One Piece: Who still has dreams?

"..."

Hancock calmly replied, "As long as you have strong enough Armament Haki, you can defend against the abilities of Devil Fruits. That's not surprising."

She said this aloud, but in her heart she was recalling their brief exchange, thinking to herself: No! He didn't use any domineering aura at all...

Sandasonia and Marigold were speechless with astonishment: "Just how strong must that Haki be?! Sister, your Love-Love Fruit is already at its peak, yet it could be defended against..."

"It doesn't matter. He's already gone."

Hancock didn't want to say much. She made a heart shape with her hands and aimed it at the four Kuja warriors who were petrified by the Love-Love Fruit's power, unleashing waves of heart-shaped light.

"Lovelorn Ganfeng!"

The petrification of the four Kuja female pirates was instantly lifted.

Their eyes lit up with hearts as they watched the Snake Princess suddenly appear before them, letting out screams like fangirls seeing their favorite idol radiating charm up close. As for what happened during their petrification, they had absolutely no memory of it…

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[Eastern Blue, Goa Kingdom, Mount Colbo]

As expected of the Empress, the green aura around her is a whole billion times stronger than everyone else's!

With that thought in mind, Redio teleported back to the spot he had left less than ten minutes earlier, his figure appearing out of thin air. The East Sea remained shrouded in tranquil darkness.

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A strong gust of wind swept over the back of his head.

There was no time to dodge, so Redio could only raise his arm to block. The thick wooden stick that Ace had used to launch a sneak attack slammed down and snapped in two with a loud "bang!"

Ace knew something was wrong. Redio grabbed his arm, swung him over his head, and slammed him to the ground with a loud thud, creating a large, V-shaped crater.

"Huh?" Luffy, who was fast asleep nearby, sat up groggily. "What's wrong?" Seeing Ace and that person still fighting, he mumbled, "Oh..." and lay back down, still half asleep, clicking his tongue and muttering, "Meat..."

My back...!

Ace's face contorted in pain, writhing like a fish in the crater. He glared at Redio, forcing out a sentence through gritted teeth, "How come...it seems...you're...completely healed...?!"

When Gojo Satoru was in his mode, he used the Reversal Technique to heal his entire body. Otherwise, what would have happened?

It was something that came easily to me.

Redio crouched down, extended his hand, and chuckled, "Still want to ambush me?"

"..."

Ace grimaced, reaching out to grab him, but Redio pulled him up. He rubbed his aching back, staring intently at Redio, and asked seriously, "Why did you suddenly disappear and then suddenly reappear? Who exactly are you?"

Do you mean disappear like this?

As Redio spoke, he vanished right before her eyes once again.

Ace: "..."

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[Ongoing mission: Do not go to that place]

[Mission Requirements: Escaping the nightmarish ship with Boa Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marie Gruud, and immediately returning to the Kuja Pirates or Amazon Lily, the island of women.]

Client: Boa Hancock

[Distance: Extremely long (teleportable) (droppable)]

Estimated Difficulty: ★★★★★

"..."

It's easy to understand why he led the three sisters to escape from that nightmarish ship.

But what does it mean to "immediately return to the Kuja Pirates or the Isle of Women"?

How immediately?

Reddio scrutinized the inexplicable requirements of the system mission. After accepting the mission on the Kuja ship, the distance option automatically appeared in the delivery list, just like Robin's Ohara mission.

Clearly, this is another mission that involves time travel.

After returning to the East Sea, Redio immediately selected this mission and sent it over to see what was going on... As he thought this, the mission was completed instantly, and he found himself seemingly in a closed room with only a small round window overhead, through which a blurry moonlight shone.

The round moonlight cast its shadow on the iron-plated floor, the light and shadow divided by crisscrossing black lines. The already small round window was further sealed with an iron mesh. This small patch of moonlight flickered on the iron floor; this was clearly the cabin of a ship at sea.

In the dimly lit cabin, there were also eyes staring at the small patch of light on the ground.

"..."

Once Redio's eyes adjusted to the light, he could see that the eyes belonged to some little girls huddled in the enclosed room. They were disheveled, and their hands and feet were shackled.

Redio appeared out of nowhere, and they didn't scream or react much; they just hugged their knees and stared at him blankly.

"Are the three girls from the Kuja Pirates here?"

He paced around, observing and asking questions. The entire cabin was empty, about ten meters long and five meters wide, with iron bars on all four walls, turning it into a sturdy cage.

A girl with messy short black hair and big eyes who looked only 10 years old silently pointed to a corner of the iron-clad cabin for Redio.

It is the darkest spot in the entire room.

Redio walked over.

Tap, tap, his footsteps startled the three small, huddled figures, who nervously shrank back, the shackles on their hands and feet making a soft clinking sound.

Twelve-year-old Boa Hancock and her two younger sisters appeared before Redio's eyes. They were all haggard and pale. The two younger sisters trembled, not daring to look up at Redio, burying their heads in their older sister's neck.

Hancock gritted her teeth, her eyes blazing with anger, and glared at Redio with her neck held high.

"It's good that you have fire in your eyes."

Redio nodded to the stubborn young girl, Snake Princess, and turned to walk towards the main entrance.

"quack……"

He grabbed the iron bars blocking the exit with both hands and actually managed to bend the cast iron pillars to both sides with creaking and groaning, tearing open a round hole that he could pass through.

"boom"!

Redio punched the doorknob, shattered it, stepped through the door, and walked out.

He'd already used up his five attempts for the day, and this was his first time entering this special mission; he hadn't expected to complete it on his first try. He'd better explore the map first…

Chapter 52 The Sword of Wrath

[Chapter Opening Serial: Executive Vice President Miss Quan, Sunday 2: "Let's Do It Together This Time"]

[A giant tortoise calmly swam along the Grand Line, a parasol perched on its back. Beneath the parasol, on a circular sofa, Robin and Olvia sat side-by-side, flipping through documents and discussing in hushed tones.]

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"Huh? What was that sound just now?"

Outside was a ship's cabin corridor. A cabin door diagonally opposite opened, and a gaunt middle-aged man walked out, with a bunch of keys hanging from his waist, looking like a prison guard.

As soon as he poked his head out, something hit his chest, sending him crashing backward into the door frame.

The gaunt middle-aged man looked down in bewilderment and saw a knife deeply embedded in his chest, pinning him to the door frame!

"Help!" he opened his mouth to shout, but his mouth was gripped by a hand as strong as steel, his jawbone almost crushed. He was in so much pain that cold sweat poured down his forehead. He looked up and saw a black-haired young man warning him with his eyes. He nodded frantically, absolutely daring not to shout again.

Redio released his grip and asked, "What kind of ship is this?"

You don't know how you got up here?

And who are you?!

The gaunt middle-aged man quickly said, "This is Lord Leo's slave ship... however, he's already sold the ship in Chambord to..."

He swallowed hard, not daring to say anything more, but almost at the same time, a sharp pain shot through his chest! He wanted to scream, but his mouth was stuffed with his own fist, broken teeth piercing the flesh of his fist, his mouth filled with the taste of blood.

Redio pressed his fist down to gag him, while gently rotating the hilt of the chef's knife inside his wound, and whispered, "Just say what you have to say, okay?"

The gaunt middle-aged man was deathly pale, beads of sweat pouring down his face. He nodded repeatedly, and after removing his fist, which was embedded with broken teeth, he mumbled through his bloodied mouth, "It's a Celestial Dragon..."

……

A moment later, the emaciated middle-aged man's head rolled onto the floor with a thud. Blood slowly seeped into his lifeless eyes.

The Imperial Chef flicked his longsword, and a blood droplet splattered out in a blood ring, leaving the blade as bright and new as ever.

Redio removed the bunch of keys from the guard's waist and threw them into his system inventory.

With the imperial cook in one hand, he followed the man's description of the slave ship's structure and made his way up to the next cabin. With his other hand, he made a swift movement and a large, sharp sword, Fumo, forged from sea stone, appeared in his palm.

……

In the passageway of the upper deck, several slave traders were smoking and chatting. They were getting restless in the lower deck because they didn't dare to go up on the deck to offend the Celestial Dragon.

"Snap!" A sound came from the entrance on the floor next to us, and it inexplicably opened.

The thugs went over to take a look, but there was nothing there.

Behind them, Redio, with one hand subduing demons and the other controlling the chef, had already walked far away.

The Imperial Chef kills without shedding blood, but the Demon Subduer's blade is made of stone; blood stains the blade dark red, and blood drips from the tip... The heads of the thugs at the open floor entrance fall off one by one, blood gushing from their severed necks.

"Huh? Who are you?" *Pfft*