Who told him to become the Pirate King!

Chapter 66 You think you're worthy of being an undercover agent? (Available for purchase tomorrow at noon)

Compared to a small garden.

Banaro Island is even further away from Alabasta.

However, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's flight speed far exceeded that of the Baroque Gustav.

This time, it only took half a day for the Blue-Eyes White Dragon to reach the waters near Banaro Island.

Looking down from above, Banaro Island is covered with huge but scattered banana rocks, with giant rock pillars rising straight into the sky.

As the Blue-Eyes White Dragon slowly descended, Robin raised his hand and stroked its scales, praising it from the bottom of his heart.

"What an enviable ability... It's said that there are only five types of flight abilities in the world."

"It's fake, don't believe it."

Storm responded casually.

"Your Flower-Flower Fruit has potential; if developed properly, you can fly—or at least glide."

Robin's eyes lit up immediately.

"Is it really possible?"

"At least I think it's fine. There's a 'vegetative state' person who can fly by growing flowers on their head."

Storm glanced at Robin, raised his right hand, pinched a "bamboo dragonfly," and handed it to him.

"In comparison, I think it's even stranger that you've developed the Flower-Flower Fruit into the Arm Fruit."

Robin took the "clay bamboo dragonfly" and played with it in his hands.

She avoided the topic of the "arm fruit" and looked towards Banaro Island, which was just a stone's throw away.

"Boss, what's our next move?"

The information about the Lizard King provided by the Sand Crocodile surfaced in Storm's mind.

Hanafda, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the Lizard King, is a user of the Ancient Zoan Tyrannosaurus Rex Fruit. He is cold-blooded and brutal.

He is physically strong, skilled in swordsmanship, and has a particular fondness for collecting Zoan-type Devil Fruits, especially "Ancient Zoan" Devil Fruits.

How so?

For some reason, Storm felt that this "Tyrannosaurus Rex" shouldn't have been a powerful Shichibukai during the Paradise phase.

Whether it's in terms of personal strength, Devil Fruit abilities, or personality and hobbies...

Hanafda looks exactly like the members of the Beasts Pirates!

Even if this "Tyrannosaurus Rex" really becomes the face of the Beasts Pirates, Strom wouldn't be surprised at all.

And then again...

Among the "Three Disasters" of the Beasts Pirates, there is clearly a rather unsociable fellow mixed in.

King the Wildfire is a user of the Pteranodon Fruit.

Queen the Plague is a user of the Brachiosaurus Fruit.

Drought Jack... is actually a user of the "Boat-to-Boat Fruit" (crossed out) - the "Mammoth Fruit"?

A mammoth placed alongside pterosaurs and brachiosaurs feels out of place, much like its tusks.

That's too explicit!

"Let's just go find them!"

Storm rode the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and flew around Banaro Island once.

His Observation Haki allowed him to sense the entire island, and he quickly discovered the strongest aura on the island.

Even stronger than a sand crocodile...

"Found it!"

The blue-eyed white dragon flew over the only town on Banaro Island.

Storm left Robin in the air, then leaped down, plummeting towards the town below.

Extreme high-altitude bungee jumping without a parachute!

A strong wind blew through Storm's robes as the ground below drew ever closer.

There was a loud "boom".

Storm fell straight down into the town square in Banaro Island.

The earth, which had been incredibly solid just moments before, instantly transformed into soft clay.

Strom, falling from the sky like a meteorite, crashed into the clay-like earth, creating a deep crater.

White clay shot skyward, as if a giant wave had been unleashed on Banaro Island, casting a shadow that almost covered the entire town.

"This new 'boss'..."

Robin, atop the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, looked down at the scene below and couldn't help but sigh and mutter to herself.

"That's a completely different style from Crocodile's..."

The residents of Banaro Island naturally noticed the sudden and violent commotion.

One by one, figures emerged from the houses and corners of the town, like a dense swarm of ants.

These people wanted to gather in the town's central square, but the surging clay blocked their way.

In the end, the group could only climb onto the rooftops of nearby houses and gaze at the town center from afar.

"The ground has turned white..."

"It's soft, just like clay..."

"What exactly happened here?"

Just then, a figure appeared, silencing everyone around.

The newcomer was burly, clutching a massive scythe inside a mechanical glove, with a terrifying metal spiked ball attached to the end of the scythe.

While everyone was instinctively avoiding the clay on the ground.

This person treated the clay as nothing, walking openly and honestly on the clay-like ground.

Hanafda, the Lizard King, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, has arrived!

Hanafda arrived in the town center and looked up at the blue-eyed white dragon in the sky.

"White Dragon?"

A deep, hoarse voice came from beneath Hanafda's oddly shaped dark hood.

"Are you the 'White Dragon' mentioned in the news, the one who killed that sand crocodile?"

As one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Hanafda always cares about news about the other Warlords.

This morning, he saw the news report about the "sand crocodile's crushing defeat" in the newspaper.

At the time, Hanafda was wondering if that "white dragon" might be a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user...

If the other party really is some unknown ancient species, or even a Mythical Zoan user...

Hanafda even considered recruiting the other party for a certain lord.

To his utter surprise, before he could even search for the "White Dragon," it appeared right in front of him on its own!

Judging from this ability, the other party does not seem to be a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user.

On the contrary, it's more like the Paramecia type, such as Doflamingo...

A wave rippled across the clay earth.

Storm appeared before everyone.

He looked around, his gaze sweeping over the strange-looking creatures.

"Tsk! So it really is a 'pirate island'?"

According to the intelligence provided by Crocodile, the Lizard King's actions are rather... in line with tradition.

simply put.

They just love burning, killing, looting, and plundering.

Naturally, the Lizard King recruited a group of wicked pirates as his subordinates.

This type of traditional pirate constitutes the vast majority of the pirate faction.

What "playing house pirates"...

That's the oddball.

No matter what.

Storm had no interest in recruiting these "finished trash" who enjoyed burning, killing, and looting.

As for that little lizard...

Storm glanced at Hanafda, a thought flickering in his mind.

The surging clay, like waves, moved forward according to his will, charging towards the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Hanafda frowned, bent his knees slightly, and leaped high into the air, avoiding the intrusion of the clay.

But the white clay continued to surge forward.

One after another, clay arms grew out of it, reaching out to grab the lizard king from all directions.

Hanafda swung his enormous scythe, unleashing a series of sharp slashes that hurtled towards the clay giant hand.

shhhhh--

Ordinary clay with a soft texture cannot withstand this kind of slashing.

Hanafda sliced ​​off all the incoming clay arms as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

"So you're not a 'dragon' after all!"

Hanafda crashed to the ground, the terrifying metal spikes creating a shallow crater.

"Then just die!"

Hanafda was about to rush forward and kill the nonsensical "white dragon" that had come to him of its own accord.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

The white clay gathered in the town's central square seemed to be pulled and controlled by some force.

Endless white clay gathered together and instantly formed a towering white Buddha statue.

Most outrageously, behind this white Buddha statue, there are countless clay arms growing out of every inch of them!

The surrounding pirates were all stunned by the sudden appearance of this enormous Buddha statue.

"The Great Buddha..."

"How is that possible..."

"Could it be the Fleet Admiral?"

Its enormous size brings unparalleled oppression.

Even Hanafda felt a faint sense of horror.

But Storm won't give his opponent much time to be shocked.

He sat cross-legged atop the head of the clay Buddha, manipulating the countless clay arms behind him to unleash a storm of attacks on the Lizard King below.

Awakening: Clay-Clay Fruit - True Thousand Hands!

The seven-star [Clay Fruit] was unleashed at full power. Every swing of its clay arms brought with it a violent howl, and the overwhelming giant hands left the Lizard King with nowhere to hide.

Boom! Boom! Boom! —

The deafening roar continued incessantly.

Hanafda barely managed to hold the giant scythe in front of him, trying to use the weapon's sturdiness to withstand the clay's attack.

However, the clay arm was too thick, and its attack range was far beyond what a scythe could withstand!

Hanafda held the giant scythe in front of him.

The end result was that he and his weapon were blasted into the depths of the earth by the clay arm!

At this critical moment.

Hanafda no longer hesitated and decisively released her Devil Fruit power.

[Zoan Type, Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Ancient Zoan, Tyrannosaurus Rex Form]!

Hanafda did not enter the fully animalistic "beast form," but rather the more flexible "human-beast form"!

Thanks to the powerful physique bestowed upon them by the ancient species.

Hanafda bravely withstood the furious bombardment of the clay arm, trying to escape the range of the Clay Fruit's attack.

But Storm had already assimilated the entire town into clay.

Hanafda had nowhere to run!

Seeing how strong the other party's will to survive was, Storm took it a little more seriously.

He released his Armament Haki, which wrapped around and covered the fist of his clay arm.

This was the move we had envisioned beforehand—

Awakening, Clay, Armed, True Thousand Hands!

Rumbling--

After being imbued with Armament Haki, the already formidable clay fist's attack power increased to another level.

It was accompanied by a terrifying roar like the earth splitting apart.

The Lizard King can no longer rise again.

[Diamond Trophy: Hanafda, the Lizard King]

[Tournament Rating: ★★★★★★]

The other pirates on Banaro Island were shocked to see Hanafda so easily defeated by "White Dragon".

The treacherous pirate immediately turned tail and ran.

Storm had no intention of personally hunting down these henchmen.

The "giant wave of clay" surged and swept across the land.

All the pirates on Banaro Island were immediately engulfed in the clay, and none of them survived.

After clearing away all living creatures on Banaro Island, Storm controlled the Blue-Eyes White Dragon to slowly land.

"Time to get to work, Robin."

Storm waved his hand, creating a group of clay giants that were beginning to take on human form, and gave orders to his new subordinates.

"Go and take stock of the Lizard King's assets, focusing on the Devil Fruits."

"Kawaii..."

As Robin looked at the group of abstractly shaped clay giants around him, a thought involuntarily flashed through his mind.

But on the surface, she responded seriously.

"Yes, boss."

Robin, leading a group of clay giants, headed straight for the lair of Hanafda, the Lizard King.

But not long after, she returned with something on her serious face.

It was a black pirate flag.

Amidst the eight intersecting white bones, a terrifying skull with enormous horns stands out.

"Boss, I have to tell you some bad news..."

Robin held up the pirate flag in his hand and said solemnly.

"This is what I found in the treasure room of Hanafda..."

"The flag of the Beasts Pirates!"

"The flag of the Beasts Pirates?"

Storm repeated Robin's words, then looked strangely at the still unconscious Lizard King beside him.

"You mean, this little lizard might be from the Beasts Pirates..."

"An undercover agent?"

(End of this chapter)