One Piece 517

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One Piece
Chapter 517: Bathtime
CP9's Independent Report, Vol. 24: "Departing St. Popla"

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[insert text: The Empress returns!!]
Kuja: Open the gates~~!!! // Hebihime-sama has returned~~~~!!! // Welcome home~~!!! // Welcome home, Kuja Pirates~~~!!
Daisy: We've got a great haul~~!! Zahahahahahaha!!
Kuja: Aaahhh, Ran-sama~~~~~!! Daisy-sama~~~~~!!

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LittleKuja: They're so cool......!! // I'm gonna join the pirate crew one day...!
Kuja: Aaaaahhhhh~~~~~~!!! / The Gorgon Sisters~~!! // Hebihime-sama~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!! // Her beauty knows no bounds~~!! // Marigold-sama~~~~!! // Sandersonia-sama~~~~!!
RandomKuja: Good work out there. Your Atsume-guruma awaits.
[TN: The kanji for "atsume-guruma" read "monkey", "woman" and "carriage". So go figure.]
Hancock: Anything to report?
RandomKuja: No, nothing...
Hancock: .........

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SomeKujaWoman: This haul really is spectacular!! Iron ore, gunpowder, sake, and produce from the north!!
Ran: We sank two merchant ships and a pirate ship. / And then just now, we took all the cargo from a ship from Central.
Nyon: Nyow, Ran, would you happen to have any reading material?
Ran: Elder Nyon! // The fellows from Central just now gave us this newspaper. // Here, you can have it!
[box: Amazon Lily, Kuja Castle]
Kuja: Welcome home! // Welcome home, Hebihime-sama.
Hancock: .........Enishida, what is this?

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Enishida: Ah, that... // ...is a clay statue that the children of the village worked ever so hard to make for you, Hebihime-sama. / They even painted it... they must have put in a lot of effort!
Hancock: .........
Enishida: We had to be very careful to avoid breaking it when we transported it up to the castle...
Hancock: I see... the children... // ...made a clay likeness of me... // It is awful...!! // A foul stain upon this room.
Enishida: !!! // Ahh - Hebihime-sama?!!
Hancock: Do not bring such filthy things into the castle!! // Now dispose of it quickly, and clean up the floor!! / Oh, and Enishida...
Enishida: Y - Yes...!!

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Hancock: I noticed a distinct absence of warriors standing guard at the port...?
Enishida: ......Ahh, yes - the truth is... / A very ferocious "monkey" has appeared in the jungle... // ...and they all went out to deal with it!! / But worry not, they will return shortly. We apologise that they were unable to greet you...
Hancock: A "monkey"...? Well, whatever.........
Enishida: Would you care for a drink?
Hancock: ......Some hakushu.
[TN: The kanji mean "white liquor", and can usually be read "shiroki", "shirozake" or "paichuu", each referring to a different liquor. "Hakushu" is a very rare reading, and I have no idea what it refers to. Could well be invented.]
Enishida: Understood.
Nyon: And I think I nyall have some too!!!

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Hancock: ! // Elder Nyon......!! / This is my personal room... what are you doing here?
Kuja: E... Elder Nyon......!! // Where did you come from...?!!
Nyon: I can enter from wherever I please.........!!
Hancock: Throw her out!
Nyon: Nyow just wait, Hebihime!!!
Hancock: .................."Sama"?
Nyon: ...My apologies, Hebihime-sama......!! / There is a ship belonging to some "fellows from Central" moored off the coast, correct...?

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Nyon: ...Would I nyot be correct in thinking that this ship came here to meet you? // Would it nyot in fact be a ship sent to bring you to answer an assembly summons?
Hancock: Indeed. An invitation to war...
Nyon: Then why are you still here?!! / You must go!!! // All you nyeed do is take part in this, and the treaty will be kept. And I find it difficult... // ...to imagine someone of your level dying in war...
Hancock: ...But... // I am so afraid...
Nyon: Ahhh!! Like a little puppy...!♡// ...OH NYO, YOU DON'T!!!
Enishida: Elder Nyon...

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Nyon: Right now...... we, this entire coountry......... / ...lie under the protection offered by the title of Shichibukai that you possess. // Once, we of this island were protected against all outside intrusion... / ...by the powerful shield of the Calm Belt. // ...However, nyow, those of Central have developed nyew shipbuilding technologies... / ...allowing them to travel these waters as they please... // It is only because you are a Shichibukai... / ...that despite the pirating activities we Kuja undertake... // ...they make nyo move upon our island home here. // If you were to lose that title and we were to revert to a mere pirate nyation...... tragedy would befall us!!! / There are children and old women on this island, you knyow!!!
Hancock: ...Do you speak merely out of fear?
Nyon: I care nyot if I lose this life of mine... / Gaze into this crystal ball of mine... and it will show you your future...

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[ball: You must go!]
Hancock: Oh, enough of this!!! / Throw her out!!!
Kuja: Of course!!
Nyon: Wait!! Hebihime!!
Hancock: Exactly what do you think you are playing at...? / This is not your age; your age ended long ago... // Amazon Lily Empress of three generations past, Gloriosa!!
Nyon: ...............!!
Hancock: Even if on a simple whim... // ...I should lead this land to destruction...... // All would forgive me. // Why, you ask? Why, that is because... // ...I am beautiful!!
Nyon: And there it is!! Hebihime-sama's "looking-down-on-people-too-much" pose!! / She's looking down so much she's actually looking up!!

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Hancock: ...Whilst at one time you held the position of Empress here... // ...you abandoned your country; sailed away to foreign lands... you are a traitor to the Kuja!!! // You were only accepted back into this country upon your shameless return... / ...because of the compassion of my predecessor, the last Empress.
Nyon: ! // That is why I live out my life alone in a corner of the village!! / Owww......!!
Hancock: Then you go back and continue that quiet life... / And never dare to raise your voice to the current Empress again!!
Nyon: Hebihime-sama!!!
Hancock: ...Still, I cannot help but admire the passion you have shown. / I lose this battle......!!
Nyon: ?!! // Then... you see nyow, Hebihime-sama?! ...I knyew it was worth trying to talk to you!! // Thank you!! So you will go, will you?!!

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Hancock: I was lying. Don't get ahead of yourself.
Nyon: ?!!
Hancock: Now GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!!!
Nyon: !! // Aaaaaghhhhhh!!! // DAMN YOU, HEBIHIME~~~!!
Kuja: Heihime-sama!!! // How could you to that to an old woman?!!!
Hancock: .................. // I just...!♡
Kuja: Of course, of course! We completely understand!♡ // !
Nyon: Hai~~ya!!!
Kuja: Elder Nyon?!
Nyon: I may have aged terribly, but I am still the Kuja warrior I always was!!!

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[bubbleSFX: DONG DONG DONG DONG!!!]
Announcement: IT IS NOW HEBIHIME-SAMA's~~~~~!! // BA~~~~~THTI~~~~~~~~~ME!!! // EVERYBODY OUT OF THE CASTLE~~~~~~~~~!! // IT IS HEBIHIME-SAMA'S~~~~~~~ BA~~~~~~THTI~~~~~ME~~~~~!
Kuja: ...Ah... But I just started eating... // That's no good - hurry up!! / We have to get outside......!! // Ah, it's her bathtime now...... // With everyone coming out of the castle, it'll get busy in here!

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Announcement: FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS!! // ENTRY TO THE CASTLE IS ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN!!!
LittleKuja: Why is it that that Hebihime-sama's baths... / ...are always such a big deal, I wonder... / Does she really hate being seen naked that much...?
Ran: ......How old are you now?
LittleKuja: I'm eight.
Ran: ......Then I'll tell you.
LittleKuja: The Gorgon Sisters have...... a secret?
Ran: That's right! // Long ago, the "Gorgon" was a type of monster that lived in the Central Sea. / A terrifying monster; simply looking at it was enough to turn your entire body to stone. / And at the very end of their adventures...

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Ran: ...Hebihime-sama and her sisters succeeded in slaying that Gorgon monster. / However, in its dying moments, the Gorgon dealt a blow... // ...a frightful curse upon the three warriors. / The monster's huge eyes were inscribed upon the backs of Hebihime-sama and her sisters. // Now, if they take off their clothing, laying those backs bare... / ...anyone in their vicinity will die, turned to stone by the curse.
LittleKuja: Wha - ?!
Ran: ...That's why the Gorgon Sisters are careful never to remove their clothes in front of people. / When they take their bath, they go through all of this...
LittleKuja: .........
Ran: ...to make sure that nobody comes near them.
LittleKuja: ......!! So that's what it was...
Ran: They received these curses as a result of their gallant victory... / ...and so the curses are in fact the pride of this Kuja land of warriors. / You see?
LittleKuja: Uh-huh!! I got it! // Hebihime-sama really is incredible, isn't she!

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[box: The Isle of Women, Jungle...]
Kikyou: Where did he go?!!
Kuja: He headed up the mountain!!
Margaret: He couldn't have gone back to the village, could he...? // He was after a boat, you know!!
Luffy: Now then... what to do~~? // I can't hang around, or they'll find me again... // She said they've got a pirate ship, right...? / So I ought to be able to just borrow that... // ...Nah, that's no good. I'd never get anywhere on my own, without Nami. // I guess I'm best off trying to get them to take me along. / Would they give me a ride to the Shabondy Archipelago...? I'll go ask!!

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Luffy: ...And if I'm asking something like that, I'll have to find someone important... // ...And important people would live in the biggest building... Hmmmmm... / [aside]All this thinking is making my head hurt...[/aside] // Right, well... let's go look for a big building!! // Hu~~~p!! // Aaahhhh~~~~~!
Kikyou: To the village! Hurry!!!
Margaret: .........
Kikyou: Hebihime-sama has most likely returned already!! // If the man is found, there will be real trouble!!!

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Luffy: Gahh!! It broke~~!!
Kuja: What?!! The castle tower just collapsed!! // Isn't Hebihime-sama taking her bath in there right now?!
Luffy: Buahhhh! Water~~~~~~~~!!! / So hotttt~~~!! / This stuff's boiling~~~~!! // Guaaaahhhh~!! I'm gonna drown~~~~~~~!! Someone help -

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Luffy: Ah... / I can stand up... / *pant* *pant* / Huh?! Is this a bath?
Hancock: ......??! A man...?!
Luffy: ! // Hm? Hey, that thing on your back... // I've seen it somewhere -
Hancock: !!! // You SAW...
[insert text: And the turning-to-stone...?!]