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**[Chapter Cover Serialization: Big News 11: ‘It’s Best to Stay Away from Dangerous Brats Like Him’]**
**[Grand Line, an island somewhere. Sitting on a pile of dried-up pirate corpses, the Shichibukai Crocodile, wearing a cloak, flips through a newspaper with a cigar in his mouth, puffing out a cloud of smoke.]**
The silver armor was using the Rokushiki technique, Kami-e, allowing it to twist its body at will, which did cause some trouble for Hancock…
However, when Hancock activated her Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki), it had little effect.
Hancock’s Kenbunshoku Haki allowed her to predict exactly how the silver armor would twist its body, at what angle, and in what posture. She then quickly enveloped her kick with Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki) and struck.
Bang!
The silver armor creaked and wobbled under the force of Hancock’s kick.
‘B.I.B.’ wondered if it could use Kenbunshoku Haki to predict Hancock’s own predictions made with her Kenbunshoku Haki…
You predict my moves, so why can’t I predict your predictions?
It was a nice thought, but unfortunately, ‘B.I.B.’ had only just started using Kenbunshoku Haki and couldn’t compare to Hancock’s level. Before it could react, Hancock’s flurry of kicks rained down on it.
Pī Li Pā Lā—
A storm of relentless kicks echoed — and the silver armor shattered with pieces scattered across the floor.
Pā Dā.
Hancock landed barefoot, lightly catching her breath.
This was actually a bit exhausting…
She had barely caught her breath when, once again, a pool of white liquid rose from the empty floor in front of her, quickly condensing into another set of armor.
This time, unlike before, the armor gleamed with a golden sheen.
Hancock: “…”
Is it too embarrassing to say that I plan to take a break and read a book now?
“Do you want to rest?” Robin asked from the side.
Such sharp observation… Hancock glanced at the short-haired silver-haired girl in surprise. As expected, beautiful people are always smart, and this girl wasn’t bad-looking, so she must have sharp observation skills too, huh?
Hancock shook her head and raised her chin, saying, “You should ask it if it’s tired! This guy is the same as the previous ones, isn’t it? Its techniques haven’t changed…”
Robin wanted to remind this girl that trying to outlast someone like Liam, let alone Liam’s ghost, was a foolish idea…
Has anyone ever seen a ghost tire out and die from exhaustion?
The Golden Battle Armor said nothing, its eyes glowing white as it slowly adopted a battle stance.
Hancock had no choice but to keep fighting.
She let out a sharp shout and charged forward.
Her slender, delicate bare feet, wrapped in a layer of Armament Haki, collided hard with the golden armor’s fist.
BANG!
B.I.B. felt the solid texture of the Armament Haki.
Haki…
It focused on the feeling.
After all, the main body had entrusted it with the task of training Haki, so it had to take it seriously.
Hancock kicked aside the golden armor’s fist, spun her body, and aimed a high kick at the armor’s chest.
The Golden Battle Armor dodged with extreme speed, using the “Shave” technique.
Hancock gasped, “That fast?!”
With speed like that, even if she could predict its movements with Observation Haki, it would be hard to keep up!
Hancock’s kick missed the Golden Battle Armor.
In the upper levels, Liam opened his eyes, thinking, “So, Hancock’s strength is about eighty percent of my current power… quite an impressive girl! No wonder she managed to become the captain of the Kuja Pirates at such a young age… But, it’s precisely because they were so young when they boarded the ship that they ended up being kidnapped so easily, right?”
Liam had a sudden thought and directed B.I.B. to use its strongest “Iron Body” technique to clash head-on with Hancock’s Armament Haki.
At the “Heaven’s Gate bridge” side, Hancock noticed that the Golden Battle Armor was preparing to unleash a powerful strike, and her Observation Haki predicted just how fierce the upcoming punch would be, sending a chill down her spine.
But there was no way she would back down.
Hancock’s bare foot instantly turned black, as Armament Haki wrapped around it like flowing energy.
Iron Body・Regular Punch!
The Golden Battle Armor’s fist, gleaming with hardness, gathered all its strength and launched forward.
Normally, when using Iron Body, one cannot move.
But Liam was no ordinary person, and his stand-in was certainly no ordinary stand-in either.
It hardened its fist, turning it into a weapon.
It collided directly with Hancock’s full-powered Haki kick!
BOOM!
Where fist met foot, a burst of explosive light erupted.
Robin’s astonished expression shattered as petals scattered in the shockwave… though not due to the impact; she had de-materialized part of her body to avoid getting hurt.
As the dust from the explosion settled, the Golden Battle Armor’s right arm fell to the ground, full of dents and holes.
The flowing Armament Haki was indeed powerful.
Liam nodded approvingly in the background.
Meanwhile… Hancock sat on the ground, cradling her slightly reddened foot, blowing on it gently.
She hadn’t expected the Golden Battle Armor’s fist to be so hard, much harder than those random black, bronze, or silver ones from before. Even with her Haki-hardened foot, it still hurt.
“Shall we continue?”
“No, no more. I’m taking a break,” Hancock said as she remained sitting on the ground. She whistled to summon Salome, her pet snake, to fetch the book she’d been watching nearby so she could read it all in one go… Wait, what?
Hancock suddenly realized, who had spoken just now?
She looked over.
Beside the one-armed Golden Battle Armor, a pool of white liquid had dropped from the ceiling, revealing two figures after it spilled across the floor… One of them was the silver-haired girl Hancock had seen before, Jolyne Kujo! Hancock glanced over to where Jolyne had previously stood and saw only a pile of petals.
The other person in the white fluid was a much taller woman, with black hair like her own…
Though, the woman’s figure was strange— given her height, her chest seemed unusually flat.
What a waste of a decently pretty face…
“And who are you?” Hancock asked in displeasure, “Was it you and her who brought me to this place and made all these strange armored people? What exactly do you want? Seriously…”
Hancock, used to having everything go her way, found that ever since arriving in this strange place, her opinions had constantly been ignored…
This was the first time in her life she had ever been treated this way, and Hancock seriously wondered if something was wrong with the world. Why were her demands being repeatedly overlooked?
Liam smiled, “What I want is actually very simple! I just wanted to learn Haki from you…”
“Huh?” Hancock seemed to hear something absurd, “For that?”
Liam, unconcerned, asked, “Hancock, is there any special secret to using Armament Haki? I’m curious.”
“How would I know?” Hancock replied, exasperated, “I’ve known how to use it since I was born. How would I know any secrets?”
Liam: “…”
B.I.B.: “…”
Robin: “…”
(End Of Chapter)
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