JOIN MY PATREON TO READ ADVANCED 30+ CHAPTERS.
Currently at CHAPTER 105 on Patreon.
Two members on my patreon get a free book each month. A lucky draw,it can be you.
Five chapters every two days on Patreon.
One chapter everyday on webnovel.
patreon.com/FrancisMW
"I look forward to welcoming you as member"
ENJOY THE BENEFITS.
City of Flowers — Wano Country
"Brother Enel, did Brother Shen Yuan really defeat Kaido?"
Enel grinned and nodded. "Of course. I saw it with my own eyes."
Ayu blinked in awe. "Was Brother Shen Yuan injured?"
"Injured?" Enel gave a wry smile and shook his head. "He was thrown once or twice… but it didn't even leave a scratch."
"No way... ever since I became Master's disciple, I've never seen him seriously hurt."
"Eh? He's that strong?"
Whoosh!
Just as they were speaking, a figure descended from the sky, landing lightly with a white kitten in his arms.
The kitten's fur was snowy and smooth but riddled with scars, a strange mix of grace and suffering.
"Master, why are you carrying a cat?" Enel's eyebrows twitched. "Did you seriously bring a pet while on an assassination mission?"
"I saw it by chance," Shen Yuan said, gazing down at the small creature. "There were a few wild beasts under the tree… and this cat was stuck at the top."
Shen Yuan paused, his expression turning somewhat complicated—caught between composure and disbelief.
"They started mating right under the tree. It was annoying… so I roasted them."
Enel recoiled a step, stunned. "Master… are you sure it was roasting and not vaporizing?"
Shen Yuan's face froze, then returned to a stoic calm. "Same thing. Barbecue, incineration... semantics."
Enel wiped a bead of cold sweat. If that breath didn't flatten half the forest, I'm no longer Enel.
Shen Yuan changed the subject.
"Did you meet the courtesan?"
"We're supposed to leave by this afternoon," Enel replied. "What's the plan?"
Shen Yuan remained silent, petting the kitten. The animal closed its eyes, purring softly.
"Purrr… purrr…"
"Let's name it," Shen Yuan said suddenly. "What do you think?"
Enel's face twitched.
We're in the middle of a mission, and you're naming cats?
Suddenly, tiny sparks flickered across the kitten's body—barely visible arcs of electricity.
"A Mink?" Shen Yuan's gaze sharpened. "Fur Tribe?"
"From the electro current and fur pattern… seems likely," Enel muttered in disbelief. "But a kitten Mink? That's rare."
"Then I'll name it Thor," Shen Yuan declared, brushing its back again.
Enel's face darkened. "Master, isn't that the name of… the God of Thunder?"
Shen Yuan nodded calmly.
"…"
Ayu studied Thor and then glanced at her dog, Komachiyo. She seemed to realize something. "Brother Shen Yuan, I don't think they like each other!"
Shen Yuan smiled warmly at Ayu's innocence. "Let them get used to each other."
As he spoke, he stared meaningfully at Komachiyo—its tail raised in full alert—then at Thor, whose tail wagged furiously.
Truth revealed.
"Alright, don't be jealous. You're companions now."
With that, Shen Yuan turned toward the general's mansion.
"Let's go."
Enel quickly picked up Otama, and Komachiyo followed behind.
In moments,
Shen Yuan passed Thor to Ayu, then stared thoughtfully at the mansion gates.
"I heard Oden left Ame-no-Habakiri to Momonosuke, so only Enma remains in her hands…"
Without another word, he kicked open the gates and strode inside.
The guards stepped up nervously, sweat breaking across their brows.
Could he be here to exploit Kurozumi Orochi's absence?
Before they could act, one was instantly crushed under the sheer pressure of Shen Yuan's Awakened Devil Fruit ability—Gravity Zone, his body sucked into the ground like dust.
Shen Yuan turned to the next.
"What? You want to try too?"
The guard's face turned ghost-white. "N-No, sir. Please go ahead!"
He bowed like a man greeting a deity.
"Good." Shen Yuan smirked and activated another gravitational pull.
In a blink, he sank into the shadows and disappeared into the mansion interior.
"Enel, Ayu, wait outside."
His voice echoed faintly before vanishing.
Outside, Kyoshiro arrived late. He eyed the two children suspiciously.
"Who are you? What business do you have here at the general's mansion?"
A cold glint flickered in his eyes.
"We're…" Enel began, but he didn't finish.
Instead, he glanced toward the guards flanking Kyoshiro and gave a subtle nod.
Kyoshiro understood.
He dismissed the guards with a wave, then fixed his eyes on the silver-haired youth in front of him.
"Please," Enel said. "Go to the inner hall. My master is waiting."
Kyoshiro's expression changed instantly.
The inner hall? That's where Courtesan Komurasaki—Xiao Zi—resides!
Beads of sweat formed on his brow.
"Who's your master?"
"…The Reaper."
"The… God of Death? Shen Yuan-sama?!"
Kyoshiro's face twisted with shock, then awe, then barely masked panic.
"My master has something to discuss with your family."
Enel finished calmly, speaking exactly as Shen Yuan instructed.
"I-I'm going right away!"
Kyoshiro spun and rushed toward the inner hall like a man fleeing death.
—Inner Hall—
Shen Yuan studied the woman before him.
She was breathtaking: emerald-green hair in a princess-style bun, adorned with a pink flower headdress. Her kimono shimmered with elegance, and every movement carried nobility.
"Truly… a beauty descended to the mortal world."
Komurasaki maintained her composure despite inner tension.
"What brings you here, sir?"
Shen Yuan didn't answer. Instead, he drew a sword from his waist—the Second Generation Kitetsu—and held it before her.
"Do you know who this once belonged to?"
Her eyes widened. Color drained from her face.
"W-What are you saying?"
Just then, Kyoshiro burst in, sword drawn.
"Lord Reaper! What are you doing?!"
The tension in the room spiked.
"Relax," Shen Yuan said coolly. "This sword was gifted to me by Tengu Yamabako."
He pulled out a folded creed—one he took from Sukiyaki himself.
Kyoshiro accepted it with trembling hands and read it slowly.
> 'Wait a little longer. In twenty years, a savior will come to liberate us. Please protect the Kozuki family.'
As the words registered, Kyoshiro's hostility eased. He passed the letter to Komurasaki.
She took it in silence. Her hands trembled.
It was unmistakably her grandfather's handwriting.
"So… you were entrusted by Tengu-sama?"
Shen Yuan nodded. "And I killed Kurozumi Orochi. Kaido was severely injured."
The revelation stunned them both.
"So Orochi didn't disappear… you killed him?"
Kyoshiro whispered, barely hiding his joy.
Shen Yuan's thoughts turned cold. Look at that. You're all fated to perish in Wano eventually. Might as well fuel my evolution.
Komurasaki, quiet until now, spoke up.
"Why couldn't you kill Kaido?"
Shen Yuan replied smoothly.
"I had him on the ropes. But then Charlotte Linlin—Big Mom—intervened. I had no choice but to withdraw."
Komurasaki frowned in disappointment, but seemed convinced.
"Then… why did you come here?"
JOIN MY PATREON TO READ ADVANCED 30+ CHAPTERS.
Currently at CHAPTER 105 on Patreon.
Two members on my patreon get a free book each month. A lucky draw,it can be you.
Five chapters every two days on Patreon.
One chapter everyday on webnovel.
patreon.com/FrancisMW
"I look forward to welcoming you as member"
ENJOY THE BENEFITS.