chapter 6 kozuki kensei

isshin dragged oden through the exit of the kozuki castle and vanished in high-speed.

before oden could comprehend, he was on the ground in the forest of wano kuni and isshin was sitting on a rock in front of him, his face indicated he was annoyed at oden and sukiyaki.

"give me your strongest attack kid!" he said still annoyed at the kozuki, oden woke up from his daze and put on an excited expression

He wanted to give the best impression he can of himself to his uncle, and he knew he was very strong, he was self aware.

He unsheathed his two great grade swords and took on a stance similar to one he did before, he started charging up his haki to his sword and his veins started bulging due to the amount of power flowing through him.

He screamed and attacked his uncle,

"ogen totsuka!!!" his attack ravaged the forest and made it to his uncle who looked at the attack unfazed and sighed, he simply swiped his hand and the attack was dispersed by a greater breeze.

Oden could only look as his attack was swatted away like it was a fly

" this is the strength you're so proud of? your grandfather will be rolling on his grave due to his disappointment!"

oden was dumbstruck and hurt, he knew he was strong but he began to doubt himself.

Isshin looked down at oden who was engulfed in a dark aura.

Sighing he started talking

" cheer up brat, I'll have to make a man out of you! " oden looked up to isshin and nodded at his idol.

" first of all, you are strong by this worlds standards...if you escape to the seas then your bounty will be around 900 million just because of your strength...but our kozuki clan has survived the onslaught of the void century and preserved until now because of our world toppling strength, at the time of sword God shimotsuki ryuma and kozuki Ryuzen, they kept the land of wano thriving by killing off all the outsiders and organizations who wanted a piece of our land....i do not know what happened during the void century nor am I interested in it, but our matter is in the present, when you take the reign of shogun, outsiders will want a piece of our rich land...it is your responsibility and your retainers responsibility to take care of wano, your priority should always be wano and its people, that is the mentality of a king!"

Oden by now had serious look and he was determined to gain even more strength...maybe even surpass his idol.but he wanted to ask something to ishhin and there was no better opportunity

" ...how did you gain your strength? is it sorcery?" by sorcery he meant devil fruit he just didn't know of it

" sorcery? magic? no! my best weapon is my body! MY SWORD! those magic or devil fruits are so suspicious and risky! I have gained strength by honing my techniques through countless battles...in my time, wano was even more chaotic...the world government had been sending spies and marines were more keen on attacking us...not to mention pirates..that is also one of the reason I had to leave wano with chiyo...sukiyaki was far too weak and father was on his deathbed after fighting all his life....my time spent with my father before his death will remain one of my most fond experiences.."

" grandfather? what was he like? how strong was he?" oden asked seeing the look of admiration and respect on his uncles face.

" your grandfather was a MAN, he embodied manliness and he was a TRUE samurai that followed the bushido code strictly, your father is a strict man but compared to our father he is nothing , our father was strict and adamant about us growing strong so that we can face off against anyone, mentally and physically! he was my idol and my figure I wished to hope and maybe surpass! And I HAVE!" he said, an aura of majesty befitting of a king.

" and beyond everything !Your grandfather, kozuki kensei was strong! very strong! , he was soft on that brat sukiyaki because he was born when he was old but when he raised me he beat me into learning every style of kozuki and it's daimyos! and I can say with pride that I did learn and I excelled in them! and when I was 18 I surpassed my father! and fought with my retainers and utterly destroyed the alliance of 4 seas at the battle of randy and at the battle of Florence! ..... even though I didn't come back unharmed..mentally "

oden watched as his uncle went through a rollercoaster of emotions when reminiscing the past.

" get up brat and let me make you a samurai worthy of the kozuki family!"