Watching Roger's Execution in the World of Pirates

The White Hou's immense size was its best protection. If the ship turned invisible, Sea Kings would no longer see it and would be more likely to crash into it, causing needless trouble.

On Sengoku's orders, Atlas headed to Amazon Lily to summon Hancock, one of the Shichibukai.

The other Shichibukai usually received a notice from the Marines and responded soon afterward.

Boa Hancock was different. After receiving the summons, she gave no immediate reply. She seemed content to ignore it.

Sengoku could not make sense of her.

That woman harbored a strange hostility toward the Marines. Of course, no pirate liked them, but Boa Hancock's hatred ran far deeper than most. Ordinary Marines could do little about her.

Besides, Marine Headquarters was short on warships. Although it had long possessed the technology to build ships that could cross the Calm Belt, the cost was so high that only a few warships used it.

Seeing Sengoku hesitate, Atlas volunteered to go to Amazon Lily.

After all, he was the one who had set this war in motion.

And Sengoku's orders for him went beyond delivering a summons.

There were only two choices: Boa Hancock could follow the warship to Marine Headquarters, or she could go to prison!

Sengoku could not afford to be softhearted. Even if the woman standing in his way was the most beautiful in the world, he would show her no mercy.

The enormous island-ship pressed onward. Sea Kings retreated wherever it passed.

Even the Sea Kings of the Calm Belt picked on the weak and feared the strong. They would have destroyed an ordinary warship in minutes.

Of course, that did not include the Sea Kings summoned by Poseidon, one of the Three Ancient Weapons.

Those creatures were so enormous that even the White Hou, said