Akira heard this, and said with some amusement, "How is that possible? How could I possibly forget Hancock? I haven't had the time to go see you these past two years because I've been tied up with other things."
Hancock immediately smiled again after hearing this, "That's good. I knew that Brother Akira couldn't have forgotten me."
As if she had thought of something, Hancock asked Akira with confusion, "Brother Akira, why are you here again?"
Akira said, "I just returned to the Grand Line from the East Blue. I just happened to be passing by here. I discovered that there was a battle here. So I came over out of curiosity to see what was going on. Fortunately, I came over. Otherwise, wouldn't I have missed you?"
Speaking of this matter, Hancock immediately glanced at the pirate ship that had been burned down by Akira with some disdain, and said, "That group of guys actually wanted to rob us. They were directly wiped out by Hancock. They really overestimated themselves."
Looking at Hancock's disdainful expression and indifferent appearance, Akira smiled slightly. This kind of Hancock was a bit similar to the one in the original work. He asked, "Then what are you planning to do next, Hancock?"
Hancock said, "I was originally planning to go around the Grand Line, and let those ignorant people know how powerful our Amazon Lily Pirates are. However, now that I've seen you, Brother Akira, of course you're the most important, Brother Akira."
Because Hancock had been rescued by Akira back then, and Akira had protected her all the way, and had sent her back to Amazon Lily, Hancock would inevitably develop a sense of trust and dependence on Akira during the process of getting along.
Moreover, this sense of dependence was different from the dependence of ordinary people, because she had been a slave before, and had lived a life that was worse than death. Akira had pulled her out of that place, leaving an indelible impression in her heart. So this kind of feeling was extraordinary.
"Empress Hancock, who is this?"
Seeing Hancock and Akira being so affectionate, someone finally couldn't help but ask Hancock.
Everyone else had originally thought that Hancock would definitely respond with harsh words. Who knew that Hancock would actually say to everyone in a very happy voice, "This person is my..."
Suddenly, Hancock paused. She didn't know how to introduce him. At this time, Akira smiled and continued, "Friend. Hancock and I are good friends who have known each other since we were young."
Hancock heard Akira's rescue, and immediately nodded in response, "Yes, that's right. Brother Akira is my best friend. You'll call him Lord Akira in the future. Did you hear?"
When she said the last part, Hancock's face darkened, and she ordered in a very firm tone.
Although Hancock had a very high reputation in the pirate group, this group of female pirates were all elites of Amazon Lily. They had a natural sense of resistance towards men. So even though Hancock had said this, many people still didn't think much of it.
Akira was very polite and said to the female warriors of the Amazon Lily Pirates, "Hello, ladies. My name is Newgate D. Akira Stone. You can just call me Akira. Hancock and I are friends."
Hearing Akira's very polite greeting, the female warriors of the Amazon Lily Pirates all chuckled. Their views on Akira also changed somewhat. Putting aside other things, at least Akira seemed like a good person, and knew how to talk.
"Brother Akira, don't care about them. Let's go inside and talk."
Hancock didn't want her subordinates to interact with Akira at all. She directly pulled Akira, and prepared to walk into her room.
When they walked to Hancock's two younger sisters, Sandersonia and Marigold both greeted Akira, and said, "Lord Akira, it's been a long time. Are you well?"
Akira also said very happily, "Yes, it's been a long time. You've all grown up, and have also become stronger. You're no longer the little girls who needed me to protect you back then."
The Hancock sisters, who had been rescued by Akira back then, were all very young girls. These two younger sisters were even younger.
However, they had all grown taller than Akira now. Their aura had also changed from being weak back then to being full of aura now.
Hancock directly pulled Akira away, leaving the people of the Amazon Lily Pirates staring at each other in dismay.
Under Hancock's strong invitation, Akira temporarily stayed on her ship. However, this entire ship was full of women. He was the only man. He felt very uncomfortable at first. However, after staying for a period of time, he slowly got used to it.
However, Akira naturally didn't expect to continue like this forever. It was just that he happened to have nothing to do now. That was why he had agreed to Hancock, and was following her ship to sail around.
"Empress Hancock, Empress Hancock."
In the morning when the sky was dimly lit, bursts of exclamations suddenly came from the Amazon Lily Pirates' ship, waking up everyone in the pirate group from their sleep. Akira also woke up, put on his clothes, and walked out.
Because he was living directly opposite Hancock, Akira happened to see Hancock walking out with people after he opened the door. So he opened his mouth, and asked, "Hancock, what happened?"
Hancock said with a somewhat heavy face, "Brother Akira, it's the Navy. Several Navy warships have surrounded us. I'm not very clear about the specific situation."
Akira wasn't too nervous. He knew that Hancock would become a Shichibukai in the future. Her relationship with the Navy wouldn't be too strained. So he said, "Don't be anxious. Let's go to the bow of the ship and take a look first. The Navy isn't anything great."
When it came to the number of times he had dealt with the Navy, he was definitely ranked among the top among all the pirates. He had fought all three Navy Admirals. Moreover, it wasn't just once.
Although he had fought Navy Vice Admirals a relatively small number of times, he had fought Navy Admirals. Would he be afraid of Navy Rear Admirals?
"Mm."
Hancock and Akira's group quickly came to the bow of the pirate ship. As soon as they walked here, they saw that seven or eight Navy warships had surrounded their pirate ship. Although they weren't attacking, they also didn't have the intention of letting them go.
Seeing that Hancock had come, the female pirate who was on watch immediately came over to report, "Empress Hancock, a total of eight Navy warships have come. The leader seems to be a Navy Rear Admiral from the Navy Headquarters. He said that he wants to talk to you."
Hearing that it was just a Navy Rear Admiral, Akira immediately didn't care. With the strength of the Amazon Lily Pirates, not to mention a Navy Rear Admiral, even if a few more came, Hancock and the others would definitely be able to deal with them.
As expected, Hancock was furious when she heard this. She said coldly, "A small Navy Rear Admiral actually dares to stop our ship. He's really courting death. Where is he? I'll go kill him."
Hearing that Hancock wanted to kill the Navy, quite a few people's faces changed. They quickly advised, "Empress Hancock, that won't do."
Hancock's beautiful eyebrows furrowed. She shouted coldly, "What did you say? Why won't it do?"
The one who had spoken to stop her just now was a woman in her thirties. She had an average appearance. She opened her mouth again, and advised, "Empress Hancock, although our Amazon Lily Pirates are a pirate group, we've actually never had any disputes with the Navy. If we rashly attack the Navy, it won't be a good thing for our pirate group, or for Amazon Lily. So, Empress Hancock, please consider it again."
A cold light flashed in Hancock's eyes. She was about to get angry. However, at this time, Akira opened his mouth, and said, "Hancock, now isn't the time to be angry. The Navy is right in front of us. No matter what, let's deal with these Navy soldiers first. Let's talk about it after we see if they don't know what's good for them. It won't be too late to take action then."
...
Listening to Akira's words, which were actually not showing weakness even though they were advice, a small portion of the Amazon Lily Pirates frowned.
However, most of the people agreed with Akira's words very much. Although this pirate group had been taken over by Hancock from the previous empress, the Amazon Lily Pirates hadn't set sail for many years. There were very few female pirates left from the previous generation.
Most of them were new people who had been carefully selected by Hancock. The biggest characteristic of new people was that they were young and impulsive. When they encountered something, they wouldn't think about retreating in the first instance. Instead, they would fight.
Hancock listened to Akira's words very much. She nodded, and said, "Alright, I'll listen to you, Brother Akira. I want to see what these Navy soldiers have to say."
Akira said, "You guys go forward. It's not convenient for me."
The Amazon Lily Pirates were all women. It would inevitably be a bit bad if he was discovered to be a man here. Hancock also knew this principle. So she didn't say anything, and nodded.
The leader of the eight warships was a Rear Admiral. Since the Amazon Lily Pirates had left Amazon Lily, they had been rampaging all the way.
Although they hadn't done anything bad like burning and looting, they had killed quite a few people, and had made a big name for themselves.
They had naturally attracted the Navy's attention. The purpose of sending out these warships this time was twofold.
If the Amazon Lily Pirates weren't strong, they would directly wipe them out. If the Amazon Lily Pirates were strong, they would think of other decisions.
"Navy."
When Hancock saw the Navy, she snorted coldly very impolitely, and said, "What do you want to do?"
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