Chapter 158 - 46

Chapter 248"How did you get in here?""Hmph, I can naturally enter anywhere.""Enishida, throw her out!""Wait a minute! Boa Hancock!"Granny Nyu hurriedly shouted, "I'm looking for you because I have something important!"Hancock sized up Granny Nyu.Granny Nyu broke into a cold sweat; she knew this woman's terrible personality all too well.However, in Granny Nyu's eyes, Hancock's nasty personality was more like an overgrown girl's self-protection mechanism because of what had happened in the past."Where is the 'Adult' behind you?"Granny Nyu: "..."Granny Nyu wiped her sweat: "Forgive my rudeness, Lord Boa Hancock."Hancock nodded with satisfaction."Hurry up and say what you have to say. I will grant you a little of my time as a special favor."Granny Nyu quickly asked, "The Marine forces should be in the outer seas; they are here to receive you, right?""So what?" Hancock replied lazily, "That is an invitation to war.""Why aren't you going?"Granny Nyu urged anxiously, "Participating in the war will preserve the agreement! With your strength, you definitely won't die!"Boa Hancock suddenly covered her chest with her hand, a fragile and frightened expression like a small animal appearing on her exquisite face, and said in a coquettish tone, "But I'm so scared."The contrasting charm shown in that instant even captivated Granny Nyu for a moment.Oh, Boa Hancock's damn charm, it kills men, women, young and old alike.In her heart, she cried out that she was as cute as a puppy!Granny Nyu immediately slapped her own face to wake herself up.Now is not the time for this!Granny Nyu said hurriedly:"Boa Hancock, wake up! Our country currently relies on your title as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea for protection!In the past, we could rely on the powerful defensive network of the Calm Belt to resist foreign enemies, but now the Marines can reach here by relying on new shipbuilding technology. Kuja is no longer safe.Because you are one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, they leave us alone! If you lose the title and we become an ordinary pirate nation, do you know how much greed and attack that will attract? It will lead to a tragedy!"Hancock gestured for Enishida to pour her a glass of wine, squinted one eye, and looked at Granny Nyu through the wine glass."You're just afraid.""It doesn't matter what happens to me!"Granny Nyu excitedly thumped her cane on the ground, "The key is you! And the future of this country!"As she spoke, she pulled out a crystal ball from her bosom.Enishida, standing nearby, was shocked: "Is that the legendary Granny Nyu divination with two hundred percent accuracy?!"Watching Granny Nyu acting like a mystic, muttering to the crystal ball, the expression on Boa Hancock's face gradually began to crumble.Sure enough, before long, she saw Granny Nyusecretly write two words inside the crystal ball with her finger.Go now!Then she showed it to her.Who is this old hag trying to fool?"Enough!"Boa Hancock stood up abruptly, "Throw her out! Right now!"The female guards nearby hurriedly went to dissuade Granny Nyu."This is a matter of life and death for Kuja!" Granny Nyu struggled."So noisy! You old hag."Hancock walked up to Granny Nyu and used her signature pose of extreme contempt, leaning back so far her finger almost touched Granny Nyu's nose: "You, the former-former-former Empress who ignored the safety of Kuja and went to sea privately, are a traitor to Kuja! You have no right to tell me what to do!"After saying that, she grabbed Granny Nyu's hair and dragged her outside.Granny Nyu's face turned ashen.This woman still won't listen to advice!The moment before she was about to be thrown out, Hancock suddenly paused, her tone softening slightly, "Your passion for working for the country still earns a bit of my admiration."Hope instantly ignited in Granny Nyu's eyes: "Boa Hancock, will you go?"Hancock turned her head and gave her an extremely nasty smile: "I lied to you."Then, she ruthlessly threw Granny Nyu out of the palace."How can she treat an elderly person like that?"A young female warrior nearby subconsciously whispered.Hancock immediately turned her head and made a perfect expression of innocence and grievance towards them, whispering: "I just wasn't careful."Instantly, all dissatisfaction vanished, and hearts once again appeared in the eyes of the female warriors:"Since Lord Boa Hancock said so, then she is forgiven!""People always have moments when they aren't careful!""It's because Granny Nyu dirtied Lord Boa Hancock's hands first!"Boa Hancock turned around with satisfaction and ordered: "Alright, prepare for my bath."Her subordinates immediately began to make grand preparations.Whenever the Empress Hancock bathed, a strict guard formation would be set up, prohibiting anyone from entering the palace or its surrounding areas.Theoretically speaking, only her two sisters could see Hancock bathing.Unfortunately, at this time, Luffy and Perona, who were being pursued all the way by Margaret, Kikyo, and other Guardian Warrior, were nearby."Where on earth are we going?!"Perona, floating in the air, couldn't help but shout.The pursuers below were increasing, and arrows whizzed by from time to time.She watched Luffy nimbly leap and skip across the complex palace corridors and rooftops.Is he playing?"Let's go find that Boa Hancock; I'll go borrow a ship from her."Luffy said while easily dodging attacks, "This isn't the New World; returning to the Sabaody Archipelago is very simple.""Borrow a ship? Do you even know where Boa Hancock is?!"Perona thought Luffy was simply being whimsical."Yeah, I've already felt that person's powerful aura; it's in that direction!"Luffy looked towards the highest point of the roof and said, "As expected of one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, her aura is very conspicuous!"Perona had considerable doubts about the so-called borrowing of a ship.That's one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.This is basically walking right into a trap.But she couldn't stop the Captain, Luffy, who sped all the way and finally reached the roof of the Tenshu Pavilion.It could be considered a narrow escape; at least they had shaken off the people from the Kingdom's Guard without being discovered.Perona had just breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they were temporarily safe and preparing to complain, when she saw Luffy take a few steps on the roof, and the ground suddenly gave way beneath his feet, causing him to fall.The roof didn't seem to be sturdy."Hey!"Why did she feel like she was worrying more than she did back at Thriller Bark?"Luffy!"Perona cried out in alarm and hurriedly floated to the edge of the hole to look down.Below was a huge bathhouse filled with steam."I'm fine."Luffy adjusted his posture in the air and landed lightly, though he was slightly dampened by the splashing hot spring water.This place is quite flimsy.Luffy turned his head, his gaze fixing on the center of the bath.The rising white steam was gradually dispersing, and a smooth, flawless female body with its back to him came into view.Long black hair was draped wetly over her back, with water droplets sliding down the graceful curve of her spine.However, Luffy's gaze was drawn to a dark branded tattoo, like a dragon's hoof print, in the center of her back.The expression on his face froze slightly."I seem to have seen this tattoo somewhere before?"Just then, the woman in the bath seemed to sense movement behind her and whipped her head around.Their eyes met.Time seemed to freeze for an instant."Sorry, sorry, did I disturb you?" Luffy felt a bit of a headache.Why did he always encounter this kind of situation?Sanji: "..."A man?Cracks appeared on the face that Boa Hancockalways maintained with pride and perfection.A secret concerning her life and dignity had been seen!Almost instinctively, she suddenly crouched down, shrinking her body into the water, leaving only her head exposed, her voice carrying a trace of imperceptible trembling:"You saw it?"Luffy nodded and honestly admitted it.He couldn't say he hadn't seen it when he had.He wasn't blind, and from this angle, it was too clear; everything was visible.Pure white and flawless... it was all white.Inside the bathhouse, the misty heat had not yet completely dissipated, and the air was filled with awkwardness and a sudden surge of killing intent."Sister!"Just as Luffy looked back, hurried footsteps and sharp shouts came from the entrance of the bathhouse.Hearing the unusual movement inside, the two sisters, Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold, rushed in instantly.They immediately saw Hancock in the bath and Luffy standing under the hole, soaking wet, and their faces changed drastically.A man?"Why is there a man in the kingdom?!"Sandersonia cried out in shock, but her movements were not slow at all. She quickly grabbed a spare ornate robe from the side, leaped into the pool, and carefully draped it over Hancock, covering most of her skin.Marigold immediately blocked the way in front of Hancock, glaring at Luffy warily, "Who are you?""Monkey D. Luffy, I am..."