One Piece: I Can Repel Anything

"You'll understand later. When I first came aboard, I was stunned by how hard he pushed himself too."

The women chatted and laughed as they followed Chris away.

Pato bounced along and grinned at Bepo. "The ship's getting livelier and livelier. I'm so happy, hee hee hee!"

Bepo brandished his fishing rod. "I'm catching more than you today. You're going down!"

Gin watched the women leave, his expression cold. "The captain's a lucky man. Surrounded by beautiful women. I'm jealous."

"You're too weak to even put up a fight. Damn it!"

Burgess shot Gin a disgruntled look and walked off.

Doc Q gave Gin an eerie smile. "Those women are all beautiful. You should try your luck. You might get somewhere."

"You're always playing with fire. One day, someone's going to kill you."

Luo spoke coldly, then headed off to train.

Hawkins said in a low voice, "No. I see no sign of death on him. His life won't end here."

Lafitte twirled his cane and smiled politely. "He's all talk. He wouldn't dare go too far."

"But if I'm in a bad mood one day and accidentally kill you, I hope you won't hold it against me."

Gin lifted his two oddly shaped weapons and smiled cruelly. "Don't worry. I'll train hard and try to kill you all as soon as I can."

"The First Mate's position is mine!"

On the way back, he had learned that Haki existed.

The revelation had stunned him, and he desperately wanted to learn it.

Once he heard that Chris trained every waking moment, Gin knew what he had to do.

He would learn from Chris!

Even if he trained himself to death, he wouldn't care.

Hawkins looked at him with his usual corpse-like expression and said calmly, "You may throw yourself into training and fight with everything you have."

"But your face tells me you're destined never to become First Mate. Nothing can change that."

Lafitte, on the other hand, thought highly of Gin. He planted his cane before him and offered encouragement like a perfect gentleman.

"You're ruthless. I don't doubt you'll train like your life depends on it."

"Enough talk. Challenge me whenever you like. I won't refuse."

"After all, the First Mate's position belongs to the strong!"

Inside the Training Room.

Carina blinked her pretty eyes at Nami and said with a grin, "Those people outside are ruthless, every last one of them. They're no fun."

"That's why we'd rather stay in here and chat when we have time."

Confusion crossed Nami's pretty face. "Really? Everyone seems nice to me. They're not as scary as you say."

Belo Betty leaned back in her chair and crossed her legs. "That's because you don't know them."

"Strength rules on this ship. Chris keeps everyone in line through sheer force."

"That's why they behave themselves. It doesn't mean they're good people."

Honey Queen nodded and tucked back her pale-blond hair.

"Nami, every one of those people is ruthless. They kill without blinking."

"Take Lafitte, the First Mate. He may smile warmly and act polite, but he's vicious inside. He's nowhere near the gentleman he appears to be."

Perona floated in the air, her little face scrunched up in disgust.

"Doc Q is the worst. He has that creepy smile and keeps stirring things up on the ship. It's like he wants everyone to start killing each other."

Reiju rested her chin on her hand and spoke gently to Baccarat. "Come to think of it, if anyone else were captain, they'd never be able to control them."

Baccarat nodded and brushed back her dark-red hair, her eyes curving with a smile. "Don't worry. As long as Chris is here, they'll have to obey."

"Take Gin, the one who just came aboard. You can tell at a glance he's a fierce one."

Mei Di gave an elegant smile. "You can see it in his cold eyes. He must be utterly ruthless."

Carina turned to Nami and advised her, "Just don't get too close to those people, and don't trust them too much."

Just then, a crisp ringing sounded.

Brrr, brrr, brrr...

The women looked toward the sound. It was the Den Den Mushi on the boulder.

Chris stopped training, walked over, and answered it.

"Lord Chris, please come save my sister..."

The Den Den Mushi took on Marigold's appearance. Her face was anxious and terrified.

Rumbling and crashes kept coming through the line. The fighting sounded fierce.

The connection was full of noise.

"My sister's facing a powerful enemy. Her life is in dan—"

Before she could finish, a deafening crash came from the other end, and the call cut off.

With a whoosh, Chris vanished from the spot.

The women stared at one another, stunned by the desperate plea for help.

They knew the situation had to be dire.

"Who was that?"

Mei Di looked at the others, curious.

Honey Queen shook her head and frowned. "I don't know who she was, but the sister she mentioned must be Boa Hancock."

Belo Betty nodded. "That Den Den Mushi can only contact her. It has to be Boa Hancock."

"The world's most beautiful woman?"

Perona caught on, then looked puzzled. "I remember her saying she'd never ask Chris for help. Did I remember wrong?"

Reiju gave her a reproachful look. "Is it so strange to ask for help when you're in danger?"

"But Boa Hancock is proud. She definitely wouldn't ask Chris for help herself."

"One of her people must have made that call behind her back."

Baccarat smoothed her dark-red hair. "There's no need to worry. Chris has gone to help, so it'll be fine."

She turned to Nami with a smile. "Nami, tell us about the Fish-Men. What exactly happened?"

"Oh, right!"

Nami came back to herself and smiled awkwardly. "Well, the village had always been peaceful. Then one day..."

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Chapter 68

On Larnia, in the first half of the Grand Line.

It was a rarely visited island, home to countless dangerous beasts.

Now a fierce battle raged there.

"Well? Did you reach Chris?"

Sandersonia looked at Marigold and asked urgently.

Marigold nodded, watching the distant fight with worry. "I reached him, but the tremors were so strong that the Den Den Mushi got cut off."

"Lord Chris must have heard me. We can only hope he gets here soon..."

As crashes rolled in from the distance, Kalana frowned, her face grim. "At this rate, Lady Snake Princess won't be able to hold out."

Marguerite gripped her bow. "Lady Sandersonia, Lady Marigold, let's go help her! We can fight him together!"

"Yes! We'll fight him! We'll protect Lady Snake Princess even if it costs us our lives!"

The other warriors of Amazon Lily stood united, determination on every face.

Sandersonia glared at them. "What good would that do? We'd only throw our lives away."

"Besides, our sister gave us strict orders to stay back. Can't you see she's trying to protect us?"

Marigold stamped her foot in frustration. "If we could escape by sea, we'd leave right now."

"But if we board the ship, he'll use that Tremor-Tremor power, and we'll all die at sea."

Carina paced back and forth, beside herself with worry.

"What do we do? What can we do?"

Then loud laughter came from ahead.

"Boa Hancock, you're no match for me. Surrender!"

Gamenio wore green clothes and a green mask. With his long tongue, he looked much like a lizard.

"You've seen what I can do. I'm the strongest man in the world, and you're the world's most beautiful woman. You're destined to be mine. Hiss..."

"When I saw your beautiful figure in the newspaper, I was captivated."

Gamenio spread his arms and declared wildly, "Be my woman, Boa Hancock. I can give you anything."

"Slave Arrow!"

Ignoring him, Hancock formed a huge pink heart in front of her and drew it back.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

A barrage of pink arrows shot toward Gamenio as fast as lightning.

"It's useless. Against my Copy-Copy Fruit, everything you do is pointless."

As Gamenio spoke, a huge pink heart appeared before him too. He drew it back and released it.

Bang, bang, bang!

The arrows collided in midair. The air trembled faintly as explosions rang out one after another.

Gamenio had completely stopped Hancock's attack.

"If someone has a power, I can copy it."

Gamenio made no move to attack. With his hands in his pockets, he spoke with utter arrogance.

"I may not be able to use a copied power as perfectly as its owner, but one fact remains: the Copy-Copy Fruit is the strongest Devil Fruit in the world!"

"Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit is called the strongest Paramecia. What a joke."

"Mythical Zoans, Logias—every last one is trash next to my Copy-Copy Fruit. Hiss..."

Gamenio looked at Hancock like a hungry wolf eyeing a rabbit. "Beautiful. You're so beautiful."

"Be my woman, Boa Hancock. I'll treat you well, hiss..."

"So beautiful! I never knew a woman this beautiful existed. You're mine. You can only be mine! Hahaha!"

I want her. I want her so badly!

The woman before him had long, lustrous black hair and a flawless figure.

Her face was perfect, like an angel's.

She was breathtaking.

"You wretched man!"

Hancock gritted her teeth. Fury filled her stunning face, and her voice turned icy.

"You think you can make me your woman? Who do you think you are, you cur?"