One Piece: World Conquest Begins with Creating a Little Empress

On the contrary, it was a boy and a girl who looked no more than eight or nine years old who stood out the most.

Among the outstanding young men and women, the boy with short green hair stood in the center of the dojo, wielding two wooden swords and swinging them with a whooshing sound.

The boy seemed tireless, diligently practicing his self-created ultimate technique, the Two-Sword Style, which was derived from the basic sword moves personally taught by Shimotsuki Kozaburo!

Although the boy looks to be only eight or nine years old, he possesses physical strength that most adults can only dream of, as well as an indomitable spirit and perseverance.

Regardless of the boy's actual talent...

This rare spirit alone is enough to determine that the young man's future achievements will be extraordinary...

The boy's name is Roronoa Zoro...

His grandmother's name was Shimotsuki Shizuko. Like Shimotsuki Kozaburo, she was a member of the Shimotsuki family who fled from Wano Country!

It is precisely because of Zoro's relationship with the Shimotsuki family that he has been continuously taken care of by Shimotsuki Kozaburo and his son Koshiro.

As for the girl who was just as eye-catching as Zoro, she had short, light blue hair and sharp yet tender eyes. She held a wooden sword in both hands and, in coordination with her footwork, wielded the sword techniques she had learned from Shimotsuki Koshiro with meticulous precision and without the slightest mistake!

At this moment, the girl was so focused that her whole body glistened with the fine beads of sweat on her forehead, shining in the morning sunlight streaming through the window! The girl's name was Kuina, full name Shimotsuki Kuina, and she was the biological daughter of Shimotsuki Koshiro!

Logically, Koushirou should be proud of his child's extraordinary swordsmanship talent! However, he felt no joy whatsoever, simply because his child was a girl, not a boy! In Koushirou's understanding, girls are naturally weaker than boys—a physical limitation that cannot be changed! Furthermore, girls menstruate, and childbirth would interfere with their training! Therefore, Koushirou was certain that no matter how hard his daughter, Kuina, trained, she would never become a true great swordsman…

At least, at this moment, Koushirou was absolutely certain...

"Buzz!"

Just as the swordsmanship apprentices inside the dojo were practicing desperately!

Accompanied by the booming sound of a steam horn...

Char and the others have already docked at the pier in Shimotsuki Village.

"Master! Master Koushirou..."

"A lot of people have come outside! They look like people from the World Government..."

Just as Koushirou's expression shifted slightly at the sound of the steam whistle in his ear.

One of Koushirou's apprentices, looking extremely anxious, rushed into the dojo. He looked at Koushirou, their swordsmanship teacher, who was standing in the dojo, and shouted in a panic.

"People from the World Government? What are they doing in our little village?"

"Could they be here to collect this year's 'heavenly gold'? But they shouldn't be targeting us! We're just a village, not some powerful nation..."

Upon hearing this, Koushirou looked somewhat puzzled. He seemed unable to comprehend the purpose of the World Government's warships arriving in Shimotsuki Village. Logically speaking, Shimotsuki Village had always been a barren place, and there really shouldn't be anything that the government would be interested in.

Yes, in Koushirou's eyes, the World Government is even more thuggish than robbers...

At least when Koushirou faces bandits and pirates, he can simply swing his sword and repel them! But when facing the World Government, Koushirou's sword is not enough!

The most disgusting thing is that the government, under the guise of protecting them, forces them to pay protection money, but even after they actually pay the protection money, no government officials come to protect them when they need help the most, when pirates invade their villages...

Just as Koushirou was filled with doubt...

"Pap tap tap tap..."

Accompanied by a series of footsteps, CP0 members dressed in white suits first violently and rudely pushed open the door of the Isshin Dojo!

Then, led by Char, Char's wives and children, under the protection of CP0 and the Navy on both sides, arrived at the Isshin Dojo.

"This is the Shimotsuki Dojo?!"

Char stood in the Isshin Dojo, yawning listlessly. He glanced at Shimotsuki Koushirou, who was holding a Wado Ichimonji and watching him warily, and asked, "Are you the master of the Isshin Dojo? What's your name?"

"My name is Shimotsuki Koshiro! May I ask what brings you here?"

After Xia spoke, Koushirou answered without hesitation.

"How dare you! Facing the Commander-in-Chief of the World Government's Army, Navy, and Air Force! One of the highest authorities in the World Government! A descendant of the original twenty, a descendant of the Great Creator! His Highness His Highness His Highness His Highness His Highness His Highness His Highness His Highness His Highness His Highness His Highness His Highness, the current head of the His Highness His Highness His Highness! You lowly wretch, you should immediately kneel down and pay your respects to His Highness His Highness His Highness His Highness..."

Before Char could speak, the CP0 members around him were already angrily berating Koushirou.

"Forehead……"

Upon hearing this, Koushirou's eye twitched slightly.

"Still not kneeling down!"

Before Koushirou could think any further...

The CP0 member who was originally guarding Char's side suddenly appeared behind Koushirou in the blink of an eye and kicked him hard in the back of the knee.

"Pfft!"

Then, with a soft sound, Koushirou, who was still in a daze, knelt down in front of Xia and the others.

"Master! Are you alright?"

"Father! Are you alright?!"

As Koushirou was instantly subdued by CP0...

The students at the Isshin Dojo were in an uproar!

They stared with bloodshot eyes at Koushirou, who had been knocked to the ground by Char's CP0 and looked utterly disheveled and undignified, and called out to him with anxious concern.

"I'm fine! Don't come any closer..."

To this, Koushirou immediately shook his head.

"Accept!"

Unfortunately, Koushirou's words came a step too late!

The boy with the green seaweed-like hair rushed out of the dojo, brandishing two wooden swords and slashing at the CP0 in front of him.

"Um?!"

CP0 was startled by the sudden attack from the green-haired boy. Since becoming CP0, no one had dared to attack him for a long time! The sight of this green-haired boy, a young Zoro, attacking CP0 reminded CP0 of the past.

then……

"Oh!"

With a soft sound...

The CP0 member who was ambushed by Zoro simply severed the two wooden swords in Zoro's hands with a single chop. Then, to Zoro's incredulous gaze, he grabbed Zoro's slender neck with one hand and asked in a low, hoarse voice, "Ambush a Celestial Dragon is a serious crime! Do you want to die here, brat!"

"Forehead……"

Under CP0's slightly forceful fingertips, Zoro's eyes began to roll back, and it seemed that in less than half a minute, Zoro would be strangled to death on the spot.

"Let Zoro go!"

The swordsmanship apprentices in the dojo were all dumbfounded. Just as Koushirou hesitated, unsure whether to make a move, Kuina, who had been observing everything from the dojo, suddenly appeared in front of the CP0 who had Zoro locked in a single hand around his throat. With a gliding step, she drew the gleaming Wado Ichimonji from the kneeling Koushirou's waist and slashed it directly at the CP0 in front of her.

"Ding!"

Faced with Kuina's honed swordsmanship...

The CP0 calmly extended a finger and easily blocked it.

"It's a lie..."

Kuina stared at the legendary sword Wado Ichimonji in her hand, a sword powerful enough to cut through steel bars and slice through iron like mud, only to have it blocked by a single finger from this strange masked man before her. Her pupils contracted slightly, and she was deeply shocked.

"Little girl, I must say your courage is indeed commendable! It's a pity you failed to recognize the enormous gap in strength between us! So, unfortunately, you and this green-haired brat are both going to die here. Don't hate me; blame yourself for being weaker than me! That's the nature of this world: the strong prey on the weak..."

Of course, in order to praise Kuina's courage, this CP0 member decided to snap the neck of the green-haired boy in his hand the moment he shot Kuina in the forehead, so that the two childhood sweethearts could go to the underworld together.

"boom!!"

And it was precisely at the moment when this CP0 officer was about to strike...

A bolt of black lightning ripped across the sky.

Xia, who hadn't spoken until now, suddenly said, "Alright! Let's stop here! These two brats are quite interesting, so let's spare their lives!"

"Yes, Your Highness..."

Upon hearing this, CP0 immediately turned around and bowed slightly in Char's direction.

Then he opened the man's left hand, which was tightly gripping Zoro's neck!

"Pfft..."

With a soft thud, Zoro fell straight down from the sky and landed on the ground.

At this moment, Zoro had completely lost consciousness under the strong, hard, and steel-like fingers of this CP0 member, and could no longer open his eyes.

"Zoron..."

The moment Zoro fell, Kuina immediately rushed over and carefully examined his injuries! She breathed a slight sigh of relief after confirming that Zoro was only unconscious and still breathing! However, Kuina's eyes were filled with anger and hatred as she looked at CP0 in front of her and Char standing behind them.

But then again, anyone would feel incredibly angry if a stranger inexplicably came to their home and bullied their father and childhood sweetheart, right?

"May I have your name?!"

Char looked at Kuina and asked a question he already knew the answer to.

"Guina! Frost Moon Guina!"

Upon hearing this, Guina raised her neck and said in a deep voice.

"Shimotsuki Kuina? What a beautiful name..."

"You and the green-haired boy lying in your arms right now are both quite interesting."