Late at night, the moon was bright, the starry sky was bright, and everything was silent.
Wano Country, the Flower Capital.
Inside the brightly lit Shogun's House, in the spacious bedroom.
On the green tatami, covered with some white bedding, Kurozumi Orochi was sitting on it, and he was holding a beautiful woman in his arms. His wide palms were constantly rubbing her.
However, after a while, a worried Kurozumi Orochi, he was still sad. In desperation, he was so disinterested that he could only roughly push the woman in his arms away. He stood up, put on a yellow kimono, opened the door, and hurried away from the bedroom.
Seeing this, the beautiful woman inexplicably muttered while putting on her scattered clothes on the tatami, "Lord Shogun, what a..."
When she spoke, a trace of contempt and disdain flashed in her eyes.
Silver candlelight.
The Shogun's House, Hall of Rooms.
Kurozumi Orochi carried his hands on his back and walked around the room. The worry in his heart was beyond words.
After a while, Fukurokuju, who had received the summons, quickly entered the meeting room.
"How? Have you found any trace of Ashura Doji?" Orochi said anxiously.
Just yesterday, with great difficulty, one of the Nine Akazaya was captured. However, they didn't have time to interrogate any useful information. That night, Ashura Doji was rescued by two people and forcibly broke out of the Flower Capital. The news was a bolt from the blue for Kurozumi Orochi, making his heart thump and become a mess!
Seeing this, Fukurokuju, with an expressionless face, said in a righteous tone, "I have sent out my four thousand ninjas for a thorough search. After some investigation, my men found that all their traces, when they went to the wilderness, suddenly disappeared. There are traces of man-made erasure at the site. According to my estimate, they may have used some kind of flying tool and left the scene."
For this useless Lord Shogun, Fukurokuju has long been accustomed to it. Compared with Kozuki Sukiyaki, Kurozumi Orochi's magnanimity and talent are really far behind! However, Fukurokuju had already chosen to side with Kurozumi Orochi many years ago and supported him to become a Shogun. If he betrayed him now, he would be inhumane both inside and out, so he could only go to the dark! After all, Kurozumi Orochi is a Shogun in Wano Country after all, and with Kaido on his back, even a choice would be in vain.
"Damn! Damn it!!!"
Kurozumi Orochi smashed the bottles, jars, screens, calligraphy, and paintings in the room. He found the anger and anxiety in his heart. After venting his anger, Kurozumi Orochi calmed down, racked his not-so-smart brains, and thought of a countermeasure.
As if he thought of something, Kurozumi Orochi suddenly turned around and asked, "Right! What about that Miyamoto Musashi? What was Ashura Doji doing when the prison was robbed?"
"He bought a pavilion yesterday. According to the report of the monitored ninjas, on the night of Ashura Doji's escape, at the same time, he was in a box, drinking with his two newly-collected little brothers. Therefore, the matter of robbing the prison should have nothing to do with him."
"According to the latest tip obtained, on this afternoon, Miyamoto Musashi had a conflict with the Kurokoma family, but with only one person, he easily defeated more than 300 members of the Kurokoma family and adopted them as his little brothers..."
Fukurokuju briefly described Miyamoto Musashi's actions in the past two days, as well as the related events that he caused. However, unbeknownst to Fukurokuju, Miyamoto Musashi had long been aware of the ninjas who were secretly monitoring, but instead of choosing to clean them up directly, he chose to use a trick to let Kurozumi Orochi know something that he wanted the other party to know.
"Gambling?... Shopping with a woman. Taking in little brothers?"
Hearing this, a proud smile gradually appeared on Kurozumi Orochi's face. From the various phenomena, it was shown that although Miyamoto Musashi was a strong man, in the final analysis, he was only a layman! Money, women, power, this is what all men yearn for, and Kurozumi Orochi also used this to win over Fukurokuju and many samurai.
If this Miyamoto Musashi could be used by him, his Shogun's palace would be even stronger!
"It's like this. Fukurokuju, you will go and tell Miyamoto Musashi tomorrow, as long as he is willing to take refuge with me. He will get more power and status than he has now, and I can even help him become the boss of the underworld who rules Wano Country!" Kurozumi Orochi said with a bamboo-like face.
He was not afraid that after gaining power, Miyamoto Musashi would gather a force to fight against him! After all, he had the powerful monster Kaido standing behind him, in addition to controlling Wano Country's water and food, these survival necessities!
In fact, if it weren't for Kaido playing a gambling agreement when he was carrying out the execution by boiling in an oil pot on Kozuki Oden and the Nine Akazaya, things would not have reached this point. At that time, Kozuki Oden proposed to Kaido that if ten of them could cook in the oil pot for an hour, if they were still alive, they could leave the execution ground and continue the gambling game to survive.
Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi, both of whom originally thought that this was a fantasy at all, agreed to the bet very readily. Unexpectedly, Kozuki Oden only used the power of one person to lift the Nine Akazaya with a large wooden board, preventing them from falling into the boiling oil pot, and persisted for an hour!
Fearing Kozuki Oden's strength, Kaido, after the execution time, did not fulfill his promise and released the former, who was already exhausted, but chose to use his gun to end the other's life. However, Kaido, because he valued Kozuki Oden's guts and a hint of guilt that he had lost the bet, also deliberately let the Nine Akazaya go, allowing them to successfully escape from the execution ground.
Since then, Kurozumi Orochi knew that this person Kaido could cooperate, but not with absolute trust. Therefore, he promised Miyamoto Musashi to recruit him, thereby increasing his overall strength.
Orochi did not really trust Kaido, nor did he completely trust Miyamoto Musashi, but both sides were not weak, and as long as they were operated properly, he could profit from them. In the words that Kurozumi Higurashi once taught him... it seemed like what was it called... using both sides to check and balance each other, or to balance them?
In this regard, Kurozumi Orochi could only touch his own brain door and be confused. He couldn't learn this kind of thing at all!
Hearing this, Fukurokuju still had an expressionless face and nodded slightly, "I understand, Lord Shogun!"
After Kurozumi Orochi vented his anxiety and anger indiscriminately, he felt as if he was all right again! So, with a lewd smile on his face, he rubbed his hands and returned to his bedroom, raising the sleeping oiran under the covers. This was an oiran he paid a high price to invite from her tour, but he couldn't do anything all night, so he let the other party go.
"Lord Shogun. Hate~!"
"Hehehe!"
Two minutes later.
Kurozumi Orochi sighed, turned over, and released the oiran in his arms. With a satisfied expression on his face, he quickly fell asleep.
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