Chapter 397 - 397: Yamato and Enel
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While Wano Country was engulfed in flames, Colt led Hinata and the others to the Flower Capital, as if nothing was wrong.
Upon seeing the city for the first time, the girls were awestruck.
"What a beautiful city!" Hinata exclaimed, her eyes wide with wonder.
"And the sea of flowers... It's breathtaking! You must be so happy to live here," Ino added, her voice filled with admiration.
She, who had a deep fascination with flowers, let out a delighted scream and ran into the fields, completely mesmerized.
Some of the flower varieties were similar to those in the ninja world, but most were unique to this world and this country.
The sight was so overwhelming that Ino felt like she might faint from sheer joy.
Colt raised his hand slightly, and a majestic force swept through the air, lifting countless petals into the sky.
They drifted down slowly, adding a touch of ethereal beauty to the scene. The romantic atmosphere immediately captured everyone's hearts.
"This is where we'll live from now on. No need to rush," Colt said with a smile.
He had already decided to make the Flower Capital his temporary base in this world, with plans to gradually transfer most of the ninja world's people here.
In the future, this city will become even more beautiful than it was now.
"Yo, Colt! I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly!"
A cheerful voice echoed from the sky, one that carried a hint of goofiness despite its warmth.
"Hashirama-sama, you're in such a hurry. Are you here to see Madara?" Colt greeted with a wave and a smile.
When Hashirama landed, his face turned slightly red—not just because Colt had read his intentions, but also because of the way he was addressed.
"Colt, you don't need to call me with such respect anymore. In every aspect, you've achieved things I could only dream of," Hashirama said sincerely.
His strength paled in comparison to Colt's, and it was Colt who had realized the ideals he had once fought for.
If not for the fact that Colt was his descendant by blood, Hashirama would have bowed deeply to show his admiration.
Colt chuckled warmly.
"Then I'll call you 'Hashirama-san' from now on."
Hashirama readily agreed.
Now that they had met, Hashirama wasn't in a rush to find Madara.
He wanted to discuss the recent changes in the ninja world and the challenges that had arisen with Colt.
However, someone else had other plans.
A figure soared into the sky from the direction of the shogun's mansion, radiating an overwhelming [Conqueror's Haki].
"Hashirama, you old fool!" the figure bellowed.
Hashirama's eyes widened, then lit up with joy.
Without hesitation, he released his own awakened [Conqueror's Haki], meeting the challenge head-on.
"Madara!"
The clash of their Haki sent shockwaves through the air, one blue and one red, colliding and creating gusts of wind that swept across the Flower Capital.
The residents trembled, but strangely, none of them fainted.
They could only watch as their world became a battlefield of red and blue.
"These two... they're really close," Colt muttered, shaking his head in amusement.
He raised his hand, creating a protective barrier to shield the city's buildings and residents.
If Hashirama and Madara were allowed to go all out, the Flower Capital would need to be rebuilt from scratch.
'In the future, we'll have to establish a rule: no fighting within the city,' Colt thought.
After a while, the two titans stopped simultaneously.
Hashirama looked slightly stunned, then sighed.
"Madara, it seems you've surpassed me over these years."
He had lost the clash of [Conqueror's Haki].
Madara's lips twitched into a faint smirk, though he quickly suppressed it.
"Hmph! Don't let me leave you too far behind!" he retorted.
The two of them burst into laughter, their camaraderie evident despite their rivalry.
Watching this, Hinata couldn't help but feel a shiver run down her spine.
'Why does their dynamic feel so... familiar? So unsettling!'
Meanwhile, Ino leaned closer to Colt and whispered, "Colt, are these two... really okay?"
Colt rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"Probably. After all, the First Hokage married Mito of the Uzumaki clan."
"But Madara... I'm not so sure," he added, thinking of Madara's lifelong bachelorhood.
The thought made him feel a little uneasy.
Just then, Colt's gaze shifted, piercing through space to meet a pair of watery eyes observing them from the shogun's mansion.
"Ah! He noticed me!" Kozuki Hiyori, also known as Komurasaki, quickly averted her gaze, her heart racing.
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The events in other parts of Wano Country hadn't yet reached the Flower Capital, and she had been curious about who could draw Madara out to greet them.
Colt, however, paid her little mind.
Instead, he turned to Madara and asked, "How did that woman end up in your hands?"
"Her identity is useful. As long as we control her, there will always be those who seek her out. She's good bait," Madara replied with a cold smile.
Then, with a playful glance at the girls behind Colt, he added, "If you're interested, you can take her."
Several pairs of eyes immediately locked onto Colt, but he remained unfazed.
"I'm not interested. Not everyone can catch my eye," he said firmly.
The tension in the air eased as the girls behind him softened their gazes.
As the group began walking toward the shogun's mansion, a commotion erupted at the city gates.
"Uchiha Madara! Return Wano Country to the Kozuki family!" a voice shouted.
A white-haired girl with two small horns on her head charged in, wielding a massive kanabo.
She effortlessly knocked aside the guards and began wreaking havoc.
Madara's brow furrowed in displeasure.
'Of all times for this to happen...' he thought.
Just as Colt arrived, someone had to cause trouble. It was a blatant insult.
"[Susanoo]!" Madara was ready to capture the troublesome girl.
But before he could act, Colt stopped him.
"Leave her to me," Colt said, his expression amused.
He recognized the girl immediately—Yamato, Kaido's daughter, who insisted on calling herself "Kozuki Oden" and idolized everything about the late samurai.
Logically, she should have been imprisoned in Onigashima at this point, but here she was, causing chaos in Wano.
Colt reached into a black spatial rift and pulled out a figure.
"Enel, I'll leave this to you. If you can't handle her, then you're not worth much," Colt said to the man.
(T/N: This author might be brain-dead. He compared Yamato to Itachi because she is standing against her father Kaido; he said she is unfilial, in the case of Itachi, one could argue that he's right because his father wasn't evil, but here, against someone as evil as Kaido, he is still thinking she is wrong for standing against him, even comparing her to Itachi damn he wrote a few disrespectful paragraphs about it which I promptly deleted and edited.)