At this moment, Luffy was so sleepy that he ran while dozing off. "What's going on? What is this? Why am I running so early in the morning?"
Nami said, "I told you, the guards and that guy—what was his name again? Those two have arrived. They said two samurai showed up, and now the whole country is in an uproar. Boss Cat Viper has led the Musketeer Squad toward the town."
The situation suddenly became extremely urgent. Nami and the others felt they absolutely could not let the two sides meet. The people of Zou would surely hold a deep grudge against them. After all, everyone had been persecuted for five thousand four hundred years, only to suffer such an unprovoked catastrophe.
At the same time, while Nami's group ran toward the town, the Mink Tribe also rushed in that direction. Duke Inuarashi and Boss Cat Viper's two groups were both heading for town. If they met, it would be disastrous.
Not only the soldiers, but even the townspeople were running toward the town. The entire country was heading there. It seemed this resentment was no small matter!
This was a huge incident. They absolutely could not let them meet the guards, or the two guards' lives would be in danger.
Cat Viper leaped straight into the center of town and shouted, "Where are the samurai!?"
His subordinates replied, "We are searching for them with all our might."
At that moment, Duke Inuarashi was slowly approaching from around a corner. The two groups were about to run into each other.
If these two leaders met, there would be trouble. It would be a world war!
However, Cat Viper happened to have his back to the other end of the corridor, while Duke Inuarashi slowly rode Crocodile forward. Neither of