Boa Hancock lunged, but it was too late to stop it.
Bang—
A mist of blood exploded, but the giant green-haired snake-person did not die.
Grandma Shaa had appeared before her at some unknown time and kicked it away, but one of her arms was gone.
Sakazuki casually blocked a kick from Boa Hancock, shoved her away, and his arm turned to magma, smashing into her abdomen.
Pinning her to the deck, Sakazuki raised his hand again, aiming at the green-haired snake-person.
Grandma Shaa, cold with pain, shouted:
"No! Marine Lord!"
"They are just children! Their intentions were not evil!"
"I'll have Hancock undo their petrification now!"
"Hancock!!!!"
Hancock, pinned to the deck, nearly lost her mind:
"Impossible!"
"He just killed Golde!!"
"I won't....."
Having just lost one sister and almost lost another, how could she not hate him.
Grandma Shaa interrupted her, angrily:
"Now is not the time for your willfulness!"
"Do you want Sonia to lose her life too!!!"
"Quickly undo the petrification!!!"
Boa Hancock's face was filled with anger:
"I....."
Her trembling body and clenched fists all showed her utter unwillingness.
But if Sonia were to be… Hancock gritted her teeth:
"Fine...."
Bang—
The head of the giant green-haired snake-person suddenly exploded into a bloody mist.
Blood splattered all over Grandma Shaa, and Hancock, pinned to the deck, was also in disbelief.
Sakazuki lowered his finger and said indifferently:
"I said....."
"Are you telling me how to do my job?"
"Who gave you the courage to make decisions for me."
"And what makes you unilaterally believe you can make decisions for me."
"Are all the women from Amazon Lily this peculiar?"
"I remember eradicating another Kuja pirate crew years ago."
"It was the same then, they actively attacked a warship, and after I beat them like dogs, they said to me."
"Enough, Marine."
"We admit defeat, take all the treasure."
"What was her name again, Carole."
Carole closed her eyes and thought:
"Hmm... let me think, let me think....."
"Irene... Irenesna."
"Yes, the captain of the Kuja pirate crew back then was Irenesna."
Sakazuki nodded and looked at Grandma Shaa:
"Do you know her?"
"This is probably an unsolved case of Amazon Lily."
"After all, not a single one of them escaped back then."
"I killed them all."
"There shouldn't be any stragglers who returned to Amazon Lily, right?"
Grandma Shaa's pupils constricted, shocked into speechlessness... So Irenesna was actually...
Sakazuki said indifferently:
"I don't know which empress she was, but after so many years."
"The peculiar way of thinking of Amazon Lily women hasn't changed one bit."
"If you can't beat me, you stop fighting. Do you think I'm playing pirates with you?"
Taka taka taka taka......
The sound of leather shoes walking on the deck echoed.
Sakazuki slowly approached the stunned Boa Hancock and squatted down:
"Children? Not evil intentions?"
Slap—
He slapped her away, and she crashed into the railing.
Hancock, lying on the shattered railing, snapped back to reality, and her ferocious Conqueror's Haki pressed towards Sakazuki:
"Bastard!!!"
"How dare you! How dare you!!!!"
"Great Parfum D'Or!!!"
She kicked at Sakazuki with killing intent and rage, disregarding everything.
Clang!
With a clash of Armament Haki, Sakazuki grabbed her ankle.
Crack—
With a few crisp sounds, all her limb joints were forcibly dislocated by Sakazuki.
He casually threw her onto the deck and stepped on her head with his foot:
"Children who killed thousands of people on one expedition?"
"Seeing all these stone statues on the ship with no remorse and claiming 'not evil intentions'?"
Bang—
He kicked her off the warship, sending her flying towards Grandma Shaa.
Sakazuki jumped down and walked over slowly.
Grandma Shaa recovered and stood in front of him, trembling as she knelt on the ground begging:
"Marine Lord, we will compensate for everything."
"Please don't kill anymore. If you kill her, the soldiers won't be able to undo the petrification."
"This is true!!!"
Sakazuki sighed softly:
"There are many things in this world that cannot be understood by common sense."
He emanated a trace of Conqueror's Haki towards the two of them.
He bypassed the frozen Grandma Shaa, walked to Hancock's side, and squatted down:
"For example, the Marine science division has a project called 'Pacifista'."
"What is it?"
"Simply put, it's a technology to transform living people into robots that only obey orders."
"Every part of their brain and internal organs is gradually replaced with machinery."
"After the replacement, everything in the body functions normally."
"Devil Fruit abilities are not lost, but the person becomes a robot that obeys orders."
"Do you think these soldiers will be able to undo their petrification then?"
"You are dead, but not entirely dead."
"This is called wishing for death, do you understand?"
Boa Hancock's pupils trembled:
"You....."
Sakazuki reached out and grabbed her neck, silencing her:
"You had a chance and you failed....."
Amidst Boa Hancock's extreme terror, she felt Sakazuki's fingers slowly tightening around her neck.
Every second felt like a century...
Finally, as her fear reached its peak.....
Crack—
With a crisp sound, Boa Hancock lost consciousness and plunged into darkness.
At the moment he crushed her cervical vertebrae, Sakazuki released a trace of Armament Haki into it, completely destroying the nerves of her entire spine.
He directly turned her into a vegetable.
Grabbing her by the neck, he tossed her to Carole on the warship to catch:
"Keep her alive."
"Send her to Punk Hazard later."
Then he looked at Grandma Shaa:
"Now, let's talk about Amazon Lily."
Grandma Shaa shook her head, her heart turned to ashes:
"It's all over."
"The elites on the island have been wiped out."
"Amazon Lily is now on its own."
"What else is there to talk about."
Tired, so tired... the energy that had finally recovered was gone again...
Sakazuki said indifferently:
"Continue accepting the Shichibukai appointment, and you can re-establish the Kuja Pirates."
"And the World Government and the Marines will provide you with assistance."
"With the advantage of the Calm Belt, you might not be able to eliminate the larger pirate crews, but you can certainly deal with the smaller ones." 138 Reading Network
"If you act as a good dog, Amazon Lily can live in comfort and security."
"I am bloodthirsty but not indiscriminate."
"However, if you are determined to die, I can erase Amazon Lily from the map right now."
Grandma Shaa gave a bitter smile:
"Do I have a choice..."
Sakazuki casually tossed her the Shichibukai appointment letter:
"After I report back to headquarters, someone will contact you regarding aid and other matters."
"You will have three years of recuperation."
"After that, you must present achievements in hunting pirates."
"Otherwise, Amazon Lily will have no reason to exist."
"Also, when you re-establish the Kuja Pirates, it's best to pick those with sharp minds."
Grandma Shaa stood up and bowed deeply, looking even older:
"I understand."
Sakazuki turned and left, heading for the warship.
At this moment.
On the shore where Grandma Shaa had just climbed up, the sound of a Den Den Mushi rang out.
Ring ring~ Ring ring~
Grandma Shaa's relieved heart instantly tensed up again.....
Damn it! Shakky!!!