Chapter 145: Arrival at the Shogun's Residence! Location of the Poneglyph
Lotte arrived at this moment.
Finally reaching the vicinity of the Flower Capital, with Toki easily held in one arm.
Since he had already carried her once yesterday, doing it again carried no psychological burden for him.
With the sudden sound of stepping through the air.
The first thing that came into Lotte's view was the towering shogun's residence.
If he wanted to ask about the location of the Poneglyph, there was no doubt that asking Kozuki Sukiyaki was the most direct method—and Lotte naturally had no intention of wasting words.
The moment he arrived overhead.
Lotte sensed an extremely powerful Observation Haki sweeping toward him.
He made no attempt to hide and calmly continued forward with Toki. The girl in his arms looked up with a flushed face at the scene.
"Isn't it a bit rude for us to barge in like this?"
"After all, no matter what, that's the residence of Wano's shogun. They definitely won't let the two of us in easily, right?"
After this period of time,
Toki had gained a general understanding of Wano Country eight hundred years later.
Among them, whether the Kozuki clan or the Shimotsuki clan,
Were all families she recognized.
The only one she had never heard of was the Kurozumi.
The four great families—Amatsuki, Shimotsuki, Ugetsu, and Kazuki—were all familiar to her.
The only thing that surprised her was,
Logically, the Amatsuki clan should have been one of the five great families, but for some unknown reason, they had been replaced by the Kurozumi clan in eight hundred years.
In Toki's memory,
Eight hundred years ago, Wano Country had never had a Kurozumi clan. Yet eight hundred years later, the Amatsuki clan had mysteriously vanished, and the Kurozumi had taken their place.
What exactly had happened?
Toki's heart was now filled with doubt.
Though she had only intended to return and take a look at the Poneglyph—to see what had happened during those eight hundred years and why such a shocking change had occurred.
She never expected
Even her own Amatsuki clan had completely vanished without a trace.
The answer to this question would likely have to come from Kozuki Sukiyaki, the current daimyo.
The current Toki was different from the original story. In the original, by the time Toki returned to Wano, Kozuki Sukiyaki had already been killed by Kurozumi Orochi.
Those secrets
Had likely been buried forever with Sukiyaki's death.
But now, thanks to Lotte's involvement, Toki had the chance to obtain information about her family. After all, no matter how much time had passed, that was still her ancestral house.
Even after eight hundred years, there were still some feelings attached.
If it had been a normal downfall, that would be one thing.
But if it was related to the Kurozumi clan, Toki had no intention of letting it go.
The explosive speed streaked across the sky like a meteor, causing the people below to curiously raise their heads. Many children pointed at the streak of light and shouted excitedly.
"It's a shooting star!"
"You can see shooting stars in the daytime?!"
While the crowd was full of surprise and doubt.
That streak of light easily smashed through one of the high gates of Wano's upper echelon. The wooden gate shattered instantly. As the light faded, two figures gradually became visible.
Lotte had already locked onto Kozuki Sukiyaki's position shortly after entering the Flower Capital.
So naturally, he wasted no words and directly brought her in without hesitation.
"You could have simply knocked and entered. Why insist on breaking in?"
"This is undoubtedly a provocation against Wano Country. Are you unaware of that, sir?"
A helpless voice rang out. Kozuki Sukiyaki sat calmly on his cushion.
Looking at Lotte who had barged in and the Toki in his arms, his brows were full of helplessness.
He had originally planned to send someone out to receive this mysterious masked man and bring him here to discuss what exactly he wanted.
But he never expected the other party to be so unreasonable,
Ignoring the proper entrance and forcing his way in from the sky—as if he had some urgent business.
Toki showed some apology upon hearing this.
She gave a slight bow toward Kozuki Sukiyaki and said.
"This matter is because of me. I hope the shogun can clear up my doubts."
Lotte, however, just pouted.
"No matter what, I'm still a pirate. Being well-behaved has never been my style."
"Besides, even if I provoke all of Wano Country, do you, Kozuki Sukiyaki, have the guts to fight me right here?"
"If a battle breaks out, the number of deaths won't be small."
At this point,
Lotte let out a cold laugh.
He didn't mind playing around with these old men of Wano. After all, their swordsmanship was undoubtedly at the level of top-tier swordsmen.
Clashing with such opponents
Would also help him gain a lot of swordsmanship experience.
The time-freeze effect was constantly wearing off, and the accumulated experience points were gradually manifesting. Once it fully lifted, his swordsmanship
Would surely soar to the heavens!
This was undoubtedly good news for Lotte!
As his words fell,
Kozuki Sukiyaki's face couldn't help but darken several degrees.
Just as Lotte said, he truly didn't dare fight the other here. The Flower Capital was the most prosperous place in Wano—suffering heavy damage would be extremely difficult to recover from.
But he also hadn't expected
This masked man to give him no face at all.
He had heard that Kozuki Oden that brat still wanted to set sail with such a guy. For Sukiyaki, this was likewise something he could not tolerate.
He had originally thought the brat had finally reformed,
Settling down to serve as a daimyo and rule a region.
In the future, succeeding to the position of shogun would only be a matter of waiting for him to step down.
Yet he never expected that bastard
Had never given up his dream of setting sail from beginning to end.
He had already become daimyo of a region, yet he still insisted on becoming a pirate and going to sea—he was practically trying to infuriate him to death!
"Young man, watch your tone."
"No matter what, Wano is an ancient nation that has lasted a thousand years. We have defeated countless arrogant intruders. You had better think carefully before acting."
Another aged voice rang out.
Lotte glanced over.
He saw Shimotsuki Yasuie step out from behind Kozuki Sukiyaki, looking calmly at Lotte with a powerful aura radiating from his entire body.
It seemed the powerful Observation Haki from earlier had come from him.
In terms of Observation Haki strength alone,
It was clearly superior to what Lotte had sensed from Kozuki Oden earlier.
This sparked a bit of interest in him. He looked at the two with slight amusement.
"Since you've already put it that way, I won't waste more words."
"Take us to the location of the Poneglyph."
"I know your Kozuki clan has always passed down the method of reading the ancient script—and even forged those Poneglyphs yourselves."
"This request shouldn't be difficult for you."
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