“What did you say?!”
“What a rude man!
Who do you think you are?
And who do you think Snake Princess-sama is?
How dare you say you want to defeat her?”
“How arrogant!”…
Hearing Gen say he would defeat the Snake Princess, the female warriors all berated him.
After all, such words were no different from a direct challenge to their honor.
Pirate Empress Boa Hancock stood up nonchalantly and walked gracefully toward the arena.
“Beautiful!
So beautiful!”
“Snake Princess-sama!!”
“Snake Princess-sama is taking the stage!
How fortunate we are to see her fight in person!”
…
When she arrived not far from Gen, Pirate Empress Boa Hancock stood on the arena with a haughty expression.
With one hand on her hip and the other pointing at Uchiha Yan, she leaned back so far that her chin pointed toward the sky.
“Man, you are destined to lose.
There isn’t a man in the world who wouldn’t fall for me.
Yes, that’s right, it’s all because I am simply too beautiful.”
It was this very pose that made the fanatical Amazon warriors cheer.
“Ah!
It’s here!
That’s the pose Snake Princess-sama uses when she looks down on people!!”
“She’s looking down on him so much that she’s facing the sky!!”
…
The members of the Uchiha Clan felt a sense of weirdness watching this.
There were some eccentric people in Konoha Village, but they had never seen a leader so bizarre.
“Man, perhaps you are strong and possess special powers.
Your two clansmen’s ability to defeat my two sisters is also extraordinary.”
“But now that I’ve taken the field, everything ends here.
This farce must come to a complete stop.”
“I am different.
I am one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!”
Boa Hancock formed a heart shape with her hands in front of her.
“Mero Mero Mellow!!!”
A pink heart-shaped beam shot from Boa Hancock’s hands, passing right through Uchiha Yan.
He remained standing where he was, completely unharmed.
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Everyone present couldn’t help but tilt their heads, their minds filled with question marks.
Boa Hancock’s expression changed drastically, as if her composure had shattered.
“Why aren’t you petrified?
Is it possible that you aren’t moved by my beauty at all?”
Marigold was also shocked and was the first to deny it.
“How could that be possible, Sister?!
No matter if they’re man or woman, young or old, who could remain indifferent to your beauty?!”
“Perhaps his fear of death overrides any impure thoughts.
A pathetic yet lucky man…”
Sandersonia thought about it and could only come up with that reason, but the man opposite them didn’t look like he was in fear at all.
“Hey!!
Are you even a man if you aren’t moved by a beauty like me?!”
Boa Hancock shouted at Uchiha Yan.
Gen’s face darkened upon hearing this; such words were a taboo for men.
“Whether I’m a man or not, you’ll find out if you try it for yourself.”
“Rude!!”
“Vulgar!!”
…
A chorus of condemnation rose from the Amazon warriors in the stands.
The Uchiha Clan members didn’t know what to say either; Gen’s words were indeed somewhat inappropriate to say to a girl.
“Pistol Kiss!”
Boa Hancock lightly touched her lips, creating a small pink heart-shaped object.
She then used her finger like a gun barrel to aim at Gen, firing the object like a bullet.
*Bang!!*
Gen stepped aside, dodging the attack.
*Boom!*
The heart-shaped bullet pierced straight through the wall.
Seeing Gen dodge, Boa Hancock tapped her lips several more times, and a row of pink heart-shaped objects appeared before her.
*Bang bang bang!!*
Boa Hancock fired the heart-shaped bullets at Uchiha Yan one by one.
Gen ran swiftly across the arena, dodging them all.
*Whoosh!*
Gen’s body flashed, appearing behind Boa Hancock in an instant. This chapter was copied from novelping.com without permission.
As if she had anticipated it, Boa Hancock raised her long leg and kicked toward Gen.
“Perfume Femur!”
*Thwack!*
Boa Hancock’s kick landed on Uchiha Yan’s body.
Feeling the solid contact, she was immediately delighted, for she knew that the moment her kick connected, part of the opponent’s body would be petrified and shattered.
*Crack!*
Sure enough, the part of Gen that was hit petrified and crumbled, but immediately after…
*Poof!*
A cloud of smoke vanished, and a petrified log appeared in Uchiha Yan’s place.
It’s the Substitution Jutsu!
Gen’s voice came from behind Boa Hancock.
“Wow!
That was really dangerous!
If that had actually hit me, I would’ve been petrified.”
“Damn it!”
Boa Hancock leaned back and pressed her hands to the ground, her legs sweeping around like a windmill.
Gen retreated quickly.
Boa Hancock pursued him relentlessly, but Gen dodged every attack, looking completely relaxed and at ease.
“Dammit!”
At this moment, she somewhat understood how her sisters felt.
Even though she could predict the opponent’s movements, her attacks simply wouldn’t land.
“You bastard!
Do you only know how to run when fighting a woman?
Are you even a man?!”
Unable to hit Gen, Boa Hancock could only resort to verbal provocation.
Gen stopped upon hearing this.
Boa Hancock was delighted.
Men really were foolish; they couldn’t handle even a little provocation.
“Perfume Femur!”
“Earth Release: Mud Wall!”
The corners of Gen’s mouth curled up as he calmly chanted in the face of the attack.
*Whoosh!*
An earthen wall rose up to block Gen.
“So fast!
When did he complete the hand signs?”
This time it was the Uchiha Clan’s turn to be surprised; none of them had seen when Gen performed the hand signs.
“That’s One-handed hand signs.”
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Everyone looked at Itachi.
Gen was not only his and Shisui’s older brother but also their master.
When he first saw Gen perform this technique, he was deeply shocked and thus learned it from him.
Now, he could also perform Ninjutsu with one-handed signs, though his speed was still slightly slower than Gen’s.
“One-handed hand signs?!”
“Amazing!”
“As expected of Gen!”…
*Boom!!*
Boa Hancock kicked the Mud Wall, her powerful force even shattering it.
“Do you think a wall of this level can stop me?”
“Sister!
Watch out!!”
Marigold exclaimed from the highest stand.
Boa Hancock also saw Gen’s posture.
“Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!”
*Whoosh!*
A massive fireball erupted from Gen’s mouth.
Boa Hancock immediately retreated to dodge; she had just seen Itachi use this technique.
“If I took this move head-on, even I would definitely suffer.”
*Boom!!*
The giant fireball blasted a massive hole in the wall of the stands.
“Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere!”
Before Boa Hancock could counterattack, Gen spat out bullets of wind-natured Chakra.
*Bang bang bang!!*
Boa Hancock dodged rapidly.
The bullets struck the walls of the stands, leaving behind bullet holes.
Their power was not much less than Boa Hancock’s Pistol Kiss.
This time, it was the Empress’s turn to run.
The undignified dodging made Boa Hancock very frustrated.
Taking advantage of the gap in Gen’s Ninjutsu, she rushed toward him, determined to teach this bastard a lesson.
“Great Perfume Femur!!”
Boa Hancock leaped into the air, ignoring any potential exposure as she raised her long, fair right leg high and brought it down on Gen’s head like a battle-axe.
The kick was like a bomb exploding.
The terrifying destructive power caused the entire arena to shatter.
“Waaaaah!”
“Uaaaah!!”
…
The powerful shockwave blew many people in the stands away.
The members of the Uchiha Clan were all startled, even Shisui and Itachi.
What was with this woman?
The power of that strike was too terrifying.
Soon, the smoke cleared, and only the Empress’s figure remained on the shattered arena.
“Where is that man?”
“Could he have been killed already?”
“No!
He’s in the sky!”
At that moment, someone noticed Gen’s figure appearing in the air above the arena.
Seeing Gen’s figure, the corners of Boa Hancock’s mouth curled slightly into a smile.
“Now you have nowhere to hide.
Turn into stone for me!”
Hancock lightly touched her lips, forming a massive pink heart-shaped object, then pulled it back like a bow and arrow.
“Slave Arrow!”
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
Countless pink heart-shaped arrows shot toward Gen in mid-air.
Gen held one hand high, and a massive sphere of blue energy appeared in his palm.
“Big Ball Rasengan!”
Gen hurled the Big Ball Rasengan in his hand downward.
BOOM——!!!
The Big Ball Rasengan collided with the Slave Arrows.
The clash of two different types of power immediately triggered a violent explosion.
“How can this be?!”
Hancock couldn’t believe it; her move had actually been blocked.
That ball-like thing could actually contend with her power.
“That’s enough, Snake Princess.
Continuing this fight will only damage our relations, and I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to hold back.”
Boa Hancock’s face darkened upon hearing Gen’s words.
“What did you say?
Hold back?
Who do you think I am?
I am the Empress of Amazon Lily, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the Pirate Empress Boa Hancock!”
Hummm——!!
A faint white Conqueror’s Haki radiated from Boa Hancock’s body.
Thud!
Flop!…
Many people in the audience fainted, and even some members of the Uchiha Clan collapsed.
“What is this?”
The Uchiha Clan had never witnessed such power before.
“Could this be…”
“It’s Conqueror’s Haki!!”
“The Snake Princess is actually using her Conqueror’s Haki!!”
The Kuja warriors who remained conscious immediately recognized this power.
“Sister is getting serious.
That boy will be defeated by her very soon.”
That boy was already powerful enough to force their sister to get serious.
Sandersonia, however, said with a heavy expression, “It’s hard to say.
That youth can resist sister’s ability.
And did you notice?
There is a sword at his waist, which means he is a swordsman, yet he hasn’t even drawn it.
Most importantly, look at the expressions on that clan’s faces.
They show excitement, doubt, and shock, but the only thing they don’t show is fear.
What does that mean?
It means that boy hasn’t shown his full strength either, and they have absolute confidence in him.”
Marigold was shocked by her second sister Sandersonia’s speculation.
Boa Hancock looked at Gen and said haughtily, “Boy, do you see?
This is the King’s Haki that only one in a million possess!”
“So this is Conqueror’s Haki?”
Gen felt a special spiritual energy striking his mind, but this level of spiritual impact had no effect on him at all.
However, he did not underestimate Conqueror’s Haki.
In the early stages of the anime, Conqueror’s Haki could only clear out some fodder with weak willpower, which didn’t seem to match the prestige of a power owned by only one in a million.
It wasn’t until the later stages that Conqueror’s Haki showed its true power.
Furthermore, even among users of Conqueror’s Haki, the levels were worlds apart.
Only those who could use Conquerors Infusion were truly top-tier powerhouses.
He also deeply desired to possess this power.