Hancock awoke from his unspeakable grief, opened his beautiful eyes suddenly, and sat up at once.

"Joe—"

She saw the familiar serpentine draperies in front of her and turned her head in a daze.

Through the light veil beside the bed, you can see the layout of your own dormitory...... Here, is the Nine Snakes Palace?

I am back?

Is it just a nightmare......

Tears welled up in Hancock's eyes, and the previous scene flashed through his mind.

"Lynch ......"

……

The 20-meter-high golden Buddha has 10,000 golden lights on its head......

Hellish lava giants......

Frozen siege hundreds of meters high......

Deadly Flash......

Palm Impact ......

Scorching smoke......

A chill to the bone......

And the eyes he looked into himself...... Why am I so useless! Never knew resistance to his hypnosis?!

"No...... ......" walked uncontrollably towards the phone bug castle in his hand.

I don't want to hide in it at all, it's a big deal to die together, why do you do this to me?!

"You...... Bastard ......" was deeply sleepy by hypnosis, and before he lost consciousness, he vaguely heard his voice, "No way, Hancock, you're too charming, I'm afraid I won't be able to refuse you......

What kind of explanation is this?!

Lynch, you bastard......

Before consciousness finally plunged into darkness, there was the rough touch of a pair of lip prints......

"Well, go to sleep."

……

The empress's bedroom was quiet with the fragrance of flowers and plants, and Sandasonia was resting at her desk with bandages on her chest and back, when she suddenly opened her eyes, and she faintly heard a low sob.

"Sister......" She reacted, and immediately jumped up and ran to the bedroom couch, and through the curtain, you could see the slender figure sitting up on the bed, "Sister! Are you awake? ”

Sanda lifted the curtain to reveal the empress on the bed, and the entire dormitory seemed to be much brighter.

Hancock turned his head, hid his face with his long hair, and wiped his face.

"Sister......" Sanda leaned over and sat on the edge of the bed.

She saw her sister turn her head, her long black and silky hair looked a little messy, and she could see the tears wiped away on her previously gorgeous cheeks, and her face was a little pale.

Hancock's eyes were gloomy, poignant and moving, looking at Sanda in a daze, his red lips trembled slightly, as if he had something to say, wanted to ask, wanted to confirm, but couldn't open his mouth.

"Sister...... "Sister" Sanda saw that her sister, who was usually strong and domineering, actually showed such a weak and helpless look, and her heart ached, but she still couldn't bear to look at her sister's distracted eyes, and said softly: "After Lynch's ghost took us back to the Nine Snakes, you still couldn't wake up. Princess Robin said that you fell asleep because of Lynch's hypnotism...... It's been two days, sister, you're finally awake. ”

"Two days ......"

Hancock muttered, and sat on the couch in a daze.

Seeing her sister like this, Sanda wanted to speak and stopped, but found that she couldn't bear to say even a word of comfort.

Unless Lynch was allowed to stand in front of her again, any words of comfort would only be harsh in her sister's ears......

I don't know how long it took, Hancock lifted the soft thin quilt, his body shook slightly, Sanda wanted to help, but she pushed it away.

Hancock sat barefoot on the edge of the bed with black hair, and raised his still pale face, but his eyes were completely different from just now, revealing a sense of determination.

"What about her?" Hancock stood up and put on the red robe that Sanda had handed him.

"Who?" Sanda was stunned for a moment and came to her senses, "Princess Robin? Princess she ......"

Hancock paused barefoot and looked back.

Sanda whispered: "Sister you have been asleep for the past two days, and the princess has not eaten or drunk, and she has not even spoken to anyone, her state is very worrying......"

Hancock bit his lip, "Take me to her." ”

"Sister, you have to eat some ...... first," Sanda advised.

"Take me to her." Hancock repeated.

Her tone was not serious, but Sanda, who knew her well, knew that her sister couldn't hear anything at all at this time, so she had to sigh secretly and take Hancock to Robin.

Along the way, you will meet many national protectors and members of the Pirates...... When the crowd saw Hancock, they immediately exclaimed.

"Snake Hime-sama is awake!"

"The empress looked so haggard...... My heart is going to break! ”

The women of the Nine Snakes hugged their heads and cried, and they all gave way.

Hancock was expressionless, deaf to the noises, and soon followed Sanda to the side hall where Robin was resting in the Nine Serpent Palace.

In the side hall, Robin sat by the open window, looking blankly at the distant sky, his eyes a little hollow.

Beside her, a black armor phantom stood, and then turned his head, his narrow eyes shimmering, looking at the two Hancocks who had walked all the way into the hall.

When Mari Grud saw the eldest sister and the second sister come in, she was pleasantly surprised: "Sister, are you awake?" ”

"......" Hancock grabbed the bandaged arm of the third sister and looked at it, and Mary explained, "It's a little burned, but I'm almost better." ”

Hancock let go of his hand and went to open the wound under the bandage on the back of the second sister's right shoulder.

"Sister......" Sanda was stunned and comforted, "I applied herbs, plus the recovery power of the phantom beast species, it's fine." ”

This kind of trivial matter, my sister can already see it at the first glance when she wakes up, right?

"It's all because I ......" Robin by the window looked at the sky and suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse and dry. I'm the one who hurt everyone......"

Hancock grabbed the bandage on Sanda's back, and quickly released it after reacting.

Mary looked at Robin in astonishment, for the first time in the past two days, the princess had ignored people as if she had died in her heart, and this was the first time she had spoken.

With a click, Sanda felt a drop of warm liquid shatter on the bandage on her back, and said in surprise, "Sister-"

When she and Mary looked over, Hancock had already turned his head and wiped his face, and walked over to Robin and '. b, biting his lip, he said, "No, it's all my fault." ”

Robin turned his head blankly and saw Hancock's red-eyed, haggard and pale face, and his heart tingled.

"Those four navies were able to ambush that island with precision, and it must have been because our pirate ships had exposed their whereabouts," Hancock said to himself, "On the final return trip, I didn't think much about it and directly ordered the sea serpent straight into the windless zone...... It is because of this that he was so stupid that he took the initiative to throw himself into the trap of the Navy...... It's all my fault......"

Robin shook his head slowly and muttered, "If it weren't for me...... It is impossible for the navy to deal with the two kings of the Seven Martial Seas like this......"

『. b' As he watched, he said, "There is no point in saying this now, but what matters later."

Hancock's eyes were firm, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to save him!" ”

"......" to this, Robin didn't react much, just looked at ". b』。

The latter said calmly, "The body is willing to sacrifice itself to keep you out of danger."

"......" Hancock turned his head to stare at the black armor ghost, and anger appeared in his beautiful eyes along with tears, "But I don't want to! ”

"Who agrees that you have sacrificed yourself for us?! Have you ever thought about how we feel?! She gritted her teeth and said, "Obviously all you need to do is send Sanda and Mary away......" Tears trickled down the Empress's tear-stained cheeks, and she looked sadly at the reflection of the man in front of her, and said sadly, "Don't you know...... We'd rather die with you than watch you alone, you ......"

Robin's dry eyes were also red, and he clenched his palms and hung his head silently.

『. b' was silent for a while, and then he said, "And the body, I'd rather be hated by you than want you to be safe."

"You fart!" Hancock wiped away his tears and scolded, "I don't want to hear that." ”

"Self-sacrificing people are great, and great feelings should be good." The black armor said quietly, "And those who live with endless self-blame and remorse are pitiful."

"......," Hancock gritted his teeth, "I don't need pity. ”

『. b. Shaking his head, "I mean ......"

It glanced at Hancock and the weeping Robin, "If it weren't for me, neither Robin nor Hancock would have had to face this desperate situation. If you fail to protect the two of you, your body will live in endless self-blame and remorse for the rest of your life...... Isn't that pathetic?'

"So you sacrifice yourself without permission?" Hancock's tears continued to roll down, and he sneered, "It's so great." ”

"You don't want to ...... Hate yourself for the rest of your life......" Robin muttered hoarsely, "We don't want to......"

『. b'Speechless, this is a dead knot, if they can't protect Hancock and Robin, they will blame themselves, and they will be willing to sacrifice themselves to send them away, and they will be bitter and remorseful......

"I don't care." Hancock wiped away his tears and said with a blank face, "Anyway, I'm going to save you." - Where are you now? ”

『. b' looked at her, silently.

"If you don't tell me, I'll go straight to the Navy Headquarters." Hancock's expression was resolute, "In this way, I can see your true body anyway." Isn't it? ”

"Go directly to the Navy Headquarters to dignitaries?" The stand-in shook his head, "You're committing suicide."

"Then I'll go to the Great Prison under the Sea!" Hancock gritted his teeth, "Anyway...... You dare to do this to me, this account, I must not just settle this account with you! ”

『. b' Silence again. It looked at Hancock's determined eyes, and then looked down at Robin, who was sitting by the window.

Robin Muran muttered, "It's all because of my ......"

"If you go to the great prison under the sea, it is tantamount to suicide." The stand-in armor once again denied, "Prison Warden Magellan is a person with the ability of poisonous fruits, and his ability is suspected to have been awakened, and the venom he creates can infect anything he touches, even the ground and walls...... Even if Robin's spontaneous doppelganger doesn't play any role in the face of such poison......

Hancock interrupted it, "So what? I don't care! ”

"That kind of extreme poison, even if it is touched by a star, it will definitely die."

『. b's long narrow eyes shimmered, and his tone was extremely serious, "It's too risky! Hancock ...... The body has managed to keep you safe......

Looking at Hancock's indifferent and determined eyes, its tone slowly calmed down, and glanced at Robin, "...... Robin, what do you think?'

Robin looked up, "What do you want me to think?" ”

"I don't want you to be in danger...... Now you're doomed. I want to self-destruct...... But I know you're going to stop me. "And, rather than die in such an unknown way, it is better to die in front of the navy." At least let them know that the dangerous 'Son of the Devil' is really gone...... If they want to be bad for the Nine Snakes, they can stop. ”

Sanda and Mary looked at the dejected princess and felt very uncomfortable.

Hancock said indifferently: "Anyway, I made up my mind, you don't want to stop me." You can't stop me, and you certainly can't stop Robin. ”

She glared at the dark shadow hatefully, "It's like...... We couldn't stop you like that! ”

After saying that, turn around and leave.

Robin got up weakly, and was overshadowed by the '. b'The palm covered with flame patterns pressed down, and it sighed wordlessly, and said helplessly to Hancock's back, "Even if you have to go to the Great Prison under the Sea...... You should at least rest your bodies, right?'

Hancock held on to the stone pillars in the temple and shouted loudly to the outside of the hall, "What about the people? Get me something to eat!! ”

Sanda and Mary looked worried, but slowly determined, and immediately went out to help prepare food.

Robin's face turned pale to a transparent face, revealing a relieved smile.

……

"Why don't we come along?!"

At the long table in the main hall where food was piled up, Sanda and Mary were stunned when they heard this, "Sister—"

"There's no why, if you don't go, you can't go." Hancock didn't raise his head, "Robin and I went to the big prison to save people, and the two of you stayed in the Nine Snakes." ”

She devoured a big meat leg very unvividly, but it was still very beautiful, and the nine snake women peeking by the window outside the hall couldn't help but sigh one after another......

Robin had no objection to Hancock's decision, and was equally slow to wipe out the piles of food in front of him.

『. b' stood with his arms crossed and looked at them from a short distance. It doesn't need to eat, and it can't eat.

Hancock had always been arbitrary in the Nine Snakes, not giving the two younger sisters the slightest chance to disobey, turned his head to look at the black armor, his beautiful cheeks were puffed up by a mouth full of food, and asked, "Can you sense where you are?" ”

"It's too far." The narrow eyes of the face shimmered, and it turned its head to look in the direction of the Red Earth Continent, "I just know that it must be that direction...... But it's far away, and I don't know exactly where it is.'"

"Just feel it!" Hancock continued to work with Robin, "You'll be able to perceive it more clearly when you get closer, right......?"

Robin didn't say a word, just ate.

She didn't eat much, this time she was physically and mentally exhausted, on the verge of collapse, and what she needed more was quiet recuperation and conditioning, so she soon left the table to rest.

Hancock ate more attentively, and didn't know if he was imitating someone, so he ate and tears fell, wiped it and continued to eat violently.

Sanda and Mary sighed and sighed.

『. b' silently stared at the departing Robin and the devouring Hancock, unable to see the worry hidden in his long, narrow eyes......

It's not kidding them, it's not a big prison that anyone can break into.

For hundreds of years, only a peerless ruthless man like the Golden Lion successfully escaped from prison by cutting off his feet. This is just that he, as a prisoner, escaped from the inside out, unexpectedly, and wanted to sneak into the big prison from the outside, rob the prison and escape, and the difficulty rose to another level...... There is a high-speed sea current connection between the Great Prison and the Navy Headquarters, and if the infiltration of the Great Prison is discovered, the Navy Headquarters can send high-level combat forces to come at any time.

There is no doubt that the person who broke into the big prison was Nicole. The moment Robin and Hancock meet, the yellow ape will be the first to arrive!

『. b』The white light flashed in his eyes, and he flipped through the comic content of the big prison chapter and the top war chapter...... It couldn't be clearer, even if it is a "protagonist" with a destiny like Luffy in the comics, it is a fluke of luck to be able to get out of the big prison alive!

One of the biggest reasons is that the main combat forces of the Navy Headquarters at that time were involved in the top battlefield, and even if Magellan pulled down his face to ask the Navy for help, the Navy had no time to deal with the big prison.

Secondly, Luffy was able to survive in the big prison because he was lucky enough to meet the shemale king Eva, otherwise Luffy would have been poisoned by Magellan's invincible toxin hundreds of times......

But at this point in time, is the Shemale King in the big prison?

『. b' I am not sure about this at all. Not to mention that there is no explanation in the comics about the specific year the Shemale King was arrested and put in prison, even if he confesses, will the Shemale King definitely be arrested? At least on the side of the revolutionary army, especially the demon king, the body has still had a lot of dealings, and God knows what kind of butterfly wings it will flap...... It doesn't need to be big, maybe it only needs to cause a butterfly effect, and if the shemale Wang goes out a minute late, it is possible to avoid the ending of her being caught by the navy!

If the Shemale King is not in the Great Prison now, what if Robin and Hancock, or Midori are exposed to Magellan's poison?

It's the same with the body!

The body does not have a constitution that is invincible to all poisons, and no matter how powerful the fruit is, it may not be completely free from Magellan's terrifying poison......

"What are you thinking?"

Hancock's voice interrupted. b's thoughts, dragging it back to reality.

Raising its eyes, it saw her and Robin in front of it, ready to go.

It had been two days since they decided to go to the big prison to save people.

For two days, Robin tried his best to adjust his state, and his complexion recovered a lot, and he refused to delay any longer.

Not to mention Hancock, she couldn't bear it on the first day, because Robin's condition seemed so bad that she forcibly endured it again and again.

There are several newspapers of the past two days on the table, and the news recorded is the conflict between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates, as well as the follow-up to the previous conflict between the Jojo Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates...... There is not a single bit of content about the admiral Sengoku teaming up with the three lieutenant generals of the headquarters to ambush the Seven Martial Seas, Kujo Xu Lun and the Seven Martial Sea Empress......

Obviously, nothing is known about this.

The Navy did not expose the Lynch they captured to anyone......

Hancock's hand shook in front of its eyes, "What's the fuss?" It's time to go! ”

『. b'Silently, her gaze slowly moved to the face of the impatient Hancock to the face of Robin next to her, she held the little green in her hand and stroked it slowly, her face calm, as if she was ready to accept any result.

Sanda and Mary looked sad and helpless.

"Sister, my injuries are almost healed," Sanda removed the bandages on her body, leaving only a radial circular scar on the skin of her back shoulder blade, "In a few moments, there will be no scars, let me go with you!" ”

"I—" said Mary, too, but was interrupted impatiently by Hancock, "I said I was not allowed to come with me, so I was not allowed." Don't you listen to your sister? ”

The empress glanced majestically at her two younger sisters.

Sanda and Mary hung their heads aggrievedly, tears dripping down their eyes, of course they knew how dangerous the great prison under the sea was, and how there was no place to return.

"......" Hancock's face softened a lot, and he said calmly, "Sanda, Mary." ”

The two younger sisters raised their heads, wiped the corners of their eyes, and saw the eldest sister say, "If I can't come back, you have to organize everyone to elect the next snake queen." ”

"Sister!" Sanda and Mary's tears welled up again.

"Shhh Hiss! ”

Hancock's snake hair popped out and stung each of Sanda and Mary on the necks, their movements stiffened.

"You'll be back in an hour."

Hancock turned away with a blank face, "That's all. ”

With a wave of her hand, she strode out of the palace.

"......" Robin walked up to Sanda and Mary, looked at their tears and hugged them softly, didn't say anything, and turned away.

『. b' glanced at the two sisters of the Boya family, whose bodies were unable to move because of the snake toxin, but their faces were full of tears, and it was nothing, turned around and followed Robin's footsteps, and came to the balcony outside the palace together, Hancock was looking out from the distance by the railing, looking at the scenery in the Nine Snakes City as before...... Women worked in the fields, fished by the river, hunted animals in the mountains, stood guard on the city walls, and practiced domineering and archery in the training grounds......

"Let's go." Hancock was expressionless, and turned to enter the phone bug castle in Robin's hand.

Robin's response to the . b' smiled slightly, and disappeared into thin air.

Xiao Lu was slightly startled, falling a few inches, and was held up by the palm of a mecha covered with flame patterns.

『. b』 glanced at the prosperous and simple Nine Snake City, floated up, discerned the direction in the sky, and galloped away following the vague sense of the direction of the body.

……

『Inside the Telephone Bug Castle——』

Hancock and Robin walk in the living room, bedroom, study, and bathroom...... Everything I have experienced here is still vivid, but the joke and unruly person are missing.

They sat on the couch and looked at each other without saying a word.

After a long time, Robin broke this strange silence, "It's rare to have time, do you want to hear it?" ”

"Listen to what?" Hancock asked.

"It's not an empty strip, it's not Joe Barna. Giorno ......"

Robin muttered to himself, leaning back on the couch, looking at the castle ceiling that had been hugged by Lynch and had seen many times on this couch, "It's Nicole. Robin, and Lynch, meet Boya. Before and after Hancock......"

Hancock didn't speak, just looked at her. Robin didn't really listen to her answer, and said to himself:

"I was born in O'Hara, West Sea, and my mother ......"

"The Navy launched a demon slaying order that destroyed O'Hara and everyone except me......"

"That day, on the island of Nangago, I met him...... He crawled out from under the rubbish and saw the first thing I said......"

……

"After returning to his hometown of the Land of Flowers...... We know about his mother......"

"Lily She ......"

Hancock quietly finished Robin's story without saying a word.

Robin didn't remember where she had spoken, she got up from the couch, looked at the castle portal, and whispered, "Haven't you arrived yet?" ”

She walked over and quickly said something in surprise, as if she was flying with the outside world with a castle phone bug. b. In communication.

Hancock came back to his senses, looked at Robin, and frowned slightly, "What's wrong?" He followed, and slowly heard Robin outside the ". b. Say something.

"What's wrong?" Confused, Hancock bypassed Robin and jumped out of the castle portal.

Biu, she suddenly appeared in the sky, and the moment she fell, she was grabbed by the hand of an invisible ghost and supported in the air.

"What about the big prison? Why didn't you see it? ”

Hancock looked left and right, and saw no sign of any maritime structure, not even an island.

"No...... right"

His hair flicked his face, and Hancock's face changed, staring at the undulating waves around him, "Isn't this a windless zone?" You-"

Although she didn't know the exact location of the big prison, what was clear was that the place was definitely in the windless zone!

And this sea area is clearly windy, and it is a great shipping route?

Behind the castle portal, Robin looked fixedly. b』。

When she leaned out of the castle portal to watch, it had been in this position for a long time.

Obviously, it was carefully discerning where its body was at the moment.

『. b' Carrying Hancock in one hand and the phone bug castle in the other, its narrow eyes glowing with a glimmer, looking fixedly in the direction it flew all the way to the main body......

Both Hancock and Robin's expressions changed slightly, and in front of them was a "shadow" that could already be seen with the naked eye......

Red Continent!

『. b' muttered, "I see......

"What the hell is going on?" Puzzled, Hancock asked, "Are you still being held at the Navy Headquarters?" ”

"No, the Navy Headquarters is at the height of the sea, but the main body is ...... Now it's on the top.'"

『. b' Looking ahead, his gaze slowly swept across the top of the Red Earth Continent, and he read out the name of a place that made Hancock and Robin's faces change dramatically at the same time.

"In the sacred land of the Draconians, Mary Joa."

……

……

The dim world tore a blood-colored rift...... It was Lynch who was slowly opening his eyes.

Consciousness was slowly returning, Lynch gradually woke up, he looked up, and what he saw flew by and shook, it seemed to be a garden, or a church? It's like seeing butterflies flying......

I'm ......

Lynch's blurred gaze gradually focused, froze on the ...... in front of him Tall and slender dark figure.

What the other party seemed to be saying, Lynch couldn't hear clearly......

The other party stretched out his slender jade hand, pinched his chin and lifted it, there was no trace of emotion in his eyes, and said indifferently: "Where is your stand-in?" ”

Lynch instantly sobered up, staring at the other party's rippling eyes.