Chapter 455: Hancock's Problem

Hancock was not even halfway through her search for Yeruashi when she ran into trouble.

The plot has been seriously diverted by the presence of Yeruashi, or rather by the psychological deviation of Hancock, who fears neither the Heavenly Dragons, nor the World Government.

The scene of Yeruashi destroying the Sacred Land of Marijoa keeps popping up in her mind even when she became Empress of Amazon Lily.

And because of this,

She refused the World Government's invitation to join the Shichibukai system.

The current Hancock was not a Shichibukai, and still maintained a hostile relationship with the World Government, and the island did not have the Yeruashi flag as a subordinate power.

Still, it would have been able to move through East Blue because there was no marine that could stop it, but East Blue was too busy at the moment.

First, there was the Golden Lion Shiki.

Then, Shanks the Redhead, Dragon the Revolutionary and He Traveler showed up in East Blue, which caused her to be under high security.

Garp is training his grandson Luffy, and the Blue Pheasant has been dealing with the aftermath of the destruction of the Golden Lion Pirates and has yet to return to the Navy.

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In addition to Aokiji, there are four other admirals in the East Blue.

Of the other four vice admirals, Kizaru and Akainu, who have just been promoted, are of average strength, but there is also one who is close to Blue Pheasant's strength - Vice Admiral General Momousagi!

This lineup was originally prepared for the Golden Lion Pirates, and after the Golden Lion was killed by the El Viajero, the vice admirals remained in East Blue to deal with the aftermath.

Thus, Hancock's rampage through the East Blue was soon discovered by the East Blue navy, and led to a massive operation.

Somewhere out at sea.

A fierce naval battle was raging.

Ships were firing their cannons and shooting at each other, and the admirals of both ships, as well as the Amazon Lily warriors, were blocking the shells.

But that was not the important thing, the most important thing, and the center of attention, was at the back of one of the ships, where two women were fighting.

One of them, dressed in a purple color, was attacking her opponent with kicks skillfully, each of which was imbued with the will of armament and devil fruit.

It was the pirate empress, Boa Hancock.

On the other side.

In front of Hancock is a woman holding a famous sword and wearing a navy cape, she is Vice Admiral Momousagi, of Navy Headquarters, and one of the candidates for Navy admiral!

Hancock is only nineteen, but thanks to Yeruashi, she has worked harder than she normally would, and is now only slightly weaker than Quinn, the former Beast Pirate Disaster.

But she is still no match for Momousagi.

Momousagi's strength is slightly lower than Aokiji's, but she is now also a candidate for Admiral of Navy HQ, and is still not at the level of an Admiral, but she is slightly stronger than Quinn, and with a little more growth she will be close to being an Admiral.

Hankook was struggling under Momousagi's attacks, and had she not relied on the Devil Fruit charm and its power to affect Momousagi, she would have been defeated in a few dozen moves in a purely one-on-one battle.

Fighting Momousagi on a warship was a desperate choice.

Had she not approached her, she would have been on the side of the warship and would have been attacking her with a continuous stream of sword slashes.

Although the Devil Fruit also has the ability to attack from a distance, it would be very difficult to resist Momousagi's continuous slashes, and the ship would be destroyed if she wasn't careful.

"You have no chance of winning."

"Surrender, pirate empress."

Momousagi was still swinging her sword, the blade clashed with Hancock's heel, flashs flew, and she spoke calmly as she addressed Hancock.

Although Hancock was restrained and fell at a disadvantage, her eyes did not waver and she said with a cold face, "This Empress... will not be stopped by you here!"

"At such a young age, you have become the Amazon Lily Emperor, your talent is really strong, but earlier you refused the government's invitation to become a Shichibukai, so you are destined to be arrested."

Momousagi attacked with the sword and spoke calmly.

Hankook had refused the Shichibukai system's invitation and the Navy could do nothing about it, but it was different when she arrived at East Blue.

"..."

Hancock gritted her teeth slightly.

A thought crossed her mind, if she was arrested and imprisoned by the Navy, would Yeruashi show up again and save her?

Maybe.

But she didn't want that.

It would be too humiliating and she would be embarrassed to see him again.

"Like I said, there's no way.... I'm going to hang against the Navy!"

Hancock took a breath and spoke with determination, her determination increased her Haoshoku no Haki a bit, which increased her dominance for a moment and she recovered a bit from the precarious situation.

Sensing that Hancock was in such a situation, Momousagi's eyes flickered for some reason which made her Haoshoku no Haki a bit stronger due to her extreme determination.

"The Haoshoku no Haki has become stronger..."

"This woman..."

She took a breath, realizing that she couldn't delay any longer, and gripped her sword with both hands, a cold glint in her eyes, ready to give up on the idea of capturing her alive and use her sword skills to the fullest.

But almost as soon as she raised the sword and swung it in Hancock's direction, a black crack appeared in the void in front of her blade.

And then.

A hand emerged from the crack.

The hand, which looked ordinary, neither too big nor too small, not much different from the palm of a normal human, came out and clashed her sword with his index finger.

Ding!

The crisp, clear sound of the sword was heard.

With this simple movement, Momousagi felt an overwhelming force, which transmitted along the length of the sword and made her palm shake violently.

The force transmitted along the length of her palm, and she gripped the hilt as hard as she could to keep the sword from flying out of her hand, but staggered back several steps.

"Who is it?!"

Momousagi shouted at the black crack, shock in her eyes.

With a simple flick of his finger, he had stopped its attack and driven it back, what terrifying power, not many people in the whole sea could have done that!

The names of Garp, Whitebeard and others flew through her mind, but they were all fleeting, for the palms of those men did not look like this.

The names that flew through her mind finally settled on one of them.

The Traveler...

Yeruashi!

Apart from Whitebeard and Garp, that man was the only one, I fear, who could possess such terrifying power!

Almost as soon as she thought of Yeruashi, out of the black crack came Yeruashi and waved his hand in the direction of the sea.

Silently.

The cannonballs between the navy ships and the pirate ship Kija froze in the air for a moment, as if time had stopped.

The dozens of shells flew skyward, converged at a point in the sky, squeezed together and exploded with a loud bang.

"Why did you come to East Bluel?"

That done, Yeruashi looked at Hancock.