Chapter 39

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Bai Huzi flew into a furious rage:

"Ma Erke, are you asking me to beg that kid Kaido? I am Bai Huzi!"

Back in the day on Rocks' ship, what was Kaido? Just an intern.

Upon seeing me, Bai Huzi, wouldn't he have to respectfully call me 'senior'?

Now asking Bai Huzi to humble himself and beg Kaido? I'd rather die than do it!

Bai Huzi has his own dignity, and this dignity is more important than his life!

Ma Erke was scolded until he was covered in blood, and could only dejectedly lower his head.

Yet in his heart, he thought, if we cannot beg the Beasts Emperor Kaido, perhaps we can beg that Luo Xing.

If there is a chance to meet that Luo Xing, even if it requires me, Ma Erke, to kneel before him, I would do it.

The first half of the Grand Line.

Hawk Eyes, who was currently traveling through the East Blue, also received news of the Senzu Bean.

Besides feeling even more curious about the Beasts Emperor's Imperial Son-in-Law, Luo Xing, the first person he thought of was Shanks.

To be precise, it was the left arm Shanks had lost.

"If he eats a Senzu Bean, perhaps Shanks' left arm could grow back."

Hawk Eyes had always been curious why Shanks lost a left arm in the weakest East Blue; this was also the reason for his current journey to the East Blue.

And after Shanks lost his arm, he had never dueled Shanks in swordsmanship again.

Hawk Eyes felt quite regretful about this, and thus hoped Shanks' lost arm could grow back.

"Senzu Bean, if I get the chance, I must snatch one too."

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The Red Hair Pirates.

If Hawk Eyes could think of the Senzu Bean curing his captain's left arm, the members of the Red Hair Pirates naturally could not fail to think of it.

The fat man, Lucky Rou, chuckled:

"Captain, you won't have to be a one-armed man anymore."

Shanks scolded him in a bad mood: "Shut up! I bet this left arm on the New Age!"

Lucky Rou, eating a chicken leg, said dismissively:

"Captain, do you mean that brat Luffy? Who knows if he has even set sail as a pirate yet; this New Age will probably take several years to show its outcome."

Shanks looked helpless.

In fact, even if he did not want to entrust the New Age to Luffy, he had no choice.

Because the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type, Nika Form, had already been eaten by Luffy.

Only the person who eats that fruit can become Joy Boy, and only then can the World Government be overthrown.

Benn Beckman took a puff of his cigar and said:

"Lucky Rou, do not say that. That fruit possesses a certain will of its own; since it chose Luffy, there must be a reason for it."

"Alright then." Since both the Captain and the First Mate said so, Lucky Rou obediently admitted defeat.

At this moment,

Usopp's father, the sharpshooter Yasopp, changed the subject and said:

"Captain Shanks, if you get the chance, you really should snatch a Senzu Bean; losing your left arm does have some impact on your strength."

Shanks could only helplessly nod his head.

Having his left arm bitten off by a mere King of the Coast, the crew members did not say it aloud, but they had been holding back laughter in their hearts.

Such a shameful story, Shanks had never felt comfortable enough to spread.

Therefore, Hawk Eyes, Bai Huzi, and others did not know the truth.

Located in the Calm Belt of the Grand Line, Amazon Lily Island is a nation of only women, the famous Kingdom of Women.

The Queen of the Kingdom of Women is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, known as the World's Most Beautiful Woman, the Empress Boa Hancock.

As another woman possessing Conqueror's Haki in this sea, besides the Four Emperors Big Mom and Luo Xing's wife, Big, Boa Hancock is a proud, cold, and domineering woman.

Her pride, just like her beauty, makes her seem unattainable, causing others to feel ashamed in her presence.

However,

Few people know that behind that proud, cold exterior, there actually hides a fragile soul, a painful scar.

When the three Hancock sisters were young, they were captured by the Celestial Dragons and made into slaves!

The hoof marks of the Celestial Dragons still remain on their backs!

This is a shame and painful memory that the three Hancock sisters can never wash away, no matter how hard they try.

But today, a piece of news made them overjoyed.

The two younger sisters, Sandersonia and Marigold, hurriedly came to the Wang Gong, dismissed everyone else in the kingdom, and said happily:

"Big Sister, the Senzu Bean, the Senzu Bean might be able to erase the marks on our backs!"

On the Wang Zuo, the Empress Boa Hancock, with cold and beautiful red lips, crossed her two long, white legs.

She wore a red cheongsam, with two golden snake earrings hanging from her ears, and a head of beautiful black hair falling to her waist.

Although Hancock's expression did not change much, her two younger sisters, who knew her well, saw a flash of excitement in her eyes.

"Senzu Bean, is it another invention of that Beasts Emperor's Imperial Son-in-Law, Luo Xing?"

Hancock murmured softly.

She had long known about the strange cells Luo Xing had invented.

She had only heard that the strange cells would make one's appearance ugly, so the Empress was not interested.

She did not participate in the previous conflict over the strange cells.

But this time was different; if the Senzu Beans were truly as her two younger sisters said, they held immense significance for her.

Empress Hancock asked calmly:

"Can the Senzu Beans truly heal our scars?"

Sandersonia and Marigold replied:

"This is news from the Navy; it is said that Admiral Akainu said it himself: Senzu Beans can regenerate severed limbs and instantly heal all injuries. It should be correct."

Boa Hancock finally rose, moved; the faintly radiating Conqueror's Haki made her full head of beautiful hair dance like willow catkins.

This Empress, combining beauty and tyranny, declared resolutely:

"At all costs, search for news of the Senzu Beans; even if it means offending the Beasts Pirates, it does not matter!"

"Ideally, capture that Luo Xing and bring him to our Amazon Lily!"

……

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High above the East Blue, tens of thousands of meters up, no one knew that an island floated there.

This island was not a Sky Island, for it was not made of solidified clouds, nothing dragged it from below, and it floated without relying on any external force.

Only one person in the entire Grand Line could achieve this—

namely the legendary Pirate King, equal in fame to Whitebeard and Roger, the only person in history to successfully escape the underwater Great Prison Impel Down: the Golden Lion Shi Ji!

Since escaping years ago, Shi Ji had been hiding in the sky, researching with his subordinate scientist Indigo a plant component named "IQ."

IQ could make animals extremely ferocious; Shi Ji planned to wait until the time was ripe to use it to take revenge on the World Government.

However, IQ research progressed slowly, and Shi Ji was growing impatient.

Coincidentally, having nothing to do today, he caught a messenger pigeon flying in the sky and prepared to read a newspaper he had not seen in a long time.

Upon seeing it, the Golden Lion's eyes immediately widened.

"Strange cells that can double one's strength?!"

"Senzu Beans that can regenerate severed limbs?!"

The Golden Lion was shocked; had technology below developed to this extent?

The IQ he had spent over ten years researching was, in comparison, utterly weak!

The Golden Lion examined the newspaper more closely and learned that both of these god-defying technologies were invented by a man named Luo Xing.

That person was also Kaido's son-in-law, who had served as an intern on the Rocks Pirates' ship back then.

"Interesting, very interesting!"