Chapter 438: Chapter 438: Arriving at Shimotsuki Village
"Captain!!!"
The other pirates, watching from the side, exclaimed in astonishment and disbelief.
They looked at Koushiro in disbelief and incomprehension.
Wasn't this man, who wore round glasses with black frames, just a weakling and a coward?!
"Damn it..."
"You bastard.... you dare to..."
After a brief moment of shock and horror, it was time for anger.
The pirates began to draw their weapons, becoming enraged.
Some of them drew swords and some firearms, which they immediately aimed at Koushiro.
But at that moment, Koushiro looked at them.
There was a flash of coldness in his narrowed eyes, behind his simple round glasses.
Whoosh!!!
Koushiro's figure became a blur, covering more than a dozen meters in the blink of an eye, and he arrived in the crowd of pirates.
Accompanied by the astonished looks of Kuina and Zoro, the bodies of the pirates began to fall to the ground one after another, spewing many splashes of blood!
Koushiro is not a talented and strong swordsman, but thanks to the knowledge he received from his father, his strength was very close to the level of a master swordsman.
Such strength is enough to easily deal with a pirate who has a bounty of several million belli.
"Father..."
After recovering from her fright, Kuina breathed a sigh of relief and ran to her father, "Are you alright?"
"He's fine."
Koushiro nodded and handed the Wado Ichimonji back to Kuina, "But killing them will provoke the Golden Lion... we are expecting big trouble..."
"Ha, what do we need this Golden Lion! Master, with so much strength, you'll cut all the Pirates into small pieces!"
Zoro picked up his swords from the ground and ran towards Koushiro, then exclaimed loudly when he heard his words.
Koushiro smiled bitterly, "It's not that simple, Zoro.... Shiki's Golden Lion and his Pirates, they're on a whole different level..."
Although Koushiro was far from being the best swordsman, his vision as a descendant of Shimotsuki Kozaburo was not limited to just the East Blue.
He understood that there were many terrifying people with unimaginable strength in the vast expanses of the sea.
The Golden Lion is just one of them!
This happened about two years ago.
The Golden Lion began actively operating in the vast East Blue, subjugating most of the local pirate teams.
Now the Golden Lion 'Flying Pirates' are a large organization with more than ten thousand pirates!
It can be said that now the entire East Blue shudders with the horror and glory of the Golden Lion.
Since Koushiro's father comes from the Wano Country located in the New World, he realizes how terrible people like Golden Lion and Whitebeard, who were on par with the legendary Pirate King Golden Roger, are.
"Kuina, Zoro... immediately warn the locals, they must leave the village as soon as possible."
Koushiro looked at the children seriously and said, after briefly thinking about it, "As soon as the Golden Lion Flying Pirates find out what happened here, the village will be completely destroyed... these are the most terrible pirates."
Zoro and Kuina took a deep breath, beginning to realize the seriousness of the problem, and immediately ran into the village.
Koushiro stood there for a moment thinking, and then also went to the village.
He returned to the dojo and entered the courtyard.
"Father."
Koushiro approached an old man sitting in the courtyard and told him what had happened.
This old man was his father, Shimotsuki Kozaburo, one of the best blacksmiths in Wano Country, who created the Wado Ichimonji of Kuina and Enma of Kozuki Oden.
"We can only run."
Kozaburo smiled bitterly after hearing his son's story, "We still didn't manage to avoid a collision with him, ah."
Now the Golden Lion Flying Pirates dominate the entire East Blue, recklessly terrorizing many peaceful and quiet islands.
Until now, peace and serenity reigned on their uncomplicated island, but the day came when the eyes of the Flying Pirates also rested on it.
Even setting aside Zoro and Kuina's reckless behavior, Koushiro would still be forced to make a move, just a little while later.
"Golden Lion Shiki... Given this person's character, we will definitely be defeated by revenge, even I can't do anything about it."
"We should leave the dojo..."
Koushiro sighed helplessly, not at all surprised by his father's words.
Later, Koushiro publicly confessed to killing the Flying Pirates to deflect the civilians' blow.
With the spread of this news, the entire village of Shimotsuki fell into chaos.
The villagers did not hesitate to flee, fearful of the terrible glory of the Golden Lion.
Not only the people of Shimotsuki, but even the residents of other nearby villages fled when they heard this news.
Now the Golden Lion has an all too terrifying and noisy reputation in the vast East Blue.
Because the Golden Lion Flying Pirates have completely destroyed several countries!
There are a large number of pirates under the command of the Golden Lion!
Perhaps to the pirates and Grand Line forces, thousands of East Blue pirates were nothing more than small fish that should not be taken care of at all, but to the civilians of East Blue, this is a terrifying number!
The civilians of the weak East Blue are much more afraid of the number than the strength of a single person!
After a couple of days, the town of Shimotsuki was completely deserted.
So far, only a few dojo members had not left, among them were Koushiro, Kuina and Zoro.
Not far from Shimotsuki village, a small boat prepared by the dojo was moored to the shore.
"If we were the strongest swordsmen in the world, we wouldn't even have to take on a million pirates."
Zoro walked to the shore and spoke to Kuina, looking out at the endless sea in front of him.
Kuina sighed, "Sure we would..."
He looked back and said, "Father hasn't come yet...let's go aboard for now."
"Good."
Zoro nodded, preparing to board the ship with Kuina.
But just then, his gaze stopped on the sea in the distance.
"Kuina! Look!"
Kuina followed Zoro's gaze and saw a black shadow in the distance, gradually increasing in size.
It was a big ship!!!
"Really this... Flying Pirates of the Golden Lion? How could they appear so fast?!"
Cold sweat broke out on Kuina's forehead and her eyes filled with horror.
She quickly found the telescope and looked at the black shadow in the distance.
Kuina was stunned when she saw the floating ship through the telescope.
She lowered the telescope and shouted to Zoro, who was about to inform Koushiro and the others, "Zoro! Looks like this isn't a Flying Pirates ship!"
Over the past few days, Kuina had read many newspapers mentioning the Golden Lion Flying Pirates, so it wouldn't be hard for him to recognize their pirate flag.
The flag flying over this ship clearly had nothing to do with Flying Pirates.
It didn't even have a skull symbolizing pirates.
Two connected wings are in black and white, against the background of a gray shield.
This is the first time you see such an emblem.
If someone from the New World people, the second half of Grand Line, saw this emblem, they would definitely be horrified and then, in panic, scream out the name of the force it represents.
Because it was a flag... Of not of the Emperors of the New World!
What's more...
The most terrifying and insane of them all, not to be provoked under any circumstances!
You can ask the World Government and the Navy how it is....
It was the flag of the Traveler, The Closest Man to God!
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