Wano Country, Ebisu Village.
The setting sun was like blood, crimson clouds rolling across the horizon and bathing the entire land in a vivid red glow.
Yet amid such breathtaking scenery, Ebisu Village was filled with a grim, murderous air...
One after another, fierce figures carrying swords descended the broad bluestone steps from the southern exit of the Flower Capital and gradually gathered in the village. A rough count put them at over three hundred.
The villagers living in Ebisu Village were so frightened by these clearly hostile arrivals that they all hid inside their homes.
Although this village stood beside the Flower Capital, it was a place where the poor gathered, land abandoned by Kurozumi Orochi...
Every day, the villagers could only rely on their meager wages to buy leftovers transported out of the Flower Capital, barely managing to survive.
Moreover, the Flower Capital's laws offered no protection to the poor people of Ebisu Village. Whether they lived or died, the authorities would not care...
In other words, this place was an ungoverned Lawless Zone!
That was why Sephiroth had chosen this place to arrange a fight with the Black Colt Family, to avoid unnecessary trouble...
Within the crowd, Shinbei leaned close to a middle-aged man with a full beard, a large pointed nose, and a sword scar on his right cheek. Pointing toward the southern gate of the Flower Capital, he said in a low voice:
"Boss, they're here!"
Hearing this, Boss Black Colt immediately turned his head toward the exit of the Flower Capital.
On the broad bluestone steps, Sephiroth led the nervous Kuma Goro and Camel toward the location where the three hundred-plus men had gathered.
Seeing this, Boss Black Colt could not help frowning. An absurd thought arose in his mind.
Could it be... these