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“SO THAT’S HOW IT IS… Elder Nyon didn’t even tell me.”
After Shin introduced Amatsuki Toki’s identity, Hancock pouted with a little resentment.
“Traveling from the past to the future… What a powerful Devil Fruit.” Olvia and Robin were the most surprised.
“You’re not interested in studying history? This is a living fossil, suitable for studying,” Shin said with a smile.
“…” Amatsuki Toki looked at Shin with a gloomy gaze.
“You’re now also a citizen of Amazon Lily. I am the empress of Amazon Lily. Why don’t you kneel when you see me?”
Hancock looked at Amatsuki Toki arrogantly.
She just wanted to suppress Amatsuki Toki’s spirit. The main reason was that she felt uncomfortable seeing Amatsuki Toki standing beside Shin earlier.
Hearing Hancock’s words, Toki Amatsuki was visibly unhappy. Her original status was just as distinguished. Now she was being asked to kneel? In her dreams.
“Hmph.”
Amatsuki Toki snorted coldly, ignoring Hancock.
“Are you disobeying my words?”
Hancock looked at Amatsuki Toki with her head held high. Despite being younger, Hancock was actually a bit taller than Amatsuki Toki.
“DON’T GET CARRIED AWAY.” Amatsuki Toki looked at Hancock angrily.
“Alright, you two, stop it.” Shin, seeing the two of them about to fight, immediately said.
“Since Shin said so, I’ll let you go this once.” Hancock hugged Shin and said to Amatsuki Toki in a demonstrative manner.
The reason Hancock was like this was mainly because Amatsuki Toki was too beautiful, posing a great threat. So she wanted to give Amatsuki Toki a show of strength first.
But since Shin had spoken, Hancock couldn’t continue to target Amatsuki Toki. She didn’t want to affect her image in Shin’s heart.
Hancock glanced at Olvia and Robin. This Amatsuki Toki is an outsider. Should she rally the others to gang up on her?
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“Hancock, there’s something I need you to take care of.” Shin said to Hancock.
Hearing this, Hancock’s eyes immediately lit up, her sparkling eyes staring at Shin.
“WHAT IS IT?? I PROMISE I CAN COMPLETE IT.”
“Aren’t we recruiting crew members for the Kuja Pirates?? Of course, we’ll start by picking from the Kuja warriors here on Amazon Lily. I’m leaving that to you.”
Shin handed this task to Hancock, becoming a hands-off manager. Hancock not only wouldn’t get angry, but she would also be happy to do it. Any task Shin gave her, she would carry out without question.
“We won’t be staying on Amazon Lily for too long. We’ll be leaving soon,” Shin said to Hancock.
This meant Hancock should be quick.
“Yes, don’t worry. I will definitely recruit the crew members as soon as possible.” Hancock nodded.
Recruiting crew members from Amazon Lily was easy—because she was the Empress of Amazon Lily. Though she had just taken office, her control over Amazon Lily was very strong.
The charm of the Love-Love Fruit was irresistible to men and women, old and young.
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At this time, many people outside were shouting Hancock’s name.
Others might face obstacles when succeeding to the throne, but Hancock had no obstacles at all.
Afterward, Hancock gathered the strongest female warriors of Amazon Lily, among them Hancock’s two younger sisters.
Compared to Hancock, her two younger sisters weren’t exactly blessed in the looks department.
The others were the guardian warriors of Amazon Lily. The most beautiful should be Marguerite, a beautiful young woman with pretty good strength.
After staying on Amazon Lily for half a month, Shin and his group set off. Their target was the North Blue.
That’s right, Shin’s current target was to go to the North Blue, and it was for the Op-Op Fruit… The fruit could grant immortality through the fabled Immortality Operation, but only if its wielder could push its power to the absolute limit.
Shin had no interest in this.
He was already immortal. What he wanted wasn’t longevity—it was the power of the Op-Op Fruit itself. With it, he could create a powerful subordinate.
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“Is your target the Op-Op Fruit??” Amatsuki Toki’s expression was very complicated after knowing Shin’s purpose.
“Let me ask you, is the Immortality Operation real?” Shin asked Amatsuki Toki.
Clearly, the Op-Op Fruit was still a major prize—and the World Government wanted it just as badly.
“Yes, it’s real. It can really make people immortal.” Amatsuki Toki nodded, her gaze particularly complicated.
Shin nodded, his face calm.
Hancock, Olvia, and Robin were also completely calm.
“…” Amatsuki Toki couldn’t help but be stunned. Why weren’t you all surprised? Did you already know?
“Did you think we’d be surprised by this useless information?” Hancock sneered.
Amatsuki Toki really wanted to nod, but in the end, she turned her head and ignored Hancock. Is the Immortality Operation a useless information?
If she knew that Shin could make people immortal, she would probably be the one who was shocked.
Robin looked at Amatsuki Toki, her eyes sparkling. Amatsuki Toki should know many things. After all, she was a person who had lived eight hundred years ago and should know many secrets.
Shin had no interest in digging into the past—but Robin was different. She genuinely wanted to uncover the truth, especially when it came to the Void Century.
Robin’s mother, Olvia, shared that same thirst for knowledge. In the past, she’d even left Robin behind to search for the Poneglyphs.
Looking back, she felt a twinge of regret.
Olvia no longer chased after the Poneglyphs with the same obsession—but that didn’t mean she’d stopped wanting the truth.
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“Where are we going to the North Blue from?” Olvia asked Shin.
“Of course, Reverse Mountain. I’m very curious about Reverse Mountain.”
Shin said with a smile.
He was in the world of One Piece—there was no way he’d miss seeing the legendary Reverse Mountain.
This was the route the Four Seas had to take to enter the Grand Line.
In truth, the Four Seas were far larger than the Grand Line. Unfortunately, the real powerhouses were concentrated in the Grand Line. The pirates of the Four Seas were just small-time weaklings by comparison.
Pirates also had a chain of contempt. Pirates in the New World looked down on those from the first half of the Grand Line—while those same pirates turned their noses up at the ones from the Four Seas.
Of all the Four Seas, the East Blue had the weakest pirates—so it was often looked down on by the rest of the world.
There was a reason East Blue’s pirates were so weak—Marine Hero Garp kept dropping by whenever he pleased. With him around, how could any pirate in East Blue ever grow strong?
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