The Mara remnants evolved again inside Kozuki Oden, proving that Kozuki Oden had reached a new level.
Basically, it's on a two-month cycle. The first 'two months' gave him the ability to gain power by being admired, and the second 'two months' allowed him to summon a dark army from the shadows of the dead. Maybe he will gain other abilities later.
The strength of those dark soldiers depends on the strength of the body when it was alive. In other words, the stronger the person's body, the stronger the dark soldier formed from their shadow. Also, these shadows can travel directly through the shadows. Overall, this is a pretty good ability.
Thinking like this, the Mara remnant might not be worse than the Mara seed. Although it doesn't directly give you a powerful fighter, it can be slowly grown.
If these abilities still exist after taking the Mara remnant out of Kozuki Oden's body, then Genichi would call it a killing move.
Kozuki Oden is a good experimental subject, and Genichi plans to continue observing.
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On the other side, Himura Kenshin walked into a deep mountain and said softly, "Sword, please take me back."
The next moment, a white cloud quickly descended from the sky. The front of the cloud had a human-like face. It was the 'Happy Friend' created by Makima using the Soul-Soul Fruit.
She implanted her soul into the cloud, creating a 'sky island' in the sky. This is why Kozuki Oden and the others searched for more than four months in Wano Country but were never able to find Kenshin.
Kenshin is not on the land of Wano Country at all, so no matter how hard they try, they will not be able to find him.
After the white cloud came down, Kenshin sat on it. Soon, the cloud quickly rose, taking him to a white cloud in the sky.
This cloud group is not very big, only a few hundred meters across, so you can directly see all the scenery on the cloud.
It's not just him and his master Hiko Seijuro on the cloud. On the contrary, there are many people on it!
They seem to be having a party, and the scene is peaceful, completely different from the hellish world below.
"Kenshin!"
As soon as he came up, he saw someone in the crowd calling out to him. Kenshin quickly ran over and said, "Uncle Roger, come and try the wine from Wano Country."
Roger?
That's right, it's Roger!
Roger was guided by Genichi to this white cloud shortly after arriving in Wano Country. Otherwise, with his strength, it's very likely that Kozuki Oden wouldn't be able to grow.
Hiko Seijuro...
Was even played by Genichi himself!
Of course, he definitely didn't use his original appearance, but used Aatrox's flesh magic to slightly reshape himself. He is now taller and stronger than before, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, looking more aggressive than his original body. However, his expression is tired, making him look a little lazy.
He is currently wearing a white cloak and sitting in front of Roger.
None of the character cards he currently has are suitable for playing Hiko Seijuro.
So he will do it. Anyway, he has all the skills that Kenshin has, and he is even stronger!
He can get one percent of the benefits from each character card. The previous character cards worth tens of thousands or millions were actually okay. Adding them up only made him a decent strong person. However, with Aatrox's arrival, he suddenly became rich.
Although it's only one percent of Aatrox's strength, it made him a lot stronger all at once. Not to mention the abilities of the various character cards. Combined with the portable pyramid, he is now even stronger than Roger.
Roger stayed here because he sensed that this Hiko Seijuro was very strong, abnormally strong.
One reason is that he really wanted to get to know a master like Hiko Seijuro, and the second is that he wanted to find out about these two people.
After he arrived in Wano Country, he conducted an investigation outside for a while and then 'accidentally' discovered this 'sky island', so he stayed here, only occasionally going down to continue the investigation.
Therefore, An had no clues when looking for Roger during that time.
"I told you, I can bring back the wine quickly with my ability."
Seeing Kenshin's arrival, Mumei couldn't help but say.
"Guests are guests, there's no reason to let them move." Hiko said slowly, "And Kenshin, you must have encountered some things on this trip back, right?"
Indeed, they all smelled a bloody scent on Kenshin.
Kenshin put the wine gourd in front of him, sat on the cloud, nodded, and said slowly, "Uncle Roger was right about us being wanted in Wano Country. I just went to buy wine and encountered dozens of people who wanted to kill me."
"So, you killed them all?" Hiko glanced at him.
Kenshin's eyes were on the cloud, not looking at Hiko. He said slowly, "If I let them keep following me, this place would be exposed."
"An excuse." Hiko said calmly, "The reason you are wanted is because of your killing heart. You wanted to kill Kozuki Oden but couldn't, which is why you have this situation today."
"I..." Kenshin wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Roger, "Okay, okay, such a happy time drinking wine, Brother Hiko, don't talk about these things."
"The stronger a person is, the easier they are to be used, because things that are easy for us to do can affect the operation of a country." Hiko shook his head and said, "I don't know if you have the same feeling, Roger?"
"Me?" Roger was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, "I never think about these things, I only do what I want to do! If it's something I want to do, then even if I'm used by others, I don't care."
Hiko picked up the wine gourd, opened the stopper, and poured a lot into Roger's bowl, then poured some for himself.
He drank it all in one gulp. The strong wine went down his throat, and he said slowly, "Being able to do what you want to do is truly an enviable state."
Roger also picked up the bowl filled with wine and drank it all in one gulp as well.
"If you really feel regret after doing it, then change it again in the direction you want. That's my way of doing things."
"For example... Right now, Brother Hiko, aren't you thinking about making this country below return to normal?"
He noticed that Kenshin's eyes lit up when he said this, but Hiko shook his head and said,
"Many things in this world should not be changed or pushed by someone's will. Letting things develop naturally is in accordance with the will of heaven."
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