"Cough!"
Kozuki Oden leaned on a pair of swords and stood up while trembling.
When he saw that Kaishu sucked his retainers' blood until they turned into a mummy, his pupils dilated instantly due to extreme anger!
"Quick! Take Oden-sama away first!"
At this time, after Kin'emon recovered and saw that the samurai were at a disadvantage, and even Kozuki Oden was seriously injured, he immediately shouted loudly.
This group of outsiders is too strong, and they are not opponents at all.
No accident can happen to Oden-sama!
As long as they save Oden-sama and gather Wano's samurai later, they will be able to defeat these guys.
"No, you go first, I'll stop them!"
Kozuki Oden naturally would not abandon his retainers, and he stepped forward with firm eyes.
"Oden-sama, retreat quickly!! Wano cannot live without you!"
Kin'emon stepped forward and stopped Kozuki Oden while speaking earnestly.
When Kozuki Oden heard 'Wano,' his eyes became tangled, and his expression constantly changed.
"Ah!!"
At this time, he heard another scream, followed by another samurai being bitten on the neck by Kaishu.
"Retreat quickly, Oden-sama. We can only defeat this group of outsiders by gathering Wano's strength!"
"Once something happens to you, everything will be over!"
Kin'emon pulled Kozuki Oden and tried to get him out of the battlefield as soon as possible.
"Please retreat, Oden-sama!"
"We will buy time for you..."
"For the sake of the Kozuki Family and Wano, please leave quickly.
"Charge!"
"The time has come to repay Oden-sama's kindness!"
A group of samurai charge toward the Beast Pirates even more frantically. They want to use their lives to stop this group of outsiders for Kozuki Oden.
Seeing his retainers fighting desperately for him, Kozuki Oden had tears in his eyes.
He regretted his impulsiveness and why he came here alone despite everyone's opposition.
If he had brought the entire samurai from Kuri here in the first place, perhaps the situation would not have been so bad.
"Retreat!!"
At this time, Kozuki Oden seemed to have grown up all at once; he gritted his teeth while shedding tears as he retreated.
Kin'emon is right. If they all die here, Wano will face a surprise attack from this group of outsiders.
Moreover, only he, the daimyo of Kuri, the heir of the Kozuki Family and the next Shogun of Wano, has the prestige to gather most of the samurai of Wano to fight against this group of invaders.
Kozuki Oden turned around and ran away quickly. His steps were cheerful when he came here, but it was extremely heavy now.
"Everyone retreat!"
After Kin'emon saw that Kozuki Oden had already left, he turned around and retreated without any hesitation!
"Ninja Art: Shadow Clone Jutsu!!"
"Boom!"
A streak of smoke flashed by, and Raizo conjured up several clones of himself as he tried to confuse the Beasts Pirates.
Denjiro and Ashura Doji also quickly evacuated.
As for the other dozen or so samurais, none of them retreated, and they all chose to stay behind.
"Captain-sama, why let them go?"
Gion wiped the blood on her blade, then she put it back into its sheath while asking suspiciously.
With their strength, Kozuki Oden and his four retainers would not be able to escape here even if these samurais tried their best to stop them.
You know, Kaido hasn't done anything yet; he is simply sitting in the middle of the battlefield while drinking wine.
There is also a zombified Captain John who's guarding the ship.
But Kaishu stopped their pursuit and let Kozuki Oden leave.
"Gudong~~"
Kaishu sucked the blood of the last samurai with a look of enjoyment before casually throwing it to the ground.
After wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he said with an evil smile: "The samurais in Wano are a bunch of stubborn guys."
"If we kill all these people here, maybe a group of samurais will retaliate against us. But there will also be samurais who will hide when the situation is wrong and will continue to cause trouble for us like a rat..."
"That guy they call Oden is a very prestigious person in Wano, and he can help us gather all the samurais in Wano."
"In this way, it will save us some trouble later on."
"We can..."
The corner of Kaishu's mouth showed an exaggerated grin while his eyes were full of murderous intent as he spoke: "One battle will determine the winner!!"
Kaishu wants to break Wano's bones completely, leaving them no seeds of hope.
In the manga, the followers and retainers of the Kozuki Family still have some hope for the Kozuki family, especially when Kozuki Toki leaves behind such words:
'Like the Moon, you are ignorant of the Dawn. If there is one ardent wish that must be fulfilled, it will be when nine shadows are cast and woven together through twenty years of moonlit nights. Only then shall you understand the radiance of Dawn.'
This prophecy made the samurais endure and hide for 20 years.
Kaishu doesn't want a group of rats with ulterior motives to come out of his future territory to disgust him.
So he wants to let all the citizens of Wano know that even if the Kozuki Family gathers all the samurai and ninjas, they are still no match for the Beasts Pirates.
Making them give up completely and wipe out their stubborn hope!!
"woo woo woo woo…"
Holding the wine gourd, Kaido burst into tears while speaking: "Samurai of Wano, what a pity..."
"He's crying after being drunk again today!!"
Chinjao and Gion shook their heads and sighed.
"It's all because you are too weak to defend Wano!!"
Kaido's tears stopped shedding suddenly as he roared ferociously.
"....This time he's angry..."
Queen and the two little brats hurried away from Kaido.
When Kaido is angry while drunk, he will beat everyone around him except Kaishu.
It's the kind of beating that beats you to death!!
Chinjao smiled kindly again and said with a smile: "My lord, what are we going to do now?"
"Eat!! Only when you are full will you have the strength to fight!"
Kaishu looked in the direction of Kuri with a hint of expectation hanging from the corner of his eyes: "Don't make me wait too long..."
"Kozuki Oden!"
At Kuri, everyone was stunned when they saw Kozuki Oden, Kin'emon, and others come back with wounds on their body.
"What's the matter? How did Oden-sama get hurt?"
"What happened?"
"Who hurt Oden-sama!!"
"Hateful!!"
Seeing Kozuki Oden like this, the civilians were filled with righteous indignation, and the samurais even threatened to avenge Oden-sama!
No matter who hurt Oden-sama, they will never let them go!!
Inside the Daimyo residence, Kozuki Oden, who simply bandaged his wound, gathered with several retainers, including Kanjuro, who was just dealing with things.
"Oden-sama, this is?"
Kanjuro and a few remaining samurai looked at Kozuki Oden with concern.
"The beast pirates that come from the outside world want to occupy this country!"
Kozuki Oden's astonishing words shocked everyone present.
Even Kin'emon and the others don't know that the target of those outsiders is the entire Wano!
"Notify my father and the other daimyos immediately!"
"The opponent is very strong. We must unite to defeat them!"
Kozuki Oden didn't have time to explain, and he issued the order urgently.
"Yes!!"
A group of retainers immediately used Smart Tanishi. (Wano's unique means of communication) to spread the news to several other areas of Wano.
No one noticed that Kanjuro, who bowed his head to take orders, had an inexplicable look in his eyes.
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