บท 463: 463. Confession

"Marine? Why are you here?"

Just as Aramaki and the waiter were struggling, a vague hostility appeared behind them.

"Lord Kyoshiro."

When the waiter saw the visitor, he instantly turned into a docile sheep and bowed respectfully.

Aramaki and the others suddenly turned their heads, and a strange-looking man came into view.

- Eyes hanging from the top, a square face, slender ears, light blue hair forming a huge bun at the top, wearing a dark blue kimono with circular patterns on it, and a high-collared cloak. His demeanor wavered between benevolent and gangster.

"Answer me, Marine, why are you here?"

Kyoshiro's eyes were almost narrowed into slits, scarlet murderous aura overflowed from the corners of his eyes. His palms quietly covered the long sword at his waist, the sharp blade hesitating to draw.

There was a clear intent to draw swords at any disagreement.

"Kyoshiro?!"

Hearing the name, Aramaki looked unhappy, and plants began to sprout under his feet.

This name was explained to them by Kozuki Sukiyaki on the way here.

The boss of the entire underground gang in Flower Capital, the shogun's bodyguard, and the royal money changer of Wanokuni, Kurozumi Orochi.

To put it simply, this guy is one of Orochi's lackeys and is deeply trusted by him.

Therefore, he was one of their targets.

"Leave it to me."

Fujitora suddenly stepped forward, and at the same time, the staff sword in his hand was half opened and half closed.

Swish!!

A flash of purple light, and the slash flew out with gravity, like a tiger coming out of its cage, baring its teeth and claws towards Kyoshiro.

Kyoshiro's eyes narrowed, and the murderous aura in his body almost turned into substance. A sharp silver light flashed, and Armament Haki quickly flowed on the thin and narrow blade.

A similar huge slash came from his sword and struck towards the blade, plowing a deep ravine on the ground.

Before contact was made, the tiger-like slash with its own force field instantly tore Kyoshiro's slash into pieces.

The difference in strength was clear!

Click!!

Before it was over, Fujitora's blade closed, and the blade collided with the scabbard.

With Kyoshiro at the center, the surrounding ground seemed to have been hit by a meteorite, and a large hole instantly formed.

Jigoku Tabi (Hell Journey)!!

Under the heavy pressure, Kyoshiro fell to the ground in an instant, and the tiger-like slash came in, cutting off all the long blue hair with a large piece of scalp.

"Wig?"

Kozuki Sukiyaki suddenly rushed forward and picked up the wig scattered nearby, looking at it with some confusion.

This guy...why is he wearing a wig to disguise himself?

It's obviously not to hide the baldness, right?

"Why did you show mercy to me?"

Kyoshiro ignored Kozuki Sukiyaki's doubts, and instead raised his head with great effort, staring at Fujitora with narrow eyes.

Although it was only a brief confrontation, he had already felt that the strength gap between them was insurmountable.

Just by moving a few inches lower, it wouldn't have been just his scalp that was cut off, but his skull.

"I can feel your heart," Fujitora said lightly.

Although he doesn't have the Redfield's ability to read other people's inner thoughts or even memories, he has his own way of sensing intentions.

And he cannot see with both eyes.

But he can feel people's most sincere emotions, and each emotion shows a different color.

Just like Kyoshiro at this time, the color he saw was red, representing hatred.

Obviously, this person is not as simple as the rumors suggest.

Kyoshiro's expression changed slightly, and he immediately fell silent, not asking Fujitora what he saw.

On the side, Kozuki Sukiyaki hesitated to speak.

Just then, a man fell from the sky.

His left hand holding a big yellow dog, his right hand holding a tortoise, and a fainted loach coiled on the tortoise's back.

"Admiral Atlas!!"

Naturally, Aramaki and Fujitora noticed immediately. They both looked happy and greeted Atlas.

"This is..."

When Atlas landed, Aramaki took the lead and surrounded him, carefully studying the big yellow dog with a face full of resentment.

The loach with eyes as big as mung beans also looked at Atlas with hatred, as if it wanted to tear him apart.

"Oh, this..."

Atlas showed the beasts in his hand, "This is Kaido and King, and this one..."

He glanced at Yamato, who was grinning at him, and introduced with a smile: "The filial son of the Kaido family, a strange woman who calls herself Yamato."

When Aramaki heard the introduction about Yamato, his eyes suddenly lit up. He had completely forgotten about Kaido, "Miss?"

"She's not a young lady. This guy thinks of herself as a man like Kozuki Oden. As for wanting her to cuddle up in your arms, don't even think about it."

Atlas declined lightly.

During this period of contact, he finally figured out this guy's quirks.

Although he looks arrogant on the outside, he is an out-and-out prodigal on the inside, and he can be called a high-roller among flowers.

He even hit it off with Tokikake at the headquarters. If he hadn't been assigned to guard the New World, the two of them would have made an appointment to go shopping on the flower boat together.

"Well, that's really a pity."

Although he said it was a pity, there was no trace of regret on his face.

The conversation between the two was ordinary, but hearing it was like a bolt from the blue to Kozuki Sukiyaki and Kyoshiro, and it was even more shocking like a storm in their hearts.

What are these Marines... talking about?!

Contrary to Kyoshiro's suspicion, Kozuki Sukiyaki took off the mask on his face after weighing the situation for a moment and strode towards Atlas.

"Your Excellency must be the Marine Admiral known as Hakuryu? I am Kozuki Sukiyaki, a wraith lingering in Wano Country."

Kozuki Sukiyaki had no reason to suspect that the three most powerful Marines were trying to play a trick on him, a dying old man.

Therefore, it is not completely unbelievable that Kaido had become a loach and King had become a tortoise.

Fortunately, due to the earlier conflict, everyone around had run far away, and even the most curious dared not watch.

Otherwise, seeing Kozuki Sukiyaki's face might trigger some kind of uproar.

After all, the former shogun coming back from the dead is incredible.

The people cannot predict where the conflict between the old and new shoguns will lead Wanokuni.

"Hey! Didn't you say your name was Tenguyama Hitetsu before?"

Aramaki's face turned cold. This guy actually dared to lie to them.

"Kozuki Sukiyaki——?!!"

Kyoshiro on the ground exclaimed again.

Although they had not met many times, as the father of Kozuki Oden and the former shogun of Wanokuni, the lord he swore to follow to the death, there was no way that Kyoshiro didn't recognize him.

After carefully comparing the face in front of him with Kozuki Sukiyaki in his memory, Kyoshiro finally believed the news that Kozuki Sukiyaki was still alive.

Seeing Atlas, the most decisive person in front of him, not react, Kozuki Sukiyaki smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Originally, I didn't intend to reveal my identity, but..."

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