The maids of the Shimotsuki family were all in high spirits; their young mistress had successfully given birth to a baby boy.
Shimotsuki Furiko's strength was also quite impressive, so giving birth was not a very heavy burden for her.
At this moment, she was holding her newborn child with maternal love.
"Thank you for your hard work, Furiko."
Fang Huo walked tenderly toward his woman, sitting on the edge of the bed and gently pulling Furiko into his arms.
Shimotsuki Furiko leaned naturally against Fang Huo's shoulder.
"Husband, please choose a name for our child."
Shimotsuki Furiko was full of expectations for this child. In fact, she had thought of names for him herself, such as Arashi or Kenmaru.
However, coming from a prestigious family, Furiko knew that the name should still be chosen by the father.
"How about Zoro?"
"No, let's just call him Ryuma, the same name as your ancestor."
"I hope he can become a legendary Great Swordsman just like Ryuma!"
Fang Huo looked at his black-haired son and felt that he didn't match the green-haired Zoro, so it was better not to use the name of the Three-Sword Style Zoro or the lost-at-every-turn Zoro.
It just so happened that Wano Country had a strange custom of 'paying tribute to elders by naming one's offspring after them.'
Fang Huo remembered that in Naruto, Uchiha Fugaku gave his son the name Uchiha Sasuke to pay tribute to Sarutobi Sasuke, the father of Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Actually, Fang Huo didn't understand this strange custom at first.
Turning someone else's father into your own son—is that really respect?
In the Dragon Country, this would be considered an insult.
The Sakura Country might have been influenced by Europa.
After all, royalty and nobility in Europa had the custom of using ancestral names.
When you hear titles and names like 'the so-and-so the something-th' for kings of those European countries, it means the king has the exact same name as an ancestor.
The Queen of England was Elizabeth II, and there was also Empress Catherine II of Tsarist Russia... like in Game of Thrones, from Aegon I to Aegon V, five generations of kings were named Aegon Targaryen.
---
"Name him after Ancestor Ryuma?"
Shimotsuki Furiko hesitated for a moment. One must know that Shimotsuki Ryuma was a legendary hero in Wano Country.
Shimotsuki Ryuma's sword, the black blade shusui, was even revered as a national treasure by Wano Country.
Currently, Shimotsuki Ryuma's grave is in the Northern Cemetery of the Ringo Region in Wano Country, receiving devout worship from samurai and swordsmen across the country every year.
"If that doesn't work, how about Shuanglong or Shuanglong?"
"These names include your surname."
Fang Huo felt that the name Shuanglong sounded a bit like Zoro and was quite catchy.
"..."
"Let's go with Husband's idea!"
"I believe Ancestor Ryuma will understand our expectations for the child."
"Our child shall be named Kogetsu Ryuma!"
Shimotsuki Furiko pursed her lips; she was very happy that Fang Huo could take her feelings and opinions into account.
But she was a very traditional Wano Country woman, and she knew that after marriage, she must follow her husband's will.
Since Fang Huo intended to name their son after Ancestor Ryuma, he must have great expectations for this son.
Therefore, she could not go against her husband's thoughts just for the sake of her own slight worry.
"Ryuma, you must not fail your father's expectations~"
Shimotsuki Furiko looked down at her son, her eyes filled with affection and hope.
In the future, she would cultivate her son Kogetsu Ryuma into a legendary Great Swordsman like Ancestor Shimotsuki Ryuma, without relaxing for a single moment.
Meanwhile, Fang Huo had already planned to seize Wano Country's national treasure, the black blade shusui, for his son to use in the future.
In any case, leaving Shimotsuki Ryuma's black blade shusui in the Northern Cemetery was a waste.
However, it had to be said that the black blade shusui was truly powerful, not having rusted or decayed for several hundred years.
It seemed that a famous blade 'pickled'—no, nurtured by Armament Haki into a black blade—could be passed down for a thousand or even ten thousand years.
In fact, legend has it that Shimotsuki Ryuma's sword was initially just an ordinary long sword.
The black blade shusui was tempered into a black blade through his experiences in thousands of battles, making it full of legendary color.
The black blade shusui, nurtured by Shimotsuki Ryuma with Armament Haki, remained firm even after centuries.
The Conquerors Haki Knot left by Joy Boy for the robot emitt had an even longer shelf life of over eight hundred years.
The Haki of this world was truly an inexplicable and idealistic power!
Just like Devil Fruit abilities, it wasn't 'natural' at all.
If top-tier Devil Fruit abilities like the Love-Love Fruit and the Time-Time Fruit won't be undone even if the user dies—such as the petrification or time-traveling abilities—
Then the highest levels of Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki, even if the original user dies, can still be passed down in forms like the Conquerors Haki Knot and black blades.
Perhaps the Divination Orb of Fish-Man Island is also some kind of inherited object of top-tier Observation Haki.
Vegapunk said that Devil Fruits are unnatural products, cursed by Mother Nature, the Sea.
Then the Three Types of Haki are also somewhat unscientific and unnatural.
Perhaps Haki emerged specifically to deal with Devil Fruit abilities as the times required.
---
After Stussy and Shimotsuki Furiko gave birth in the Lost World, they took a brief rest and returned together to the imperial capital of the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire to recuperate.
Upon learning of the birth of Fang Huo's two sons, Charlotte Linlin immediately rushed from the front line of expanding Totto Land's territory to Egghead Island, leaving behind a large number of Homies legions to guard the new territory.
When Rocks and the other Cadres found out, they each brought gifts and excitedly rushed to Egghead Island to celebrate the birth of the first batch of the second generation.
"Fang Huo! I'm back!"
"Where are my children!!"
Charlotte Linlin, riding on Thunder Cloud Zeus, excitedly rushed into the palace of the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire.
In her eyes, Fang Huo's children were her children. From now on, she, Stussy, and Shimotsuki Furiko were all one family, striving together for the family's prosperity.
"Fang Huo, I struck it rich this time! I scoured the local bullies of over a dozen islands and snatched four Devil Fruits!!"
Charlotte Linlin laughed excitedly. After she saw the infants in the arms of Stussy and Shimotsuki Furiko, she immediately threw the Devil Fruits to Fang Huo for safekeeping.
Looking at the two infants, Charlotte Linlin instantly transformed into a maternal woman, her eyes full of stars. She wanted to hold the babies, yet she looked cautious, fearing she might hurt them.
Fang Huo knew that Linlin actually loved children very much; otherwise, she wouldn't have enjoyed giving birth so much.
In the original timeline, during her period of amnesia in Wano Country, she was very friendly to Tama and even dealt a critical blow to Ulti of the Tobi Roppo under the command of her ally Beast Kaido for Tama's sake.
The Four Emperors Big Mom might have been influenced by Sister Carmelo's soul, which caused her to become increasingly tyrannical later on, even performing the heartless operation of plundering her sons' soul lifespans.
Fang Huo took the Devil Fruits thrown by Charlotte Linlin. After looking at their shapes and patterns, he quickly identified the Devil Fruit abilities.
After all, like Rocks and Blackbeard Teach, Fang Huo had already memorized the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia by heart.
As long as it wasn't some completely unknown Devil Fruit,
they could basically recognize any Devil Fruit from the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia at a glance.
"To think it's these four abilities..."