I, the great swordsman, am definitely not a bootlicker

Kowloon City, the once bustling fighting arena, is now empty.

While Hancock was evacuating the crowd, Zoro checked the system panel.

Host: Sauron

Strength: 3898 (+)

Constitution: 4706 (+)

Speed: 3085 (+)

Swordsmanship: 4080 (+)

Ghost Qi: -75

Asura Path: 75

Observation Haki: Top level (wide range perception, listening to everything, consciousness conveying thoughts and resonance) (Proficiency MAX)

Conqueror's Haki: Advanced (Proficiency 155/1000)

Armament Haki: Intermediate (Proficiency 370/1000)

Love value: 5335

In the battle with Hancock, the strength bonus and constitution increase by about 10%, the proficiency of armament color increases by 50 points, and the increase of domineering color remains the same as the previous 5 points. It can be seen that the proficiency can be gained from one person at most once a day.

So, when Zoro looked at her again, well... boring... he slowly put away his sword, and Hancock obviously had no intention of fighting anymore.

"I'm sorry, sister. Not only did we lose the battle, but we were also rescued by the enemy!" The two sisters were very ashamed.

Luffy looked confused: "Zoro, you guys aren't going to fight anymore?"

Hancock sighed: "Forget it, I'm not in the mood now..."

Zoro also grinned: "Just right, I have had enough fun today."

Luffy lifted up the stone statues of the four national defenders. "Really? Then restore these girls who were turned into stone. You must have a way. They were just pleading for us. They did nothing wrong..."

Hancock's face was filled with dissatisfaction. She raised her eyebrows slightly, her face full of mischief. "I can indeed cancel the petrification at any time, but... you said you wanted to borrow a boat to go out to sea! I can only agree to one request of yours... Either cancel their petrification, or help you leave this island. You must choose one and give up the other!!"

"Really? Thank you so much!" Luffy thanked him heartily: "So you agreed to save them! Thank you so much!"

Hey, correct answer, Zoro grinned.

The three women were all stunned. Only one person in the audience was that old sparrow from Dongting Lake—Grandma New. Her sigh was quiet, but Sauron heard it clearly: "No hesitation at all... This man possesses such domineering power, yet he can so readily bow his head for his benefactor..."

Hancock kept her promise, unpetrified the four people, and told them to protect the country well. Then, she took Luffy and the other two to Kuja Castle.

Luffy sat on the floor carefree. "Why did you call us here? Do you want to treat us to a feast after the battle? If so, I'd be happy to accept."

Zoro leaned against a pillar and thought: Your wife is planning to reward you...

"I have to thank you..." The second child, Sandasonia, squatted on the ground with her legs hugged, with a kind face: "Thank you."

"Don't mind it. Besides, thanks can't be eaten."

"If someone sees the pattern on our backs, we will have no place in this country..." The third child, Marigod, was a little scared.

Zoro was helpless. If he hadn't taken Hancock's kick from the sky, he would be the one being thanked. At least 500 would have been paid to each person.

"You can come in!" Hancock's voice came from behind the curtain facing the three people.

"Huh?" Luffy was stunned.

But Zoro just leaned against the pillar and remained indifferent. Although there might be a reward for this, a little impatience will ruin a big plan. Zoro also planned to provoke her every day in the future. After seeing this, it is easy to lose control.

"Come inside."

"Inside? Oh! There's food inside the cloth?" Luffy began to drool.

Zoro ruthlessly complained, "Guapi..."

Luffy then opened the curtain, "Excuse me... We're not eating! Hey! What are you doing naked?"

Zoro thought of a word and couldn't help laughing, "You are so stupid!"

"Still such a rude reaction!" Hancock was speechless. When she heard Zoro's laughter outside, she frowned even more. "You green algae-head! What are you laughing at? Come here too!"

"I don't watch it. I'm not interested..." After all, this is Luffy's wife. Zoro closed his eyes and insisted on being a straight man to the end: "If you want to thank me, fight with me again tomorrow."

"Hehehe, don't mind it. Zoro just likes to fight with strong opponents." Luffy showed his high emotional intelligence to save Zoro's situation.

The second and third brothers listened to Luffy's words, looked at Zoro, and thought he was a god.

“He actually refused!”

"How much desire does this man have for strength!?"

"Well..." Hancock was filled with helplessness towards the two men in front of her. She turned her back and said, "You said you'd seen this pattern somewhere before, right? Now take a closer look at this mark you've seen before. Do you know its meaning?"

"Hmm..." Luffy rested his chin on his hand, lost in thought.

"Answer quickly..." Hancock's face turned grim: "This is not for people to appreciate...!"

"...Sure enough, it's a little different from what I've seen. I have a fishman friend named Xiaoba, and he has a mark on his forehead that looks very similar to this one, so I made a mistake. I don't know about yours!" Luffy suddenly realized.

Zoro held his forehead slightly. He really wanted to ask Luffy, the mark on Yatogami's head was the sun, and her Soaring Dragon's Hoof was a circle with four sharp corners. Apart from the middle, how were they similar?

"If you don't know, I'll tell you!" At this time, an old voice came from the hall.

Hancock lifted the curtain and said, "Mother New! Where did you come from again...!"

"You've witnessed the breadth of these two men firsthand. Feel free to tell them everything... You are Monkey D. Luffy and Roronoa Zoro, right?"

"Yeah, how did you know?" Luffy asked a pretty stupid question.

"You guys are so calm and collected despite causing trouble. Just look at the newspapers from the past two days. In the Sabaody Archipelago, you first threatened to kill the Celestial Dragons in the streets, then freed all the slaves at a human auction, angering the Celestial Dragons and attracting the admirals' pursuit, yet you escaped unscathed. And then, just two days after the incident, you showed up on such a remote island. These facts leave me baffled..."

Um... it seems a little different... Zoro's face was a little embarrassed. Because of his early intervention, Luffy didn't beat up the Celestial Dragon...

Luffy walked out of the curtain, hands on hips: "Didn't I tell you, we were beaten and came here! I don't even know where this place is! And the Celestial Dragons and the slaves were all done by Zoro, but I think he was right! You don't know how much I hate that Celestial Dragon on the street, and what that auction did to our friends!"

Hancock suddenly pulled aside the curtain and looked at Zoro: "You really freed all the slaves..."

“嗯……”索隆有点慌……没有揍天龙人的剧情，汉库克还会患上相思病么……还会为了路飞上马林梵多么……

"Back then...if only we had met an idiot like you..." Hancock covered her face and began to cry bitterly: "People like him...!"

Should I explain to her that I was just trying to cause chaos?

"Him?" Luffy was curious.

"I'll tell you everything, including the mark on your murloc friend's head..."

"Xiao Ba's mark..."

Then Hancock put on her clothes and talked about an event that happened 19 years ago. She was only 12 years old at that time. The three sisters were abducted by human traffickers and sold by the Celestial Dragons at an auction and became their slaves. The mark on their backs was the symbol of slavery - the hoof of the Celestial Dragon. Speaking of this dark memory, the second sister covered her head and screamed in pain.

"Hey, hey! Enough, enough. It's okay if you don't want to say it!" Luffy quickly stopped her.

But Hancock seemed to have found an outlet for her emotions. She folded her hands helplessly, looking so pitiful compared to her previous arrogant attitude: "Those horrific memories, the feeling of no hope... my mind is filled with the thought of death..."

She then went on to explain what had happened, that was 15 years ago, four years after they had been slaves, a man had scaled the Red Earth Continent with his bare hands, only to break into the Holy Land of Marijoa, he was Fisher Tiger, the future leader of the Fishman Pirates.

In order to rescue the fishmen who were being abused in Marijoa, he wreaked havoc in the town.

"Although he hated humans as a race, he freed thousands of slaves of all races without distinction. It was then that we risked our lives to escape... We are forever in his debt, a debt we will never be able to repay!"

The fish-men who were liberated at that time had the symbol of slavery engraved on their bodies. In order to get rid of this shame and deal with the Celestial Dragons, Tiger established the Fish-Man Pirates and designed the pirate group's logo to look like the sun.

At the same time, as if to remove the curse, the Sun Pirates' logo was reprinted on the Sky Dragon's Hoof of the Fishman Pirates members, covering up the symbol of slavery.

Then, Granny New mentioned in passing that after Tiger's death, the Fish-Man Pirates split into several gangs.

The fruits of these three people were forced into the mouths of the Celestial Dragons in order to entertain them while they watched their performance. They also used this to deceive everyone on the island - that is, the curse that would turn everyone into stone if they saw their backs.

That's why they said that if Luffy hadn't blocked the second brother's back, they might not have been able to stay on this island. They didn't want anyone to know their past...

Hancock burst into tears. "Even if we deceived the entire country, we won't let anyone catch us in the act again! No one will ever try to control us again!"

She began to tremble all over. "We are afraid of repeating the same mistakes... We are so afraid, so afraid, so scared that we can't bear it anymore..."