Tucked under World's arm, Hancock kept shouting and kicking her little feet, but World ignored her and continued hurtling through the air with his Devil Fruit Ability.
When she saw that no amount of struggling could distract him, Hancock clung to World's arm and bit down hard!
World merely frowned. He did not slow down; if anything, he moved even faster.
Little Hancock kept her teeth sunk into World's arm, her eyes squeezed shut as she bit with all her might. World still ignored her. Only when a huge fortress under construction came into view did the stunned Hancock forget to keep biting and slowly release his arm...
It was an enormous, island-like structure. Squared blocks of stone lay piled all over it, constantly shifting position under the control of a man holding a huge hammer. The man with the hammer looked fairly old, too.
Most striking of all was the enormous black tube lying in an open area of the island. The spiral grooves inside seemed to proclaim what it was-a cannon barrel!
It was an enormous cannon barrel. Even Hancock, the future Pirate Empress, felt frightened at the sight of it now.
What is this man planning? Why would he need such a huge cannon barrel?
Hancock raised her head slightly and looked at the man who had appeared out of nowhere and carried her off.
Thanks to the power of the More-More Fruit, World soon brought Hancock aboard their enormous fortress in the Calm Belt, the Grosser.
The moment World landed, someone emerged from a concealed door in the fortress.
It was a woman who looked to be in her forties. Though a few wrinkles had appeared on her face, it was easy to tell that she must have been a beauty in her youth.
World did