Due to the agreement between the World Government and the Empress, no ships are allowed to enter the waters within three kilometers of the coast of the Amazon Lily. So, Onigumo could only park his warship in a dangerous sea area full of Sea King nests.
Luckily, it didn't take long for the Nine Snake Pirates, who were out hunting, to appear in front of everyone.
"How dare you park your boat in the middle of the sea where the Sea Kings gather? This group of Marines is quite brave!"
"Wow, did they kill that huge Sea King?"
"It must be a kilometer in size! How could someone split such a huge Sea King with a single sword?"
"This should be the strength of what, Empress once said about a Great Swordsman, should have right?"
"But that Marine Vice Admiral doesn't look like someone with the strength of a Great Swordsman..."
The female warriors of the Nine Snake Pirates climbed onto the fence, pointing at the two halves of the Sea King's body floating on the sea and chattering. Onigumo glanced at Adrian with lingering fear. He hadn't expected the other party to be so young, yet he had already reached the level of a Great Swordsman. Fortunately, he hadn't been impulsive. Otherwise, if he had made a rash move, he would be a corpse right now.
"I am the Naval Headquarters Vice Admiral Onigumo, and I have been ordered to meet the Shichibukai, Empress Boa Hancock. Please hurry back to Mariejois with us!" Onigumo calmed down and immediately shouted to everyone in the Nine Snake Pirates.
"Hee hee, it's a pity that Lord Snake Princess won't come out!" a female warrior said with a smile, ignoring Onigumo and the Marines completely.
"There is only one week left until the public execution of Fire Fist Ace, captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' 2nd division!" Onigumo emphasized loudly toward the cabin. "This mandatory summoning of the Shichibukai is an order from the World Government. Refusing it means the previous agreement has broken down, and the title of Shichibukai will also be taken away!"
He knew the Empress was in there.
"This Empress loves the title of Shichibukai very much! Who dares to take it away?!" a tall figure jumped onto the Marine warship. The cold-faced Empress looked directly at Onigumo and, her hands started forming a heart shape.
"Mero Mero Mellow!"
A pink, heart-shaped light instantly enveloped the entire warship, and all the Marine soldiers on the deck were petrified. Even Onigumo could only escape by relying on the pain caused by the piercing the dagger in his palm.
"Boa Hancock, I'll wait here until the deadline!" Onigumo lowered his head and said, word for word. "If you don't show up in two days, then I will report to the World Government, and your Shichibukai status will be stripped, and then..."
He had never been so embarrassed in his life. But despite his rage, he didn't dare to look up at the terrifying woman opposite him, because just by looking at her, he would instantly petrify. But before he finished speaking, Adrian's magnetic and playful voice sounded behind him.
"Don't worry, the Empress will be there as scheduled. Vice Admiral Onigumo, wait for us here for two days!" Adrian said very firmly.
"What... he wasn't petrified?" Onigumo watched Adrian walk past him in shock. Instead of piercing his own palm with a dagger like he had, Adrian kept looking at the Empress opposite him, but he wasn't petrified! What's wrong? Why is there such a big difference between?
"This man..." Boa Hancock was a million times more shocked than Onigumo. A man, even after seeing her peerless face, was not petrified?! Is he belittling my beauty?!
"How is this possible? No matter men, women, old or young, anyone who sees my sister's beauty will be petrified. How could that man..."
"Could it be that the fear of death in his heart has surpassed his lust? Its truly a sad..." The Empress's two younger sisters speculated wildly, but no matter how they looked at it, Adrian didn't seem frightened.
"Impossible! How can there be a man who doesn't want to bow down at my feet? This queen can't stand the existence of this kind of man... Mero Mero Mellow!" The Empress released the petrification skill toward Adrian again. But the result was still the same. The man on the other side was not petrified at all.
"It's useless. Don't waste your energy. Your beauty can't impress me!" Adrian said with a smirk. "Boa Hancock, I have specially prepared a gift for you. Don't you want to see it?"
"A gift? Hmph, you really are coveting the beauty of this queen's. All men are... smack!!" The Empress had not yet had time to perform her classic back-bending, contemptuous action when Adrian's palm had already landed on her butt. The Empress stood there stiffly for a moment, as if she had been petrified.
"This is not good! Empress Snake is about to get angry..."
"Everyone retreat to the cabin! Don't be affected by the ability of Snake Empress..."
"Is this man crazy? To act so callously toward the Empress, he really doesn't want to live..." The female warriors of the Nine Snake Pirates fled back to the cabin amidst screams. In their eyes, as long as a man gets close to their Empress to a certain distance, it was enough for him to be sentenced to death, let alone what Adrian had just done.
"You... how dare you do that to this queen..." The Empress's face changed again and again, finally filling with rage and disgust. She hated men so much, and Adrian, who had dared to take advantage of her, was to be torn to pieces.
"Stupid woman, if you don't want the brand of 'Flying Dragon's Hoof' on your back to be exposed to your subordinates and the Marines, you'd better shut your mouth obediently!" Adrian whispered impatiently in a voice that only the two of them could hear. He found the Empress arrogance and narcissism disgusting and he had no patience for it.
"What... you..." The Empress's face changed drastically instantly, and a turbulent wave of emotion erupted in her heart. The look of rage just now disappeared without a trace, replaced by endless fear and trembling. The man in front of her actually knew the secret she least wanted anyone to know!