Late at night, the moon shone bright, the stars glittered overhead, and all was silent.
Wano Country, Flower Capital.
Inside the brightly lit Shogun's Palace, in a spacious bedroom.
Several white futons lay spread across the green tatami mats. Kurozumi Orochi sat atop them, a beautiful woman in his arms.
His broad palm continuously kneaded her milky-white breasts.
However...
After quite some time, the worried Kurozumi Orochi remained utterly dejected.
Left with no choice, and with no interest left, he roughly shoved the woman from his arms away.
He rose to his feet, threw on a yellow kimono, opened the door, and hurried out of the bedroom.
Seeing this, the beautiful woman put on the clothes scattered across the tatami while muttering inexplicably under her breath, "Shogun-sama, honestly..."
As she spoke, a trace of contempt and disdain flashed through her eyes.
All show, no substance!
Shogun's Palace, council chamber.
Kurozumi Orochi paced back and forth through the room with his hands behind his back, the worry in his heart plain for all to see.
Before long, Fukurokuju, having received the summons, hurried into the council chamber.
"Well?... Have you found any trace of Ashura Doji?" Kurozumi Orochi asked anxiously.
Just yesterday, they had finally managed to capture one of the Nine Red Scabbards.
But...
Before they could extract any useful intelligence from him, Ashura Doji had been rescued by two people that very night, and they had even forced their way out of the Flower Capital...?
To Kurozumi Orochi, this news was like a bolt from the blue. It left his heart in turmoil, his thoughts a complete mess!
Seeing this, Fukurokuju remained expressionless and spoke bluntly. "I dispatched four thousand ninjas under my command to conduct a carpet search.
After investigating, my men discovered that all traces of