Wano Country, Ebisu Village.
The setting sun was like blood, and a bright red cloud of fire was rolling in the sky, making the entire earth transparent and bright red. Amidst such a beautiful scenery, Ebisu Village smelled of cold. Murderous figures, armed with swords, came down the wide blue stone stairs from the southern exit of the Flower Capital, and gathered one by one in this village, roughly numbering around three hundred people.
The villagers who lived in Ebisu Village were all scared and hid in their homes after encountering these evil-looking people. Although this village is located next to the Flower Capital, it is a place where the poor gather, a place that Kurozumi Orochi abandoned. The villagers can barely survive on the meager wages they painstakingly earn every day to buy the leftovers of leftover food sent from inside the Flower Capital. In addition, the law of the Flower Capital will not protect these poor people in Ebisu villages. Regardless of whether they live or die, the government will not care. In other words, this is a lawless zone where you don't care! Therefore, in order to reduce unnecessary trouble, Sephiroth chose to make an appointment with the Kurokoma family here.
Among the crowd, Shinbei was gathered around a middle-aged man with a beard, a pointy and big nose, and a scar on his right face. He pointed to the exit of the south gate of the Flower Capital and whispered, "Boss, here he comes!"
Hearing this, Kurokoma Chifen immediately turned his head and looked at the exit of the Flower Capital. On the wide blue stone stairs, Sephiroth was leading a nervous-looking Kumagoro and an Unta toward where the more than three hundred people were. Seeing this scene, Kurokoma couldn't help but frown, and a rather absurd idea came to him. Could it be... these three people, ready to fight against more than three hundred of them?
3 versus 326?
"My name is Kurokoma Chifen, and I am the boss of the Kurokoma family. Which of you is the current owner of the Chizuru Pavilion, Miyamoto Musashi?"
Although Kurokoma Chifen was questioning the three, his eyes had long been locked on the black-haired youth with two knives attached to his waist who was standing three meters in front of him. "This person is very popular and has sharp eyes. You can tell at a glance that he is not a simple character. Compared with the two cowards who are standing behind him, he is much stronger in terms of momentum alone."
Faced with the menacing group of more than three hundred people standing behind the scar-faced man, Sephiroth's attitude seemed very relaxed, and he smiled and said, "Me, of course! I heard, you want to forcibly take over my pavilion."
Hearing this, Kurokoma shook his head and directly denied it, "That's not considered hegemony. In exchange, I will give you 3 million Beli."
"Huh! I bought the pavilion for 6 million Beli. How can it be transferred to you for 3 million Beli?"
"In that case, there is no need to talk! Then follow the rules of the road! The winner can take anything from the loser. I suggest you give up resistance and hand over the Chizuru Pavilion! In that way, you provoked the Kurokoma family today, I can pretend it never happened. After all, you have no chance of winning in the face of this absolute difference in numbers!"
Kurokoma twisted his neck, pressed his left hand gently on his sheath, and his right hand held the handle of the knife and made a ready posture. His tone was full of arrogance. More than 300 people cut three people, one with one knife, and they were able to cut them into minced meat! This fight is shameful even if you win it! Therefore, Kurokoma Chifen was very sympathetic and made a generous look, hoping that the other party would not be ignorant of good and bad!
"No need! Sometimes the number of people means nothing!"
As he spoke, Sephiroth immediately drew the Underworld Fire Knife from his waist and swung it from top to bottom.
Ittoryu: Tora Gari!
Boom!
In an instant, a crimson thunder and lightning flashed in the void. More than 300 people, including Kurokoma Chifen, were all baptized by the Conqueror's Haki and killing intent. In the eyes of those thugs, the long knife in Sephiroth's hand, from top to bottom, seemed to strike them straight and split them all in half, splitting them into two halves.
Plop! Plop! Plop!...
In an instant, there was an endless stream of people falling to the ground! "One counts as one", those small gangsters almost all rolled their eyes and fell to the ground, leaving only Kurokoma, who looked a little possessed.
"You see. I said it all! The number means nothing!"
Kurokoma stood still and remained silent for a long time before he recovered from the fact that more than 300 of his men had been killed instantly. Faced with this strong and mysterious youth in front of him, he did not give up his belief in fighting head-on! A decisive and unreasonable aura suddenly erupted from Kurokoma's personal body. He pulled the long knife from his waist and yelled, "Give up your reputation! (Crazy!)"
Immediately, with his right foot, he stepped on the ground, and the whole figure rushed toward Sephiroth like an arrow from the string.
The next moment.
Clang!
Kurokoma's long knife broke instantly as he broke, taken by Sephiroth with one move and diagonally inserted into the ground in the distance. In the face of "absolute strength", even if you give up your brain, you still lose when you deserve to lose! Shouting an inexplicable slogan can lead to a comeback against the wind. Unless a miracle happens. Sephiroth's long flaming red knife in his hand rested on the opponent's neck.
Seeing this, Kurokoma's face looked very calm. He slowly closed his eyes and said frankly, "If you want to kill or cut, give me a good time!... However, I hope you can spare my little brothers. After all, they followed me, and it was only to be able to eat a full meal in this Wano Country."
Sensing the emotion in Kurokoma's tone, Sephiroth's expression moved slightly. He first put the Mingyan sword in his hand into its sheath, and then slowly said, "If you are willing to be my little brother, as long as you follow me, you are guaranteed to be popular and drink spicy food in the future!"
"You're not killing me...?" Kurokoma said with surprise.
"If you don't agree, I'll kill you, as well as your brothers... Otherwise, make them continue to take revenge on me every day?" Sephiroth chuckled.
Kurokoma was silent. The brown-haired man's tone seemed very relaxed and indifferent, as if he was saying that he had killed more than three hundred people and was just joking. However, Kurokoma could very clearly feel the murderous aura that burst out from Sephiroth! Such a terrifying killing intent, if you don't kill thousands of people, you won't be able to cultivate them at all! Offending this kind of person is basically a dead end. Therefore, he was determined to die at that time and wanted to fight before he died...
Under the decision of life and death, Kurokoma Chifen finally chose to live!
"My brother... met the boss!"
As he spoke, Kurokoma "pfft!" With one knee, he fell to the ground and prostrated himself hard in front of Sephiroth.
"Good guy! Decisive enough! This person knows how to judge the situation, and I can use him in the future, but I can't trust him too much," Sephiroth thought to himself.
He had just arrived in Wano Country and urgently needed the accumulation of prestige, as well as an opportunity to develop his own power. Whether he was related to Kurozumi Orochi, or actively bought the downstream pavilion, provoked a dispute with the Kurokoma family, or even went to the gambling house to make money, he was trying to find an opportunity to develop his own power in various ways. At present, he had no one to use except Kumagoro and Unta, two flunkies who were good-for-nothings. Therefore, accepting the Kurokoma family was just a temporary measure! When he developed his power to a certain scale in the future, he would gradually select those who were more loyal to him to do things for him.