Bonney froze in place, her pink hair tousled by the sea breeze, her white-knuckled hands trembling slightly. She stared fixedly at Huang Zhong on the bow, the wariness in her eyes instantly replaced by horror and ferocity. Like a young beast whose tail had been stepped on, she bristled all over.
Her father, Bartholomew Kuma, was one of the Shichibukai, renowned across the seas. This was the secret she buried deepest in her heart. Even the crew who had followed her for years only knew she was searching for someone across the vast ocean. They never knew that the person she sought was Bartholomew Kuma, who had long been targeted by the World Government and was undergoing secret modifications by Vegapunk.
Yet this general from Hua Country had not only exposed her identity outright, but even knew perfectly well that she and Kuma were father and daughter.
"Who the hell are you?! How do you know all this?!" Bonney's voice trembled, but she still forced herself to sound fierce. Her Devil Fruit Powers activated instantly, sending strange ripples through the air around her. "Did the World Government send you? Or the Celestial Dragons?!"
The instant she finished speaking, she thrust up her hand, sending two distorted Age Waves shooting toward Huang Zhong. She knew Hua Country opposed the World Government, but she would never believe that a general she had never met would seek her out for no reason. She took this for another World Government trap aimed at her father's secrets.
Over the years, she had raced back and forth across the Grand Line, following scattered clues to her father's whereabouts. She only knew that he had accepted the World Government's modification agreement and was undergoing bodily modifications by Vegapunk. She had no idea where he was now, much