Everyone present burst into laughter. A little girl actually dreaming of going to Sky Island? Bellamy laughed even more rampantly: "A little girl, a Big Talker, and talking about searching for Sky Island? You're really dreaming."
Bellamy laughed as he slapped Cricket's shoulder: "Look, your tall tales even tricked such a cute child. Stop looking for Sky Island. Let me find a new place for the two of you."
With that, he reached out to grab Hera and Nami, thinking to himself, "I didn't expect to encounter such top-tier beauties here. If I catch them and send them to Boss Donquixote Doflamingo, he'll definitely praise me."
Hera frowned. Was this the downside of not being famous enough? Any random riffraff dared to pick a fight. Armament Haki coated her leg, and with one kick, she sent Bellamy flying back, smashing through the tavern's back wall.
"Open your eyes. Can't you see the insignia of a Navy Headquarters Lieutenant Commander?" Hera looked at the crowd with displeasure, then said to Cricket: "Let's go. You believe in my strength now, don't you? But this really isn't the place to talk."
"Wait a minute!" a roar came from the ruins. Bellamy bounced up from the debris: "You think you can just leave after hitting me? It's not that simple."
Hera focused her gaze on the springs that had appeared beneath Bellamy and finally remembered who he was: "I wondered where you got your courage from. So you're one of Doflamingo's subordinates. What's wrong? You think you're all that just because you can bounce?"
Bellamy roared: "I am a Paramecia Spring-Spring Fruit user, a great pirate with a bounty of 38 million! You only managed to sneak attack me because I was careless. Try again if you have the guts!"
Hera sighed: "I didn't want to kill you, but did you really have to announce your bounty in front of me?"
As Hera's voice fell, she had already flashed behind Bellamy using'Shave'. "Then let's have you try this move: Fist Bone: Impact." Her black fist, coated in Armament Haki, slammed Bellamy toward the ground.
Then Hera quickly stepped back, wanting to see if Bellamy, whose legs had turned into springs, would bounce toward the sky.
As it turned out, the pressure Hera exerted exceeded the load-bearing capacity of the springs in his legs. He was slammed into the ground, the springs snapping instantly, and the area where Hera struck his upper body was left with a gaping hole.
"Sigh, I gave you a chance to run, but you were useless. I'll be collecting this 38-million bounty head then." Hera sighed helplessly as she looked at Bellamy spread out on the ground. She had actually liked this minor character when watching clips before, but his attempt to sell her and Nami had undoubtedly crossed her red line.
The City of Devouring Time enveloped Bellamy. Upon his death, the Spring-Spring Fruit was reborn within Hera's City of Devouring Time. Hera glanced at the fruit, which looked like a spring, and thought to herself, "It's a bit useless, but I'll keep it for my collection."
Then Hera said: "Are there any other pirates among the rest of you? Although I didn't come here for this, I don't mind making some extra cash."
Frightened by this, no matter how much they had drunk, they were all sober now. They shook their heads one after another, distancing themselves from Bellamy.
Hera nodded with satisfaction, seeing that finally, no one looked down on her.
Before leaving, Hera thought for a moment, took out a stack of Berries, and slapped them onto the tavern table: "I'm not an unreasonable person. Take this and fix up your run-down place. Keep the change as my treat."
After saying that, she waved to the stunned Cricket: "What are you dazed for? Hurry up and follow. I'm still waiting for you to tell me about going to Sky Island." Cricket hurriedly followed her out of the tavern.
"Do you have a place to go?" Hera asked Cricket.
Cricket quickly replied: "Yes, yes. I have sea charts of this area at my house. I've been studying them for a long time."
Hera nodded: "Lead the way."
Cricket said: "I also need to see your ship. I can help modify it to make it suitable for flying to Sky Island. I only have one request: if possible, please ring the golden bell."
Walking behind Cricket, Hera said: "Don't worry. If even our ship can't do it, then unless you call Vegapunk over to study it, no other ship will be able to. I have confidence in the argo."
Then Hera glanced at the grimy Cricket from the bar: "Rest assured, we will ring the golden bell. We will also prove to the world that your ancestor was not a liar."
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