing became a little faster - here you come! You are finally here, Kin'emon!

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Why is Kin'emon in a daze?

Momonosuke looked up in surprise... Hey, no, why am I holding my head higher than before? No, no! How... How am I on all fours? ! Momonosuke was suddenly filled with fear. He tried to stand up on his feet, but stumbled and fell to the ground again. Only then did he see that his hands were covered with the same fur as Cat Viper and Inuarashi... However, this fur felt inferior compared to their soft and beautiful fur.

Almost at the same time, Momonosuke heard a cold voice: "Contract: One, you are not allowed to speak human language in the future. As a dog, you are only allowed to bark..."

Are you talking to me? Momonosuke was confused and angry. He opened his mouth to scold the little girl, but he barked...

Monet observed with interest that in the eyes of the stuffed dog, at the moment the dog uttered "woof", the pupils seemed to dilate with fear.

Sugar continued to use the power of the Childlike Fun Fruit expressionlessly, setting the "factory settings" for the stuffed dog she made, and coldly read out the contract she had made: "Two, from now on, when you see any female, you must kowtow to her ten times from twenty meters away! And finally, three..."

Sugar raised her foot and stepped on the restless face of the stuffed dog. Suddenly she smiled, but her eyes did not show any intention of smiling. She looked at the squashed face of the stuffed dog with disgust and annoyance. She said coldly: "As a dog, you only need to eat shit. This should not be difficult, right?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the ability of the Childlike Fun Fruit took full effect.

As the existence of Kozuki Momonosuke was quietly hidden from the knowledge of everyone in the world, the three forcibly established rules were also stamped on his new body - the body of a stuffed toy dog ​​- like a mental stamp, turning into an unshakable instinct.

(End of this chapter)