Chapter 137: - 137: Hyougoro
Among the spectators stood a burly thug with pale blue, flame-like hair and a goat-like beard. His eyes gleamed with excitement as he watched the battle between the local daimyo and the foreign outsiders.
Known as a rising star in the underworld of the Flower Capital, Hyougoro had already made quite a name for himself. Though only eighteen, he was already the boss of an entire district.
The street where Kozuki Oden caused his latest ruckus? That was Hyougoro’s turf. Originally, he’d come to teach Oden a lesson—only to stumble into this spectacle instead.
And that hundred-pound gold bounty? Hyougoro wanted it too. With that kind of cash, he could recruit a fresh wave of underlings—gathering a hundred new lackeys wouldn’t be a problem at all.
From the crowd, Brook also noticed the guy with the strange hairstyle—it looked like actual blue fire grew from his scalp. Was he some kind of special race or mutated human?
Could he be as rare as the Lunarians?
In the future, this guy would turn from a seventy-year-old, one-meter-tall geezer into a towering young warrior in his prime—like flipping a switch. That kind of explosive power was no joke.
Using his Life Detection, Brook could feel the man’s immense vitality. No wonder he would go on to become Straw Hat Luffy’s crash-course teacher in Ryuo. Brook wondered if Hyougoro had already become the infamous underworld boss of the Flower Capital.
If not, Brook was tempted to recruit him. After all, when Oden caused the infamous "Harem Uprising" at age fifteen, Hyougoro had already amassed over two hundred subordinates and took part in the chaos.
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He led his men into battle, joining forces with rival gangs and even samurai whose women had been "stolen," all to suppress the wild and lawless son of the shogun!
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What’s more, Hyougoro was known for being especially kind to the common people. A man of strength and virtue, he commanded respect wherever he went. He embodied bushido: fierce yet honorable.
The more Brook watched, the more he liked him. The only question was: would this man be willing to leave Wano and sail aboard his Golden Ark?