"Even the Sun King is just a subordinate?"
Kurozumi Orochi stood there dumbfounded, then couldn't help swallowing nervously.
If even the Sun King was just a subordinate, how terrifying must Gild Tesoro, the boss of the Richest Group, be?
Oden was as good as dead this time!
"Shh!"
Suddenly, Kurozumi Hanagasa motioned for Kurozumi Orochi to be quiet, wariness written all over his aged face.
"Damn it. Someone's caught up with us."
"We can't let them find us, or we'll draw the Nine Red Scabbards and Oden here."
Kurozumi Semimaru's ugly face turned ominous as well.
"What do we do? What do we do?"
Kurozumi Orochi seemed to have no brains at all, and could only fret in circles.
"We'll have to take a risk. The most dangerous place is also the safest. We'll go to Kuri and wait for the Beasts Pirates and the Richest Group to retaliate. If we can, we'll capture Oden's wife and children."
Kurozumi Semimaru's wrinkles bunched together, her gaze cold and cruel.
She planned to use the same trick again.
As long as they captured Toki, Momonosuke, and Hiyori, along with some of Kuri's residents, they could force Oden to give in again.
They had no choice but to risk it.
Oden had surely left two or three of the Nine Red Scabbards to protect his wife and children, along with plenty of other guards.
But none of that would stop Kurozumi Semimaru.
It only showed how foolish Oden was, not even taking Toki and the children with him to the Flower Capital.
What was he thinking?
There was a reason he'd been so easily manipulated in the original story.
He had formidable strength, but no brains to match.
Before long, the group left.
They ran through the torrential rain toward Kuri.
As the