Chapter 23
Shortly after Vermillion's departure, a ship without a flag is anchored on the coast of the village of Shimotsuki.
"Dragon, look over there!" Okama King, Ivankov shouted while pointing at the mountain that had been split in two!
"Let's go to Koushirou quickly. He should know why the mountain split." Dragon looked at the mountain in the distance with a serious face.
The revolutionary troops he had brought on this voyage quickly got off the ship and made their way toward the Dojo.
"Long time no see, Koushirou." Inside the Dojo, Koushiro and the revolutionary troops are chatting.
"Long time no see, Dragon." Koushirou welcomed his old friend with a smile.
"Come on in, you must be hungry." Koushirou presented the food that had been made.
"Thank you." Dragons nodded.
"Actually there's something I wanted to ask you." Sipping a glass of tea, Dragon asked.
"It's about that split mountain, right?" Koushirou guessed what question Dragon would ask.
"Bingo!" Ivankov's big face suddenly appeared in front of Koushiro.
"When we walked here, we heard from the villagers that there was a hundred meters high silvery-white light that suddenly appeared last night, and that light split the mountain."
"Mr. Koushiro, do you know what really happened?"
"Of course." Koushirou nodded after sipping his tea.
"The mountain was split open by my opponent's slash."
"Nani?!"
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"So that's how it is. Miyamoto Musashi and Vermillion, right? I never imagined there was such strong person who unheard in the world before." Ivankov sat cross-legged while listening to Koushirou's story.
"Why did an unknown strongman suddenly appear in East Blue?" Dragons pondered.
"Could it be that the Tenryuubito's disappearance had something to do with them?"
"Dragons, you mean?!" Ivankov looked at Dragon with his mouth wide open.
"The Tenryuubito that was killed in East Blue, as well as the sudden appearance of a strong group... these things can't all be coincidences, right?"
"Only strong people like them are not afraid of Tenryuubito."
"You're right..." Ivankov nodded several times, agreeing with Dragon's theory.
***
At noon, Golden Hind.
"Well, as expected. The happiest time is the time when eating!" Musashi was holding the fried chicken happily.
"Emiya's cooking is delicious, as usual.
"Hmph, just a small problem." Emiya has acknowledged his identity on this ship as a chef. Vermillion member's combat prowess made him more relaxed than usual.
"Its that true?" asked Tsunade.
"Of course!" Musashi repeatedly nodded while eating her chicken.
"Sleeping in Master's arms or eating, which makes you happier?" Tsunade took a sip of her wine as she asked with a teasing smile.
Previously, Drake had come to Musashi's room to wake the woman up. But when she entered, she saw that woman was sleeping together with Master!
What surprised Drake even more was Musashi was sleeping like an octopus! Her hands and feet hugged Master's body so tightly!
Seeing such a sight, Drake, of course, told this to Tsunade.
"Hey!"
Musashi shouted while blushing. Even though she could be outspoken at times, when it came to matters between men and women, this left her speechless.
Of course, she was shyer than Tsunade and Drake. Because of that, the two of them often made fun of her.
Musashi, who remembered the incident this morning, really wanted to hide while erasing those embarrassing memories.
"Don't get me wrong. Last night, Master said he needed a bolster to sleep. That's why we sleep in each other's arms." Musashi explained frantically.
"If you don't believe me, ask Master!"
"Yup, that's exactly what happened last night." Vermillion calmly replied while sipping his black tea.
"Last night we just slept cuddled together. Nothing 'else' happened."
Vermillion deliberately suppressed his tone.
"Oh~? Was there really no other 'thing' going on?" Drake looked at Musashi while narrowing his eyes and smiled.
"Wooo~ Master, why do you put it like that. Others will misunderstand more!" Musashi wanted to cry.
"By the way, my illness is still not cured. So from now on, I will ask for Musashi's help~."
"What?!" Musashi glared.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Seeing Musashi's funny reactions, everyone immediately burst into laughter.
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