On the deck of Ohara.
Robin and Yeruashi, dressed in kimono, stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the approaching island.
There was a pale golden glow in the depths of Yeruashi's eyes.
He was looking at the future of this island using his foresight ability.
"The plot has completely changed..."
After a few seconds, Yeruashi looked away from the island and whispered.
According to the original development of events, Kuina, Koshiro's daughter, should die due to an accidental fall from the stairs, but now he did not see this future at all.
According to one part of the options seen, Zoro and Quina will successfully leave the island, avoiding the pursuit of the Golden Lion Flying Pirates, and according to another part, they will not be able to escape and will be killed.
"Will the Golden Lion appear on this island?"
Robin, who was standing next to Yeruashi, asked with interest.
After arriving in East Blue, they immediately set a course for this island, without making any stops at all, as if there was something important here.
"Initially, there was only a certain probability of appearing, but with me here...The Golden Lion will definitely show up."
Yeruashi smiled.
The ship quickly approached the island and moored near the shore.
The numerous ropes on the deck began to move and the sails began to twist, and the anchor descended, falling to the bottom of the sea.
Yeruashi and Robin got off the ship and walked through the wet sand, coming out on a large beach.
Nearby.
Zoro and Quina were watching them closely.
They hesitated a little, seeing that Yeruashi and Robin were going down to the shore as if nothing had happened, but then they decided to come up: "Hello, you came here..."
Yeruashi looked at Kuina with a smile, "We just made a short stop to replenish our food and fresh water supplies."
Kuina breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Yeruashi's words, and her hand, which was gripping the handle of the Wado Ichimonji, noticeably weakened.
After that, Kuina belatedly thought of something and turned to Yeruashi with concern: "This...The Golden Lion Flying Pirates may appear here at any time, so you must leave this island as soon as possible!"
Since Yeruashi and Robin had nothing to do with the Golden Lion, then Quina decided to tell them about the current situation, because most of the residents had already evacuated from their villages.
Continuing to stay here, Yeruashi and Robin may be accidentally mistaken for the inhabitants of this island, but even if this does not happen, meeting with Flying Pirates in any case does not bode well.
Looking at the large and neat ship of Yeruashi and Robin, Quina could assume that the Flying Pirates would definitely not refuse to capture such a ship.
"Thank you for the reminder."
Yeruashi thanked Quina with a smile, without explaining anything, and headed inland with Robin.
Quina couldn't help but frown as she watched the slowly retreating figures of Yeruashi and Robin.
Ordinary people should be horrified and will not hesitate to run away when they hear that Flying Pirates can appear here at any moment.
But Robin and Yeruashi only politely responded to her warning, not seeming to take it too much to heart.
Do these two people really know nothing about the Golden Lion and his Flying Pirates?!
When Quina was at a loss, Zoro came up to her and also looked at the retreating figures.
His gaze was fixed on Yeruashi's back.
"This is a man...sword master..."
Zoro squinted at the blade hanging from Yeruashi's waist.
The current Zoro has not yet faced strong opponents and has not experienced many battles on the verge of life and death.
An inexperienced child who was less than ten years old, of course, could not feel anything from Yeruashi, but Zoro clearly felt that the sword hanging on his waist was very unusual.
"Yes..."
Quina felt it, too.
As the daughter of Koshiro and the granddaughter of Kozaburo, she was extremely sensitive to meito, in addition, the Muramasa demonic blade hanging from Yeruashi's waist gave off a very gloomy feeling, completely different from her Wado Ichimonji.
"It must be a very high-class meito."
Zoro narrowed his eyes and said seriously, " A person who possesses such a meito must be a strong swordsman...Ah, under normal circumstances, I would definitely challenge him..."
Although Zoro is still a child, but all the adult students of the dojo were no longer his opponents.
He couldn't beat only Quina.
As for Koshiro...then the teacher can be ignored.
So Zoro never missed an opportunity to challenge other adult swordsmen, but because of the current situation with the Golden Lion, he didn't have any mood to do it.
...
"This girl just now, she's Shimotsuki Kozaburo's granddaughter."
Yeruashi said calmly, heading inland with Robin.
Robin was surprised and looked at Quina from the corner of her eye behind: "The famous creator of Meito, who left the Country of Vano several decades ago..."
After living in Vano for several years, Robin certainly gained an understanding of the country's history, including part of modern history.
Shimotsuki Kozaburo is a famous person who is often mentioned in the history of the Country of Vano, so Robin knew about him.
"Yes."
Yeruashi nodded: "The country of Vano has long been famous for a deep heritage in the field of swordsmanship, and in the veins of the strongest swordsmen who appear on the expanses of the sea, the blood of powerful swordsmen of the past often flows."
Zoro, who defeated all the adult swordsmen of his dojo, can already be considered a monster, and Quina, who is able to suppress Zoro himself, must also have an exceptional talent.
"Are you going to bring the Shimotsuki Family back to Vano Country?"
Robin looked at Yeruashi.
Yeruashi smiled and shook his head, " No, it doesn't make any sense now...the direction of the wind has already been radically changed, perhaps in a few years its gust will reach even me..."
...
More than a hundred kilometers from the village of Shimotsuki.
In the sky, in the middle of white clouds, a few kilometers above sea level, several large islands were floating smoothly!
A loud cry came from one of the islands.
"Ice Age!!"
Aokiji put his hand to the ground and shouted loudly, almost instantly freezing at least half of the big island.
"Shishi Odosi! Goso Chimaki!!"
With the cry of the Golden Lion, the frozen ground on the surface of the island went into a frenzy and formed eight huge lion heads, rushing towards Aokiji from different directions.
Aokiji waved his hands, creating several huge icicles of ice.
Hum!!
The huge lion heads were frozen.
But by this time, the Golden Lion had already created a dense network of golden slashes, cutting Aokiji's body into many small pieces.
Aokiji, of course, noticed these slashes filled with the concentrated will of the armament, with the help of the will of observation, and turned his body into ice in advance, without receiving any damage at all.
The split ice instantly formed Aokiji's figure.
"Ice Sword!"
Aokiji squeezed the empty air with his right palm, forming a large ice sword in it.
The Golden Lion swiftly flew down, sharply swinging his crippled right leg, in which a blade was inserted instead of a prosthesis, in the direction of Aokiji.
Aokiji swung his big ice sword to meet Shiki's attack.
Hum!!
At the moment of the clash of blades, a terrifying roar broke out.
"Fly down, puppy!"
The Golden Lion, who was holding a cigar in his mouth, grinned bloodthirstily and fiercely swung his other leg, throwing Aokiji off the island.