"Kozuki Hiyori! Everyone, look! Our top courtesan is parading through the streets!"
Endless cheers rang out all around.
The lavishly dressed woman on the palanquin, wearing an arrogant expression.
Was the new top courtesan who had only recently risen to prominence: Kozuki Hiyori.
"Truly the greatest beauty in Wano Country! A beauty seen only once in a thousand years!"
Praise rang out without end as Lofan watched the courtesan's parade with amusement.
"So this is the inevitability of history converging."
Taking Issho with him, he headed against the flow of people and left the bustling, lively district.
Their unconventional behavior drew Kozuki Hiyori's attention.
After leaving the Flower Capital, the two took only a short while to reach what had once been a lawless land:
Kuri.
It really was a tiny patch of land, pitifully small.
The changes in Kuri were not as earthshaking as those in the Flower Capital.
Or rather, this place remained impoverished and destitute.
Lofan spread his Observation Haki over an enormous area.
Because he possessed incomparably vast Reiatsu.
In fact, Lofan's Observation Haki could easily cover all of Wano Country.
But the farther away something was, the less accurate the information he sensed became.
That was why Lofan had chosen to come to Kuri before beginning his search for Kozuki Sukiyaki.
Soon, a clear image appeared in Lofan's mind.
A short old man wearing a Tengu Mask, with wings on his back.
He was forging a kitchen knife inside a room.
"Found him. Issho, wait here for me."
"Of course."
Lofan soared into the air and landed right outside the home of the former shogun, who now went by Tenguyama Hitetsu.
Sukiyaki immediately noticed the disturbance outside.
The recent changes had left him unsure whether he could fulfill his son's dying wish.
"Sukiyaki, I need