Rayleigh And Sharkey At Twin Point, Hancock's Rejection

After successfully obtaining the cultivation method of the giant's three Guns of Glory, Kahn and his group finally arrived at Reverse Mountain aboard the Ship.

Here, Kahn and his group met a group of people who had been waiting for a long time.

"What, Mother!"

Seeing the group, the three Boa sisters suddenly shouted in surprise.

Immediately, Hancock activated her electric field, turned into a bolt of lightning, and disappeared from the deck of their ship, reappearing on the shore of the Twin Cape Lighthouse.

Looking at a short old woman standing next to a man and a woman, Hancock asked excitedly, "What mother, why are you here?"

"You still have the nerve to ask?"

Granny Gloriosa reprimanded her with a sullen face, "The empress asked you to guard the ship, and when she came back, you were gone! They searched the entire island and couldn't find you. They thought you were abducted by human traffickers."

"It turned out that only a few months later, you turned from twelve to eighteen years old, and you were offered a bounty of 592 million berries, being called 'the most beautiful woman in the world'."

"If it weren't for your appearance, the outline of your childhood, and your name, I would have thought it was the wrong person."

"Hancock, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

"Heehee..."

Looking at Granny Gloriosa, who was suppressing her anger, Hancock smiled a little embarrassedly, "Granny Gloriosa, don't be so angry. I'll introduce someone to you after Sonia and Mary come over."

"Is the person you want to introduce to the old man the 'Walking Scourge' Cross Kahn?"

Looking at the ship heading towards Twin Cape, Granny Gloriosa said in a deep voice, "Is that the kid who abducted your three sisters?"

"No, it was the Master who saved us."

Hancock shook her head and explained simply, "In February, Sonia and I were indeed abducted by human traffickers."

"Because we are fighters of the Kuja tribe, a very rare ethnic group, those human traffickers took us to the Sabaody Archipelago and sold us to the auction house there. It was the Master who rescued us."

"And he also helped us eliminate our fears and found me the incredibly precious Logia Rumble Fruit so that I have the power to protect Sonia and the others."

"Granny, Sonia and I are now the Master's maids, and we will use our lives to repay his kindness. I hope you will respect the Master."

As she said this last sentence, Hancock's face was very serious.

Hearing this, the man and woman standing next to Granny Gloriosa, especially the black-haired woman with a cigarette between her fingers, looked at Hancock with eyes full of admiration.

"Maid?"

Granny Gloriosa frowned and said, "Even if you want to repay him, there is no need for all three of you to be his maids, right? You are a genius in our 'Amazon Lily Kingdom' who mastered two types of Haki at the age of twelve. How can you be someone else's maid?"

"Because I want to!"

Seeing that Granny Gloriosa's attitude was still so bad, Hancock immediately put her hands on her hips. Standing tall in her high heels, reaching a height of 1.92 meters, she looked down at the short and wrinkled Granny Gloriosa with a displeased expression on her face, "Granny Gloriosa, we're all happy to see you again, but can you speak a little nicer?"

"..."

Granny Gloriosa, reprimanded by Hancock, couldn't help but widen her eyes. She pointed in disbelief at Hancock, who was now trained to protect a man after only a few months and was about to say something.

"Gloriosa, calm down."

At this time, the black-haired woman suddenly said, "Have you forgotten the purpose of this trip? You have offended little Hancock's benefactor like this; be careful she refuses your request."

Granny Gloriosa took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. "You're right. We came here for a reason. Hancock, we need to talk. Let's wait for your Master to arrive, and we'll discuss it together."

Hancock nodded, her expression softening a bit. "Alright, Granny. Let's wait for the Master. He's the one who helped us, and I owe him everything."

As their ship docked at Twin Cape, Kahn and the rest of the crew disembarked, ready to meet the newcomers and discuss whatever pressing matter had brought them here.

"Shakky is right."

The blond-haired middle-aged man next to the black-haired woman nodded in agreement.

This couple, even though they haven't settled in Sabaody Archipelago yet, still consists of the handsome blonde "Dark King" Silvers Rayleigh and the previous empress of the Amazon Lily Kingdom and former captain of the Kuja Pirates—Shakky.

"...The old man's tone was too aggressive."

Hearing what Shakky and Rayleigh said, Granny Gloriosa seemed to remember something, then calmed down and apologized to Hancock.

"?"

Looking at the three people who were talking in riddles, Hancock tilted her head, a big question mark forming on her smooth forehead.

"Grandma..."

Not waiting for Hancock to ask the identity of the man and woman, the voices of Sonia and Mary suddenly came to her ears.

Seeing that the ship had docked, Sonia and Mary jumped off the boat and trotted towards them.

"Sonia, Mary, have you grown up too?"

Looking at Sonia, who was now 2.5 meters tall, and Mary, who was 1.83 meters tall, Granny Gloriosa, recognizing them by their hair colour, widened her eyes again.

"Yeah, we are all eighteen years old now."

Mary, who ran over, hugged Granny Gloriosa enthusiastically and said with a smile, "Granny Gloriosa, how did you find us? Is the Empress and everyone else alright?"

However, Granny Gloriosa's next words froze the smiles on Mary and Sonia's faces.

Granny Gloriosa said with a blank expression, "The Empress is dead."

"How...how is it possible?"

Mary put Granny Gloriosa back on the ground, her expression terrified. "The Empress is so powerful. How could she die?!"

"Granny, what happened to the Kuja Pirates during the few months we were away?" Hancock also asked anxiously.

"The Empress didn't die in battle but died of illness."

Looking at the three Boa sisters with sad faces, Granny Gloriosa explained slowly, "After returning from this expedition, the Empress suffered from lovesickness, which is an incurable disease. Unable to bear it, she passed away."

After finishing speaking, Granny Gloriosa looked up at Hancock with a serious face, "Hancock, I came here this time to take you back. You are the most suitable candidate to inherit the position of Empress."

"What?!"

Hancock was slightly taken aback, then shook her head repeatedly, "No, I refuse. I won't go back!"

Three consecutive refusals without the slightest hesitation.

It was clear that in Hancock's heart, the balance between Amazon Lily and Kahn had completely tipped in Kahn's favour.

The dream of every Kuja warrior is to become the Empress.

But now, Hancock's dream has long since changed from being an Empress to serving Kahn.

Hancock, who was used to the wonderful life outside, did not want to go back to Amazon Lily in the Calm Belt.

"Granny Gloriosa, I've made up my mind. I want to stay with Master Kahn. He has done so much for us, and I can't abandon him. My place is here."

Granny Gloriosa sighed, seeing the determination in Hancock's eyes. She knew this wouldn't be easy. "Hancock, the Amazon Lily needs you. The Kuja need a strong leader. But... I can see your heart is set. Let's talk to this Master of yours and see if we can find a solution that works for everyone."

As Kahn and the rest of the crew approached, ready to meet the newcomers and discuss the pressing matter, he couldn't help but feel the weight of the decision Hancock would soon have to make.

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