Shimotsuki Ushimaru, wielding Frostmourne and firejoy, battled Kozuki Oden, who held enma and Ama no Habakiri.
Shimotsuki Ushimaru possessed the demeanor of the Dragon-Slaying Great Swordsman Shimotsuki Ryuma and was gifted with powerful swordsmanship talent.
But Kozuki Oden was also a freakish talent!
Born with monstrous strength, he had also awakened Conqueror's Haki, and his swordsmanship talent was equally incredible.
At only ten years old, Kozuki Oden could already fight back and forth with Shimotsuki Ushimaru.
He was truly worthy of being the Kozuki genius who, at eighteen, would instantly kill the Mountain God Giant Boar and subjugate the chaotic Kuri District.
Even now, he displayed formidable talent and strength!
Meanwhile, in a war-torn kingdom on the Grand Line, Kaido, who was the same age as Kozuki Oden, had become the kingdom's strongest warrior at the age of ten.
Kaido, an orphan, did not have a father to prepare two famous swords for him like Kozuki Oden did, nor did he have a sparring partner like Shimotsuki Ushimaru.
He survived through battle after battle, enduring and growing stronger amidst real slaughter.
—"Gyumaru! When exactly is that brother-in-law of yours coming to Wano Country?"
"Fighting you is getting more and more boring!"
Kozuki Oden shouted and yelled, very dissatisfied that Shimotsuki Ushimaru wasn't giving his all.
He needed more intense, more lethal combat.
"..."
Shimotsuki Ushimaru was already accustomed to Kozuki Oden calling him directly by his name; after all, this guy would even curse at General Kozuki, call Kozuki Sukiyaki by his full name, or even call him an old geezer.
Looking at this bratty child with a terrible personality, if Kozuki Oden hadn't been the General's son, Shimotsuki Ushimaru would have really wanted to give him a proper lesson!
"Lord Oden, I also don't know when my brother-in-law will arrive."
Shimotsuki Ushimaru likewise didn't want to fight a little brat like Kozuki Oden; he also longed for stronger opponents.
He had heard from his sister that brother-in-law Fang Huo was very strong, but that Fang Huo also had many even more powerful partners.
Among them, Captain Rocks, who was stronger than brother-in-law Fang Huo, enjoyed teaching bratty children a lesson.
He wondered if he would have a chance to see that even stronger Rocks the next time brother-in-law Fang Huo came.
Perhaps he could even let Captain Rocks give this bratty child Kozuki Oden a proper lesson.
"Tch! They probably stood you guys up!"
Kozuki Oden was a bit angry; he had sent the Sorcery Fruit long ago, yet he had been made to wait in vain for so long.
Just as the two were continuing their sparring...
A samurai rushed over in a hurry.
"Young Master Gyumaru! Lord Oden! The Daimyo says a massive Flying Fleet is sailing into Wano Country!"
"The Daimyo also said that Miss Furiko notified him that it is Lord Fang Huo's Flying Fleet that has arrived."
The samurai spoke excitedly; when Miss Furiko returned last time, she had left some transponder snail in Shimotsuki Castle.
Fūgetsu Kisaburō and Shimotsuki Kōzaburō had likewise left transponder snail in Kibi, Hakumai, and Udon.
This allowed Wano Country to learn some news from the Outer Seas.
The news of Ugetsu Ten'shura establishing the Ugetsu Kingdom in the Outer Seas had already spread like wildfire through Wano Country.
It was heard that Daimyo Ten'aira had already put the Udon Sea Stone mine into full operation, simply wanting to provide more Sea Stone cargo for Fang Huo next time.
Now, undercurrents were surging among the samurai of all Wano Country, each one longing to go to sea and make a name for themselves.
Kozuki Sukiyaki was already becoming unable to suppress the strong men within the country who wanted to go to sea.
"Really?"
Kozuki Oden immediately left Shimotsuki Ushimaru behind and ran straight to Shimotsuki Ichiran.
The opportunity to go to sea that he had been waiting for had finally come!!
Shimotsuki Ushimaru also immediately sheathed his swords and rushed over.
In the Daimyo's Administrative Hall of Shimotsuki Castle.
Shimotsuki Ichiran received transponder snail calls from the Daimyo of Udon and the Daimyo of Hakumai.
These two Daimyos described the massive Flying Fleet opposite Onigashima in the Udon District and Hakumai District with an extremely exaggerated and terrified tone.
If Shimotsuki Ichiran hadn't received Furiko's notification in advance, this Flying Fleet might have been able to completely destroy Wano Country.
When he learned that Fang Huo's Flying Fleet this time brought three or four hundred of the Giant Race, as well as some experts famous in the Outer Seas,
He also felt a bit panicked in his heart.
He feared that a battle would erupt between Wano Country and this nation-destroying fleet.
"Old man Shimotsuki, where are those outsiders now?"
Kozuki Oden kicked open the doors of the Daimyo's Administrative Hall and began shouting and yelling very rudely.
Shimotsuki Ichiran felt somewhat helpless toward this bratty child; he really wanted to properly teach this son of the General some manners!
"Lord Oden! The outsiders coming this time are very dangerous!"
"Among them are monsters even more powerful than my son-in-law."
"And their tempers are extremely fiery!"
"I hope you don't provoke them."
"Otherwise, you really will die!"
"Even Wano Country and General Sukiyaki won't be able to protect you."
Shimotsuki Ichiran earnestly advised the bratty child Kozuki Oden.
He really didn't want the only son of the Kozuki Family to die inexplicably in some reckless mischief.
"Really?"
"That's even better!"
Instead of being afraid, Kozuki Oden became incredibly excited.
Being strong is good! Having a fiery temper is even better!
He was just thinking about sparring with experts from the Outer Seas.
The strong men of Wano Country didn't dare to fight him with their full power.
He was already tired of these boring and dull battles!
He needed passionate combat!
"Oden! This is no joke! Be more serious! Otherwise, I will have to forcibly send you back to the Flower Capital!"
Shimotsuki Ichiran had a bit of a headache; according to Furiko, Fang Huo's Captain, Rocks, was an incredibly powerful, peerless monster.
He was the world's strongest pirate who had even killed a Marine Admiral, and he had a very fiery temper!
Even if a child provoked him, he would strike mercilessly.
"Alright, alright!"
Kozuki Oden immediately agreed obediently, but deep in his eyes, he was already filled with restless thoughts.
At this time in the Flower Capital, Kozuki Sukiyaki also received an urgent report from his subordinates.
A Flying Fleet of a massive scale, far exceeding imagination, had entered Wano Country's inner sea?
Kozuki Sukiyaki was immediately thrown into a great panic!
He had a terrifying intuition that the secret of the pluto battleship had been exposed!!
Could it be that the pluto battleship and the red poneglyph guarded by their Kozuki Family were really going to be lost in his hands!!
Kozuki Sukiyaki slumped in his seat, simply not knowing how to deal with these powerful enemies.
—Meanwhile, in the skies above Onigashima.
The Rocks Pirates and the group of giants saw that Onigashima looked just like a massive Ancient Giant's skull.
"Fang Huo!! Is this island really the head of an Ancient Giant!!"
Even Rocks and Harald were incredibly shocked; could there really be such a massive race in this world!
Could that towering longsword in Elbaf be the weapon of this massive Ancient Giant?
And what kind of enemy could kill a towering giant of this level?
"I'm not too sure either, but I know that Zunesha's height and length both exceed ten thousand meters."
"I don't know if any Ancient Giants reached the ten-thousand-meter level."
"We can just go down and check it out."
Fang Huo really didn't know if this was a building or a real biological skull; it required a field investigation.
If it really were a biological skull, that would be incredible.
"Jiehahaha! Truly worthy of the place where the pluto battleship is hidden; it actually possesses such a spectacle!"
Golden Lion Shiki flew toward the huge twin horns of the Onigashima skull.
The shape indeed looked like the skull of an Ancient Giant!
"Is the pluto battleship right under this inner sea!"
Rocks looked at the ocean excitedly, wishing he could jump down immediately to search for the pluto battleship.
The pluto battleship, one of the Three Ancient Weapons, would be the weapon of their Rocks Pirates from now on!
Imu has Uranus, and he also has Pluton!
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