Chapter 557: A Mysterious Visitor

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After the entire incident regarding Harumi's date request, the party came to an end and everyone decided to go back to their homes. Frank and company were actually invited to stay as guests in the manor, but they had things to do back home, and they had also left some people there, so they wanted to go back.

At the end, Clementine and Harumi waved their hands saying their goodbyes and Frank went back home rather leisurely, even picking up a few things in the local mini market and even reading the new One Piece weekly issue in the way back home with Orb at his side.

"Frank we should go to Terra and accelerate the time here so we can easily get more issues of One Piece." Said Orb.

"I-I don't think that's a good thing…" said Frank, feeling rather overwhelmed.

"Actually we should really do it so we can get a bunch of new chapters!" said Orb.

"Orb I am not doing that! Also, I don't think I can accelerate the time of a world I am not in… Its an odd thing. But only the worlds I am connected with where I am not inside will slow down." Said Frank.

"Ah, so you don't got crazy time powers? Lame…!" said Orb while crossing her arms.

"You're acting quite cocky tonight." Sighed Frank, as he petted her silky hair and kissed her cheek.

"Agh! Don't tease me like that…" sighed Orb.

"Papa, I want kisses too!" said Alexander, getting envious, the little boy asked for some love as well.

"Fine, only because you're my little prince." Said Frank, as he held the gorgeous little fox-kin boy with his arms and kissed his puffy cheeks and then his little nose. Such a delightful little baby boy!

"Hehe… I love you papa!" said Alex.

"I love you too Alexander." Sighed Frank.

TRUUMMMM!!!

Suddenly, everything around Frank changed.

"Eh…?"

The entire environment changed yet it was still the same. Something bizarre had emerged! A sudden dreadful aura emerged right before Frank!

He suddenly found himself alone in this space, the boy he had on his arms was gone.

And within this entire space, a man stood in front of him.

"W-What? Who are you?!" roared Frank, his entire powers overflowing from his body, ready to fight.

He had already tried to get out of this Domain.

And he could not.

This entire place was completely confined strongly, and the man in front of him was the "core" that maintained it.

He already realized that if he wanted to escape, he would need to beat him off.

But who was he?

And why would he dare disturb him all out of the sudden?

The man seemed covered by the shadow of the night, but slowly walked towards Frank, as Frank got into a battle stance, ready to go completely all out!

"Calm down, calm down, I am not your enemy."

The man that showed up resembled an ordinary old man, he had a bit of hair over his chin and his skin looked to be tanned. He had some messy brown hair atop his head, and was wearing very loose clothes, which seemed rather unwashed for days, he looked like an actual homeless man.

His eyes were black, and seemed carefree, yet there was an immense power dwelling within him. A relaxed smile emerged on his lips. In one of his hands he was holding a half-drank rice wine bottle.

"Who the heck are you?" asked Frank.

"Ah… I guess you don't know about me? Well, nobody should, that's why I hide my identity and stuff… Damn man, calm down for once, I am not going to fight you." Sighed the man.

"Then why even trap me in here? Can't you show up naturally like a normal person? And your power… you're hiding it well but you're an old monster, aren't you?" asked Frank.

"Hehe, the boy got some nice eyes… Frank-kun, you're quite the celebrity around Japan, you know?" asked the man.

"Me?" asked Frank.

"Your fights had been broadcast around, now everyone knows you're the Source… Hehe." Laughed the man suspiciously.

"Just tell me what do you want before I lose my patience." Said Frank.

"My name is… It doesn't really matter. You can call me Homeless Man, or The Walker, I guess that's how the folk refer to me around here… In simple terms, I am a Shogun, one of the four Shoguns of Japan. I love this country and I know you're a boy that also loves it, so I came here to warn you…" said the man.

"S-Shogun?!" asked Frank.

A Shogun was in front of Frank!

Shogun was the title given to the four strongest people in all of Japan, often referred as the ones that represented the country as a whole all across the world! Frank remembered that they were faintly named by Matsuo once, or well, he just said there were four of them.

The Shogun were even stronger than the Gods themselves, and were four powerful people that pretty much kept the entirety of Japan protected from larger threats than just some urban thugs, they were pretty much the ones that got rid of International-level threats that even came from outside…

In the past, the Vampires and Werewolves were confronted by the past Shoguns, which were only two of them, they had helped the Gods of Japan in the Shadows, and had even participated into defeating the three Great Demon Kings of the Yokai back then…

However, those two were long gone in history, but new ones had rise in these last 50 years, one of them was in front of Frank.

The Walker.

This homeless-looking man was a being even stronger than Amaterasu herself. Yet he looked like nothing too big.

It felt perplexing to Frank to even believe this homeless guy was such a powerful being. But it was the truth that was in front of him.

Even more when he sensed his power surging from him like an ocean of immense essence…

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