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"Shin-nii, I heard you became the Captain of the Kuja Pirates. I want to join too! I want to be the Vice-Captain!"
Hancock came flying over, clinging to Shin like a koala.
"Alright." Shin didn't refuse.
Hancock might be too young to be a vice-captain now, but she would definitely have the strength in the future.
"What about you two?"
Shin's gaze turned to Olvia and her daughter, Robin.
"Where else can we go? We can only follow you," Olvia said with a smile.
Robin breathed a sigh of relief. She had been afraid her mother would take her away—Olvia certainly wouldn't leave. She hadn't repaid her debt yet, so of course she wouldn't leave.
"Let's go check out the situation of the Kuja Pirates."
Shin didn't know how strong or weak the Kuja Pirates were now, but they weren't famous on the seas, and their bounties weren't high.
But bounties were sometimes unrelated to strength. Some pirate crews had high bounties because they committed more evil deeds.
The Kuja Pirates didn't plunder villages when they went out to sea. They didn't cause much harm, so their bounties were naturally not high.
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After getting on the Kuja Pirates' ship and taking a look... well, how to put it, they weren't strong, but they weren't weak either.
At least in the first half of the Grand Line, they had a place. If they went to the New World, they would be cannon fodder pirates.
But strength could be improved gradually, and the overall structure of the Kuja Pirates was not bad. However, Shin found the appearance of these female pirates to be quite disappointing.
Amazon Lily, as a country of women, did have many beauties. But the women who became pirates were mostly very fierce.
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"It's not bad. Keep up the hard work," Shin encouraged them after observing for a while.
"Shin-nii, you don't seem happy."
Hancock keenly sensed Shin's mood.
"I can't say I'm disappointed. It's alright. The Kuja Pirates' aren't weak, but compared to the pirates of the New World, there is indeed some gap."
Actually, it wasn't some gap; it was a BIG gap.
If the Kuja Pirates entered the New World, they would be swallowed up in an instant, not even leaving a trace.
Of course, if it were the Kuja Pirates of the original story, with a grown-up Hancock, they would have a place in the New World.
The key was that Hancock hadn't grown up yet.
But it didn't matter. Him becoming the Captain of the Kuja Pirates meant the Kuja Pirates would become the Strongest Pirate Crew.
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Four years passed in the blink of an eye—
In these four years, Shin rarely left Amazon Lily, basically staying on the island—and under Shin's training, the strength of the Kuja Pirates had improved by more than one level.
Olvia's strength had reached quasi-Admiral level, that is, the strength of an Admiral candidate. She could even fight an Admiral. The power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was just that strong.
But to be able to grow so fast was also thanks to Shin's help.
Yin-Yang Release: Life Contract.
This was a Forbidden Jutsu Shin had developed in the Naruto world, which could share life with others.
Originally, Shin had developed this Jutsu to help his women become immortal. Now, Shin had tried using it on Hancock and the others, and it unexpectedly had an effect.
And it could change their constitution, turning them into Perfect Sage Bodies.
It was precisely because of this that Hancock, Olvia, and Robin's strength had greatly improved. A woman's weakness was stamina. And with the Perfect Sage Body—their stamina was also supplemented.
However, when Shin had them try to refine chakra, they still couldn't produce it.
Hancock's strength had also improved rapidly.
At only sixteen, she already had the strength of a master swordsman. And her fruit ability had also been developed to a very high degree. She had also successfully trained Armament Haki and Observation Haki.
As for Conqueror's Haki—it hadn't been awakened yet.
Robin's strength had also increased a lot. Her current strength should be even stronger than when she first appeared in the original story.
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At this moment, Shin was fishing on an island. This wasn't Amazon Lily, but Rusukaina Island, the island where Luffy trained Haki in the original story. It was located northwest of Amazon Lily, very close to it.
The island had many ferocious and huge beasts.
Shin wasn't bothered by the powerful beasts here. Actually, the meat of these beasts was actually quite delicious—
"Fisher Tiger rampaged through the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, freeing several thousand slaves??"
At this moment, Shin was holding a newspaper. The matter of Fisher Tiger rampaging through the Holy Land of Mary Geoise had already happened. And Tiger had formed the Sun Pirates. Arlong of the Arlong Pirates was now also a member of the Sun Pirates.
"The sea is about to get lively again." A smile appeared on Shin's face.
This was not a small matter. It could be said to be a major event. especially since it involved the Celestial Dragons.
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"Fisher Tiger is very brave, but the Marines and the World Government will not let him go."
Olvia was certain that Fisher Tiger was doomed.
Unless he had strength like Shin's. Even without being as strong as Shin—as long as one had strength like Whitebeard's, they could deter the Marines.
Unfortunately, Fisher Tiger had none.
"Shin, should we go out to sea?"
Hancock hugged Shin from behind, nuzzled her head against his back, and then asked Shin.
Now Hancock didn't call him "Shin-nii."
It was unknown if it was because of Hancock's influence—but even Robin didn't call him that anymore.
"You want to go out to sea that much?"
"Mm." Hancock nodded heavily.
"Alright. We've been idle long enough. It's time to go see the sea." Shin nodded.
But this time, Shin was going to take the Kuja Pirates with him. Now the crew of the Kuja Pirates had been reduced by more than half by Shin. The ones left were all powerful individuals.
"Let's go. Let's return to Amazon Lily first."
Shin took Hancock, Olvia, Robin, and the other three and flew up, heading towards Amazon Lily.
Before leaving, Shin also killed a giant beast and took it with him. The beasts here tasted very good, which was why Shin took a giant beast's corpse with him.
"Are we going to the New World this time?" Olvia asked Shin.
"Of course. We're going back to the New World. Isn't the New World currently competing for the position of Emperor of the Sea? WE'LL PARTICIPATE TOO."
A smile appeared on Shin's face.
At this time, the competition for the Emperor of the Sea had already begun. Whitebeard was the first great pirate to become an Emperor of the Sea.
As for who had bestowed the title of Four Emperors, Shin didn't know. Shin guessed it might be related to the Marines or the World Government.
This was a good way to make the pirates kill each other.
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