In response to Tsugakuya Yoshiichi's question, Momonosuke, who was enduring the pain, just looked up at Tsugakuya Yoshiichi coldly and chose to remain silent.
He wasn't familiar with Tsugikoku Yoriichi, but his tactics had given him some insight into his personality and temperament. If he rashly spoke his true thoughts, he would definitely get himself into trouble.
Although Momonosuke has been able to call the shots in Wano Country for many years, when he really encounters an invincible enemy, he will wisely shrink his head.
Momonosuke's character is actually not as brave and fearless as he appears. The reason why he can do whatever he wants in Wano Country is mainly because of the current governance system framework of Wano Country, because his father and grandfather are the supreme rulers of Wano Country.
The supreme power enveloped Momonosuke's cowardly heart, and this hard shell of power also became the bright feathers that Momonosuke loved to show to outsiders.
Even if you peel off this layer of power, Momonosuke is still the same Momonosuke.
Enduring the pain in his body at this moment was already his limit. The biggest reason why he did not beg for mercy from Yoriichi Tsugakuni was simply because his identity as the son of the Daimyo Kuri put him on a high pedestal, and he did not say it out of face.
Or perhaps Momonosuke thought that he was not forced into a desperate situation, and he felt that Tsugikuni Yoriichi would not kill him.
silence
In the house, Tsugakuni Yoriichi and Momonosuke looked at each other. Through Momonosuke's eyes, Tsugakuni Yoriichi had already glimpsed into the other's heart.
In his several lifetimes and more than a hundred years of life, Tsugukuni Yoriichi has met many different kinds of people. In addition, he has the Observation Haki that can sense emotions, so few people can hide their inner thoughts in front of Tsugukuni Yoriichi.
Momonosuke's guilty conscience and inner cowardice were seen by Enichi.
"Momonosuke, silence won't help you escape reality."
"Do you think you can get away with it by just keeping quiet?"
"Or do you think that I won't kill you if I want to see your father?"
As he spoke, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi had already placed the wooden stick in his hand on the table, and then he took off the broken-blade long sword from his waist and held it in his hand.
Under Momonosuke's astonished gaze, the broken blade in Yoshiichi's hand stabbed out quickly, and in just a blink of an eye it had pierced through the shoulder blade of the spine. The intense pain made Momonosuke's brain go blank. As the strong smell of blood rushed into his nasal cavity, Momonosuke's consciousness was pulled back to reality.
Blood turned into streams and flowed out of the wound. Tao Zizhu looked down at his pierced shoulder in surprise, his lips trembling slightly.
“You you.”
Momonosuke opened his mouth, fear had completely overwhelmed the anger in his heart. The remaining rationality told him that the man in front of him was probably just using this method to scare him. Such a sword wound looked terrible but not fatal.
After a brief struggle, Momonosuke stared at Tsugakuni Yoriichi with his red eyes, still gritting his teeth and not saying a word.
"laugh--"
The broken blade was pulled out, and blood spilled onto the ground, seeping into the floor.
Just as Tsugakuin Yoshiichi was about to continue asking questions, the subtle changes on the broken blade made Tsugakuin Yoshiichi look sideways.
"Hmm?!" He murmured softly, then held the sword horizontally in front of him and looked at it carefully.
No one knows the weapon in his hand better than him. Even after it is broken, the length and weight of the sword have long been integrated with the user, Ji Guoyuanyi.
Any subtle changes in this long sword could not escape the perception of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
The moment the long sword was pulled out of Momonosuke's body, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi could clearly feel that the broken sword in his hand had grown slightly.
Yes, that’s right, it’s growth!
Gently stroking the broken edge of the sword in his hand, the original broken part was sharp and the cut shape was irregular, but now, it has become somewhat rounded. The feeling of stroking the broken edge with fingers is completely different from before.
This subtle discovery completely diverted Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's attention. He ignored Momonosuke, flipped the sword in his hand, and looked around himself.
After a while.
Yoshikazu Tsugikuni was already certain that the broken sword was growing, and it was not just his illusion.
After discovering this, Ji Guoyuan couldn't help but reveal a faint smile on his face. This really surprised him. He originally thought that he needed to find an excellent blacksmith to recover his illness, but now it seems that there seems to be a better way.
This was the first time that Yoriichi Tsugikuni used the broken Dawn to kill someone, and from this he realized that his weapon had the ability to repair itself.
As for why it can self-repair.
Tsugikuni Yoshiichi already had some guesses in his mind. He looked at Momonosuke in front of him and without saying a word, he drew his sword again and stabbed Momonosuke in the shoulder that was already injured.
"ah--"
This sudden attack made the unprepared Momonosuke feel severe pain again. This time, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Yoriichi did not pull out the sword quickly. After just over ten seconds, Yoriichi Tsugakuni could clearly see that the bleeding from Momonosuke's shoulder had stopped. In contrast, the wound that was previously pierced by Yoriichi Tsugakuni was still bleeding.
The difference was so obvious that even Momonosuke had noticed it. He looked up at his shoulder and saw that there was no blood flowing from the new wound. Momonosuke's pupils couldn't help but shrink and he had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"laugh!"
Momonosuke had already become Tsugikuni Yoriichi's experimental subject, and he temporarily lost interest in asking Momonosuke questions. After drawing out his sword, he held it horizontally in front of him and looked at him.
Just as he had sensed before, the broken dawn was growing, and the nourishment for its renewed growth seemed to be human blood?
However, the production speed of Dawn was very slow. In just over ten seconds, apart from some new changes in the fracture, the length of the entire sword did not change at all.
However, such subtle growth is enough to satisfy Yuichiro Tsugikuni. Until now, he has never explored the most essential ability of his weapon. He just regarded it as an indestructible sword that has accompanied him in his growth.
Because in Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's mind, weapons are ultimately external objects, and if a swordsman wants to improve his strength, he can only rely on his own body.
Whether it is breathing techniques, domineering or devil fruits, these are the powers that help humans break the shackles of the flesh.
But now it seems that Yunyi still knows too little about his own weapons.
This sword, which he named Dawn, appeared in this world with him, and perhaps it also carries a certain mission.
Tsugikuni Yoshiichi withdrew his gaze from the sword of Dawn, and once again swept his cold eyes towards Momonosuke in front of him. He flipped the sword in his hand lightly, but before he could make any move, Momonosuke could no longer bear the pressure and shouted in shock:
"Don't do it! I'm telling you, what do you want to know? I'll tell you everything!"
"Why did I come after you, right? Because I heard those two people say you were a thief, and the neighbors said they didn't even see you make a move before you knocked those two people down!"
"I guessed you might be very powerful, so I brought this many warriors with me to capture you!"
"I've already told you everything you wanted to know. Stop attacking me!"
Momonosuke's voice was filled with fear, but when he said these words, Tsugikoku Yoriichi could clearly feel his emotional fluctuations. He was not as panicked as he showed, he still had some calmness.
When Yunyi looked at Momonosuke, his eyes turned cold:
"It's already come to this, are you still going to continue lying to me?"
"Is it interesting?"
As he spoke, Jiguoyuan thrust out the long sword in his hand once again, still finding the position below Momonosuke's shoulder, but this time the stab was more towards the heart than the previous two times:
"Momonosuke, did you find out?"
"Every attack I make brings me one step closer to your heart."
"I'm asking you questions, so you should think carefully before answering."
"If you lie, you might not be able to live until your father comes to rescue you."
Yoriichi, fearing Momonosuke might not have noticed, kindly reminded him. As expected, Momonosuke involuntarily lowered his head slightly and glanced over his shoulder. He saw that, just as he'd predicted, Yoriichi had struck even closer to the heart.
This position is no longer considered the shoulder, but the chest
Seeing that no blood was flowing out of the wound, unspeakable horror enveloped Momonosuke's heart.
He could clearly feel his blood flowing out, but strangely, he did not see any blood flowing out of the new wound.
Such a strange scene also shocked Momonosuke.
"I didn't lie"
Until this moment, Momonosuke still had a lucky mentality in his heart. He didn't know that Tsugakuni Yoriichi had a way to see through whether he was lying. He just thought that this was still a test from the other party.
"ah!!!"
But as soon as he finished speaking, the blade in Yoriichi's hand twisted slightly, and the intense pain made Momonosuke scream.
Looking at Momonosuke whose face was distorted by pain, Tsugikuni Yoriichi did not show any pity on his face.
If it were the previous Tsugakuni Yoriichi, he would never be so cruel to Momonosuke, someone he met for the first time and had not seen him do anything evil, but the current Tsugakuni Yoriichi's state of mind has changed greatly.
In order to achieve one's goals, some means are still necessary.
"I told you not to try to lie to my face."
"Momonosuke"
The atmosphere in the room became extremely heavy. Momonosuke gasped and tried hard to force himself to calm down. Looking at the indifferent Yoriichi Tsugakuni in front of him, Momonosuke saw indifference in the other's eyes.
That kind of indifference that ignores everything.
It was not until this moment that Momonosuke finally realized that his life meant nothing in the other person's eyes.
The red-haired young man in front of him might really kill him.
"Gold!"
"You have gold, and I want the gold on you!"
At this moment, Momonosuke's psychological defenses were finally completely broken by Yoshikazu Tsugakuni, and he told the truth.
"Gold?!"
When Yoriichi heard what Momonosuke mentioned, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
He had never imagined that a daimyo's son like Momonosuke would target him, and it was actually for wealth?!
This second-generation rich man seemed to be even worse than Yoriichi had imagined. After learning the truth, Yoriichi Tsugikuni couldn't help but hold his forehead and wanted to laugh, but when he thought that the future of Wano Country would be handed over to such a person, Yoriichi couldn't laugh no matter what.
"Wano Country, ha. hahahaha!"
"If Kozuki Oden knew you were looking for me for the gold, I wonder what kind of expression he would show."
"Now that I think about it, I'm actually looking forward to it."
"For someone of your status, is gold really useful to you?"
"Is Oden's son still short of money?"
Yunichirō also asked the question he wanted to ask the most. The entire Wano Country belongs to their Kozuki family, and Momonosuke still cares about the money of ordinary people?!
"Lack! There are many things I want, but I can only get them if I have money!"
Momonosuke, at this point, decided to go all out and gave a straightforward answer. Seeing the other party's frank admission, Yoriichi nodded and then asked what he really wanted to know:
"Your Kozuki family has a secret code that has been passed down from generation to generation. Can you decipher it?"
"Your father wrote a logbook when he sailed with the Whitebeard Pirates. Where is it?"
"Also, where is the stone tablet that records the historical text stored?"
"Have you heard of the names Joyboy and Yimu? How much do you know about him and her?"
Tsugakuni Yoriichi's questions came one after another. He wanted to know so much. After hearing these questions, young Momonosuke finally understood why he was detained. Tsugakuni Yoriichi also revealed a lot of information in his story. He actually knew about the Whitebeard Pirates and even knew that his father had written a logbook.
Not only that, the other party even knew the secrets of their Kozuki family and the original text of history.
All these questions made Momonosuke realize that the other party's origin seemed to be very complicated.
"Who are you!?"
“Who the hell are you?!!!”
Momonosuke widened his eyes and roared involuntarily in fear.
"My name is Yuichiro Tsugikoku!"
"Momonosuke, tell me everything you know. Slowly and bit by bit. We have plenty of time."
At night, the moonlight is hazy.
In Boluo Town, except for the teahouses and other vaults where lights were still on, the streets were completely dark.
Under the night sky, black shadows flashed rapidly between the rooftops, rapidly approaching an inn in the town.
In the room, Yoriichi Tsugikuni was sitting in front of the windowsill, admiring the moonlight while digesting the information he had received from Momonosuke during the day.
Momonosuke is an uneducated guy who knows very little. The information he provides is of some help to Tsugikuni Yoriichi, but not much. After all, Yoriichi still needs to find the answer from Kozuki Oden.
However, just as he was thinking, his observation Haki also sensed that several auras were rapidly approaching him.
"It seems you didn't take my words to heart."
"These guys from Wano Country might need to learn a lesson!"
(End of this chapter)
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