Kizaru Arrives, a Gift from the Heavens

Hancock felt no pain at all. She only felt a great warmth spreading across her back.

This warmth was something she had never experienced before.

Soon, the Phoenix Nirvana pattern appeared on Hancock's back.

"This looks much better."

Those words were like a warm current, instantly striking the softest place in Hancock's heart.

The tears that had been welling in her eyes finally slipped down from the corners of them.

Hancock's tiny body immediately threw itself into Roya's arms.

"Th-thank you. Thank you for saving us! Ever since we were captured near Amazon Lily, no one has ever treated us this kindly."

Gently patting Hancock's back, Roya played the role of an older brother and said softly, "All right, now I'll make new patterns for your two younger sisters too."

As he spoke, Roya looked at the two sisters behind Hancock and added, "I heard from her that you're from Amazon Lily, so I'll draw a Nine Snakes pattern for the two of you. What do you think?"

"Mhm."

Before long, Roya used the Nine Snakes pattern to cover the Celestial Dragon Hoof marks on the two girls.

"Thank you. My name is Boa Hancock. Just call me Hancock."

"My name is Boa Sandersonia."

"My name is Boa Marigold."

Roya looked at the slightly bashful Hancock before him, the corners of his lips lifting faintly.

"Roya."

Upon hearing Roya's name, Hancock felt the blush on her face deepen even further.

"Big Sister, are you sick?"

"Why is your face so red?"

Hearing her sisters' words, Hancock instantly snapped out of her shyness and immediately said, "We have to escape right now! Otherwise, we won't get another chance!"

As she spoke, Hancock looked at Roya.

Roya merely said, "I'll take you out of here."

"Mm!"

The girls nodded.

Although they had known each other for only a short time, Hancock and the others already trusted Roya deeply.

Hancock especially—at that moment, her eyes were already filled entirely with Roya.

After leaving the basement, Roya asked Fisher Tiger, "Feeling better?"

"A little better."

Fisher Tiger climbed up from the ground. As a fish-man, the wounds on his body had completely stopped bleeding in that short time.

"Then let's leave Mary Geoise."

With that, Roya took the lead and walked ahead.

Hancock and her two sisters followed after him, while Fisher Tiger stayed in the rear to prevent anything from happening to the three girls.

As they drew closer and closer to the sea, Hancock and the others' eyes shone brighter and brighter.

Because it represented freedom and the vast ocean, the place they had always longed for most.

"This is wonderful! We'll be able to escape soon!"

Just as Hancock finished speaking, a beam of light appeared before them, accompanied by an extremely flippant voice. "Escape? That's impossible, you know~"

As the light faded, a tall, thin man appeared before them. He had curly black hair, wore a yellow-and-white striped suit, sported a ring of beard around his face, and had on a pair of sunglasses.

Fisher Tiger stared at the man in disbelief. "A-Admiral! K-Kizaru!!!"

As one of the Navy's three monsters, Kizaru's name was well known to Fisher Tiger.

The moment he saw Kizaru appear before them, he felt despair swallow him whole.

Kizaru looked down at Roya and the others from above, speaking to them with his comically drawn-out manner of speech.

"How terrifying~ I never expected Fisher Tiger to know this mysterious fellow. But after defeating you all, my salary should go up quite a bit too, right~?"

Those words were arrogant!

But Kizaru had the strength to be arrogant!

As the user of the Glint-Glint Fruit, Kizaru possessed extremely high mobility and devastating piercing attacks. Those two traits alone far surpassed those of other Logia Fruits.

It could be said that this was already one of the top-tier Logia Fruits!

Kizaru said to Roya, "Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?"

As Kizaru's words fell, his body transformed into yellow light and charged toward Roya.

A kick at the speed of light!

It was so fast that the naked eye could not follow it!

Yet Roya did not take it seriously at all.

Six panes of light appeared before Roya, instantly catching Kizaru's figure and imprisoning him within them.

Only then did Roya slowly say, "Rikujōkōrō!"

The entire process was effortless and fluid, appearing incomparably easy.

Trapped within the Rikujōkōrō, Kizaru stared at the situation before him in disbelief.

"How is this possible?!"

It was not only Kizaru who could not believe that Roya had so easily sealed his movements.

Even Fisher Tiger stood frozen where he was.

"O-One move... He only used one move... t-to stop Kizaru's attack!"

Fisher Tiger was so shocked that he could barely speak.

He had never expected that Kizaru, who had just been acting so arrogantly and planning to use them to raise his salary, would be subdued by Roya in a single move!

Hancock gently tugged on Roya's cloak, her limpid eyes filled with nothing but him.

She only felt that Roya was truly amazing!

"I hope the Navy reimburses your medical expenses!"

As Roya's words fell, he twisted the hilt of his sword, held Ryujin Jakka in a forward grip, and softly said to Kizaru's head, "Torch!"

Boom!

Flames blossomed!

A tornado-shaped wall of fire directly enveloped Kizaru!

The blazing heat continuously scorched Kizaru's body.

Kizaru wanted to evade by turning his body into light, but imprisoned by the Rikujōkōrō, he could not make any movement at all.

"Let's go!"

After slowly sheathing Ryujin Jakka, Roya led the group away from the Holy Land of Mary Geoise in a carefree manner.

Roya found a warship and sailed it into the distance.

On the warship's deck, Roya let the sea breeze whip against his cloak.

One of Roya's hands stroked Hancock's silky hair as he asked her, "Do you hate this place?"

Hancock nodded heavily. Apart from pain, all she felt toward this place was an intense, bitter hatred.

"In that case, let me give them a grand gift!"

Roya slowly raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Hancock looked around in confusion, but she did not notice any change nearby.

Suddenly, Fisher Tiger pointed at the sky, his eyes filled with shock. "T-The sky! Look above!"

Hearing Fisher Tiger's words, everyone looked up and saw...