"Huh? Kozuki Sukiyaki is seriously ill?"
Ann had already arrived in the Flower Capital. She heard the guards spreading the news on the streets and frowned.
What kind of king announces his serious illness with such fanfare?
Something's not right, very not right.
However, there were very few people on the streets.
It seems the Flower Capital is also suffering greatly. Even though that Himura Kenshin couldn't possibly be hiding inside the Flower Capital, the streets were no different from other cities, with almost no one around.
Only squads of warriors running quickly to patrol outside the city, a far cry from when she first came here.
Luckily, she was now wearing a kimono, with a cloth wrapped around her waist and wooden clogs on her feet, full of Wano Country style. The only slightly conspicuous thing was her blue hair.
And it was precisely because of this blue hair that she was surrounded by a group of samurai.
"Everyone, is there something wrong?"
Ann looked calmly at the samurai surrounding her and said without changing her expression, "I don't think I've done anything wrong, have I?"
"You don't seem to have done anything wrong, but..."
More and more samurai gathered around her. She frowned, and suddenly felt an extremely strong power pressing down on her. That was...
Demonic energy!
Toguro?
She thought of Toguro, who had entered the city earlier. Could it be that he was mixed up with the Kozuki family?
If that was the case, then she had indeed been exposed.
While she was thinking quickly, she heard the samurai continue,
"You're not from Wano Country, are you? Leaving Wano Country to go to sea or coming to Wano Country from outside is punishable by death!"
They had cruel smiles on their faces, because Ann was a great beauty, and they liked enemies like that the most.
Ann looked at their expressions, a trace of disgust appearing on her face.
"I've been discovered, huh? That's troublesome."
Ann released her Observation Haki, and instantly located Toguro's position. Toguro was not far away, seemingly waiting for her.
She looked at the approaching samurai, her eyes turned cold, and an extremely powerful force was released from her pupils. Conqueror's Haki spread out with a bang, and all the samurai approaching her fell down.
In the blink of an eye, all that was left in front of Ann was a pile of garbage on the ground.
She kicked away a samurai blocking her path and walked forward slowly.
She knew that this was actually the most dangerous time.
Toguro had already discovered her, and he was also likely to have joined forces with the official forces of the Flower Capital, which meant that she was now in a very dangerous situation.
Although those samurai before were easy to defeat, there must be unknown experts in Wano Country.
And now, those people were approaching quickly.
She could sense, from her senses, the auras of different strong individuals appearing from eight directions.
Well, although they couldn't compare to her and Toguro, their strength was such that she couldn't knock them unconscious with Conqueror's Haki, or even easily defeat them.
Eight people working together would be troublesome.
Ann made this judgment, and then, as she expected, the eight people appeared.
As if they had rehearsed it many times, eight figures appeared on the surrounding houses at the same time. Some had their hands behind their backs, some had their hands on the hilts of their swords, some had already drawn their swords and pointed them at her...
These eight people were naturally Oden's retainers.
Although it was still early and they hadn't reached their peak, with the power that Kozuki Oden had previously transmitted to them, their strength had doubled, even surpassing the time of the raid on Kaido.
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So...
They were indeed a bother to Ann, but only a bother.
What was truly deadly was Toguro, who was releasing a huge demonic aura in front of her.
"I was careless, I actually overlooked your existence."
Ann looked at Toguro and said calmly.
Toguro was the same as when they met before, with his hands in his pockets, slowly approaching Ann. At the same time, he said, "Marine Admiral, you are indeed a troublesome person. Killing you would cause unnecessary trouble, so you should come with us."
Killing Ann would be tantamount to declaring war on the World Government.
The World Government was already very concerned about the devil in Wano Country. The death of an Admiral would give them an excuse for 'Operation Scorched Earth'. Facing the World Government at full strength would be troublesome.
Therefore, Kozuki Oden's view was to capture her alive if possible, and kill her if it was impossible to capture her alive.
After all, he had learned a lot about the situation overseas during this time.
Because he not only wanted to become the general of Wano Country, but also the general of the world!
But now he had not accumulated enough power, had not reached the point of formally declaring war on the world, so he still needed to lie low, still needed to...
Wait!
It was not wise to anger the World Government during this time.
Ann looked at Toguro and the eight people beside him, as well as the Kozuki Oden who was eyeing her from somewhere, and knew that she had stepped into the enemy's trap.
She took out her short sword from her kimono, ready to fight.
Although it was a strong attack, it was impossible for her to give up just like that.
"Do you really think you can catch me with a bunch of trash? How naive."
Ann's figure disappeared instantly. She retreated rapidly, and at the moment she disappeared, Toguro had already launched a pursuit, and the eight people also launched a blockade on her at the same time.
Although there was a difference in strength, the difference in speed...
Ann didn't think she was worse than them!
Ann's strongest point was her Observation Haki. She had already seen the future, so she almost perfectly avoided their blockade. Even if the samurai were close at hand, she still dodged their blades with extremely agile movements, and continued forward after passing the figures.
Her Observation Haki had already analyzed their weaknesses, so they couldn't delay her, not even for a second!
The corners of Ann's mouth turned up. This was the first time she had fought at full strength after leaving Roger's body. This feeling was good.
"Now that you're here, why leave?"
However, just as she was about to leave quickly, a man's voice appeared in front of her again. He held two swords, the swords were black, very much like 'Black Blades', but also somewhat different.
"Oden Two-Sword Style - Peach Garden White Waterfall!"
It's Kozuki Oden!
Ann's pupils shrank. At this moment, her Observation Haki felt an incredible evil force from Kozuki Oden, which directly confirmed his identity as a devil.
It's...
Kozuki Oden!
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