Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

Two streams of liquid shot out from the device behind Jin Jia, which then turned into purple gas.

The gas quickly filled the entire bath, and the people who smelled it immediately felt unable to breathe.

Beria realized something was wrong. "Damn it, this is poison gas."

"Luffy, get that woman out of here right now!"

"understood."

Luffy stretched out a hand, wrapped it around Hancock, and then leaped away.

Beria then quickly led Granny New and the two sisters away from there.

Belial led the three to a secluded spot, where the two sisters quickly woke up.

"here it is……"

Beria said, "That place was surrounded by gas, so I had no choice but to bring you here."

"Is that so? Thank you."

"Where is my elder sister?" Sandasonia asked.

“Luffy took him away,” Belial said. “Don’t worry, with that kid around, nothing will happen.”

"So good."

“I’ll go take a look too,” Beria said, preparing to leave. “You guys should also get ready; these guys are tough to deal with.”

"understood."

Belial then took off and flew away for a while before spotting Luffy and Hancock somewhere.

"Luffy!" Belial landed on the ground. "How are you two?"

"I'm fine, but Hancock has fainted," Luffy said anxiously, looking at Hancock in his arms.

“I think it’s caused by gas,” Beria said. “Why don’t you try artificial respiration?” Beria’s tone became somewhat playful when he said the last sentence.

Luffy, unaware of the odd tone in Belial's voice, was about to perform CPR.

At that moment, Hancock woke up groggily and saw Luffy's approaching face as soon as she opened her eyes.

"Ah! So close!" Hancock suddenly screamed, startling Belial and Luffy.

Hancock's eyes lit up with hearts, her face turned red, and she trembled all over before fainting.

Belial looked at Hancock, his lips trembling slightly. "Is this what they call lovesickness? Why do I feel like her symptoms are so similar to Sanji's?"

"Hancock's passed out again!" Luffy shouted. "What do we do?"

"Uh... I guess she'll wake up soon. Let's take her away first."

"it is good."

Luffy, carrying Hancock, quickly left with Belial.

at the same time……

"Are Luffy and Belial alright?" Nami asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, Beria just sent a message saying they are safe."

"Huh, that's good."

“But everyone needs to stay alert,” Torregia said. “According to Belial, they’ve reappeared, so I suspect this island is the bounty hunters’ headquarters.”

"clear."

……

In a dimly lit room, a burly man with a scar on his face looked at the screen, smoking and chuckling.

At this moment, a woman walked over and said, "Report, Jin Jia sent a message saying that he has found the whereabouts of Straw Hat Boy, Pirate Empress, and Dark Devil."

"Alright, give the order, prepare for battle!"

"Yes."

……

On the other side, Belial, Luffy, and Hancock were walking along the road.

Luffy was initially holding Hancock, but after a while Hancock woke up again. To prevent Hancock from fainting again, Belial told Luffy to put Hancock down first.

Then the three of them continued their journey together.

The three of them stopped to rest on a rock. Luffy looked at Hancock and said, "I'm sorry, Hancock, for getting you involved in this strange thing."

Upon hearing this, Hancock reverted to her previous demeanor, cupping her face shyly and saying, "No, I'm very happy."

Beria couldn't help but mutter to himself, "This woman seems to be overjoyed." Beria felt a little uncomfortable, because being a third wheel wasn't fun at all.

Hancock said, "I thought I wouldn't see you before the Pirate Expo."

"One Piece Expo?"

"Hey, didn't you guys know?" Hancock asked, somewhat puzzled. "The Pirate Expo is a festival that only features pirates and is held randomly every few years."

"The total bounty can easily exceed 10 billion, and pirates from all over the Grand Line will gather together. There will also be all sorts of illegal activities."

Upon hearing this, Belial became interested. "That sounds very interesting."

Luffy laughed too, "Yeah, I'd really like to go see it."

"In that case, I will travel with you."

"Okay, let's go back now and then go to the Pirate Expo!"

"You have no chance!" a loud shout rang out.

The three looked up and saw a burly man with scars on his face and purple hair standing on the mountaintop.

Beside him was a woman in armor, Jinja whom he had met before, and a large group of soldiers.

"Who are you?"

The purple-haired man laughed, "I am the strongest bounty pirate hunter, the guild master of the Sidel Guild, Sidel!"

"Tch," Belial said dismissively, "You? You should just go cool off somewhere else!"

“Looks like a fight is about to break out, you two,” Belial said.

"Happy to accompany you."

"If they dare to cause trouble for Luffy, I will not let them off!" Hancock said with murderous intent.

"Men! Charge!"

"Oh!"

The soldiers swarmed up and rushed down the hillside.

Belial struck first, smashing a group of people with a powerful charge and splitting the battlefield in the process.

Upon seeing Belial, Kinga's anger flared. "Chairman, leave that bastard to me!"

"Go."

Jinga then led his men in pursuit of Beria.

Siddell leaped up and charged towards Luffy.

Hancock had just dealt with a group of henchmen and was about to help Luffy when she was stopped by that woman.

"Who are you? Don't block my way!"

The woman said, "I am Karana, the captain of the assault team. If you want to get through, you have to get past me first!"

On the other side, Belial had just dealt with some minor enemies when Kinga charged in, yelling, "Die, Belial!"

Belial leaped and delivered a side kick, sending Jinga flying. Belial scoffed, "Is that all? Get lost."

"Damn it, don't be so arrogant!"

“We have a lot of people.”

"No matter how powerful you are, you're still only one person!"

"Heh, all alone?" Belial laughed. "Fool, you didn't use your full strength before because you were afraid of accidentally hurting someone with you."

"Now……"

Belial crossed his arms in front of him. "I used this move in my worst form before, and then my son learned it. Now I can use it too."

"Desium Roar!"

Belial spread his arms and emitted a blood-red sonic barrier from his mouth.

Belial swept away all the soldiers in front of him and laughed, "How about that, you little brat?"

"Damn it..." Just as King was about to lash out, Belial gave him no chance to catch his breath and immediately unleashed the Ultimate Blade.

King instinctively used a high-pressure water gun, but Belial simply cut the water flow in half.

Then, using Zetton's power, he teleported behind Jinga, and before Jinga could react, Belial swiftly and decisively killed him with a slash.

Before dying, Jin Jia looked at the sky in disbelief, then collapsed to the ground with eyes full of resentment.

Beria sneered, "What kind of third-rate trash dares to cause us trouble?"

At that moment, Belial's right hand trembled slightly. Belial looked over and saw that the Ultimate Blade was shaking.

Belial sensed the reaction from the Ultimate Blade, and his expression shifted: "The Ultimate Blade is rejecting me?"

Belial understood that the Ultimate Blade was a sacred weapon, and now that he had awakened the power of darkness, the Ultimate Blade was reacting against him.

Belial sheathed the Ultimate Blade and sighed, "We'll talk about it later."

Belial looked to the other side, and Hancock finished off Karina with a fragrant kick.

Meanwhile, Sidell was being relentlessly pushed back by Luffy's Jet Machine Gun, shouting, "Where are the reinforcements? Where are the reinforcements?"

"No need to shout!"

At that moment, Torregia appeared on a small hillside. "Your men have been taken care of."

"what!"

Just now, Torregia learned of their plan from some of his subordinates, and then quickly led Zoro and the others to eliminate Siddle's men.

"hateful!"

"Rubber rubber, elephant gun!"

Luffy delivered a massive punch that sent Sidel flying.

"Whew! We won!"

"Let's get out of here first."

"Ok."

The group arrived at the port, where the Straw Hat Pirates and the Kuja Pirates had been waiting for them for a long time.

Luffy made a special trip to the Kuja Pirates' location to thank Hancock and tell her that he had received an invitation to the Pirate Expo.

After a few casual words, Luffy bids farewell to Hancock, promising to meet her at the Pirate Expo.

Hancock's eyes filled with love as she watched Luffy's departing figure.

Just then, a crew member came over and said, "Lady Hancock, someone has brought you some books."

"Who?"

"It's someone named Torregia."

"I don't want it, put it aside."

"He said it was about Mr. Luffy."

"Huh?" Hancock snatched it away, suppressing her excitement, and said, "Get ready, we're going to the Pirate Expo."

"clear."

Then Hancock hurried back to her room, opened the packaging, opened the book, and was immediately shocked.

……

“What did you give that woman?” Beria asked.

"It's nothing, just a photo of Luffy."

"Photos? Where did you get those photos?"

Tregear said, "I used AI to create it. Not only that, there are also photos of Luffy and Boa Hancock, and even couple photos."

"There are also some fan comics and stuff."

“Uh, are you sure?” Belial said. “That woman’s heart stopped just from getting close to Luffy.”

"It's alright, I wrote down the precautions." Tregear wiped his arm. "Alright, let's get ready for the Pirate Expo."

……

Meanwhile, in her room, Hancock buried her face in a book and let out strange laughter.