Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

Cook raw rice directly into cooked rice!

But as soon as his fingers touched the fabric, his remaining rationality barely returned.

wrong.

Lord Luffy meant to start training, not that.

But he couldn't take it anymore!

Just as Hancock was struggling with her inner turmoil, she suddenly remembered another piece of advice Shakky had given her:

"You need to take the initiative! No matter what he says, you need to guide the pace!"

Correct!

Take the initiative!

Hancock took a deep breath, and while Luffy was still waiting for her response and hadn't fully reacted, she mustered all her courage and, instead of backing away, pressed her body even closer to him.

She released Luffy's wrist, wrapped her arms around his neck, and practically hung on him.

The deep purple skirt was lifted by the movement, revealing her fair and slender legs.

"Lord Luffy, this training method is more effective, can you feel it?"

Hancock's voice trembled violently, as if she were going all out.

Following Xia Qi's instructions, she tilted her head slightly, letting the dim light outline her perfect jawline and neck, her eyelashes fluttering and her lips slightly parted.

This is the fatal angle that Xia Qi has repeatedly emphasized.

Commonly known as Xia Qi's Triangle Kill.

Now it's the Hancock triangle.

Luffy: "???"

The two were now in an excessively intimate position, Hancock's warm breath brushing against his neck, her soft, feminine fragrance completely enveloping him.

Xia Qi, who had somehow sneaked back to the doorway and was eavesdropping, trembled as the slender cigarette in her hand fell to the ground.

Are all young people these days so energetic?

They just started right away?

She thought there would at least be some verbal probing or eye contact as preliminary groundwork.

Through the light and shadow filtering through the crack in the door, she could vaguely see the silhouettes of the two people embracing tightly.

Xia Qi raised an eyebrow, feeling both pleased and amused.

It seems Hancock has finally figured things out and knows to take the initiative.

Well, next should be...

She was waiting to hear more, but then she heard Luffy's voice, filled with obvious confusion and doubt:

Does this really work?

Xia Qi: "??"

Luffy is still questioning.

Although the punishment had at least subsided because he had entered a planned training state, he couldn't find any sense of increased domineering aura.

There's absolutely no change.

Inside the room, Hancock was still feeling dizzy from her close contact with Luffy when she was suddenly asked this question, which made her panic.

"Yes, there should be."

Hancock stammered.

Is it effective?

She felt like she was melting, and she had no mind to feel any domineering aura!

That was just something Lady Xiaqi made up on the spot to create an opportunity for her; how could it possibly have any real effect!

According to Shakky's original plan, Luffy should already be captivated by her charm and infatuated with her, and then the two should naturally have children and get married.

This is how the story should have gone!

However, Hancock's defenses were instantly breached by Luffy's direct question, her mind went blank, and she could only helplessly hug Luffy, burying her face in his shoulder, unable to say a word.

At that moment, the door creaked open and was gently pushed open.

"These things need to be done gradually; how can you expect to see growth all at once?"

Xia Qi walked in with the air of a good teacher, and said without changing her expression, "It will take a little time."

According to Xia Qi's original plan, she didn't need to come in at all. She only needed to hear some expected sounds at the door, and then she could make a successful retreat and keep her achievements hidden.

The scene she designed for Hancock, from the lighting to the costumes to the atmosphere, made even her, a woman, feel her heart race, let alone men.

They even lit incense by the bed.

The results of it?

Luffy is actually seriously agonizing over the effects of increasing Haki!

Shakky glanced at Luffy and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Little Monkey's willpower is terrifying.

Despite such obvious physical reactions, his eyes still maintained a clarity or stubbornness.

Hancock's passive charm effect was clearly at its maximum, yet it couldn't break through Luffy's straightforward defense. On the contrary, Hancock's own defense was as fragile as paper, collapsing at the slightest touch.

Hancock, you're the Empress of Amazon Lily, the pirate queen known as the most beautiful woman in the world, give it your all!

Shakky's gaze towards Hancock carried a hint of disappointed resentment.

She was racking her brains, trying to figure out how to explain the cultivation method she had just made up, when she heard Luffy suddenly exclaim "Huh?"

"It really works!"

[The host's mental energy has been detected to be in a state of high-intensity overextension and resistance.]

[Willpower and resilience are improving...]

[Based on the mental tempering effect generated by the confrontation of willpower, Armament Haki proficiency +10]

[A slight increase in the sensitivity of Observation Haki...]

Luffy's eyes lit up.

He felt incredibly strange, because the intimate embrace with Hancock, along with the sweet fragrance and warmth emanating from her, had put him in a state of high tension and excitement.

Separating slightly, and looking at Hancock's face, Luffy felt as if something was rapidly burning on his forehead, his rationality stretched to its limit.

[Sustained high-intensity mental exhaustion...]

[Increased willpower to withstand challenges...]

Armament Haki proficiency +12

[Slightly increased control over Conqueror's Haki...]

Every few seconds, a notification sound would ring in his mind indicating that his proficiency had increased. He had never seen his proficiency in domineering ability surge so rapidly every second.

After a simple experiment, Luffy felt like he had discovered a new continent.

He tentatively loosened his embrace slightly, his hands still resting on Hancock's waist, and looked intently into her eyes.

When those misty, watery eyes looked at him...

The sounds around me were incessant.

Hancock blushed as he stared at her so intently. Her eyes darted away for a moment, but she couldn't help but look back at him.

"Lord Luffy's eyes are so beautiful."

There was even my own reflection in it.

The two remained in this extremely ambiguous posture in the dimly lit palace, gazing at each other.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the palace became incredibly subtle.

Pink bubbles almost materialized and filled the room.

Xia Qi, who had just entered, was having some existential questions.

Should I stay here?

Should we quietly withdraw?

And why would Luffy believe that something he just made up on the spot actually works?!

Could it be that the Nine Serpent Style's domineering aura really has some secret cultivation method that even she, the former king, didn't know about, requiring a male-female pairing?

impossible!

Amazon Lily has always been hostile to men, how could such a method exist!

"And how long are these two going to keep hugging?" Xia Qi wondered to herself.

Just doing nothing and staring at each other, don't your eyes get tired? Don't your necks ache?

She never expected things to turn out this way.

Her advice to Hancock was to let her charm her way, seize the initiative, and ideally, force things into a fait accompli. But now they're stuck at the stage of mutual staring practice.

Close range, for a long time, a man and a woman, almost touching, their breaths mingling.

Shouldn't there be a next step under normal circumstances?

kiss,

Or simply collapse onto that meticulously arranged large bed.

Luffy does indeed appear to be training.

Hancock is completely obsessed and wishes she could transform into a koala and hang on to him.

Xia Qi remained silent, quietly placed the empty tray on the low cabinet beside her, then turned and left, thoughtfully closing the door slightly behind her.

No, even this old lady can't stand seeing these kinds of scenes too often.