Chapter 206: The Secret!
"What are you dawdling for? Hurry up!"
Shinra, who had turned one of the Celestial Dragons into a toy and crushed it in front of everyone, quickly looked at the rest of the Shichibukai and ordered them to get into the meeting as soon as possible.
Kuma didn't say anything and just walked forward, following Shinra's words, but Mihawk and Moria felt humiliated, yet they didn't say anything and just walked away.
Moria aside, as he could tell, despite Shinra's young age, he exuded this dangerous aura that made him tremble, that he wanted to run away as soon as possible, thinking a similar nightmare that had been haunting him would be replayed and happen once again, so he just walked away while gritting his teeth.
Mihawk also reacted similarly, even though he should have been fighting Shinra. Yes, when they met, he could tell that Shinra was a powerful swordman, and as someone who was hailed as the strongest, he had aimed to hone his skill further to the limit, yet it seemed his spirit wasn't as rigorous and sharp as before.
In the past, no matter who the identity of that sword master was, Mihawk would hunt them down, including the Marines, which gained him notoriety and bounty. Yet time had dulled his spirit and turned the sharp blade on his heart into a blunt one, which made him do nothing when he faced Shinra.
Facing Shinra, Mihawk should raise his blade and slash him down, ready for the proper and man-like duel with their blade, yet after all of that, he could only lower the brim of his hat and walk away like Kuma and Moria.
"What are you doing here? Go."
Still, when Shinra saw that Hancock was just rooted in her place and didn't move, he urged her, yet inwardly, his heart was beating so fast, thinking that this woman was beautiful!
Her silky, black hair was like a black hole in the vast universe, pulling all matter inside, and she was unable to escape. Her scent was like the sweetest and most fragrant flower of all. Her beauty was like the center of the solar system, the sun, attracting everything within this system to revolve around it, yet unable to touch it, as they would continue to do this till the end of time.
Her charm was really that dangerous, making all genders, whether one was a man or a woman, be attracted to her.
Yet, then soon, Shinra calmed himself since while Hancock's charm was impressive, it wasn't absolute. It hadn't reached the level where people, who had lost all of their senses, would be tempted and attracted to her.
Still, without a doubt, he had to say, the Mero Mero no Mi was so powerful.
If he had eaten that Devil Fruit, even if he did nothing, and didn't even try to grow himself to become powerful, he believed that he could dominate the world with his charm alone.
Somehow, he understood why Marshall D. Teach, in the original story, would try to rob this Devil Fruit from Hancock, yet he didn't understand why Coby tried to stop the Marines and Teach from robbing her Devil Fruit.
Did Coby also become a SIMP like others, who had fallen for her after the first meeting?
There was a high chance, but it didn't matter.
Shinra decided to leave, as his plan was successful, then, as expected, when he was about to leave—
"W-Wait a moment!" Hancock quickly tried to stop him and asked worriedly, "A-Are you going to be alright?" While she had never told anyone, she had been a slave for the Celestial Dragon in the past, and because of that, she knew the terror of this race that was known as the god in this world.
So, when she saw Shinra had transformed that Celestial Dragon into a toy and crushed that "god" in front of her, she was at a loss, thinking that she was dreaming, yet unexpectedly, she wasn't.
It was a reality; Shinra really had killed the Celestial Dragon in front of everyone!
How could he do that?!
"I am. Who do you think I am? If you have time to worry about that stupid thing, then just go and don't waste my time."
"... Are you a tsundere?"
"...what do you mean by a tsundere?"
"I mean, you like me, right?" Hancock looked at him shyly with a blush.
"..."
Shinra was silent as he rubbed his chin, feeling strange at this development.
In the original story, Hancock fell in love with Luffy after she learned that he had beaten the Celestial Dragon.
Still, it happened when Luffy was sent to the Amazon Lily, the country that was led by Hancock due to being blasted away by Kuma.
However, as Shinra entered the plot, the same thing didn't happen, and everything moved in a direction that no one could predict, yet even so, he knew well that it was only a matter of time for him to control this world.
As for Hancock?
Instead of thinking about using his lower body, Shinra should think about how to grow stronger, as he was sure that in the world of Naruto, a certain creature that caused a mess to the fate, controlling everything from behind, would aim for him.
Shaking his head, Shinra just walked away and ignored Hancock, who wanted to stop him, but was rooted in place when he reminded her.
"The meeting is about to start. Can you come late?"
Hancock hesitated as her lips were about to say something, but in the end, she said nothing as she left with a certain longing in her heart.
'What's with my heart?'
It felt so painful when she left, but she knew she had to attend this meeting first.
Meanwhile, Shinra, who had returned, was welcomed by everyone, who asked him a question immediately.
"Don't you want to take her?"
"......." Shinra.
Who did they think he was?
Yet, he couldn't help but look at Bonney, who appeared to be hesitant. "What's wrong? Are you not going to meet him?"
Bonney hesitated, but she said nothing and hid behind Robin.
"Don't bully her."
"Who is bullying her?"
After knowing Bonney, all of them knew about her story, which told them about how Kuma had paid something to the World Government, so her sickness could be cured.
For her daughter, Kuma would do anything, yet what kind of a price had this man given?
"Still, that man, Kuma's leader... what is his name again?" Carina asked as she looked at Shinra.
"Dragon. He is Garp's son and Luffy's father."
"He is such a coward!"
While Luffy would do anything for his crew, and Garp would do anything for his grandson, Dragon only hid as he did nothing toward those comrades who had given their all to help his ambition.
"He might be, but let's not focus on him since the battle is about to start."
"It is?"
"Yes."
The war that had been prepared for so long was about to erupt, and it was a chance for everything to happen, yet before that, the Five Elders invited him, telling him about the secret that they had kept for 800 years.