Land of Wano 6
What can you give us in return ?
"Bow your head ! The Shogun of the land of Wano, lord Kozuki Menma is entering the court !" Menma entered the court room after his samurai announced his arrival.
But in his mind he was thinking about various possibilities of how an outsider got her hands on informations that should not be known to anyone else but the family members of Kozuki family.
At first he thought that these information might has been leaked by someone from inside. But then he squashed the idea. First of all the knowledge of road poneglyphs was a secret that is not only known to the kozuki family, but also many people in the outside world. But some information of void century and the location of pluton is only known to himself.
So it was impossible to get these informations. Not to mention the real name of the woman that has been written at the end of the letter.
Monkey D Maki.
His father, when passed the responsibilities of the Shogun on to his shoulders he has given him knowledge of many things that should stay a secret. And among them there was one thing he remembered clearly.
"Be careful of D. They might be great allies or worst enemies."
This is the phrase that has been passed down from generations without knowing its meaning. But now, after reading the name of the woman, Menma was doubtful if, his father was referring to this.
When he entered the court room everyone bowed. But the woman didn't. But he didn't mind. Or rather his mind was busy thinking how to deal with the woman.
After he took his seat, he decided that he should start with intimidation. It worked really well even against opponents. The woman was strong. There was no doubt about it. But no matter no strong the opponent is when you are at the advantage, intimidation tactics never fails.
"How did you found the informations, you mentioned in your letter." Menma decided not to be polite. So without any greetings he directly went into the matter. While making an angry face he asked the question while releasing conqueror's haki. He concentrated his will power to affect the woman before him alone. It wasn't easy. As unlike ryuo it was not easy to control. But the good thing is, that has samurais have already adapted to his conqueror's haki. Instead of getting affected they understood their lord's order and became ready to draw their sword at any moment.
But Menma became puzzled when instead of getting affected, the woman named Maki, smiled lightly.
"Your conqueror's spirit is very impressive. But.....
Haki of this level doesn't work on me." Maki said calmly. Unknown to Menma, even in the serious situation, Maki was celebrating inside for pulling a successful Uchiha effect.
The very next moment, Maki released her own conqueror's haki. This time the pressure was so overwhelming that all of the samurais except for Menma passed out. Even Menma struggled to stay conscious.
...
I was really impressed with the will power of Kozuki Menma. But just as he was about to pass out I pulled back my conqueror's haki.
He was sweating heavily. But he managed to stay conscious. He took some deep breaths to deal with the after effect of my conqueror's haki. I hadn't allowed my Haki to get out of this room. So no one outside will know about what happened inside the court room.
"Now, that the Shogun has finished intimidating me, let's talk about business.
I am Monkey D Maki, a pirate from the outside world.
Don't worry, I have no hostile intentions towards this country. Nor I have any intentions of revealing those informations.
I just want to learn... the ancient language used in void century. I wants to learn how to read poneglyphs."
I decided to go directly into the business. There is no point beating around the bush.
Menma took a deep breath before finally speaking after a long time.
"Why should I believe you ? And how did you know about such things ?"
"To answer your first question. You have no reason to believe me. I hate the world government more than anything else. And spreading this information, will just give them an opportunity to gain one of the ancient weapons. I am not stupid. Whether you believe my words or not is up to you. But in this case you can do nothing about it.
And as per the answer of your second question, it is a little bit complicated for me to explain in a way that you would understand. You can say that I have seen the future. I have seen the arrival of Joy boy. About one hundred seventeen years from now, Joy boy will return. I am just trying to set up a stage for his grand performance."
I explained to Menma.
Menma was really frustrated. He didn't know what to do with the situation. And it was written all over his face. He was not trying to hide his stress.
But then suddenly his expression changed, as if he has discovered a new element.
"I have no problem in teaching you how to read poneglyphs. But...
What can you give us in return ?"Menma asked me.
"Tell me about it ? What is your price for teaching me the ancient language ?" I asked back.
He smirked and started to explain.
"There is a sword made by my ancestors more than eight hundred years ago. It's name was Shodai Kitetsu. It was lost in the great war during the void century. No one knows where it went. I can give you it's picture from the ancient scrolls. But if you really wants to learn how to read poneglyphs, then search and bring back that sword to me. That's my price."
I inwardly smiled after listening to Menma. He has no idea what he was promising. But I was really happy that he give me the chance to say hello to a certain Dark horse.
"I accept your deal. But don't get back on your words after I return with the sword."
I stood up from my mat and walked away.
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