Just then, Lancelot's heart stirred.
Relying on his powerful Observation Haki, he instantly sensed several auras rushing toward their location at an astonishing speed.
Moreover, judging by the intensity these auras emitted, they were no less formidable than Basil Hawkins!
Thinking this, the smile on Lancelot's face grew even more pronounced. He knew the real game was about to begin again.
Needless to say, it must be Eustass Kid, Monkey D. Luffy, X Drake, Trafalgar Law, Jewelry Bonney, Urouge, and Sanji!
Clearly, the unusual commotion here had already caught their attention.
Yet, what was unexpected was that these people showed no trace of fear.
Not only did they not choose to flee, but they also strode directly toward them without hesitation!
It was as if they disregarded any potential danger.
Then again, they were all famous Supernovas known as the "Worst Generation"!
Each of these young, hot-blooded, and powerful individuals could truly be described as recklessly bold!
The first to arrive had short black hair and a scar under his left eye.
He wore a red vest and blue shorts, with open-toed straw sandals on his feet, and always had a straw hat on his head.
Behind him followed another person.
This one had golden hair and curly eyebrows.
He was dressed in a black double-breasted suit, paired with a tie and shirt, and had a cigarette dangling from his mouth...
"Luffy and Sanji!"
Lancelot recognized them at a glance—they were the main characters. Anyone who had watched One Piece would undoubtedly recognize these two.
"Gyahahahaha..."
Lancelot let out a sinister laugh, then swept his gaze over the two of them.
His eyes first fell on Luffy... He had to admit, Luffy truly lived up to being the passionate protagonist, radiating an innate charisma.
But for him, this was the perfect opportunity to test whether Luffy would still be this world's protagonist, the child of destiny, now that he had arrived.
As for Sanji, frankly speaking, out of the entire main cast, he was both the one Lancelot looked down on the most and the one he liked the most.
He liked how Sanji had been gentle, kind, considerate, and compassionate since childhood, often proactively helping those in need.
What he looked down on was how overly saintly the guy was.
In the original story, Sanji held nothing but hatred for the Vinsmoke family, but upon learning they were about to be assassinated, he couldn't just stand by and watch, unable to resist the urge to save them.
Then there was Pudding, who had deceived him and attempted to kill him, yet Sanji still treated her gently and even thanked her for playing the role of his fiancée.
This is simply outrageous.
What's most detestable is his so-called "chivalry."
Under Zeff's guidance, Sanji learned to respect women and adhere to the "code of chivalry," treating women with utmost gentlemanly tenderness.
He cannot bear to see women harmed or humiliated.
If anyone attacks a woman in his presence, he becomes enraged and intervenes to stop it.
He claims he can forgive women's lies and believes in women's tears, insisting he would "never doubt a woman's tears."
He spares no effort to protect women, willing to sacrifice himself for their safety. Sanji once swore never to fight women, and if forced, he would only defend himself.
During his battle with Kalifa, he remained true to his principles, refusing to strike her multiple times, only to be defeated by her soap bubbles.
After his defeat, he told Nami he would "rather die than kick a woman," which earned her newfound respect for him.
When facing Black Maria, he dealt with all the male enemies in the brothel but never laid a hand on a single woman.
This is his "chivalry," but is this damn thing really "chivalry"?
It's absurd—it's clearly an extreme form of simping!
As a respectable man, aspiring to be a courteous gentleman is perfectly understandable.
Similarly, wanting to uphold chivalry in treating every woman with full respect and care is certainly not an issue.
Moreover, stepping forward without hesitation to protect women in danger is an unquestionable duty.
Because that is true chivalry, true gentlemanly conduct.
However, blindly forgiving women—no matter what they do, always choosing to forgive—that is truly baffling.
What "forgiving women's lies," what "believing in women's tears"... Is this damn thing even human speech?
In Lancelot's eyes, this so-called "chivalry" is nothing but a product fabricated by radical feminists. Only those radical feminists would eagerly expect all men in the world to emulate Sanji, treating this distorted "chivalry" as a sacred creed.
Indeed, a real man should possess gentlemanly manners, knowing how to respect and protect women, but this absolutely does not mean indulging them without limits.
If a woman dares to strike first, then men should rightfully retaliate without mercy.
After all, allowing everyone to take responsibility for their actions and respecting the choices they autonomously make—isn't that another form of respect for women?
Then, a young woman came into Lancelot's view, wearing denim overall shorts, a white half-sleeve shirt, and brown knee-high low-heeled boots. She wore distinctive heart-shaped lipstick.
Jewelry Bonney, one of the eleven Supernovas, with a bounty of 140,000,000 Berries.
A Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user—the Age-Age Fruit, a Devil Fruit that allows free manipulation of age.
She can touch others to make them older or younger, and can transform herself at will into a child or an elder.
She once turned into a little girl on the street to stop Zoro from attacking a Celestial Dragon. When the Marines were later dispatched to handle the Celestial Dragons incident, she even transformed several Marines into elderly people or children.
During the revery, she transformed herself into an old woman.
This ability is one of the five Devil Fruits related to the laws of time in the entire One Piece world.
The other four are:
Paramecia - Ripe-Ripe Fruit: It can instantly mature and age any object it touches; it can also accelerate a person's aging, but only their physiological age—their mental age remains unchanged.
Things affected by the fruit's ability cannot be reversed or restored to their original state.
Paramecia - Time-Time Fruit: It allows the user or designated targets to travel through time and space.
The Ability User can achieve the effect of time travel through this ability, but it is limited to traveling to the future and cannot return to the past.
Paramecia - Return-Return Fruit: It can regress the age of anything it touches by 12 years.
Repeated touches can erase the enemy from existence.
Paramecia - Slow-Slow Fruit: As long as the emitted light waves hit the enemy, it can make the struck person sluggish.
These four fruits are each more powerful than the last.
They are also the fruits Lancelot most desires to obtain.
Among them, the Paramecia Age-Age Fruit is the superior fruit to the Return-Return Fruit and the Ripe-Ripe Fruit.
Therefore, its ability is the strongest among the three.