I'm Not Interested in Devil Fruits

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''Chapter Introduction – Big News 26: "Liam's Bounty is Only Raised This Much? Haha, How Lame!"''

In the Grand Line, the Red-Hair Pirates plundered an unfortunate rival and joyfully held a banquet. Meanwhile, a massive shadow swam past in the nearby waters. Shanks, sipping on fine wine from his homeland in West Blue, handed over the newspaper to his crewmates with a grin.

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"What's going on?!"

All the female warriors on the deck immediately tightened their grip on their snake bows and swords. Even the old woman, Suzuran, who had been enjoying the sea breeze at the stern, was alarmed and rushed over. The other warriors were about to charge into the cabin when the wall suddenly shattered, and a figure flew out with a crash.

'Bang!' The figure was a tall, skinny man, beaten black and blue, groaning in pain as he landed on the deck.

Suzuran leapt aside and shouted, "A man?! How can there be a man on this ship?!"

"It's Hancock!" One of the warriors, who had drawn her bow, spotted Hancock standing amidst the debris with two figures behind her — a muscular brute and a round, fat man.

"That damned brat! How can it be?! How can you still...?" The fat man, now sporting a black eye and missing two teeth, looked at Hancock in disbelief.

At that moment, Hancock herself was a bit bewildered. Her muscles were now tightly coiled, her limbs suddenly bulging with strength, making her look like a muscular Amazon, almost bursting out of her delicate clothing.

She only recalled that, during her moment of deepest fear, her body had started to move on its own.

After standing up, she felt a sharp pain in her twisted ankle, but, inexplicably, her foot moved on its own, tapped the ground lightly, and with a crack, her ankle was healed.

While the men weren't paying attention, her body took the opportunity to strike with immense force. Despite not fully controlling her Haki, she could feel that her punches and kicks were far stronger than usual.

One punch sent the tall man crashing through the wooden wall and onto the deck...

Now, as the fat man cursed at her, Hancock's body reacted once more, springing into action and delivering a powerful kick to his other eye, knocking him down instantly.

"Impossible!" The burly leader, gritting his teeth, flexed his arms and swung a punch at Hancock's now-muscular back.

"Hancock!" The female warriors on the deck wanted to shoot arrows, but they were afraid of hitting her by mistake.

Suzuran and several other experienced warriors rushed forward, prepared to confront the attackers and rescue Hancock.

But then, to everyone's shock, when the burly man's fist hit Hancock's back, he screamed in pain instead. 

"Ah!!"

His half-destroyed hand became even more mangled, and the other hand, attempting the punch, seemed to crack under the impact.

Hancock barely paid attention to the attack, her body reacting on its own as she spun around and delivered a fierce kick to the man's face, knocking several yellow teeth onto the deck.

Suzuran and the others shouted, "Han…cock… urgh!"

They collapsed mid-run, horrified to find themselves completely paralyzed. 

"What is going on... the poison should've worked perfectly..."

The tall man, now bloodied, wiped his face and struggled to stand.

"What the hell are you?" He muttered, pulling a gun from his coat, cleaning off the blood with a handkerchief, and pointing it at Hancock's muscular form. "A little monster?"

Suzuran bit her lip hard enough to draw blood, but even this couldn't help her regain her strength. Weak and furious, she yelled, "Run… Hancock… go to the island… find the Snake Princess…"

"You're such a nuisance." The tall man shifted the gun's aim toward the collapsed Suzuran.

Move! Move! Hancock's mind screamed as she desperately tried to summon her Haki. Yet for the first time, the natural connection she had with her powers felt distant, her Haki foreign and unreachable.

"Damn men," Suzuran spat, glaring venomously at the barrel aimed at her.

The moment the tall man squeezed the trigger, Hancock's foot had silently pressed down on his wrist, and 'crack' — the sound of bones breaking echoed.

As Hancock flew through the air to kick the tall man, the burly leader, dragging his injured hand, picked up a nearby knife and, with a twisted expression, prepared to slash this wicked young girl to pieces.

Suddenly, an invisible force swept across the entire ship. The tall, skinny man with his shattered wrist, the robust man who was about to strike Hancock from behind, and the fat man who lay unconscious with blackened eyes all began foaming at the mouth, their eyes rolling back as they collapsed limply to the ground.

The Snake Princess appeared, darting onto the deck like a shadow, her expression less than pleased as she glanced at the scene aboard the ship.

She walked straight toward Hancock, who, as if startled, instinctively kicked at her. The Snake Princess caught Hancock's foot easily and pulled the tense, muscular girl into her arms, gently reassuring her, "It's okay, it's okay now..."

Hancock, unable to move, was held tightly. She desperately wanted to explain that she hadn't meant to kick her, that her foot had acted on its own! 

The bizarre change in her body, she was sure, was Giorno's doing!

Tears welled up in Hancock's eyes as she buried her face in the warm embrace of the Snake Princess.

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Liam reached out and poked Robin's round, bloated belly.

"Is it soft?" Robin looked down and wrapped her arms around her own massive waist, which was now as thick as a barrel after her feast.

Beside them lay a pile of bones, the remains of roasted meat they had devoured completely. 

At that moment, on the island of Rusukaina, it was the peak of summer. Robin wondered, if she hadn't been wearing Liam's ghost armor, allowing her to eat like a madwoman, whether she might have eaten herself to death with all that roasted meat.

Liam remarked, "It's not too bad!"

Robin sighed, giving a faint smile. Thanks to the Life Return ability granted by the armor, her body quickly began to digest the food, and her figure returned to normal at a visible speed.

'Whoosh!'

She exhaled a breath of hot air. This training method, while effective, was quite exhausting.

Liam's willpower truly was relentless…

"Alright, let's continue!"

Liam stepped back, assuming a combat stance. "We're going until you master Haki!"

Robin, clad in pitch-black armor, awkwardly shifted into a fighting stance, not yet fully comfortable with it.

Her B.I.B. (Black Inner Body) wrapped Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki) around her hands, as she focused on the power surging through them.

'Boom!'

At the edge of the island, a giant Sea King surfaced, causing a massive splash that sent waves crashing ashore.

'Smack!'

Liam and Robin charged at each other, colliding with force.

(End Of The Chapter)