thefictionvixens 56. It wasn't my mother who was killed.
56. It wasn't my mother who was killed.
"Are you crazy, Brother Evil Dragon!"
The group of henchmen surrounding the dragon instantly erupted in chaos.
These guys usually just follow their boss and bully third-rate pirates, but now Evil Dragon dares to set his sights on the monster with the highest bounty in the world.
This isn't about achieving instant success; it's more like someone who's tired of living and is rushing to be reincarnated!
"What's the panic?"
The dragon grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp shark teeth, its face radiating confidence. "That girl Shirley did a fortune telling for me; she said I'd die of old age!"
Regardless of whether Shirley had her brother's fortune told in the original story, she certainly had it told in this life.
Since his fate is to die of old age, what is he afraid of?
No matter how terrible Broly is, he could never take his life!
They might spare him because he's handsome.
Hearing this, Hachi, Croobi, and Chuu breathed a sigh of relief.
Shirley's divination has never been wrong. She even accurately predicted the coming of the Great Pirate Era. She said that Arlong would not die, and that means he absolutely will not die!
With this reassurance, the dragon and his gang straightened their backs and swaggered arrogantly through the bustling streets of Fishman Island, heading straight for the Mermaid Cafe.
Just as I arrived at the coffee shop entrance, the wooden door creaked open.
Shirley, looking utterly shaken, saw Broly and Hancock out. The little girl was pale, and her dark blue eyes were filled with lingering fear.
She had just tried to divine Broly's future, but the crystal ball was a complete mess, and she saw nothing. Instead, she glimpsed the end of the world—the flames of war raged across the land, and countless people cried out, fought, and perished in the flames, turning the world into a purgatory.
That scene was a hundred or a thousand times more terrifying than the Great Pirate Era!
"Huh? Bro?"
Shirley was still shaken when she looked up and saw the evil dragon and his gang walking towards her. She immediately frowned.
Broly and Hancock followed her gaze, and Hancock's eyes widened instantly as she incredulously scanned back and forth between Shirley and the dragon.
These two are actually siblings? Are they really related by blood?
A dozen meters away, the dragon was also sizing up Broly, scoffing, "This little dwarf is the human with the highest bounty in the world?"
Upon hearing this, Xia Li's face turned pale instantly.
Of course she knew her older brother had been a bit dim-witted since childhood, but she never expected the dragon to be so stupid—daring to spout nonsense in front of Broly, the strongest person in the world!
Do you think the Five Elders and the Knights of God are pushovers?!
Hancock was trembling with rage, her beautiful face contorted into a grimace as she clenched her teeth and uttered, "You...are...asking...to...die!"
But before Hancock could do anything, Broly's nonchalant voice rang in her ears: "Let's go."
"But Broly!"
Hancock panicked, her neck stiffening as she yelled, "That ugly freak just—"
"Waaaaaah—!"
Before Hancock could finish speaking, a heart-wrenching scream came from the other side.
She turned her head sharply and saw the dragon lying flat on the ground, its hands tightly covering its face, blood gushing out from between its fingers.
Hachi, Croobi, and Chiu were terrified and rushed forward to surround the dragon, shouting in panic:
"Brother Evil Dragon! What's wrong with you?!"
"Where are you injured?!"
"Hey, what happened?"
Xia Li was also dumbfounded, staring blankly at her older brother who was rolling on the ground in pain, unable to react for a moment.
Just then, Broly's voice floated over: "Would you like some sashimi?"
Hancock and Shirley turned their heads at the same time and saw Broly holding something covered in spikes between his fingers—the nose of a dragon!
Shirley's pupils suddenly contracted, and she was so startled that she almost cried out.
On the other side, Xiao Ba and the others frantically pried open the dragon's hand. The moment they saw the wound, the fishmen's legs went weak with fear, and they almost knelt down on the spot.
"Nose, nose! Brother Evil Dragon's nose is gone—!"
The fish-men and pirates watching the spectacle gasped in astonishment, erupting in a chorus of exclamations.
Everyone was stunned.
In their sight, Broly stood still the whole time, without moving an inch. When exactly did he break off that nose?!
Hancock's cheeks flushed crimson as she looked at Broly's outstretched hand. Her heart pounded, and she cautiously reached out, her voice trembling slightly, "R-really? Thank you..."
Broly stared at her, completely bewildered: "...You really want to?"
Love-struck people are terrifyingly insane.
He snapped the shark nose back in annoyance and tossed it behind him, much to Hancock's dismay.
The thing traced a sharp arc, pierced through the double protective barrier of Fishman Island, and vanished instantly into the vast ocean.
Broly glanced at Hancock's dejected face and said irritably, "I'll find you a Devil Fruit later. What's the point of having this thing?"
"Oh!" Hancock's eyes lit up, her mood instantly brightening, and a joyful smile spread across her face.
"Idiot! What are you standing there for! Hurry up and go find my brother's nose!"
Shirley finally snapped out of her daze. She jogged over and yelled at the dragon's stunned henchmen.
Despite being only five years old, she is quite prestigious on Fishman Island.
As if waking from a dream, Hachi and the others quickly responded and ran wildly in the direction where Broly had thrown his nose.
It truly lived up to the idiom, "finding a needle in a haystack."
Shirley turned and ran back to the coffee shop, quickly came out with a first-aid kit, and knelt down next to the dragon to bandage his wounds.
While frantically tending to her wounds, she couldn't help but yell at the dragon, "You idiot! What are you even doing here?!"
The dragon, writhing in pain with tears and snot streaming down its face, gasped and groaned, "I...I heard you say...I died of old age...I just felt...he wouldn't kill me...so I..."
"So you're just asking for trouble?!"
Shirley was so angry that veins throbbed on her forehead. She wanted nothing more than to gag this idiot brother with a bandage. "Can't he deal with you if he doesn't kill you?! Did you even read the newspaper?! Broly hasn't even killed those three Celestial Dragons yet, but look at their current state?! A million times worse than death!!"
Meanwhile, Broly and Hancock were strolling leisurely through the streets of Fishman Island.
Hancock glanced at the chaotic scene behind her and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Broly, I thought you were going to just kill those ugly bastards."
Broly raised an eyebrow, looking at her with a puzzled expression: "Don't make me sound like a serial killer, okay? All he did was say I was short. Would I kill him for that?"
Hancock rolled her eyes, silently thinking: It's about the same, isn't it?
Broly strolled forward leisurely, saying in a nonchalant tone, "Besides, they didn't kill my mother, so why would I kill them?"
Hancock tilted her head, looking completely bewildered.
What does this have to do with Broly's mother?
Hancock wasn't a time traveler, so of course she couldn't understand what she was saying.
I don't know if Nami's mother was killed by Arlong and his gang in the original story, but in the end, Nami forgave Hachi.
That outrageous forgiveness was comparable to Naruto's "Don't laugh at Obito," which made Broly laugh out loud.
What's wrong with forgiving someone who killed your mother?