area51novel Chapter 1717 The Great Serpent in a Frenzy
Chapter 1717 The Great Serpent in a Frenzy
Two consecutive Marine Admirals suffered setbacks on the main battlefield, and Aokiji's Ice-Ice Fruit ability was easily neutralized by a mysterious white-haired woman using a strange black sphere.
Kizaru, whose speed is unparalleled, was grabbed by Nikka Luffy in an almost absurd manner and flung away like a shooting star.
These successive unexpected events and setbacks cast a heavy shadow over the morale of the Navy, which had just been barely stabilized by Artoria.
High in the sky, inside the broadcast airship where Yamato was located.
With an extremely keen sense of news, almost the instant Hiyori appeared and blocked Aokiji's first attack, she immediately ordered her staff to lock onto the suddenly appearing silver-haired woman.
At this moment, countless people around the world are seeing a scene that is so impactful it will be recorded in history.
Edward Newgate, with his white beard, stood at the bow of the giant ship, while in front of him stood a slender woman in a kimono with snow-white hair.
Her silhouette contrasted sharply with the massive shadow of the white beard behind her.
It was already rare to see a woman standing in front of a man on the battlefield.
The visual impact of standing in front of the Four Emperors, the "strongest man in the world" Whitebeard, and facing the attack of the Navy's highest-ranking admiral in his place is unparalleled.
"This woman..."
Yamato stared at that aloof face, a strong sense of familiarity welling up inside her; the more she looked, the more familiar he seemed.
During the long years she was imprisoned on Onigashima by her father Kaido, besides repeatedly studying Kozuki Oden's nautical log, she treasured and repeatedly read any information that came from Wano Country, even if it was just a fragment.
"Could she be the most beautiful courtesan in the city for a century? No way?!"
Yamato gasped in disbelief, his eyes filled with disbelief.
She had never seen a photograph of Little Purple Flower Queen, but she had seen some private portraits that had circulated, poorly drawn but trying to capture the spirit of the subject.
In Wano Country, the name of Komurasaki, the courtesan, is known to all.
She was recognized as the most beautiful courtesan in modern times in the city of flowers, and the dream lover of countless men who could only look up to her but never reach her.
Ordinary men don't even have the right to see her, let alone get close to her.
Only the shogun who rules Wano Country—Kurozumi Orochi—is qualified to hold her in his arms.
No one dared to openly provoke a general's woman.
However, this did not prevent people from fantasizing and spreading the story in private. As a result, obscene picture books about Komurasaki Kotori were once circulated among the lower and middle-class men in Wano Country.
The Shogun's Residence, the Flower Capital of Wano Country.
Inside the luxurious palace, Orochi was in a good mood today. He didn't care at all about the chaos that was happening in Marineford outside, and even had a "the more the merrier" mentality.
He only cared about whether the division of spoils with the Beasts Pirates went smoothly and how much hard-earned money he could squeeze out of the people of Wano Country.
With enough money, what kind of beautiful woman couldn't he get? He could even go overseas to buy even rarer and more beautiful slaves.
At this moment, he is embracing the newly crowned courtesan, Mei, drinking fine wine from a large bowl, and enjoying the songstress's performance.
Perhaps the life of debauchery was too monotonous and boring, so on a whim, he ordered a broadcast screen to be set up in the palace to watch Morgans' live broadcast of Marineford.
Watching people outside fight to the death while he indulged in pleasure in a harem, the sense of superiority he felt from this contrast made him drink several more bowls of wine, and his mood became increasingly cheerful.
This good mood came to an abrupt end the moment the white-haired woman next to the white-bearded man appeared on the screen.
"Crack—!"
The wine bowl slipped from Orochi's hand and shattered on the floor, splashing wine onto his luxurious robes, but he remained completely unaware.
He stared intently at the screen, his eyes wide as saucers, his facial muscles twitching uncontrollably.
Although his hair color has changed and his clothes and temperament are completely different, he will never mistake that face, the face he has relived in his dreams countless times!
"Little Purple?!"
The newly crowned courtesan Mei, held in his arms, is a young and charming girl with silver hair and blue eyes. Due to her unique hair and eye colors, she is known as the White Plum Courtesan.
She was giggling as she was about to pour wine for the general when she suddenly felt the arm around her stiffen abruptly. Then, the general's terrifying gaze seemed to pierce through the screen, staring dead at the white-haired woman.
She had never seen the general display such a terrifying, ghost-like expression.
"General?"
Mei called out cautiously, her voice tinged with unease, "Isn't she just a woman?"
She tried to use her charm to defuse the suddenly frozen, terrifying atmosphere.
Her words were like adding fuel to the fire. The black charcoal serpent suddenly turned its head, its furious eyes, filled with a hint of betrayal and madness, like a venomous snake ready to devour its prey.
He stared intently at the younger, silver-haired face in his arms.
"Silver hair again...!" Kurozumi Orochi's mind seemed to have fallen into some kind of obsessive delusion. He looked at Hiyori on the screen, then at Mei in his arms, and a terrible thought rose uncontrollably.
"Are you also a remnant of the Kozuki family?!"
"General! You've misunderstood!!" Mei Hua's face paled, she trembled with fear, and she frantically shook her head in denial.
"The Kozuki family... the Kozuki family has been dead for so many years, their bones must have rotted away! How could I possibly have anything to do with those traitors who rebelled against the shogun..."
At this moment, after recognizing Komurasaki, Orochi has become extremely sensitive, and he will magnify any suspicious clue.
The young and beautiful woman with silver hair in front of him also became incredibly suspicious and untrustworthy in his eyes.
"Shut up, you bitch! None of you pretty women are trustworthy!!" Kurotan Orochi roared, grabbing Mei Hua Kui's slender and fragile neck.
"Uh... Heh..." Mei's explanation came to an abrupt halt, turning into a painful sob.
She weakly thrashed and pushed against the large hand that was strangling her, but a woman's strength seemed so insignificant in the face of a man in a fit of rage.
Her face quickly turned red from lack of oxygen, her beautiful blue eyes filled with despair, and her mouth opened and closed in vain, but she couldn't breathe in a single wisp of air.
"General... I didn't... I didn't..." Her voice grew weaker and weaker, her eyes rolled back, and her consciousness gradually faded.
Just as Mei was about to be strangled to death, Orochi looked at this face that was completely different from Komurasaki's, yet equally youthful and beautiful.
A complex emotion flashed in his eyes, perhaps out of reluctance to part with this rare toy, or perhaps out of a sliver of remaining rationality, before he abruptly released his grip.
"Cough! Cough cough cough—!!" Mei collapsed to the ground like a rag doll, coughing violently and gagging, greedily breathing in the long-lost air.
A clear and horrifying ring of bluish-purple marks from strangulation was a shocking sight on her fair neck.
After regaining some strength, she scrambled to her knees again, her forehead pressed against the cold floor, her voice trembling and choked with sobs as she desperately thanked him: "Thank you, General, for sparing my life, thank you, General..."
Orochi was in a bad mood and didn't want to listen to any more of these insincere compliments.
The reason he ultimately spared Mei's life was perhaps simply because of that face; it was truly rare to find another like her in Wano Country, and killing her would be a waste.