Chapter 516: Third Generation, Fourth Generation ......
"There, I met the man who was acting under the name of Apophis, a very powerful but dying great swordsman - Koushirou!" Longinus continued his narrative.
"On the verge of death? How is that possible?" Kuina exclaimed, unable to accept it.
"That's the second story, let me finish this part first." Longinus continued, "I first observed for a while, and after confirming that he was only using this name to deter pirates from fighting evil, I appeared in front of him and proposed a deal with him."
"The deal was that he would carry the name Apophis on his back while I found a way to maintain his injuries and ... take care of his daughter for him."
Kuina's eyes were wet, the trembling voice asked, "So, that's why there was that do-over ten years ago?"
Longinus nodded slightly, "I must find a reason for the next action, otherwise, the explicit identity which is not even a swordsman is too strange for me to suddenly accept you as a disciple!"
Kuina smiles bitter, "I have always wondered why a strong man like Apophis would suddenly seek father, it turns out, this source instead on me?"
"You should not blame him, he is also worried that after his death, there will be the pursuers of the Wano to find you, so he thought of finding a protection charm for you before his death."
Kuina asked in a daze, "The pursuers of the Wano Country? Is it true what father said before? Is he really such a despicable person?"
"Of course not, that's just because he couldn't get past himself. He did make some mistakes, but those were the result of his kindness being exploited."
"Kindness? Exploitation?"
"Well, this is the second story I have to tell." Longinus altered his words slightly and continued, "Your mother was actually a subordinate of the rebel leader of the Wano country, Kurozumi Orochi, and deliberately let Koushirou save her in an incident."
"Kurozumi Orochi intended to let your mother lure Koushirou to change his banner, but he also overestimated his influence, and your mother really fell in love with your father during the time she spent together day after day."
"She did not want to continue to work for Kurozumi Orochi, but she was worried that Koushirou was targeted by Kurozumi Orochi, so the end result was that she took Koushirou and left the Wano. Koushirou would have disagreed to leave, but he finally succumbed because your mother was pregnant with you at the time."
Kuina pursed her lips. Is this that mother of hers?
"Kurozumi certainly will not let them just leave, on the way to escape, there are a large number of samurai and ninja to assassinate them. With Koushirou's strength, there was no need to be afraid, but he had to protect your mother on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was weakened by those endless poisoning techniques, and finally when he escaped to the East Blue, his body had actually suffered irreversible injuries!"
Kuina breathing tightly, subconsciously grasping the palm of her hand.
"Along with the journey of running, and escaping all the way, when the time comes to escape to the East Blue, that mother of yours has actually been too thin and weak to be human, and after giving birth to you with her last strength, she passed away!"
Although she never met her mother but heard Longinus's narrative, Kuina has long been full of tears.
"Koushirou, of course, also wanted to go back to seek revenge on Kurozumi, but your existence forced him to give up this intention, however, even if Koushirou gave up his revenge, Kurozumi Orochi never wanted to stop hunting."
"After noticing that his body was getting worse every day, Koushirou began to worry that he would have no one to protect you after he died, so he made an intention."
"Kuro-zumi-O-ro-chi!" Kuina said word for word, the solid killing intent that escaped from her body made the surrounding temperature plummet several degrees.
Longinus shook his head and said, "In fact, it's Koushirou who is a bit behind in news here, because, it happened to be the stage when I clamped down on Kaido in the Wano and let Hiyori and them cooperate to kill Kurozumi Orochi."
Kuina's killing intent stalled violently; yes, she did once hear the day and her sister said this thing.
Kurozumi Orochi, already dead!
What is this? The meticulous planning for ten years, only to find out that it was just a stage played by her father, transferring the hatred to the culprit, only to be told that the enemy had died ten years ago.
Her heart was empty, and her life seemed to have lost its sustaining power all of a sudden.
"No, no, my life still has meaning!" The disappointed Kuina shifted her gaze to Longinus, who was still narrating, her confused eyes finally firming down.
Longinus did not seem to notice the change in Kuina's expression, still immersed in memories, "Koushirou's intention was actually to lure out Apophis, and then let Apophis protect you at the cost of replacing the top crime. But he also did not expect that it was not Apophis he attracted out, but me who took the name of Apophis."
"In fact, I was already considering giving up this identity, after all, at that time, I already had the potential to be nominated as an admiral, and the attention I received was far from what it was five years ago, and if I had to continue playing Apophis under such circumstances, it would be easy to be seen to be flawed."
"So, you guys put on that scene, and my father became Apophis, while I logically entered the Marine?"
Longinus nodded slightly, "From that day on, the world has one less Koushirou, but another Goko of pirates!"
Kuina suddenly said, "No wonder Apophis rarely appeared before that, but after that is abruptly appeared on the world stage!"
Saying that, Kuina suddenly widened her eyes and asked, "Could it be that this Nidai Kitetsu is actually a gift given to me by my father on purpose?"
"That's right."
"Then is all this today also arranged by you?"
"That's not true, we also did not expect you to come to us so quickly, that fruit, indeed, was not in our expectation." Longinus shook his head and said, "It's just that Koushirou's body had already reached its limit, and even under the maintenance of various drugs and pure gold, it was on the verge of collapse."
"So, he simply took the opportunity to give you one last gift today."
"Gift? What gift?" Kuina asked, dumbfounded.
"The man himself, of course!" Longinus turned his back to look at the sea, "The merit of killing the Goko Apophis is the only gift he can give you!"
"From today onwards, there is no longer Apophis in this world, there is only ..."
"No!" Kuina picked up the mask on the ground, slowly put it on her face, "from today onwards, this world no longer have Rear Admiral Kuina, there are only five emperors of the sea pirates Apophis!"
PS: I saw some readers say almost finished, emm, this book is true to the late, it is challenging to write, almost become the norm, but well, the end should still have a period, estimated to get 700 chapters, although I did not divide the volume, my heart is still divided, there are three volumes, the three volumes to write two hundred chapters I think the problem is not significant.
Published in Qidian, September 28, 2019
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