One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Xiao Ren whispered excitedly.

Kyoshiro was also somewhat unable to contain his emotions, muttering the prophecy that had been circulating among the samurai of Wano Country over the years, from the invincible lord he had followed, Kozuki Oden.

"In the darkest night, the moon shines like a beautiful woman; I hold fast to my imperfections and await the dawn. After twenty years of longing for its clear light, the nine shadows of the sun finally appear as it rises in the east."

"On the day when nine shadows fall from the sky, the moon and light will return, and the Land of Wano will usher in a time of light."

Whether it was a coincidence or a true prophecy, as Kyoshiro recited Oden's prophecy, a bright full moon broke through the dark clouds in the dim sky above, casting its bright light on the top of Mount Oden and on the grave mound in front of the two, illuminating the wooden planks stuck in it.

Abruptly, the light above the ruins in front of Shinobu and Kyoshiro began to fluctuate strangely.

The cool moonlight seemed to transform into strings, gradually outlining four figures—three large and one small—with a strange rhythm.

As the four figures gradually emerged from the hazy light and shadow, Shinobu and Kyoshiro's eyes widened, revealing excitement, their eyes reddening, and even tears welling up.

"Kin'emon! Kanjuro! Kikunojo! Lord Momonosuke! We've finally waited for you!" Shinobu cried out, her voice choked with emotion.

"Mother! Where are you? Sister, Father!"

A child's innocent cry, tinged with sobs, came from among the four figures.

"Lord Momonosuke, please be strong and do not speak loudly, lest you attract the attention of that villain Kaido."

Kin'emon rushed to Momonosuke's side and nervously gestured for him to be quiet.

At this moment, the four people who appeared on the ruins also saw Shinobu and Kyoshiro standing in front of them. They all instinctively drew their weapons and prepared for battle.

"Damn it! I never expected that after twenty years, we'd run into an ambush the moment we arrived here! Hey! Who are you two? Are you Kaido's subordinates, or that beast Orochi's subordinates?"

Kin'emon drew his long sword from his waist and pointed it directly at Shinobu and Kyoshiro, who were trying to approach.

Shinobu and Kyoshiro were stunned. Shinobu patted her chest and said urgently, "Kin'emon, it's me, Shinobu."

She then pointed to Kyoshiro beside her, "He is Denjiro."

"Shinobu? Denjiro?" Kin'emon, Kikunojo, Kanjuro, and Momonosuke all tilted their heads and looked at Shinobu and Denjiro.

Kin'emon's gaze fell on Shinobu's heavily made-up, plump, round face and her short, stout body, which resembled a Michelin tire. He shook his head and sneered, "Don't try to deceive me! How could you, this fat, ugly woman, be Shinobu? And this guy, with his crooked mouth and slanted eyes, has absolutely no resemblance to that brat Denjiro. If you don't tell the truth, then don't blame me for being ruthless. For the safety of Lord Momonosuke, our information must not be leaked!"

"That's really hurtful, Kin'emon! I really am Shinobu. It's just that I'm getting old and my figure has changed. Compared to you guys who were sent twenty years into the future by Toki-sama, we've actually lived here for twenty years." Shinobu was furious, glaring at Kin'emon with her eyebrows raised.

“Shinobu is right, I really am Denjiro.” Kyoshiro smiled bitterly. “However, in the past twenty years, in order to get close to Orochi and Kaido and infiltrate the enemy to steal information, I used the alias Kyoshiro and tried my best to disguise myself, which led to this appearance.”

"Is this true?" Kin'emon carefully observed the expressions of the two men and found that they did not seem to be faking it. Moreover, the two men felt very familiar to him. Although their appearances had changed drastically, he could still vaguely see some of their features from back then.

"Absolutely true!" Shinobu and Kyoshiro were a little anxious, unsure of how to prove their identities.

They also knew that Kin'emon was being so cautious because he cared about Momonosuke's safety, and they cared about it just as much.

Kin'emon was at a loss for what to do, so he could only look to Momonosuke.

"Lord Momonosuke, what is your assessment?"

Without seeing his mother, Amatsuki Toki, and his younger sister, Hiyori Kozuki, Momonosuke's eyes welled up with tears, and his lips trembled.

Hearing Kin'emon's question, he raised his head and looked at Shinobu's chest. "If you are indeed Shinobu, you should have a familiar aura on you. Just hold me in your arms and let me sense it carefully, and I will be able to recognize you."

Xiao Ren's eyes lit up with joy.

"Lord Momonosuke's method is good."

As she spoke, she opened her arms, intending to go forward and pick up Momonosuke, but Kikunojo blocked her with his sword.

"No, this is too risky..."

"It's alright." Momonosuke shook his head, waved for him to step back, and stepped forward, letting Shinobu pick him up.

Momonosuke immediately buried his head in Shinobu's chest, nuzzling around and sniffing her scent.

Shinobu's heavily made-up face flushed red, and her short, plump body suddenly grew much taller, transforming into a hot, curvaceous beauty under Kin'emon's dumbfounded gaze.

Momonosuke nestled in her arms, nuzzled a few times, and then completely relaxed, drooling as he lay on Shinobu's body, dozing off.

Shinobu gently patted his back, hugged Momonosuke, looked at Kin'emon and the others, and smiled, "Now you believe I'm Shinobu, right?"

"It really is you, Shinobu!" Kikunojo exclaimed in surprise.

Kin'emon's eyes widened as he stared intently at the spot where Momonosuke was burying his head. He swallowed hard, took two steps forward, and declared righteously, "No! We cannot let our guard down. I... I am also familiar with Shinobu's aura and need to confirm it myself."

As he spoke, he leaned closer with a lewd expression, trying to imitate Momonosuke by burying his face in Shinobu's chest.

"Get lost! Kin'emon, you're still the same lecherous bastard you always were. I'll tell Tsuru-nee if you're not careful."

Shinobu decisively kicked Kin'emon in the stomach, sending him flying.

However, in the instant he took off, Kin'emon still caught a glimpse of some restricted scenery through Shinobu's raised right leg, and blood instantly gushed from his nostrils.

"You weren't wearing any... It really was you, Shinobu, I've confirmed it..."

A few minutes later, the scene calmed down, and Kin'emon covered his nose, looking at Kyoshiro in surprise.

"What did you say? Kaido and Orochi have fallen out? Orochi is being hunted by the Beasts Pirates?"

"Yes, Orochi deliberately concealed the fact that Kaido's subordinates had sent Den Den Mushi (snail phone) requesting reinforcements, in order to weaken Kaido's power. This resulted in Kaido losing several of his capable subordinates. Kaido was furious and crushed one of Orochi's heads on the spot."

"However, none of us expected that the giant snake was not dead at that time."

"His Yamata no Orochi ability gives him eight heads. To kill him completely, we'd probably have to cut off all of his heads."

"Right now, the Beasts Pirates are searching everywhere for Orochi's whereabouts. However, they certainly won't find him for the time being, because Orochi is currently staying in a place that no one would think of."

"So, you know where Orochi is, right?" Kin'emon stared at Kyoshiro with sharp eyes.

Kyoshiro nodded. "That's right. I know where Orochi is because I'm now one of his confidants, just like Fukurokuju."

"Great! This way, you can reveal Orochi's hiding place to Kaido, and we can sit back and watch them fight like dogs, then reap the benefits. When they are both exhausted, we can launch an attack!" Kin'emon clenched his fists, his face beaming with joy.

However, Kyoshiro shook his head.

"I'm afraid that won't work for now."

Kin'emon was taken aback. "Why?"

Kyoshiro said seriously, "You haven't experienced the past twenty years in Wano Country, so you don't know how powerful and terrifying Kaido and his Beast Pirates are now."

“Kaido…that guy is completely beyond our ability to defeat right now; he is a complete monster.”

"Even if I reveal Orochi's location, he would still be no match for Kaido, and wouldn't even be able to cause Kaido the slightest trouble."

"Moreover, the current situation is that the Beasts Pirates are also conducting large-scale captures of samurai from Wano Country in search of our whereabouts."

"What can we do? Just stand by and watch? Now that we've come from the past, we must do something. This country must be saved by the Kozuki family! Lord Oden's revenge must be avenged!" Kin'emon gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with hatred for Kaido and Orochi.

Kyoshiro said solemnly, "The time is not right! We need to be more patient. As far as I know, Orochi is plotting a scheme against Kaido, and it seems he wants to cooperate with some force."

"What we urgently need now is to gather people to fight against Kaido and Orochi."

"The samurai of Wano Country, Nekomamushi and Inuarashi of Zou, Shutenmaru, Kawamatsu, and Raizo are all forces we need to gather together."

Kin'emon nodded in agreement with Kyoshiro's statement.

They do need some time to adjust to this era twenty years from now.

Then, he exclaimed in surprise, "Wait, Raizo? Isn't Raizo here?"

He turned around and found that there were only Kikunojo and Kanjuro behind him, no sign of Raizo.

"Where's Raizo?" Kin'emon asked, puzzled.

Kyoshiro was stunned. "Raizo was secretly released by Fukurokuju some time ago. I guess he might want to use Raizo to lure us out and make us clash with Kaido."

"A while ago? How is that possible? Raizo clearly came from another world with us! He was also affected by Toki-sama's ability back then." Kin'emon's eyes widened.

"What? This...this is impossible. I saw him captured by Fukurokuju and imprisoned in Orochi's dungeon years ago." Kyoshiro was also astonished.

As the group was still puzzled, a rumbling sound of thunder suddenly came from the dark sky above, and a strong wind blew up on the mountaintop, as if a mountain rain was about to come.

"What is that...?" Momonosuke, who was dozing off in Shinobu's full breasts, suddenly opened his eyes and stared blankly at a huge figure hidden in the thick dark clouds in the distance.

"Lord Momonosuke, what are you looking at?"

Upon hearing this, Kin'emon and the others all looked up at the sky.

Then, the joyful expressions of reunion on their faces instantly crumbled, and a chill that went deep into their souls rose from their hearts.

In the dim sky, dark clouds rolled and thunder rumbled. A giant blue dragon covered with countless scales twisted its massive body and slowly swam over, its huge, ferocious head emerging from the clouds to look down.

"Oh ho ho ho ho, look what I found? A few samurai under that idiot Oden, and... his precious son, oh ho ho ho, looks like today is a really good day, hiccup~."

Chapter 791 Autumn Water Slays the Serpent

"I never imagined that there would be an independent body of water a thousand meters away from the New World Ocean. What is this? An inland sea?"

On the Kirin, Hibari looked curiously at the huge lake that surrounded the entire Wano Country.

Yamato shook his head. "No, that's not seawater. The water here is freshwater, and it contains giant carp unique to Wano Country. If you want to enter Wano Country, you have to find a way to get those giant carp that can climb waterfalls to pull the boat up from Kuri Falls."

"I heard from the old people in the Flower Capital that long ago, the real Wano Country was more than ten times larger than it is now, and it was located at the bottom of this freshwater lake, but it has now been submerged by the lake."

"A freshwater lake? It's that big?" Lark asked, somewhat surprised.

Rorschach affirmed Yamato's statement and added some details, pointing to a towering mountain peak in the distance.

"Do you see that mountain? The entire Wano Country was actually built around this huge Fujiyama."

"Eight hundred years ago, the ancient country of Wano was established at the foot of Mount Fuji, and its area was indeed more than ten times larger than it is now. Perhaps to fight against external enemies, or perhaps to resist tsunamis, they built a wall that surrounded the entire country."

"Over the centuries, the rain that only flowed in and never out submerged the ancient land of Wano, forcing the people of Wano to relocate their country to the mountainside of Fujiyama."

"What kind of operation is this? They built such a high wall, only to end up drowning themselves? Didn't the people here even think of making some holes in the wall for drainage?" Drake found it hard to understand the thought process of the ancient Wano Country people.

"That's not something we should be thinking about. Alright, let's cheer up and fight a great victory."

Luo Xia raised his right hand, and dozens of warships following closely behind him smoothly landed on the lake outside Wano Country.

"Are we just going to storm Kaido's lair, Onigashima, like this?" Smoker asked.

Rorschach nodded. "Yes, open the coating on the warships, go underwater, surround Ghost Island, and catch them off guard."

"Won't Kaido find us? Although going underwater can avoid being directly spotted by the Beast Pirates' patrol ships, it can't prevent us from being protected by Kaido's Observation Haki."

"It's alright. Kaido isn't on Onigashima right now. There are only the Three Disasters and Six Sons, his Gifter army, and a few thousand small pirates there. Go straight there and don't hold back your ammunition. Go all out!"

Rorschach turned to Enel and Hibari and instructed them, "Enel, use your strengths and bombard Onigashima with lightning. Hibari, create thunderclouds to support Enel's actions."

"Yes." Enel and Hibari accepted the order and quickly flew into the sky, one transforming into lightning and the other into dark clouds, to work together to create a massive thunderstorm.