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  As Coby ushed to the ter of the arena, the crowd’s energy alpable, the roars of excitement filling the air. Coby gnced around, his eyes catg the curious, suspicious gres of the Amazon Lily warriors.

  Hancock stood tall on the raised ptform, her pierg gaze locked onto Coby. The crowd buzzed around them, murmurs spreading through the air as they reized Coby from the previous day's fights. Something was different about him now, though—it was clear they had all been deceived. Whispers about how he had fought in the arena as a woman floated among them, but now they were told he was a man all along?

  Hancock’s voice rang out, cutting through the noise. "Now I am asking you, man... why and how did you e to this isnd?"

  Coby, sitting in the middle of the arena, gnced up at her, staying calm. "I was flying in the air, and just nded here. I mean no offense."

  Her eyes narrowed, her suspi deepening. "Liar. You must have a motive. I won't be fooled with such pathetic lies."

  Coby shrugged, keeping his tone casual. "If you're asking for a motive, I just wao ask for a boat or a ship to get bay crew."

  The murmurs around them grew louder. Hancock’s sharp ears caught bits of the versation—the audienew Coby had battled in the arena the entire day before. Some were also whispering about Margaret, Sweet Pea, and Aphendra, noting how it was the three of them who had brought him to the city.

  Without hesitation, Margaret, Sweet Pea, and Aphendra jumped down into the arena, kneeling before Hancock. "Snake Empress-sama, it was us whht him, but we didn’t know he was a man," Margaret spoke for them, her voice filled with regret.

  The other two nodded quickly, each their own excuses, heads bowed.

  Hancock’s cold gaze softened slightly as she desded the stairs, her regal fliding effortlessly until she stood before the three kneeling women. "Raise your heads. You are all very ho."

  The three warriors were stunned by her beauty, their eyes wide with awe as they lifted their heads. But before they could react, Hancoed a heart with her fingers. "Mero Mero Mellow," she uttered with a cruel smile, and instantly, the three women turo stone, frozen in pce.

  Coby tilted his head, keeping up the pretense. "Hey, what happeo them?"

  Hancock turo him, her voice as icy as ever. "They have been turo stone."

  "Why?" Coby asked, pying dumb.

  "Because they brought you into the city. Bring out Bacura!" Hancoanded, ign Coby’s question.

  Moments ter, a massive bck panther was released into the arena. Its size dwarfed the humans around it, its gleaming fangs and sharp cws marking it as a beast of legend. The crowd roared in anticipation, their eyes on Coby now, waiting to see how the strange man would fare against such a deadly creature.

  Hancock stepped closer to the edge of the arena, her eyes fixed on Coby. "In Amazon Lily, strength is beauty. Fight with all your strength and die a noble warrior’s death. We will watch you to the end."

  Coby remained calm, standing in the ter of the arena as Bacura luoward him, r ferociously. The beast moved fast, its massive paws kig up dust as it charged at Coby, fangs bared.

  Coby didn’t flinch. As Bacura got within range, he ched his fist and with one swift punch, sent the giant panther flying across the arena. The croed in shock, their cheers turning into stunned silence.

  "He didn’t even use Haki," one of the warriors muttered in disbelief.

  Bacura y crumpled against the arena wall, clearly knocked out by the single blow. The audience couldn’t believe what they had just witnessed. A creature as powerful as Bacura, defeated without Haki in one punch—it was unheard of.

  Coby gred at Hancock, his voice filled with 'anger.' "There’s something wrong with all of you! That woman turned your friends to stone, and all you do is ugh and cheer like idiots."

  The crowd erupted, calling Coby a savage and a barbari for speaking out against their revered empress. "The Snake Empress did it! So it’s fine! She makes the w!" The warriors shouted, their loyalty to Hancowavering.

  Hancock, standing on her high ptform, turo face Coby with a calm, smug expression. "No matter what I do, I will be fiven. And that is because..." She struck a graceful pose, her voice dripping with arrogance. "Yes, it is because I am beautiful."

  The crowd roared in approval, shouting and swooning over their empress. "Kyaa! Hancock-sama!" they cried in unison.

  Coby had to fight with everything he had to resist Hancock’s overwhelming charm. Sweat dripped from his brow as he forced himself to look angry. "You piss me off so much!" he shouted, pointing at her.

  Hancock, visibly overwhelmed, threw her head back. "This is impossible! There shouldn’t be a man crawling under my feet who refuses to bey pything. That man’s very existence… I ’t stand it!"

  Her sisters, Marigold and Sandersonia, stepped forward, trying to calm her down. "Hang on, sister. We’ll handle him," they said.

  The crowd, bloodthirsty, began ting loudly, "Death! Death! Death!" Their voices filled the arena, eg off the stone walls.

  Marigold and Sandersonia walked fidently into the arena, both t over Coby with menag expressions. The tension in the air was thick, the crowd eagerly awaiting the moment they would crush this defiant outsider.

  Coby carried the stoatues of Margaret and the others outside the arena, setting them gently on the ground. He turned back to face Marigold and Sandersonia, who had already shifted into their snake hybrid forms. The crowd roared in anticipation, eager to see the battle unfold.

  The sisters wasted no time. Sandersonia moved swiftly, her Observation Haki allowio dodge every attack Coby threw her way. She slipped past his strikes effortlessly, taunting him with eaear miss. Marigold, oher hand, coated her tail in Armament Haki, defleg every hit with ease, her scales hard as iron.

  Coby dodged Marigold’s tail strike, barely avoiding the blow as it smmed into the ground, crag the stoh them. He tered with a powerful punch aimed at Sandersonia, but she anticipated the attack, slithering out of the way aaliating with a brutal tail whip that sent him skidding across the arena floor.

  The sisters were relentless, their teamwork fwless. Marigold’s brute strength and Sandersonia’s agility made them a deadly pair. Their attacks came faster, more brutal with each exge. Coby blocked and evaded where he could, but every strike felt heavier, every dodge more difficult. His breath came in short bursts, sweat dripping down his face as he faced the two powerful sisters.

  “Seems like he’s all talk. How amusing,” Hancock said from her throne, watg with a smug expression as Coby struggled to keep up with her sisters.

  Coby gred at her, his voice sharp. “Shut up, you moron.”

  Hancock's eyes widened in surprise, her hand instinctively flying to her chest as she was once again overwhelmed. She had never been spoken to like that before, especially by a man.

  “Susolence!” she shouted, standing up. “Sonia, Mari, squeeze that i man to death.”

  The sisters grinned wickedly. Sandersonia slithered closer, iail around Margaret’s stone form, her long snake-like body coiling dangerously tight around the statue. “I could crush her like this,” she hissed, tightening her grip.

  At the same time, Marigold’s tail coiled around Coby, squeezing his torso with immense force. He grunted, feeling the pressure build, his ribs threatening to snap uhe crushing strength of her Armament Haki-coated tail.

  "Stop, yoing to break her!" Coby shouted in 'despair.'

  Sandersonia ughed darkly, teasing Coby by dangling Margaret’s statue in front of him. “That is unfortu this is her punishment.”

  Coby gritted his teeth, struggling against the crushing grip of Marigold’s tail as he saw Sandersonia threatening Margaret's statue. He couldn’t let them destroy her.

  "Purchase it, System! I want it!" Coby’s voice rang out in his mind. The fight with the Boa sisters had finally earned him enough SP.

  [Skill S Update for 'queror's Haki' - Weakened Installment Option

  As a first step toward unlog queror's Haki, Coby acquire a Weakened Version that allows for the basitrolled outburst of Haki. This version will forcibly knock out or incapacitate everyone in the immediate area with weaker wills, but it does not include the more advanced applications of queror's Haki, such as imbuing attacks or precise targeting of oppos. The outburst happens automatically and ot be fully trolled by the user, making it more of a reaary ability. This installment provides an initial taste of queror's Haki with the potential for future upgrades to unlock its full powers. Weakened queror’s Haki (Outburst Only) - Estimated cost for acquisition: 200,000 SP. Please firm if you wish to proceed with the acquisition.]

  "firm!" Coby shouted internally.

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