[107] A Month Later (2)

Chapter 107: A Month Later (2)

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The Senju Pirates' tour around the Calm Belt took more than the planned 20 days, just a few more days. However, they were now finished with their adventure.

Sadly, as one may expect, there had been no development in their search for the legendary Emerald City. At least they were certain it wasn't located on either side of the Calm Belts that are located in Paradise. That left the two belts located in the New World, which were sure to house the city.

Whatever the case, the Senju Pirates were now ready to leave for the New World. It was honestly sudden, but Hashirama could only waste so much time here – given it wasn't very enjoyable on this side of the sea with his power level. Plus, the sudden tournament thing.

So, whatever little regrets he had left on this side of the sea had to wait for the future. Now, the larger world awaited him.

Or at least that was what Hashirama thought at first.

"Sorry, but there isn't much time left. We need to hurry, and going through the usual Fishman Island route will take days. So I suggest we use the official, Marine pathway to cross to the other side. As a Warlord, I can use that route. Sadly, that means we can't take your ship, you'll have to sail on the Kuja Pirate ship." was what Hancock said.

Which meant they would be leaving their reliable Sail of Ohara behind. Which in turn meant, after the tournament would finish, they would have to return to Paradise, and from there they could always take the usual route.

Meaning, their journey will continue in the classical way. Hashirama couldn't say he minded. So, he maneuvered the ship to Amazon Lily at top speed, reaching the island in mere hours from hundreds of kilometers away.

"So the plan is, we crash into Doffy's little tournament, mess it up badly, and then we return back here?"

"Sounds fine to me."

The girls agreed too, as the ship stopped at the dock of Amazon Lily. Islanders had already begun to gather at the scene, peeking to have a look at their Empress, and Hashirama too for some reason.

The crew waited, as did Hancock, until the main members of the Kuja Pirates were seen running here.

"Sister!"

Two voices resonated in the air and all of them blinked, staring at the scene ahead.

"Sister, you're back!"

The Kuja Pirates were led by two tall women who ran at the front, and at their tail was an old lady, walking fast but not running. She wore a mad scowl, glaring at Hancock and Hashirama.

However, both Hashirama and Hancock didn't pay her any attention. All four of their eyes were locked on two women yelling 'sister!' as they ran towards the ship.

One with green hair, and another with ginger, wearing bikinis with overcoats on their shoulders. Their beauty far surpassed the average Amazonian, their faces a lot prettier beautiful than anyone else outside this ship.

Still, Hashirama and Hancock recognized them. And that was what caused the shock. Their curvy bodies, ready to put any supermodel to shame, were not what they were expecting to see attached to their identity.

Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold had gone through a massive glow-up.

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"Crazy."

Hashirama could only comment on that, until Hancock broke down in tears and jumped from the ship, rushing towards them and hugging them to the ground. Now that the initial shock had passed, she seemed happy that her sisters had grown so beautiful.

Hashirama wondered how. He knew this world was bullshit, but there was usually logic present. After pondering for a moment, he had a breakthrough.

"Ah-huh, maybe that."

Looks got better when a character reached the "good ending" of their timeline. There was that one celestial dragon, named Donquixote Mjosgard if he wasn't wrong, who looked as ugly as any other World Noble until he became a gigachad. He reached the better ending of his life, saving Shirahoshi, and became a hero to the readers.

The same could be noticed in Eichiro Oda, the Mangaka's fun timeline drawing, where he showed how devastating the Straw Hats would look in the decades to come, if things went wrong, compared to if things went right.

So, given that the two Boa sisters have come over the biggest regret and fear of their life, they have essentially reached the best ending possible. Naturally, their looks got better as well. It only made sense when they shared blood with the most beautiful woman in the world.

"You! Boy! Brat!"

Hashirama was broken out of his trance, his enlightened mind, by the shout of an old lady. Hancock frowned, shooting the old lady a glare for yelling at him, while he just waved his hand.

"Hey, granny! Good to see you again. Can we talk later? We are in a hurry; we need to move again."

After that, Sandersonia said a lot of things but seemed to calm down when she noted that Hancock wouldn't be leaving with him, but the other way around this time.

In the next few hours, the Kuja Pirates' ship sailed away from Amazon Lily. On their way to Red Port.

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"What the fuck is a Red Port?"

The Red Port was the official, legal way to cross the Red Line. But, it was conditioned by the approval of the World Government. There was a fee for traveling through the port. Those who are granted approval are required to leave their ship and acquire a new one on the other side.

Located right under Mariejois in a straight line, there are two ports, one on each side of the Red Line. The ports are stationed behind Marine strongholds. The Paradise station is located behind Marineford, and the New World station is behind another strong marine base.

In other words, this was a dangerous place to cross for any sneaky pirates. Thankfully, Warlords were an exception. Not only will they not need to pay any fee, they were allowed to take their ship to the other side too.

"Thanks for the explanation."

"How did you not know that, when your sister is a Vice Admiral?"

Robin gave him a weird look, and the others who may not know, a swift explanation about the Red Port. There were apparently quite a few who didn't know, as many new girls had joined the Kuja Pirates in the last month, including some Hashirama recognized – mainly the blondie, Marguerite.

A number of the Kuja crew was gathered in the deck, along with the Senju Pirates, as Robin explained, calling Hashirama out – taking revenge on all the other times he had called her out. To her bemusement, he just shrugged it off.

"Happens, no big deal. Oi Mikita, give me those binoculars!"

Instead, he left the small gathering, to Robin's slight annoyance, as he jumped off to stand beside Mikita who was looking at the port that was not far from here. He snatched the binoculars from her, raising them over his eyes.

He wanted to use his Observation Haki, but that may alarm the Marines in case they had any strong inspector. If they looked back with their own Haki, they'd notice that a male was riding the Kuja Ship, and beyond that, he was sure his face was recognizable, as were the girls of his crew.

"Oh fuck me."

"When?"

Hashirama immediately realized it was lucky he didn't use Observation Haki, as his eyes locked on a massive bear-like man casually chatting with some marines in the port.

Chatting while he ate rice crackers, and beside him was a pink-haired boy along with a blonde-haired goofy guy. Hashirama didn't need those details, he recognized the beast of a man with just his appearance.

This was not to be taken lightly, this could mean imprisonment in Impel Down.

"Why the fuck is Garp acting as a gate guard?!"

Being just under the nose of Marineford was one thing, where he could be ganged up by Admirals and get arrested, but being in the near vicinity of Garp the Fist was another. There were few he was sure he would lose to, even with days of preparation time, and that man over there was surely on that list.

The second Hashirama had recognized Garp, he had made a run for it. It would be a bit more than just troublesome if that man looked at this side and saw him. So he grabbed Mikita and ran, yelling at the others of his crew to rush inside with him.

In the worst-case scenario, Garp might want to inspect the ship, and in that case, he could only pray for his luck.

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Garp was bored. He was rarely active these days, so boredom was common. Luckily, he had picked two kids to train, back from the East Blue.

Coby and Helmeppo were a peculiar bunch, Coby much more than Helmeppo. It was honestly fun to train them, albeit a bit annoying at first.

Today he had bought them here at the Red Port. Tsunade left about twelve hours ago via this port, and Garp had come to see her off. After that, he decided to stick around to show his disciples how this worked.

A few ships had passed by now, and Garp was waiting for the Kuja Pirates' ship to pass before he would return. Naturally, the Kujas had let the marine know with a call about their desire to use the port, and the Marines knew about their reasoning too. They were granted access without any sort of issue.

Still, Garp was to see them off since he was here anyway. Maybe a little inspection too if he was in the mood.

Throwing rice crackers inside his mouth, Garp watched as the ship slowed down near the port. The ship stopped before two huge stone gates, closed as they were.

Garp patted his disciples on their backs, nudging them forward.

"Come on, and don't ogle. Consider it as self-restraining training. That Hancock brat gets pretty mad at getting ogled, you might get petrified if you stare where you shouldn't, and as a punishment for failing the training I won't demand your freedom until they return from Dressrosa."

"Huh!?"

"Shit…"

The two teens paused, gulping. As anyone could expect from boys their age, they had been excited since the moment they heard that the Kuja Pirates would be passing by this route. They were looking forward to meeting the world's most beautiful woman.

Garp still thought that title was a bit too much, his own wife was prettier back in the day.

"Oi!"

Garp yelled in a deep voice, walking while eating, as his eyes locked on with the very arrogant woman who stood at the edge of the deck, looking down at the world.

She looked down on everyone, except for himself, hiding a gaze of respect when she looked at him. Garp didn't really care about that and yelled.

"Hancock, have you got anything illegal on your ship? Someone who you shouldn't be carrying?"

"Obviously not, Vice-Admiral."

Boa Hancock replied, her voice being a magical melody that almost caused Coby to stumble on his way.

"Ya sure?"

"...Yes, of course."

Garp frowned a little. For some reason, it felt a little off. As a Warlord, she could get away with a lot of things, so even if she was lying she wouldn't be punished unless she was carrying something truly illegal. Like a poneglyph, for example.

Garp sighed. Should he give it a checkup?

A moment later he shook his head. 'Nah, too much of a hassle when she won't even get punished – if there is something at all.'

Instead, he just spread his Haki over the large ship. His Observation Haki washed over the ship, getting a feel of everyone's power level, as he was surprised to find a few somewhat strong people.

Nothing surprising, though. They must be the elites of the Kuja Pirates.

"It's clear."

With a sigh, Garp waved his hand at the real gate guards. They nodded, receiving his order, and pulled a trigger.

If Sengoku was there, he'd have noticed how Hancock's expression eased greatly. However, Garp was too busy eating to take notice, as the massive stone gates parted in a roar, causing a miniature earthquake, to reveal a dark tunnel inside.

Usually, it took hours to just cross this. It was going through the Red Line, after all. To this day, Garp didn't know what was used to carve a way through this red rock.

Garp and his two disciples watched as the Kuja Pirates' ship began to move, entering the tunnel at great speed. The waves sped up, due to a technology made by Vegapunk, making the otherwise hour-long journey only last a few minutes.

The gate only closed after this side was notified by the guards on the other gate that the Kujas had passed safely.

The rest of the day went as usual for Garp and his disciples. While a great storm approached Dressrosa… having slipped by right under their nose.

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