The two women looked at each other.
“You... look familiar.”
Yamato was confused. She vaguely remembered Tian Yue's appearance.
The woman in front of her looked too similar, especially the emerald green hair, exactly the same.
A small pang of jealousy arose in Kiku no Hiyori's heart. Erik had left her and her daughter in the shadow space, but he was with another woman.
But soon, her attention was drawn to the devil horns on Yamato's head.
A daughter of the Oni...!
Kiku no Hiyori thought in astonishment.
The two women stared at each other.
“Little Purple!”
Suddenly, a shocked voice came.
Kyoshiro felt relieved when he saw Kiku no Hiyori safe and sound.
“Don’t come any closer.”
Emerald drew out her blade like a lightning bolt, stopping Kyoshiro from approaching with the tip of the blade.
Kyoshiro’s gaze fell on Emerald, and he was stunned.
So similar, so much alike!
She was practically a miniature version of Lady Hiyori!
Who is this child?
“Emerald, he’s my retainer, Kyoshiro.” Kiku no Hiyori quickly pulled her daughter close, and then said to Kyoshiro, “Mr. Kyoshiro, she… she’s called Emerald, she’s my daughter.”
While it was unbelievable, Kiku no Hiyori could only explain it with a straight face.
“…..?”
Kyoshiro stood there dumbfounded. He had been gone for one night, and now there was a daughter this big?
Although, she did look very similar!
In the end, the source of this complex situation lies with this man!
Kyoshiro fixed his gaze on Erik, seeking answers.
“Did you kidnap Little Purple?” His tone was unfriendly.
“What kidnap? I left a ransom.”
Erik glanced at him and smiled slightly, “She’s my wife now, haven’t you seen, we even have a child?”
“It… it’s like that.”
Kiku no Hiyori’s face flushed, and she nodded slightly in agreement.
Kyoshiro stood frozen on the spot, his mind was blown. Had time silently passed ten years without him noticing?
The guests and geishas around them remained silent, watching the commotion, they even momentarily forgot about the death of Orochi.
Suddenly.
The body hanging from the ceiling moved.
Orochi’s head transformed into eight snake heads, one of which opened its fangs and lunged towards Kiku no Hiyori.
He hadn’t died. As a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user, he would not die easily.
He had been lurking, waiting for the perfect opportunity to turn the tables.
And now, this was the best chance!
Kyoshiro’s face changed color, but the series of shocking realities slowed his reaction.
Emerald also discovered the sneak attack and was about to use Emerald Breathing to enter an outburst state.
Yamato raised her spiked club and was about to smash the snake head.
“Wouldn’t it be better to keep pretending to be dead?”
Erik grabbed the snake head with one hand, squeezing it tightly like a steel clamp, “What makes you think I didn’t know you were faking?”
“It hurts!!” Orochi yelled in pain: “Damn it, who are you! Why did you kill me?”
Zoan-type · Snake-Snake Fruit · Mythical Zoan · Eight-Headed Serpent form.
Erik didn’t even know the mythical Zoan ability of this fruit. Orochi was too weak. In the story, he was useless after revealing his true form, apart from having eight lives.
A shame to mythical Zoans.
“This is my third wife, don’t you think she looks like someone?” Erik’s lips curled into a smile.
Third wife?!
Kiku no Hiyori widened her beautiful eyes.
However, this was clearly not the time to be jealous. She gritted her teeth and glared at Orochi, venting her years of hatred:
“Orochi!”
“You are that geisha, Little Purple?”
“Little Purple is just a stage name. My original name is Kiku no Hiyori! Kozuki Oden is my father!”
Standing beside Erik, Kiku no Hiyori felt safe, and she freely vented her years of resentment, “I’m called Proudmoore Hiyori now, he is my husband!”
The remnant of the Kozuki family!
Orochi was shocked and his face turned pale. He wasn't stupid and quickly figured out her geisha identity. She probably wanted to use this to get close to him and assassinate him!
“Damn you, dog and bitch! I should have killed you all back then!” Orochi shrieked: “That fool Kaido! If not for him, you all should have died! You all should have died!”
The guests were stunned. Geisha Little Purple was actually the princess of the Kozuki family?
“It’s time to go.”
Erik didn’t want to listen to Orochi’s resentful ramblings, and immediately activated his Wood Release.
Vines wrapped around the eight snake heads, forcibly strangling all eight heads.
In an instant, blood splattered everywhere.
This time, Orochi completely lost his breath.
Seeing this, Kiku no Hiyori felt a sense of satisfaction at having avenged her family.
She clearly remembered her mother’s dying prophecy. The prophecy poem stated that someone would come to liberate Wano Country 20 years later.
But it didn’t go according to the prophecy.
Kiku no Hiyori’s tears streamed down her face, her years of pent-up emotions vanished in an instant.
“Thank you, Erik.”
Erik shook his head and calmly turned to the guests:
“Everyone, the Kozuki family is still alive. Orochi was merely a usurper. The position of Shogun will be inherited by Hiyori’s child! Who agrees, who disagrees?”
The guests looked at each other.
They didn’t care who was Shogun. Regardless of who was Shogun, they would always be nobles.
In a blink of an eye, everyone knelt down.
“Lady Hiyori! It’s truly great that you’re safe!”
“We have been enduring in silence, waiting for the return of the Kozuki family!”
“Orochi was a traitor! His death is no loss!”
Looking at the nobles kneeling before her, Kiku no Hiyori didn’t say anything, her gentle gaze fell on her husband.
Erik calmly said: “It seems you all disagree, then die.”
As soon as he spoke.
The vines shot out like arrows, instantly killing the twenty-odd high officials in the room.
Even as their hearts were pierced by the vines, the guests still couldn’t believe it. They had all knelt down and submitted… why?
“Why did you kill them?” Kiku no Hiyori was also stunned.
“I hate fence-sitters, if you want to settle accounts, then settle them thoroughly.” Erik’s tone was cold: “If you don’t settle them thoroughly, it’s the same as not settling them at all!”
He only killed those in power, he didn’t harm the other innocent geishas.
Then Erik summoned his other children from the shadow space.
“There are still some flies outside, go catch them.”
“Understood, Dad.”
Kagura was eager to try, her face full of excitement.
As the eldest daughter, the firstborn child, she took on the posture of a leader and led her younger siblings to kill their way out.
Soon after, the Shogun’s mansion was subdued by the Proudmoore family.
The flag atop the castle changed hands!