One Piece's Vice Captain 2

Chapter 206 Ships and Structural Drawings
After discussing for a while, Shutenmaru decided to take them and his subordinates to a place. Kinemon and the others didn't know where that place was, so they followed Shutenmaru around to a small lawn on a small hill. , there are hundreds of tombstones standing on the relatively lush lawn. The tombstones that have been there for some years are covered with moss, and the inscriptions on the inscriptions are almost too blurred to be seen clearly.

"This... this is??" Seeing the tombstone I erected, Kin'emon's pupils shrank, and he had vaguely guessed where it was.

"So it's been so long..." Yasushi Tono looked at the tombstones and remembered the rumors he heard more than ten years ago.And Xiao Ren just turned his head sideways, silently wiping away his tears.

"This is 20 years." Jiu Tianmaru looked at the tombstones, and couldn't help but feel pain on his expression when thinking of the past 20 years, "How difficult it is to believe such illusory legends," ,
"...", looking at the tombstones everywhere, Kin'emon felt more and more the changes of 20 years.

After 20 years, everything has changed...

Recalling the memories of those years, Jiutianmaru can still understand everyone's feelings at that time, "10 years is already the limit, I can't wait any longer and went to the island of ghosts together, everyone died..."

Those are all tombstones, just tombstones, not even cenotaphs.

Sad to say, they couldn't even contain the bones of the dead soldiers, they could only let them sleep in the enemy's territory.

10 years ago.

In a certain dilapidated village, hundreds of scarred and tired warriors gathered. Everyone could see that they had been hungry for a long time, and the weapons in everyone's hands were also tattered.

They struggled to survive under the oppression of the big snake for 10 years, and they didn't even know how to survive the next ten years without a source of food.Originally, they could still firmly believe in the fable that they didn't know whether it was true or not, but they couldn't even live to realize it, so how could they continue to believe in that kind of empty talk?
"It's been 10 years..." A samurai in charge was wrapped in many dirty bandages, leading many samurai with desperate expressions to stand in front of Jiutianmaru, "We are getting old, and our physical strength is beginning to Weakened! Do we have to wait for the group of guys who have no guarantee that they will really come back?"

Seeing their despair, Shutenmaru persuaded anxiously, "Trust Toki-sama! Trust them!! Kin'emon will come back! He will come back with Momanosuke-sama!"

However, upon hearing this, the warriors just shook their heads in despair, and shouted in pain, "We who don't surrender to the big snake have no food, and we will die of illness before we start the battle!!"

"Kaido's army burned, killed and looted everywhere. Almost all the villages except the capital of flowers were destroyed! Not only food! There is even no fresh water!"

"Let's fight against Kaido and the Orochi!"

"If you grow old like this, you will die! The inferior people can't stand it anymore!"

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Seeing them getting more and more excited, Jiutianmaru also felt their urgency, but now he can only persuade his companions who want to die, "Don't do this! Don't die in vain! Not in the name of Guangyue There is no chance of winning if you assemble an army!"

"The inferior people can't stand it anymore!!", the samurai who had already endured to the extreme just showed pain on their faces, and gradually drew out their knives and shouted, "At least... let the inferior people die with the sword. If you want to die, you want to do it The samurai dies!! The lower class is not a coward like you, at least the method of death must be decided by the lower class!"

"Calm down! It won't do anything to lose your life now!" Seeing that they didn't listen to persuasion, Jiu Tianmaru was also a little annoyed, "Why did we endure until now? You can't get rid of Oden-sama's regrets! You all know this too!"

The elderly samurai standing in the front looked at Jiutianwan, but suddenly tears filled his eyes, "Do you remember, when I was a child... when I was testing my courage, I often yelled a sentence, people value themselves too much." I will be afraid. Snatch, that is, give up-name-knowledge. Give up the name, give up the cognition, let go of yourself, and plunge into it, this is that sentence!!"

On that day, he still couldn't stop them after all. He watched them abandon everything and rushed towards the island of ghosts by boat, watching helplessly as they ruined their lives in the turbulent waves.

The ship full of samurai who never turned back and the deafening shouts of "she-name-zhi" that linger in my ears are still as clear as yesterday, and the Asura boy also gave up waiting from that desperate day, turned around and became He captured the bandit Jiu Tianwan who occupied the mountain as king.

Jiu Tianmaru gradually woke up from his memories, recalling his companions who had died one after another in the past 20 years, and asked in a low voice with pain, "Why did it take 20 years..."

Kin'emon didn't know the mystery, but he always believed in Mrs. Shi's judgment, "I will know after it's done."

Inulan nodded, and solemnly agreed, "There must be some meaning!"

Looking at those tombstones, Shutenmaru seemed to see the companions who generously died as warriors to end their lives. After a while, he even vaguely saw the smiling face of Kozuki Oden, who was still very clear after 20 years, and was stunned. After a while, he opened his mouth in a low voice, "I'm not questioning the meaning of Oden-sama..."

After a while, Shutenmaru suddenly pulled out the sword without warning.Kin'emon and the others on the side suddenly became vigilant, thinking that he wanted to fight again.

"Hey! Little ones!!" However, Shutenmaru just raised his sword to face his subordinates, and shouted with firm eyes, "Time is the night of the fire festival! In the name of Kotsuki, attack the Oni Island !! Take the heads of Pirate Kaido and Shogun Orochi!! Anyone who has made up his mind will follow me!!”

"Oh!!!" Seeing that he finally strengthened his will to resist, the bandits who had been following him also drew their swords and shouted angrily, "Of course I will follow you, boss!! The inferior people have been waiting for this day! !"

Kin'emon also breathed a sigh of relief, but he still couldn't help being excited about his companion's return.

"You guys are still the same as before..." After determining the target, Shutenmaru also returned to his previous character. After comparing the slight height difference between Kin'emon and himself, he said triumphantly, "Before Although we are the same age, but now we are stronger than 20 years! Right, Inuarashi~"

"Indeed." Inuarashi, who has also lived for 20 years, also nodded in agreement. After 20 years of training, they must be stronger than Kin'emon.

Kin'emon was stepped on the pain point all of a sudden, and yelled angrily, "Shut up, old man!! Don't hold back!"

"Young man~", taking advantage of their age, Inuarashi and Shutenmaru laughed at Kin'emon unceremoniously, and Kin'emon was so angry that he drew his sword.

Seeing that they were about to fight, the bandits around were all stunned, "Hey, stop! How do you stop the fight between the Red Sheath Nine Heroes?"

But after gnashing each other's teeth for a while, they laughed at each other again, "Hahaha!!
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After speaking, Shutenmaru left a dozen people to watch Holdem's actions, and then led Kin'emon and other bandits to the southwestern coast of Kuri.

Inulan looked at his companions around him, and couldn't help but sigh, "Speaking of which, it seems like it's been a long time since we left together like this."

For Kin'emon, this was only a few months ago. Thinking of the changes today, he couldn't help sighing, "Yeah, for me, it was just a while ago. .”

Lei Zang looked at the unfamiliar environment around him, and observed that there should be few people coming and going here, "Speaking of which, Asura, where are you going?"

"There is something I want you to see." Shutenmaru didn't say it clearly, but led them around the hills and wilderness for a while before they came to a small river beach hidden behind a cliff.

The more than 200-meter-long river beach is fairly flat, and there are no traces of people walking on the smooth sandy beach. In addition to the rushing river not far away and the surrounding cliffs, it forms a natural treasure trove.And what is hidden here all the year round is not gold and silver treasures, but for the warriors who are ready to resist, what they see in front of them is more precious than gold and silver treasures.

It was five dilapidated galleons and some large and small fishing boats, merchant ships, etc.

"Boat?? It's a boat!!" Lei Zang's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that the boat in front of him was genuine.

"It's... really surprising..." Kankuro was also shocked, it's hard to imagine that there are ships here.

"Great! In this way, the boat to the island of ghosts is also solved!" Xiao Ren was so moved that she shed tears, and he couldn't calm down his excitement for a while.

Seeing them like this, Shutenmaru couldn't help explaining the origin of these ships, "Although it still needs a little repair. These are the ships that were destroyed by Kaido, collected from various ports in Wano Country. These ships can transport thousands of soldiers to Oni Island."

"It's so reliable! I'm so impressed with you!!", Kin'emon patted Shutenmaru's shoulder excitedly, and rushed to the shore to have a closer look at those ships, "I'll trouble Fran later. Just ask Your Excellency to repair these boats!"

"It's really impressive. You weren't so smart before." Inulan couldn't hide his surprise. In his memory, Asura should be more reckless.

"..." Seeing their fuss, Jiu Tianmaru couldn't help but blushed, "Didn't I sleep for 20 years..."

Kin'emon looked up at the dilapidated sailboats, as if he could already see the figure of the warriors sailing through the waves on the day of the fire festival, approaching Onishima, taking Kaido's head and liberating Wano Country.

Recalling the hardships along the way and the perseverance of the samurai who stayed in Wano Country, Kin'emon also understood everyone's determination to save Wano Country, "It's been a hard road along the way. Finally, the day of the crusade finally reached!!"

Everyone present also knew that there was no room for failure on the day of the Fire Festival. It was their last battle and the last chance to save Wano Country.

After a while, everyone calmed down a little.After Shutenmaru arranged for his subordinates to set up camp here, he threw an oiled paper bag hidden in his wide sleeve to Kinemon.

"What is this?" Kin'emon, who was a little confused, took it and opened it, and found that it was a folded blueprint. After unfolding the old blueprint, he found that it was a complicated structural drawing. When he guessed what the blueprint was , Kinemon widened his eyes again in shock, "This... this is??"

"Isn't this the structure diagram of the house on the Onishima Island?" Kankuro suddenly probed over, and was shocked when he saw the contents of the drawing clearly.

The elated Kin'emon kept patting Jiutianmaru's shoulder, and said with a big laugh, "I see! You were the one who finally got the house structure diagram! You've been looking for it for a long time before the inferior people. Your Excellency Frannosuke is in trouble!"

Tono Yasushi stepped on his feet to look at the picture, and nodded with satisfaction, "However, this will allow us to formulate strategies for the enemy camp!"

While Inulan was happy, he still did not forget to tease, "Are you so clever?"

"Indeed, indeed, the former Asura would not care about such a small matter hahahaha!!" Lei Zang nodded in agreement, and couldn't help laughing with the others after he finished speaking.

Hearing this, Jiu Tianwan gritted his teeth and glared at them angrily, "You guys are so noisy!!"

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(End of this chapter)