After retiring from the Navy, I became a doting husband.

This is clearly the wives using underhanded tactics and provocation.

Goodness, these two must be incredibly jealous of beautiful women.

"He delivered himself to my door... This man is disrespectful to me, take action!"

Hancock frowned, puzzled as to why the other person was looking at her so lecherously, yet the power of the Love-Love Fruit hadn't worked.

Enraged, she ordered, "Kill him!"

"Don't worry! We can take care of your sister."

Sandasonia and Marigold stepped forward in unison.

The two sisters, Boya and her sister, began to transform. In a short time, their lower bodies turned into thick snake tails, while their upper bodies retained their human forms.

They could all tell that the man in front of them, who was immune to his sister's abilities, was extraordinary, so they didn't bother to test him and directly used the power of the Devil Fruit.

"This man is quite strong. Shall we both attack him together?"

The two Bo-ya sisters discussed it.

"I'll do it!"

Marie Gruud swung her long-handled sword down at Martin.

A strong wind howled, but Martin didn't dodge; he simply drew his black ruler: "Black ruler, tie me up!"

The black ruler changed its form, becoming a heavy black ruler, and as Martin's right hand blocked the opponent's attack, it directly slashed at the opponent's arm.

Black steel bars instantly sprouted from the opponent's arms, binding them completely. Mariegrud was extremely surprised, never expecting that steel bars would suddenly appear on her hands.

Is this a Devil Fruit ability?

The instant his opponent lost her weapon, Martin swung his blade and struck Marygrud.

The giant snake-like body was bound by iron bars, and its massive form collapsed to the ground.

However, just as this creature collapsed to the ground, it opened its snake mouth and suddenly spat out a stream of yellow liquid.

Martin tilted his head back to avoid the liquid attack; the yellow liquid landed on the deck, corroding it into a huge, smoking hole.

After subduing Marigold, Martin swung his blade again without hesitation.

"Flying Slash!"

A sword aura shot straight toward Sandasonia.

"This guy is a swordsman!"

Sandasonia stared at the rapidly approaching sword energy, a hint of surprise flashing across her face.

In the blink of an eye, she raised her large sword, her hands covered in Armament Haki, and slashed down fiercely at the flying slash that was hurtling towards her.

"boom!"

The greatsword and sword energy collided with a loud bang, and she was knocked back by the flying slash.

"Draw your sword and unleash a raging cross!"

At that moment, Martin's Senbonzakura returned to its sheath and he drew the blade directly.

The blade energy transformed into a massive sword energy, which collided with it with a deafening roar.

"boom"!

The massive sword energy continued its relentless trajectory as it struck the Sandasonia snake, creating a huge shockwave from the explosion.

Sandasonia shuddered violently, then spat out a mouthful of blood as his massive serpentine body flew backward, his clothes shattering in the process.

The ship was only so big, so she flew directly over the deck.

Just as Sandasonia was about to fall into the sea, Martin struck her with a black ruler, binding her body to a black steel fence.

At this moment, Marigold used her powerful physique to break free from the black iron bars, twisting and breaking free of the black steel.

"Draw Sword Slash, Eighteen Consecutive Slashes!"

He sheathed his sword, then suddenly drew it, unleashing eighteen flying slashes that hurtled towards the Boya sisters, the sword energy as dense as a whirlwind.

"Snake-haired Yamata-no-Orochi."

Marie Gruud had no choice but to give it her all.

Her countless strands of hair came together to form eight flying snakes, and the hair curled up into eight long swords.

"Swish swish swish..."

The sword energy was like a rainbow, and it seemed as if these sword energies had eyes. They directly cut off all of Marigold's hair, and she immediately fell to the ground with her hair disheveled.

At that moment, Martin threw a punch, hitting his opponent squarely in the body. The man slammed into the deck behind him, splintering wood everywhere, and his eyes rolled back in his head.

Hancock stared at Martin in astonishment, realizing that the man before her was no ordinary person; he was undoubtedly a great swordsman.

Otherwise, his two younger sisters would not have been defeated so easily; their strength was not much less than that of a vice admiral.

Martin turned to Hancock and said, "Empress, can we have a proper talk now?"

He suddenly pointed at Mary Gord: "And I just saw something strange about the pattern on this person's back, like I've seen it somewhere before."

The sword energy had torn Marigold's clothes to shreds, revealing a strange branded pattern on her bare back.

Hancock looked flustered and stiffened; this was the secret they least wanted to tell anyone else.

Aside from the three sisters, only a few Celestial Dragons knew about it.

This is the mark of a slave; it must never be seen by anyone else.

Just as Hancock, pale-faced, was desperately trying to cover everything up, Martin appeared behind Marigold and draped his coat over her back, concealing the mark of the dragon's hoof.

Seeing Martin's actions, Hancock immediately asked, "Why are you covering her back with your clothes? Do you know what the mark on her back is?"

"The pattern on her back is a brand that the Celestial Dragons branded when they enslave people... I've seen similar patterns on the Sabaody Archipelago."

"Nobody wants others to know they were once a slave! Especially girls..."

Martin flashed a sunny smile, his handsome appearance shining brightly in Hancock's eyes.

Hancock only glanced at it before feeling her cheeks burning, her heart racing, and her head spinning.

Who exactly is this person?

So cool!

and also……

His... his pectoral muscles are so... huge! [Does anyone know this reference?]

"Empress, could you spare the crew from petrification? I can leave now."

Martin smiled brightly again and said, "I don't want to be your enemy."

The two Boa sisters then realized what was happening and immediately went to Hancock's side: "Sister, I'm so sorry, this man is too strong..."

Hancock didn't speak, but looked at Martin with a complicated expression:

"You did a good job. I misjudged you. But I'm not in the mood to undo the petrification right now. Come with me, I want to talk to you alone."

Hancock left behind a beautiful silhouette.

There was no other way; the Empress wanted to talk to him alone, so he might as well. He couldn't be happier.

It depends on how you want to chat. I can accept any kind of conversation, whether it's casual, forced, or rambling.

Hancock's ship was very large, and her room was also very large and quite luxuriously decorated. After entering the room, Hancock turned her back to Martin and took off her shirt, revealing her smooth and white back.

"Man, if you dare to show even the slightest bit of lust, I will use my Devil Fruit power to petrify you."

Hancock looked at him with disdain. She didn't believe any man could resist her charm and was just waiting for him to slip up.

This is also a test, to see how the other party can render their abilities ineffective.

Looking at the fair and jade-like body, Martin was momentarily dazed.

Suddenly, the Mirror Flower Water Moon in his hand trembled, startling him awake.

As he looked at her with a serious expression, the excitement in his eyes had vanished, replaced by calm and composure: "Empress, I am a man. What are you trying to do by taking off your clothes like this? Do you believe I'll scream for indecent assault?"

Oops!

Lao Tzu's collecting obsession with the Soul-Slaying Blade is about to flare up again.

I never expected happiness to come so suddenly. We've only just met and a new Zanpakuto is already joining us?

No, the sharpshooter is about to lose control and is about to wreak havoc!

"What...what are you thinking? You actually want to shout 'molestation'?"

Hancock looked disappointed, clearly bored with Martin's reaction: "Never mind, let's not talk about this anymore."

She reached out her delicate hand, gently brushed aside her hair, and rolled her long black hair over her shoulder, revealing the "Flying Dragon Hoof" pattern on her back.

The mark of a slave.

Martin swallowed hard, his mind completely elsewhere, only two words on his mind:

Easy to back up.

Chapter 146 The Trial and the Empress

Oh no!

Martin admired the jade-like back, ignoring the dragon's hooves, and was deeply attracted by the other's back.

Such a beautiful back, it would be a waste not to get cupping and injections.

The divine spear at his waist was simply too much for him to handle.

No, I have to suppress it, otherwise the power of the Sweet-Sweet Fruit might petrify me.

Then I have to control my muscles. Yes, I'll use that move...

Martin stared for a full two minutes until the Snake Princess let down her jet-black hair before he came to his senses and said unsurprisingly, "As expected, you have this mark too."

"This is the hoof of the dragon, the mark that the Celestial Dragons carved on slaves, something we can never erase in our lifetime."

Hancock said with tears in her eyes, "Actually... the three of us sisters used to be slaves of the Celestial Dragons."