Arceus' Pirate Journey

Now he is overstepping his bounds in trying to stop Hiyori Kozuki's actions, not to mention that Hiyori Kozuki is the general now.

In the eyes of Kozuki Hiyori, Denjiro's behavior was blatant bias. The word "treason" was not just an accusation. In a sense, Denjiro's behavior was already treason.

"I dare not, but General, that is your brother. You are already a general. If you do this, you will be branded as a brother-killer for no reason. Why bother?"

"You really think about me. With such a quick reaction, should I say that you are an expert in martial arts, or should I say that you have been suspicious of me for a long time?"

"I..."

“Twenty years, Denjiro, you are my father’s retainer, but you have been with me for twenty years longer than I, your brother, have.

You know exactly what the situation is with this general, so I won’t go into details.

After such a long time, even if you had a pet, you would have developed feelings for it, but you hadn't even seen my dear brother for five minutes and yet you were able to resolutely stand by his side.

I am very sad when you do this."

Although Denjiro didn't say anything, his actions still showed his attitude.

In the eyes of many people, as long as Momonosuke comes back, no matter what Hiyori did before, whether it was good or bad, whether the development of Wano Country is good or bad, it has nothing to do with Hiyori.

It is her responsibility to develop it well, and she is powerless if it does not develop well. But ultimately, Wano Country should be handed over to Momonosuke, as he is the legitimate heir.

Kozuki Hiyori will always be a substitute and can never be compared with the real person.

Denjiro might not have meant that, but his obstruction reminded Hiyori Kozuki of the people who tried to assassinate her.

【We must awaken the will to resist in Wano Country. 】

[If even the general obeys the beasts, how can outsiders continue to resist? We must use blood to awaken Wano Country and restart the transformation of Wano Country! ]

They said high-sounding words, but the price was her life. For the so-called justice in their mouths, she had to die. This was the fuse of Kozuki Hiwa's resentment.

Even though those people have been killed, those words still accompany Kozuki Hiyori like a nightmare, and often appear in her dreams.

"So, Denjiro-kun, I'll give you another chance to choose. Who are you loyal to?"

"I...I am a retainer of Kozuki, and I have always been....Hiyori-sama, there shouldn't be such conflicts between you siblings. After all, he is your brother."

Listening to Denjiro's words and looking at his determined eyes, Hiyori released her grip on the wakizashi.

In terms of strength, she is definitely no match for Denjiro.

Denjiro just thought that his words had worked and made Hiyori change her mind, and wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but he found that Hiyori Kozuki turned around and pulled out a pistol.

Derek told Kikunosuke that Hiyori was carrying a wakizashi, but he didn't say that she didn't bring anything else.

"Then Momonosuke-nii, why have you remained silent? Do you not want to see me?"

The muzzle of the gun moved slightly downward, but was blocked by Denjiro's body again.

"Denjiro, you really disappoint me. Kawamatsu, Kikunojo, pull him away. What happens next is the family affair of the Kozuki bloodline and has nothing to do with you."

"Kawamatsu! Kikunojo! What are you two doing?! Don't you know what the consequences of this will be?! Let go!"

Seeing that Kikunosuke and Kawamatsu actually walked up and grabbed him, Denjiro also started to panic. The strength gap between the nine of them was quite large, and Ashura Douji was originally far ahead.

But Ashura Douji had died many years ago, and there was not much distance between Denjiro and Kawamatsu and Kikunosuke. In addition, the fishmen had the advantage in strength, so Denjiro really couldn't break away from Kawamatsu even with Kikunosuke's help.

"Denjiro, calm down. You'll only make Lady Hiyori angrier. Have you forgotten what the situation is here?"

Because of his guilt for being caught that year, Kawamatsu tends to be towards Kozuki Hiyori in his attitude, and Kikunosuke is in a similar state.

They didn't care about Momonosuke as much as Denjiro did, so they saw it more clearly.

It seems that there are only a few of them here, but in fact, it is the heartland of hundreds of beasts. Who knows where Quinn is watching them.

Even if they don't listen to Hiyori Kozuki's orders, there will be members of the Beasts who are willing to listen to her instructions, because the Beasts chose Hiyori Kozuki.

Especially in recent years, after Kozuki Hiyori's attitude changed, the Beasts became more satisfied with this general. The one who truly decided Momonosuke's life and death was never Kozuki Hiyori, but the Beasts.

All the beasts want him alive, but no one can kill him; all the beasts want him dead, but no one can save him.

If the two of them were the same as Denjiro, I'm afraid even more horrible changes would happen to Hiyori Kozuki's heart, and it would be hard to say what the final outcome would be.

Denjiro was also confused because of excessive worry. Only then did he react that his dissuasion was only exacerbating the conflict. Thinking carefully, if the angle of the knife was used to stab, it would probably pierce the abdomen and would not be a fatal blow.

But in any case, this is not a good trend. This pair of brother and sister, or rather the sister's feelings towards her brother, have long lost their attachment to their family.

"It's all those bastards' fault..."

Denjiro thought again of those psychopaths who carried out the assassination, but looking at Hiyori now, he suddenly found that what those people said was hard to refute.

[Master Denjiro, go and see Wano Country now. Except for us old people, teenagers don’t even know who the general is! They don’t know the meaning of the general!

They go to the school run by Kaido, and call him Master Ming Wang. If this continues, will anyone be willing to resist? !】

[You are not protecting Kozuki at all by protecting her! Instead, you are destroying Kozuki's hope. If this continues, when Momonosuke-sama comes back, will anyone still be willing to help him? !

We are old, and our descendants are unwilling to continue on this path, so we must do something while we still have the strength!"】

Judging from the current situation, it seems that what they said was right. Even Momonosuke's own sister doesn't want to help him anymore.

"Don't you want to do something?"

"What can we... do?"

Mitsuki's family affairs made it impossible for them to act as a teacher, and the difference in strength made it impossible for them to resist. Both in theory and in reality, it was extremely painful.

......

Denjiro was taken away, and there was no one to protect Momonosuke. Inuarashi and Nekomamushi were helpless and could only watch from the side, while Hiyori also squatted down in front of him.

The black muzzle of the gun was pointed at him.

"Hi...Hiyori, I'm...I'm Momonosuke, your brother..."

20 years was just a blink of an eye for him. Before the shadow of the war in Wano Country was completely over, his own sister pointed a gun at his head.

It wasn't until Denjiro was dragged away that he realized what was happening.

His impression of Hiyori Kozuki is still that little girl.

At that time, Hiyori was naughty and lively, and would often greet Momonosuke with a flying kick, so that Momonosuke often thought of her as a wild child, but the relationship between the siblings was still good.

"You loved playing Tsukihime the most back then. Why did you want to kill me? Our enemy is the Beasts Pirates! Have you forgotten what your mother and father told you?"

"Entrust? Do you mean that you can sit back and reap the fruits of your labor 20 years from now, while I have to endure the hardships here and hand everything over to you in the end?"

"That's not what I meant, and my mother doesn't think so either! She just hopes that the bloodline of the Kozuki family has a greater chance of continuing..."

Facing the possible death threat, Momonosuke's words seemed to make some sense, and if it had been a few years ago, Hiyori would have understood without having to say all this, but now it was too late.

"Then please tell me, why was it me who stayed and not you? You were both by her side, but mother still chose you!"

At this point, the muzzle of the gun was even stuffed directly into Momonosuke's mouth. The bitter taste of the metal stimulated Momonosuke's nerves, and he could even smell the smell of gunpowder.

"Of course, I can't blame my mother. After all, she gave birth to me and raised me. But if you weren't there, my mother wouldn't be partial to me. So all this is your fault!"

The muzzle of the gun turned, and the front sight cut his mouth. The smell of blood spread in his mouth, adding a bit of horror to this tense environment.

Hiyori Kozuki's tone sounded a little crazy. Momonosuke instinctively grabbed the barrel of the gun with both hands and tried to take it out, but his strength was far inferior to that of an adult.

Seeing this, Hiyori did not immediately pull the trigger, but instead kicked Momonosuke in the abdomen.

Everything was very similar to what it was 20 years ago, but 20 years ago it was just a fight between children, while this kick now was the result of years of accumulated resentment.

Momonosuke was hunched in the corner like a shrimp, two teeth fell to the side, and even the pistol slid over with him. For some reason, when he kicked out, Hiyori Kozuki's hand loosened the handle of the gun.

"Don't...don't come over here! Please don't force me!"

In a panic, Momonosuke grabbed the pistol beside him. At this moment, only the weapon could give him a slight sense of security.

"You didn't turn on the insurance. The insurance was off just now."

After hearing what Kozuki Hiyori said, Momo's assistant fiddled with the weapon in a panic, but he didn't know how to use a gun and couldn't find the safety.

During this process, Hiyori Kozuki slowly walked up to him, snatched the gun from him again, opened the safety in front of Momonosuke, and inserted a new bullet. In fact, the gun had been empty before, and it was only at this moment that it was truly able to fire.

"You...you really want to kill me?"

"Hahaha, Brother Momonosuke, you will understand. If I want to kill you directly, that is the kindest thing to do. Some things are more terrifying than death.

You will never understand how I have survived these 20 years!"

"Why...why? Why on earth!?"

"Why? Of course it's because of hatred. I'm the one who stayed and you're the one who left. Didn't I say that before?

By the way, I’ve talked about my mother, but not my father. You don’t look like your father at all, but everyone thinks you can inherit the position of general of Wano Country. But you don’t know that I’m not the only one.

In the entire Wano Country, there are few people who want you to come back."

As she spoke, Hiyori carried Momonosuke to the window, from where they could see most of the Wano Country.

"See? What a beautiful country! This is what my father expected it to be like, but it has nothing to do with Kozuki.

Suppose I go out and announce my abdication now, perhaps someone will try to stop me, and some people will talk about this matter every day, but as time goes by, generals will sooner or later become history, and I, the last general, will at most be a small part in the history books.

But if the beasts leave, the operation of Wano Country will completely collapse within a week."

The departure of Baishou is not just the disappearance of a ruler. Without the military deterrence of Baishou, countless forces will target this country with seastone mines, and the local forces of Wano Country will be unable to deter external forces.

Wano Country also does not have the ability to recruit doctors from all over the world, and the retreat of all beasts means the departure of Pokémon.

No power plant can compare with the electric shock monster, and Wano Country does not have enough space to build a large power station with the power generation capacity comparable to that of the electric shock monster.

In Wano Country, where electrification has become widespread, power outage would be a terrifying thing.

Without the stinky mud and double-bomb gas, it would be impossible for the factory to carry out environmentally friendly production.

Economic export channels, unique goods, and the magical holy mountain will all become a thing of the past.

Keeping the general may be a face-saving project, but keeping the beasts will be a group of people who do it from the heart. No one is a fool, and they can still see who can make them live a good life.

The new generation of Wano Country will not allow an heir who has disappeared for 20 years to take away their lives.

This is also the ultimate goal of the policy of the Hundred Beasts at the beginning. According to the previous secret investigation, it has almost been achieved.

Looking at Momonosuke who was trembling due to being hung high in the air, Hiyori's tone suddenly became gentle again.

"Don't worry, Brother Momonosuke. I won't let you die easily before you experience despair. I promise."

At this time, Hiyori Kozuki's smile was very sweet, so sweet that it made people feel cold inside...

Chapter 1162: That’s it?

"I...I don't understand what you mean! If you want the position of general, just take it. I won't compete with you for it!"

"Hehehe... You still don't understand, my stupid brother. I never wanted the position of general! I just want an ordinary life."

It's not that Hiyori Kozuki doesn't have any resentment towards Toki, but she just transferred all of it to Momonosuke. She doesn't understand why it has to be 20 years.

Since Kozuki Toki's ability allows group time travel, why not take the whole family to the future hundreds of years later?

It's not that she didn't remember everything at that time. From then on, all the beasts had a more friendly attitude towards Wano Country. Instead, it was Kurozumi Orochi who was always causing trouble.

Although it was an act of hindsight, she had also analyzed the situation at the time. If the entire Kozuki family disappeared, then neither Baijuu nor Kurotan would be considered orthodox.

The families of several daimyo might be able to compete for it, but in the end none of them could defeat the Hundred Beasts, and it would still be like this in the end.

It would be nice if the whole family could reunite together after a few hundred years, but both Kozuki Oden and Kozuki Toki had a special obsession with the year 1522.

There is good news for those present, that is, they don’t have to worry about Momonosuke dying in the short term.

But this is also worse news. Judging from Hiyori's expression, Momonosuke will not feel happy from now on.

While the fake general was thinking about how to deal with his brother, the real princess of Wano Country was watching here from another layer of Onigashima, just as Kawamatsu and Kikunosuke guessed.

"Ms. Yamato, would you consider intervening? It's not a good idea to let her do what she wants."

"I don't want it. You want to trick me again. My godfather said that if I don't do anything, it won't affect anything. Don't try to trick me."

The one who understands Hiyori Kozuki the best among all the beasts is probably Quinn. Only he can understand the feeling of being messed with by no one.

Originally, Quinn called Yamato over to let her make the final decision, but Yamato just learned from Hiyori's behavior and watched the show in front of the screen with popcorn in her arms, and did not express any opinions from beginning to end.

"But Miss, aren't you afraid that she might cause some trouble?"

"Don't be afraid, this is Wano Country, what kind of trouble can a little kid cause? But he is really a coward, not like Kozuki Oden at all."

Kaido's thoughts have also had some influence on Yamato. Being weak is the original sin. She hates this truth, but she has to admit that this sentence is very applicable in this cruel world.

If she were a little weaker, she might have been tortured crazy by Kaido.

Quinn's plan was aborted. If things continued like this, Yamato's intellectual special attack on Kaido might be extended to Quinn. After all, Yamato and Quinn would not fight each other. They would just let each other help attract firepower.