Chapter 823 Kanjuro Goes to the Shogun's Mansion
Lynch was already proficient in hypnosis.
With his current strength, he can use this technique of domineering color, which he calls the field of life return, to perfection.
What's more, in the past year, Brooke and Marian, two hypnosis masters with different styles, have been hanging around him all day long... Lynch certainly doesn't have the unparalleled talent for hypnosis like Marian, who can use a paintbrush to create miracles that are almost like "dreams come true", but Lynch also has strengths that Marian far exceeds, and that is naturally "ripples".
Lynch's ripples are the product of a blend of life energy and domineering energy.
Ripple can be used as domineering power in battle, and in fact, it can also naturally bring into play its characteristics from the side of life returning - using it as a medium to launch hypnosis.
Lynch covered his entire body with his own ripple energy, like a hypnotic halo superimposed on his body. Anyone who actively looked at him would in turn be disturbed by the life force transmitted by this layer of ripples, and then have hallucinations, and then mistakenly think his image is that of General Snake, and would not notice the slightest abnormality.
This kind of indiscriminate hypnosis is not very useful for strong people with strong wills - for example, Zoro, who followed Lynch, was basically not affected. In his eyes, Lynch was still Lynch, but wherever he went, the servants and retainers in the general's mansion all regarded Lynch as Orochi himself.
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The pair of substitute arm armor thrown out by Lynch silently crossed the sky, flew over the Flower Capital and Rabbit Bowl, arrived at the southernmost end, swept across the wide lake, and flew towards the Sunny drifting on the water. On the deck, "BIB" was practicing silently, suddenly opened his eyes, and caught his own arms that had returned.
I saw a devil fruit chip in the hands of the arms that flew back. Looking at the swirling pattern on it, it was indeed Orochi's Yamata-no-Orochi fruit.
I have no interest in this thing myself, but after all, it is a mythical beast species of the Snake-Snake Fruit, and I feel that the style is quite suitable for the Nine Snakes, so I don't mind taking it back.
Since the original body successfully obtained the fruit, it must have entered the Shogun's Mansion in the Flower Capital. In front of the original body, a mere snake, his fate is completely uncertain. In this way, the ambition that Kin'emon and his group of red scabbards have been pursuing for half a day has been largely fulfilled - if this time, this group of people have been sent here from nineteen years ago by Toki using the power of the time fruit... According to the comics, they should have been sent to twenty years after nineteen years ago, which is about this time next year... If Kin'emon and his group were sent here at that time, they would be even more... behind schedule...
BIB has no eyebrows, so it naturally cannot frown. But as it connected its arms and stored the Yamata no Orochi chip, it thought about these things secretly and "frowned" unconsciously.
I always feel like something is wrong...
It seems that when I think about these things, there is something inconsistent...
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What happened? Why do I always feel like...something is not right? Lin Qi asked the Imperial Garden Guard to lead the way to the banquet hall, while he glanced at the dry landscape in the garden beside him and frowned slightly.
Zoro, who was a samurai invited by the "general" to the palace, followed Lynch into the hall where the banquet was already being arranged. He brought a jar of wine, patted off the seal, took a deep breath of the wine, and smiled with satisfaction. He was about to clink glasses with Lynch, but saw the latter supporting his cheek with one hand after taking his seat, with a thoughtful look on his face. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Is it because of the oiran?"
With his girlfriend Robin away, the first thing Lynch did when he pretended to be General Orochi was to summon the courtesan to his mansion...
Lin Qi said to himself: "Oiran? Yes, it's because of the Oiran..."
"Really?" Zoro was surprised.
He was just joking, but in his opinion, neither Robin nor Lynch were such petty people - Robin trusted Lynch very much, and Zoro believed that the reason why Lynch summoned the oiran into the mansion was not out of lust, but there must be other reasons. As for the empress other than Robin and Lynch? It may be strange to say, according to Zoro's concept, the relationship between men and women is naturally one-on-one. What's the point of talking about deep feelings with a third person? No matter what good excuses there are, they are basically nonsense, but... As someone who has practiced in Nine Snakes for a year and has seen the style of the empress, even Zoro has to admit that it is not that Lynch and Robin are unruly, but that the empress's domineering charm is unreasonable and completely unruly. It is so unreasonable and unruly that even if outsiders see the relationship between the three of them, they will not have a different opinion at all, but will only think... In any case, she can make an exception. Who made the empress so beautiful? I had to forgive her! Shaking his head secretly, Zoro laughed at himself, saying that he was really led astray by those women in Nine Snakes...
"Yeah, it's really her." Lin Qi said to himself. He had no idea that Sauron would associate this with something else...
If Lin Qi remembered correctly, the courtesan Kozuki Murasaki of Wano Country was actually Kozuki Hiyori, the daughter of Kozuki Oden, who was hiding under an alias! When thinking of Kozuki Oden's daughter, one can't help but think of the Kyoshiro beside her, who was one of Oden's samurai, Denjiro, and then one can't help but think of Kin'emon, who was sent to this point in time by the Time Fruit from Tengetsu Toki nineteen years ago along with Kikunosuke and Raizo...
For some reason, whenever Lynch thought of Kin'emon from Kozuki Hiyori, he always felt that there was something wrong with his thoughts.
Tianyue Toki had nothing better to do than to leave Kozuki Oden's only daughter in Wano Country nineteen years ago, and send Kin'emon's group of samurai to nineteen years later? ? ?
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Flower Capital, Yukuoka. After Kyoshiro came back, he stayed indoors all the time. He was really scared.
He kept thinking back to that scene. In the snowy northern land, the half-man, half-dragon monster seemed to have the terrifying power to smash everything, but was beaten away by the man with an iron rod. With just one blow, a blow that could not be seen clearly, the invincible Kaido was...
The tea in the cup reflected Kyoshiro's pale face and lifeless, narrow eyes.
"The tea is cold." Xiao Zi said, "I went out for a while, and I came back so distracted... Mr. Kyoshiro, what's wrong with you?"
Kyoshiro was about to say something but stopped himself. At this moment, an urgent call came from outside. Xiao Zi got up and went out. After whispering a few words, she came back and said, "The snake called me over."
"Didn't we just go to the General's Mansion yesterday?" Kyoushiro frowned.
"He is a general, and I am a prostitute." Xiao Zi smiled softly, "What rules does the general need to follow with a little girl?"
"..." Kyoshiro propped himself up and said in a deep voice, "Perhaps this is actually the best opportunity... Xiao Zi, do you still have the blood bag with you?"
Xiao Zi frowned and said, "Is it time for me to give up this identity?"
Kyoshiro clearly had a piece of paper with a mark on it last time, but he did not see Kin'emon and others who seemed to have come from across 19 years.
Kyoshiro sighed, "It's time to give up your identity... Anyway, let's go see Orochi first, and see what that guy wants to do."
Xiao Zi did not comment, and said softly: "It's up to you."
After that, he left, changed his clothes with the help of the girl Konanko, and left the brothel under the guidance of Kyoshiro, heading towards the Shogun's Mansion. Tonight is the annual fireworks festival, and according to tradition, Orochi should go to Onigashima to participate in the banquet of Kaido, the "Protector of the Country". Could it be that Orochi wants him to accompany him to Onigashima this time?
The flower capital was bustling in the afternoon, as if cherry blossoms were floating in the air. Xiao Zi withdrew her indifferent gaze.
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A piece of cherry blossoms fell towards the gate of the Flower Capital, floating on something that was clearly a hoof, but also looked like a small hand. Chopper sniffed with his blue nose, "What a nice smell!" Nami stretched lazily beside her, her gorgeous and pure national beauty immediately attracted the attention of passers-by. "No, it stinks!" Nami's face suddenly changed.
Franky looked around, "What are those people arguing about over there?"
"That's the 'shit monster' that has become famous in the Flower City recently." Suddenly, a voice sounded beside the group. Kawamatsu, Raizo and others who were wearing bamboo hats looked over and saw a short old man wearing a headscarf. Lao Kang pointed at the crowd that was hurriedly avoiding him, and saw a filthy little thing limping out.
"Shit monster?!" Nami's face suddenly changed, revealing a look of disgust, especially when she saw the filthy little thing twenty meters away kowtowed to her, she felt sick all over. She rubbed the goose bumps on her arms, and suddenly reacted, looking down at the old man, "Huh? Lao Kang? Is that you?"
Lao Kang smiled and said, "It's me. I was asked to wait for you in the Flower Capital."
"You were asked to do so?" "You were waiting for us?"
Nami, Franky, Kawamatsu, Raizo, and Leopard Goro who also followed from Udon Prison could not help but look at Lao Kang. After many years, Leopard Goro of Hana sighed secretly when he revisited the old place.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Lao Kang said: "That's right. I was entrusted by Lin Qi to wait for you in the Flower City. If you arrive in the Flower City, you can go directly to the General's Mansion to find him."
"Absolutely not!"
Before Nami and the others could say anything, Kawamatsu, Raizo, and even Leopard Goro were all shocked. Then they lowered their voices and said anxiously to Lao Kang, "Orochi is cunning by nature, and there are many experts around him. How can we easily alert him? We need to wait until we find Kin'emon and reunite with them before we can make a long-term plan..."
Lao Kang smiled and said, "He Song, Lei Zang, Bao Wu Lang, you can rest assured. If I am right, the general's mansion has been taken. It's just a big snake... I'm afraid it has become Lord Lin Qi's appetizer by now."
"How do you know my name?!" Kawamatsu, Raizo and Baogoro were even more surprised when their identities were revealed by Lao Kang.
"Lao Kang, have you seen Lin Qi?" Chopper looked away and asked happily, "How are they? Are they in that general's mansion now?"
Nami muttered, "A side dish? Although Lynch is really powerful, he's not that scary! - Maybe..."
Lao Kang smiled and said, "The young swordsman with the three-sword style is also here. You should go to the general's mansion to meet up with your companions."
"Okay, okay," Chopper excitedly tugged at Nami's trouser legs, "Nami, Franky, let's go."
Seeing that they were really going to go directly to the general's mansion, Kawamatsu, Raizo, Bao Goro and others were shocked. Are you really kidding? ! This is the restoration plan of Wano Country! They haven't gathered yet, there is no plan, and they are just rushing in like this?
Even if you are extraordinary and have defeated the snake, the snake is never the core of the problem. The most troublesome thing is the beast Kaido standing behind the snake. That is the shadow hanging over the sky of Wano Country, the monster that caused the heroic sacrifice of the incomparable Kozuki Oden nineteen years ago! Haven't these people from the sea figured this out yet?
"Don't worry, Bao Wulang." Lao Kang smiled at these people.
He recalled the time when Lynch beat Kaido with a stick until his head was covered in blood, and Kaido lay in the snow and howled angrily for Lynch to kill him, but Lynch ignored him and didn't care at all...
Although this scene reminded Lao Kang of Kozuki Oden's death at the hands of Kaido 19 years ago, he was extremely sad, but Lynch's incredible strength also cheered Lao Kang up. However, Lynch did not seem to want to get too involved with Kaido, so Lao Kang did not tell Bao Goro and others that Lynch had just beaten Kaido, who they were very afraid of, to death. He just said: "I will not harm you."
As he spoke, he took off his turban, revealing his blue afro. Bao Goro, Kawamatsu, and Raizo then recognized that this short, slovenly old man was actually Oden's close friend Shimotsuki Yasuie! "Master Yasuie..."
Kawamatsu, Raizo, and even Bao Goro were so excited that they almost knelt down to salute. Lao Kang quickly put on his headscarf and waved his hands, saying, "The past is the past. I am just an old man who was saved by others!"
"By the way, you said Lynch was your benefactor. Did he save you?" Chopper turned around and asked curiously.
"Yeah..." Lao Kang smiled, and as Chopper was startled, he led Nami and the others to the direction of the General's Mansion in the Flower Capital. As they left, the filthy little dog who had kowtowed to Nami looked at their backs with grief and despair, barking heartbreakingly: Kawamatsu! Raizo! It's me! I'm Kozuki Momonosuke! Don't leave! It's me...
Unfortunately, the more he barked, the more Kawamatsu and the others frowned. What kind of reaction can you expect when a dog covered in shit barks at you? Even Chopper was disgusted. Besides, he was also shocked. What kind of existence is this dog? As an animal, he couldn't understand a word of what he was saying! Wano Country is really amazing! After pointing out the location and entrance of the Shogun's Mansion to Chopper and the others, Lao Kang waved his hand and left with a smile. Luffy and the others hadn't arrived yet, so he had to stay in the Flower Capital and wait.
People are in high spirits when good things happen to them. Ever since he had seen Lynch's abilities and was saved by Lynch, and followed Lynch and his friends all the way back to the Flower City... Lao Kang felt as if he was stepping on clouds. He didn't even dare to have such a fantasy in his most wonderful dreams. In the blink of an eye, Kaido, Orochi... the once unimaginable powerful enemies, became chickens and pottery dogs in the blink of an eye. In front of Lynch's iron rod, they were no match at all.
The country of Wano, which has suffered so much, will definitely be saved. Lao Kang has never been so convinced of this. He wandered around with full of fighting spirit, waiting for Luffy, who Lynch and Zoro said, "As long as you enter the city, you can see where the biggest noise is coming, and that guy must be here"... Speaking of which, the benefactors were so rude to their captain. He really deserves to be the benefactor. Even the atmosphere in the pirate group is different from that of ordinary people! Not far away, a figure went upstream in the crowd, passed by Lao Kang, and quietly went straight to the general's mansion.
Lord Orochi, I am here to apologize... Kanjuro was worried. He pondered over the ruins of Oden Castle, but he still couldn't remember why he didn't mention Hiyori Kozuki in the secret letter he sent to General Orochi, but instead mentioned a strange guy named Momonosuke...
How could Kurozumi Kanjuro, who considered himself a perfect actor and perfect undercover, tolerate such a mistake at work and a stain on his acting career? In the end, he decided to return to the Flower Capital alone to meet the head of the Kurozumi Orochi family, at least to explain to Orochi that he did not mean to be rude and said nonsense in the secret letter, and he really couldn't remember what was going on! This is true!
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At the same time, in the underground treasure house of the General’s Mansion, very deep inside.
Robin walked alone among them, with arms extending from his shoulders like lotus flowers, holding candlesticks to illuminate the surroundings.
Soon, she stopped in front of a huge stone tablet and raised candlesticks to illuminate the tablet. The densely packed words... looked familiar to her.
(End of this chapter)