In a small village called shells village we see a young man with shoulders black hair and pale skin wearing a haori with purple flames at the bottom. Alongside with him was a women of unparallel beauty and grace , she had pale skin and white hair tied to a bun .
The name of the man was Kagaya ubuyashiki and the women was Amane Ubuyashiki .They were husband and wife .
They were walking down the quiet streets of Shells village after dismounting their carriage , they were in search for food .
"Kagaya , was it really worth making this trip just to see the shogun" Amane asked
"Yes , I wanted to see it with my own eyes , something does not add up with the death of the previous shogun and something doesn't feel right with the new shogun" Kagaya said as he held the hand of Amane .
"Do you think the new shogun did something to the old one ?" Amane asked
"I don't know but I have a feeling that this is something that goes deeper than the titles of shogun. It definitely needs further investigation" Kagaya replied . Amane hummed in agreement .
She looked around the street they were walking ,there was no one in sight except the two of them
" its unusually quiet , even for a small village like this" Amane said . Kagaya nodded in agreement.
"It must be because of the new yakuza family that has taken over, I didn't expect them to move this quickly" Kagaya said . They spotted a restaurant and headed in that direction
"I've heard rumors while on our way here about an infamous bandit being imprisoned here . Roronoa Zoro . They say it's he's a demon cloaked in human flesh" Amane said . Kagaya turned to Amane in surprise.
"I've heard of him , they say he hunts bandits and ronin and his skills with a blade are extraordinary. I want to talk to him"
"You want to recruit him to the corps" Amane asked
"Yes , I have a feeling that have some of his strength and talent would largely benefit the corps" Kagaya replied.
They entered the restaurant which didn't have a lot of people in it . They sat down at the counter and a lady came to serve them
"Hello ,my name is Ririka ,thank you for choosing this restaurant , what would you like to have" Ririka said to them as she handed them the menu . Kagaya and Amane smiled at the women as they chose what they wanted to have .
"Coming right up , I'll be done in no time"
Kagaya and Amane saw a young girl making what appeared to be rice balls behind the counter . They figured that she was the daughter of Ririka since she was behind the counter .
Ririka delivered they food to them and they ate in silence. Before leaving they asked Ririka on why it was so quiet around the village .
"Its because of the new yakuza family that took over ,they are violent and beat anyone one who disobey their orders ."
Kagaya just nodded as his suspicions were confirmed. He them asked Ririka on whether Roronoa Zoro was really imprisoned here .
"Yes , he is imprisoned on a field at the other side of the village ." Ririka said , although there was sadness in her tone and this was noticed by both Kagaya and Amane .
"Why was he imprisoned" Amane asked
"Not long after the new yakuza family took over , Helmeppo the son of Axe hand Morgan .The one in charge for this branch of the family . Helmeppo came into the village with his wild dog as it caused rampage around everywhere it went , he threatened that if anyone did anything to the dog they would be executed. The eventually entered the restaurant eating the food of other customers and causing a racus . The dog charged at Rika my daughter but before it could do anything, it was kicked away by Roronoa Zoro who was eating his food at the counter . Helmeppo attacked zoro but was swiftly defeated by him and was about to get killed however Helmeppo halted Zoro's actions by saying that if he gets killed ,Morgan will make sure me and Rika are excuted . So he offered him an ultimatum that in our place Zoro would tied to a pole and if he can survive 1 month ,he'll be set free.Its been three weeks ... he's not as bad as people make him out to be ...Zoro,he's a great man"Ririka said with sadness im her voice .
Kagaya and Amani looked at her in shock and interest
'Three weeks without food or anything!!' They both internally exclaimed .
"I see , how amazing " Kagaya exclaimed having resolved himself to recruit Zoro no matter what . Amane now too wanted Zoro to join the Corps . They took their leave from the restaurant and headed to where Zoro was being held up
"This is the kind of resolve and conviction we need to end Muzan , I must recruit that man "