Chapter 603 The most loyal retainer! (Two in one)

"Lord Oden! Lord Kozuki Oden!"

The Black Carbon Orochi was put into the Daming Mansion by the guards. He is also quite famous in Wano Country, especially in Kuri, where he is known as Kozuki Oden's closest "younger brother".

Although the two people have no blood relationship at all, under the deliberate management of Heitan Orochi, such a label has been firmly attached to him.

And Kozuki Oden didn't even realize what value his name had in Wano Country. Even a "sinner" like Kuotan Orochi can quickly gain huge rights after being labeled as Kozuki Oden.

This is the influence of the Kozuki family in Wano.

As soon as the black charcoal snake entered the Daming Mansion with the two retainers, his expression immediately collapsed. As he ran towards the mourning hall quickly, he screamed in sorrow. The look of grief on his face made the guards in the mansion infected by such emotions. His mood became extremely heavy, and he secretly lamented the "deep brotherhood" between Kuotan Orochi and Kozuki Oden.

Kozuki Oden, who was in the mourning hall, looked at his son's body in a daze, seemingly unable to accept such a cruel reality.

At this time, I heard shouts outside the house and looked towards the door in confusion.

The black charcoal snake rushed into the mourning hall. With tears on his face, he knelt down on the floor with a "pop", quickly moved his knees, came to Oden and cried loudly:

"You are finally back! Lord Oden, you are finally back!"

"Now that you're back, we'll have a backbone!"

"Oden-sama, Momonosuke-sama died so miserably! In order to protect Momonosuke-sama, Kuotan Kanjuro also died in the battle. You must avenge Momonosuke-sama and my brother Kanjuro!! !”

The cry of the black charcoal snake shook the sky.

revenge.

The word from the mouth of the black charcoal snake brought the dull-eyed Kozuki Oden back to reality.

yes! He still wanted to take revenge, and he also wanted to seek justice for his son, and he absolutely could not just remain silent like this.

When he came back to his senses, Oden also noticed that Kuotan Orochi mentioned the news of Kuotan Kanjuro's death in battle, with a guilty expression on his face.

Ever since he learned that Momonosuke was killed, Oden has always been a little absent-minded. He was thinking about rushing back to Wano Country as soon as possible, and accidentally ignored the fact that his retainers were also killed.

After being "inadvertently" reminded by the Black Tan Orochi, Kozuki Oden grabbed the Black Tan Orochi's shoulder with a face full of emotion, and said solemnly:

"Orochi, thank you thank you!!!"

"I will definitely avenge my son and Kanjuro!"

"I have truly felt the loyalty of the Heitan family!"

"You are the person I trust most. If I can get my revenge smoothly, I will never treat you badly!"

Today, Kozuki Oden already regards these people from the Heitan family as his closest friends. He had complaints about his retainers who failed to protect Momonosuke. Although he didn't say it out loud, some clues could be gleaned from his behavior in Benwu Port.

Among all the Nine Sheaths, Kozuki Oden is extremely grateful to Kuotan Kanjuro who died in the battle. Kuotan Kanjuro who dedicated his life to protect his son is naturally better than those who survived from the hands of Tsukuni Enichi. Retainers are much more respectable.

Oden is not an unsophisticated native of Wano. He followed Whitebeard and fought against powerful men from all walks of life at sea. He even fought against Enichi Tsukuni once. He knows very well what Enichi Tsukuni is. How powerful is it? Now that Enichi Jiguo has reappeared, with the ability of the Nine Sheaths, how could he have escaped from Enichi Jiguo's hands unless he was greedy for life and afraid of death? !

The moment he learned that his son died but the Nine Sheaths survived, there was already a gap between him and his retainers.

Kozuki Oden is indeed a very loyal person. If it were before, he would even be willing to die for his retainers! These are the values ​​and principles by which he lives his life.

On the contrary, he also felt that his retainers were loyal to their Guangzuki family. He was willing to die for them, and they should be able to treat him and his family in this way.

But now that something like this has happened, Oden's faith has collapsed.

It turns out that not everyone is willing to sacrifice their lives for their Kozuki family. Only Kanjuro Kuotan did what Oden wanted.

Now seeing Kuotan Orochi, who is also a member of the Kuotan family, it is not surprising that Oden would believe him.

"Uh-huh!!"

The black charcoal snake looked at Oden who solemnly promised in front of him with tears in his eyes, and nodded heavily. His expression seemed to be sad, touched, and at the same time, he seemed to be smiling.

Different people have different feelings when they see the expression of Black Carbon Orochi.

In Oden's eyes, it was naturally sad and moved.

"Lord Oden, I think you know these two, they are my retainers!"

"In order to avenge Momonosuke and Kanjuro, we must let our Kuotan family act together!"

"Our Heitan family will follow you closely!!!"

The black charcoal snake pointed at the old monk and the old woman who were following behind him, and then took the initiative to challenge Oden. The look of determination on his face shocked and moved Oden.

At this moment, he actually didn't think carefully about why the Black Carbon Orochi came to their Daming Mansion to meet him at this time.

Obviously, he lived in the flower street, and the news of Momonosuke's death had already spread, but for so many days, Kurozumi Orochi did not come to mourn, but soon after Oden came back, he arrived at the daimyo's mansion.

The things contained in it can be figured out by those who think carefully.

But now Oden will not speculate on these things at all.

"Good! Good!!"

"Orochi, I really didn't misjudge you!"

Kozuki Oden did not refuse, nodded repeatedly, and shed more tears.

The two retainers of Kurozumi Orochi are good books in Wano Country. The old monk is called Kurozumi Chanmaru, who is the ability user of the barrier fruit. His ability is very strong. The barrier created by the fruit ability can withstand any attack.

Since being protected by Kurozumi Chanmaru, Kurozumi Orochi has never suffered any harm.

The old woman is called Kurozumi Higurashi, a person with the ability of the Imitation Fruit. Her ability of the fruit can turn her into anyone she touches, regardless of body shape or gender. It is a superhuman devil fruit.

Although Kurozumi Higurashi's personal strength is not strong, and her ability of the fruit is very challenging, she is the think tank of the Kurozumi family and the smartest and most cunning one. In addition to his excellent acting skills, Kurozumi Orochi's current development is inseparable from Kurozumi Higurashi's careful planning.

As for Kurozumi Orochi himself.

In his early years, he ate the Snake Snake Fruit given to him by Kurozumi Higurashi, the Mythical Beast Species, the Yamata-no-Orochi form. Although he was unable to fully develop the devil fruit ability of this Mythical Beast Species due to his own talent and low diligence, he was considered a strong man in Wano Country just by relying on the ability of the Mythical Beast.

Oden treats the Kurozumi family differently from the crew members of the Whitebeard Pirates. He does not want the crew members of the Whitebeard Pirates to be involved in personal grudges, but he has no intention of refusing the help offered by the Kurozumi family.

The two "brothers" hugged and cried, and the mourning hall was filled with a sad atmosphere.

Kozuki Toki and Kozuki Hiwa, the mother and daughter, were just sad on the side, and they didn't notice the look of desire and hatred when Kurozumi Orochi looked at them.

The Whitebeard Pirates and the Nine Scabbards also rushed to the daimyo's mansion one after another, and the originally empty mourning hall gradually became crowded.

As soon as Kin'emon and the Nine Scabbards came back, they all knelt in front of Oden and said words of self-blame, but Oden was a little distant and cold to these retainers.

Oden was obviously warmer to the Kurozumi family and the Whitebeard Pirates who came to mourn, and his heavy emotions were also vented to them, the closest ones.

Kin'emon and the retainers had already felt that Oden was a little alienated from them, but they were all in deep self-blame at this time, thinking that Oden was too sad and didn't take it to heart at all.

The funeral officially began after Oden returned and lasted for a whole day.

In the evening, after the head of the family Oden arranged all the guests, he also summoned all the retainers and the three people from the Kurozumi family in his study.

Outside the house, the sun had not yet set, and the sunset dyed the sky red, but the sky above the daimyo's mansion was a little gray. The faint starlight in the night sky blended with the afterglow of the sunset, making it difficult to be noticed.

In Oden's study, the lights were bright.

The candles burned quietly, reflecting the figures of the people in the room on the wall. The room was dead silent, and all the retainers lowered their heads, waiting for Oden to speak.

After a whole day, Oden finally sorted out some of his emotions. The physical and mental fatigue had been overcome by the hatred in his heart.

At this time, he slowly raised his head, looked at the retainers in the house, and asked in a deep voice:

"Have you investigated anything these days?!"

"Why did that man want to kill Momonosuke!?"

Kozuki Oden actually knew something about Tsugakuni Yoriichi's character. Although he was surprised that Gu Wenyi, who was supposed to be dead, appeared in their Wano Country, after learning that his son was dead, he was also madly thinking about why Tsugakuni Yoriichi killed Momonosuke these days.

He didn't know what Tsugakuni Yoriichi's purpose was in Wano Country. In his opinion, no matter what Tsugakuni Yoriichi's purpose was in Wano Country, he would not kill his son.

He couldn't figure it out. He really wanted to know what his retainers and Momonosuke did during his absence to cause the disaster.

As for why Momonosuke and Tsugakuni Yoriichi had a conflict, the other nine sheaths didn't know, and their eyes all looked at Kin'emon.

In this matter, Kin'emon was the only person involved, and the other two were already dead.

Kozuki Oden also looked towards Kin'emon, waiting for his answer.

"This"

"This is a long story. Lord Momonosuke was chasing a thief. No one expected that the thief we were chasing would be so powerful."

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Oden had never heard about this matter on the phone before. It was not until Kin'emon talked about it that Oden learned the whole truth.

After listening to Kin'emon's story, Oden also had some doubts in his heart. Could Tsugikoku Yoshiichi be a bandit? !

He could never believe this kind of thing.

So why. Why would his son go after the other party?

But before Oden could think about it, Kurozumi Orochi interrupted:

"Lord Oden, that person asked for your name and wanted to see you. I think he had been eyeing you and Lord Momonosuke for a long time."

"The most important thing for us now is to find that person and kill him! Revenge for Lord Momonosuke and Kanjuro!"

"Lord Oden, I have already investigated the whereabouts of the murderer!"

"Tonight, we can do it!"

"I can't wait a moment. Kanjuro, he died miserably!"

The words of Kurozumi Orochi directly aroused the emotions of everyone in the room. Even Oden stopped thinking and nodded heavily.

"Orochi, you are right!"

"Where is that guy now?!"

When Kurozumi Orochi heard Oden's question, he immediately told the whereabouts of Tsugikoku Yoshiichi. Unknowingly, he showed his face in front of Oden again and gained Oden's deeper trust.

"Okay!"

"Let's go!"

Oden had already made up his mind, stood up and walked out of the mansion with a group of parents.

But when he arrived at the door and was about to go out, he saw the crew of the Whitebeard Pirates standing on the street in front of the daimyo's mansion.

The leaders were Marco and Huajian, the captains of the squad. Seeing Oden coming out, Marco smiled:

"You finally came out, Oden!"

"Where is the enemy? Let's go, let's go together!"

At this point, Kozuki Oden finally had no intention of persuading them. Since the crew wanted to fight together, let's go together.

Even as the new captain, he had no way to influence Marco and the other captains who had made up their minds.

In the evening, there were actually quite a few pedestrians on the streets of Boro Town.

When Kozuki Oden led his men to the place where Tsugikoku Yoshiichi was staying, the people had already keenly sensed that something big was going to happen, and they returned to their homes early and stayed indoors.

The news spread very quickly, and the streets that were once quite prosperous had become deserted, with no pedestrians.

"Are you here?"

In the room of the hotel, Tsugakuen Yoshiichi was sitting at the table drinking tea, quietly waiting for the arrival of Kozuki Oden and others.

His observation Haki could firmly grasp the movements of these people.

The moment Oden and others took action, their breath was like a group of ferocious beasts in Tsugakuen Yoshiichi's perception, gathering to form a beast tide, rushing towards his direction.

Before the people arrived, Yoshiichi had already felt a strong sense of oppression.

Oden's jumping speed was very fast, and it was getting faster and faster. He was afraid that Tsugakuen Yoshiichi would run away. He soon lost touch with the main force. The moment he approached the hotel, his observation Haki also sensed a trace of breath that Tsugakuen Yoshiichi deliberately revealed.

"Tsugikoku Yoriichi, I'm here to avenge my son!!!"

Oden drew out the long sword from his waist, leaped up, and turned into a stream of light, flying directly towards the room where Tsugikoku Yoriichi was.

The angry roar echoed in the night sky.