Chapter 95 - Momonosuke Dies! Collecting the Special Abilities of the Four Emperors !
"What did you say?! Oden, that unfilial son, left Wano Country?!"
Kozuki Sukiyaki instantly became enraged after learning that Oden had left Wano Country.
This unfilial son.
"Ah?! I originally thought I'd have one more person to deal with. What a pity."
"Who?!"
Kozuki Sukiyaki turned his head to look outside the door, where a group of three adults and three children stood.
"Kaido, deal with this guy, then deal with those Kurozumi scoundrels."
Bai Ye turned his head, somewhat disappointed. If they arrived at this time, Oden would only be a teenager and had already run away, which made him feel a bit bored.
It was simple enough to have Kaido and Old John deal with these people, but it might be slightly difficult to consolidate Wano Country afterward.
Ginny looked at Bai Ye's retreating back, quickly caught up, then bit her lip and asked Bai Ye with determined eyes, "Captain Bai Ye, isn't this a bit too cruel?"
She knew that as a crew member, she shouldn't question her Captain, but judging by Bai Ye's methods, he seemed intent on purging all of the Kozuki and Kurozumi.
"Ginny, you are too naive."
Bai Ye turned his head to look at Ginny, a hint of disappointment in his eyes.
"But—"
"Ginny, don't forget, you were a slave, and they are nobles. Go and see the situation in Wano Country before you talk to me!"
If their understanding differed, Bai Ye would not hesitate to abandon Ginny, and even Kuma.
"Little girl, it seems you've made the Captain angry this time!"
Old John curled his lips, watching Kaido slaughtering the Kozuki. He had no intention of interfering, only ensuring that no one escaped.
Looking at Bai Ye's retreating figure, Old John couldn't help but think that Bai Ye might be disappointed this time.
"Why do you do this? Isn't the Captain's dream to change this world? To make this world equal? Why does the Captain do this?"
Ginny turned her head to look at Old John. She didn't understand why Bai Ye would do this.
"That's right, he's changing the world right now," Old John said, looking at Ginny and the other three's confused eyes. He continued to explain, "You don't understand Wano Country, so let me tell you about it!"
As a great pirate of the New World, John naturally knew about Wano Country.
And he scoffed at Ginny's childish ideas.
"Wano Country operates under the divine right of kings; the monarch holds supreme power and is hereditary. The power of Wano Country has always belonged to the Kozuki family; they hold the positions of Shogun and Daimyo.
Wano Country also divides people into different social classes. You were a slave before this, and you're actually empathizing with a noble? Ultimately, what Bai Ye is doing is using Wano Country as the first experimental site to make everyone here truly equal.
So, on that basis, don't these nobles become the first target Bai Ye needs to eliminate?
You should go and see Wano Country for yourself!"
Old John shrugged. Regarding Ginny's naive ideas, he could only say one word: she hadn't been hit by reality enough times. She simply didn't understand that some people you absolutely had to eliminate, otherwise they would always exist.
And this was very detrimental to Bai Ye's plan, which was why Bai Ye was prepared to act against several nobles the moment he arrived.
"I... I understand. I'm sorry."
A hint of guilt flashed across Ginny's face. She really hadn't thought that much before, only feeling that Bai Ye seemed to be betraying his own dream.
But now she understood that if everything was truly as John said, then weren't the nobles within Wano Country just like the Celestial Dragons?
She seemed to understand what Bai Ye was trying to do.
"You shouldn't apologize to me!"
John took a sip of sake, shook his head, and said meaningfully.
Such an apology shouldn't be directed at him.
"Ginny, let's go see the situation inside Wano Country, and then apologize to the Captain later."
Ivankov pulled Ginny and said.
"Mhm, let's go together after things here are settled."
Looking in the direction Bai Ye had left, and thinking of Bai Ye's disappointed gaze earlier, Ginny felt a little sad. She hadn't expected to disappoint Bai Ye so soon.
It seemed she really hadn't understood Bai Ye's intentions.
"Hey, young man, you seem troubled. Could you tell me what time it is now?"
As Bai Ye walked alone in the forest, a voice from behind interrupted his thoughts.
"What time?!"
A hint of surprise flashed in Bai Ye's heart. He hadn't even noticed someone approaching from behind.
Turning around, Bai Ye was even more shocked to see the person in front of him.
Tengetsu Toki?!
Isn't this...
Wait?!
She traveled through time and arrived here?
Logically speaking, the timeline Tengetsu Toki traveled to should be when she met Oden. Suddenly, Bai Ye seemed to realize something, unless there was only one possibility: she had always been traveling, just searching for the right timeline.
According to previous descriptions of Tengetsu Toki, although she never left Wano Country, for some unknown reason, she had to travel to the future Wano Country to change the future.
And Bai Ye probably understood that it might be to open Wano Country's borders, or perhaps to have Wano Country help Nika.
Anyway, no matter the reason, Tengetsu Toki probably didn't know the exact timeline and was constantly traveling and trying.
Her Time Fruit could only travel to the future, not back to the past.
So, Tengetsu Toki had always been very careful about time travel, not crossing such a long period all at once.
And Bai Ye suddenly had a new idea: his current timeline was too late. The Sea King hadn't been born yet, Nika hadn't appeared, and it would take a long time even for Roger to become the Pirate King.
If he wanted to change the fate of others, he would be very old by then. Although he could wait, if Tengetsu Toki helped him with time travel, he could completely travel to a specific timeline, participate in certain events, and when there was nothing left to do, he could continue to have Tengetsu Toki take him through time. He knew the timelines!
Moreover, he didn't have to be the Pirate King, but Momonosuke absolutely had to die!
Now Oden had inexplicably gone out to sea because of his arrival, and Tengetsu Toki had been encountered by him.
His father and mother couldn't meet, so he didn't believe Momonosuke could still appear. He would directly eliminate Momonosuke on a physical level!
And Oden, that idiot, in Bai Ye's opinion, wasn't worthy of Tengetsu Toki.
At six, he started frequenting brothels; at fifteen, he kidnapped women every night. Such disgusting behavior made Bai Ye feel that Momonosuke likely inherited it from Oden.
Later, he disregarded his family's objections and resolutely went out to sea, abandoning the entire Wano Country and leaving it under the rule of Kaido and Orochi.
At the same time, he claimed to admire Whitebeard, shamelessly boarded his ship, but then when he met Roger, he immediately wanted to run off with Roger, completely disregarding Whitebeard's dignity. To put it bluntly, although it was only for a year, such an act of directly leaving a ship to join another pirate crew would have made Whitebeard furious if it were any other pirate. It was only because Whitebeard and Roger had a good relationship.
Later, he didn't even fulfill his promise, not returning to the Whitebeard Pirates after a year, but instead going directly back to Wano Country.
After returning to Wano Country, he immediately began a series of idiotic actions, not fighting Kaido, but dancing, dancing, dancing every day. Even when Ryuma's grave was robbed, he was still dancing.
In Bai Ye's view, this series of self-感動ing, disgusting behaviors made it impossible to understand the meaning of such a person's existence.
He betrayed his country; when his country needed him most, he was adventuring on the high seas.
He betrayed his people; the things he did in his youth were simply too deranged, and the subsequent dancing incidents made everyone disappointed in him.
He betrayed his Captain; the one-year agreement was not fulfilled, and he went directly back.
This kind of person made Bai Ye suddenly think of Itachi from the Naruto world.
These two guys: one directly annihilated his clan, and the other, although he didn't directly destroy a country, indirectly led to the subsequent tragedy of Wano Country.
In comparison, Tengetsu Toki was stronger than Oden in every way.
Coupled with Tengetsu Toki's Devil Fruit, this further solidified the idea of abducting Tengetsu Toki and having her join his pirate crew.
"It's the year 1480 of the Sea Calendar."
"Is that so? It seems this isn't the right time either."
Tengetsu Toki mumbled, preparing to leave. She thought that this time was probably not the right one and was about to move to the next timeline when Bai Ye's words made her pause: "Are you trying to open Wano Country's borders, or are you waiting for Nika to appear?"
He actually didn't know what Tengetsu Toki's purpose was, but she most likely only had these two.
Upon hearing Bai Ye's words, Tengetsu Toki turned her head to look at Bai Ye in shock: "How do you know?"
After she ate the Time Fruit, a voice had always been driving her, telling her to go to the future because some things needed her to change.
But exactly when, even Tengetsu Toki herself wasn't very clear.
She only knew that in the future, Wano Country might be destroyed, and she needed to save Wano Country, open its borders, and help Nika!
"Because I am the person you are waiting for. Fate told me to wait for you here."
How did Bai Ye know?
Of course, he guessed!
However, Tengetsu Toki was inherently quite naive, and Bai Ye had already thought of a way to entice her.
"You are the person I'm waiting for?"
Tengetsu Toki widened her eyes, looking at Bai Ye in disbelief. Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case.
But from how much Bai Ye understood her, she felt that he had no reason to lie.
She had come here many years ago. If Bai Ye wasn't the person arranged for her by fate, then how could he know all of this and directly state that it was fate's arrangement?
"It's not that you're waiting, but that I am waiting for you. I am currently preparing to change Wano Country. I will purge the nobles within Wano Country. Those who are willing to become commoners, I will not do anything to them, but I want to achieve true equality here, so that all ordinary people also have food to eat, and Wano Country will have no slaves.
I want to change Wano Country and then let this radiate throughout the world, but now is the wrong time. So, fate arranged for us to meet. I will need your power, Tengetsu Toki, to become my companion. Let's change this world together!"
After speaking, Bai Ye extended his hand in front of Tengetsu Toki. This entire speech left her stunned, and she subconsciously reached out and grasped Bai Ye's hand.
When Bai Ye said these words, she actually already agreed with him.
"Are you Nika?"
"No, I am not Nika. Perhaps there has never been a Nika, or perhaps everyone is Nika. As long as one wants to change this world and achieve equality for all races, then he is Nika. Just like you, you are also changing, you are also Nika. Nika does not refer to a single person, but a spirit. However, now is not the best time. Without you, I would have to keep waiting for the Sea King to appear, but with you, we can rewrite all of this. Tengetsu Toki, join my pirate crew!"
He even knew her name?
Tengetsu Toki was very clear that since she started traveling through time, she had never told anyone her name, and so many years had passed since then. No one in Wano Country would remember her.
Perhaps it truly was fate's decision to arrange for Bai Ye and her to meet.
Someone who understood her past, knew her name, and understood her dream, with a time difference of several hundred years laid out here—if you said it wasn't fate's arrangement, she wouldn't believe it!
And Bai Ye was right; as long as one wanted to change the world, then everyone was Nika!
"Mhm, please guide me, Captain!"
Tengetsu Toki nodded seriously. Although she felt something was slightly off, she also felt that this was a gift from fate. She didn't seem to need to continue traveling through time anymore; she seemed to have found the person she needed to find.
She decided to stay in this era and change the world with Bai Ye. And Bai Ye had said earlier that he would first change Wano Country. Although Tengetsu Toki was from the Tengetsu family, she also agreed with Bai Ye's view that people are equal!
[Ding! Changed Kozuki Momonosuke's fate, rewarding one lottery chance!]
Excellent!
Momonosuke must die!!!!!
He directly made it impossible for Momonosuke to be born!
And this time, he also got Tengetsu Toki. Bai Ye was really looking forward to her Devil Fruit ability.
His operational space would be much larger afterward, and even Bai Ye's mood had improved significantly.
Use lottery!
[Ding! Used one lottery chance. Congratulations on obtaining: Oni Race Physique.]
Damn it!
What is a surprise?!
This IS a surprise!
He already had Blackbeard's physique for eating three Devil Fruits and Big Mom's Iron Balloon, and now Kaido's Oni Race Physique was here too!
He could only say, invincible!