Jaygarcia Margo's face twisted with shock and a mix of disbelief as she finally recognized the beautiful woman standing in front of her.
"You… You were my slave!"
Her voice grew sharp, and the smug arrogance in her tone resurfaced.
Hancock's body stiffened at the word "slave." Memories of her painful past surged in her mind, threatening to overwhelm her.
Sanders noticed the trembling in her shoulders and stepped forward slightly, his gaze cold and piercing as he looked down at Margo.
"Do you still think you can speak so freely in front of her?"
With a flick of his hand, a crackling bolt of electricity shot out and struck Margo's right leg.
"Ahhh!"
Margo screamed again, clutching her seared leg and writhing on the ground in agony.
"Listen closely, Hancock," Sanders said calmly, his voice cutting through the tension like a blade:
"This… 'high and mighty' Celestial Dragon, who once called herself your master, is nothing but a pathetic worm now. She's powerless and at your mercy."
He stepped aside, giving Hancock a clear view of Margo's pitiful state.
"You have the power to choose what happens next. No one will judge you, no one will stop you. Whatever you decide to do, I'll back you up."
Hancock's breath quickened.
The weight of Sanders' words wrapped around her, giving her a strength she hadn't felt before.
She looked down at Margo, who was now glaring at her with hatred and fear.
The memory of the Celestial Dragon's cruelty—her dehumanizing treatment, her mocking laughter—came rushing back.
Hancock clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms as she fought back tears.
"She's yours now, Hancock," Sanders said gently:
"Do what you must. Let this be your first step toward freedom from your past."
His calm assurance and unwavering support made her heart ache. For the first time, she felt like someone truly understood her pain and wanted to share the burden she carried.
Taking a deep breath, Hancock steadied herself. Her eyes hardened as she stepped forward, towering over the trembling Celestial Dragon.
"Your life," she said coldly, "is now in my hands."
JaygarciaMargo's face did not show panic; instead, she was overjoyed:
"Quick! You wretched slave, quickly contact the Marines to save me!"She seemed to have reverted to that high-and-mighty Celestial Dragon, arrogantly giving orders.
Hancock coldly stared at the Celestial Dragon in front of her, her eyes filled with disgust and hatred.
Seeing Hancock unmoved, JaygarciaMargo grew furious:
"You damned thing! How dare you disobey my orders!"
"Do you have a death wish?!"
"I... mmph mmph!"
Sanders, feeling annoyed by the noise, raised his hand and froze her mouth shut with ice. He then used the power of his Gravity Fruit to press JaygarciaMargo to the ground like a dog.
"Go ahead, Hancock!"
"Unleash your hatred and anger from your heart."
"Say farewell to your past."
Sanders leaned close to Hancock's ear and gently encouraged her.
Hancock slowly raised her head and looked at the pathetic figure of JaygarciaMargo on the ground. Her former fear of the Celestial Dragons had mostly disappeared, replaced by anger, thanks to seeing JaygarciaMargo in such a pitiful state.
At that moment, she understood. Celestial Dragons were no different from ordinary people.They could die if killed.They would scream in agony when their fingers were cut off.
Hancock walked toward JaygarciaMargo step by step.
Even as her mouth was frozen, JaygarciaMargo's eyes remained filled with contempt for everyone present. She had no sense of the impending end of her life.
Standing beside her enemy, Hancock's eyes flickered with a trace of rage. She lifted her foot, preparing to kick JaygarciaMargo in the head.
But then she stopped.
Before Sanders could say anything, Hancock stomped down on JaygarciaMargo's arm instead.
The power of her Paramecia Devil Fruit, the Love-Love Fruit, activated. JaygarciaMargo's entire arm instantly turned to stone, cracking inch by inch, and disintegrated into powder within moments.
Sanders took this moment to unfreeze JaygarciaMargo's mouth.
The screams of her enemy were like music to the ears of a person seeking revenge.
Her shrieks echoed outside the palace gates.
Fortunately, no one else in Amazon Lily was around at the time. Otherwise, people from the island would have barged in long ago.
After breaking one of JaygarciaMargo's arms, Hancock flicked her hair and confidently walked back with her head held high.
"Sandersonia, Marigold."
She turned to her two sisters.
"This person is yours now. Don't let her die an easy death."
She couldn't just vent her own anger. She also had to consider her two sisters. After all, they shared the same fears and traumas from the past.
But...
"I won't sully my hands by killing such a pig of a Celestial Dragon."
At this moment, Hancock reverted to her usual demeanor as the Pirate Empress, her expression full of pride .It was as if killing JaygarciaMargo would dirty her hands.
"She's a Celestial Dragon... is it really okay to do this?"
Sandersonia's voice trembled, still seemingly fearful of the Celestial Dragons' former authority.
But Sanders could hear a deep longing in her tone—A longing for vengeance!
"Of course, it's fine!"
"Whatever I do, the entire world will forgive me!"
"Because I am just too beautiful!"
Hancock raised her head proudly and then glanced at Sanders.
"He said he would handle everything for me."
Sandersonia and Marigold both looked at Sanders.
Sanders smiled faintly:
"Do as you please. She's just a Celestial Dragon."
"There's no need to worry about the World Government or the Marines causing trouble.""In their eyes, this person has already been killed by me!"
It was precisely to avoid bringing trouble to Amazon Lily that Sanders had decided to freeze the Celestial Dragon and send her flying high into the sky.
To the Marines and the World Government, the body of JaygarciaMargo had long since vanished, flown to who-knows-where.
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