A month into the future.
Kuri.
Several figures appeared out of nowhere amid the ruins. They were Kozuki Toki, Kin'emon, Kozuki Oden, and the others.
Even after a month, the ruins left behind had not changed in the slightest.
"Raizo, Denjiro, Kin'emon, pull yourselves together!"
Kin'emon and the other two had suffered the worst injuries. First, Chaos had pierced them with a finger, then he had pinned them to the ground with a golden spear. Their condition was critical.
Kawamatsu, Kanjuro, and the other Nine Red Scabbards were also badly injured.
Only Kozuki Oden was still in peak condition, since he had fought the Sun King not long ago.
"Have we been sent to the future?"
As coughs rang out, they looked at the ruins around them!
For them, it had all happened in the blink of an eye.
"What's that?"
Kanjuro, his hair wild and disheveled, pointed at several distant mountains. Their peaks were covered in smoking chimneys. There had been nothing like them in Kuri before.
Now, though, nearly every mountaintop had one.
"We've come one month into the future."
Supported by Kozuki Oden, Toki was deathly pale.
It was obvious that a major upheaval had taken place in Wano Country over the past month. The Richest Group had most likely taken control of the country.
"Raizo's about to give out."
"Hang in there."
"We need to find somewhere to hide first."
Like rats crossing the street, they hurried to a secluded hiding place. All of them were badly injured, so their first priority was to keep themselves alive. Then they could find out what had happened during the month they'd been gone.
A day later, they finally learned what had happened over the past month.
One month ago, Toki had used the Time-Time Fruit to send them