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Is the Pirate Empress beautiful? Yes!
Do men want to conquer her? Yes!
Then that's the answer.
"Then I'll conquer the Pirate Empress." Law was set on his course of action. There was no need for hypocritical self-deception about escaping; what if it was purely for her beauty? Law was a common man, his life goals not so grand or noble. To possess the strongest power and hold the most beautiful woman.
"But how to conquer the Pirate Empress? Strength clearly won't do it?" Law pondered deeply, recalling the original story. "The first step to conquering the Pirate Empress is to resist her beauty. Otherwise, she won't even give you a second glance, let alone be conquered." Law gave a bitter smile. He wasn't confident he could resist the Pirate Empress's beauty. He was a man, a normal man.
"How difficult it is to resist the Pirate Empress's beauty, and one cannot rely on external objects to resist it. Can it be done? How?" Law rubbed his brow, troubled.
...
Amazon Lily! "Clang, clang!" Drums and bells sounded. All palace gates closed. Everyone left the palace, and a curtain was drawn around the palace exterior. Three meters outside the curtain, a guard stood. Such a display was for one thing only: the Pirate Empress Boa Hancock's bath! The entire nation knew that the Gorgon Sisters had defeated the sea monster Gorgon, who was the bane of the world, and were thus cursed, growing huge eyes on their backs. If they took off their clothes and revealed their eyes, anyone nearby would be turned to stone. So, whenever Hancock bathed, a protective formation was set up, prohibiting anyone from entering the city.
"Whoosh!" In the forest, an afterimage flashed past, next appearing dozens of meters away, then vanishing again. After repeated leaps, he quickly emerged from the forest. "Bathing?" Standing beneath the huge city wall behind the palace, the wall separated the palace from the forest. "Geppo!" Rapidly ascending into the air, Law finally stood on the city wall. Below him was the palace, and below that was where Hancock's bath was located.
"ROOM!"
A huge space appeared. Law vanished from the city wall as if into thin air. He instantly appeared in an unoccupied room within the palace. "Not good." Law also understood his predicament was grim.
In the bath, the mist made visibility hazy, and the shapely form was especially alluring in the steam. "To resist charm, see enough of it, and you'll naturally be able to resist its power." Law appeared out of nowhere in the private room, concealing his presence to the utmost degree. Then, he silently peeked. He watched this breathtaking scene that made one's nose bleed. The Pirate Empress, unaware of the wolfish man nearby, bathed alone, certainly not needing to consider propriety, and everything fell into Law's gaze.
"Good thing I secretly watched beforehand, otherwise I really couldn't resist. The temptation is too great." Law took deep breaths repeatedly, but his blood still coursed faster, his heart pounded harder. Bathing, dressing, eating, sleeping. Everything was observed by Law in secret. He even stood by the bed, looking at Hancock up close while she slept. "You'll be mine later," Law thought, gazing at the sleeping beauty, then instantly vanished.
The next day. Law once again appeared punctually in the shadows. Hancock, with every gesture and smile imbued with magic, was unaware that her every moment was observed by a pair of eyes. A week passed, and Law secretly observed her for a week. Hancock, in Law's eyes, held almost no secrets. In terms of physical understanding, Law perhaps knew her better than she knew herself. The more he watched, though he couldn't say he felt nothing directly—was he moved? Of course! But slowly, Law could control his emotions, gradually calming down. His heart no longer raced uncontrollably.
"Can I resist now?" Standing on the city wall once more. The palace displayed its protective formation; Hancock was bathing! "I've been peeking for so long, it's time to watch openly." Standing at the edge of the city wall, Law leaped down.
Whoosh!
He landed with a bang on the roof, shattering it and falling through, landing outside the bath. "Where is this?" Law feigned confusion, looking around. "A bath?" The glimpsed figure in the white mist was enough to be breathtaking.
"A man?" Hancock, her back to Law, turned her head, her expression cold.
"Behind you..." Law pointed to Hancock's smooth, jade-like back. Panicked, Hancock instantly submerged herself in the water: "You saw?"
"Elder Sister! What happened?" The door instantly burst open. Hancock's two sisters rushed in, also staring at Law in shock. "A man?" "Why? Why is there a man here? Why a Marine? Weren't the Marines supposed to be guarded as laborers? Why is he here?"
Law had considered whether to conceal his Marine identity. After all, Marines didn't have a good image in the Pirate Empress's mind. Ultimately, Law decided not to hide his identity. Being a Marine was indeed more difficult, but there would inevitably be a day of exposure, rendering all his efforts useless. Hancock, in the water, slowly stepped out of the bath. Her breathtaking figure was finally concealed.
"My back, he saw it."
"What?"
"He saw it? Then he absolutely cannot be allowed to live." The two sisters, panicked, stared at Law with murderous intent.
"Behind you... I think I've seen that before," Law frowned, seemingly recalling something.
"This on my back is something we would rather die than let anyone see." Hancock, still somewhat flustered, instinctively pulled her clothes tighter, as if that could forever hide her secret and give her a sense of security.
"Take what you've seen with you to the grave."
Hancock formed a heart shape with her hands: "Mero Mero Mellow!"
"Here it comes." The first, crucial step. Law suppressed the last ripple of emotion in his heart.
"Mero Mero Mellow!"