Journey to One Piece

230. A suspense

Of course, Hancock was incensed and angry. Not only did he see the slave mark, but this man also had the audacity to come to the bath and look at her. And thus, the whole game of cat and mouse began. In the end, when Hancock finally calmed down and realized that her Devil fruit ability wasn't effective, she listened to Luffy's words.

She was terrified when she heard that this guy had kidnapped someone and refused to believe it.

"I can show you," Luffy said.

This intrigued Hancock, and Luffy called the three sisters to a specific place. They had Haki, so they could tell that two more people were waiting for them. They had been extra vigilant, and while the three sisters fought aggressively against Luffy, they were humbled by him. He had better Haki than them to begin with, and that was a huge problem for the sisters.

Gloriosa also came forward and spoke about who he was and his bounty. His exploits were still not widely known, so the only thing she knew was the bounty they had acquired in Water 7. After walking in the jungles of Amazon, they finally reached the place where Ken and Sabo were waiting, but with Ken, there were two more people.

The Celestial Dragons.

They had their hands tied, cloth on their eyes, buds in their ears, and chains around their necks. The sisters trembled on their feet as their previous trauma came back to them once they saw the Celestial Dragons. Gloriosa had her eyes wide open. When she heard that the Straw Hat had kidnapped Celestial Dragons, she thought he was joking, but this was actually real.

"What the hell do they want to do?" she wondered.

Meanwhile, Ken and Sabo had to take deep breaths after seeing Hancock. She was more beautiful than they had expected or thought. Ken had seen quite a number of beauties on his voyage at sea, but this was the first time a beauty made their hearts skip a beat.

"Why did you bring them here? Do you want to implicate the island in your wrongdoings?" Gloriosa thought they wanted to drag Amazon into the mess they had created.

"Hello, I am Ken, and this is Sabo. I am sure you know who he is. We are not here to create any kind of problem. We just want a little help," Ken said. He was glad that Luffy was kind of thoughtful about it, which was a first since normally everything he did always went against the plan.

Though they had decided to tell her after meeting properly, their meeting was anything but conventional. At least it ended up fine.

"What help do you want?" Hancock asked. She was still furious about what had happened.

"We just want you to go to Impel Down on the pretext that you want to meet the prisoner who is responsible for the war."

"Impel Down? And in return, we will be able to do anything that we want with them?" Hancock asked as she looked at the Celestial Dragons with disgust and fury. Though she was angry that Luffy had seen her slave mark, she was more furious at the Celestial Dragons and wanted revenge.

"Why are you doing this? What do you want?" Gloriosa asked.

"Ace is our brother, and we want to free him," Ken said. This surprised them, and Ken went on to talk about how they could secretly have the Celestial Dragons and torture them however they liked in return for the favor they wanted.

Hancock didn't immediately accept and asked for time. Until now, Ken didn't see any love for Luffy and wondered if it would ever happen. With those words, she left and warned them not to talk to others nor come inside the island.

"Will she accept?" Sabo asked.

"Maybe. Maybe not. But she has a slave mark on her back. I am sure she wants revenge," Ken shrugged his shoulders.

And so, the long wait began, which was a day. Ken almost thought that she would never accept their deal as it might be risky for them. But thankfully she did. And no, she didn't fall in love with Luffy.

Well, it didn't matter to Ken anyways.

"What does me visiting your brother help you? I want to know your plan," Hancock said. She and her two sisters had decided to keep these Celestial Dragons as slaves for all the wrongs they had done to her in the past.

Sabo brought out a small golden ornament from his pocket and handed it to Hancock, saying, "This thing will help us infiltrate Impel Down. All you need to do is go inside wearing this, and that is all."

Hancock took the ornament in her hand. It was a small round ball that looked like something one would play with.

"How will you infiltrate with this? Do I need to get this to your brother?" Hancock asked.

"No, all you need to do is to take this thing inside. We will take over after. You don't have to do anything."

"Alright, I will accept the offer," Hancock said. Ken immediately gave her the chains and keys of the Celestial Dragons.

"Keep them hidden. Never let them show to your women here," Ken reminded, as there was a small possibility of spies on this island.

"The women of the islands are not the men of the world," Hancock said, quite irritated that Ken doubted their women, but on the inside, she admired them. They had read the news that had arrived a few hours prior about what had gone down in Sabaody.

These guys fought an Admiral, kidnapped Celestial Dragons after punching one, and came out safe so far away. Each of these required bravery and ability. But of course, she would never admit that she admired the Straw Hats for what they had done.

"I know, but not all women are the same. If they were, we wouldn't have had someone like Big Mom in the New World," Ken replied with a smile.