20demayo Chapter 16 Capturing Kurozumi Orochi
Chapter 16 Capturing Kurozumi Orochi
Wano Country, Flower Capital, Shogun's Mansion.
"Damn Kaido! He still hasn't replied to my message!"
"Hurry back and protect the emperor!"
"What a load of rubbish, the Protector of the Nation! Our stronghold is gone! And you're still out there fighting with others!"
"You brute! You idiot!!"
"Quickly send all of Onigashima's troops to reinforce us!"
"Order all the Oniwaban ninjas and Mikai-gumi samurai from each district to withdraw to the Flower Capital and protect the Shogun's Mansion!"
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Kurozumi Orochi was throwing things around the general's mansion, cursing angrily.
His Oniwabanshu and Mikaigumi each numbered 5000, totaling 10,000, making him a very powerful force.
However, the few thousand samurai and prisoners who revolted at the Udon Sea Stone Mine received support from various districts within just two days, and their numbers exceeded ten thousand.
This made Orochi even more panicked.
If the Beasts Pirates had all 20,000 troops and their elite fighters, he wouldn't be afraid of these rebels at all.
But Kaido of the Beasts led the Beasts Pirates' top fighters and main force on a great expedition.
This really infuriated him!
Fukurokuju, the leader of the Oniwabanshu, swiftly carried out Orochi's orders.
He was also very shocked by this fierce uprising.
Because this was a war that broke out suddenly without warning.
None of his spies and undercover agents were able to send messages in time.
By the time they found out, Fire Fist Ace and Luo Ji, who had acted as the catalyst, had already breached the Udon Seastone Mine and were rapidly gaining momentum.
The rebel army from Kuri now includes the Toyama mountain bandits led by Shutenmaru.
The rebel army from Suzugo included a samurai force and weapons distribution team led by Kawamatsu.
Two of the Nine Red Scabbards have already appeared.
The large group from Udon was led by Kozuki Sukiyaki and included yakuza bosses like Hana no Hyogoro.
Tsuna Goro, the yakuza boss of Hakumai, returned to Hakumai to recruit soldiers and unexpectedly encountered Hakumai's former daimyo, Shimotsuki Yasuie.
Together, they led their troops to the City of Flowers.
Rebellion forces from all over the country are flocking to the Flower Capital, determined to overthrow Orochi's tyrannical rule and drive the Beasts Pirates out of Wano Country.
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Is this country really that oppressed?
Fire Fist Ace was also a little surprised to see the rebel army gaining momentum so quickly.
He only came to challenge Kaido of the Beasts, so how did he end up getting involved in a war for no reason?
"It was Kozuki Oden's mistake that led to Wano Country being plunged into darkness for nearly twenty years."
If he hadn't been deceived by Orochi and Kaido of the Beasts for five years, allowing the Beasts Pirates to continuously grow stronger...
Oden himself foolishly performed the shameful dance, losing the hearts and minds of the people of Wano Country.
Most importantly, out of pride, he was unwilling to ask the Whitebeard Pirates and the Roger Pirates for help.
This ultimately led to his failure.
They really played a winning hand terribly.
Luo Ji ignored Yamato's frown and pursed lips, and simply stated his point of view in a factual manner.
He wouldn't care if his idol was smeared.
"Kozuki Oden was a member of both the Roger Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates?"
Fire Fist Ace was a little surprised. So that meant that Kozuki Oden was also a crew member of his cheap father?
"Speaking of which, it was Roger who begged Whitebeard to lend Oden a year or two."
As a result, Roger became the Pirate King and disbanded his pirate crew, and Oden never returned to the Whitebeard Pirates.
The position of the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates is currently vacant.
Someone's son is probably going to have to pay off debts, so he became the captain of the second division.
Luo Ji glanced at Ace with a faint smile, which made Ace frown.
Ace wondered to himself, what kind of destiny has this guy foreseen this time?
He was preparing to challenge Whitebeard, the strongest of the Four Emperors.
He can prove that he is stronger than his bastard father Roger by defeating Whitebeard.
Another day has passed.
As the rebel army launched its attack on the Flower Capital, Luo Ji and his group arrived at the battlefield.
Luo Ji saw the weaponized monk next to Kawamatsu; it was Ushimaru, the transformation of the komainu.
You can try to catch it, or have Xiaoyu give it a dumpling to eat.
Before the Beasts Pirates could return, the rebels launched a full-scale attack on the Flower Capital, and the fighting was fierce.
"Let's go, let's deal with Kurozumi Orochi directly!"
Luo Ji, along with Yamato and Ace, rode the giant crane straight into the General's Mansion area.
"Go, Yamato! Cripple Kurozumi Orochi!"
"Once we catch the giant snake, I will tell you about Sabo."
Luo Ji threw both of these combatants into the general's mansion and let them kill indiscriminately.
He then summoned the Flame Ghost Fire Frontier and the Frost White Wolf Big Mouth True God to launch an attack on the General's Mansion.
The invasion of the General's Mansion forced a large number of elite ninjas from the Oniwabanshu and elite samurai from the Mima-gumi to return to defend the city, resulting in a huge defensive gap in the Flower Capital's forces and defenses.
Led by Ashura Child, the bandits of Toushan Mountain went on a killing spree with extraordinary ferocity.
None of the strongmen of the Oniwabanshu and Mima-gumi could defeat this powerful swordsman who was comparable to Jack the Drought.
The Beast Corps, which remained on Oni Island, only sent half of its forces, a few thousand men, to support Kurozumi Orochi.
After all, they also have to protect the Ghost Island headquarters.
Otherwise, when Kaido of the Beasts returns and sees Onigashima destroyed, they will also suffer.
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"Let me see how much treasure Orochi has!"
Seeing Orochi fleeing in disarray after being slaughtered by Yamato, Luo Ji changed into a ninja and searched for the treasure room in the general's mansion.
After transforming into the form of Orochi once again, he ordered a member of the Oniwabanshu to lead the way, and they successfully found Orochi's treasure chamber.
Amidst the resentful gazes of the Oniwabanshu, he died at the hands of Luo Ji.
"This guy has amassed quite a bit of treasure!"
Luo Ji opened the scroll-like small world, stuffed a large amount of gold and treasure into it, and instructed Xiao Yu and Komachiyo to arrange it properly.
Just as Luo Ji was collecting treasures, a figure rushed in.
When Orochi saw his own appearance, he was also stunned for a moment.
He had risked his life to fake his death and escape from Yamato and Fire Fist Ace's pursuit.
Unexpectedly, I found another version of myself in my own treasure room.
This reminded Kurotan of his senior, Kurotan Higurashi.
"Who are you? Are you a mimic?"
Kurozumi Orochi watched the fake with suspicion, but when he saw his missing treasures and valuables, he was instantly enraged.
This thief stole everything from his treasure room!
"It's truly a case of 'You choose the path to heaven but refuse to take it, and you stubbornly insist on forcing your way into hell when there's no way out!'"
"There are so many places you could go, why did you have to come here!"
Luo Ji revealed a cruel smile, drew his second-generation Kitetsu and charged forward.
Yamato and Ace probably still think they've completed their mission, unaware that Orochi has escaped.
"You can't fake your death now that you're in my hands!"
'Elemental Scroll - Ice Mage - Phantom Blade!'
The scroll that Luo Ji threw out immediately released a burst of freezing air that froze the black charcoal serpent, and the second generation Kitetsu beheaded it with a single slash.
"Trying to recover quietly? No way!"
Luo Ji directly threw the ice sculpture 'corpse' of the black charcoal serpent into another prison scroll.
Meanwhile, outside, due to Orochi's feigned death, an even greater upheaval ensued.
"Once we get our hands on Ushimaru, and then see if we can get our hands on Hades, it will be about time to leave Wano Country!"
I wonder if Kaido will go berserk and fly back after he finds out what happened here!
Luo Ji grinned. The Beasts Pirates had just completed their grand expedition, only to find their home gone.
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