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"One Piece" Events:
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"Are you going to challenge me next…?" Luffy looked at Hancock and inquired.
"No, that's sufficient… I'm not in the mood…" Hancock answered candidly.
"I see…" Luffy said, then turned to inspect the statue of Margaret. "Looks like she didn't crack…"
"If that's the case, then revert these guys back to normal!! You can do something like that, right!?" "They were just helping me out. They didn't do anything wrong!!" exclaimed Luffy.
Hancock thought for a moment before standing up again, saying: "I certainly can undo the petrification. But… You mentioned there's somewhere you want to go by boat, right?"
"I will fulfill only one of your requests…!!"
"Either I change them back or I let you leave the island!!"
"Choose one and abandon the other!!!"
Saying this, she thought internally with a hint of sarcasm: (Show your true nature, you man…!!!)
But Luffy's response, lowering his head for their sake, greatly shocked her. "Okay!! Thanks!! Then please save these guys!!"
"Thank you very much!!" Luffy really lowered his head to save them.
In the audience seats, the Old Lady Gloriosa was also shocked: "… Without a moment's hesitation… A man with that kind of haki… In order to help those who saved him is willing to lower his head…"
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The New World, Er-Baz Island:
While reading this paragraph, a small smile appeared on Shanks' face, then he recalled the events of the early chapters of this manga... when he met the child Luffy in Foosha Village.
The bright smile on his future counterpart's face when he meets the funny boy Luffy.
The loud laughter from him and his crew at the comedic reactions of the funny boy...
The 'fateful' incident where the boy ate an 'extremely valuable Devil Fruit' just because he was hungry...
The small incident which caused by the highway robbers and their leader with a 'terrifying' bounty of 8 million which his 'counterpart' handled rationally as he didn't want to deal with the nuisance... Just like refusing to kill an annoying fly because it might dirty your hand... Luffy's reaction and frustration at that moment were expected from a child who idolizes a 'strong' pirate in his imagination.
The moment his 'counterpart' lost his arm, perhaps it was an accident, or perhaps it was intentional, but whatever the reason behind it, the important thing was that it was for Luffy...
The moment he was given the 'Straw Hat' and told to return it when he becomes a great pirate... Luffy's tears at that moment were enough to tell him that he would truly become a great pirate.
All these memories that he hadn't experienced yet, as he was just a 'trainee' on the Pirate King's ship at the age of 19, were vivid in his mind... as if he had truly lived them...
"Sigh~ What a wonderful boy... He deserves to be the protagonist of this story." Shanks said with a smile that grew bigger and bigger.
It turned out that the Empress, her sisters, and the old Empress were not the only ones shocked by this scene.
"It's not every day you see a Conqueror Haki user bowing to someone else... only when they owe a heavy debt... that's the debt of saving their life." At that moment, Roger spoke. "I'm becoming more and more like a fan of Monkey D. Luffy."
Strangely, and indescribably... roles were reversed, and Gol D. Roger became a fan of Luffy! While in the manga, it was completely the opposite!
No one knows what impact this will have on the future.
"My son's brother has the kindest heart in the world... I wonder what his reaction will be when he hears the news about Ace..." Rouge wondered with a sad smile.
"I'm sure he'll drop everything and rush to Impel Down!" Roger replied.
"Perhaps he'll know soon... I look forward to it..." Rayleigh nodded with a smile.
"I wonder when Lord 'Buggy-sama' will meet Luffy again? Their reunion will be truly wonderful!"
Just as Shanks was reminiscing about his fond memories with Luffy in the manga, Buggy too was recalling his absolutely unpleasant memories with Luffy.
Buggy was grinding his teeth when he remembered the execution moment when he was struck by lightning, almost causing the death of his 'counterpart,' and easily captured by Smoker...
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[Amazon Lily, Kuja Castle.]
[The Empress's Hall.]
"What's going on? Some business… Ah… An after-battle... Meal, maybe?"
"If that's the case, then I'd be happy to..." Luffy was sitting between Sandersonia and Marigold, waiting for Hancock to call him... well, his main concern is still food!
At that moment, Sonia spoke with a smile, interrupting his chatter: "... We really need to thank you... You have our gratitude."
"Nah, it's fine. It's not like I can eat your gratitude." Luffy's response was amusing.
"If they had seen what is on our backs, we wouldn't be able to stay in this country anymore..." At that moment, Mari explained the sincere reason for their gratitude.
"You may enter!" Hancock's voice came from behind the curtain. "Come inside... Man."
"Inside?"
"Inside the curtain..." Hancock added patiently.
"Oh! Food!"
"Excuse m-... That's not food!" Luffy was surprised to see a naked woman's body instead of food, as he thought.
"Hey! Why are you naked?" he exclaimed.
"That was a very rude response… But I suppose that's to be expected."
"Very well..." Hancock moved her hair to reveal her back and turned it toward Luffy.
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Ohara, Inside the Art Store:
"Yohohohohoho!!!" Brook was laughing until tears came to his eyes at that moment.
"Excuse me, that's not food! Yohohohoho!!!"
"What a very powerful line, Yohohohohoho!!!"
"Deeerishishishishi!!"
"Luffy is funny, very funny... even in such serious situations, he still maintains his 'playful' demeanor. He really... Deeerishishishi... doesn't even have a hint of perverted thoughts after seeing such a heavenly naked body!"
Of course, Rob obstructed Hancock's naked body... In hell, his 'daughter's' body will be shown naked in the manga... after all, this world is not without perverts!
Not everyone else is like Luffy... there is only one Luffy and millions of perverts... If he hadn't activated the 'Attention-Redirecting to Art' feature that he modified as he wanted, Brook after this scene would have probably urinated blood! And not just from his nose...
"Well... hahahaha! That's really funny..." Vegapunk laughed a little and returned his focus to the scene that followed... his expression quickly froze.
Next to him, Clover's expression, which didn't laugh in the first place... he expected such a scene.
After a second, Brook and Saul stopped laughing... the same thing happened, their expressions turned dark... they wished they hadn't laughed earlier.
Beside them, Donquixote Homing was trembling... as if the surrounding atmosphere had turned into the peak of a biting winter!
He couldn't stop trembling no matter how hard he tried to calm himself down.
After all... he didn't expect to see such a 'familiar' thing on her back.
"This... is impossible..." Donquixote Homing spoke these words before his eyes darkened.
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Chapter 591: Hoof of the Soaring Dragon! Katakuri's Assumption.
Chapter 592: The Confusion of Celestial Dragons!
Chapter 593: Hancock's Past! Fisher Tiger Appears!
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