Chapter 113: Vol. 04 Ch. 48 – Shimotsuki's History
Hancock: "Looks like this is their last attack."
Seeing the biggest Flying Slash Attack during Arthur and Koushirou's battle made Hancock draw her conclusions. After a few moments, the red Flying Slash Attack began to fade leaving a black and cross-shaped Flying Slash Attack charging forward. In the end, everything calmed down and their battle ended.
Although Koushirou's attack was defeated by Arthur's attack, he managed to avoid the Flying Slash Attack launched by Arthur. The forest was destroyed, the grass field was no longer look green and only crater pit was left from this battle. After the flying dust began to disappear, Koushirou's figure appeared by cleaning the dust on his shoulders.
Koushirou: "Cough ... Cough ... Congratulations, it looks like you got what you wanted from this fight." Koushirou walked over to Arthur while coughing because of the flying dust.
Arthur: "Yes, thank you for your willingness to fulfill my request. I promise to take care of Kuina. "
Koushirou: "You just need to teach her what she must master, if she is not able to take care of herself in her journey to reach her dreams, then only to the extent that she is capable. But I would be very grateful if you could take care of her because she has a very hard temperament like her mother. "
Arthur and Koushirou walked back to the cliff where the others were still waiting. Arthur tried to ask Koushirou about his relationship with the Wano Kuni but he only smiled not answering Arthur's question. But in the end, Koushirou answered that Arthur would know if he went to Wano Country. When Arthur reached the top of the cliff, Kuina conveyed his decision to join the Pirates ART.
Arthur: "So you decided to join my crew?" Arthur reaffirmed Kuina's decision.
Kuina: "Yes, I cannot achieve my dreams if I remain in this village, and please support me to become the number one swordsman in the world, captain." Kuina asked for help from Arthur who is now her captain.
Arthur: " Yes, I won't say much because you must have heard a lot from Robin and Hancock, so only one hasn't, party!"
Everyone: "Oh !?"
Arthur invited Zoro and Koushirou to join come to Athena for a party, but they both refused. Zoro refused because he wanted to immediately return to training, the fight he witnessed made him realize that the distance to the number one swordsman in the world was still very far away. Even though Zoro knew that he did not give up because at least he had a clear target now, cutting the iron. While Koushirou refused Arthur's invitation with the excuse to go to rest because his age was not young anymore made him a little tired from the previous fight.
During the party, everyone began to introduce themselves to Kuina and they told each other's experiences. Although Kuina is already familiar with Sugar and Koala, she doesn't know about their past. And when Kuina heard the story, she didn't believe it at first.
Kuina: "How could the World Government and Marines do such a thing?"
Robin: "Looks like you still need to learn a lot and see the world out there." Robin was not surprised by Kuina's mindset, which is similar to almost all Blue Sea residents.
Kuina: "But the Marines protect the public from pirates."
Arthur: "Pirates in the Grand Line also protect their territory from other pirates. Today's World Nobles are not much different from pirates, the Heavenly Tribute is very high, destroying groups that oppose them even though the group is not dangerous to citizens, and they use the slogan of justice because they are strong. But you better to see it for yourself after we sailed to sea, I just told you not to conclude too quickly if you are not sure and see it firsthand. " Arthur gave his first lesson as captain to Kuina.
Although Kuina did not completely believe what she was hearing, she also did not reject the possibility of that truth. She also knew that the adult population must pay Heavenly Tribute to the marine every month. Putting aside her thoughts, she again heard their adventure from Sugar, who was among the first members recruited by Arthur after the ART Pirates were formed. The sun began to set but Athena's lounge was still crowded with laughter. Arthur called out to Kuina and made the others also go to their respective activities. While on the deck, Arthur asked Kuina to say goodbye to Koushirou.
Arthur: "Go to your mother's grave to meet your father and say your goodbyes before we leave tomorrow morning."
Kuina: "Mother's grave ... thank you, captain."
Kuina actually wanted to meet with her father but she did not find him when she took her belongings which she had packed in her room. Kuina immediately jumped down and ran towards where her mother's grave was. After a while, she could see her father sitting in front of her mother's grave with a Sake bottle next to him. Kuina walked slowly behind Koushirou.
Kuina: "Father ..."
Koushirou: "Did Arthur ask you to come here?" Koushirou asked without turning around.
Kuina: "I want to meet with father and the captain tells me where you are. Father, tomorrow I will go, please take care of your health, I promise I will be fine and try my hardest to realize my dreams. " Koushirou immediately turned and looked into Kuina's confident eyes.
Koushirou: "Your mother also has the same dream as you." Koushirou stroked Kuina's head and began to tell stories.
Kuina: "Mother ..." The first time she heard the story about her mother from her father, aside from a photo of her mother and her name, Kuina did not know much about her mother.
Koushirou: "Our father, your two grandfathers are friends since childhood. My father's name is Shimotsuki Kozaburo. "
Kuina: "Shimotsuki !?" Kuina was surprised to hear the name of her grandfather who was the same as the name of the village.
Koushirou: " My father, your grandfather was a member of the Shimotsuki Family who created O Wazamono Meito Wado Ichimonji and Saijo O Wazamono Enma. He was born in the country of Wano which is famous for its samurai, but he left there more than 40 years ago. Your grandfather only brought Wado Ichimonji with him and left Enma for one of the Shogun's children. He finally ends up in a village in East Blue and helps save the village from bandits. Your grandfather fell in love with your grandmother, a native woman of this village while training villagers in swordsmanship, and decided to stay in the village. The residents were very grateful to him and changed the name of this village to Shimotsuki Village, just like your grandfather's family name. "Kuina immediately looked at the Wado Ichimonji on her waist.
Kuina: "Wano Country ..." One more story for the first time Kuina heard.
Koushirou: "If you get there, maybe you will receive some insults because your grandfather was reported to be leaving illegally from there even though he actually got a mission from the shogun at that time to go outside the Wano country which is closed to the outside world." Kuina was a little surprised to hear the story about her grandfather the first time she heard it.
Kuina: "What mission is that?" Kuina was increasingly curious about her family history.
Koushirou: "I told you something unimportant so forget about it. Back to the story about your mother. She and I went to sea as bounty hunters when we were young, she always said that she would become the number one warrior in the world and showed that female samurai should not be underestimated. We honed our abilities during the trip and there were many enemies that we both defeated. Your mother even got the nickname Aka-oni." Koushirou again told about his wife.
Kuina: "Aka-oni ..." Kuina did not dare to disturb her father's story because she did not want her father to change his mind again as usual who did not want to tell about her mother.
Koushirou: "We even fought with the pirate king Roger and met with Saijo O Wazamono Enma users at that time, but our abilities still cannot reach the top of the world. And one day your mother was sick and at that time we also knew that she was carrying you in her stomach. " This time Koushirou's voice turned slightly sad.
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