Betrayal

An only felt that her internal organs were shifting, and she directly spat out a mouthful of blood, being blasted further away by the vibrations in her body.

Boom...

The tremendous force caused her to destroy the streets along the way, but it also allowed her to quickly distance herself from Toguro and the others.

Of course, this didn't matter to them.

Because An was already seriously injured, even if she temporarily distanced herself from them, there was nothing to worry about. Injured as she was, An couldn't escape their grasp.

Mitsurugi was already rapidly approaching with Toguro and his subordinates. The road ahead had become a ruin, and the dust obstructed their vision.

Mitsurugi made a cruel smile. Since An was unwilling to become his subordinate, then let it be slow.

As long as she stayed with him for long enough, sooner or later, she would be influenced by his power, and then An would naturally become his subordinate.

He thought so in his heart and led his men step by step. However, when he arrived there, his face suddenly turned pale.

Because...

There was no trace of An in that huge pit?!

"Where is An?!" he suppressed his inner anger and said coldly to Toguro and his subordinates.

"This..." Toguro also rushed over at this time. He looked at the pit created by his power here, and frowned. "Someone rescued her. Didn't you evacuate everyone else?"

Mitsurugi immediately roared, "Yes! There shouldn't be anyone here who can help that woman! That's why I said, why did she disappear?!"

Toguro said in a deep voice, "I don't know, but I suggest sealing off the Flower Capital. I don't think they can escape within such a short time."

Mitsurugi looked at Toguro with his black eyes, then at his eight retainers. At this moment, they were all on thin ice, trembling with fear. Only one person had a hint of other emotions beyond fear...

"Kanjuro...!"

Mitsurugi immediately walked over, almost face to face with Kanjuro. Mitsurugi's face was almost ferocious, and his anger was clearly visible in the black child's eyes.

He gritted his teeth and roared at Kanjuro, "What did you do?! Did you betray me?!"

From Kanjuro's emotions, he felt not only fear and terror but also a lot of regret and remorse, which was different from others. So he directly grabbed Kanjuro's collar and lifted him up.

The others widened their eyes when they heard Mitsurugi's words. They looked at Kanjuro, who was lifted up by Mitsurugi, and angrily said, "Kanjuro, did you betray Lord Mitsurugi?!"

"Mitsurugi... Lord." Kanjuro smiled bitterly at this moment. "As expected, I can't hide it from you. I... originally wanted to say that this was the last time I helped them. From now on, I am a true retainer of the Kozuki clan. But... I am indeed deeply sinful."

"You... kill me."

He seemed to have already made up his mind to die, and Mitsurugi couldn't believe that Kanjuro would really betray him!

He had already infected Kanjuro with his ability. Even if it was someone unrelated to him who was infected by him, they would become his loyal subordinates, unless they had deep hatred against him. Otherwise, they couldn't betray him again.

But...

What was going on with Kanjuro?

"Who are you? Who are they?!" Mitsurugi roared, "What kind of person can make you betray me?!"

"Forgive... me, Lord Mitsurugi." Kanjuro said softly, "My surname..."

"is Kurozumi."

?!

Mitsurugi's eyes narrowed, and he immediately threw Kanjuro away.

Kanjuro, like trash, was thrown to the side. He didn't stand up, as if he had lost the will to live.

And the surrounding 'companions' looked at him at this moment as if they were looking at trash, but Mitsurugi didn't kill him.

Kurozumi, how could he not know this surname?

In the era before his father was born, Kurozumi was also a daimyo of Wano, but he was exterminated along with his whole family because of rebellion.

In this case, it was reasonable for the Kurozumi clan to hate him.

But he didn't expect that there were still remnants of the Kurozumi clan, and they even gathered together. Kanjuro even infiltrated his subordinates, and Mitsurugi personally couldn't believe that Kanjuro would really betray him!

He clearly infected Kanjuro with his power. Even if it was someone unrelated to him who was infected by him, they would become his loyal subordinates. Unless they had deep hatred against him, they couldn't betray him again.

But...

What was going on with Kanjuro?

"You must deal with this matter," Mitsurugi said coldly, "Take him back and interrogate him well."

However, his mood wasn't that bad.

Although he didn't catch An and missed a high-ranking officer, he caught the spy beside him, and also learned about a resistance force, which could be considered as making up for the loss of An.

He believed that under his ability, Kanjuro of the Kurozumi clan would soon be completely subdued. After all, he had stopped using his dark power on them because he trusted these eight people. Now it seemed that he still needed to let them radiate in his dark power.

In this way, everything would be foolproof.

And as long as he modified it for a while, even if Kanjuro was from the Kurozumi clan, he would be completely loyal to him. By then, he would wipe out the remnants of the so-called Kurozumi clan, and he would even let Kanjuro do it personally.

Thinking of this, his mood eased a bit, and then he prepared to search the whole city. As long as An and the people of the Kurozumi clan didn't escape from this city, they would definitely not escape from his palm.

"An was hit by my punch. It will take at least a week for her to recover." Toguro said coldly, "But since the people of the Kurozumi clan were able to rescue her in such a short time, it proves that there are capable people among them."

Their relaxation time was after An was hit by Toguro's punch and flew out. At that time, they thought that An had lost her ability to resist, and with the dust produced by her fall, they lost track of her for a while.

It was during that time that they lost track of An.

The Kurozumi clan...

Or rather, among the allies they found, there were indeed capable people.

"Well, then I have to trouble you to do this."

Mitsurugi patted Toguro on the shoulder. "The daimyos of the other towns are about to arrive. Our plan is only missing this last step. We can't afford any mistakes."

Toguro didn't speak, just walked towards the broken street and further ahead.

"I have to continue to improve my own strength."

Watching Toguro walk away, Mitsurugi's face sank again.