Son of the Greatest Swordsman

Crossroads

Ryuko POV:

After separating with Izuku, Nejire and I had ran for the walking pig zombie mantle piece for it to run strangely fast. "STAY AWAY FROM ME YOU MONSTERS!"

"Just answer our questions and we'll leave you alone!" We cornered the zombie between a wall for Nejire to pick it up by the mantle.

"Mission accomplished."

"LET GO OF ME! I DON'T WANNA DIE AGAIN!"

"You wouldn't even die if we cut you into pieces. What's your point?"

"Oh yeah." I stared at the zombie pig with some irritation before taking back control of the situation.

"Alright. I promise none of us will hurt you, but I need you to start answering our questions. Where is Gecko Moria and where is Perona?"

"Why do you want to know about master Moria and lady Perona?"

"Midoriya and myself had been given orders to take down and bring in Gecko Moria. Due to this, we need to ascertain his location. We would also like to know where Perona is since she was originally a member of our crew."

"Oh. You're the loser crew that master Moria said she was part of while he was away."

'Loser crew? Somehow I wish to break my own promise right now for that insult.'

"Anyway. I heard from master Moria and lady Perona's talk that we're going to take your crew's shadows and put them into zombie generals. Part of that was with Perona stealing your ship. Once you're shadows are Moria's, he'll give your bodies to a villain to create Nomu with them. Whatever those are."

"Wait, Moria created an alliance with the League of Vilains?"

"Yeah. He also made one with Blackbeard too. Something about wanting an army of zombies strong enough to take down the other Emperors."

I thought about the logic behind Perona's hopes for us to leave Thriller Bark with it now making sense. 'So she wanted us to avoid problems with Blackbeard since there's already issues with the League and Kaido. I can't say I'd blame her.'

"When lady Perona found out about the plan, she wanted nothing to do with it. She agreed to be an information network for the island, but that was as far as she'd go with this plan. Moria seemed angry, but agreed to it."

I thought about this for a moment before Nejire pulled the pig up to her face. "Ok. So where do we find both of them?"

"Master Moria is behind the castle. I heard he's already captured and stolen the shadows of two of your crewmates with the fact he captured Green Demon almost definite now. Like it or not, your shadows are going to serve master Moria and your bodies will become monsters for AFO! HAHAHAHA *snort* *snort* AHAHAHAHA!"

I grabbed the pig by the top of the head and threw him down the hall as hard as I could. The sound of his shouts were heard before a crash. "Uhh...Didn't we agree not to hurt him?"

"Yes. But we weren't the ones who 'directly' hurt him. It was whatever he hit." I patted my hands before thinking of the possible route we should go.

"Should we go outside and wait for Midoriya?"

"That was our goal, but now the situation has changed." I coated my leg with Haki before kicking a hole in the wall. "Nejire. Head towards the others and explain what is happening. If they separated us on purpose, then the chances are that Midoriya may already be captured."

"Ok. But what are you gonna do?"

"As a Warlord, I have my own objectives that I need to do. I'll contact you and the rest of the crew when I can." I jumped out the wall and turned into my dragon form to find the area behind the castle as the zombie mentioned to us. Looking back, I saw Nejire begin flying in the air towards the shoreline. 'Hopefully they haven't taken the rest of our crew to at least give us some fighting chance. I'm still worried for Midoriya, but I can't focus on him right now. Moria comes first.'