Chapter 58 Rage of Three Conquerors
Ren and the girls finished their meal. "Phew, now I can go a few more rounds of fighting," Yamato said, patting her belly.
Hancock rolled her eyes. "Such a violent woman. All you know is fighting." Yamato had a few veins popping on her forehead.
"Say that again, stupid snake girl." Soon both were forehead to forehead, pushing each other back. Seeing them, Ren remembered Erza and Mira.
Both had developed this bond like them in the short time they had been together. A gentle smile appeared on Ren's face.
Shirahoshi was giggling while cheering both of them. Suddenly she turned to Ren. "Ren, when are we training again?"
Ren, Hancock, and Yamato turned toward her. "No need to train this early. Let's have some fun. We can start training when Fishman Island and Amazon Lily are in Wano," Ren said.
Hancock nodded. "You are still young. No need to overwork yourself. Even Ren's energy transfer won't help you if you keep pushing your body beyond its limits before it matures, right?" She looked at Ren.
Ren nodded. "Yeah, me, Hancock, and Yamato have matured bodies, so we can handle more energy and regeneration. But yours is still growing, so take it slow. You are already super strong."
Yamato nodded. "Just have fun. Leave the fighting to me. I will protect you." Shirahoshi scooped Yamato in her palm and rubbed her against her cheeks.
"But I don't want to just be protected." She pouted. Yamato smiled. "Well, you just have to enjoy being protected till your body matures. After that, you can protect yourself."
Ren looked at her. "Why do you suddenly want to grow stronger?" Hancock and Yamato turned toward her.
Shirahoshi puffed her cheeks in anger. "That bad marine attacked me when I was telling Sea Kings to take people away." The Nimbus cloud under Shirahoshi nodded as if agreeing and complaining.
Ren, Hancock, and Yamato froze. The air stilled. Veins popped on Ren's fist. Kuzan and Bogard weren't the type to attack someone who was helping civilians. So that could only mean—
"SAKAZUKI!" Ren, Yamato, and Hancock said in unison as their Conqueror's Haki flared. The mangroves nearby trembled.
On a nearby grove, Garp and Rayleigh, who were drinking, froze as they sensed the killing intent and Conqueror's Haki of Ren's group.
"What happened now?" Garp shot to his feet. "This much killing intent?" Even Rayleigh was surprised. "Who provoked them? Wasn't the fight with the World Government and Ren over?"
"Is there someone idiot enough to pick a fight with them now?" Garp asked Rayleigh.
Shirahoshi was the darling of the group. For Ren, she was as precious as Hancock and Yamato. To Hancock, she was her little sister. To Yamato, she was her best friend and little sister.
Sakazuki attacking Shirahoshi had triggered all three of them. The sky over Sabaody Archipelago darkened with thunderclouds as lightning roared.
Ren picked a strand of his hair as it transformed into a golden staff. Nimbus, carrying Shirahoshi, expanded in excitement to get revenge, lifting Ren, Yamato, and Hancock.
It shot forward, following the frozen sea. Just then, Garp and Rayleigh arrived on the shore, watching them fly.
"Why are they going in that direction?" Garp's expression turned grave as he picked up his Den Den Mushi.
"Purururu… Katcha."
"Vic—" Garp cut Bogard off. "Tell me, did you do something to Ren's group?" The line went silent. Garp's expression turned uglier. "Answer me, damn it!"
"Garp-san, well you see—" Kuzan explained how Shirahoshi had helped them save civilians just as Sakazuki had launched an attack at her.
Sakazuki snorted. "So what? They are pirates." He still felt humiliated by being defeated by Hancock and turned into a stone statue.
"You idiot fu—" Garp shouted in anger. This bastard had just made a huge mess. Now Ren, a powerhouse with strength equal to a peak Emperor, along with Hancock and Yamato, were heading toward them with killing intent.
Garp rubbed his forehead. After sighing, he dialed Sengoku's number. Rayleigh looked at him in sympathy.
"What are you looking around for? Go and prepare a damn boat for me to chase them. Or do you want me to throw you into Impel Down?" Garp glared at Rayleigh.
"Oi! What does this have to do with me?" Rayleigh wanted to cry. He had just been standing there, and now he was being dragged into this mess.
"Shut up and find a ship." Garp ignored his protest.
"Katcha… Garp? What's the situation there?" Sengoku's urgent voice came. He had been anxious after hearing Kuzan's side of the story.
"It's bad. The fight between the World Government and Ren ended in Ren's win—" Garp was cut mid-sentence.
"Impossible! You're telling me even when the Gorosei themselves made a move, he still won?"
In Sengoku's office, Zephyr and Tsuru listened. All three had chills running down their spines. Just what kind of monster was Ren?
Their hair stood as the image of Rocks appeared in their minds. "No, even Rocks wasn't this outrageous," Sengoku shouted. "Garp, what's the bad news?"
"Well, you see—" He then explained everything. Tsuru, Zephyr, and Sengoku were speechless. A man got his ass kicked by Hancock, then after being rescued, went to provoke a hornet's nest naked? If this wasn't a death wish, then what was?
Sengoku had a headache. "Why didn't I just capture that bastard on Sabaody when he fought Rayleigh?"
Just then, a soldier walked in. "Sir, we have received some bounty posters from the Gorosei themselves." He was covered in sweat as his hands trembled holding the posters.
Tsuru took them. "Shirahoshi, the Sea Princess: bounty 1,340,000,000 berries. Alive only."
"Oni Princess Yamato: bounty 3,000,000,000 berries. Dead or alive."
"Snake Princess Boa Hancock: bounty 3,000,000,000 berries. Dead or alive."
The room was silent in disbelief. Tsuru's hands trembled on the last poster. Her voice came shaky. "Monkey King Ren: bounty 4,999,000,000 berries."
Sengoku slumped into his chair. "This is outrageous." With those bounties, the fifth Emperor was born—with two others following him. A force with three Emperors.
Sengoku looked like he had aged years. "We are done." Regret surged in his chest. If only he had captured Ren before he grew.
On a warship, Kuzan glared at Sakazuki. They had sent civilians away with the help of Sea Kings to a nearby island and were returning to Sabaody when Garp's call came in.
"You know what kind of trouble we are in?" Kuzan nearly shouted in anger. Sakazuki didn't care. "As a marine, attacking a pirate is what we should do."
"You mother—" Veins popped on Kuzan's face as frost surged from him. Sakazuki wasn't a pushover. Magma started leaking from his body as magma and frost collided.
"Enough." A sword slash cut through the magma and frost. Both turned toward Bogard. "Stop fighting among yourselves."
Kuzan and Sakazuki stopped. Bogard was a senior; they had to give him some face.
Just then, all froze as their eyes turned toward the sky, which had transformed. Thunderclouds roared as a white blur shot toward them, covered in blood-red lightning.
"No, go—" Before Bogard could finish, Kuzan spread his ice ability, freezing the sea as Yamato slammed onto the warship.
"Raimei Hakke!"
The entire warship was destroyed as soldiers were thrown into the sea, some dying from the impact.
"Slave Arrow!" Hundreds of heart-shaped arrows rained down as the remaining soldiers were petrified and sank to the bottom of the sea.