"So in the end, it's you two acting as my bodyguards, huh?"
Hamr looked speechlessly at the tall-and-short, pretty-and-plain pair in front of him.
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Originally, it was just supposed to be only Gion.
But Tokikake, that shaless pest, sticks to her like glue, impossible to shake off. He's basically an annoying leech.
"Hamr, you're not happy having as your bodyguard?" Tokikake smirked.
"Oh, right, I heard you found yourself a little girl in Dressrosa, hahaha! Didn't expect that from you, Hamr."
Hamr died inside on the spot. This incident had apparently beco public knowledge.
Speaking of which… he wondered how things were going on that side.
....
Dressrosa
"So, this necklace, Hamr told you to bring it here, right?"The pink-haired princess held a small box with the Iceheart Pendant inside, her voice trembling with excitent.
Musu nodded, secretly stunned by the invisible aura coming off Scarlet.
'Conqueror's Haki… and that strong, at her age?'
It wasn't like Musu had never seen Conqueror's Haki, but never this intense in soone so young.
"Vice Admiral Musu, thank you," Scarlet said. "If Hamr sent this necklace, I have to wear it."
Without hesitation, Scarlet put the necklace around her neck.
The next second, a silver light flared, and a wave of cold air filled the room.
"Huh?" Scarlet felt the sudden surge of strange energy coursing through her mind, and her Conqueror's Haki exploded outward in all directions.
"Whoa!"Musu was the first to get hit. The blast of raw Haki slamd into him like a shockwave, launching him backward.
The Iceheart Necklace did more than just block negative energy. It also had another powerful ability: to boost a person's spirit, triggering their latent Conqueror's Haki.
Hamr had used it to awaken his own "Salted Fish King" Haki.
Scarlet already had Conqueror's Haki from her rapier; now the necklace pushed her potential even higher.
"So this is what he planned…" Scarlet muttered, her eyes sharp. "Hmph, Hamr, you're good."
The rapier's emotional hold on her scattered, her mind growing clearer than ever.
When she retracted her Haki, she looked even more regal, calm, and noble. The Iceheart Pendant had worked exactly as Hamr intended.
But sotis… life doesn't go according to plan.
"Vice Admiral Musu, tell Hamr this isn't over." Scarlet's voice was cool, like ice. "That sword wasn't enough. He still owes an explanation."
With that, Scarlet turned and strode toward the Royal Plateau without looking back.
Musu silently watched her go, then muttered under his breath: "Brother Hamr… It's not that I don't have your back, but this princess's aura is sothing else."
"Looks like even now that she's normal again… she's still not gonna let you off the hook."
He turned to leave, too; he still had to et with King Riku about the wrought iron procurent plan.
....
Marineford, Port, Warhamr
"Hey, Hamr, you still haven't said where we're heading this ti," Lanns said helplessly, watching Hamr standing on the deck.
They'd just survived a huge battle.
They'd barely gotten back to HQ, and now they were heading out to sea again? Lance honestly wondered if Hamr had lost his mind.
But looking at Gion and Tokikake next to him… he realized Hamr was dead serious.
"The Grand Line. Jaya Island," Hamr said flatly.
"Jaya Island? Isn't that a pirate-infested dump? Why are we going there?"Lace knew Jaya well enough; they'd been there before.
The place was crawling with pirates. If it were up to Lance, he'd have bombarded the island off the map ages ago.
"Oh? Jaya Island, huh? I've never been there," Gion said, casually polishing her katana, Konpira.
"But, Hamr, I do have a question: what exactly are we going there for?"
"Ugh, can you people not? I'm the commanding officer here. I'm the Vice Admiral!" Hamr snapped.
"Lance, you're just the first mate, don't get ahead of yourself! And you two, you're my bodyguards. Why do you care where I'm going?!"
Hamr was done. Why did he need to file a report on where he went? Not even Sengoku could make him do that!
Clang!
A clear tallic ring, Konpira's blade glead as Gion drew her sword.
"Hamr, I'll give you one more chance to organize your words properly," Gion said coolly.
Who was Gion? The Marine's famous "She-Dragon." Calm and gentle normally, ruthless and decisive once the blade is drawn.
"Oh? Drawing your sword on my ship? Gion, clearly, you haven't tasted the sea's beatings enough yet.
"Absolute Space!"
The instant Hamr spoke, the air around Gion froze, and countless phantom hamr strikes materialized around her.
"What?! Damn it!" Gion's face fell, and she instantly coated Konpira in Armant Haki, her blade splitting into a storm of cuts to counter the hamrs.
In her mind, she flashed back to when Hamr fought all of them solo, an image that still burned in her mory, fueling her growth to this day.
"Don't underestimate , I've been training hard!" Gion snarled. "One-Sword Style, Scattered Stars!"
Konpira moved twice as fast, her slashes a blur.
"Oh? Impressive progress," Hamr smirked. "Let raise the stakes, Absolute Space: Ignite!"
The hamrs in the locked space suddenly burst into fla.
"Damn it, One-Sword Style: Mist Slash!"
Flas engulfed Gion.
Desperate, she swung a massive pink slash from the deck straight at Hamr.
She was going for an exchange of injuries.
"Good idea. Pity it won't work!"
"Fracture Hamr!"
Hamr calmly raised his index finger, coated it in Armant Haki, and slamd it into the incoming slash.
Boom!
Gion's strongest slash shattered like glass.
"Impossible!" she gasped.
"Nothing's impossible. Keep training, Gion."Hamr dismissed the Absolute Space and turned back toward the sea, but no one saw how his right hand trembled violently behind his back.
His face twisted in pain.
A thin line of blood ran down his index finger, and he winced in agony. Watching him, Lance could only shake his head.
'Suffering for pride.'
'Hamr was usually good-natured, but Gion had crossed his bottom line.'
"Gion, you okay?" Lance asked.
"Hey, you bastard Hamr, did you really have to hit her so hard?! I'm telling you, this isn't over!"
"And I want my own rematch, OW!"
BOOM!
Before Tokikake could even finish shouting about his beloved, Hamr casually flicked him away with a single hamr strike, sending him flying.
Thus, the Bodyguard Duo suffered another humiliating defeat the mont they boarded the ship.
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