"No, no, don't joke around, how could such a thing be possible..."
One of the returning pirates waved his hand, his expression trembling slightly, and said.
"Hmph... Since you can't do it, then die..."
Swish swish swish...
After speaking, World crushed the walnut he was playing with and threw it at the man who had spoken. The fragments instantly pierced through his body, causing him to collapse before he could say anything.
"Hey, aren't they just following your orders? Why are they still...?"
The pirates who remained on the ship looked at him with confusion and asked.
"Hahaha, I don't need anyone who disobeys me. If you can't do it, then get out of here..."
World completely ignored their gazes and spoke coldly and ruthlessly.
"I... I'm not playing anymore. Staying here will only get me killed..."
Some of the pirates, disgusted by World's actions, immediately turned around and tried to leave the pirate crew and escape.
"Hahaha, that's tough... But those who try to run away are doomed!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
World glanced at the group with disdain, then tossed the remaining walnut crumbs in his hand again.
The coarse, almost negligible weight of walnut crumbs was like bullets in World's hands and stomach. With a single throw, the crumbs pierced through the cowardly fleeing pirate. This gesture instantly silenced the pirates who were still itching to attack, extinguishing their ulterior motives.
" World, we need to tone it down a bit lately..."
Watching World eliminate more than a dozen of their hard-earned recruits, while the remaining men were too terrified by his brutal methods to make a move, even Byojack couldn't bear to see their trembling and utterly timid behavior, so he changed the subject.
"Why?!"
World didn't think as much as he did. Having just escaped from Impel Down where he had been imprisoned for thirty years, he couldn't stand being told to stop before he had even had his fill of fun, and asked with dissatisfaction.
Click click...
Byojack pulled several small Den Den Mushi ( Den Den Mushi) from his arms and placed them in his thin, bony hand, replying to him.
"According to information stolen from the Navy, it seems that Marine Headquarters is planning to assemble the Shichibukai and dispatch Admiral to deal with us..."
" Admiral? Are they Garp, Sengoku, and the others?"
As someone from the old era, the first thing that came to mind when World heard the word " Admiral" was Iron Fist Garp and Sengoku the Buddha, the strongest and most famous fighters in the Navy at that time.
"No, it's the three who took office after them—three of the strongest combatants capable of suppressing the New World, and also extremely powerful Logia Devil Fruit User: Aokiji, the Ice-Ice Devil Fruit User; Akainu, the Magma-Magma Devil Fruit User; and Kizaru, the Glint-Glint Devil Fruit User..."
"Them? I think I've heard of them before. I remember they were just recruits when they first joined the Navy. I can't believe those kids became Marine Admiral. The World Government and the Marine Headquarters are so corrupt!"
"Don't underestimate them, World. You've only just escaped from prison and your strength hasn't returned to its peak. If you provoke them now..."
Seeing that World seemed to underestimate the Admiral in his own unit, potentially jeopardizing him, Byojack couldn't help but speak up and offer his advice.
"Alright, that's enough. Byojack, which of the Shichibukai is closest to here?"
World ignored his Byojack's advice, raised his hand to interrupt him, and asked again.
"Uh... it's Boa Hancock, the Pirate Empress of the Kuja Pirates. What, you mean you want to...?"
Byojack, as expected of World's brother and the strategist of the entire pirate crew, could roughly guess World's intentions from his questions.
"Hahaha, isn't this great? We can infiltrate their ranks while the Navy is gathering the Shichibukai, and use her identity to storm Marineford and wipe out the corrupt Navy in one fell swoop..."
" World, you, eh~"
Seeing that World was completely deaf to his words, Byojack had no choice but to give up.
Meanwhile, in the Kuja Palace, in the room of Boa Hancock, the Pirate Empress and Shichibukai.
"Sister, you absolutely have to eat something this time. You haven't eaten much for days. If you don't eat and replenish your energy, you won't be able to hold on..."
Her two younger sisters, Marigold and Sonia, clasped their hands together in front of their chests, looking with concern at Hancock lying on the bed, her right hand tightly clutching her heart as if it were being cut by a knife or burned by fire.
Ah~
But Hancock seemed not to hear their words. She groaned in pain, her whole body burning red with fever, a sight that distressed the doctors around her, but they were unable to do anything to help.
" Granny Nyon arrived yet?"
Seeing this, Marigold and Sonia had no choice but to ask their maids about the movements of the knowledgeable Granny Nyon, hoping she could come and see what was going on.
Ta-da-ta-da...
Before the maid could reply, footsteps echoed down the corridor behind her, and then an old woman Granny Nyon, who was short, had a wrinkled face, and leaned on a snake-shaped cane, appeared before them.
"What's going on? The palace sent someone to summon me, and they were in a great hurry. What's wrong?"
Granny Nyon hadn't seen Hancock lying in bed unable to get up yet, and unaware of the situation, so she immediately asked Marigold and Sonia as soon as she entered.
" Granny Nyon, you've finally arrived... Come quickly and see, my sister..."
Marigold and Sonia were excited to see their Granny Nyon, who was like a mother to the three sisters. They rushed over, took her hand, and walked to Hancock's bedside, almost pulling her down.
"Slow down, you guys... these old bones of mine can't take your roughhousing..."
The Granny Nyon was suddenly pulled over by them, almost breaking her bones, but fortunately she was strong enough to withstand their pulling.
"Oh!! I'm so sorry, Granny Nyon, we were too anxious. Please help us check what's wrong with my sister? Ever since we came back from the war in Marineford..."
Second Sister Marigold explained eagerly to her Granny Nyon.
"What? You mean what happened to Hancock? Let me see..."
Upon hearing that Hancock was in trouble, even though her Granny Nyon usually didn't get along with her, she panicked and immediately turned her gaze to Hancock was lying on the big bed.
"Hmm!! This is... Could it be...?"
When Granny Nyon Za looked at her, seeing the heart she was clutching tightly in her hand and her expression, she felt increasingly confused and said in disbelief.
" Granny Nyon, please tell us quickly, how is my sister doing? Is she in danger? It's been several days since she came back here, and she hasn't eaten anything at all. She's only been able to drink a few sips of water. In this condition, she..."
Marigold and Sonia, seeing the indescribable expression on their Granny Nyon, worried that she had discovered something terrible.
"Ahem, well, I can see that too. This matter isn't exactly a big deal, but it's not insignificant either..."
Granny Nyon started keeping me in suspense.
"Oh dear, Granny Nyon, please tell me quickly, don't keep me in suspense..."
The two sisters, along with their personal physician and the maids who cared for the three Hancock sisters, became anxious upon seeing this.
"Well then, I'll tell you... actually, Hancock is lovesick~"
I'm lovesick~
I'm lovesick~
"Eh~"
Granny Nyon's words echoed in everyone's ears like a morning bell, and in an instant, everyone was astonished.