Chapter 333: Yorozuya
The moonlight parted the veil-like dark clouds, scattering onto the prosperous Flower Capital.
Under the night sky, the lights flickered. On the lively streets, pedestrians in various kimonos came and went.
At the end of the street sat a gorgeously decorated pavilion. Singing and dancing, and from time to time, laughter could be heard. Inside a banquet hall...
On the stage, an oiran was playing a shamisen for a few tables of guests.
She wore a pink floral kimono, her long green hair flowing, her fair, jade-like skin delicate and smooth, her bright eyes clear, shimmering like rippling water.
She was the oiran known as the number one beauty of Wano Country—Komurasaki.
As the top oiran here, Komurasaki would usually only receive guests alone when she showed her face, not like now, serving multiple guests together with other oiran.
In Kyoshiro's words, this was a business strategy, and also a convenient way for him to better protect her.
But today's guests had given too much.
To obtain an extra reward of one hundred million Berries, Komurasaki had rejected Kyoshiro's request and resolutely made an appearance to meet these guests who called themselves the "Yorozuya".
One hundred million Berries... how much food can that buy? How many common people suffering from hunger and cold outside the Flower Capital can be saved...
She had been doing this kind of work all along, using her beauty to swindle money from wealthy gentlemen.
The plectrum quickly plucked the strings. The tone was serene and pure, simple and melodious, a bright and cheerful rhythm. A gentle breeze from outside the window brought a few cherry blossom petals drifting in.
Just then, Komurasaki quietly sized up the man who called himself the boss of the Yorozuya.
A head of neatly combed blond hair, a sky-blue kimono slightly open to reveal a well-built chest, and a faint smile on his face that gave him an air of rigor and composure.
Unlike the men who had coveted her beauty in the past, the man before her gave her more of a commanding aura.
Even though the other party had not yet shown any attitude, Komurasaki began to feel an invisible pressure. This was something she had never felt even from the shogun of Wano Country, Kurozumi Orochi.
This group of people was clearly not ordinary.
Relying on her fame and status, Komurasaki had seen many rich merchants and dignitaries, but she had never seen anyone with such a temperament. No, there was one.
At the Fire Festival a few years ago, when she was summoned to a banquet on Onigashima, she had also felt this kind of invisible pressure from Kaido and the others, and the aura faintly emanating from the group before her was exactly the same.
It was as if it were a temperament that could not be cultivated in this closed country, a heroism that only those who had roamed the seas, like her father, possessed.
The sound of the shamisen fell.
Komurasaki's slender fingers gently pressed down, and the vibrating strings gradually quieted.
"Yeah! More, more!"
Luffy, his mouth stuffed full of food, shouted with a muffled voice, clapping his hands excitedly.
The oiran at his side considerately offered him more food, having gradually gotten used to the astonishing appetite of the man beside her.
"Ah, thanks. You should eat too."
Luffy took the food and said thanks with a cheerful laugh.
"Hey, Komurasaki just finished playing. At least let her rest properly."
Sanji shouted at Luffy with displeasure. He turned to look at Komurasaki, his eyes immediately turning into two hearts, his entire body twisting.
"It would break my heart if Miss Komurasaki's fingers were hurt~~"
As expected, the disease of infatuation was something that couldn't be cured in a lifetime. With Pudding not around, Sanji had released his true nature.
By the window, Zoro picked up the sake cup that the serving oiran had just filled, tilted his head back and downed it in one gulp. He rested his elbow on the table and, propping his face with his palm, looked at Reiner with a teasing expression.
"You really know how to enjoy yourself."
"What's the saying? Since we're here, of course, we have to come and see the number one beauty here."
Reiner smiled faintly.
During the day, because Tenguyama Hitetsu had suddenly fainted, Chopper and his group had also been called back to Amigasa Village.
The fainting was due to a severe mental shock. Now that Hitetsu had woken up and his emotions had calmed down, there was no problem.
There was no food in Amigasa Village, and the wild beasts' bodies were all poisonous. Never mind Luffy, they couldn't go without eating either, so they had simply come to the Flower Capital together.
Hitetsu had refused to enter the city. Only O-Tama had been brought along by them. After the meal, the girls had gone shopping, and the boys had found their own activities.
Reiner turned his head and glanced at the stage. Komurasaki bowed slightly and nodded, handed the shamisen she was holding to the page girl Toko behind her, and stood up to come to his side.
"Lord Gintoki."
The moment she sat down, Komurasaki first bowed deeply, and then poured Reiner a cup of wine.
'Gintoki' was Reiner's alias.
When you're out and about, your identity is what you make it. After hesitating for a long time between Naruto, who ran a ramen shop, and Gintoki, who ran a Yorozuya, Reiner had painfully given up the blond-haired image that suited him better.
Because he didn't know how to make ramen.
Komurasaki held the sake cup with both hands and took the initiative to lean forward, not shying away from the so-called etiquette between men and women, and pressed directly against Reiner's chest.
Flirtatiousness was a means to empty a man's wallet. She knew the nature of men very well. She was very serious about doing what an oiran should do. For some who had made their fortunes through unjust means, she would even seduce them into buying her freedom, cheating them until they were bankrupt before kicking them away.
"You bastard! Why does Miss Komurasaki have to serve you!"
The one shouting was none other than the jealous Sanji, even though he was already surrounded by several oiran.
"You can too if you have the money. A person who's being treated shouldn't be so ungrateful."
Reiner said nonchalantly and downed the wine.
"It is this little girl's honor to have Lord Gintoki spend a fortune."
Komurasaki feigned shyness and pity, her palm on Reiner's chest.
"I heard that Lord Gintoki runs a Yorozuya. I wonder what kind of work you do specifically."
"We usually just accept various requests to help others with things. Walking dogs, cooking, acting as a handyman, picking locks, moving..."
Reiner explained with a faint smile:
"A Yorozuya, as the name suggests, means that as long as you can pay, we can solve anything for you."
What Reiner said above was a fake Yorozuya.
A real Yorozuya does nothing, gets no commissions, earns no money, can't pay rent, and can't afford to eat.
Tsk, that rhymes.
I really am a Rapper trainee who was held back by being a pirate.
"It sounds like a job that can bring help to others."
Komurasaki smiled faintly, then pretended to be puzzled and asked tentatively:
"But the work you mentioned doesn't sound like the reason for your wealth."
"That's because Miss Komurasaki's imagination is not enough. Didn't I just say? As long as you can pay..."
Reiner's expression was teasing as he leaned in close to her ear and said coldly:
"...jobs like murder and robbery are also acceptable."
Hearing this, Komurasaki's pupils trembled, and her hand on Reiner's body subconsciously shrank back.
"Hahaha, just kidding. You don't have to be afraid, Miss Komurasaki. As for my money..."
Reiner held up a finger and said with a chuckle:
"Actually, it's because my family is very rich."
"I see. Lord Gintoki scared me."
Komurasaki's face showed a resentful, charming smile as she clutched her heart, seemingly relieved.
But remembering just now, that cold tone that had made her heart tremble didn't seem fake. In her heart, she already suspected that Reiner was the kind of person she had just described, who would take on any dirty job for money.
Komurasaki returned to the stage and continued to play, her gaze secretly and thoughtfully fixed on Reiner. The banquet hall was still filled with singing and dancing.
And outside the pavilion, a storm was quietly approaching.
"What do you mean, Komurasaki is already entertaining a guest? Is there anyone in this country more important than me!"
"But...!"
"Get out of the way!"
A short man with purple hair and a beard pushed aside the person blocking his way.
"Otherwise, I'll have you all beheaded later! Get Kyoshiro for me!"
"Sh-shogun!!"
The few guards of the geisha house cried out in alarm, watching as the man rushed in, but not daring to stop him at all.
Even if the owner of this establishment was the high-status yakuza boss, Kyoshiro, Kyoshiro was just the shogun's guard.
(End of chapter)
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