Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

Iron Thunder has disappeared!?

Upon seeing the look of terror on the King of Giants' face, everyone at the table stopped what they were doing.

That thing called Iron Thunder must be something special.

Indeed, the Iron Thunder was no ordinary weapon; it was a living hammer that guarded the giants' national treasure.

Since ancient times, it has been closely linked to the fate of the giant race and has never left the treasure hall where the national treasure is located.

All the giant kings of the past have tried to gain its recognition, but none have succeeded.

The very existence of Iron Ray is a symbol of the giant race's heritage.

And now it's gone?

"Is that thing still there?" Harald asked hurriedly.

"It's still there."

Yaru nodded, but looked even more confused.

The national treasures are safe and sound, but Tie Lei has disappeared.

This only makes things seem even stranger.

If thieves covet national treasures, they should steal the iron thunder along with them.

But now the national treasure is intact, while the iron thunder has disappeared without a trace, which is completely contrary to common sense.

Tie Lei would never leave the national treasure by his own initiative, not even for a moment, and this has been the case for hundreds of years.

Aruru's gaze swept over the people at the table, lingering for a moment on the outsiders such as Rocks and Luffy.

Suspicion is human nature, but these people were all guests personally invited by Harald. If they were the ones who tampered with it, why would they only take the hammer and leave behind the more precious national treasure?

"Iron Thunder? I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before."

Luffy was engrossed in eating a roasted sea monster leg, his hands greasy from the food.

Suddenly, he paused slightly while chewing, and a flash of extremely fast red light appeared in his eyes.

Almost at the same instant, the stone window on the side of the banquet hall shattered!

A dark shadow shot straight in with a sharp whooshing sound, its target clear: Luffy's location!

"Hey, it's very impolite to disturb someone's meal."

Luffy didn't even look up; his right hand was still gripping the beast's leg, but his left hand shot out like lightning.

Before my fingertips could even touch it, the dark figure was already in front of me.

It is a heavy hammer that is completely black!

"Iron Thunder?!" Harald exclaimed in disbelief.

Whitebeard's pupils contracted, and he twirled the knife in his hand: "Hey, what's with this thing?"

Wang Zhi blurted out, "Conqueror's Haki?!"

He could clearly feel that the hammer was surrounded by an invisible yet powerful aura.

That is the Conqueror's Haki that only those with the potential to become kings can awaken!

A hammer that can spontaneously unleash Conqueror's Haki?

Even he doesn't have this!

Iron Thunder continued its momentum, its hammer body swirling with black light, as if it were consciously locking onto Luffy.

Fine black sparks burst in the air, a harbinger of a violent clash of Conqueror's Haki.

"Stop, Tie Lei! This is my friend!" Harald tried to stop him, but it was too late.

Luffy put down the beast leg, grinned, and said, "It's been a long time. Is that how you greet me?"

The short sword at his waist was drawn by demonic intent, and the blade transformed into a long, black battle sword the instant it left its sheath.

Then he waved it forward.

clang!

A deafening clang of metal clashing exploded, and shockwaves spread outwards from the point where the blade and hammer met.

"A clash of Conqueror's Haki?!"

The golden lion stared wide-eyed.

Ba Jin, who was closest to the gust of wind, was almost blown away, but luckily Whitebeard reached out and caught him.

Tie Lei was sent flying backward by the slash, crashing through the stone wall on the other side and flying out into the outside world.

Luffy stood up and dusted off his suit, which was not actually dust.

"You guys eat first, I'm going to have a chat with this guy."

Before he finished speaking, his figure blurred, and he chased out of the hole like a ghost.

The banquet hall was deathly silent.

A moment later, Lox was the first to burst out laughing: "Interesting, hahaha, let's go take a look!"

The crowd filed out.

......

on the deck.

To be precise, the broad foredeck of the Giant King's ship now presents a completely different scene.

Iron Thunder hovered in mid-air, its hammer body trembling slightly, while Luffy stood ten steps in front of it, his black sword pointing diagonally at the ground.

"Hey, who are you anyway?!"

Tie Lei was the first to ask a question, transforming from a hammer into a gray-brown squirrel!

However, the squirrel still had that miniature hammer on its head, its paws on its hips, glaring menacingly at Luffy.

Luffy gave Tei a very familiar feeling!

It should have been guarding the giants' national treasures and never leaving their side, but instead, it remained a homebody squirrel until someone it recognized appeared.

As a result, today, feeling Luffy's presence stirred up an indescribable feeling within him.

Especially after that collision, it felt like a switch in my body had been flipped.

Have you been hit by this kind of heavy blow before?

Luffy looked Tetsuya up and down in his squirrel form, a look of interest on his face: "So, you're Hammer Squirrel. Are you prepared for what you did to me?"

"what?"

Tie Lei instinctively asked a question, but his words were abruptly cut off.

It sensed an invisible yet heavy, oppressive feeling emanating from the man in black before it.

This made its expression turn ugly.

I just came out to say hello!

But it seems... people don't think it's a greeting.

Tie Lei cried out in his heart, but his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

This Conqueror's Haki was even stronger than its own, reminding it of the giant king who had shaken the earth hundreds of years ago, Borsson!

"Then I won't be polite,"

Luffy's smile remained unchanged as he beckoned to it with his finger, "Now that you've eaten and drunk your fill, it's time to stretch your legs. I'm also curious about why your hammer has lasted so long."

How long has it been since we returned to the 800s?

"Who the hell are you?!"

Iron Mine's defenses have been completely breached.

It's a bit frustrating when you don't know the other person but they know you.

It had lived for a long time but had never encountered such a situation before. The other party seemed to know it, but it had no memory of it at all!

The frustration caused by this information asymmetry made the little hammer on its head start smoking.

"I'll tell you if you beat me," Luffy said slowly, "or you can apologize to me a thousand times."

"Who wants to say it a thousand times!"

Shame and anger overwhelmed reason.

Iron Thunder instantly transformed back into its heavy hammer form, the hammer body erupting with dazzling black and red arcs of electricity, carrying the force to split mountains and cleave seas, and smashed down on Luffy's head!

Luffy raised his sword and slashed at it, the black blade shimmering with dark golden light.

The knife and hammer clashed again, and the black and red lightning emanating from them created ripples on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Luffy flicked his wrist.

Tie Lei felt an extremely strange twisting force coming from the hammer, as if the entire space was rotating with the black knife.

It tried to resist, but was forcefully suppressed by an even more overwhelming and domineering aura.

The hammer spun wildly in the air like a top before finally slamming into the deck with a bang, embedding itself into the thick keel planks.

Luffy sheathed his sword, walked to the hammer, squatted down, and tapped the hammerhead with his finger.

"Shall we continue?"

Tie Lei: "......."

We can't beat them.

Moreover, it seemed to have been attacked before, and its body reacted in some inexplicable way that rendered it unable to resist.

It struggled to transform back into a squirrel, the little hammer on its head drooping, its paws covering its head, and it squatted in the pit, beginning to mutter to itself:

"Private Marseille, Private Marseille, Private Marseille..."

One voice after another, mechanical yet sincere.

Harald looked at the crisscrossing cracks and the conspicuous hole on the deck and couldn't help but feel a pain in his teeth: "Hey, hey, hey, you guys are really messing around."