"Why are you doing this?"
Kurozumi Higurashi felt as though the sky had fallen. She collapsed on the ground, utter despair written across her witchlike face.
Not far away lay the corpse of her younger brother, Kurozumi Semimaru.
Kurozumi Takemitsu, the current head of the Kurozumi Family in whom she had placed such high hopes, was already dead.
A gruesome, bloody hole gaped in his chest. His heart had been pierced clean through, and blood kept pouring out.
Even a Great Swordsman had been powerless against Teach, who had no weaknesses.
The Famous Sword Futsu-no-Mitama let out mournful cries. It had now become Lancelot's weapon.
The other members of the Kurozumi Family were being ruthlessly slaughtered by Lancelot.
The Devil Fruit Users were naturally spared, merely stripped of their ability to resist.
As for the other ordinary members, there was no need to keep them alive.
Teach had decided to eradicate them root and branch.
Fortunately, the Kurozumi Family's core members were all at their headquarters, on an overseas island the family had been developing since the Rocks era.
Not a single core member of the Kurozumi Family could escape.
After the Overlord Dragon Pirates moved into Wano Country, the Kurozumi Family knew they could not compete with them and began shifting most of their attention overseas.
The Kurozumi Family was finished. Everything had been destroyed in an instant.
Earlier, Kurozumi Higurashi had received word that Orochi Island had been invaded by "Black Emperor" Teach.
Then came the terrible news of Kurozumi Hachinosu's death.
At the same time, the Orochi Pirates suffered a devastating assault from two officers of the Black Emperor Pirates.
Before the Kurozumi Family could act, before they could even prepare an escape route, "Black Emperor" Teach had arrived.
And now, this scene unfolded before Kurozumi Higurashi's