Conqueror's Haki Awakens

"Those three are sisters? Are you sure? Their hair is all different colors. Are they really related by blood?"

Seeing that all three were still alive, Miming breathed a sigh of relief. They did not seem to be seriously injured, though they had clearly suffered a lot.

"They should be," Cairns said. "Stussy wouldn't make a mistake about something like this." After all, most of their value came from the shackles created by this kind of blood relationship.

The blonde girl coughed up blood miserably, her arm covered in horrifying scars from dog bites. The green-haired girl's entire body was covered in whip marks, with hardly a patch of uninjured flesh. She curled into a ball and timidly stared at Miming outside the cage. Gathering her courage, she said in a trembling voice, "I'm very strong. Tomorrow, I can work for the master in Big Sis's place! Please use me!"

Miming's heart clenched violently, but after seeing so much already, it no longer seemed like anything unusual.

There was nothing he could do. This was simply what the world of the Celestial Dragons was like, and it was not something he could change with a snap of his fingers. Without the courage to face all this, there was even less hope of changing anything.

"You don't have to be afraid..." Miming had barely begun speaking when he could no longer continue. The other girls looked as though they had been scared out of their wits. In this situation, no matter what he said, there was no way they could stop being afraid, right?

Miming fell silent. He could not bring himself to say, "This won't happen again." That would be a lie. What had happened today would definitely happen again and again, because this was Holy Land Mary Geoise. And he was only a Celestial Dragon boy.

At that moment, the Den Den Mushi on Cairns rang. "Biri biri biri!"

Cairns picked it up and listened for a moment. "What? The main family is the only one in the entire Holy Land that possesses slaves from Amazon Lily? The Amazon Lily Sisters? They really are biological sisters? Are you sure?"

The sound of papers being shuffled came through the Den Den Mushi, followed by a voice saying, "Yes, the three sisters captured on Amazon Lily. That's right. Their exact names? No. Who would care what they're called? Saint Sanming cares? Oh my, I'm sorry!" The stream of apologies had already lost all meaning. It made sense. How could slave traders care about the names of their merchandise? They were not going to demand ransom—they would simply sell them.

Cairns hung up. "Hahaha, Stussy says they really are from Amazon Lily, and they're definitely biological sisters..." Cairns thought that it was indeed somewhat unbelievable that merely riding around once had been enough to make Saint Sanming dream of Amazon Lily.

Thump.

Cairns suddenly heard a powerful heartbeat coming from Saint Sanming's chest. It was beating so violently that even he could hear it. Saint Sanming's face instantly turned pale, then flushed purple with engorged blood vessels.

Three sisters of the Amazon tribe from Amazon Lily in the Calm Belt.

Miming felt as though his heart had nearly exploded. After the tremendous heartbeat, the entire world fell deathly silent.

"Saint Sanming," Cairns said, "although Stussy doesn't know their names, she said these are the only Amazon slaves captured in the past twenty years."

"Open it," Miming said heavily.

"Eh? Now?" Cairns was somewhat surprised.

"I said open it!" Miming turned around. His face had become terrifyingly distorted. Even when he had beaten the other Celestial Dragons during the day, his expression had not been half as ferocious as it was now.

The cage door opened, and Miming desperately crawled inside like a dog.

Under the trembling gazes of the two sisters huddled in the corner, Miming picked up the unconscious black-haired girl. He brushed aside her hair and carefully examined her face.

Boa Hancock!

Miming suddenly shouted, "You're Boa Hancock, aren't you?"

Both younger sisters were stunned. The blonde girl said fearfully, "How do you know Big Sis's name?"

The green-haired girl hurriedly tugged at her, telling her not to speak.

But Miming already understood. He slapped himself hard across the face.

I'm such an idiot. How could I not have recognized her? It was so obvious!

The Boa Hancock before him was merely a young girl who had been captured by slave traders and frightened out of her wits. She looked completely different from the impression he had of her as an adult. Her two younger sisters were also beautiful, and they had not yet become the ugly Snake Princess. That was why Miming had never connected them with the Boa Sisters.

Miming held the dying Hancock tightly, darkness filling his vision. Hancock's fate had actually been caused by his own actions. There was no way he could forgive himself. He gritted his teeth, his face ashen, his entire body convulsing violently. A terrifying question had been circling in his mind, and now it finally erupted.

Why did I like this kind of world? Even in my previous life, in another world, why did I like such a cruel world? Shouldn't a world like this be destroyed? Did I come here and personally experience this world's suffering so that I could destroy it with my own hands?

The two younger sisters lunged forward. "Let go of Big Sis! We'll fight you!"

Cairns was clearly terrified. At a loss, he said, "Saint Sanming, what's wrong? Should I call someone..."

A mad burst of Haki suddenly exploded from Miming and swept through the prison. The guards who had just been about to enter flipped their eyes and collapsed unconscious. The two little girls did the same.

"Conqueror's Haki?!" Cairns instantly felt an enormous aura surge down upon him like a flood, and it was coming from Saint Sanming right before him!

Under the astonishing pressure, Cairns struggled desperately to keep himself from fainting. Conqueror's Haki—the proof of one destined to become a ruler! And it's innate Conqueror's Haki, awakened without any training at all! As expected of a descendant of the twenty kings who founded the World Government!

At that moment, Cairns had essentially identified the master for whom he wanted to offer his life. A Celestial Dragon who had awakened Conqueror's Haki stood right before him!

Saint Sanming will definitely become the ruler of the world! The thought instantly took root in Cairns's heart.

"So that's how it is! Hehehehe..." Miming's expression twisted grotesquely as he laughed with ferocious madness. Holding Boa Hancock, he stood up. "So I was still vastly underestimating this world's vileness! What was I thinking, trying to adapt first, pretending I could be garbage too, then slowly grow stronger and change this world? I really was too naive!"

He had fully felt a rage so intense it had become twisted, and it took him a long time to calm down.

"Boa Hancock, I never imagined you would come to my side in this way." Miming spoke seriously. "I don't know how to earn forgiveness for everything that's been done to you. I swear I'll protect you. I swear I'll gain the power to protect you—!"

"Because if I can't even protect you, then there's no way I could love this cruel world—!"

"That's right. It's because of you, Robin, Vivi, and Nami that I like this cruel world."

At the same time, in the center of Mary Geoise, the Gorosei, the highest authorities ruling the World Government, were suddenly startled. They all turned toward the direction of the Bird Family.

"If I'm not mistaken, that was Conqueror's Haki?"

"So intense! That arrogant aura was practically capable of destroying the Holy Land!"

"It seems to have come from the Bird Family?"

"Go investigate."

"Yes."

In the darkness, countless agents rushed rapidly toward the Bird Family.

Before long, Cairns was summoned by the CP Agency and personally went to report to the Gorosei.

Reporting directly to the Gorosei in person was an honor Cairns had never experienced, despite being one of the top ten experts in CP0. But could he really tell the Gorosei everything? Cairns could not help facing a choice. However, he soon stopped hesitating, because he had already decided that Saint Sanming would definitely become the ruler of the world!

"Conqueror's Haki came from Saint Jalmack's Son? Whose was it? You're from the Bird Family. You should know." Four of the Gorosei turned their eyes together toward the remaining member—a bald man wearing glasses and a Taoist robe, with an extraordinarily long sword cradled in his arms.

That Gorosei was silent for a moment before saying uncertainly, "Probably my youngest grandson. The child born to the daughter-in-law of the Rosward Family."

The others exchanged knowing smiles. This bloodline was too powerful. The Bird Family and the Rosward Family had both produced members of the Gorosei, and both were direct descendants of the twenty kings who had created the world—true royal bloodlines. The blood of two kings, and now awakened Conqueror's Haki. Was this child going to defy heaven itself?

"Then what caused the awakening? What happened?" asked the Gorosei in the red suit with the golden beard.

"He suddenly lost his temper while disciplining a slave," Cairns said, his heart pounding wildly.