One Piece 523

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One Piece
Chapter 523: Hell
CP9's Independent Report, Vol. 29: "A Call to Spandam's Intensive Care Unit"

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[insert text: The unstoppable force of love!!]
Hancock: What on Earth has come over me?!! / I simply cannot find it in myself to deny Luffy's request...!!! // ...Suddenly saying that I will got to Central like that... / ...and yet somehow I feel perfectly fine.........!!
Nyon: This is "love"!!! / ...The pain of thinking of that someone yet being unable to see them... / ...can weaken a person to the point of fatality!!
Hancock: ..................
Nyon: The previous Empresses tried to suppress their feelings... to the point where they destroyed themselves. / Your decision to go with that man is what will save your life. // And if you go to Central, thus retaining your title as Shichibukai... / ...then you will be protecting this country...
Hancock: .........
Nyon: ...as well as simultaneously helping Monkey D Luffy... // .........Ah, under what manner of star must that boy have been born...? / Ordinarily... the only way for a pirate to achieve the goal of reaching the Great Gaol... would be to arrive there in chains...

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[box: Amazon Lily, Port]
Kuja: Luffy~~~~~~~~~~~!! // Luffy-sama~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!! // Weren't you going to leave tomorrow morning?! // I didn't even get to touch him yet~~~!! // I hear there's been a change of plans. / He's going to go on the ship to Central along with Hebihime-sama!
Luffy: Well, then... see you, you guys! Thanks for everything!! / I'll come back someday, with my nakama!! // Oh - as long as that's okay.........?
Margaret: Hahaha... I'm sure we can make a special exception for friends of yours, right? // Ah...!
Sweetpea: "And Thus She Arrived"...
Hancock: Just who in blazes... // ...had the gall to place.........

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Hancock: ...a puppy... // ...and a baby seal in my path?!!
Kuja: Aaaahhh~~!♡ Hebihime-sama~~~~~~!♡ // I really must apologise... they are my responsibility......!!
Hancock: Well, be more careful in future......
Kuja: Ahh, for some reason she's overflowing with even more beauty than usual~!! // Her sexy mischief just knows no bounds~~~!!
Luffy: Hey! Sorry for all the rush, snake-woman!! / I just really haven't got a moment to waste!!
Hancock: ! // (No...!! I mustn't meet his eyes...)

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Margaret: That's no good, Luffy!! You can't address her like that! / You should call her "Hebihime-sama" properly -
Hancock: ......... // Please... address me as "Hancock".
Kuja: ?!! // Aaaahhhhhh~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!
Luffy: Okay, gotcha, Hammock.
Hancock: .........I said "Hancock"......!!
Kuja: H... H... Hebihime-sama just... smiled?!! How many carats?!! Just how many carats was that smile just now?!!
Nyon: Ahh, a young woman in love... Fufufufu... it reminds me of my younger days...♡
Kuja: Hmm? Elder Nyon, you look a little pale...?
Nyon: Quiet, you!!!

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Kuja: Have a wonderful voyage, Hebihime-sama~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!! // Do come visit again, Luffy~~~~~! // Luffy-cha~~~~~~~~~~n! // Goodbye~~~~!!!
Kikyou: Oh, stop that!!!
Luffy: Shishishishi!!

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Hancock: My conditions are as I stipulated on the Den-Den Mushi.
Momonga: It'll be just you and that snake coming on board, yes? / And as for your stipulation of stopping in at the Great Gaol of Impel Down... // ...I have managed to secure permission from my superiors. // Ordinarily, Shichibukai or otherwise, no pirate should be allowed anywhere near the place... / ...but we're making a special exception. There won't be time for you to stay long, mind. // Now - come along!!

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Momonga: It looks like it was worth waiting after all... / ...Somehow I may actually be able to carry out this mission... // First of all, could you perhaps... / ...do something about the petrification of my crew......? Are they dead...?
Hancock: ..................
Sandersonia: Farewell, Sister!! Please, take care!!
Marigold: Make sure you return alive, Sister~~~~~~~~~~~~!!
Kuja: We wish you good fortune in battle, Hebihime-sama!! // *whisper* / (And Luffy, you take care too~~~~!!)
Hancock: Then I shall depart... I leave my country in your hands.
KujaPirates: Understood!!!

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Hancock: Now, awaken...
Marines: ...ck-sama~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!♡ // !!! // Huh?
Momonga: .........
Marine: Wha...??
Momonga: Set sail immediately, you layabouts......!!
Marines: Y - Yes, sir... right away!
[box: And so, having somehow secured the cooperation of the Shichibukai Boa Hancock...]
Luffy: (............)
[box: Luffy managed to successfully sneak aboard a Marine battleship... // ...and set sail... for the ultimate "Great Undersea Gaol of Impel Down".]

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[box: Grand Line, Marine Headquarters]
Marine: Fleet Admiral Sengoku!! / We have received word from Vice Admiral Momonga!! // It seems that "Empress" Boa Hancock has finally folded... / ...and is on her way here at this very moment!!
Sengoku: About time... I hope she is not too late... / That woman is a powerful asset.........!!! // And that makes six of the Shichibukai... only one remains... / What is the word on him? Has his head cooled down a little at the Great Gaol?
Marine: No... it seems he is still firmly opposed to fighting...!! // He says he will hold his position even should his title as Shichibukai be revoked......
Sengoku: And to think, I had expected him to be the most cooperative of them all in this matter... // Going wild here at Headquarters...

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Sengoku: Damn that Jimbei......!!!
Marine: Reporting in, Fleet Admiral!! Regarding the incident at the Shabondy Archipelago... / The 500 pirates whom Kizaru-dono has captured... / We're having some trouble preparing all the necessary paperwork at Impel Down...
Sengoku: Well, deal with it yourselves!! / I don't have time right now for anything but the Whitebeard issue!
Marine: There's also the issue of the World Noble, Rosward Sei......
Sengoku: The Admirals can deal with that! And where on Earth has Garp got to?!!
Marine: Vice Admiral Garp... headed out to Impel Down a short while ago...
Sengoku: What is that man playing at, at a time like this?!! Damned free spirit...!!
Marine: Fleet Admiral Sengoku!! Urgent news!! Whitebeard has made a move!! // *pant*... *pant*...
Sengoku: I see... Is this news from the patrol boat?! Let me speak to them directly!

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Marine: No... that's just it; it's all twenty-three Marine ships that were observing Whitebeard's main ship, the Moby Dick! / Only moments ago... // ...we lost contact with every one of them simultaneously............!!!
Sengoku: ?!! / What......?!!
Marine: There are reports of unrest amongst other pirates crews in the New World as well... / ...but as for just when or how they might make their move on us... // ...we have simply no idea whatsoever!! We've completely and utterly lost them!! / Arrangements are underway for a new patrol fleet...
Sengoku: ........................!! // .........They got us...!! // ...They're already on the move...?!!! // ...This means we have no way of knowing where they may choose to target. / Send word to all hands that as long as Ace is held there... // ...a major battle at Impel Down should be considered a definite possibility!!
Marine: Yessir!!!

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[box: Great Gaol, Impel Down]
Marine: ...Here he is. / Vice-Admiral Garp... // Please, be careful.
Garp: Yeah. // .................. / Dear me... this is a fine state you've got yourself into... // Are you still breathing? // Ace...
Ace: *pant*... *pant*... // Gramps...

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[box: Meanwhile, a short while earlier... // In a certain location on a certain island, a gigantic pawprint...]
WeirdGuy: Hey, hey... hey, hey, hey... // Hey, hey, hey, hey... Little girlie......... / Where did you come flying in from, little girlie...?
Nami: That's a little excessive......... What do you want?
WeirdGuy: Have you perhaps calmed down a little...? // Perhaps you're not going to get mad any more? // Now, please observe!! // This tightly knotted "Wind Knot"... // Release one...

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WeirdGuy: ...and it calls a breeze!
Nami: ?!
WeirdGuy: Release two...
Nami: ?! / Ahh!
WeirdGuy: ...and it calls a gale...!! // Release three... // ...and it calls a mighty squall!!
Nami: Aaaahhhhhh!! // What did you do that for?!!!
WeirdGuy: I - I - I thought it might help cheer you up!!!
Nami: Yes, well, I'm nice and cheered up now!! Anyway, I'm leaving!! Where is this place?!
WeirdGuy: This... is the small Sky Isle of Weatharia!! // A country dedicated to the study of weather!
[TN: Okay, it's official. Kuma is totally sending them to "appropriate" locations XD]
Nami: S...... Sky Isle~~~~?!!

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[box: Grand Line, a Winter Island]
Franky: Aaaaghh~~~!!!
EskimoGuy: Wait, wait! Stop, Taroimo!! // Aaahh...!!! // I'm so sorry... are you all right?! This guy mistook you for prey, you see...!!
Franky: Yeah, I'm fine...
EskimoGuy: Ahh!! How on Earth are you all right?!!
Franky: But man, this is crazy... How far must I have flown...? // Aaaghhh~~~~ it's cold!! What is this, a snow country?! F - f - fran-KY!!!
[TN: Yes, I do believe he's sneezing his own name...]
EskimoGuy: Oh, dear! Wearing nothing but underwear in the middle of a snowstorm...!! Have you been robbed or something?!
HornGuy: Here - take this loincloth, at least!!
Franky: Loincloth?!! Hah, yeah, right! I don't need a thing like that~~~~~~~~~~~!! If I put on one of those~~~~~~~~~~~~!!

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Franky: I'd be a disgrace to the name of pervert!! Awww~~!!! // C'mon, dance with me!! // Ass to the~~~♪ / ...RIGHT!! / Right hand on your ass~~~~ and stick your left hand out~!! // And slidi~~~~~n' LEFT!! / And repeat~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!! // Awww~!! One, two~~~~~! One, two!!
EskimoGuy: .........
HornGuy: .........
Franky: Take both hands from up to down! SCREW~~!! // Aaaannnnnnddddd~~~~~~~!! // SUUUUPEEEEER~~~~!!! // ...I'm STILL cold!!! Where the hell is this place?!!!
EskimoGuy: Whaaaaaa?!
HornGuy: ...This is Karakuri Island, the land where the genius was born. / You are in Balgimoa, the "Future Country"!
[TN: Okay, I'm not sure on "天才の生まれた国"... I *think* it's talking about a genius, singular (in which case I'd take a not-so-wild guess and say "Vegapunk"...), but it could be talking about geniuses plural... Either way, it's another blatant example of an Appropriate Destination :p "Karakuri", incidentally, means "mechanism"]
Franky: The hell is that?!!!

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[box: Grand Line // The Isle of Dreams, Momoiro Island]
[TN: "Momoiro" means "Pink"]
[box: This is the second island to be famed as an "Isle of Women". // No matter where you look, the plants, the animals, everything is pink. // And all the people who gather on this island, too... // ...have pure maiden's hearts.]

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[scroll: Dear Nami-san, Robin-chan......]
Not!Women: Aahh~~!♡ Aahh~~!♡ Wait~~~~~~~~!♡ // C'mon, stop running away~~!♡
Sanji: Yeah, like hell I will!!!
[scroll: Where are you both right now? Are you doing well?]
Not!Women: You're "the same", right?! // You must be, right?!
Sanji: Shaddup!! Stop following me!!! You've got it wrong, I'm telling you!!!
Not!Women: Welcome... to the Kamabakka Kingdom!!!
[TN: "Kamabakka" means "full of transvestites" >_______<]
[scroll: As for me...]
Sanji: AAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHH~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!
[scroll: I've arrived in hell...]
[insert text: The other "Paradise"...!!]