"Kozuki Oden, you're insane!"
Sukiyaki was shocked and shouted, "Fukurokuju!"
However, there was no response.
Kozuki Oden said calmly, "Your ninja subordinate has already been taken care of by Raizo. Oh, you should know Raizo, right? He used to be a genius ninja in the Oniwabanshuu, but he joined my ranks."
"What does that prove?" Oden slowly walked around Sukiyaki as he said,
"It shows that people think I'm far better than you, and by the same logic, my ninja are stronger than yours. Fukurokuju's death proves this completely."
At this point, Kozuki Oden approached Kozuki Sukiyaki, revealing a somewhat cruel smile. "Now, I think you should understand what I mean, right?"
"Y-you, you...!" Sukiyaki was burning with anger. He wanted to shout for the guards' attention, but at that moment, Oden pierced his body with his hand.
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He didn't use his full power for this thrust, because he thought it wasn't worth it to use it on an old man.
He did have the ability to gain power through admiration, but the feedback he got from people depended on their strength. It was too costly to actively inject his dark energy into someone as weak as Sukiyaki.
"Blame it on your weakness and on you for trying to stop my plans."
Kozuki Sukiyaki's body trembled incessantly, and Oden continued to speak into his ear. His body trembled constantly, and finally, he leaned forward suddenly and fell down.
Kozuki Oden looked at the body of his fallen father without saying a word.
His eyes were completely black, but at that moment, a flicker of clarity seemed to flash through them, but it was quickly suppressed by the hatred in his heart.
Himura Kenshin killed him, and he just wanted to find Himura Kenshin to get revenge! What was wrong with that?
Why was Kozuki Sukiyaki trying to stop him?
If he insisted on stopping him, then he would kill him!
Yes, that's right, kill him!
Kozuki Oden looked at Sukiyaki's body, slowly walked to the door, and opened it. Kine'mon and Denjiro walked in.
Of course, they both saw Sukiyaki's fallen body, but neither of them said anything.
"Go and inform the Daimyo of each region, and tell them that my father has suddenly fallen seriously ill and is dying, and they should come to the Flower Capital to discuss what to do next."
Kozuki Oden said calmly.
"Yes!"
Kinemon and Denjiro faithfully carried out his orders.
They quickly retreated and then informed the others that the Shogun's palace was completely under their control.
And next was to send people to the Daimyo of each region, to bring all the Daimyo to the Shogun's palace. Then...
Oden-sama would become the new Shogun, truly controlling Wano Country.
And calling all the Daimyo over at once, it was clear that Kozuki Oden wanted to control all of them in one fell swoop.
When he was the Shogun of Wano Country and the other Daimyo were under his control, the entire Wano Country would be in his grasp. He didn't believe he couldn't find Himura Kenshin then!
Thinking of this, Oden couldn't help but laugh. He even seemed to see Himura Kenshin's death face!
And also worth noting was the corpse of the priestess.
He first took notice of the priestess two months ago.
At that time, he had just recovered from his injuries and was preparing to take his retainers to find Himura Kenshin, but he was stopped by Toguro.
He fought with Toguro and, even though he had started to get stronger at that time, he was still no match for Toguro.
Toguro told him something.
He had witnessed his battle with Kenshin from beginning to end, and was sure that he was killed, but after his death, someone had placed something inside his body, something that had resurrected him.
Kozuki Oden didn't know what it was, but he felt great, better than ever before, with his thoughts freer than ever before, so he didn't care at all. He was only concerned about who had resurrected him.
Toguro said that person's goal was to find the corpse of a priestess, so Oden thought that as long as he found the corpse of the priestess first, that person would definitely come to see him.
Then...
Oden would kill him!
Even though he had resurrected him, he might know the secrets of his body and might want to use him, and he couldn't tolerate that.
Anyone who wanted to use him had to die!
Including that Toguro!
Did he think he didn't know Toguro's purpose?
He just wanted to use his power in Wano Country to find the Shikon Jewel fragments. He thought Wano Country was a closed-off country, he thought Wano Country didn't have good information, but he didn't know that he especially cared about the outside world.
After seeing Toguro, he had people go to sea to investigate Toguro and of course knew that he was a monster from the sea and that his goal had always been to find the Shikon Jewel fragments.
But that was fine too. Kozuki Oden was also interested in that Shikon Jewel fragment. When the time came, he would kill Toguro and then take the Shikon Jewel fragment from his hands.
Thinking of this, Kozuki Oden couldn't help but laugh.
Everyone who knew his secrets had to die, so Himura Kenshin had to die, that mysterious person had to die, and Toguro had to die too.
Now, he was not what he used to be.
He could feel himself getting stronger, constantly getting stronger, and that feeling was so good. Seeing the people around him worship him like dogs made him feel incredibly great.
He wasn't Toguro's match before, but the gap was already very small at that time, and now he had to absorb the faith of more people and then make himself stronger, strong enough to kill that mysterious person and Toguro.
But now...
He would use that Toguro for a while first.
Soon the entire Wano Country would fall under his control, and he would be their master!
Kozuki Oden suddenly felt a little anxious.
He was so great, shouldn't he leave something behind?
He...
Should write a diary!
He suddenly had this thought. He wanted to write a completely new diary to record his rebirth.
He thought that he was divided into two completely different stages, one stage was before he was killed by Kenshin. He was too foolish at that time, and he couldn't record anything from that time.
He wanted to record his magical experience after being resurrected from the dead. He wanted to record everything and then pass this diary down forever!
No sooner said than done, Oden immediately found a notebook and began to write.
'I experienced physical death and spiritual rebirth. After returning from the heavens, I fell into thinking about the world and life. I think...'
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