"Three more days? How useless... Give me a little more effort! Also, don't leave the area, the Kuja Warrior are watching you!"
Hancock spoke in a very rude manner to the scholars of Visalia, and even glared at the unusually young "Seven".
Ultimately, persuaded by Granny Nyu, Hancock came to comfort the people of Visalia.
Of course, what Granny Nyu didn't know was that Hancock hadn't actually listened to her words, but had learned from her two sisters about a young man among the scholars of Visalia —presumably Siegfried!
For several days in a row, Sig did not reappear, as if he had really left, which made Hancock very unhappy, so she decided to come and check.
Although Sig had changed his physique, appearance, and even his demeanor, Hancock still felt vaguely familiar with him.
Sig didn't try to hide anything from Hancock, and even winked at Hancock, confirming her suspicions about his identity!
After glaring at Sig, Hancock knew he was hiding his identity. Instead of exposing him as she had done before, she continued to comfort the scholars, only in a different way...
"How incredibly rude of you, Hancock ..." Granny Nyu jumped out from the side.
Granny Nyu was initially pleased to see Hancock willing to visit these scholars, feeling that Hancock had grown up. However, she still followed along out of concern, and then...
As expected, Hancock is still as rude as ever!
"Not at all, we'll keep trying."
"Thank you so much for your advice, Your Majesty..."
"Older sister, that's where you're wrong."
"Her Empress Snake is right!"
"Thank you so much, ladies of Kuja..."
A group of repressed, nerdy guys seem to really like this.
Granny Nyu:...
"Hehe, as expected, whatever I do will be forgiven and approved, after all... I'm just too beautiful!" Hancock struck her classic pose with self-righteousness.
Granny Nyu had already given up on dealing with them and was then speared away by the Kuja Warrior that Hancock had called Kuja.
Because there are men present, only the female Warrior of the Kuja Pirates will approach; the female Warrior protecting the nation will not come over.
After Hancock realized that Sig had no intention of communicating with her, she left angrily...
Sig glanced at Hancock's retreating figure—he could tell Hancock unhappy, but he also realized that talking to her now wouldn't make a difference, so he simply stayed behind to continue learning.
The last three days passed in the blink of an eye, and nearly half of January 1512 had already gone by.
Thanks to Hancock, Sig's learning efficiency has been very high over the past two weeks—these old, reserved guys, in order to show off and watch more of the "energetic female Warrior," have been taking turns organizing the work.
Sig, who was present throughout, directly "touched" the knowledge reserves of all seven scholars...
Seeing that he was about to leave Visalia, Sig didn't intend to see Hancock again and continued to focus on learning.
After all, although the knowledge of the seven great scholars had been "touched," there was still room for further exploration and application. Sig originally intended to leave with Visalia.
Sig couldn't fathom Hancock's mind, despite her Conqueror's Haki, but judging from her emotions, there was no point in him staying...
What bothered Sig was that Hancock's mood had clearly changed when she appeared earlier, even though he hadn't seen her for several days.
Finally, on the day Visalia was about to leave, Hancock reappeared.
Putting aside the fact that all seven of them, these repressed old perverts, seemed to have been manipulated, Sig had a feeling... Hancock's emotions had shifted again!
Unable to fathom her inner thoughts through mystical means, Sig wasn't entirely sure why this change was happening. However, he had a feeling that after ignoring her for almost half a month, her affection for him was actually increasing.
Unfortunately, Hancock herself is a very conflicted person, and the Love-Love Fruit also has the added effect of increasing her charm, making it difficult to analyze her true thoughts from her outward expressions.
However, the most important thing remains unchanged: Sig can tell that she still has no intention of joining the alliance!
Since that's the case, Sig doesn't intend to waste any more time...
Although Sig thought he was good at flirting, Hancock was incredibly resistant to it. Or rather... Sig's flirting was only effective on female pirates who craved excitement; it had the opposite effect on romantically inclined women.
So far, Sig has discovered that the "Hancock affection" he's gained seems to have been built up by simply letting it sit, so he'll just let it sit there. He doesn't know anything about romance guides, and he doesn't understand pure romance at all...
However, just then, news brought by the News Bird disrupted Sig's plans.
Amazon Lily is located in the Calm Belt, and very few News Bird come here. However, Granny Nyu has subscribed to the newspaper, and Granny Nyu very concerned about what is happening outside.
"The weather on Nine Snake Island has returned to normal? Well, if you have nothing else to do, you should leave now." Hancock's farewell was just as impolite.
However, a group of Old Man who were purely obsessed with her looks actually chatted with her enthusiastically—a behavior that Sig couldn't understand.
In comparison, Sig prefers someone more straightforward, even if he's a cut below Hancock in looks...
Just then, a News Bird by and accurately dropped a newspaper, which Granny Nyu immediately caught.
But in the blink of an eye, Sig's pupils contracted—his keen observation skills allowed him to instantly spot the familiar photo on the front page!
"Wait..." Sig suddenly spoke.
Hancock immediately looked at Seven with a mixture of relief and disdain. She had genuinely thought that Sig would ignore her and leave, and was just about to make up some excuses to "allow him to stay and then firmly refuse him when he asked again" when Hancock suddenly realized that he was staring straight at Granny Nyu.
Hancock:???
"Grandma, may I borrow the newspaper to read?" Sig asked Granny Nyu, ignoring Hancock.
"Hmm? But..." Granny Nyu was about to agree when Hancock suddenly snatched the newspaper away.
"This is Nine Snake Island's property, no men are allowed to..." Hancock was about to say no men were allowed to touch it, but when she saw Sig's serious and firm gaze, she couldn't help but feel a wave of weakness.
Granny Nyu was about to lose her temper—even though every time she got angry, the result was that Hancock would be forked, Granny Nyu would still get angry at her!
Although Nine Snake Island doesn't welcome men, they just solved their climate problem here, so what's wrong with borrowing a newspaper?
However, at this moment, Granny Nyu suddenly noticed that Hancock's face turned red, and she said somewhat shyly, "Then... then don't do it again!" As she spoke, she turned her head away, not daring to look at Sig, but handed him the newspaper.
Sig didn't have time to pay attention to Hancock at that moment; instead, he quickly took the newspaper and started reading the front page.
The image of the shipwright, the Tom, was drawn on the surface, along with the words: "The World Government has arrested the illegal shipwright who built the ship for the villain Roger, and he is being escorted to Enies Lobby for execution..."