Clang! Clang!
The crisp clang of clashing blades rang through the spacious banquet hall. A fallen screen was trampled and shattered, while broken bottles, bowls, and plates littered the floor.
After Kurozumi Orochi fell, all the soldiers sprang into action.
A samurai brought his sword down, but Luffy dodged to the side and whipped a kick into the man's stomach. The samurai's eyes bulged as he doubled over and spat up a mouthful of bile.
"Ptooey!"
"Woohoo~~!"
Luffy planted one hand on the man's back and vaulted over him like a goat, while still clutching a chunk of meat in his other hand. He stuffed it into his mouth, tore off a bite of tender meat, then pulled out the intact bone and hurled it at the face of another charging soldier.
Smack!
After the bone knocked the soldier down, Luffy leaned sideways and stretched his right leg back.
"Gomu Gomu Whip!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
His stretched leg lashed out like a whip, sweeping powerfully across the battlefield and instantly clearing out a mass of charging enemies.
"Everyone, attack together!"
"Seize all the criminals who tried to assassinate the shogun!"
A bald man with an oval head like a winter melon stood in the doorway and bellowed. His earlobes dangled like soft clay.
The man was called Fukurokuju, the leader of Orochi's Oniwabanshu.
This ninja force served Kurozumi Orochi directly, carrying out his orders and protecting the shogun. Besides Fukurokuju, it had ten members who used their extraordinary skills to conceal themselves around Kurozumi Orochi, ready to protect him at any moment. It was one of Wano Country's most powerful and prized forces.
And yet Orochi had his head cut off right in front of them!
It was an utter disgrace!
Watching Luffy and the others fight the soldiers in