"Empress, I want to ask you for a favor."
At the long dining table in the palace restaurant, Dewey and his six companions, the three Boa sisters, and Guroliosa sat in two rows. Dewey looked at Hancock, who was not sitting in the main seat opposite him, and spoke.
"Just call me Hancock, Dewey."
Hancock, who looked very elegant while eating, took the napkin handed to her by her sister and wiped it. It was hard not to keep her eyes on it. Her red lips, her heartbeat quickened, smiled at Dewey and said, "Whether you were the "world's number one bounty hunter" before or the "most vicious hunter in history" now, you and I are not enemies… Tell me, what can I help you with?"
Seeing that Hancock was so easy to talk to, and not at all the arrogant in the original book, Dewey's favorability towards her increased, and he said frankly: "Hancock, I want to leave a few people with you to learn the domineering of you Nine Snakes."
"no problem!"
Before Hancock could speak, Guroliosa spoke first, her wrinkled face full of joy.
If you can use Nine Snakes Haki to establish a relationship with Dewey, or even gain his favor and friendship, it will definitely be a win for you.
When Hancock saw Guroliosa interrupting her conversation with Dewey, veins suddenly jumped on her smooth white forehead, but when she thought that the other party was inviting Dewey on behalf of her pride, she did not lose her temper and throw her out as usual.
After calming down, Hancock nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you."
"Thanks, as a reward, if you need any help, you can always come to me."
Hancock's straightforwardness made Dewey very happy, and he generously gave the three Boa sisters and Guroliosa the "friendship" they wanted most.
Looking at Dewey who was equally straightforward, Hancock admired him even more.
There are only two men in this world whom Hancock doesn't hate, and Dewey is the third one.
That's the benefit of first impressions.
If it weren't for the experience of the Battle of Marineford, watching Dewey fool around with the people from "Mary Geoise" and slapping them in the face in front of the whole world…even if Dewey was the second-generation user of the "Float-Float Fruit", there would definitely not be the friendly scenes they have now.
And if Dewey wants to keep Robin and the others to learn the Nine Snakes' Haki, he will inevitably have to defeat Hancock and her country.
Now both sides have taken the initiative to show goodwill, gained each other's friendship, and taken the first step towards an alliance.
Dewey, who did not feel any ill will towards Hancock at all, left Robin and the others at "Amazon Lily" after dinner and took Nami to "Ruskaina".
Yes, just bring Nami.
Dewey originally wanted to take Kalina with him, but Kalina, who felt that she would not make much progress in the next year, resisted the urge to leave and took the initiative to stay on Daughter Island to accumulate knowledge and slowly improve her domineering power.
Compared to himself, Nami, who needs to fight alongside Dewey, is the one who needs to improve her strength the most.
Dewey did not force her and left the "Flask" on the Daughter Island. He used the power of the "Float-Float Fruit" to take Nami back to "Ruskaina" and began to practice in their own world.
Although Nami felt a little disappointed that Kalina didn't follow her, she immediately let herself go.
On this uninhabited island where there was only herself and the boss, Nami, who was already open-minded, felt that her happy time had finally arrived.
Thus, Dewey spent twenty-four hours of every day in double happiness and joy.
The joy of improving strength during the day, the joy of petting cats during rest time…
Gradually, another month passed.
During this month, Dewey's personal information changed dramatically.
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[Host: Dewey]
Age: 19
[Devil Fruit: Flame-Flame Fruit [Level 30 8%], Heat-Paste Fruit [Level 10 5%], Float-Float Fruit [Level 10 15%]]
[Swordsmanship: Breath of All Things, Level 30, Proficiency: 21%]
[Haki: Conqueror Haki [Level 19 95%], Armament Haki [Level 25 5%], Observation Haki [Level 30 18%]]
[Physical Skills: Navy Six Styles [Level 10 0%], Life Return [Level 10 91%]]
[Experience points: 5088]
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In the past two months, Dewey's three abilities have reached level 30.
The first one was "Breath of All Things", which finally allowed his swordsmanship to reach the level of a great swordsman.
The second one was still not the Flame-Flame Fruit, but the Observation Haki, which allowed his perception to cover the entire island and finally allow him to predict some future scenes.
Although there is still a certain gap between his swordsmanship and observation Haki experience and those of Hawkeye and Katakuri, Dewey believes that in a few months, he will be able to fully adapt and master these two abilities.
The third level 30 one is the second ability that Dewey gained when he came to this world. It is also the "Flame-Flame Fruit" that allowed him to reach the peak of his powers and have the courage to go out to sea.
The third qualitative change of the "Flame-Flame Fruit". With the assistance of the "Hot-Hot Fruit", its temperature and invasive power have reached a very terrifying level.
Even for Nami, if she didn't transform into an element, she would need to use her domineering aura to block the oncoming heat wave even if she was standing dozens of meters away.
Even if you just look directly at Dewey's golden flame for a while, your body will feel hoarseness in the throat, dry eyes, dry skin and loss of moisture…
The moment the golden flame is released, the invisible heat gushing out from Dewey's body will instantly turn the earth into a scorched earth. The flowers, plants and trees will automatically burn and turn into ashes at an extremely fast speed.
After the plants on the surface turned to ashes, magma gradually emerged from the ground.
Such terrifying temperature and invasive power made Dewey dare not touch Qiu Shui at all, for fear that the "Heat-Hot Fruit" would invade with the power of the "Flame-Flame Fruit" and melt this black knife that would not bend even a millimeter if a dinosaur stepped on it into a pool of molten iron.
Dewey didn't know how powerful the "Flame-Flame Fruit" had become after completing its third qualitative change, but he was sure that with the assistance of the "Heat-Hot Fruit", Jin Yan was no longer afraid of Aokiji's "Ice Fruit" and Akainu's "Magma Fruit".
When fighting against those two generals, even if the battle lasted for ten days and ten nights, it would be impossible to determine the winner… Only physical skills, domineering and swordsmanship other than the fruit ability, combat experience and endurance can be used to determine the winner.
In other words, Dewey has already reached the admiral level in terms of heat-related abilities.
In addition, he is also the user of the "Three Fruits", and the "Float-Float Fruit" cannot gain any benefit except from Kizaru, one of the three admirals, and can restrain the ice and magma created by Aokiji and Akainu.
It can be said that Dewey's devil fruit has reached the pinnacle of the admiral level.
By the time the levels of the "Hot-Hot Fruit" and the "Floating Fruit" are raised, we should be only one step away from the ceiling of this world.
In just less than two months, the strength has soared to such a level.
As a price, Dewey's experience bar not only lost several thousand experience points, but it also took a very long time to fully master this surging power.
In the following time, Dewey did not upgrade his other abilities, but began to calm himself down.
Every day, he either meditates in Dao Zen or puts on seastone handcuffs, preparing to overcome the weaknesses of a person with special abilities…
The neglected Nami also got over her naughty and stealing stage and began to practice hard to develop the "Thunder Fruit" and improve the strength of her domineering power.
By the way, after hard training, Nami and Kalina finally learned "Life Return".
Unlike the "Six Styles" which requires superhuman physical fitness, "Life Return" only requires the infusion of consciousness to freely control any part of the body.
The two girls who have already learned to be domineering have, with the help of their senior Dewey, initially mastered the "Life Return".
Having learned "Life Return" meant that the two women's strength had entered a period of explosive growth.
With tens of billions of dollars in assets and the help of the "Float-Float Fruit" copied by Nojigo, the "Flask" will leave the Calm Zone and return to the Grand Line every once in a while, heading to the designated location to receive supplements, medicines, books, etc. purchased by Doflamingo and Gild Tesoro…
By using "Life Return" to digest those supplements, Nami and Kalina solved the problem of gaining weight. At the same time, their physical fitness became stronger and stronger. Even their appearance, figure and skin were improved, as if special effects were added. They didn't look like 17-year-old girls at all. Perona and Robin were extremely envious of them, one on the surface and the other in their hearts, and they also had the idea of practicing "Life Return".
It's a pity that they haven't even learned Haki yet, so they won't be able to master "Life Return" without several years of hard practice.
The time has come to three months after the end of the "Marine War".
During this period, apart from Dewey, the one who made the biggest improvement was Nami.
Perhaps due to their accumulated experience, Kalina and the other girl learned several moves of the "Six Styles" a month after they mastered "Life Return".
Thanks to the speed and unique perception of the "Thunder Fruit", after Nami improved her physical fitness, it took her only a week to learn "Shaving", half a month to learn "Paper Drawing", and a month to learn "Moon Step".
And Karina only learned how to shave.
Kalina's bounty of over 500 million may be a bit exaggerated, but Nami's bounty of over 500 million is well-deserved.