"You... how dare you do anything to the Celestial Dragons..." The Empress was stunned for a few minutes before she came back to her senses, her voice trembling.
"First of all, no one knows that I caught these three stupid pigs!" Adrian said with an nonchalant shrug. "Secondly, even if they know, I'm not afraid, because whether it's the World Government, the Marines, or these pig-like descendants of gods... there's nothing they would be able to do about it!"
"Ah..." The Empress's mind was immediately shocked. Her eyes were glazed over, and her figure wobbedy as if she might fall down at any moment. In this world, there are people who are not afraid of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons...
Her childhood slavery was the source of her fear. To be truly free, the Celestial Dragons themselves had to be dealt with.
"I know what you're afraid of!" Adrian continued. "It's okay. From now on, Amazon Lily will be under my protection, and no one can force you to do anything you don't want to do!"
As soon as Adrian said this, the Empress froze in place. After a few seconds, her pale cheeks regained their previous rosiness and shyness. The beauty looked like pale moonstone, her eyes like crystal blue lake, and her smile was alluring. An unprecedented brilliance bloomed on the Empress's face. At this moment, her inner demons were completely eliminated, and Adrian became the god in her heart!
That night, an extremely sumptuous banquet was held in Nine Snake City. Adrian was the guest of honor, and he was invited to the most central seat by the Empress—a place that only the king could sit. The meaning was self-evident.
During the feast, Adrian asked about the current financial situation of Amazon Lily. After all, he was here for money. The Empress blushed and revealed all her family's wealth without any concealment. But compared to a superpower like Alabasta, Amazon Lily on the Calm Belt was quite poor. It had only about 1.8 billion Berries when it was fully stocked. This amount was far from what Adrian expected, but he understood it; after all, Amazon Lily needed to buy a lot of daily supplies regularly and repetitively, so the looted property was often used for procurement.
Adrian was welcome to use it. After taking 1 billion of it, he set off for his next destination in the early morning the next day. He needed to get enough Berries for the Summit War. He needed about 2 billion more to be prepared. Originally, his goal was to go to the Golden Emperor Tesoro's casino and entertainment city in the New World, but it would take too long and he would likely miss the Summit War, so Adrian temporarily dismissed the idea.
Not long after he left Amazon Lily, the petite Granny Nyon came to the palace angrily and yelled at the Empress, who was packing her bags and preparing to go to the World Government: "Hancock, you idiot! Why did you give that man 1 billion Berries? Although I am very grateful to him for persuading you to respond to the call, that money was enough to buy Amazon Lily's necessities for nearly a year!"
"Who do you think you are, to dare to call the lord 'that man' in front of this queen, you are no longer the Emperor of Amazon Lily!!" The Empress grabbed Granny Nyon's hair, roughly lifted her in front of her, and reprimanded her in an extremely arrogant manner. "Even if this queen dedicates this entire island to that Lord, it has nothing to do with you. No matter how self-willed I am, I will be forgiven by everyone, because... this queen is so beautiful!!"
"That guy is very dangerous, Amazon Lily Island..." Before Granny Nyon could finish her sentence, she was thrown out of the window by the Empress. No one can slander her husb! No! Adrian is the god in her life!
When Sengoku returned to Marineford, a Marine Rear Admiral rushed into his office with a panicked look. "Marshal Sengoku, something is wrong! The Whitebeard Pirates have been dispatched! The 23 warships we sent to monitor the Moby Dick just lost contact..."
"What?!" Sengoku's face suddenly changed, and cold sweat flowed down his forehead. "Damn it, we were tricked! That guy Whitebeard had started preparing so early!"
"Immediately inform all personnel that Impel Down is likely to be targeted before Ace is handed over to Marineford."
Regarding Marine's honor, Sengoku dared not be careless at all. At present, the build-up of elite troops from all the surrounding seas has not yet been completed. If they were attacked by the Whitebeard Pirates and Ace was saved, Sengoku would lose Marine's prestige from all over the world.
Brrr... brrr... The phone on the desk rang.
Sengoku picked it up, and the voice of Vice Admiral Onigumo came from inside.
"Marshal Sengoku, Empress Boa Hancock has finally compromised. We are now rushing to Mariejois!"
"Has that tough woman finally compromised?" A look of joy appeared on Sengoku's face. This was the only good news he had heard today. Although the Empress's fighting power was still behind an Admiral's level, it was far beyond the average elite Vice Admiral. And the Empress was a very rare user of Conqueror Haki, so Sengoku naturally dared not underestimate her.
"In this way, the Shichibukai will have 6 people. As for that bastard Jinbe... let him rot at Level 6! How dare he stand by with Whitebeard at a time like this!" Mentioning Jinbe made Sengoku angry. Originally, he thought Jinbe would be the most cooperative one. But the other party turned out to be a "traitor." He openly defied the Marines, claiming that he didn't want to see Whitebeard hurt and would stop this war even if he lost his Shichibukai title. Sengoku almost smashed his head off. For this kind of guy who was a source of dissent in the Marines before the war, Sengoku would not be merciful. He sent Jinbe directly to Level 6 to feel what life was like in the lowest level of Impel Down.
"Onigumo, you did a good job this time. After the public execution is over, I will reward you for your merits!" Sengoku praised him with great satisfaction.
However, Onigumo on the other end of the phone was at a loss for words. He hesitated for a long time before saying: "Marshal Sengoku, it's not me who changed the Pirate Empress's mind, but Adrian, the corpse collector and newly promoted Shichibukai!"
"What did you say?!" Sengoku frowned suddenly. The first thought that flashed through his mind was, "What is this kid planning again?" But after much deliberation, Sengoku couldn't guess Adrian's true intentions.
What the hell is this guy trying to do?
"My head hurts just thinking about it!"