The Pirate Princess Becomes Queen

Now the shadows have been almost completely integrated with the corpses, and the consciousnesses that were originally inside the corpses are gradually awakening. Because of the addition of new shadows, their thoughts have become a little more complex, but in essence, they are quite similar to the zombie army that Moonlight Moria had on Thriller Bark.

The human-faced bat zombie flew to Vivi's side: "Honorable mistress, Alexander Yaris Kentball Harris Hendrycourt Rudolf Abel... Hilton! At your service!"

Vivi was too lazy to correct this guy anymore; the obsession contained in the shadow was too heavy! Even the body of the human-faced bat zombie couldn't correct this problem. Let him call whatever he wants, let him be.

The swordsman Kaze no Jigoro, whom Princess Mononoke calls a stubborn old man, is very serious. He bows to the duck Karu, then, wearing wooden clogs and dragging a forty-meter-long sword, he jumps up and slashes at the straw demons in the sky.

The original pirate's forty-meter-long sword was made of poor material. When Vivi was traveling through the Calm Belt, she had the whale Laboon retrieve a tusk from the seabed belonging to a sea king. The tusk was very long and extremely sharp. Vivi cut off the excess part and then had Mr. 3 make a hilt for Kaze no Jigoro. At this moment, the stubborn old man was wielding a long sword that was actually the tooth of a sea king.

The old man roared, "Abandon honor, abandon intellect, abandon everything! This is my battle!"

He leaped up and slashed at the straw demon's chest. The demon seemed surprised to have such a reckless enemy. Its hand, composed of five long nails, tried to grab the old man's blade. The old man's swordsmanship was far superior to that of the pirate with the forty-meter-long sword. While in mid-air, he changed his slash into a thrust, using the sharpness of a sea king's fangs to pierce the straw demon's chest in one strike.

However, he lacks the methods Vivi uses against spirits, and is currently only using physical attacks.

"Gnawing, gnawing, gnawing—" The evil spirit laughed. Such injuries were utterly insignificant to it. Its right hand suddenly shot out dozens of meters, grabbing the old man's head, and the iron nails on its palm retracted inwards.

The old man's head was pierced by five large holes by iron nails, but he was a zombie, so such injuries didn't matter to him. He sneered and drew his knife again to slash at the straw demon.

Two fearless monsters are fighting. The old man has no means of flying, but he can still attack the straw demon with his forty-meter-long sword.

Weiwei glanced at it a few times and found that the old man's swordsmanship was highly unreliable. He was not only inferior to Shimotsuki Ryoma, but he was also far inferior to her. However, with his immortality, he could at least hold his own for a while.

The face-bat zombie can provide some harassment, and with the stubborn old swordsman added, they can completely hold off this seemingly strong but actually weak straw spirit.

"Quack quack!" The duck sounded the charge, and a large group of zombies rushed forward in a flash.

"Ah! What the hell is this thing?"

"Captain Hawkins, save me!"

"Quickly, Captain, save me!"

The Hawkins Pirates were quickly surrounded by swarms of zombies. Already unable to see, they were now under attack by zombies, making their situation even more critical.

Several courageous pirates encouraged everyone to fight to the death. It must be said that these days, pirates may be uneducated and illiterate, but they are certainly not lacking in courage, and they swung their swords fiercely at the zombies.

As they continued hacking and slashing, they realized something was wrong; these enemies were impossible to kill.

It was one thing if the enemy couldn't kill them, but why were they getting weaker and weaker as the fight went on? They quickly discovered that the problem lay in their wounds. Many times, they would only get a scratch on their arms from the enemy's claws, and the wound would start bleeding profusely. No matter whether they used bandages or burns, it was difficult to stop the bleeding. They would bleed almost to death, and naturally, they would become weaker and weaker as the fight went on.

"Captain Hawkins! There's something wrong with this black fog!" a pirate warned their captain.

Hawkins had already noticed the problem, but he remained silent, his attention fixed on Vivi.

He was 13 years older than Vivi, and through the perspective of the evil spirit, he had already seen Vivi hiding in the thick fog.

“Brother, give up the fight. Let me hypnotize you and make you forget everything that happened today. You didn’t see me here today, and I didn’t come to Beihai either. How does that sound?” Weiwei asked tentatively.

Basil Hawkins nodded calmly, as if nothing was wrong: "Okay."

His weapon transformed into a straw demon, and he hastily picked up a long sword from one of his pirate subordinates, imbued it with Armament Haki, and while speaking calmly, he viciously slashed at Vivi.

"Swish, swish, swish," he used the techniques of a fast sword, emphasizing speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness. With a slash, he followed up with a flick of his wrist and a swing of his arm, delivering three consecutive blows aimed at Weiwei's heart, eyes, and neck.

"Why bother? Isn't it better to be alive?" Weiwei raised her arm, easily deflecting the opponent's thrust.

She said she was truly sincere in hypnotizing the other person to make them forget what happened that day.

Unfortunately, reasoning with him didn't work, so the only option was to kill him. Such a dangerous guy, skilled at scheming, couldn't be allowed to live.

Chapter 195 Vivi VS Basil Hawkins

Jinbe gained the understanding, or at least the superficial understanding, of the villagers of Cocoyasi Village through his attitude.

He sent all the fishmen who were entrenched in the village to the Navy branch. After discovering that this branch was in cahoots with Ah Long and was no good either, he carried out another round of smashing and destruction.

Given his status as a Shichibukai, dealing with a branch of the Navy was not a big deal. After defeating Arlong and his crew, he decided to stay in Cocoyasi Village, at least to do something for the village.

Nami, a young girl, wanted to gain the power to protect herself. Jinbe, without holding back, taught her all of his Fish-Man Karate. He also taught any villagers who wanted to learn, and in the end, Cocoyasi Village was transformed into a Fish-Man Karate dojo.

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Vivi believes she is also a victim of the fish-men's hatred. If that Madam Shirley had honestly performed a divination for her, why would she have come all the way to the North Sea?

She was hurt, and now she's going to hurt others!

With no intelligence sources available, Vivi faced a real challenge in finding Basil Hawkins, a relatively unknown pirate, in the vast North Blue.

Basil Hawkins' reputation was far from reaching the level of a supernova two years later.

This person is cunning and ruthless, and has certainly done a lot of bad things, but many of these things are unknown to outsiders. He is very low-key and sneaky, so his bounty is very low, less than 20 million, which is worlds apart from the 249 million bounty he received two years later.

Weiwei inquired for several days but found no clues.

Left with no other option, she had to turn to Germa 66, a quasi-ally Alabasta had built up with money, for help in finding out Basil Hawkins' whereabouts.

Germa 66 can be considered the uncrowned kings of the North Blue. They once ruled the entire North Blue by force. Although they are not as powerful as before, they are still stronger than a group of pirates who only know how to fight and kill.

For the Alabasta Iron Chain Across the River Plan, last year when Vivi was in Wano Country, Vice-Captain Bell, who could fly, had already reached a preliminary cooperation agreement with the military organization Germa 66.

The specific work will have to wait until Zefa arrives, and we need to see how many troops the Alabasta Navy has shortfall in in order to blockade the Reverse Mountain line before we can talk about hiring Germa 66.

As the former rulers of the North Blue and controllers of Germa 66, the Vinsmoke family needs the support of the World Government member states in order to regain their original political status.

They need land, they need people, and even more so, they need a status commensurate with their strength.

Alabasta has such a large population, equivalent to more than a dozen other countries combined, so their words still carry weight. The reason Valbo was able to bully young Vivi back then was mainly because he was a bit of a troublemaker. Imagine letting the Drum Nation, with tens of thousands of people, confront Alabasta, with tens of millions of people and a standing army of only 600,000? That would be suicidal.

The Vinsmoke family behind Germa 66 needs the support of the Nefertari family within the World Government. They are not against hiring people to fight pirates, and the price they ask for is not too high. The relationship between the two sides is currently quite good.

Vivi inquired about information on the North Blue pirates from the other party, and soon the other party gave her a fairly detailed report, which included information on Basil Hawkins' sphere of influence, strongholds, and subordinates.

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Basil Hawkins is 27 years old. His pirate crew is named after him. On the official wanted list, he is the captain of the Hawkins Pirates, and he owns a pirate ship called the Grudge Dolph.

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Hawkins ate the Paramecia-type Straw-Straw Fruit, and his most common ability is to create Stand dolls using straw. He can transfer damage to the Stand doll's host during battle.

This guy is cunning. He secretly implants substitute dolls into strangers, enemies, or even his own pirate subordinates. In the event of a fatal crisis, he transfers the damage and makes these people the scapegoats.

Hawkins Pirates' core is himself; the other pirates are completely unimportant. The crew has very poor cohesion; apart from Captain Hawkins, the subordinates are all weak, and there isn't a single one who can fight.

"Hmm, strange, such a dangerous omen has appeared?" Basil Hawkins had a habit of consulting the oracle when in doubt. Today, he was resting on the island where his pirate crew was based when the sudden premonition made him very uncomfortable. He quickly sat up, took out a thick stack of tarot cards from his pocket, laid them out one by one, and began to perform a divination.

"An unpredictable and powerful enemy? Yes, the probability is 96%. It seems there really is an enemy."

"Is there a fatal danger? The defeat rate in battle is 65%, so it seems the enemy doesn't have an overwhelming advantage, but they are very strong."

"Is it the Navy coming to hunt me down? The chance is only 5%... Then it's a pirate who has a grudge against me? The chance is 7%? Strange, judging from this result, the person coming here has no grudge against me. What's going on?" Hawkins was filled with great doubt when he was divining the identity of his enemy, and he was completely confused for a moment.

"Escape rate? The chances are so low, 27%... If I wanted to run now, would I be completely unable to escape?"

"The chances of surrendering? 42%...that's quite low."

Hawkins looked at his reflection in the mirror: "My fate has taken a dramatic turn today, and I look like I'm about to die."

Although the divination results showed that the enemy did not have an overwhelming advantage over him, and the outcome of the battle was still unknown, with too many variables in the fight, Hawkins, who might be able to turn the tables and kill the enemy by relying on the terrain and his men, prepared to run away without saying a word after seeing that he looked like he was about to die.

He ran away with extreme decisiveness, but as soon as he stepped out of the room, he realized he was too late. Although it was daytime, the boundless darkness still enveloped the entire island. His pirate crew was screaming in panic. A few reckless guys wanted to light torches, but their companions stopped them, saying, "Are you stupid? Lighting torches in such darkness? Wouldn't that make you an easy target?"

“Light the torch,” Hawkins said coldly.

The lack of sight had a significant impact on him. The key issue was that in such a pitch-black environment, he couldn't even perform divination, which made things very difficult for him.

He ordered his men to light torches, clearly intending to use their lives to create conditions for his own escape.

The men dared not disobey orders, and one by one they lit torches.

It was pitch black! It was pitch black all around, but not to the point of completely absorbing light. With a few torches lit, visibility on the island improved somewhat.

Basil Hawkins also knows Armament Haki and Observation Haki. At a certain level, these two types of Haki are considered standard skills. Everyone basically knows them, but the degree varies.

At this moment, he used Observation Haki to search his surroundings, trying to find the hidden enemy.

The search results were bad; the other party's Observation Haki had misled and suppressed him to some extent, making him feel that there were enemies everywhere in the black fog.

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Chapter 196 The Death of Basil Hawkins

In Chapter 196 of the novel "The Pirate Princess Becomes King," titled "The Death of Basil Hawkins," Hawkins reveals his trump card, transforming into a giant made of straw and flesh. Vivi scoffs and enters her vampire form as well. This time, she doesn't use swordsmanship; her over three-meter-tall body floats past like a ghost, her crystal-clear fingers resting on the straw giant's arm, casually stroking it.

"What?...!" Transformed into a straw giant, Hawkins' personality was also affected, becoming violent and indifferent to everything. But with Vivi's gentle touch, he felt all the strength in his body being drained in an instant, and his strong body suddenly became hunched over.

This is a derivative ability of the vampire form.

"senescence!"

People are different. Even in past lives, there are subtle differences between individuals. In the world of One Piece, there are "ordinary people" who are three or four meters tall, so the differences are even greater.

For Vivi to use her Observation Haki to "see" the other person's blood vessels and nerves in an instant and extract their life force would be somewhat difficult. The Red Earl can use this technique because her Observation Haki is naturally extremely powerful; Vivi hasn't reached that level yet.

This move was originally still in the research and development stage, but Hawkins, of all people, created a straw giant form. His straw replaced his blood vessels and nerves, and there was no skin to cover it. It was an obvious thing, and it would be a shame not to take a bite.

For a moment, Hawkins had no idea what the problem was.

Vivi grabbed the straw giant's arm, smiled cruelly, and then yanked it outwards. The giant tried to discard the straw arm like a gecko shedding its tail, but just as the straw was about to break, its blood suddenly went out of control and rushed to the arm. Vivi pulled, drawing out the straw, Hawkins' bones, and the last bit of blood from its body.

"Ah!—" Hawkins cried out.

At this point, he finally realized the problem.

"Transfer!" He quickly transferred the damage to someone else. At a naval base hundreds of miles away from the battlefield, a naval officer who had once pursued Hawkins suddenly lost an arm, then rapidly aged and died within two seconds.

"This ability is really troublesome." Vivi pinched the remaining blood on the straw arm with two fingers, then lowered her head to smell it. The blood was clearly Hawkins's before, but after the transfer, it had become the blood of a stranger, and even the blood type had changed. This ability was really too unscientific.

Hawkins had his heart ripped out, and the damage was immediately transferred.

Hawkins had his blood drained, and the damage was immediately transferred to her.

Hawkins was beheaded by her sword and immediately transferred the damage.

By the end, Vivi was incredibly annoyed. This Devil Fruit ability was just too disgusting! Hawkins was also too cunning. Even though all the pirates on the island had been killed by zombies, he was still able to continuously use his Substitute Doll to transfer damage to random passersby in some unknown place.

"I guess this is the last substitute doll, right? You're definitely going to die today!" Vivi saw Hawkins's face contorted with death through his physiognomy, and she knew that the time had come; the substitute dolls weren't unlimited.

Hawkins had been fighting with her all day, and by this point he had lost his composure; he knew death was imminent.

In the final moments, he displayed some composure, neither begging for mercy nor surrendering. Instead, he calmly picked up a scimitar that some pirate had dropped on the ground, withdrew from the straw giant's demon-slaying form, and charged towards Vivi with a human body, shouting as he did so.

His eyes were focused, and his hand holding the knife was steady. What awaited him was a massive, overwhelming blade of light.