Chapter 425: Kozuki Hiyori

Wano Country.

After Kaido's death at the hands of Yeruashi, the Beast Pirates quickly withdrew from Wano Country, under the leadership of Queen and Fire King.

At that time, the main force of Wano Country was the samurai of the past.

Each of the citizens sensed that radical changes were in the making.

Somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

Near the entrance to the hidden cave, there was a little loli of seven or eight years old with turquoise hair, hugging her knees with her small hands.

There were many patches on her worn clothes, and her hair and cheeks were dirty.

Obviously, her life was full of hardships.

That girl was Kozuki Hiyori.

Kozuki Oden's daughter and the rightful heir of Wano Country, along with Momonosuke.

After Oden's death, she escaped from the castle with Kawamatsu, but due to Orochi's persecution throughout the Wano Country, they could only survive in the wild.

"..."

It's only been about four years since Toki sent Momonosuke and the others twenty years into the future....

There were still sixteen left.

This meant that she would have to hide from Orochi's pursuit for another sixteen years.

But that wasn't what little Hiyori was worried about at the moment.

She was much more concerned about the changes in the environment.

Ever since Orochi received the support of the Kaido Beast, he began to actively build weapons factories all over the country, leading to a gradual pollution of the environment.

Previously, Kawamatsu, who lived with her in the mountains, could easily provide them with food, but now this has changed.

Now Kawamatsu has to disappear for the whole day to get enough food, moreover, he now always comes back very tired.

Hiyori already foresaw how each year they would have less and less food, and she would grow and eat more and more each year.

If everything continued like this, it was unlikely that they would be able to survive.

Hiyori made a decision.

If, as she suggested, the food gradually became insufficient for the survival of two people, then she would leave and find a way to survive on her own, rather than continue to burden Kawamatsu.

Just as Hiyori was thinking about this, she was startled and turned her head sharply.

In the clearing in the distance, two figures could be seen walking in her direction.

"Ah..."

Hiyori dove into the cave in fright.

Although the distance was great and the bushes did not allow a good view of the figures, Hiyori could make out that it was not Kawamatsu!

Chu, chu, chu.

Hearing the rustling of branches and grass getting closer and closer, Hiyori tensed greatly and froze, trying not to make a single sound.

But to her horror, this rustling stopped near the cave.

Just as Hiyori was straining as hard as she could, suddenly a hand came out of the darkness and patted her shoulder.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"

Hiyori screamed loudly and ran as fast as she could.

But due to excessive panic, she tripped over a rock and fell, not even having time to run towards the exit of the cave.

"Why was it necessary to scare her...?"

Yeruashi, who was standing at the exit of the cave, looked at Robin and sighed helplessly, then waved his hand.

Hiyori, who was about to fall face first to the ground, suddenly hovered in mid-air.

It was as if she fell on soft absorbent cotton, and then flew back under the influence of some invisible force and landed on the ground.

Robin looked at Hiyori and shook her head, "This time it's even smaller than me..."

The corners of Yeruashi's mouth twisted.

What do you mean 'smaller than me'?!

Lately, it seemed more and more to Yeruashi that his image in Robin's eyes was very distorted.

Her ideas and words were becoming too dangerous....

"Hoo.... hoo..."

After Hiyori was lifted and planted on the ground by an invisible force, she began to breathe rapidly and became very frightened, to the point that it was even difficult to control her body.

It was only after a few seconds that Hiyori calmed down a bit and looked tensely at the two people standing nearby.

"You...you..."

Hiyori took a deep breath and said nervously.

Had she been tracked down by Orochi's men?

Kawamatsu went in search of food and it was unknown when he would return...

"Hiyori?"

Yeruashi smiled gently at Hiyori.

Hiyori's heart fluttered, but outwardly she remained calm and shook her head, "I'm sorry uncle, I don't know a person named Hiyori, you made a mistake..."

Yeruashi narrowed his eyes, looking at the girl with a pale golden glow in his eyes.

Soon, she smiled, determining that this girl was indeed Toki's daughter, "Don't worry so much, I'm not here to catch you.... I got something from your mother and I'm going to pay you back."

"Ah?"

Hiyori was surprised.

If Orochi had sent this person to catch her, she definitely wouldn't have said something like that.

Even for the sake of discovering her identity, there is no need to resort to such tricks.

It is much easier to capture and interrogate her.

Looking into those blue eyes, Hiyori inexplicably felt confidence in Yeruashi.

"You..."

Hiyori stood up and whispered, looking at Yeruashi.

Yeruashi said with a smile, "You can call me Mr. Yeruashi, I think... You still don't know what's going on in Wano Country?"

"Is there something wrong?!"

Hiyori was very surprised.

Hiding from Orochi's pursuit, they live in the mountains, as far away as possible from any settlements, so they very rarely get news of what's going on in Wano Country.

Yeruashi suddenly turned his head, looked in a certain direction and chuckled: "Let someone else do the explaining."

After Yeruashi's words, a shout of surprise and joy came from afar, "Princess! Princess!!!"

"I decided to look around the city today and heard unbelievable news.... The Kaido beast has been killed!!!"

The speaker was fast approaching.

Soon, Yeruashi and Robin saw a short, plump green creature, much like the bird from Angri Birds.

This creature galloped nimbly and nimbly across the clearing, and also managed to call out loudly.

It was Kawamatsu.

"Ah!!!"

Hearing Kawamatsu's scream, Hiyori covered her mouth with her hand and opened her eyes wide, then exclaimed in a dazed voice, "Kaido is dead?!"

Despite her young age, Hiyori knew very well that, in fact, her real enemy is not Orochi, but the Kaido Beast behind him.

This is the worst and most terrible enemy of the Kozuki Family!

Without dealing with Kaido, they will never have any hope of overthrowing Orochi.

But the Kaido Beast was too strong!

Even her powerful father had fallen at Kaido's hands....

Hiyori knew very well that they could never defeat an enemy as terrifying as the Kaido Beast by relying on their own strength.

But now, that monster... was dead!

This unbelievable news made Hiyori feel for a moment that she was only dreaming.

"Princess... Ah?!"

Kawamatsu, who was quickly running in the direction of the cave, continued to shout loudly, telling Hiyori the happy news, but suddenly his voice stopped abruptly because he noticed that Yeruashi and Robin were standing next to Hiyori.

Whoosh! whoosh! whoosh! whoosh!!!!

Kawamatsu made several quick jerks and appeared in front of Hiyori, and then abruptly drew his sword, looking intently at Yeruashi and Robin in front of him.