Chapter 439: Golden Lion VS Blue Pheasant

On Ohara's deck.

Robin and Yeruashi, dressed in kimono, were standing on the bow of the ship, looking at the island in front of him from a distance.

There was a pale golden glow in the depths of Yeruashi's eyes.

He was looking into the future of this island using his foresight.

"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, Koushiro's daughter, should die due to an accidental fall from the stairs, but now she didn't see this future at all.

According to one part of the options seen, Zoro and Kuina 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 at East Blue, they immediately set course for this island, without making any stops, as if there was something important here.

"Initially, there was only a certain probability that it would appear, but with me here... The Golden Lion will definitely appear."

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, dropping to the bottom of the sea.

Yeruashi and Robin got off the boat and walked across the wet sand, coming to a large beach.

Nearby.

Zoro and Kuina watched them closely.

They hesitated a bit when they saw Yeruashi and Robin walk down to the shore like it was nothing, but then decided to walk up, "Hey, you got here..."

Yeruashi looked at Kuina with a smile, "We just made a brief stop to replenish our food supplies and fresh water."

Kuina breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Yeruashi's words, and her hand, which was gripping Wado Ichimonji's handle, 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 should leave this island as soon as possible!"

Since Yeruashi and Robin had nothing to do with the Golden Lion, then Kuina decided to tell them about the current situation, because most of the residents had already evacuated their villages.

If they continue here, Yeruashi and Robin may accidentally be mistaken for the inhabitants of this island, but even if this does not happen, meeting Flying Pirates in any case does not bode well.

Looking at Yeruashi and Robin's large and tidy ship, Kuina could guess that the Flying Pirates would definitely not refuse to capture such a ship.

"Thanks for the reminder."

Yeruashi thanked Kuina with a smile, without explanation, and headed inland with Robin.

Kuina couldn't help but frown as she watched the figures of Yeruashi and Robin slowly drifting away.

Ordinary people should be horrified and will not hesitate to flee when they hear that Flying Pirates may appear here at any moment.

But Robin and Yeruashi only responded politely to his warning, not seeming to take it too seriously.

Do these two people really know nothing about the Golden Lion and his Flying Pirates?!

When Kuina was at a loss, Zoro approached her and also looked at the retreating figures.

His gaze was fixed on Yeruashi's back.

"This man... is a swordsman..."

Zoro narrowed his eyes at the sword hanging from Yeruashi's waist.

The current Zoro had yet to face strong opponents and had not experienced many battles on the brink of life or death.

An inexperienced boy who was less than ten years old, of course, couldn't sense anything from Yeruashi, but Zoro clearly felt that the sword hanging from his waist was very unusual.

"Yes..."

Kuina felt it too.

As Koushiro's daughter and Kozaburo's granddaughter, she was extremely sensitive to meito, moreover, the demonic Muramasa sword hanging from Yeruashi's waist gave off a very gloomy feeling, completely different from her Wado Ichimonji.

"He 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, all the adult students in the dojo were no longer his opponents.

He just couldn't beat Kuina yet.

As for Koushiro... the master could be ignored.

So Zoro never missed a chance to challenge other adult swordsmen, but due to the current situation with the Golden Lion, he didn't feel like doing so.

...

"This girl from a moment ago, is the granddaughter of Shimotsuki Kozaburo."

Yeruashi said calmly, heading inland with Robin.

Robin was surprised and looked back at Kuina out of the corner of her eye: "The famous creator of Meito, who left Wano Country several decades ago..."

After living in Wano for several years, Robin certainly gained an understanding of the country's history, including some of the modern history.

Shimotsuki Kozaburo is a famous person who is often mentioned in the history of Wano Country, so Robin knew about him.

"Yes."

Yeruashi nodded, "Wano Country has long been famous for a deep heritage in swordsmanship, and in the veins of the strongest swordsmen appearing in the expanses of the sea, the blood of the mighty swordsmen of the past often flows."

Zoro, who defeated all the adult swordsmen in his dojo, can already be considered a monster, and Kuina, who is able to suppress Zoro himself, must also be exceptionally talented.

"Are you going to bring the Shimotsuki Family back to Wano 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 changed radically, maybe in a few years its gust will reach even me..."

...

More than a hundred kilometers away from Shimotsuki village.

In the sky, amid white clouds, a few kilometers above sea level, several large islands were floating gently!

A loud cry came from one of the islands.

"Ice Age!!!"

Aokiji put his hand on the ground and shouted loudly, almost instantly freezing at least half of the large island.

"Shishi odoshi: Chimaki!"

With the Golden Lion's shout, the frozen ground on the surface of the island became frantic and formed eight huge lion heads, which rushed towards Aokiji from different directions.

Aokiji waved his hands, creating several huge icicles of ice.

Shuffle!!!

The huge lion heads were frozen.

But by then, the Golden Lion had already created a dense web of golden slashes, cutting Aokiji's body into many small pieces.

Aokiji, of course, noticed these cuts filled with the concentrated will of weaponry, with the help of the will of observation, and turned his body into ice in advance, receiving no damage at all.

The ice instantly formed Aokiji's figure.

"Ice sword!"

Aokiji squeezed the empty air with the palm of his right hand, forming a large ice sword in it.

The Golden Lion quickly flew downward, swinging his crippled right leg, in which a blade was inserted in the place of a prosthetic, sharply in Aokiji's direction.

Aokiji swung his large ice sword to meet Shiki's attack.

Stinging!!!

At the moment of the sword clash, a terrifying roar erupted.

"Fly down, cub!"

The Golden Lion, who was holding a cigar in his mouth, grinned bloodthirstily and swung the other leg ferociously, throwing Aokiji off the island.