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"One Piece" Events:
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"BAZOOKA!!!"
The pure physical attack from Luffy caused the huge bounty hunter to fly and his sword to break.
"You did it!! Luffy-chin, you're so strong!!"
"Nyuu!!"
Caimie, Hatchan, and Pappag all enthusiastically raised their hands after witnessing Luffy's display of strength and crushing all the opponents.
"Yeah!! My stomach is full!! There's no way I'd ever lose to the likes of you!!!" Luffy said, pointing his fist at the fallen enemies on the ground.
"I wonder what's going on here... All of a sudden, there's nothing but bounty hunters around," wondered Brook as he sheathed his sword.
"This is already the third ambush!!" Even Chopper, in his battle form, was surprised.
"You guys are amazing," exclaimed Hatchan.
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"Look at this. The islands are organized into groups of 10. It's not set in stone... but this is pretty much how it is."
Hatchan pulled out a detailed map explaining the regions of the Ten Archipelagos. Each area contains ten numbered Mangrove trees. Anyway, it turned out that the area they were currently in belonged to the Lawless Zone.
"Why didn't you say anything earlier!? I could have had Zoro or Sanji take my place!!" exclaimed Chopper.
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"Cough...!! Damnit...!! What strength...!!"
"I... I knew a 300 million bounty... Was too much."
Lying on the ground in pain, the huge bounty hunter defeated by Luffy could only curse his miserable luck.
"...!! There are so many big bounties here on these islands right now...!! If we just got one..." The same goes for the companion next to him.
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Returning to the Pirate King's ship, the general mood was extremely festive.
"I was just passing by here. I didn't expect to see you all here, my comrades... Due to their ignorance, my crew thought we were going to battle against you, considering the high bounties on your wanted posters~ Hehe~ In truth, I feel the itch to fight after seeing you again, Captain."
Roger glanced calmly at Bullet. "..."
Only a few seconds passed, but Bullet felt like he was drowning in an icy swamp for years from just one glance.
Afterwards, Roger laughed and said, "Wahahaha!! I didn't expect someone like you to take on a job from one of his old Nakama. I wonder if he made you a promise of an epic battle?"
Roger laughed as usual, speaking to the massive man who was once a member of his crew and had relinquished his position on this ship after they achieved their goal, which was to cross the Grand Line entirely.
In truth, Bullet was not the only one who left the ship after the journey ended. Some others left as well.
Bullet swallowed unconsciously, as expected, the conqueror's Haki of his former captain had become much stronger. He shook his head and gathered his thoughts, then said, "After retiring from being a pirate, there was nothing I could do to alleviate the weight of boredom. Boredom is a ghost that haunts even the strongest in this world. The Guild Master searched for me when I felt bored... Well, after a short battle against him, I realized how severely lacking I was... Then, I agreed to join him."
Bullet continued, "Relying on my strength, I quickly passed through the rank tests and reached the S rank. Then came the test to determine the rank among legendary hunters... It wasn't complicated. As long as you can defeat the rank above you, you can take their place..."
"Well, I defeated all the opponents from rank 10 to rank 5, but I couldn't budge the opponent at rank 3... That woman is ridiculously strong," Bullet recalled his battle against Bell-mère and gritted his teeth in regret.
"It seems you're enjoying yourself more as a legendary hunter~ No wonder... Oh, I heard that Brynndi World lost his first position to the Ice Phoenix... He even lost his second position to the Golden Crow and dropped to the third rank, one rank higher than you."
At that moment, Rayleigh spoke, being well-informed about the latest news regarding the Hunters Guild.
"Yes, that's true. After his battle against the Admirals, his strength diminished, or perhaps he wanted to play with lower stakes and allowed the wives of the Guild Master to surpass him... I have already chosen to battle him. I will make him disappear before me as well."
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"Yaaa! Rayleigh-san!! Come here! Come and see! You've been mentioned in the manga again!"
Buggy ran enthusiastically, followed by Shanks, both feeling excited at that moment.
"I'm already reading the manga, there's no need to create a commotion..."
Rayleigh sighed resignedly after seeing the extent of the youth's enthusiasm.
"That's how it is! When I saw you with Shakky-san in the Sabaody Archipelago during the previous arc, I thought it was just a fleeting moment and a chance encounter, but! But! I was wrong! It turns out you're actually living with such imperial beauty! What an ungrateful person you are!"
Roger said with feigned frustration, looking at the young Shakky's face in the manga.
"How! How in the hell does she maintain her youth after all this time? She looks exactly like her current self!"
Not only Roger but all the crew members were amazed, even Bullet, who is a colleague of Shakky in the Guild, felt shocked.
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[Sabaody Archipelago. Grove 13]
"Nyuu~, this is a guy I've known since I was a kid."
Before entering the bar with the weird name, Hatchan explained his relationship with the man who claimed to be a ship mechanic.
"Hatchi... It says right on the bar's sign that they're going to rip us off..."
"It looks pretty awful..."
"It's fine, they're good people," said Hatchan.
"Hey!! Is a bar really okay!? Really!?"
Ignoring the bewildered voices behind him, Hatchan opened the door to the bar and entered.
"Rayleigh, Shakky, are you here?"
The first thing they encountered was the sight of a beautiful woman beating up a customer who refused to pay. His condition was pitiful as he said, "I'll pay..."
"Welcome. What'll it be?"
The woman with a cigarette in her mouth appeared very young.
"... Oh, my."
[Bar owner, former pirate. Shakuyaku (Shakky)]
"Hatchan~!?"
Shakky recognized him immediately.
"Nyuu~, it's been too long, Shakky," Hatchan said awkwardly.
"How long has it been!? 10 years!?"
"Just take a seat and wait. I was just extracting some outrageous amount of money from these guys."
"Nyuu~, take your time."
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"She's still young and strong... I wonder how you'll look at this time. Surely, you'll be an old fool~ Wahahaha!!"
Roger laughed while teasing his first mate.
"I think Rayleigh-san will still be young and strong too."
Rouge laughed gently before commenting.
"..."
"I wonder what Shakky is doing now, how will she react to this chapter, I wonder... Interacting with Straw Hat Luffy is not a simple matter."
Rayleigh was more interested in this matter.
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Sabaody Archipelago, Grove 30:
Here, in this paradise-like place, stood an art store proudly, appearing like a building from a future in a different era.
Inside the art store, almost everyone stopped reading manga and stared in awe at the woman who became the center of attention at that moment.
She was a famous store goddess. This wasn't her first appearance in the manga, after all. She appeared in a flashback twenty years before the main storyline of the previous arc.
Everything was normal until this moment when she appeared again with the same face and form as she had twenty years ago in the main storyline.
"Did you travel to the future, Shakky-san?"
"It's incredibly shocking. Why hasn't the flow of time affected you at all!?"
"Oh my, you look more beautiful and younger than my 18-year-old wife!"
"Pfft! Hahaha!"
After hearing what the last customer said, Shakky couldn't contain her laughter this time.
Dadan, who was by her side, also laughed.
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Chapter 521: The Eleven Supernovas! (Part 1)
Chapter 522: The Eleven Supernovas! (Part 2)
Chapter 523: Supernovas! New Characters Cause a Stir.
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