Dong-dong-dong!
"Oooooo!"
"Oh~!"
...
The deafening roar of rock music followed Sephiroth and Kurozumi Orochi into the banquet hall, constantly assailing his ears.
In the dimly lit hall, thousands of people were shouting and screaming.
A Projection Den Den Mushi mesmerized people with colorful lights from its eyes.
Because Sephiroth had long maintained the habit of keeping his Observation Haki active, in such an extremely noisy scene, all sorts of messy sounds buzzed in his mind, almost giving him the feeling of dying on the spot!
In desperation, Sephiroth had no choice but to turn off his Sensation Haki, and he felt a little better.
However, because his basic hearing value was too high, even if he wasn't actively sensing it, he still felt that the hall was incredibly noisy!
"Quinn!"
"Quinn!"
"Quinn!"
Amidst the roar of the crowd, on a high loft stage, a huge, obese man more than six meters tall, with a golden topknot and a microphone in his hand, came out of a lift.
"Let everyone wait! Today is the annual Golden Kagura, come and enjoy!"
While talking, the fat man was still on the stage, constantly twisting his fat body, which made people feel inexplicably that he was like a big fat insect.
A faint killing intent flashed in Sephiroth's eyes. His right hand raised slightly, and he subconsciously wanted to press it on the hilt of the knife at his waist. However, he forced it down and changed it into a hand-on-shoulder posture.
For five years, he thought he had forgotten.
But the moment he saw Queen, that stormy night came back to him.
The screams and wails that rang out on the large sightseeing sailboat, and the scene of his father risking his life to snatch a life buoy for him and throw it into the sea, he felt as if it had happened yesterday, still very vivid!
"Miyamoto! Why don't you go in, my lord General is already in the box. We'll meet Governor Kaido in a little while!"
Sensing that Sephiroth had stopped, Kojiro quickly turned around and walked briskly to his side, gently pushing his shoulder.
"Can you tell the General, I won't go to the box, I want to stroll around..."
Sephiroth smiled slightly apologetically, subtly conveying his thought that he didn't want to see Kaido.
According to the procedure, Kurozumi Orochi would lead his officials to drink and celebrate with the senior cadres of the Beast Pirates led by Kaido, and he would naturally be among them.
However, after seeing Queen, Sephiroth found that he couldn't completely suppress his killing intent. He was worried that he would be noticed by Kaido or Queen during the banquet, thus completely ruining his plan!
After all, Charli's prophecy also had a destined nature.
According to her, a person who peeked at their future fate would be bound and pulled by destiny, and it would eventually lead to the moment the prophecy appeared.
This world was full of all sorts of magical powers. It was better to believe in fate than not at all.
If Sephiroth went to face Kaido and Queen directly now, it might become the result of that prophecy. Given that this was the headquarters of the Beast Pirates, he estimated that he had a 99% probability that he would not survive.
Therefore, Sephiroth finally decided that he had to stabilize himself first!
"Okay! I know!"
Hearing this, Kojiro said nothing, but he turned around, ran quickly, and arrived at a box with an open door.
Kurozumi Orochi, who was already hugging a geisha, after seeing Kojiro walk in, casually asked while drinking from a large wine bowl:
"Huh!? Kojiro, where's Miyamoto?"
"Uh!? He said, the banquet hall is quite lively, and he wants to participate in the carnival there."
Kojiro scratched his head and said something similar.
Hearing this, Kurozumi Orochi burst out laughing:
"Hahaha! So that's it. Today is a big annual celebration, so don't be restrained, enjoy yourself!"
...
Because the banquet hall was so noisy, Sephiroth grabbed a large plate of food on the table, took a large bottle of wine and a wine bowl, then left the interior of Onigashima and went outside.
He found a secluded corner and sat down in the hallway outside, facing a lotus pond, and poured his drink.
The cold moonlight fell from the night sky. The frogs in the lotus pond, "croak! croak! croak!" chirped, while fireflies danced at the edge of the pond, shining with a little light.
However.
Under the hallway, in the gap between the bottom of the house and the ground, a white-haired girl in a form-fitting, long-sleeved white kimono, with a red horn on her head, was sneaking toward Sephiroth, right under the large plate of food.
Soon after, the girl closed her eyes and sniffed slowly, and because of the smell, she found the exact location of the food.
She took advantage of the youth who picked up the wine bowl and raised his head to drink, she rushed out from under the hallway, stretched out her right hand, and grabbed a roasted chicken from the plate.
The next moment.
Patter!
The girl was holding the roasted chicken, but her hand was also held by the youth!
In desperation, the young girl could only sigh softly. She quietly picked up the mace she had placed on the ground and hid it behind her, her body slowly poking her head out from under the corridor.
At this point, she was contemplating how much strength she needed to use to stun the youth who had caught her with lightning speed.
The moment he saw the red horns on the white-haired girl's head and the mace she was hiding behind her back, Sephiroth recognized himself as the chicken thief, Yamato!
One thing could be said, this girl didn't seem to be very smart, she looked quite stupid and cute...
If she thought, she could be deceived at least seven times in one night!
"Eat whatever you want... What do you mean by holding a mace and preparing to hit me?"
Sephiroth, complaining, released the girl's right hand and returned her freedom.
"Can I eat it? Great!"
After hearing this, Yamato was immediately overjoyed, and immediately put down the mace in her hand and began to feast while holding the roasted chicken.
"My name is Miyamoto Musashi, what's your name?" Sephiroth asked knowingly.
"I am Kozuki Oden!"