"No...."
Hancock hesitated when she said no.
Under the pressure from the three admirals, she really didn't have the courage to refuse directly.
Luffy also saw her dilemma and knew that some things were too much, so he softened his tone and persuaded her:
"Hancock, I know you're in a difficult situation. Let me give you a few more days to think about it.
Of course, you only have one chance, so please think it through."
Hancock bit her fingernails while thinking. She was struggling, and when she heard Luffy's words, she felt a little relieved, but also very angry.
"Rude man, who allowed you to call me that!"
Looking at Hancock who was becoming arrogant again, Luffy curled his lips and said perfunctorily:
"Okay, okay, Miss Hancock, please think about it quickly, the Fleet Admiral is still waiting for your reply."
Hancock frowned even more tightly when she heard this tone.
But a flash of inspiration came to her, and she seemed to have discovered something. She jumped onto the side of the ship and looked down at Luffy from above, raised her snow-white neck, and said proudly:
"It turned out to be you. I remember now.
You were the one who caught that bastard Crocodile.
In other words, the reason why things became so troublesome was because of you."
Luffy silently withdrew his gaze from the long legs and the slit of the long skirt, raised his head and looked directly into her eyes, raised his eyebrows, and nodded readily in acknowledgment.
"Yes, it was me. Thanks to him, I was promoted from Captain to Rear Admiral. I have to thank him."
"Humph, you annoying marine, if that's the case...Then I'll take my anger out on you!"
After she finished speaking, she suddenly attacked, leaped across several meters, raised her long legs, and kicked Luffy's chest fiercely with her stiletto heels wrapped in armament haki."
"Shit, can you blame me for this?!"
Luffy exclaimed in his heart, and flashed away before Hancock's attack.
But before he left the spot, he couldn't help but catch a glimpse of a touch of pink under Hancock's body.
After Hancock kicked the air, she quickly turned around and looked up along the mast.
In a flash of lightning, Luffy's figure appeared on the observation deck.
But he seemed to be in a bad state at this time. He was covering his nose with one hand in embarrassment, and blood was flowing.
"Luffy!"*4
Unlike the men who had already hidden away and dared not look directly at Hancock,
Ain, Hina and others had never looked away when Hancock first appeared.
They admitted that this woman was indeed very beautiful, and even they blushed, and their hearts beat fast, looking at her a little obsessed.
However, after Hancock suddenly attacked, they also came back to their senses immediately.
Especially when they saw Luffy injured, the four women couldn't help but shout out in worry.
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
A muffled voice came out through his palm. Luffy looked embarrassed and didn't dare to look at the four people.
What the hell is going on? How can he not control his blood boiling in an instant?
This woman is definitely poisonous. No wonder even Blackbeard is afraid of the power of the Love-Love Fruit!
Like him, Hancock was also talking to herself in wonder at this time.
'What's going on? I didn't even touch him, so how could he be injured?
Has my ability really become stronger?'
Thinking in her heart, she glanced at Sanji who was still petrified.
'Once was an accident, but twice in a row is a fact.
It seems that I have developed the Love-Love Fruit, and I have to study it carefully after returning.'
Having made a decision in her heart, she taught the marine bastard a lesson.
Hancock, feeling better, decided to let this guy go.
After jumping back onto the Perfume Serpent, she didn't even look over here, and directly ordered the crew to sail away.
After the Empress left, Luffy cleaned up the blood and jumped down from the observation deck.
The team members who had been hiding aside before gathered around, looking at Luffy with worry, and were surprised.
Having known Luffy for so many years, except for their teacher Zephyr, this was the first time they saw this monster captain injured.
Feeling the nervous, worried, and shocked gazes of the crowd, Luffy's face became hot and he called it shameful.
He didn't expect Hancock to be so charming, or that the influence of the Love-Love Fruit was so terrifying.
This is when Hancock is not deliberately seducing. If she makes a few more seductive poses, not to mention him, everyone on the ship will probably be doomed.
"Ahem, she is indeed the world-famous Pirate Queen. Her strength is beyond imagination."
He first praise Hancock, and then she excused himself in disguise....
Luffy then waved his hand to let everyone disperse, pointed at the Perfume Serpent which had sailed some distance away, and quickly had people turn the rudder to follow.
After arranging everything, Luffy came to Sanji who was still lying dead with a black face, kicked him twice in annoyance, and cursed:
"Useless thing, you have made me lose face, get up and mop the deck 10 times!"
After scolding him, Luffy's sharp eyes swept over the others.
Cook, Binz, Gavin, Usopp, Bill, all those who were swept by him shrank their heads and dared not look at him.
"Look at how you were just now, is that how the elites of this department should behave?!"
As he said that, he pointed to Zoro who was sleeping soundly with three swords in his arms in a corner of the ship, and scolded everyone:
"Look at Zoro, even in such a situation, he was still calm, and he was not affected at all.
You are not even as good as this person with poor sense of direction, and you still have the nerve to call yourself elite?
Go, practice harder, and don't stop without my order!"
Zoro:???
Everyone lowered their heads in shame, and after a muffled response, they dispersed on the deck and began to practice harder.
As for Sanji who hadn't woken up yet, Luffy didn't hesitate, and stretched out his hand to release lightning to give him an electric therapy.
"What are you doing? Do you really think you are a rock? Get out of here, 20,000 push-ups, not one less!"
After sending everyone to training, Luffy secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, four girls finally found a chance to come up.
Without waiting for Luffy's consent, the girls pulled him into the cabin, using the excuse of checking, but in fact they were mocking him together.
After closing the door, Kujaku proudly walked around Luffy with her hands on her hips, making a clicking sound from time to time.
After seeing enough, she suddenly hugged Luffy from behind.
Feeling the man's strong abdominal muscles through his clothes with her hands, she put her pink red lips close to his ear and laughed:
"How about it, do you still have confidence when you meet that woman?
You have also seen her arrogance, it is absolutely impossible to take her down.
You are not even as strong as her, even if you want to be strong, you can't do it."
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