Chapter 525 Ugly Boy
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"Bad guys! I, I won't let you hurt my brother!!"
Kozuki Hiyori stood in front of Momonosuke with a small bamboo sword used for practice, and shouted fiercely at Gel.
"Oh wow~?"
"Here's another little bean. It's just right for you to have one each. It looks fair and clean and you can tell at a glance that it should taste good."
Gel threatened deliberately.
"What are little beans? Are they delicious, brother?"
Weibull licked his lips cooperatively.
"what?"
Hearing that the other party was going to eat people, and seeing the ferocious and brutal expression on Barrett's face and Weevil's amused look, Momonosuke, who was sitting on the ground, was so scared that his face turned pale, and Hiyori's little hand holding the bamboo sword could not help but tremble.
"You...you...how can you do this..."
"Hahaha, haven't you seen a bad guy? This is what a bad guy looks like, you little brat."
Ger said with a smirk.
"No, we don't want to be eaten."
Although Hiyori was also very scared, she still mustered up her courage, held the knife in both hands and stood in front of the three people, refusing to retreat.
Captain Gel walked forward, and in front of Xiao Rihe's frightened gaze, he reached out and pinched the little girl's chubby face and smiled.
"Hey, hey, hey, I got you, little devil!"
"Ah! Brother, please leave me alone, Li, run!"
Hiyori yelled in panic.
Because his face was pulled, his speech was a little slurred, which was very cute.
This is really a series of tricks to trick you into giving birth to a daughter, Gel sighed in his heart.
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"Da da da!!"
A sound of anxious footsteps approached from afar, and then a middle-aged man was heard shouting in a deep voice.
"Stop it now!!"
When Gel turned around, he saw a middle-aged man with a blue afro staring at him.
"Qiang!"
"Hurry and let go of Hiyori-sama and Momonosuke-sama!!"
The middle-aged man drew the samurai sword from his waist and warned with a serious face.
"Qiang Qiang Qiang!"
The other warriors also drew their weapons, then leaned sideways and carefully surrounded the three people in the yard.
"Oh, what a coincidence, you are here too, Lao Kang, are these Kozuki Oden's wife and children? Have you raised them?"
Gel let go of little Hiyori's cheek and raised his hand in a warm greeting.
Shimotsuki Yasuie!
This is one of the few people in the entire Wano Country that Gol finds pleasing to the eye.
He experienced many ups and downs in his life, but no matter whether he was at the peak of glory or at the lowest point in his life, Lao Kang always adhered to his beliefs and morals, and treated everyone with sincerity and kindness. His final self-sacrifice was even more regrettable.
The word "Old Kang" made Shimotsuki Kangjia stunned. He squinted his eyes and looked at the other person in confusion before speaking.
"I am the Baiwu daimyo Shimotsuki Kangjia! I don't know you! But please release those two children. If you need anything, just come to me!"
Gel also looked at the tall, stern-looking, and serious Shimotsuki Yasuie with great interest.
This is very different from the ugly boy in memory who was short and thin, wearing tattered clothes, and kept laughing because he couldn't control his expression after eating a failed artificial devil fruit.
As the daimyo of the "Hakumai" region, Shimotsuki Yasuie holds a prominent position and great influence in Wano Country.
Many years ago, he took in the homeless Kurozumi Orochi who was wanted nationwide, allowing this innocent child who was implicated in the failed rebellion of the Kurozumi clan to survive, and tried to guide him onto the right path in the future.
Shimotsuki Yasuie also gave Oden a lot of help when he was expelled from his family. Later, he provided a lot of funds to the Nine Red Scabbards and personally taught them for three years. He successfully made this group of gangsters become well-educated and transformed them into qualified samurai and retainers.
He did not, like the powerful ministers of past dynasties, take the opportunity to win over the retainers around the crown prince and develop them into his own people, so that the new king could gain greater power when he ascended the throne in the future. Shimotsuki Yasuie did not seek any reward and had no selfish motives. He only hoped that the Nine Red Scabbards would assist Kozuki Oden in becoming a wise leader of Wano Country in the future.
Unfortunately it backfired.
Later, Kozuki Oden lost his position as Shogun to Kurozumi Orochi due to a series of amazing actions, but Shimotsuki Yasuie always firmly chose to fight against Kurozumi Orochi together with the Kozuki clan. However, due to the sudden intervention of the Beasts Pirates, their resistance ultimately ended in failure.
Shimotsuki Yasuie survived by chance. He lived in seclusion in Ebisu Village and from then on changed his name and identity to "Tono Yasushi".
Although he no longer has the power to continue resisting Kaido and Orochi, and although his life has become extremely difficult under the rule of Kurozumi Orochi, he still insists on doing his best to help and rescue ordinary people who are struggling between life and death. He also adopts an orphan named "Konan" who has lost her parents and gives her fatherly care and protection.
In this way, Shimotsuki Yasuie led the people of Ebisu Village and struggled for 20 years under the dark rule of Orochi.
After waiting for a long time, Kin'emon, Momonosuke and others returned to Wano Country and began to make intensive preparations to overthrow the rule of Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido. However, due to the existence of a traitor, the news leaked in advance, resulting in the true identity of "Tono Yasushi" being exposed.
In order to prevent the Nine Red Scabbards' subjugation plan from being disrupted, Shimotsuki Yasuie volunteered to be arrested by Kurozumi Orochi.
最后
Lao Kang was tied to a cross by Kurozumi Orochi and executed by firing squad in public, while Kin'emon and others stood in the audience and watched Lao Kang being riddled with bullets without taking any action. This is quite intriguing.
Captain Gol, who loves conspiracy theories, can't help but wonder if the Nine Red Scabbards deliberately chose not to rescue people because they were afraid that Shimotsuki Yasuie would pose a threat to Kozuki Momonosuke's succession to the position of Shogun.
After all, one is: Shimotsuki Yasuie, who has been loyal to the people of Wano Country and has been kind to them for decades, and the other is: Kozuki the brat who disappeared for 20 years and suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It seems obvious who is more popular among the people and who is more suitable for the position of general of Wano Country.
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"Lord Momonosuke! Lady Hiyori! Are you okay?"
Shimotsuki Yasuie pulled the two children behind him and said without turning his head.
During the whole process, he kept his eyes fixed on Gel and the other two, remaining on guard.
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Captain Gel came back to his senses and looked down, only to find that while he was lost in thought, the clever little Hiyori had secretly pulled his brother to the other side.
However, Gel just smiled and didn't care too much. He was just teasing the kids and had no intention of taking them hostages. There was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides and there was no need for that.
"Quick! Take the two adults away!"
Shimotsuki Yasuie ordered.
"Yes! Lord Kang!"
A samurai took the order and led Momonosuke and Hiyori inside.
"Momonosuke, Hiyori!!"
After hearing the report from the servant, Guangyue Toki also hurried over from the inner room.
"Are you all okay? Are you hurt?!"
She hugged the two children in her arms and asked with concern.
"Whoa whoa whoa!"
"woo woo woo woo!"
Hearing their mother's concern, the two children finally couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Mother! This is so terrible! I just thought I would never see you again!"
Momonosuke wiped his tears and cried.
"Okay, I'm fine. Don't cry."
Mitsuki Toki was relieved when he was sure that the brother and sister were fine. He reached out and gently touched the heads of his children to comfort them.
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