Witch?
Ann thought this witch must have something to do with the devil they were looking for.
Did the Kozuki family discover the devil and need to find the witch's body to find a way to seal the devil from her?
Or were they on the devil's side and needed the witch's body to bring the devil back to the world?
Two possibilities represented two different sides. Ann felt a headache. Thinking about these things was really troublesome.
In the room, Ann sat on a chair, Hyougoro knelt beside the lying Yatabe, and none of the three spoke, as if they were all thinking about something.
At this moment, Ann spoke. She stood up and said softly, "I'm going to the Flower Capital again."
?!
Hyougoro and Yatabe were both a little surprised. Ann continued, "We probably won't find anything here. I'm going to the Kozuki family."
Indeed, the things Ximei could find out should be what Yatabe said. She was different from Hyougoro. Hyougoro came to avoid disaster, and she came to investigate things, at most waiting for the situation in Wano Country to change.
So she couldn't hide here all the time. Now that the information here was basically in hand, other places should be similar, so only the most important Flower Capital was left.
So in the end, she still had to go back to that place.
But what surprised her was that Hyougoro actually stood up too. He said, "We are also getting ready to leave."
Seeing Ann's surprised look, he explained, "This place should be discovered soon. We have to move to a new place."
Ann understood, so that's why.
Indeed, they had been here for a while, and there had been several searches that were very close to this place, so it was indeed time to move to a new place.
"Then we'll see each other again if we have the chance."
Ann nodded. She had received a lot of help from Hyougoro during this time, and he was indeed someone she could get along with.
This time she was going to the Flower Capital, and Hyougoro definitely wouldn't go there. After they parted, they probably wouldn't see each other again.
I wonder...
How the situation in this country will change.
"Well, we don't have a fixed place this time either. I'm going to observe the situation in this country along the way." Hyougoro glanced at Yatabe again and said, "We'll leave when he's a little better."
Ann said, "If there's anything I can help with, you can come to the Flower Capital to find me."
Hyougoro also nodded. He knew how capable Ann was and didn't act polite.
People in the underworld value loyalty. Friends should help each other when they are in trouble. He thought he and Ann were friends now.
Ann left. After she came down from the mountain, she began to go south, heading towards the Flower Capital.
She went back the way she came, but in just two months, everything had changed.
Ximei was already a desolate place, but now it had become even more desolate. She couldn't even see a passerby along the way, and she could even see some blood in the villages along the way, which was shocking.
Even the most prosperous Flower Capital had become much more desolate in the suburbs. The people she occasionally saw were full of grief and despair. It was hard to imagine that only two months had passed.
Was it worth it to turn a country into this state in order to find Himura Kenshin?
What she didn't know was that during these two months, Kozuki Oden was becoming stronger and stronger...
And also becoming more and more evil.
Flower Capital
Kozuki Oden was meditating. He found that since he fought with Himura Kenshin, he would become stronger rapidly every time he entered this kind of empty state, and the power in his body would be quickly improved.
Now, he was very sure that he could defeat Himura Kenshin.
Even his mysterious teacher was no longer in his eyes.
At this moment, there was a sound at the door.
Kozuki Oden opened his eyes. At this moment, his eyes had completely turned black, which made people feel a little scared when they looked at them.
"Come in."
As Oden's voice fell, the door was pushed open. The one who pushed the door open was his subordinate Kinemon.
"Lord Oden, Lord Sukiyaki is almost at the limit of his patience." Kinemon was also a little scared after he came in. He also noticed the changes in Kozuki Oden during this period. Although he was also angry that his lord was almost killed, he was even more scared by the changes in his lord.
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However, his belief in loyalty still supported him to work under Kozuki Oden.
Hearing his words, a trace of displeasure flashed in Kozuki Oden's eyes.
Wasn't he just trying to catch the murderer who killed him? Wasn't he just trying to catch Hyougoro, who had betrayed him?
He always called him Boss Hyougoro, but he actually colluded with outsiders to kill him. After doing such a thing, what was wrong with him catching them?
Why was that old guy always stopping him?!
At first, his capture went smoothly, but not long ago, Kozuki Sukiyaki had come to him several times, and the meaning in his words was to ask him to stop the large-scale pursuit in Wano Country.
Of course, Oden would not allow it, but Kozuki Sukiyaki was the general, and the Daimyo would only listen to him.
It seemed that this time he had reached the limit of his patience.
If he didn't do something, that old guy would definitely force an order to stop the search.
He would never allow this to happen!
Oden looked at Kinemon and couldn't help but become playful after seeing Kinemon's expression.
"Kinemon..."
He called out Kinemon's name, and Kinemon subconsciously looked up and looked at Oden.
Before he could speak, Oden said, "You seem... very afraid of me?"
Kinemon's forehead became hot, and he suddenly felt a sense of fear from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head. He was trembling all over. He didn't know why, but Oden's words seemed to be constantly echoing in his ears.
"The lord's heavenly power is rarely seen in the world, so... so I feel fear." Kinemon said in a panic.
"Hahaha..." Oden couldn't help but laugh happily. "Well said, then, call everyone else over."
Everyone else?
Oden immediately understood that he was talking about his companions in Kuri. He originally wanted to ask what he was going to do. If it was before, he could have asked it very easily, but the current Oden made him feel puzzled and scared, so he just said softly,
"Yes, Lord Oden."
No matter what happened, he believed that Oden was still that Oden, only suffering from a little mental stimulation. His heroic nature would not change.
What's more, they had sworn to be loyal to Kozuki Oden!
Kinemon trembled and left the house, running towards his friends' location.
Then, they would meet Kozuki Oden again together.
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