Grand Line, Amazon Lily.
At this time, the sky above Daughter Island was filled with wind and thunder. Thunderstorms raged in the dark clouds, and the sound of lightning and thunder was incessant, covering the entire island!
As the CP0 team leader in charge of this mission was about to act, a voice, accompanied by thunder, made his body freeze in place.
"What do you desire?"
Just a few words, with a thunderous burst, caused the CP0 team leader's heart to sink into despair. He wanted to fight to the death, perhaps capturing Gloriosa as leverage. But before he could make the slightest move, a figure surrounded by billions of azure blue thunder arcs appeared half a meter in front of him.
"Shiro!" The CP0 team leader was shocked.
At this moment, he no longer doubted the accuracy of the intelligence. Facing the young man before him, he knew very well that he was no match!
Mastering three or more Logia abilities and possessing thunderous speed—this was not an opponent a CP0 agent like him could handle!
There were no surprises. When Shiro appeared, he grabbed the CP0 leader by the neck and lifted him with one hand. The powerful current instantly paralyzed the latter's body, rendering him incapable of resisting!
"Lord Shiro! It's Lord Shiro who has returned!" Marigold saw Shiro appear like a god and quickly subdue the enemy. For a moment, all the pressure seemed to dissipate. Her eyes, full of surprise and joy, were fixed on Shiro.
"Shiro?" Gloriosa was also full of doubt. She had not expected that the first person to return to save Daughter Island would be Shiro! Wasn't it said that Shiro's strength had been compromised by injury? Yet he seemed even stronger now! And he had the terrifying ability to control thunder? What about Hebihime-sama!?
Shiro did not immediately greet Gloriosa and the others. He looked down at the current state of Daughter Island. There was gunpowder everywhere. It seemed that the World Government's goal was to destroy all important facilities on Daughter Island, including the treasury. Nine times out of ten, this was an attempt to cut off Shiro's financial support from Amazon Lily.
Thus, Shiro would be left without funds, seemingly forcing him down one path: become a pirate, burning and looting! Or go annex other pirates to plunder their treasure. In that case, Shiro's idealistic declaration in Marineford would inevitably be self-defeating.
The World Government had a good plan, but they were too optimistic. As for money, Shiro now possessed more wealth than the World Government!
In fact, Shiro planned to recruit Gild Tesoro, the Pirate Gold Emperor, into his ranks. Though Gild Tesoro's Gold-Gold Fruit was vulnerable to seawater, his ability to manipulate money was formidable, making him an ideal financial officer for Shiro's forces.
As the husband of the emperor of Amazon Lily, Shiro would naturally not disappoint this country.
"Shiro, you can't kill me! Otherwise, the World Government… will never… spare… you!" The CP0 agent used all his strength to say such a meaningless sentence. Shiro didn't even bother to acknowledge him. An ultra-high-intensity electric current of billions of volts hit the CP0 leader, reducing him to ashes that drifted away with the wind.
This scene deeply shocked the soldiers of Amazon Lily, including Gloriosa. The Kuja Pirates crew knew that Shiro was powerful, but others did not. Seeing Shiro's overwhelming strength, these female warriors were dazzled, their eyes full of admiration and affection!
"Shiro, there are many World Government agents in the empire. It will be very troublesome if they take too many hostages. What's more, there's a terrifying Naval fleet offshore. The empire is in danger now. As for Hebihime-sama, why didn't she return with you?" Gloriosa, ever clear-headed, was concerned about the empire's safety.
"Ah, Gloriosa, don't worry. Leave everything to me. As for the fleet outside, it's not the Navy—it's my army, and Hancock is with them!" Shiro's casual words left Gloriosa wide-eyed, her expression full of disbelief and suspicion. But before she could say anything, Shiro gripped the hilt of the Destiny Sword and took a step forward.
Buzzing—
In an instant, a powerful, condensed golden-red mental shockwave burst forth, enveloping the entire Amazon Lily!
At that moment, Shiro's Haki swept across the island! Most of the CP agents were directly knocked out by the powerful mental shock, and were either killed by the Kuja Warriors or captured!
In the blink of an eye, Daughter Island's crisis was resolved.
"Gloriosa, good news! All the enemies on the island have been dealt with. The Haki just now was terrifying—has Hebihime-sama returned?" The sister Sandersonia came to report, her face full of excitement. The Haki that had just swept the island was too terrifying. If she had been targeted by it, she wouldn't be standing now but lying on the ground.
The power of this Haki seemed beyond the current understanding of the Kuja Pirates. When Sandersonia saw Shiro, she understood what had happened. Hebihime-sama's Haki was powerful, but it couldn't reach the overwhelming level of the recent event. It seemed this was Shiro's doing.
"As expected of the man Hebihime-sama has a crush on!" Sandersonia thought.
"The Haki of the Conqueror… The will of a king, one in a million?" Gloriosa murmured. She was indeed shocked by Shiro's strength. Her earlier assessment had been correct—Shiro was a young man with rare and extraordinary potential.
However, this did not offset the disaster that Shiro had brought to the empire. The island had sustained significant damage, and the treasures accumulated by the Kuja Pirates and citizens over the years were destroyed. The empire's economy would not recover for a long time, and the people's lives would be stagnant!
"Shiro, what about Hebihime-sama? Though the enemies on the island have been defeated, there's still a Naval fleet offshore. Please lead the Kuja Pirates to defend the country!" Sandersonia asked seriously, indicating that she and the entire Kuja Pirates acknowledged Shiro as the Empress's consort.
"Sandersonia, don't worry. Shiro said that Hebihime-sama is with the Naval fleet, and that fleet is Shiro's army!" Marigold's words left Sandersonia struck with shock.
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