The moment her heart left her body, Hancock immediately felt a wave of weakness wash over her, and she went limp in Yami's hands.
If Yami hadn't been holding the back of her neck, Hancock would have collapsed to the floor.
Yami didn't take the opportunity to hold her and take advantage of the situation. He slowly released his hand, letting Hancock slump to the ground.
"Your Majesty!!"
As Yami caught the floating heart, the bathhouse door was suddenly thrown open, and Sandersonia and Marigold rushed in.
"Sonia, Mari, quick... Pfft!"
Hancock, having recovered a little strength, saw her sisters rush in. Her expression changed again, and she quickly tried to tell them to run.
Unfortunately, before she could finish her sentence, she heard the sound of cutting.
She saw her own body, as well as her two sisters' bodies, suddenly get sliced in half at the waist.
What was perplexing was that even though their bodies were cut in half, they didn't die on the spot, nor did they feel any pain.
"Shambles!"
The man's voice rang out again. A blur flashed before Hancock's eyes, and her two sisters' upper bodies appeared out of thin air in front of her.
Including her own, the upper bodies of all three Hancock sisters did not fall to the ground but floated in mid-air.
Hancock, having lost the ability to struggle, suddenly calmed down and looked at the transparent light shield.
There was no doubt that her heart being removed and her and her sisters' bodies being cut without them dying were both due to the ability of that light shield.
"A man! Why is there a man here?!"
"You despicable man! How dare you do this to our sister! Unforgivable!"
At this time, Sandersonia and Marigold also noticed Yami and saw Hancock's situation. They glared at Yami, their eyes looking ready to burst.
If their bodies hadn't been cut in half, they would have lunged at him and torn him to shreds.
"Sonia, Mari, shut up!"
However, before Yami could speak, Hancock suddenly shouted, causing Sandersonia and Marigold to look at their sister in astonishment.
What was going on?
Why wasn't their sister helping them? Why was she telling them to shut up?
But due to Hancock's authority being deeply ingrained in their hearts, no matter how confused Sandersonia and Marigold were, they could only obediently shut their mouths.
"Man, what is your purpose for appearing here... ?!"
Hancock forcefully turned her head, preparing to negotiate and talk with Yami, when her beautiful eyes suddenly widened, a look of astonishment on her face.
"Hm? You know me?"
Yami raised an eyebrow, slightly surprised.
Hancock's words and reaction clearly indicated she recognized him.
Yami wasn't surprised that Hancock knew of him. After all, he had broken the record for the highest initial bounty for a rookie, fully deserving the title of the strongest rookie in history.
It would be normal for Hancock to have seen his bounty poster during her expeditions.
It was just that Hancock's reaction seemed to imply she had a rather deep impression of him.
He didn't think he had offended her, nor had he earned her favor from afar, right?
Little did he know, the reason Hancock had such a deep impression of him was because of his maid, Nami.
Nami's age when she became famous and her bounty were both more outstanding than Hancock's, and she was the user of the legendary Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
For such an outstanding girl to be someone's maid made Hancock remember Yami.
"Black Hole Yami!"
Hancock bit her lip lightly as she uttered Yami's title and name.
"To think you actually recognize me. I'm truly honored," Yami said with a smile, tossing the heart in his hand up and down.
"Why are you here? What was the purpose of your sneak attack on me?" Hancock asked, her brows furrowed.
If her floating upper body could turn, Hancock would have definitely used her Love-Love Beam to ambush Yami.
"I was looking for Rusukaina. I just didn't expect the legendary Amazon Lily to be near Rusukaina, so I came to take a look around and see what the world's most beautiful woman looks like."
Yami reached out and pointed at Hancock's delicate back. His finger touched the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon through her hair, instantly causing the Pirate Empress's body to tremble. "I didn't expect that the famous Pirate Empress was once a slave of the Celestial Dragons."
As Yami's words fell, the pupils of Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold all shrank drastically, their faces filled with fear and helplessness.
Their most feared secret had finally been discovered.
The moment Yami spread this secret, the three Hancock sisters could almost see the subjects who adored them turning ferocious and angry, driving them out of the country.
At this moment, the three Hancock sisters suddenly felt a sense of suffocation and despair.
Just as the three of them were about to fall into the abyss, the man suddenly pulled them back, throwing them towards heaven.
"Sigh... I really don't know if you're unlucky or fortunate to have run into me."
The man sighed, then used the hand holding the heart to brush aside Hancock's hair. His other hand held a scalpel, and he gently scraped at the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon on Hancock's delicate back.
Immediately after, Yami pinched a piece of skin between two fingers and threw it in front of the three Hancock sisters.
Like their upper bodies, this piece of skin also floated in the air.
Looking at the piece of skin in front of them, the three Hancock sisters, who had been terrified and even had tears welling up in their eyes, were suddenly stunned.
It was because the brand imprinted on that piece of skin was the very Hoof of the Soaring Dragon that had startled them from their sleep on countless nights, the mark they didn't even dare to touch while bathing.
Zzzzz...
Before they could recover, Yami used gamma rays to clear away Hancock's dead cells, then used an electric current to promote cell regeneration, causing the patch of red on her delicate back to quickly return to its fair, jade-like state.
"Mhm, it looks much better without the tattoo. Now this is the world's most beautiful woman."
Looking at the flawless back, Yami nodded in satisfaction, then turned Hancock's upper body so that her delicate back faced Sandersonia and Marigold.
"It's... it's gone!"
Gazing at their sister's fair, jade-like back, Sandersonia and Marigold said blankly.
Their voices made Hancock's body tremble once again. She instantly ignored Yami, who was admiring her figure in front of her, and her voice trembled slightly as she asked, "Is it... is it true? Sonia, Mari."
From Hancock's tone, one could hear her apprehension and excitement, as well as her disbelief and hope.
"Mhm, mhm... Big Sister, it's really gone."
"Not only is that thing gone, but there's not even a single scar left... Big Sister, your back is very fair and beautiful now."
At this time, Sandersonia and Marigold finally reacted, their faces filled with excitement as they nodded repeatedly.
After speaking, they both looked at Yami with complicated expressions.
There was anger, and there was fear, but now, there was more... gratitude!
As for Hancock, tears were already streaming down her face.
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