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Sure enough, after a while, several samurai walked over, and among them was a woman with emerald-colored hair wearing Wano Country princess attire; she was very beautiful.
However, to them, her beauty held no appeal.
After all, Ye Yu and the others had seen too many beauties; even Rebecca was not inferior to her, and her figure might even surpass hers.
The samurai seemed to be deferring to this young woman.
And when this young woman entered the tavern, she attracted the attention of many customers, who all lecherously stared at the girl protected by the samurai.
It was as if wolves, hungry for several days, had spotted a fat sheep.
The approaching samurai looked at Ye Yu and asked, "You must be Mr. Keibun Yoruha, right?"
Ye Yu looked up at the man; his hair was peculiar, styled in a way Ye Yu found utterly incomprehensible.
However, out of politeness, Ye Yu nodded.
"In this country, for you to know my name, you're not simple."
Ye Yu clearly knew that Wano Country had always been closed off, even before Kaido entered Wano Country.
Therefore, the people of Wano Country were not knowledgeable about the outside world, and those who were generally held some power and status.
These samurai and the girl protected by them did not seem like ordinary people.
Upon hearing Ye Yu's words, the samurai was startled; he hadn't expected Ye Yu to be so perceptive, immediately guessing his unusual identity.
This samurai was Kyoshiro, who had been secretly protecting Kozuki Hiyori, and the emerald-haired girl was indeed Kozuki Hiyori, whom he protected.
Kozuki Hiyori had been secretly living in Wano Country for many years, disguised as a geisha, and had even become the Oiran of Wano Country, obsessed over by Kurozumi Orochi.
However, to conceal her identity, Kozuki Hiyori used the alias Komurasaki.
When Kozuki Hiyori entered, she had been staring at Ye Yu's waist, or more precisely, at the Shusui on Ye Yu's waist.
She was very concerned about the ownership of Shusui.
Among the samurai, there was also one who looked as beautiful as a girl, and that was Kikunojo, one of the Nine Red Scabbards; although she appeared female and identified as female, she was, in fact, a man.
Ye Yu naturally saw at a glance that she was a man.
This wasn't the first time Ye Yu had seen such a person.
The other samurai were mostly former subordinates of Oden.
Moreover, their strength was quite good; there were even experts whose strength was comparable to Kaido's Three Disasters, such as Ashura Doji.
His strength was capable of defeating Jack the Drought.
Among the Nine Red Scabbards, his strength was the strongest, second only to Oden.
The group gathered together and appeared before Ye Yu, taking a great risk, because if they were discovered, it would be almost impossible for them to survive.
It was precisely because they knew Ye Yu that they chose to take the risk to see him.
Especially since Ye Yu had Shusui on his waist, having this sword indicated that Ye Yu was related to the Shimotsuki family.
However, Ye Yu indeed had a connection with the Shimotsuki family; after all, Ye Yu was also a disciple of Shimotsuki Koushirou, though he didn't study with him for long, and Shimotsuki Ryuma had also entrusted his sword to Ye Yu.
The group looked at Ye Yu; apart from Kyoshiro, who knew Ye Yu quite well, the others didn't know much about him.
So, it was mainly Kyoshiro who spoke with Ye Yu.
Kyoshiro looked at Ye Yu and said, "Mr. Ye Yu, may I ask what your purpose is in Wano Country?"
"Do you know what has happened in Wano Country?"
Ye Yu calmly took a sip of tea and said indifferently, "I have no purpose; I'm just passing through here. As for what happens in your Wano Country, I don't care."
Ye Yu did not bring up the matter of returning Shusui to Wano Country again.
Now Shusui was also his sword, and he couldn't possibly return it to Wano Country; moreover, this sword was entrusted to him by Shimotsuki Ryuma, so he didn't need to return it to Wano Country in the first place.
It's likely that Shusui, which had already become a cursed sword, wouldn't want to return to Wano Country and be kept in a high place.
Ye Yu's words were somewhat unexpected to the group.
Kyoshiro asked somewhat nervously, "Are you just passing through here?"
He didn't quite believe this reason, so he wanted to confirm if it was true.
Ye Yu said faintly, "Yes."
This answer made the group nervous; they had taken a great risk to come find Ye Yu, but they hadn't expected him not to be here for matters concerning Wano Country.
Just then, Kozuki Hiyori asked, "Mr. Ye Yu, may I ask where your Shusui came from?"
Kyoshiro was startled upon hearing Kozuki Hiyori's words, and as he tried to stop her, Ye Yu looked at Kozuki Hiyori and smiled, "It was given to me by Shimotsuki Ryuma of your Wano Country."
Kozuki Hiyori frowned and said, "That's impossible. Senior Shimotsuki Ryuma passed away a long time ago, and that sword was buried with him."
Ye Yu laughed, "Are you implying I robbed a grave?"
Kozuki Hiyori didn't speak, but Kyoshiro was already so scared his heart almost stopped beating.
He quickly explained, "Mr. Ye Yu, please don't misunderstand. Miss Komurasaki is just... just curious, and she absolutely doesn't mean to accuse you."
The others also frowned, looking at Ye Yu.
They truly didn't understand why Kyoshiro said Ye Yu was very strong, even possibly capable of defeating Kaido; was it really reliable?
Ye Yu didn't look like a strong person at all.
It's just that they, staying in Wano Country, knew too little about the outside world, but Kyoshiro was responsible for the intelligence work of the Nine Red Scabbards, so he naturally knew how terrifying Ye Yu was.
If they truly offended him, they would definitely not survive.
Kozuki Hiyori bit her lip; she actually did mean that Ye Yu had robbed a grave.
It's just that Kyoshiro seemed very afraid of this man, which Kozuki Hiyori found somewhat incomprehensible.
Kyoshiro's explanation did not satisfy Ye Yu; of course, Ye Yu didn't care anyway, he just wanted to tease them a bit.
So he deliberately put on a gloomy face, "Did you come here just to question me about this?"
Feeling Ye Yu's displeasure, cold sweat poured down Kyoshiro's forehead, fearing that Ye Yu would erupt and kill them all; he absolutely believed Ye Yu had such strength.
Before Kyoshiro could explain, Kikunojo spoke, "Sir, Shusui is a national treasure of our Wano Country. It was originally buried with Senior Shimotsuki Ryuma, but now it's in your hands."
"To be honest, if you don't explain clearly, we can only assume that."
Kyoshiro was speechless and wanted to stop Kikunojo.
Ye Yu laughed, "Then how do you know that Shimotsuki Ryuma didn't give me this sword?"
Kikunojo frowned and said, "Senior Shimotsuki Ryuma passed away many years ago. How could he have passed the sword to you, sir?"
