My Days on Nine Snake Island

Chapter 010: My Days on Nine Snake Island

Because his body had not yet recovered, when Leo woke up the next day the sun was already high in the sky. Lying on the soft bed, recalling the farce from yesterday, he could not help but let out a wry laugh.

Indeed, some things absolutely could not be approached with a modern person's mindset and wishful thinking. His way of thinking was fundamentally different from the humans of the One Piece World.

Still, it was fine. He had already seen the Empress's stirring of heart. In truth, if he had not been clever and brought up One Thousand and One Nights, the Empress might have already left with him yesterday.

He had actually been a bit too eager. If he carefully calculated the timing, perhaps Enel on Sky Island had not yet eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. If he could get to the Rumble-Rumble Fruit before Enel, then even if he could not fight in the future, he would at least be able to protect himself.

But during his ten years with the Celestial Dragons, if he had learned nothing else, he had mastered the art of "take things as they come" to the highest level. Since things were already settled, there was no point resisting too much; he had to learn to enjoy it.

In truth, he was quite enjoying it.

Yesterday, under the reluctant gaze of the innkeeper Ren, he and the Empress had returned together to her palace.

After repeating his earlier explanation to Sandersonia and Marigold, the two girls had already accepted him.

The pain between slaves is always shared, especially for the Gorgon Sisters, who had grown up from childhood with the Celestial Dragons. Those sufferings were etched into their bones.

And the Empress did not have Leo stay outside her bedchamber. If she had, a defenseless Leo like him would likely have been forcefully taken that very night by curious or desperate Amazon warrior women...

Staying inside the bedchamber at least guaranteed his chastity...

But starting today, he would be busy. Although he was resting on Nine Snake Island, he also wanted to witness with his own eyes the scene of the Empress being appointed as a Shichibukai. As for who would dare come to Nine Snake Island, that was even more intriguing. It would have to be a bold, meticulous, and powerful Marine officer.

Perhaps it would be Kizaru, Aokiji, or Akainu. Or perhaps the older generation, Tsuru or Marine Vice Admiral Garp. Or the younger, middle-generation Marine Vice Admirals...

All were worth anticipating.

The arrival of the Marines and the conferment of the Shichibukai title would not make the Empress feel grateful toward the Marines. In fact, under Leo's analysis, this Shichibukai system had become a delaying tactic. And the truth was indeed so: the Marines were merely using the Shichibukai to buy time until a new generation of Marines could grow strong enough.

Just look at who the Shichibukai were.

Crocodile, entrenched in the first half of the Grand Line. Almost any pirate who provoked him would be fed to his crocodiles. The first sieve appeared like this.

Gekko Moria, entrenched in the early-middle section of the Grand Line. He had been constantly cutting off pirates' shadows to bolster his own forces. The second sieve was only natural.

The third sieve was "Knight of the Sea" Jinbe, stationed beneath Sabaody Archipelago. The Sun Pirates he commanded were powerful enough to stall the Big Mom Pirates for a time. Any pirate crew that passed through Sabaody and laid hands on the mermaids would be mercilessly eliminated by him.

The fourth Warlord was "Flamingo" Doflamingo, a former Celestial Dragon stationed in the latter half of the Grand Line. To be honest, even if Crocodile and Gecko Moria were losers in the New World of the Grand Line, they were still invincible opponents for rookie pirates just entering the Grand Line. Even the Straw Hat Pirates, blessed with the protagonist's aura, had to fight through each of them with their crew battered and broken.

As for ordinary pirate crews, they had no hope of charging past a direct confrontation with a Shichibukai. Many pirates were arrogant fools who did not know their place. For example, East Blue Admiral Krieg, who was practically the overlord of the East Blue with an entire fleet, but did not value high-end combat strength. He did not even have a single Devil Fruit user among his subordinates before daring to invade the Grand Line. Hawk Eyes alone beat him back. As long as they dared to challenge a Shichibukai, death was the only outcome. This was the Marines' open scheme. Even if the Shichibukai found it tiresome, they had to deal with them.

The Kuja Pirates were the only pirate crew capable of entering and leaving the Calm Belt. They could even threaten Impel Down prison. Co-opting the Kuja Pirates before possessing Seastone warships capable of annihilating them was only logical.

As for Hawk Eyes and Kuma, they were the type whose strength was immense and whose alignment was neither good nor evil. To prevent them from causing massive destruction and damage to the Marines, co-opting them was also logical.

Thus, the seven Shichibukai were essentially decided.

Leo reasoned from the future to the present, and everything he said made sense. But from another perspective, not everyone could see through this strategic deployment of the Marines.

Leo explained it gently, offering a fresh perspective that laid the Marines' strategy bare. This particularly delighted Gloriosa.

The Amazon Lily Kingdom was sorely lacking such a strategist. Though she still had some cunning, she was already in her eighties, heading toward ninety. How much longer could she make decisions for the Amazon Lily Kingdom?

Once she died, the Empress would likely run wild.

Even now, she was already quite wild. But it seemed the Empress had finally found a limiter...

"So, while waiting for the Marines to arrive, let me first have my body checked. It may be presumptuous, but there seems to be something wrong with my body..." Leo did not stand on ceremony and spoke bluntly.

He was not afraid to make requests, because the intelligence he had revealed earlier was enough to cover any cost.

The doctor of Amazon Lily was a middle-aged woman wearing a headscarf. Though she still retained some charm, her lips were too thick, and her figure could not compare to the others. So even though she wore even less clothing than the others, she could not spark the slightest interest in Leo.

In fact, it was this doctor, named Belladonna, who had treated him while he was unconscious.

She had already thoroughly examined him from head to toe.

Of course, now that Leo was valued by the Empress, he was different from the rootless drifter he had been before. After carefully and meticulously examining him from head to toe, she met the Empress's somewhat worried eyes and reported, "Lord Leo is merely a bit weak, even weaker than an ordinary Amazon warrior woman. As for other issues, I found nothing."

"Is that so." Leo frowned and stroked his smooth chin. He subconsciously reached for his beard, but only touched smooth skin.

"Perhaps after my body recovers, I could try training in Haki?" Though he was muttering to himself, his gaze turned to the Empress.

Clearly, they were the experts in Haki.

But under his gaze, the Empress's face grew redder and redder. She was clearly completely unable to plan a training regimen for him...

He turned his head helplessly and looked at the old fox Gloriosa. She was someone he was not particularly eager to deal with.

But for now, it seemed she was the only one who could help him...

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