"What is this!!"
"A flying warship?"
Shimotsuki Ushimaru was greatly shocked. Was this demonic power, or had the technology of the outside sea already created Flying Battleships?
If the outside sea already had a large number of Flying Battleships, then their country-protecting waterfall would no longer provide the protection of a natural moat.
Meanwhile, Shimotsuki Ichiran looked at the life paper in his hand; it was actually pointing toward the sky.
His daughter was aboard that Flying Battleship!!
"Father!!"
"Gyumaru!"
"I'm back!"
Under the wary eyes of the Shimotsuki Family's samurai, as the Flying Battleship slowly lowered its altitude, a familiar voice drifted down.
They saw the familiar Lady Furiko appearing at the bow, waving one hand vigorously.
However, why was Lady Furiko holding a baby in her other arm?
At that moment, Shimotsuki Kozaburo and some other Shimotsuki clansmen were also cheering excitedly.
Fūgetsu Kisaburo looked at these happy Shimotsuki clansmen with a smile on his face, happy for Kozaburo and the others, but a hint of gloom flashed deep in his eyes.
He had failed to protect the clansmen and retainers of the Fūgetsu Gu Yue.
How wonderful it would have been if he could have also brought his clansmen back safely.
"Sister!!"
Shimotsuki Ushimaru shouted excitedly; as long as his sister returned safely, everything else could be ignored.
As the Flying Battleship landed, Shimotsuki Ichiran's gaze became increasingly shocked.
What a powerful sense of pressure!!
Even a swordsman of his level felt a fatal sense of threat.
And there was more than one dangerous aura!
Is this... is this the legendary aura of a king?
He hadn't expected that he would encounter the kingly aura again, something that had disappeared from Wano Country for hundreds of years.
Before the Flying Battleship had even come to a complete stop, Shimotsuki Ichiran and Shimotsuki Ushimaru saw Shimotsuki Furiko flying down.
That's right, she flew down.
"Father!"
After landing while holding her son, Shimotsuki Furiko quickly ran toward her father and brother, a glimmer of tears in her eyes.
It had been five years!
She hadn't expected to be able to return to Wano Country in this lifetime.
Originally, she, Kozaburo, and the other clansmen had been prepared to settle in the outside sea and never return.
Fortunately, she met her husband!
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back!"
Shimotsuki Ichiran's hand reached out tremblingly to touch his daughter's hair.
He only had one daughter and one son in his life, and he doted on his daughter no less than his son.
"Sister, this is?"
Shimotsuki Ushimaru's eyes widened as he looked at the black-haired baby in Shimotsuki Furiko's arms. Could this be... "This is my son, Kogetsu Ryuma."
"My husband is on the ship."
Shimotsuki Furiko's eyes held a motherly affection, and she also needed to quickly introduce Fang Huo to her father and brother.
"Sister's son? I've become an uncle?"
Shimotsuki Ushimaru smiled excitedly, his eyes filled with a sense of kinship for this baby that was thicker than water.
"Guyue?"
"Ryuma?"
Shimotsuki Ichiran learned his son-in-law's surname and also understood his daughter's expectations for this grandson.
To actually have the same name as the ancestor Ryuma.
And Guyue?
Could it be that, like the Amatsuki Family, it was a great Gu Yue that had drifted to the outside sea?
"My husband is the Emperor of the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire. Their power is stronger than Wano Country's, many times stronger."
Shimotsuki Furiko quickly gave a brief introduction of Fang Huo, not wanting any conflict to arise between her father and Fang Huo.
"I understand!"
Shimotsuki Ichiran's gaze sharpened, instantly understanding his daughter's meaning.
When he saw this magnificent Flying Battleship, he had already had some suspicions.
"I didn't expect sister's son to be a prince? Doesn't that mean he's as noble as the Shogun's son?"
"Sister, are you a Queen?"
Shimotsuki Ushimaru hadn't expected his sister to have married the king of a kingdom.
"He is an Imperial Prince, more noble than the son of the Shogun of Wano Country."
Shimotsuki Furiko's eyes held a hint of pride; she didn't believe the Kozuki Family could compare to the Guyue Gu Yue.
Just then, Fang Huo and the others also landed one after another at the Ringo District port.
Even Fūgetsu Kisaburo and Shimotsuki Kozaburo stood obediently behind Fang Huo, wearing the serious expressions of retainers.
Lady Furiko could be willful, but they had to strictly observe the etiquette of retainers.
"Their strength is just so-so..."
The small giant-like Charlotte Linlin didn't have that much etiquette or many thoughts; she only cared about the strength of these samurai.
She was considering how much time it would take her to take down this country of samurai if a fight broke out.
From the look of it now, a regional Daimyo was just like this.
Then the Daimyos of other places should be about the same.
No wonder Kisaburo was already one of the strongest samurai in Wano Country.
Charlotte Linlin's dismissive tone instantly caused those Shimotsuki retainers, who were obsessed with samurai honor, to show angry eyes.
"It seems they're still not convinced?"
Charlotte Linlin smiled casually and directly erupted with Conqueror's Haki. Only those who could withstand Conqueror's Haki were qualified to continue standing and talking.
If there were an opponent who caught her eye, she would definitely give them a Rocks-style [King's Greeting].
Unfortunately, there was no opponent here worth her moving a finger for.
"Linlin!"
Fang Huo spoke indifferently, instantly making Charlotte Linlin retract her Conqueror's Haki and stand obediently to the side.
"The aura of a king!!"
Shimotsuki Ichiran hadn't expected this small giant to actually be a ruler!!
And this female ruler was actually so obedient.
Shimotsuki Ushimaru broke out in a cold sweat from Charlotte Linlin's Conqueror's Haki.
As for those Shimotsuki samurai, at least half of them had collapsed.
"I'm sorry, that was rude."
Fang Huo stepped forward to express his apologies, though he had intentionally let Linlin give the Shimotsuki Family a show of force.
After all, such a show of force couldn't be done by himself, the son-in-law and brother-in-law.
But to avoid any unnecessary conflict or melodramatic plots, demonstrating military might was very necessary.
If this father-in-law had any objections, he could go talk to my Steel Balloon.
"It's fine! A king should have a king's pride!"
Shimotsuki Ichiran smiled slightly; he didn't dare to show any attitude or make trouble. His intuition told him that this small giant could kill all of them.
"Father, my husband is a very good person, there's no need to be nervous."
"Fang Huo, my father is also an easygoing person."
Shimotsuki Furiko hurriedly smoothed over the atmosphere and introduced both sides.
After the introductions were finished.
"Father-in-law, brother-in-law, these are gifts I've brought for you."
Fang Huo summoned a small seven-colored gate and took out two alloy great grade blades.
The hardness and quality of these two great grade blades were not much inferior to the supreme grade meito: murakumo cutter.
Right now, they were just lacking a bit of fame.
One should know that even Fūgetsu Kisaburo's gokudō kaisen had not yet entered the ranks of supreme grade blades.
After all, the current registry of famous weapons on the sea had not been updated.
"This one is called Frostmourne, and this one is called firejoy!"
Fang Huo gave a bluish-white alloy great grade blade and a fiery-red alloy great grade blade to Shimotsuki Ichiran and Shimotsuki Ushimaru.
"What powerful swords!"
Shimotsuki Ushimaru excitedly accepted the two fine swords. This emperor brother-in-law was generous enough.
His first gift was two fine swords no less than gokudō kaisen and Wado Ichimonji.
"Frostmourne? firejoy?"
Shimotsuki Ichiran pondered the names. Frostmourne fit the style of the Shimotsuki Family well enough, but wasn't the name firejoy a bit too ordinary?
With this fiery-red blade, it would be better called Flame's Cinder... but since it was a gift from his son-in-law, it wouldn't be right for him to change the name.