The Confusion of Celestial Dragons!
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Foosha Town:
At this moment, Ivankov trembled instinctively, pondering internally, 'She too... Hancock-chan...'
Tears threatened to fall from his eyes, but he managed to restrain them. He, too, had been a slave in the past and could feel everything that Hancock and her sisters were feeling at this moment.
The same went for Kuma. Seeing the dragon hoof symbol on Hancock's back brought back all the painful memories he had suffered since he was a little child learning to walk. Just because he was born with a physique larger than an ordinary human, the fact that he was a child was ignored by the celestial dragons, and he was treated with the same cruelty as most other slaves.
'To be a slave to celestial dragons is the worst fate one can have in this world...' Kuma pressed his fingers unconsciously. However, he recalled the beautiful memories he had after being liberated from that hell with Bonney's mother. The feeling of happiness, indescribable except through tears, made his tears fall without him realizing.
"..." Garp, Dragon, and the others noticed this, but sighed in their hearts.
Except for Crocodile, they all knew Kuma's past as a former slave from a very young age. No, since he was born, he was born a slave! And that was worse than Hancock and her sisters' fate in the manga.
"No need to worry, Kuma. One day, justice will be served. You always said that. When Nika appears, everyone will be free from bitterness, isn't that right?"
At this moment, Dragon spoke. After a moment of silence, he continued upon seeing the gleam in Kuma's eyes.
"He has already appeared, hasn't he? You felt it, didn't you? He's here..." Dragon pointed to the image of Luffy in the manga, confusing everyone.
"In Foosha. From this place, one day, he will set forth..."
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Marigoa, Domain of the Gods:
"This is the Dragon's Hoof!"
"What does this mean!?"
"Which one of us could enslave such stunning beauty!?"
Inside the art store, the eyes of all the Celestial Dragons widened without exception when they saw the Dragon's Hoof mark, which was nothing but their trademark!
This 'mark' on Boa Hancock and her sister's back meant one thing...
"Seriously! Shichibukai and the Empress of Amazon Lily, Boa Hancock, is, in fact, a slave to one of us?!"
"How did she manage to escape from Marigoa!?"
"Well, it's an honor for her to be a slave to a god! Hehehe~ I will be the one to surely enslave this beauty-"
In the moment Saint Maniard spoke these words, before he could finish them, he collapsed to the ground, his body turning cold.
"Manriad-sama!"
His personal guards rushed to check him in shock and fear, while the Celestial Dragons stared in awe at the fallen Celestial Dragon that seemed to have died suddenly.
At this moment, Saint Figarland arrived, and the Celestial Dragons, who had cleared the way for him, looked at the fallen Celestial Dragon with sudden and unannounced fear.
Saint Figarland Garling sat near the fallen Celestial Dragon, checked its pulse, and then rendered his judgment.
"Prepare for the final farewell weather for Saint Maniard... Execute all his personal guards." The Supreme Commander of the Gods Knights said with an indifferent tone.
Upon hearing that, the personal guards rushed to the deeper part of the art store and refused to leave.
Seeing this, Saint Figarland Garling looked with regret at the personal guards who clearly sought to take advantage of protecting the art store. Well, they would be forcibly expelled when the store closed, so he wasn't really concerned.
Saint Figarland Garling stood and gazed at the Celestial Dragons who were still terrified by the sudden death of a Celestial Dragon in front of them.
"Boa Hancock is the adopted daughter of the Sky Sword, Rob. Desiring to enslave her and saying it out loud inside his art store means literally asking for death... Be cautious not to anger him; he does not differentiate between humans and gods; they are all equal to him."
Once he finished speaking, he turned and returned to his previous position, and from time to time, his eyes sparkled with a strange gleam.
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"Did she suffer a lot during that time?"
Inside his private section in the Amazon Lily art store, Rob was still narrating the story to Little Hancock and the others directly from the manga book.
"Suffering, though bitter and unwelcome, is not necessarily devoid of benefits," Rob replied with a mysterious smile.
"What benefits?" Little Hancock asked, puzzled.
"Well, she becomes stronger through that harsh experience... but that doesn't mean I wanted her to go through it..."
Rob continued to talk about the harsh experience of the three sisters as slaves to the Celestial Dragons.
The more Little Hancock and her sisters heard, the more frightened and saddened they became. The same went for Robin, and Yamato, who had undergone a similar experience with Kaido.
"I hate a life where you're not present, Father!" Hancock cried while saying that.
"We do too!" Mari and Sonia had the same reaction.
Seeing this, Rob sighed with a smile before gently hugging them.
"Well, when despair is the only thing present, the hero arrives, bringing hope!"
The children's eyes brightened when they heard that.
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"One Piece" Events:
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"So it's true that you raised your hand against a Tenryuubito?" Hancock asked, trembling at this moment.
"I had no idea an idiot like you still existed in this world...!!!"
"With no regard for your own life... you challenged heaven itself... just like he did...!!"
As she said that, Hancock hid her tears with her hands.
"He...?" Luffy was drawn to this point.
"I will tell you everything... as well as the meaning of the symbol engraved into your friend's brow...!" Hancock decided to tell him everything.
"... Hachi's mark?" said Luffy.
"This is the 'Hoof of the Soaring Dragon,' the crest of the Tenryuubito."
"It is branded into every slave owned by the World Nobles... It is indelible proof that you are less than human...!!!"
"...!! The Tenryuubito...!!" Luffy recalled the three disgusting faces of the Celestial Dragons he had seen before.
"We three sisters... were once... slaves to the World Nobles...!!!" Hancock revealed the shocking truth.
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Ohara:
Veins appeared on Doflamingo's forehead during the events of this scene.
This indicates that he was very angry... Not just him, even Rosinante and Enel felt the same.
"This is not unexpected, but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth when it actually happens," Doffy said with a cold tone.
"This has nothing to do with us... right, brother?" Rosinante wiped away the tears that overcame him while reading about Hancock's harsh past and asked his older brother.
"Since we are connected by blood to these scum, it means it has a direct relationship to us... That's what angers me."
"Suddenly, I feel like I want to shred a Celestial Dragon with my threads..." he said coldly.
An imperceptible shiver ran through Doffy's body as the center, but it was quickly controlled and suppressed by the laws of the art store.
During this, their father, the former Celestial Dragon, Saint Homing, looked in their direction.
He could feel the cold shiver, the same one he felt on that dark day when he and his family were almost killed in 'Spider Miles' if it weren't for Rob arriving in time and saving them.
The more he read about Hancock's past, the more he felt that their exposure to almost being killed by angry people was completely justified.
"This is by no means your fault, Homing-san... Don't blame yourself just because you were a Celestial Dragon in the past." At this moment, Professor Clover comforted him.
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Upcoming chapter titles (spoilers):
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Chapter 593: Hancock's Past! Fisher Tiger Appears!
Chapter 594: The Sun Pirates' Background!
Chapter 595: Garp Joins the Revolutionary Army.
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