Different places, different times, but the same two people.
After a fight that was even fiercer than the first one, the same result happened.
Himura Kenshin killed Kozuki Oden, with a scar on his face as the price.
Kenshin quietly looked at Kozuki Oden's body and slowly put his sword away.
"Kenshin!"
Hyougoro couldn't help but shout from the crowd, but Kenshin didn't turn around. He just said, "Old man Hyougoro, I'm leaving..."
"I'm sorry for what happened in Wano Country. I... probably won't be back."
There seemed to be a hint of sadness in Kenshin's eyes. Then, he took off the sword at his waist.
He walked to Kozuki Oden's side and threw the sword on top of him.
Afterward, he went through the crowd and walked into the distance.
Before long, he disappeared from everyone's sight.
His back looked a bit lonely, and you couldn't see any of the proud spirit from killing Kozuki Oden.
No one stopped him. Maybe he needed some time to be alone.
After all, the country being like this now is really because of him in a big way.
Roger watched him leave, not sure if it was a good thing to have asked him to come out.
But seeing Kenshin like this, he could at least be sure that he wasn't a cold-blooded person. Someone like that wouldn't have their body and soul taken over by a demon.
Hyougoro luckily survived in the flower capital, but the rebel army he and Shimotsuki Ushimaru led mostly died in the flames.
Besides them, Kurozumi Semimaru also died in the big fire because she couldn't get together with Kurozumi Semimaru, who had the barrier fruit, in time.
You could say that this big fire burned up most of the flower capital's guards and the rebel army.
"Kozuki Oden, what should we do with him?"
In the silence, Roger suddenly said,
He looked at Makima. He knew this woman must have already had a way to deal with it.
Makima looked at the fire in the flower capital. Even though the dark barrier had been broken, they didn't have time to put out the fire because people were watching Kozuki Oden's end.
So, at that moment, the fire burned even more strongly.
The roaring flames shot into the sky. The firelight and black smoke reflected each other, seeming to form a huge, tooth-and-clawed demon, and the crackling sound of the fire was the demon's wild laughter.
The others also looked over and fell silent again for a moment.
After paying a huge price, the Wano Country incident seemed to come to an end...
"Let's use this big fire to burn away these last sins."
Makima said softly.
They understood what Makima meant. She was going to throw Kozuki Oden into the flames of the flower capital and let him be melted away, using the fire that Kozuki Oden had released to end his existence.
That was a pretty good idea. After all, who knew if keeping Kozuki Oden's body would make him turn into a zombie again?
But still, that was too easy on him!
Hyougoro felt a bit sad, but the people who had barely crawled out of the flower capital didn't care that much. They shouted, "Cut up Kozuki Oden's body! And then throw the pieces into the fire separately!"
"Boring..."
Kaido watched as everything seemed to be coming to an end and turned around to leave.
This place was either full of Roger's people or the government's dogs. As a pirate, there wasn't much point for him to be here.
He had originally wanted to use the Kurozumi clan to take over Wano Country, but now the Kurozumi clan had mostly been wiped out, with only Kurozumi Orochi and Kurozumi Semimaru left.
You had to say that the barrier fruit was indeed a very powerful fruit power. They hadn't even died in this situation.
But with only those two left, the Kurozumi clan couldn't stir up any trouble anymore.
So, Kaido was too lazy to stay in Wano Country any longer.
Roger and Makima didn't stop the angry people of Wano Country. They just watched as they cut Kozuki Oden into seven pieces in their rage.
His head, arms, legs, and even the main part of his body were cut into two pieces. After doing all this, they threw the pieces into the fire in the flower capital separately. In the crackling sounds of the flames, it seemed like everything had ended.
Some people sat on the ground, some cried loudly, and some laughed like crazy people.
Makima turned around, and Thunder God also walked over. It seemed they were about to leave.
"Wait a minute..."
But Roger stopped them at this moment and said, "Makima, Fleet Admiral, you should know that all of this isn't over, right?"
"What do you mean when you say that the real final battle will be in thirty-three years?"
Makima said without turning her head, "Kozuki Oden is dead, maybe, but the darkness won't end. Tunfo is still in the shadows. Instead of letting Tunfo create conspiracies in the dark without us knowing, we might as well keep everything in our own hands."
"Although we can't avoid the coming of that lord, at least it will be a coming that we control."
"In thirty-three years, if we're all still alive, let's meet again in Wano Country."
After saying that, Makima continued to walk forward, and Thunder God followed closely behind. And so, the two people from The Black Order left the stage.
Roger still wanted to ask something, but looking at Makima, she probably wasn't going to say anything else.
He looked at Anne. Anne was still staring at Makima's back.
Roger didn't say anything to Anne because they had regained their telepathic connection after Oden's death, so there was no need to talk in front of so many people at this time.
But...
Thirty-three years from now?
That was easier said than done. Thirty-three years... could he...
Could he live until thirty-three years from now?
He would be an old man by then, right?
"Let's go!"
Roger thought about himself as an old man fighting enemies and couldn't help but laugh. Then, he waved his hand. "Say goodbye to Wano Country. We're also leaving this country to continue our journey!"
Anne watched Roger's pirate crew leave and turned her head to look at the flower capital.
The big fire was still burning. The clouds in the sky had all scattered because of the earlier battle, as if saying that the gloom that had covered Wano Country had finally ended.
But...
Something would definitely still happen in thirty-three years.
She sighed softly and then patted Hyougoro's shoulder.
"The rebuilding of this country still needs your efforts. If you need any help, you can go to the Marine headquarters and look for me."
"Thanks... but I probably won't be involved in these things anymore." Hyougoro said with a bitter smile. "Rebuilding the country or anything like that is too tiring. I think I'll just..."
"Live a peaceful life as a wanderer."
As for the rebuilding of Wano Country...
That would of course be left to Yuri!
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