CHAPTER 174: CHAPTER 174: SUBORDINATE PIRATE CREW, STARTING A NEW PLAN

Night.

After the banquet, on the balcony of Hancock’s boudoir.

Karl sat on the railing, with the calm sea behind him, and the full moon and countless stars reflected on its surface.

Looking at the world’s most beautiful woman before him, who was not wearing a cheongsam but a yukata, Karl, who was also wearing only a yukata, suddenly spoke, "Hancock, although I haven’t established a pirate crew, I..."

"Are you willing to lead the Kuja Pirates and become a subordinate pirate crew of Gran Tesoro?"

"Lord Karl..."

Hancock walked over, wrapped her arms around Karl’s waist, and looked up at him with the devout eyes of a believer facing their god of faith, "Everything I have belongs to you, Lord Karl."

"I am willing to lead the Kuja Pirates and become your subordinate pirate crew, Lord Karl."

"Not only the Kuja Pirates, but even Amazon Lily will be your property, Lord Karl."

Hearing this, Karl couldn’t help but pinch Hancock’s chin and said with a smile, "If you do this, aren’t you afraid of opposition from your people?"

"They won’t, because..."

Hancock took Karl’s hand and pressed it against her beautiful cheek, saying with an infatuated expression, "No matter what I do wrong, everyone will forgive me."

"..."

Karl took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the impulse that was making his blood boil. He gently pinched Hancock’s cheek, his tone, because of the strangeness of the situation, sounding a bit heavy, "In that case, the Kuja Pirates will be my subordinate force from now on."

"Don’t worry, I won’t make you feel embarrassed in front of your people."

"Besides allowing Amazon Lily to fly my flag, I will give the high-ranking figures of your country a sincerity they cannot refuse."

"Lord Karl..."

Being treated so intimately by the god in her heart, the infatuation on Hancock’s face couldn’t help but deepen.

Especially after showing this appearance, the Love-Love Fruit had magnified Hancock’s charm to its fullest.

If any other man were to see this, they would surely have a massive nosebleed, and might even faint on the spot.

What a pity...

This world-class "perk" could only be enjoyed by Karl alone.

To be honest, looking at Hancock, whose body and soul had become his shape, Karl suddenly had a thought of not correcting her personality.

Besides Carina, his childhood sweetheart, and the little dragon who was soul-bound to him, Hancock was definitely Karl’s second other half with a full favorability score.

If one were to quantify favorability, Nami, who had truly joined second, as well as Robin, Perona, and even Shirahoshi, their favorability scores were all one or two points lower than Hancock’s.

Although they were infinitely close to full, they were still not full.

But that saying...

Although Karl was thirsty for Hancock, he couldn’t bring himself to f**k a fan, or a believer.

He prepared to cultivate a relationship with Hancock, to let their relationship develop naturally.

Therefore...

Karl decided to keep Hancock by his side and not let her return to Amazon Lily.

Not only that, but her Kuja Pirates and the Amazon Lily Kingdom would also become his property.

The people of Amazon Lily, like Hancock, were very simple existences.

And just as Hancock believed in Karl, they believed in their empress.

Their loyalty was extremely high, and it would not be an exaggeration to call them death warriors.

Hancock was worthy of Karl’s complete trust, and the members of the Kuja Pirates were naturally also worthy of Karl’s trust.

With so many trustworthy subordinates, the plan that Karl once had, but could not start because he had too few subordinates, could finally be implemented.

That plan—hunting ability users!

The Black Coffin and a user of the Luck-Luck Fruit were equivalent to a second Dark-Dark Fruit.

Ever since he had taken Gildo Tesoro’s Paramecia Gold-Gold Fruit, Karl had not used the Black Coffin.

Because besides himself, the nine girls and one dragon, including the little dragon, were all ability users.

If it weren’t for Nami having a sister in the East Blue, Karl wouldn’t even have known who could be the new user of the Gold-Gold Fruit.

After bringing Nojiko from the East Blue, Karl no longer had anyone familiar or trustworthy.

Therefore, the Black Coffin had long been sealed away in the warehouse of the large three-masted galleon...

Now...

Having completely conquered Hancock and indirectly gained control of the Amazon Lily Kingdom, Karl had countless more simple and trustworthy tool people.

Like Blackbeard in the original story, the plan to hunt a large number of ability users and transplant their abilities to his subordinates could begin again.

Turning the Kuja Pirates into Gran Tesoro’s private army, and then turning them all into powerful ability users, plus the two types of Haki they had already mastered.

The Kuja warriors, whose strength was already at the level of a powerhouse in the first half of the Grand Line, would definitely become a nightmare in the eyes of those Supernovas.

Karl’s plan, and the sincerity he would give to the high-ranking figures of the Amazon Lily Kingdom.

In fact, besides that former, former, former empress, Gloriosa.

If Hancock were to lead the Kuja Pirates and the Amazon Lily Kingdom to join Karl and become his subordinate force, the simple Kuja warriors and citizens would not resist at all.

Because the empress was supreme, and obeying the empress was an idea they had been taught since childhood.

The Kuja warriors and citizens, who had never left Amazon Lily, and had only been fortunate enough to become a member of the Kuja Pirates to go on expeditions to plunder resources, only needed to follow behind their empress.

Just as Hancock had said.

No matter what she did wrong, everyone would forgive her.

As expected...

The next day, when Hancock announced that she would lead the Kuja Pirates to become Karl’s subordinate force.

Her two younger sisters, Sandersonia and Marigold, besides being a little worried about how Hancock would explain it to Elder Nyon, did not have any resistance.

Those Kuja warriors didn’t care at all.

Wherever Lady Snake Princess went, they would go.

Seeing that Karl had turned the famous Kuja Pirates into a subordinate force in just one night, Carina and the other two girls couldn’t help but give him a thumbs-up.

Karl, who was preparing to end his relaxation and start a new plan.

He had Hancock order the Perfume Yuda to catch up with Yamato’s large three-masted galleon.

After the two large galleons successfully came alongside each other, the three Boa sisters temporarily moved into Karl’s home, and then the two ships began to head in the same direction.

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