Chapter 207: The Pirate Empress is a Toy
Hancock and Marigold looked down. Although this was one of the palaces in Mariejois, Saint Aptheim’s residence was only three or four stories high. If they used the blanket behind them to make a rope, their combined strength would be enough to jump down without any problems.
At that moment, Sandersonia said, "When we were being brought here, I overheard the guards saying that this Celestial Dragon called Aptheim-sei doesn’t like to have too many guards in his palace. His palace has the fewest guards among all the Celestial Dragons."
Marigold, the youngest of the three sisters, frowned. "But even if we’re lucky enough to escape the palace, outside in Mariejois, there’s a Government guard every few steps. In that kind of situation..."
"I know it’s going to be very difficult to escape," Sandersonia said seriously. "But don’t you think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?"
With that, Sandersonia glanced at the coffin in the side room and continued, "That Celestial Dragon is sleeping, and we don’t have Seastone chains on us, nor have we been branded with the Celestial Dragon’s slave mark. What a rare opportunity! Other slaves would never have such a chance. As long as we escape this time and go back to Amazon Lily, no one will ever know what happened to us here."
Sandersonia’s words convinced Hancock and Marigold. She was right. Wasn’t this the best time to escape? There were no Seastone chains, no Celestial Dragon’s slave brand, and the security here was the most relaxed. If the chance of escape was normally 0%, then even if it was only 1% now, they had to try.
"Let’s go!" As the oldest sister of the three, Hancock’s words made the three girls act immediately.
They first tore the expensive blanket off the large bed, then ripped it into strips to make a rope. They lowered themselves from a height of almost four stories to a height of about two stories and then jumped down. After they landed, the Hancock sisters looked around. Sandersonia said, "Onee-sama, I still kind of remember the route we took when we were brought here..."
"What about all the bodyguards outside?" Marigold asked.
"...We’ll find a way to defeat a lone bodyguard, put on their clothes, and try to blend in to escape," Sandersonia suggested.
Marigold was a little worried. "C-Can that work?"
"Whether it works or not, we have to take a gamble." Hancock clenched her fists and waved her small hand. "Let’s go!"
While the three girls were carrying out their escape plan, they didn’t notice that in a hidden corner of the platinum wall on their left, a small visual Den Den Mushi was watching from its hiding spot. Its antennae with eyeballs peered out of the corner, staring intently in the direction they had run off to.
At this moment, in Saint Aptheim’s palace, Alucard had returned to his original form and was sitting on the giant ruby chair. On the wine table on his right was a visual Den Den Mushi for Celestial Dragons, which was wearing a Celestial Dragon’s helmet. The image projected onto the wall from this visual Den Den Mushi was a surveillance feed of all of Mariejois. It could be switched and controlled.
In the video Alucard was watching, the three Hancock sisters were secretly leaving the palace and making their way toward the entrance of Mariejois.
Alucard chuckled as he took a small sip of Hancock’s virgin blood from the glass. Then, he took out another small platinum Den Den Mushi, dialed a number, and a respectful voice came from the other side, "My lord, do you have any orders?"
"Keep the Den Den Mushi on the entire time and listen to my commands. Send three guards on a solo patrol to Area E-11, and have them deliberately lose to their enemies."
The person on the other end was puzzled by the strange order that Alucard, in the voice of Saint Aptheim, was giving. "My lord, what are you trying to do?"
"Just a little game with the slaves. In short, all the guards in Mariejois will now follow my orders," Alucard said as he watched the three Hancock sisters on the video Den Den Mushi screen.
The person on the other end was silent for two seconds and then said, "Understood... Yes, if it’s just the three of them, it won’t cause too much of a stir. I’ll arrange it immediately."
After hanging up the platinum Den Den Mushi, Alucard casually put it aside. He watched the three girls escaping in Mariejois and said to himself, "The future Pirate Empress... Boa Hancock..."
He suddenly smiled. "A good toy, isn’t she?"
At this moment, at a corner, Hancock glanced ahead and quickly had her two sisters retreat into the corner. She looked again and saw three bodyguards walking toward them.
Sandersonia also poked her head out and clenched her fists in excitement when she saw the three bodyguards. "Good! We just got out and we’re already this lucky to find three! Let’s defeat them, steal their clothes, and escape!"
Hancock felt that something was off, but this was indeed a rare opportunity. She first had herself and her two sisters retreat into the corner. The moment the three suit-wearing bodyguards walked past the corner, Hancock waved her hand, and the three sisters attacked at the same time.
In less than ten seconds, their ambush was successful. They knocked the three men into the wall and rendered them unconscious. Hancock walked up to one of them and said quickly, "Hurry, hurry! Put on their clothes and throw them into the corner!"
"Got it, Onee-sama." Sandersonia and Marigold also quickly ripped the bodyguards’ suits off and put them on themselves.
Meanwhile, in the palace, when Alucard went to drink blood again, he found that the glass was empty. He sighed in regret, switched back to drinking red wine, and continued watching the projection on the wall.
When the three Hancock sisters finished changing their clothes, Alucard almost burst out laughing. The sense of incongruity was just too strong.
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