Chapter 260 - 260: Hera's Support Club

Nami, who was training her new power with Ain, and Reiju, who was developing her fruit nearby, glanced at each other, left the training ground, and came to the Argo.

Seeing all her partners arrive here, Hera stood on the Argo, which had already been repainted with pirate colors, and said high-spiritedly: "Set sail! Our goal is to become the Pirate King!"

The others looked at their somewhat chuunibyou Captain, turning their heads away one after another, feeling it was too much to look at.

Only Theseus waved a hand and set off a shower of fireworks: "Long live the departure!"

Hancock said with a flushed face, "If Hera becomes the Pirate King, then I must become the Pirate King's woman."

Ain looked at the blushing Hancock, unsure for a moment whether she meant becoming the Pirate King's woman, or getting on the Pirate King.

"Whatever, it pretty much means the same thing anyway." After thinking for a while to no avail, she put the thought out of her mind.

Kuina gave Hera a chop to the head: "What are you saying? Grandpa Garp would cry if he heard that."

A large bump rose on Hera's head. She clutched her head and rolled around on the deck: "I know, I know, I won't say it anymore, okay?"

Amidst the chaotic atmosphere, the group on the Argo set out from Amazon Lily once again, embarking on their own adventure.

Hera even had a faint feeling that when they returned to Amazon Lily again, it would be the moment everything ended.

However, she quickly tossed that thought aside. What was more important now was that Reiju had raised the Argo's large bath.

The military uniform on her body instantly transformed into a swimsuit as she jumped from the bow into the bath, kicking up a splash of water.

Reiju casually blocked the splash Hera kicked up, so as not to let the juice in her hand get mixed with the water in the bathtub.

After sailing for a while, the pirates gradually began to gather. However, the Supernovas who survived at Sabaody Archipelago happened to encounter Kaido falling from the clouds.

Now they are all on Onigashima, forced by Kaido to join his Beasts Pirates.

The only rookie still active on the sea is the new generation Supernova, the Captain of the Beautiful Pirates, Cavendish. Speaking of which, this person is also a bit ridiculous.

In his birthplace, the Bourgeois Kingdom, because his popularity was so high, the women of the country were unwilling to marry. In desperation, the King could only exile him.

However, in the place he was exiled to, the Rommel Kingdom, his second personality became a murderous demon, appearing every night to kill innocent citizens.

Even the Marines sent after him could do nothing. His bounty gradually reached 280 million.

The New Navy is also sending people to hunt him down, but he has managed to evade them all.

Since he didn't participate in the Battle of Dressrosa, he probably won't miss this Pirate Expo.

"Hmm, his second personality is a murderer. But it's said his first personality also enjoys the fame the second one brings him. If we meet him, let's just kill him."

Looking at the intelligence in her hand about the newly rising forces on the sea, Hera decided his fate after a moment of hesitation.

"Sigh, this sea is a bit lonely. There aren't many new pirates left."

Hera sighed as she looked at the intelligence report.

Reiju said, "Not many people dream of going to sea to become pirates anymore. The activity of the New Navy in the four seas has cut off the replenishment of pirate forces."

"Especially with Whitebeard's death in the Marineford War and the Marines' grand victory, many people have come to their senses. Now, some even start to doubt if the treasure Roger spoke of is actually real."

After looking at the intelligence for a bit longer, Hera's expression became strange. She pointed to an adventure group in the report and said:

"Can someone tell me what's going on with this 'I Want to be Miss Ye Shi's Dog Adventure Group'? Where did it come from? Isn't anyone going to manage them?"

Ain glanced over and said:

"Oh, you mean that? This adventure group claims to be your fans. What they often do is take others to travel to the places you originally visited. According to them, this is called a Holy Land Pilgrimage."

"They've also boosted a lot of local economic development, and since they haven't done anything bad and sometimes even help the Marines on missions, the Marines haven't really bothered them."

"Additionally, they've introduced your deeds to many people and even attracted many to join the New Navy."

"This 'I Want to be Miss Hera's Dog' is one of the larger ones. There are many others, like the 'Holy Fire Ye Shi Cult,' the 'Invincible Nightmare' adventure group, and so on."

Hancock leaned in as well. Seeing the adventure group Hera was looking at, she added:

"This is very popular. Didn't you know? Many of the tourists on Amazon Lily were brought by them."

She even commented: "Besides, it's the first time I've seen people bring tourists to us and, instead of asking for a referral fee, they actually give us money."

Reiju also leaned in. Hearing their conversation, she didn't forget to twist the knife for Hera:

"They seem to have an alliance. Many of the countries you saved have also joined. When I contacted Judge a few days ago, he seemed to have joined the alliance as well."

"There's also the Alabasta Kingdom, Sky Island, Fish-Man Island, and the people who flew out from Golden Lion's place. They've all joined in."

Hearing this, Hera felt her vision go dark. Her hand trembled as she pointed to the name of the adventure group:

"I understand the logic, but why, why is the most popular one a name in this format? Isn't there any normal name?"

Theseus excitedly raised his hand, stood up, and said with hands on hips:

"That is my credit, of course! I saw in the City of Devouring Time that this is how you described idols in your impressions, so I changed all their names."

"How about it? Shouldn't you praise me?"

Looking at Theseus's face begging for praise, Hera only felt her fists clenching.

But then she thought, if it wasn't for this name making people feel like the organization was just a small-time mess, the World Government might have come knocking long ago.

Several kings discussing activities together, voluntarily paying fees, and in the end, there's even a Hera on the throne inside—isn't this just a miniature version of the World Government?

To outsiders, this was just a collective group of countries chasing a star.

At that thought, Hera no longer wanted to teach Theseus a lesson. Her tightly clenched fists turned into warm palms as she patted Theseus's head.

"Alright, you did a good job this time. What reward do you want?"

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