[One Piece] Inferior Star

Youxiang was still holding the donut in her hand, and even had a little bit of sugar residue on her face, but her expression had already frozen on her face.She opened and closed her mouth, and it took a long time before she asked, "Mr. Kagawa, what did you say?"

"Chain store—"

"Don't just open chain stores on other people's islands!!" Katakuri directly interrupted this guy Kagawa, he was a little emotional, "How on earth did you go out to buy ice cream and come back with an ice cream chain store?!! What the hell is going on with you!!"

"I just followed what the two of you said... First I used a check to withdraw some change from the bank." Xiangchuan began to explain his itinerary, "Because the amount withdrawn was too small, the bank manager below suspected it was fraudulent use... But the misunderstanding was cleared up quickly. Then I went to the ice cream shop. I was not recognized on the way, which was great."

"The lady owner of the ice cream shop is a beautiful, excellent and financially minded person. But because she needs to take care of her own children and her husband passed away, she has some financial difficulties. So I gave all the change I took out to She, hopefully buying all the ice cream will help her business."

So far so good.

"But... I feel that it is better to teach people to fish than to give them fish. Recently, my company is also expanding into the dessert industry. Maybe this is a godsend opportunity." Xiangchuan frowned and began to think, " Think of it as conducting market research in Totland, after all, this is the country of desserts, so it must have a say. Use this as a base to create gimmicks and establish chain stores around the world—”

"Totland Direct! The ice cream chain from Dessert Kingdom - Phantom Princess! BigMom is full of praise! It probably feels like this."

"..." Katakuri didn't know what to say, his head hurt a little.

"Then give me a taste first." Youxiang knew what to say, after all, she must eat ice cream.

"Here you are." Xiangchuan directly took out the ice cream in the bag and gave it to Youxiang, "The selling point is pure taste and sufficient ingredients. After all, most of the food can be very delicious as long as it is carefully prepared with high-quality ingredients. .”

"Delicious~~" Youxiang took a big mouthful, and she showed a happy expression, "That's amazing, Mr. Kagawa~~ You are indeed the boss!"

"Thanks for your love, after the matter is settled, I will give you a free gold card, so that you can eat ice cream for free as long as you are in the chain store."

"I seem to be in love with you, Mr. Kagawa."

"Don't say that in front of your fiancé, hahaha... But, I feel very honored."

Then you are honored!Katakuri's head hurt even more. He should have known Mansfield was this kind of guy before.It looks serious, but in fact it is very sloppy, all actions are unexpected, and all troubles will be solved by spending an unnecessary large amount of money.In short -

He is rich and he is self-willed.

"Speaking of... on the way to find an ice cream shop, I saw a novel building." At this moment, Kagawa had changed the subject, he said, "Like... an arch?"

"Torii." Katakuri replied, "That seems to be called a torii. It was built by the 'mages' found by my mother. They built a lot of such things in the town. If you follow along, you can Go to the shrine where they live."

Mage... the ones who imprisoned Phoebe?Youxiang suddenly became vigilant. It turned out that those mages lived on Mr. Katakuri's island, so would Phoebe be imprisoned here as well?Is it a shrine... It seems to be a place where the gods are enshrined, so it is necessary to see it.

"It's a very rare architectural style... I am also very interested in the shrine." Kagawa seemed to hear Youxiang's heartfelt voice, and he smiled and said, "We just finished our afternoon tea, let's go for a walk together?"

"Hey..." You really know how to do things.Katakuri sighed, he looked at Yuka and said, "Going?"

"Can, can I go?!" After all, I am under house arrest after all!perhaps!You Xiang asked.

"As I said, you can move freely on this island." Katakuri replied, "If you want to go, just go."

"Mr. Katakuri..." Youxiang suddenly felt guilty, "I will really escape..."

"Is that all you want me to give you a collar or something?" Why stress this out yourself?Katakuri said, "Be a little more confident in my strength, right? Miss my fiancée?"

"..." A little, a little embarrassed!Youxiang blushed immediately when she heard this address, she quickly hid behind Kagawa, "Well, let's go!!"

Miss Youxiang is a little cute.Kagawa said in his heart that there must be many people who will refute, 'Is that a bit? ? ', and then said with a smile: "Yes. I am looking forward to what kind of person builds such a unique building."

"It's a group of chattering guys." Few of them can communicate normally.Katakuri shook his head, he put on his scarf and prepared to go out, "But the environment of the shrine is not bad."

The three of them went out to the shrine after talking about insignificant things.Not far from the door of the house, you can see a torii gate.Katakuri said the torii gates would run through the town and all the way to the coast, connecting the sea and the shrine.Although its architectural style is incompatible with the style of candy and desserts in Bolifen Town, there is a wonderful feeling of peace of mind when walking in it.

"The Wano country seems to be a country that believes in gods very much." Kagawa said, "The travel notes I read next say that the people there are protected by 800 million gods."

"If that's the case, it's impossible for Kaido to rule them." Katakuri said that he is not a superstitious person, "The more people seek comfort from gods, the more difficult life is, isn't it?"

Seems like a point Matthew would agree with.Youxiang thought to herself that if Matthew was here, he would definitely be able to take the opportunity to tell many interesting legends that he had never heard of.Already starting to miss him.

"Little fox?" At this moment, Youxiang suddenly saw a red figure jumping into her eyes, a fox jumped up to her, rubbed her leg, then ran to the side of the torii gate, and turned back Look at her, as if asking her to follow.

There is a side away from the town, and you can see a green forest. Youxiang looked at the two people around him, Kagawa shrugged and said that he would go and have a look, and Katakuri didn't seem to have any objections.So Youxiang followed.

"Mr. Bazel can talk to animals." Youxiang remembered this, "If it's him, maybe he can know what the little fox is talking about!"

"A devil fruit capable user?"

"No...it seems to be a natural talent or something."

What a great talent!The sea is really big and full of wonders.Katakuri didn't ask, but he wondered when there were foxes on the island.However, since those sorcerers came, the small animals on the island have indeed inexplicably increased.It's just that it's nothing serious and he doesn't care too much.

I followed the little fox into the woods, made a few circles, and came to a slightly open space. The sunlight was projected from a gap in the tree canopy, and it happened to shine on a small shrine.The shrine has only a small table for worship, and next to it is a sculpture of a fox.In front of the shrine, a young man in a white robe seemed to be paying homage, the little fox ran to his feet, rubbed his legs and then looked back at Youxiang——

"Huh?" The blond young man made a surprised voice, "You are..."

"...K, Chris?!"

"Your incense? Really, really you...? Ah, Mr. Katakuri... Sorry." The young man named Chris came back to his senses, and he greeted first, "I didn't expect you to come here."

"Ah." Katakuri responded, and he said, "Do you know Yuxiang?"

"This... is not so much acquaintance..." Rather familiar?Chris smiled a little embarrassedly, he looked at Youxiang, and Youxiang looked at Katakuri and Kagawa without any burden, and said with a matter of course: "It's an ex-boyfriend."

"Huh?!" There's so much amazing information I don't know about recently!Kagawa was surprised again, "This...is, quite a coincidence! I met my ex-boyfriend in this kind of place...in front of my fiancé." This is too embarrassing!

"..." Is the ex-boyfriend like this... Isn't that Alan or Sabo?Katakuri was also a little surprised, but he didn't say anything.

"F-fiance?" Chris's smile disappeared when he heard this word, and he said, "You Xiang and..." Is this the handsome guy over here who wants to blind my eyes?This is really your style--

"It's with Mr. Katakuri."

"Huh?!" This is really your style! !This is too, too amazing! !

"It's Mom's order." Don't show such a surprised expression.Katakuri added.

"Yes, that's how it is..." BigMom's marriage... But why is it with Youxiang...Could it be that BigMom knew about Youxiang...Is that so?Chris seemed to have figured something out, he regained his composure and smiled, "It's really unexpected to meet you here again, Youxiang."

"Yeah...and, is Chris...a mage?" Never heard of it before.And wearing such clothes, it is completely different from when I saw him in Goa Kingdom, "I thought Chris was a noble or something..."

"No... I can't be considered a nobleman. At that time, the family was employed by the Kingdom of Goa." Chris said hesitantly, "It's like being hired by BigMom now."

"... Has Chris always known about me?"

"........."

"Know it from the beginning? Those voices, figures, what I told you... do you actually know all of them?"

"Youxiang, I...sorry. I...wasn't very sure at the time. Because people like you are very rare, and if it's a side effect of that level, it's basically—"

"There's no cure, is it?"

"…………terribly sorry."

"It's okay. I'm not angry, I just want to know what's going on." Youxiang looked at Chris who lowered her eyes, she didn't smile, she said seriously and seriously, "Anyway, I've put Chris Mr. Rees dumped it."

"Yes, I'm sorry!" Sure enough, he was angry! !Chris immediately apologized and said, "I wasn't very sure about your situation at the time...but everything I told you was true, Youxiang! I didn't lie to you, I can assure you of that."

"Well, what I said to Mr. Chris is also true. And I didn't hide anything."

"You're super angry, aren't you?"

"Mr. Katakuri, can you ask them to pay more rent?"

"..." What did this kid do to you?Katakuri didn't answer the question, but patted the top of Youxiang's head lightly, and then said to Chris, "What are you doing here alone?"

"Ah... I was cleaning the shrine of Inari God..." Chris replied, "Mr. Katakuri, are you visiting the shrine today?"

"Just for a walk." Then Youxiang said she wanted to see it.Swallowing the second half of the sentence back, Katakuri said, "Is your mother and the others there?"

"Yes. My mother and other stewards are here." Chris said, ready to lead the way, "I'll take everyone up. You Xiang—"

Youxiang didn't know when she hugged the little fox and leaned against Katakuri's legs angrily, not wanting to talk to this Chris at all.

Chris sighed helplessly, and he said, "Sorry. Anyway, please come with me, everyone."

Chris Jun is over the top, isn't he?Little Fox?What kind of mood and attitude did he have when he dated me?Youxiang was thinking this while stroking the little fox's head.She wanted to follow the others, but before she could move her legs, the little fox jumped out of her arms, came to the front of the shrine just now, and looked back at her.

"Huh? Do you want me to pay homage to God, too?" Youxiang came to the shrine. She looked at the exquisite little shrine, folded her hands together, closed her eyes, and said in her heart: You have worked hard to protect everyone, God.Hope you can be happy too!

Just after the prayer was over, Youxiang felt that the light in front of her eyes became brighter. When she opened her eyes, she didn't see anything special—no.There seems to be... an extra thing like an amulet on the shrine? ?Just now... have this?

The little fox jumped onto the shrine, smelling the amulet, and then looking at Youxiang, as if wanting her to pick it up.Youxiang picked up the amulet, it was a wooden sign with the words 'Kazemi' written on it.I do not know what that means.But is this for yourself?

"Is it for me?" No way? !Is it given to me by the gods? ?Youxiang was a little surprised, she asked the little fox.

The little fox didn't know if he could understand what she said, so it let out a cry, then rubbed Youxiang's leg again, then ran into the depths of the woods and disappeared.

"The fox is the messenger of God Inari."

Chris's voice came from behind, maybe he turned back because he saw that Youxiang hadn't followed: "There is also a story that Inari God sent a fox to be an assistant to the swordsmith and made a famous sword. It seems that I like you very much."

"Where is this story? Who is Mr. Chris?"

"...Sorry. I..." Chris hesitated to speak, he said, "I don't want to lie to you, Youxiang, so I can't say it."

"..." It's fine if you don't say anything.I'm going to save Phoebe from you, we're too close to be in trouble, aren't we?Youxiang seemed to be angry, she ran back to Kagawa and Katakuri without saying anything, and then began to hide behind Kagawa.

"I'm hated, ex-boyfriend." Kagawa said with a mentality that he didn't think it was a big deal when he watched the excitement, "However, as an ex-boyfriend, it's even more strange if the relationship is too good?"

"You can really say outrageous and hurtful things with a perfect expression and tone." By the way, who are you?Chris shook his head, "I don't think I did anything wrong."

"Then why were you dumped?"

"Because she said: I really still like Ace. Then she turned around and ran away."

"Hahahahahahahaha...ah sorry. Are you laughing too loudly? But...hahahahaha!"

"Stop laughing! You should laugh too! Mr. Katakuri!! I'm so sad! Don't laugh at you!"

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The author has something to say:

I don't know if there are 800 million gods in Wano Country, so let's just assume it does. (In addition, the original meaning of 800 million gods in 800 million gods is innumerable and infinite, but Kagawa and the others are half-baked foreigners now, so they don't understand. If there is Matthew, they should be able to correct them.)

I mentioned God Inari and the little fox because Cang Cang was playing on Tsushima Island recently... When the witch was resting, a little fox jumped in front of her, followed the little fox for a while, and found Inari The story of the little shrine of the god.In the game, if the protagonist sees little foxes in the wild, follow them to find the shrine of Inari God, and then unlock the amulet slot.

And the famous sword that Inari sent the fox to help the swordsmith make...is Xiaohumaru!

As for the meaning of "Kazami" on the amulet obtained by Xiangxiang... I will reveal it later