“You’re thanking me too soon,” Wang Han said, shaking his head. “I’m taking Kuina away, so if you want to see her again, you need to improve your swordsmanship. If you don’t, you won’t even be able to see her.”
"How can you be like this? My father already fought you and was even injured by you!" Kuina said, displeased. She had learned the truth from Koushirou during the day: her father hadn't seen her for almost ten years after her death. They were finally able to meet again, and her father had finally accepted her, yet they were being separated again. Although initially she and Koushirou both thought that Wang Han's resurrection of Kuina was only temporary and would come at a great cost, it now seemed different—at least not temporary, and the cost certainly wasn't as high as they had imagined.
“That’s just how I am,” Wang Han said. “I’ve never said I’m a good person, much less a kind person.”
“Kuina, you should stay with Mr. Wang Han for now. We should thank Mr. Wang Han for changing your temporary resurrection to a long-term one.” Koushirou said weakly, “Mr. Wang Han is doing this for our own good. You are a resurrected person (it’s easy to tell that someone resurrected through Edo Tensei is resurrected; they have cracks on their face and black whites in their eyes). If you stay with me, I can’t protect you even with my strength. Besides, I’ll be very satisfied to see you again in the future. I will work hard to train, and I will definitely come to see you after I improve my swordsmanship. So, you should go with Mr. Wang Han to see the outside world. I hope you can see more of the outside world.”
“You’ve thought this through quite well, but I’m not going to be a babysitter, and I’m only doing this for myself.” Wang Han looked at Koushirou and said, “Of course, you can also ask the Revolutionary Army for help and have them protect her.”
“Haha, Kuina is already able to take care of herself.” Upon hearing this, Koushirou said with a smile, “I would appreciate it if Mr. Wang Han could keep her by his side and let her see more of the outside world. Although I have many connections with the Revolutionary Army, I am not at ease entrusting Kuina to them.”
“There’s one more thing.” Thinking about how he still had to catch the chef, Wang Han suddenly smiled maliciously and said, “I will create the illusion of your death. From now on, you will live in anonymity and no one will know that you are still alive. I want to see how far that green algae head can grow.”
"..." Koushirou, he knew Wang Han was referring to Zoro when he mentioned the green-haired guy. However, Koushirou still nodded and said, "I will, and I also want to live in anonymity and study the way of the sword."
"That's good," Wang Han said, taking out a pirate from his Kamui space who was about the same size as Koushirou. He killed the pirate with a single strike, then used the ninjutsu Pseudo-Corpse Technique to transform the pirate's corpse into Koushirou's likeness. After finishing with the corpse, space spiraled and distorted, and Wang Han, along with the two others, disappeared into the last rays of the setting sun.
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At night, Zoro, who had not found Koushirou at the kendo dojo, finally found his way to the back of the mountain.
“Master…” When Zoro arrived at the back mountain, he saw the body lying on the ground not far away. Looking at the familiar clothes, his mind went blank. His master, Koushirou, who was like family to him, was dead.
"It's him, it must be him, the one in black armor." Zoro remembered the black-armored man who came to the kendo dojo three days ago to challenge his master. It was also on that day that Koushirou started talking about disbanding the dojo, saying he wanted to see Kuina. In their duel, his master Koushirou lost. His master had known all along that he would lose, and the price of that loss would be death.
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"There are so many pirates on this high seas. Maybe I'm just unlucky," Wang Han remarked as he teleported with Koushirou to a ship using radar again. He'd randomly located the ship five times, and four of those times it was a pirate ship. Was it just his bad luck, or were these pirates just unlucky? They kept running into them.
"Who are you people?" The sudden appearance of Wang Han and his two companions alerted the pirates on the pirate ship, who then surrounded the three with their weapons.
Koushirou drew his weapon, and Kuina also assumed a hand-to-hand combat stance.
"Trash." Wang Han glanced at the pirates, and before they could say anything more, he activated his Byakugan, drew his Miao sword, and used the Wall-Piercing Hanging Technique on the sword to quickly slash through the air.
"Pfft pfft pfft..." As Wang Han moved his hand, the blade of the Miao sword slashed into space, then appeared out of thin air next to the pirates, instantly severing their heads. Whether they were pirates on the deck or in the cabin, none of them could escape, and none of them could resist.
"Did it cleave space?" Two seconds later, Koushirou looked at the pirate who had been completely split in two and pondered.
"Amazing." Gu Yina looked at Wang Han, who had sheathed his sword, in shock.
"Koushirou, you'll have to figure out how to leave on your own now," Wang Han said, before disappearing from the pirate ship again with Kuina.
"Well... you don't have to kill everyone." Koushirou looked speechlessly at the ship full of corpses. How could he, all by himself, sail such a large pirate ship and still have to clean up the bodies on it?
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"Mr. Wang Han, why did you kill them? They didn't attack us. Maybe there were good people among them." In the Divine Might Space, Kuina asked Wang Han in confusion.
“The probability of finding a good person among pirates is extremely low, and even if there is, so what?” Wang Han shook his head and said, “I have never been a good person. I have killed far more people than you can imagine. As long as I keep my true self and my goals unchanged, I don’t care about the lives of others.”
"Keep your heart at peace." Upon hearing this, Guina pondered, finding Wang Han's words somewhat difficult to understand. After all, she was only ten years old when she died.
"Where are we going?" Guina asked.
“Baratie, a floating restaurant,” Wang Han said. “It’s a restaurant that floats on the East China Sea. The owner was a once-famous pirate, Red-Leg Zeff, a man with amazing kicking skills and superb cooking skills. However, after he broke his leg, he returned to the East China Sea and opened a floating restaurant.”
"Are we going to that seaside restaurant for dinner?" Guina asked.
“No, we’re going to rob a chef,” Wang Han said. “I need a chef who can cook for me long-term.”
"Kuina, from now on you must also conceal your identity." After saying that, Wang Han tossed a coat and a mask to Kuina. "To outsiders, just call yourself Tashigi, and wear the mask too."
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