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This is the end huh.
Those CP0 shits.
Hopefully, that CP0 is dead or at least in enough agonizing pain to not go after Mugiwara. It’s unfortunate I couldn’t get to the other one.
He lets out a shaky breath — haaah.
It was a perfect death as both a samurai and a pirate.
I’ll finally get to meet Oyaji, Oden-sama, Toki-sama, and Ace. Hopefully my locker in Davy Jones is comfy.
He freezes for a second then chuckles — Ha ha.
“What a thought.”
Ughh “how painful,” he muses as the pain starts to become more evident in his torso.
Despite his high pain tolerance, his eyes started to water a little.
As vision blurs, he can’t help but feel a little regret at not being able to see Kaido being taken down, not being able to see a free Wano, not being able to see a dead Teach…
“Ah fuxk to think I’m crying…”
He tries to even his breathing, but can’t seem to focus on anything other than the pain.
Izou feels his arms numb, he tries to wiggle a finger, tries to tap his gun but he can’t…
As his mind calms his distraught heart.
He can’t help thinking that all that’s left for him to do is wait. Wait for the pain to be over, wait for his body to shut down, wait for the freedom called death.
“I know he’ll do it. Ace’s little brother is stubborn as a mule after all,” he says softly.
He has a feeling it’s all going to be okay.
He smiles after a while, thinking that Marco that flaming chicken shouldn’t come on Davy Jones’s ship too soon. Same goes for the rest of my Whitebeard family and the members of the Pirate-Minks-Samurai alliance. Ha ha what an alliance. He hopes that they can live a long fulfilling life.
As he takes his last breath he thinks of Kikunojo.
“Kiku,” he whispers.
He feels so thankful to be able to meet Kiku after so many years.
It’s unfortunate they weren’t able to spend that much time together, but being able to fight alongside Kiku made him realize that they’ve become such an amazing samurai.
He feels his dying heart brimming with pride.
Before his heart beats one last time, he thinks — Kiku, my dear sibling, live!