I'm Not Interested in Devil Fruits

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Her voice echoed across the arena. 

Cosmos's eyes brimmed with tears, and Sandersonia and Marigold's tears rolled down in streams as they sobbed loudly. 

'Oh, got it…' Liam nodded in understanding. So, it's not like Ace— it's more like Ace's dad! 

Hancock's cry, as if abandoned by a heartless lover, was mournful and desolate, carrying sorrow without resentment… Her voice drifted to the high platform, where even the stoic Snake Princess's breathing momentarily faltered. 

Suzuran stepped forward, angrily shouting down to the platform below, "What nonsense!! Just now, Snake Princess was about to—" 

The Snake Princess raised her hand, signaling her to stop. 

"But you were clearly… ready to use Haoshoku Haki at the last moment to stop the execution…" Suzuran argued, "How can you allow this wicked man to slander you, Snake Princess!" 

In her eyes, there was no way the Snake Princess would ever be willing to actually execute Hancock. Even she, with her heart of stone, wouldn't bear it! 

This public execution was clearly meant to lure out the man Hancock stubbornly refused to speak of. 

As for what would happen if, at the final moment, those pirates still didn't show themselves… well, even better! Then Hancock, that foolish girl deceived to her core, would finally see the truth about this wicked man!

Once Snake Princess saved her with Haoshoku Haki, Hancock would naturally spill everything about those two pirates and that man. 

But now, this hateful man had dared to stir things up? 

Snake Princess pushed past the others, one hand on her hip, and looked down at the platform with an authoritative voice, "So you dare to show yourself! No wonder you're worth a 150 Million Belly bounty!" 

150 Million Belly!? 

Many of the residents of Kuja Island, who had some concept of money, were shocked to hear this bounty amount. Pirates of that level were usually the most ruthless and dangerous types! 

"But, little boy…" 

Snake Princess's tall figure leaped into the air, soaring from the high platform and landing behind Liam with a thud, stirring up a gust of wind. 

The two kneeling Kuja Pirate warriors at her feet stood up with difficulty, ashamed, and said, "Snake Princess…" 

The Snake Princess waved her hand, signaling them to withdraw. 

She turned to face Liam, who, with Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki), could clearly perceive the black armor standing beside him. 

"If you dare to appear, are you prepared to die?" 

The Snake Princess glanced briefly at B.I.B., her gaze finally settling on Liam, who was now looking back at her. 

Liam helped Hancock to stand on her own; it was his first time facing the "former Empress" this close— and he could sense it even more clearly now: this woman was incredibly tall! 

He'd finally reached 180 cm himself, yet this woman… she must be close to two meters! 

"Are you really planning to kill her?" Liam asked curiously. 

Snake Princess frowned, seemingly surprised by Liam's insistence on this matter. "What does it matter to you?" 

"Nothing at all. I'm just asking, can't you answer a simple question?" Liam gestured beside him, indicating Hancock, who, since Snake Princess had landed, had been staring at her with teary, beautiful, reddened eyes— both aggrieved and resolute. 

Liam said, "I just feel like she wouldn't lower herself to ask. So, I'll do it for her, alright? Let's not drag this out with a clichéd misunderstanding— it's annoying…" 

"Ridiculous!" Snake Princess snapped. But catching a glimpse of Hancock's tear-filled, red eyes, her heart wavered, and she sighed, "For Haoshoku Haki, I'm no novice!" 

Hancock's tears fell, and she quickly wiped them away, muttering, "As if I care…" 

"Feels better!" Liam laughed, positioning himself on the left, while B.I.B. moved with him, standing on the right in sync. Liam locked his gaze onto the Empress before him, shouting, "Then let's fight!" 

Without another word, and before Hancock's expression of surprise could fully emerge, he and the black armor charged toward Snake Princess from left and right. 

"Hey…" Hancock reached out, but she knew there was no stopping this. 

Male trespassers were against their laws. 

As the Empress, Snake Princess would never let Giorno, who barged in so brazenly, off easily. 

'Bang! Bang!' 

Snake Princess crossed her arms, catching the fists of both Liam and the black armor on either side. 

Her elegant hands were wrapped in a layer of dark Haki. 

"Not bad strength!" Snake Princess chuckled softly. "Did Hancock teach you Haki?" 

"You tell me!"

Liam grinned as he tightened his right fist, which pressed against the Snake Princess's left palm. His right arm began to bulk up from the forearm to the bicep, his muscles swelling a full size larger! 

'What?' The Snake Princess was secretly taken aback, feeling a surge of even greater force from the two fists beneath her hands. 

'Boom!' 

Liam and B.I.B. launched a powerful punch, pushing the Snake Princess backward as she slid to the edge of the platform, her feet skidding to a halt near the deep pit at the platform's edge, lined with sharp spikes. 

Gasps and exclamations rippled through the audience. 

The Snake Princess looked around the platform but could no longer see that strange figure, Giorno, nor the shadowy black presence. 

Hmm? 

The Snake Princess looked up and saw Liam in mid-air, executing a sweeping kick. To her side, the black armor, mirroring his move, kicked out with an arcing slash. 

Two Rankyaku attacks, one from the front and one from the side, sliced toward the Snake Princess. 

The Snake Princess lightly jumped back, leaping into the air, with the deep pit of spikes now directly beneath her. 

"Ahh!!" Many women in the audience screamed, and the female warriors stationed around the arena tightened their grips on their weapons as they anxiously watched this battle. 

'Clap! Clap!' Liam and B.I.B. turned and kicked the air, creating an explosive recoil that launched them toward the airborne Snake Princess. 

"Down you go, Empress." 

Both Liam and B.I.B. kicked at the Snake Princess, sending her plummeting down toward the abyss. 

Some women in the stands had already fainted in shock. 

'Clap! Clap!' 

Liam, suspended mid-air, remembered something— he had the power of the Gasu Gasu no Mi (Gas Gas Fruit)! 

His body dispersed into a gas cloud, hovering above the pit below. 

Many women in the audience were watched him in this form with shocked and fearful expressionson their faces, wondering what kind of monster he was and if Snake Princess was alright. 

Liam, in his elementalized form, looked down at the pit. 

The Snake Princess stood there, entirely unscathed, balanced calmly atop one of the sharp spikes. 

'Did she use Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki) to harden the soles of her feet?' Liam mused. Even such a sharp spike couldn't pierce her… Her Busoshoku Haki level is truly top-notch! 

Indeed, she is the woman standing at the pinnacle of the Kuja warriors! 

With one hand on her hip, the Snake Princess looked up with a smile. "Soru, Rankyaku, Geppo… so this is the Rokushiki technique? And then the Gasu Gasu no Mi (Gas Gas Fruit), which lets you become gas! Impressive indeed, Chopper Giorno." 

"How impressive?" Liam asked with a grin from within his cloud form. "Does it compare to a Commodore's strength? Or maybe Admiral level?" 

At that moment, B.I.B. swooped down to attack. 

The Snake Princess balanced on the tip of the spike, spinning her long leg into a powerful kick that sent B.I.B. hurtling away like a cannonball. 

B.I.B. turned into a black cloud, gradually dispersing the impact. 

Golden hair fluttered as the Snake Princess stood gracefully, shaking her head with a slight smile. "Commodore? Admiral? Those are just Marine ranks…" 

"What you should be thinking about now is how, before the Empress of Amazon Lily…" 

The Snake Princess's figure suddenly disappeared from the spike's tip, reappearing instantly before Liam. Her leg, wrapped in Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki), struck Liam's gas form with a 'bang'. 

"…to survive!" She landed softly on the ground. 

'Puff!' Liam coughed up a burst of blood before he was sent flying backward. 

Hancock's black hair whipped up in the gust. The crossed wooden rack shattered with a loud 'crash' as he collided with it.

(End Of The Chapter)