Seeing the samurai rise and leave one after another, the Marine officers and soldiers who had taken up attacking positions not far away gathered around Kuzan.

"Kuzan-san, should we pursue them?" A petty officer asked.

"Forget it." Kuzan waved his hand, pointing to Kenji's retreating figure in the distance.

"We need to catch up with Kenji-san quickly."

While Kuzan and the others were discussing, Kenji had already entered the Flower Capital.

At this moment, within his sight, countless cherry blossoms drifted like snow, and beneath the sea of flowers were streets bustling with people, beautiful floats, seemingly hosting a grand parade.

"Oiran parade?" Kenji observed the parade crowd, looking around but failing to find the Oiran.

More precisely, he couldn't identify which one among them was the Oiran.

From their appearances, the courtesans bathing in the flower rain on the street were all quite attractive.

"Looking at this quality, it truly lives up to its reputation as the hometown of courtesans!" Kenji stroked his chin, appraising them.

Just then, a stack of text suddenly and inappropriately popped up in his vision.

[You have broken through the Wano Country samurai guards and successfully entered the Wano Country Capital - Flower Capital!]

[Attention: You, and the Marine personnel you are leading, have been discovered by the official administrators of Wano Country!]

[Mission (Main): Successfully enter the Wano Country Capital - Flower Capital!]

[Reward: Upgrade a random owned trait 3 times!]

[Rewards are being distributed...]

[Your Sea King Power (Light Blue) is upgrading... Blue... Dark Blue... Super Blue!]

[Current Sea King Power (Super Blue)!]

"The mission is complete." Kenji casually scanned the reward content, shaking his head slightly.

"The upgraded trait is [Sea King Power]..."

"Let's enjoy the festival first, it happens once a year in Wano Country."

Kenji put away his system panel, and with the text no longer obstructing his view, the beautiful faces on the distant street, as vibrant as cherry blossoms, once again came into view.

At this moment, Kenji noticed a woman wearing a veil in the crowd.

From her appearance, Kenji couldn't recognize her, but her position, like planets surrounding the sun, clearly indicated that her status was higher than the other courtesans present.

"The Oiran?" Kenji glanced at her, furrowing his brows.

"Why wear a veil? Trying to be mysterious?"

From Kenji's many years of experience in pleasure quarters, the Oiran in the distance was most likely the cold beauty type, difficult to deal with.

So perhaps... he would have to pay more.

"Hmph, I shouldn't think so badly of others. Maybe she's just naturally aloof..." Kenji thought casually, getting up to participate in the festival before him.

At this moment, lines of system prompts suddenly reappeared in his vision without warning.

[You discover that the Wano Country Capital - Flower Capital is hosting its annual Tenjin Festival, and you decide to blend into the crowd amidst the chaos!]

[Due to your identity being exposed earlier, you anticipate that this trip will not go smoothly!]

[After careful and thorough consideration, you ultimately decide to find a local from Wano Country to guide you!]

[You observe repeatedly and finally select Kozuki Oden, the son of the current Shogun of Wano Country!]

[Mission (Main): Befriend or subdue Kozuki Oden!]

[Reward: 3 Assignable Upgrade opportunities]

"What does this mean? Does it mean I should find a guide?" Kenji's heart stirred as he finished reading the prompt, and he smiled and nodded.

"Hmm, this idea is pretty good...?"

Kenji's gaze moved downward until he saw the specific misson content.

"Find Kozuki Oden to be a guide?"

"Did the system glitch again?"

He had just praised the system, but it chose the most unlikely person to be a guide as the mission target.

"He's the son of the Wano Country Shogun. He will inherit the Shogun's position and control Wano Country in the future... at least on the surface, that's how it seems."

"Such a person, and you want him to be a guide? Are you kidding me?"

Kenji's eye twitched slightly, realizing he had praised it too soon.

The first half of the system's mission prompt was indeed somewhat reliable, but only half reliable.

And the system mission required him to befriend or subdue Oden?

"It's unlikely that someone like Oden can be subdued..."

"As for befriending him, that's also unlikely."

Kenji put away his system panel, shaking his head inwardly, intending to do this mission as fate would have it.

Due to the system prompts appearing, a little time was delayed, and Kuzan and the other Marine personnel finally caught up.

"After entering the city, first find a place to stay." Saying this, Kenji turned to Kuzan.

"Kuzan, you arrange this matter."

After assigning the task, Kenji's gloomy mood eased slightly. Having an assistant was somewhat useful after all.

"Also, we will be staying in the Flower Capital for some time."

"During this period, you need to find a way to gather information about Wano Country... Hmm, Kuzan, you arrange this matter too!"

Kenji assigned the task again, feeling refreshed.

Kuzan listened, his brows furrowing little by little, yet unable to refute. He could only nod with a bitter face, accepting the task.

Subsequently, the group set off towards the most prosperous street in the distance.

However, Kenji did not follow the main group, he remained in place alone.

"Someone else is handling the troublesome matters, so I'll just take care of the finishing touches." Kenji muttered softly, slowly turning to look back the way they came.

He saw a group of samurai rapidly approaching on the distant road.

Leading them was none other than Oden, who had been sent flying by the Conqueror's Haki earlier.

After taking that hit, he still looked full of vigor.

"This kid, he has the build of a Tank."

Kenji recalled some memories: Roger sending Oden flying with a single attack, only for the latter to break numerous towering trees but emerge completely unharmed.

Of course, perhaps the power of the Divine Departure Roger used at the time wasn't even enough to be considered a greeting, it was more on the level of disciplining a brat.

And whether Roger's attack was meant to dismiss a child or not, Kenji's attack just now was like that.

It was like seeing a mischievous child blocking the way, raising a hand and slapping them, but only hitting their thigh.

If he had aimed for the face, then Oden would probably have struggled to get up now.

"With your meager strength, how dare you pursue me?" Kenji looked at the rapidly approaching Oden, shaking his head with a playful tone.

"Heh heh! How arrogant, outsider!"

Oden suddenly stopped about five meters from Kenji, crossing his two swords in front of him, and said with a cold laugh.

"This is where I was born! Even if I die in battle, I will not retreat!"

"Oh?"

Kenji heard this, smiling yet not smiling, somewhat unable to maintain his composure, and pouted.

"If you could always have such resolve, you wouldn't have ended up..."

As he said this, Kenji suddenly remembered something, and asked with a strange expression, "Speaking of which... Oden, do you like fried food?"