Naruto: I am Ninja World Ghost Story, who are you?

That's an invincible fruit!

Tread.

Nawaki and Mitarashi Anko both made their appearance, standing in two different positions to prevent the Buggy Pirates from escaping.

"Then, I shall accept the reward of fifteen million."

Hancock raised her hands, making a heart shape, "Sweetie Ganpuff!"

A pink, heart-shaped beam of light rushed towards the members of Buggy's Pirates. Buggy cried out, "Her Majesty, have mercy!"

The moment she finished speaking, she turned to stone. Even Nami was attracted by Hancock's beauty and turned to stone, not to mention the other members.

"Hey! Nami! Um... this Nami is a good person, she's not a member of Buggy's Pirates."

Luffy, now freed, approached Nami and curiously examined the stone-turned Nami and Buggy before speaking.

"I see." Hancock removed the petrification from Nami alone.

"Cough cough cough." Nami emerged from her petrified state, intending to say something, but caught a glimpse of a group of stone golems out of the corner of her eye.

In an instant, she turned to stone again, her mouth agape and her face filled with disbelief.

There are only two words in my mind—

So strong.

If we add a few more words to those two characters—

What a strong woman!

Nami then apologized to Luffy, saying she had deceived him and almost caused his death.

However, Luffy waved his hand and didn't blame Nami, even inviting her to join the Straw Hat Pirates.

"I disagree." Upon hearing that Nami was a professional navigator, Hancock immediately considered recruiting her, since it was easy to encounter shipwrecks on the high seas without a professional navigator.

She wasn't a professional navigator; she just had some basic knowledge.

"I think she should join my Righteous Pirates crew so that she can contribute her remaining energy as a navigator."

"No! Our Straw Hat Pirates also need a navigator!"

"It was I who saved you."

That being said...

"If it weren't for me, you would be dead by now."

"Uh... Zoro! You're here!"

Chapter 133 Lanterns Appearing in the Land of Wind at Night!

Zoro arrived at the rooftop and was puzzled to see a group of stone figures resembling the Buggy Pirates.

"I just met a group of people who gave me directions. How did you end up in Buggy's Pirates' territory? Speaking of which, where are the rest of Buggy's crew? Are they just these rocks?"

The incredibly clever Luffy stroked his chin, made a gesture of sudden realization, and pointed at Buggy: "That's them."

Zoro: "?"

Zoro, who had never seen such a Devil Fruit before, stiffly turned his head to look at the group of stone men, and then stared in disbelief.

"Are you... are you kidding me, Luffy?! Who did this?!"

Hancock, seeing that the people of the East Blue always made a fuss over nothing, sat on a wooden box with her slender, fair legs crossed, and said, "Do you even need to ask? Of course, it's me, the former Shichibukai and now the vice-captain of the Justice Pirates."

Zoro gasped upon hearing this. He had previously considered challenging her, but now that the great pirate with 15 million bounty and his entire crew had been annihilated by Hancock, he dared not bring it up again. Instead, he changed the subject, saying, "Speaking of which, Captain, why don't we join the Justice Pirates?"

Luffy: “?”

"No! You can't abandon me, Zoro!!" Luffy, afraid that Zoro would run away, clung to Zoro, pressing himself tightly against Zoro's body, making it impossible for Zoro to move.

"Let me go, Luffy! You bastard!" Zoro tried to push away Luffy's smelly body, which hadn't been bathed for a day and a night. The stench, combined with the sweltering heat, made Zoro even more exasperated.

"I'm not going to talk about changing ships anymore! Let go of me now!"

"Really? You swear." Poor Luffy makes his appearance.

"I swear." Zoro gritted his teeth, after all, the other party had not invited him, he was just tentatively mentioning it.

"Great!" Luffy immediately released Zoro and then turned to look at Nami.

Nami:? ? ?

"You...you...you...don't come near me!"

Seeing the two grown men's actions, Nami felt that if she rejected Luffy, she might be 'entangled' by him.

"Nami-chan~~" Luffy bowed earnestly, "Please join our Straw Hat Pirates!"

After a moment of contemplation, Nami shook her head: "I'm sorry, I will not become a pirate."

Upon hearing this, Hancock showed little surprise, as if she had known this all along.

Because the moment she invited Nami, the response from the other party wasn't joy or happiness, but rather a strong sense of disgust and aversion.

"There's a lot of good stuff here! I wonder how much this is worth." After dealing with the pirates in the camp, Rope Tree carried a bag to the roof and put it down.

"There should be a minimum of several hundred thousand, right?"

Seeing so many gold-themed financial reports and nautical charts, Mitarashi Anko exclaimed, "Well done, junior! Miss Hancock, what do you think?"

"I don't know how to calculate these things." Hancock shook her head slightly. Although she was the empress, many affairs were carried out by her sisters and the warriors under her command. She didn't know how much these things were worth.

When Nami saw the treasure, her eyes turned to money. After she coughed, Hancock immediately smelled a strong malice—the smell of lies.

“These aren’t worth much, but if you’re willing to sell them to me, I can offer 100,000 to 200,000 Berries.”

A pile of treasure worth ten million, plus a priceless sea chart, was only worth two hundred thousand in Nami's words.

"After searching for so long, I only got 200,000. That's..." Rope Tree sat down on the ground dejectedly, counting on his fingers, "Only 20,000 taels... That's less than the money for a C-rank mission."

A C-level mission starts at a minimum of 30,000 taels of silver. Without considering the village's share, 20,000 taels for four people is indeed pitifully little.

"In that case, let's leave it to..."

"Liar. I hate liars the most."

Hancock's deep voice came from behind Nami. Nami, who had been excited, instantly shuddered and turned around, forcing herself to remain calm. "Liar? There's no liar..."

Hancock suddenly became curious about Nami. To find the extraordinary, the navigator was one of the essential crew members to be found.

She stepped down from the wooden crate. Hancock, who was about two meters tall and wearing black high heels, stood in stark contrast to Nami, who was only about 1.7 meters tall.

"What do you think, you little thief cat?"

"I am the Empress, possessing the power of Observation Haki. I have heard your thoughts clearly. Do you have anything else to say?"

After hearing the first half, Nami's expression changed drastically, and after hearing the second half, she turned ashen-faced, her eyes faintly flashing back to memories.

"Nokiko... Bellemere... Uncle A-Jian... Everyone..."

"No!" Luffy appeared between the two women, trying to stop Hancock. "I won't allow you to hurt my crewmates, absolutely not!"

"Luffy..." Nami was surprised that Luffy would intervene at this moment, and she was suddenly moved.

Hancock frowned. "When did I say I would kill her?"

As soon as these words came out.

Luffy and Nami tilted their heads slightly, and a question mark appeared above their heads.

Turning around, Nami couldn't help but ask, "But...but didn't you tell me to say...say my last words?"

Hancock stroked her chin: "I was just asking if you had anything to explain, not giving your last words."

"Your aura is too strong, Hancock." Kurenai Yuhi walked over after inspecting the base and surrounding buildings, and said helplessly, "There are no Buggy people around. Why don't we temporarily undo his petrification and ask him again?"

“Okay.” Hancock wasn’t worried that Buggy could escape. There were other members of the Buggy Pirates here, and all four of them were here, so Buggy couldn’t get away.

After the pink heart passed through Bucky's body, the petrification of his body began to dissipate, eventually returning to its original color.

Bucky, still making exaggerated movements, quietly opened his eyes and began to check his body.

The next second he burst into laughter, "As expected of me! I actually managed to escape..."

The laughter lasted less than two seconds before Bucky's expression changed from a wide grin to a '—', and then his legs buckled, and he collapsed to his knees with a thud.

"Empress, spare my life!"

"I...I...I have a friend who's one of the Four Emperors...his name is Shanks...please spare my life for Shanks' sake!"

"Hey! You know Shanks?" Luffy couldn't help but touch the straw hat that Shanks had given him.

Buggy looked up slightly and saw Luffy's straw hat, immediately realizing that it was Shanks's.

"It seems you and Shanks aren't friends." Hancock covered her face. Buggy saw the resentment in Luffy's heart, which was particularly evident in her Observation Haki.

"Eh!!!" Buggy didn't know how Hancock had spotted him, and his eyes started darting around as he prepared to run away.

"Want to run?"

Upon hearing Hancock's words, Bucky shrank back and humbly replied, "I wouldn't dare."

How on earth did she read my every move?!

Without information about the three types of Haki, Buggy, Luffy, and the others didn't know what Haki was, so Hancock's Observation Haki played a crucial role.

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me, besides this building, who else is in your Buggy Pirates crew?"

"And...and some members of the pirate ship..."

"very good."

Just as Bucky was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a sweet, peach-colored light instantly enveloped his entire body, rendering him unable to take any further action.

The petrification is said to be unsolvable; only the Empress can break it.

Meanwhile, Butle, who was guarding the small shop, learned that a great pirate with a bounty of over 100 million had appeared in the town, and couldn't help but lead the villagers toward the direction of Buggy's pirate crew.

Everyone was carrying weapons, and when they arrived at the Buggy Pirates' base, they discovered that the entire Buggy Pirates crew was tied up with ropes, including the four of them, Luffy, Zoro, and Nami.

"The Buggy Pirates have been defeated!"

"The town has finally been liberated!!!"

Butler wasn't careless, because the villagers said the four people were also pirates, and powerful pirates even more powerful than Buggy. "What are you planning to do?"

An old man with fluffy curly hair approached the four people cautiously, carrying a weapon.

The other villagers fell silent after their cheers, beginning to worry that the four might take over Orange Town like the Buggy Pirates.

You're saying pirates can't receive bounties?

"Yeah... there's no way pirates can get a reward for capturing other pirates... why don't you just let me go, and I'll never do anything bad again..." Buggy, now free from petrification, swallowed hard, no longer daring to entertain the thought of escaping, and explained in a low voice.

"I see?" Zoro stroked his chin upon hearing this. "Then I can't be a bounty hunter to catch pirates anymore..."

Feeling like she had escaped a disaster, Nami suddenly spoke up: "Then... then how about we just hand them over to the Marines?"

Bucky: ?

Members of the Buggy Pirates: ?

You're a human being too?!

"No--"

"Please, Empress, spare us!"

"We'll never dare to do it again—"

The chorus of voices made Hancock fall into deep thought.

However, Nami was well aware of the Buggy Pirates' actions and continued, "The Buggy Pirates are notorious in the East Blue for their ruthless pursuit of treasure."

"If you send the other side to a naval base, I'm willing to join you."

"Only if you do one more thing for me."

"It's a deal." After learning about the role of a navigator from Hancock, Kurenai Yuhi was eager to win Nami over. Now that Nami had willingly agreed, that was naturally the best outcome.

Hancock nodded. "Okay! It's a deal. I'm sorry, Captain Bucky."

Buggy stared wide-eyed, about to say something, but was once again petrified by the Empress's Sweet Ray. Without a bounty, Hancock didn't leave these vicious pirates in the town. Instead, she planned to board Buggy's crew's sailboat and head to the next town to see if there was a nearby naval base, and hand them over to the Navy.