"What is that thing?!"
"Is it a talking Sea King?"
Despite the season being autumn, the Kuja Pirates crew, still in their bikinis, yelled in shock. Some of them had never seen the outside world. When they saw Wolf's face, which barely resembled a human's, calling him a "talking Sea King" didn't seem so strange.
"Whoa!"
Wolf didn't waste time with the women on the ship. Just as before, he opened his colossal mouth, ready to swallow the Kuja pirate ship whole.
"Fire!"
Seeing the mouth that blotted out the sky, Sandersonia quickly gave the order to attack.
The crew members grabbed their bows and fired Haki-coated arrows at Wolf's massive body.
While the Haki-coated arrows were powerful, they weren't strong enough to halt Wolf's advance. They barely made a dent and couldn't stop his mouth from closing in.
"Damn it!"
Sandersonia's face hardened with anger. Her emerald green hair began to lengthen, transforming into giant snakes that clamped down on the skin around Wolf's mouth, trying to stop him.
"I won't let you do as you please! This is my sister's first expedition as Empress!" Sandersonia shouted.
But to Wolf, Sandersonia's hair was no more than a few threads. He ripped them out in an instant. The snakes only tore off a little skin and didn't injure him at all. Instead, Sandersonia was
nearly dragged into the sea by the immense force. Thankfully, Marigold was quick to react and caught her.
The consequences for a Devil Fruit user falling into the sea would have been unimaginable. "Gah! I'll eat you all!"
After easily deflecting Sandersonia's attack, Wolf set his sights on the Kuja ship again. Just as he opened his mouth, a tiny red flash shot past his eyes. Despite being as small as an ant, it crashed into Wolf's face with such force that it sent his massive body toppling back into the sea.
CRASH!
Wolf's gigantic body hit the ocean with a thunderous roar, causing powerful waves to surge in all directions. The red silhouette descended from the air and landed on the bow of the Kuja ship.
Her hair was styled in a traditional hime cut. Her tall figure was accentuated by a form-fitting, pale gold dress, revealing her voluptuous curves. She wore golden snake-shaped earrings, and from beneath her skirt, which almost touched the ground, a pair of red high-heeled shoes peeked out. She looked to be around eighteen, but her beauty was already enough to topple nations.
Blood-red eyes!
This was the new captain of the Kuja Pirates, the new Empress of Amazon Lily—Boa Hancock. "Ah, Snake Princess-sama!"
"She's so beautiful~~"
"She took care of that monster in one hit~~"
The Kuja female warriors on deck screamed in excitement. Hancock, who had been standing with her eyes half-closed, opened them. Her eyes were a stunning shade of red, exactly like Alucard's.
She swept a hand through her waterfall of black hair, and with those crimson eyes, she looked absolutely captivating.
BOOM!!
Suddenly, Wolf surged out of the sea. On his right cheek, there was a small, almost unnoticeable red mark—the exact spot where Hancock had hit him.
"You disgusting man~~"
Hancock said with a look of revulsion. She suddenly drifted into a state of self-infatuated delusion. "But, that man is different…"
"Ugh!"
This time, Wolf didn't try to eat them. Instead, he raised one of his hands from the sea and swiped it at the ship. His gigantic palm, which was larger than the entire vessel, came crashing down.
"Ahhh! We're gonna die!"
"What in the world is that monster?!"
Seeing the giant palm that blocked out the sky, the female warriors on the deck shrieked in terror.
Hancock looked up at the huge hand. A dark red, flame-like aura, almost like a shadow, flared around her. Her eyes turned completely red, making her look like a female demon who had emerged from hell itself.
Wolf's heart skipped a beat. Why did this aura feel so familiar? It was just like... the Captain's? "It's happening! Hancock's power!"
Amid the cheering of her female fans below, Hancock shot into the air again. She raised her long leg in a high kick, twisting her body. Her right foot instantly turned into pure black Armament Haki and struck the center of Wolf's palm.
"Wh-What?!"
Wolf was genuinely shocked. This tiny girl, who looked so delicate, possessed such strength.
Grimacing from the stinging pain in his right palm, Wolf clenched his left hand into a fist and swung it toward the ship again.
"Don't even think about it!"
Hancock touched her lips with her left hand, pulling a giant pink heart from them. She used her right hand to pull on the big heart like a bow, and when she released it, a barrage of heart-shaped arrows flew out.
Captive Arrow!
The storm of heart-shaped arrows struck Wolf's left hand, halting his second attack. However, they didn't do much real damage, merely forcing him back.
Hancock's ability failed to petrify Wolf. The reason was simple: his worldview was completely different from a normal person's. By volume alone, no matter how beautiful a figurine is, would a normal person really fall in love with it?
Wolf's fighting spirit didn't wane. He suddenly dove under the water, and the surface of the sea instantly grew calm.
Hancock landed back on the ship. "Is he going to attack from the bottom of the sea?" she murmured to herself.
In the next second, she was proven correct. Wolf grabbed the bottom of the Kuja pirate ship with one hand and lifted them dozens of meters into the air.
"Ahhhh!"
The women screamed, grabbing onto whatever they could to keep their balance. "I'm tired of dealing with you women! I'll just throw you all away!"
Wolf yelled, getting ready to throw Hancock and her crew like a baseball. Hancock's expression hardened, and she was just about to launch a new attack when a familiar voice sounded in her ear.
"Stop it, you brute."
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