One Piece: Saving Hancock with the Batto Batto no Mi

Led by Shimotsuki Kozaburō, Sephiroth stepped into the kenjutsu dojo with the "Shimotsuki Dojo" plaque on the door, and the two walked directly through the lobby towards their backyard residence. He casually glanced at the students practicing Bushido in the lobby. He found that there were adults and children among them, the youngest being five or six years old, and the older ones perhaps in their twenties.

The two had just walked a few steps down the backyard corridor, and a man with a ponytail, glasses on his face, and eyes narrowed into slits, approached him.

"Wait... Are you?"

Shimotsuki Koushirou stared at the young man who was 6 or 7 points similar to him, and he couldn't help but look stunned. How could this man look like his father when he was young? Could it be that his father had an illegitimate child outside when he was young?

When Shimotsuki Kozaburō heard this, he said confidently, "I'm your father!"

"Your Excellency, please don't make jokes like this!" A vein on Shimotsuki Koushirou's forehead bulged slightly. If this young man had said he was his younger brother or older brother, he would have endured it! After all, the youth and his father looked so similar that even their voices were very similar.

"Hey! You naughty brat, I'm only a few years younger and you can't recognize me. You have a red birthmark on your left buttock, you wet the bed when you were six, and you peeked into the women's bath at seven."

"How could this young man know so many embarrassing things he had when he was a child?" Besides, the other party even described his appearance as being very similar to his father, and he couldn't help but believe it!

Facing Sephiroth's slightly eccentric gaze, Shimotsuki Koushirou, who had already begun to die in society, quickly spoke, "Stop! Stop! Father, stop!!!"

Shimotsuki Kozaburō coughed lightly. His eyes subconsciously glanced at the Butcher Knife and Shusui, and then changed the subject, "Father, who is this...?"

"This is Sephiroth. I have something important to do with him and I will go to the reception room to discuss it in detail." Shimotsuki Kozaburō said solemnly.

"Alright! Then I won't disturb you two. I have to go to the dojo and take a look!" Shimotsuki Koushirou nodded slightly and walked quickly to the dojo.

Seeing this scene, Shimotsuki Kozaburō chuckled and explained, "Although this brat was a bit naughty when he was a child, he is still very reliable when he grows up... Otherwise, I wouldn't entrust him with the dojo."

With Observation Haki, Sephiroth sensed the aura emanating from Shimotsuki Koushirou, and he couldn't help but nod in agreement, "Hmm! He's certainly quite strong." When he used Observation Haki to his level, even if he didn't fight the other party, he could roughly sense the other party's strength. However, to know exactly what level the other party's strength had reached, they still needed to fight each other in actual combat to reach a conclusion.

The two came a little further, and Sephiroth, right next to a well in the backyard, saw a small blue-haired lolita. She was squatting beside the well, holding a long sword in both hands, continuously sharpening the sword on a whetstone.

After Sephiroth met this little lolita, he couldn't help but stop and be silent for a moment.

"She's my granddaughter, Kuina."

"The Wado Ichimonji in her hand was originally my saber."

"I saw that she loved Kendo, and I was old by then... That's why I gave her the sword."

"Wado Ichimonji... an Ō Wazamono!"

With a smile on his lips and his eyes slightly narrowed, Sephiroth walked to Kuina's side and squatted down.

"Can you show me your sword?"

Hearing this, the little blue-haired lolita tilted her head and looked at the two.

"You are..."

"My name is Sephiroth."

"I'm your grandfather."

"..."

An angry expression suddenly appeared on Kuina's immature little face, as if expressing her dissatisfaction with the young man.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!... I'm really grandpa! This sword was given to you by grandpa on your fifth birthday! Your favorite foods are milk and omelets."

After some hard work by Shimotsuki Kozaburō to explain, Kuina finally accepted her grandfather's transformation from an old man into a young man, and she obediently handed the long sword in her hand to Sephiroth.

The Wado Ichimonji that appeared in his eyes was white on the hilt and scabbard, and plain on the outside. If you put the sword in its scabbard and threw it among ordinary swords, it seemed it wouldn't have the slightest sense of dissonance. It was hard to recognize it at first glance. It belonged to the Ō Wazamono grade...

Surging Armament Haki emerged from Sephiroth's palm and dyed the blade of Wado Ichimonji a pitch-black color. Sephiroth waved the Wado Ichimonji in his hand twice. He carefully sensed the effect of the Haki flow within the long sword. He couldn't help but praise:

"Not bad!... Good sword!"

However.

Seeing the change in Wado Ichimonji, Kuina's eyes suddenly widened, and she said with tears welling up:

"Hey! How did my sword turn black! Did you break my sword, big brother?"

"Hahaha!" x2

Hearing this, both Sephiroth and Shimotsuki Kozaburō burst into laughter, so much so that the little blue-haired lolita's tears fell from her eyes, click! ta! dropping.

"Ah! Sorry! Sorry! Kuina, your sword isn't broken... If you don't believe me, look!" When Sephiroth saw that the little lolita was crying, he immediately retracted his dark Armament Haki, returning the Wado Ichimonji to its original appearance, and handed it back to the other party.

"Huh!? Really." Kuina held the sword in both hands and looked at the blade carefully. She found that the Wado Ichimonji in her hand hadn't changed much.

Sephiroth chuckled and reached out and touched the little lolita's head, he explained: "Kuina... The power just now is called Armament Haki! This is a power that every strong swordsman must master. Only by mastering this power can you make a sword stronger so it won't break in battle!"

Kuina blinked her teary eyes and said with anticipation: "Really? It looks great. Big brother, can you teach me how to use this power?"

Faced with the cute little lolita's request, Sephiroth didn't think much of it at all, so he subconsciously agreed: "Of course it's no problem. It's just that, using that power is too early for you right now."

"When you grow up later, will big brother teach you again?" As if she was afraid that he would go back on his word, Kuina suddenly raised her right pinky finger with a smile and said to him: "Alright! Then let's make a pinky promise!"

"Hmm! Pinky promise." Sephiroth smiled and also extended his right pinky finger to make a pact with the little blue-haired lolita in front of him.

After this sketch, Shimotsuki Kozaburō led Sephiroth to the reception room.

Only after the two had taken their seats in the reception room, covered with tatami, did Shimotsuki Kozaburō clear his throat, and with a serious expression, he said to him:

"Lord Sephiroth, you wish for me to forge a famous blade beyond a Meitou. As the leading swordsmith craftsman in Wano Country, I have studied this for many years, and I am still somewhat confident... However, even though I promised you to help you forge that Meitou, you still need to prepare the materials for forging the sword yourself! After all, many of the materials used for forging a Meitou are expensive."

Hearing that, Sephiroth immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry! In terms of materials and funds, it's no problem, just name it! And I only want to obtain a weapon of Saijo Ō Wazamono level!"

As if thinking of something, he said tentatively, "Right! If the materials are complete, how long will you take to finish it?"

While smoking his dry tobacco, Shimotsuki Kozaburō pondered, "Hmm!... As short as a year and a half, as long as three to five years! Specifically, in addition to the materials themselves, it depends on your requirements for the sword's characteristics. The higher the requirements, the harder it is to forge."

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