Momonosuke's spirit broke completely.
He collapsed to his knees, his voice trembling as he said, "I... I repent! Please, spare my life!"
When Kanjuro, Denjiro, and the others heard Momonosuke's words, their eyes filled with disbelief and anguish.
They had fought with everything they had, only to be t with Momonosuke's betrayal and cowardice.
"Lord Momonosuke... how could you..." Kanjuro's voice carried deep disappointnt, and his movents slowed for just a mont, after which an enemy blade pierced straight through his chest.
Denjiro roared and tried to charge toward the execution platform, but was cut down by one of Kurozumi Orochi's n.
He fell to the ground and murmured, "Lord Oden... we... have failed your expectations..."
In the end, every last mber of the Kozuki remnants was killed, leaving only Momonosuke on the execution platform.
Kurozumi Orochi looked down at Momonosuke kneeling and begging for his life, his eyes filled with mockery and contempt.
He said coldly, "The Kozuki Family, useless to the last."
"Even the final bloodline is this pathetic. How laughable."
With that, he waved his hand, signaling his n to execute Momonosuke.
Monts later, Kurozumi Orochi stood atop the high platform and laughed toward the sky. "Ha ha ha! The Kozuki Family has finally been wiped out completely! From this day forward, Wano Country will belong to Kurozumi Orochi forever!"
The residents of the Flower Capital stood around the plaza and witnessed everything.
Their faces were written with complicated emotions.
Those who had once placed hope in the Kozuki Family despaired completely in that mont.
They had witnessed with their own eyes the incompetence of the Kozuki Family, and the cruelty of Kurozumi Orochi.
The Kozuki Family was no longer worth expecting anything of.
An old man sighed quietly. "The Kozuki Family... is there truly no hope left for them?"
A suppressed silence spread through the crowd, as though everyone had already resigned themselves.
Yet all of this was within Senju Tobirama's plan.
Tobirama stood in the shadows, watching everything that unfolded in the plaza.
Orochimaru stood beside him and said in a low voice, "Lord Tobirama, your plan is truly perfect."
"The prestige of the Kozuki Family has completely crumbled, so next, it is our turn to step onto the stage, yes?"
Tobirama nodded. "Correct."
"The failure of the Kozuki Family has left the people of Wano Country utterly disillusioned."
"Now is the perfect mont for us to appear as true saviors."
Senju Hashirama stood nearby, and though he understood Tobirama's intent, he still felt so resistance in his heart toward such thods.
Tobirama seed to read what his older brother was thinking. "Brother, I know your kindness well."
"But sotis, to change a corrupt system, one must take extre asures."
"The failure of the Kozuki Family has plunged Wano Country into darkness for far too long, and we must break through this situation."
Shortly after, Tobirama waved his hand and said in a low voice, "Begin. Head for Onigashima and defeat the Yonko Kaido."
"This Kurozumi Orochi is not worth our concern."
Indeed, to Tobirama, Kurozumi Orochi was nothing more than a clown, and the true threat was the Yonko Kaido, known as the strongest creature.
As long as Kaido was defeated, the fate of Wano Country would change completely.
The group moved swiftly, advancing in the direction of Onigashima, their figures like phantoms, without anyone able to detect their presence.
anwhile, inside Onigashima, Kaido was still fast asleep in his drunken slumber.
His enormous body lay sprawled on the ground, his snores thundering like rolling drums.
The Three Disasters listened to a report from their subordinates, cold smiles spreading across their faces.
"Those Kozuki remnants have finally been dealt with."
Jack laughed cruelly, his eyes gleaming with satisfaction.
"To think Kaido-boss was still worrying about that prophecy. As it turns out, the Kozuki Family couldn't withstand a single blow."
Queen spoke with a trace of impatience. "Alright, forget those useless people."
"Our focus right now is manufacturing an army of artificial Devil Fruits, and once that succeeds, the Beasts Pirates will rise to an even greater level of power."
However, just as they were discussing this, Ulti's expression suddenly changed.
His Observation Haki sharply detected a hint of sothing abnormal, as though so powerful presence was rapidly approaching Onigashima.
"Trouble, there are enemies!" Ulti said in a low, sharp voice, a flash of vigilance crossing his gaze.
"Enemies?" Jack furrowed his brow, clearly sowhat dismissive. "Who would co to Onigashima looking to die?"
Queen let out a cold laugh. "Whoever it is, since they dared to co, don't expect to leave alive."
Their confidence, however, was quickly shattered.
At that mont, above Onigashima, the figures of Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Uchiha Sasuke, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Orochimaru had already appeared silently.
Tobirama glanced at Hashirama beside him and said quietly, "Brother, you make the first move and clear out the foot soldiers."
"We are too few in number, and we cannot afford to waste ti on these small fry."
They numbered only a handful, while Kaido's forces conservatively numbered several thousand, a gap far too large.
Fortunately, they had Senju Hashirama, a one-man army unto himself.
Hashirama laughed heartily when he heard this, clapping Tobirama on the shoulder. "Leave it to !"
Hashirama pressed his hands together and instantly entered a combat state.
A powerful surge of Chakra radiated from his body, and the air around them seed to grow heavy.
"Wood Release, Thousand-Hand Clap!"
With a low shout from Hashirama, the entire surface of Onigashima began to shake violently.
Countless enormous trees burst forth from underground at astonishing speed, growing instantly and covering the entire island.
The trees moved as though alive, spreading wildly, ensnaring and crushing the Beasts Pirates foot soldiers one by one.
"What... what is this?!" one pirate cried out in terror, but before his voice even faded, a thick branch coiled tightly around him and dragged him into the earth.
"Run! These trees are alive!" another pirate scread and tried to flee, but before he could take a single step, countless vines wrapped around his legs.
The entire Onigashima plunged instantly into chaos.
mbers of the Beasts Pirates fled in terror in every direction, yet no matter where they ran, they could not escape those rampaging trees.
Hashirama's Wood Release not only cleared out the foot soldiers but also threw the entire Beasts Pirates formation into complete disarray.
Ulti, Queen, and Jack stood at an elevated position, watching all of this, their expressions turning extrely grim.
"Who... who dares lay a hand on the Beasts Pirates?"
Queen erupted in fury, the flesh on his face trembling.
Jack let out a furious roar and transford directly into his mammoth form, his massive body like a moving mountain, charging toward Hashirama and the others.
"I'll crush them to pieces!"
Ulti, though equally furious, maintained his composure, pushing his Observation Haki to its absolute limit in an attempt to sense the enemy's strength.
However, when he made out the faces of those who had co, his pupils contracted sharply, and a storm of shock surged through his heart.
"Senju Hashirama... it is actually that Senju Hashirama who fought Whitebeard to a draw!"
For the first ti, Ulti lost his composure.
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