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

Hancock's face was slightly flushed, but she didn't seem to be in any trouble.

“It’s good that you’re alright. I was planning to say goodbye,” Martin said.

Upon hearing Martin's words, Hancock felt dizzy for a moment and remained silent for a long time, as did the others.

“Mary Gord, you go out first. I have something to say to Mr. Martin.”

Hancock broke the silence first.

"Okay, sister."

Marigold immediately withdrew.

"Martin, can you stay with me? When I heard you were leaving... I felt hot, my heart was racing, and I felt an indescribable discomfort."

Hancock said pitifully.

Martin nodded: "Give me your right hand; I know some medicine from my hometown."

The empress did as she was told, extending her fair wrist.

Martin pressed his finger against the other person's pulse point and felt the pulse.

My pulse is so fast!

Something's not right. Her heart is beating too fast, and her breathing is too rapid.

Why do Boa Hancock's eyes look so watery?

Martin released his grip and found that the Snake Princess had returned to normal.

I took her pulse again. Her pulse was rapid, her heart was racing, her face was flushed, and her eyes were watery.

When I took her pulse again, her pulse was faster, her heart was beating faster, her face was flushed, and her eyes were watery.

After several attempts, Martin seemed to understand something.

Looking at Empress Hancock's frail appearance, an unexpected thought popped into Martin's head:

Hancock has fallen for me?

It worked just as I had suggested, following Luffy's style of doing things.

To prove his suspicions, Martin played hard to get: "Hancock, you have a disease, a very serious one, so serious that it could endanger your life."

The Snake Princess exclaimed in surprise, "What illness?"

Martin calmly replied, "In my hometown, we call this illness 'lovesickness'."

"lovesickness?"

"That's right. This disease will make you want to find a man. If you don't find a man, you will become lovesick and eventually die of depression."

"So I suggest you find a man and get married."

Upon hearing this, Hancock immediately said, "Then can you stay? I'm so scared."

He shook his head slightly and coldly: "No, Hancock, I have things to do and can't be with you."

That's right, that's called not revealing your neediness.

For most men, the more you reveal your needs and the more you expose your vulnerabilities, the less attractive you will seem to women. Simply put, you haven't provided any qualities that are worth exploring for them.

That's why sometimes the more frequently you communicate with a girl, the colder she becomes towards you, while you yourself are happily thinking that things are getting better.

The fact that you keep contacting her shows that you need her, and girls can sense that.

Girls are curious. If there's nothing about you that's mysterious or enigmatic, she'll want to explore you.

Strong people are not usually too proactive.

If you're too proactive and open up too much, you're devaluing yourself, and girls certainly won't like you.

"No! I disagree."

Hancock shook her head, looking like a spoiled little girl.

Martin shook his head again: "Well then, I'll come see you when I have time later."

"And Hancock, you know I'm a married man."

As he spoke, Martin placed his hand in Hancock's palm. Looking at the hand Martin was holding, Hancock struggled slightly but failed to break free, and her face turned even redder.

"Hancock, see you again sometime. I won't be too far away from you Amazonian lilies."

Martin hinted.

He's using Luffy's method.

In this respect, Luffy is not a "love idiot"; in some ways, his approach is the most correct.

Hancock has always been a woman of high value, captivating all men, but Luffy overlooked her charm.

Luffy's existence made her doubt her own high value on the one hand, and attracted her to explore this person on the other: there must be something about this person I cannot conquer that is worth paying attention to.

Luffy unintentionally "put down" the Empress (a technical term meaning to make a girl feel inferior by using words or actions), and then demonstrated his high value by fighting with her sisters. What's even more amazing is that Luffy knelt down to save the female warrior, which greatly impacted the Empress: He actually went against my wishes and knelt down for an ordinary warrior.

Am I really inferior to an ordinary soldier?

I am Hancock!

Most importantly, Luffy always treated Boa Hancock with an equal or even condescending attitude, showing true equality in terms of personality.

This attitude is not only a display of self-respect but also of self-confidence. It is precisely this dignified yet humble demeanor that captivates the Empress. Even when the Empress reveals her secret, we can interpret it as her exposing her needs and completely revealing her true self—at this point, she hasn't even entered Luffy's world yet!

Do you think she could dislike Luffy?

Luffy accidentally stumbled upon the secret of the Law of Attraction.

Therefore, Martin also adopted this method.

That is the attitude of looking down, looking down as a strong person, looking down as an equal to the empress.

To successfully win over the Empress, you shouldn't become Hancock's lapdog or her suitor.

You must take full control of everything and never become a sycophant.

Thank you, Life Returns, for helping me control the gun!

Seeing Hancock's shy and embarrassed expression as she was being held by her little hand, Martin smiled wickedly and reached out to slowly lift Hancock's firm chin.

Their eyes met, filled with tenderness and innocence, but Martin continued to press down on his sharpshooter.

Beautiful, an absolutely stunning face!

Looking into Martin's deeply affectionate eyes and face, Hancock felt shy, but suddenly gritted her teeth: "You have wives, and two at that, Martin..."

Before Hancock could finish speaking, she suddenly felt a soft touch on her lips.

"boom"!

Hancock's mind went blank, and her delicate body trembled uncontrollably.

"Martin kissed me!!!"

This was her last thought. Just then, her heart stopped beating, but the feeling was as incredible as if she had been electrocuted.

A tingling, numb sensation spread through my body, as if my blood had stopped flowing. My heartbeat paused briefly, then immediately began to race again.

It's truly indescribable.

Martin gave Hancock a quick, light kiss on the lips, then turned and walked away expressionlessly, glancing at the newspaper on the table.

The front page headline of the newspaper was the news that "Martin the Demon Blade" had been killed by the Buster Call.

"Wait, Martin, you...you're that demon sword Martin?"

Hancock suddenly asked the figure in the distance.

Martin, of course, did not answer.

"I am lacking a husband... If you are willing, please divorce your two wives immediately, and I will... marry..."

Martin interrupted, "Until we meet again, Hancock."

His figure disappeared into the cabin.

The desire was achieved through feigned indifference.

The Snake Princess will only become more interested in him and pursue him more relentlessly.

That's right, this is the law of attraction between the sexes.

Next, he's going to make the Empress so infatuated with him that she'll obediently come to him!

Chapter 148 The Strongest on Lili Island

Lili Island.

This island is located in a remote area, at the intersection of the Calm Belt and the Grand Line.

This is a very beautiful island, where birds sing and flowers bloom, and vegetation is lush and abundant.

The island is small, mostly jungle, but it has a decent port.

Since the Amazonian lily kingdom is located in the Calm Belt, they often come here to buy supplies, so many merchant ships pass by, and a commercial street and village have been formed here.

The navy rarely visits this place, but pirates do.

Lili Island is very prosperous, but its only drawback is that the security situation is not good.

After all, this place is frequently visited by pirates, making it a paradise for them.

Pirates have the right to govern this place, but this right changes frequently.

The current ruler of Lili Island is the great pirate Da Vinci, whose bounty is 2 million Berries, making him quite a figure of fame even in the Grand Line.

Leonardo da Vinci was over fifty years old and had retired. Due to his unusual hobbies, he was known as the "freak Leonardo da Vinci".

"You bunch of useless trash! Even slaves are more useful than you. You can't even hunt down a sea king. How do you expect to work for me?"

"Hunting Sea Kings on the Grand Line is only the first step; otherwise, we wouldn't even be able to plunder ships."

Leonardo da Vinci berated his men: "Because you bunch of good-for-nothings failed to hunt down any sea kings, we'll be going hungry today."

His attire was somewhat peculiar; he wore a bubble skirt and fishnet stockings, but was bald and had heavy makeup on his face.