This could already be counted as good news, and Luna was immediately overjoyed.
Of course, there was one more thing that made her extremely happy. On this brand new day, since the requirement had been met and they had completely reached 1,000 people, the third mission was complete, and the reward had been issued into Luna's system space.
She had obtained two arbitrary weapons, but after obtaining them and confirming what these two weapons were...
She was instantly astonished, and it made her think more of Sana. Primarily, she realized that these two weapons truly seemed tailor-made for Sana.
All other requirements had been met. The day before, Sana had also shown her strength by dealing with a weak Pirate Crew. Her martial arts skills were indeed very strong.
Fluid and smooth, fast, accurate, and vicious, she was like a flexible and quick-striking hunting cat.
However, in the future, she might transform into a mighty tigress.
However, Sana still had to pass the final test before she could officially join the crew and receive a series of items from Luna that would rapidly and dramatically increase her strength.
As for sweet cola, Luna planned to bring it out after a while. She believed a fantastic period of time was about to happen.
And through the past two days of interaction, the Bei Group had also integrated into this harmonious family of sisterhood, which left Luna somewhat dumbfounded. She had originally thought her Pirate Crew would develop in the direction of the Straw Hat Pirates.
But looking at it now, they were also leaning slightly toward the Red Hair Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates.
Moreover, they would likely lean further in that direction in the future, evolving from a small family of sisterhood into a large collective.
However, there was also some bad news. Although they had encountered many Human Traffickers groups these past few days.
Most of the people rescued were male, and some were even special races. While there were females, they were mostly women and children.
All in all, they generally did not meet Luna's standards. When dealing with them, Luna would not let herself and The Girls destroy the Human Traffickers' ships.
Instead, she let these people use the ships as escape vessels, directly releasing them and giving them back their freedom.
Along the way, these people were extremely grateful to Luna and her crew, as if Luna and her crew were fairies sent by heaven to save them.
Having not found any suitable girls, whether for the main crew or to form a small squad, Luna was a bit discouraged, but not yet disappointed or dejected.
After all, everything has a good side and a bad side. For example, even if there were girls who could join them and did join...
Their current ship probably wouldn't be able to hold them all soon.
Luna decided to slow down the progress a bit. After all, there were still many things to handle: the new ship, the complete conversion of the Bei Group into Galatron Girls, and Sana's official induction and strengthening.
But at the same time, something else happened this morning that Luna and her crew were very concerned about: the newspaper delivered by the Newspaper Seagull this time was about them, exactly as they had anticipated.
Luna and her crew immediately bought several copies and started reading.
"Pink Hat Pirates Commit Indiscriminate Slaughter in the Grand Line Paradise, Refusing to Attack Civilians and Slaves, Even Rescuing Them. Human Traffickers and the Navy Suffer the Most at Their Hands."
The newspaper also contained relevant content, and it was extremely detailed, even recording which girl, or group of girls, took action in which instance and how they did it. There were even well-angled photos that captured them looking both cool and beautiful.
The Girls were very satisfied with what they saw. As for what others thought or how people on the sea viewed them, they could say whatever they wanted; they had a clear conscience.
Upon seeing this report, different forces across the sea indeed had different reactions.
On the pirate side, whether it was the Four Emperors or the Shichibukai, their reactions were largely similar: they found it ordinary and unremarkable, as they generally did the same thing.
If these guys were sailing on the sea, or if they suddenly trespassed into their territory, they would also act this way.
Some of them would even be more ruthless than Luna and her crew, attacking and destroying even civilians and merchant ships, and they wouldn't care about slaves.
In contrast, the Revolutionary Army, especially Dragon, strongly agreed with the actions and ideas of Luna and her crew.
This justice and ideology focused only on punishing and eliminating evildoers, without implicating or affecting good and innocent people.
But at the same time, Dragon also hoped that Luna and her crew would attract more attention, especially from the Navy and the World Government. He knew that previously, because the Navy had temporarily focused its attention on the Pink Hat Pirates, the Revolutionary Army had very easily, and with minimal resistance, launched revolutions in several World Government member nations dominated by nobles who oppressed the common people.
Of course, there were other people with other reactions, but the angriest was naturally the Navy.
Obviously, the Pink Hat Pirates attacked the Navy the most ruthlessly.
But the Navy simply couldn't do anything about the Pink Hat Pirates, or rather, couldn't do anything about Luna. Even Akainu, who was usually the most aggressive, quick to anger, and willing to take the initiative to attack, was subdued.
The main reason was that he had truly been terrified by Luna in their previous encounter.
Even with the encouragement and support of the hawkish Navy subordinates who always backed him, repeatedly asking him to take action, Akainu only responded by saying that unless they specifically found a way to deal with Luna, or unless he didn't have to face Luna when confronting the Pink Hat Pirates, he absolutely would not go.
Just thinking about the last battle with Luna made Akainu involuntarily shiver. It was too mentally taxing; it was enough to make a person collapse.
Damn it, the Void Ability is an unsolvable bug, a shameless, annoying, and dirty power.
But honestly, the Navy was truly helpless and could only sulk. However, they were also surprised because they discovered that the Pink Hat Pirates seemed to have gained another member, and she was a fighter specializing in combat.
But this new member, of all people, seemed to have displayed Admiral Level combat power.
This instantly startled Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru. Obviously, Luna's demonstrated strength was already solidly at the Admiral/Emperor level, or even the Four Emperors level. If Luna's influence wasn't smaller than the other Four Emperors, they would have long ago rated her as the fifth emperor.
But now, this girl seemed to have acquired another Admiral Level combatant. How could this not shock them?
Inside the Navy High Command, after holding a meeting and discussion, they decided to take action once more. However, this time, it wouldn't be to test Luna, but to test whether this girl named Tatsumaki truly possessed Admiral Level combat power.
As for the person, or rather, the powerhouse, who would take action, they decided it would be Aokiji, who was also nearby in that sea area.
Clearly, although they had previously and currently wanted to focus mainly on intelligence gathering, they saw that those who attacked the Pink Hat Pirates were only small-time pirates and minor Bounty Hunter groups.
Faced with the Pink Hat Pirates, who seemed to have suddenly gained an Admiral-level powerhouse, the Navy had no choice but to act again this time.
That was the Navy's reaction, but at the same time, many people on the sea were afraid and fearful.
Especially those small pirates, small Bounty Hunter teams, and Human Traffickers, particularly those operating in the sea area where Luna and her crew were located, all wished their ships could grow legs and quickly leave the area.
Meanwhile, Aokiji, who was riding his bicycle on the sea, leaving a thin trail of ice on the water's surface, had just hung up the transponder snail and put it back into his pocket.
He rode his bicycle with one hand and couldn't help but scratch his head with the other.
"Come on, hey, hey, hey, the Pink Hat Pirates are still very troublesome and tricky." Aokiji was extremely reluctant right now.
Because, first of all, even Akainu ended up like that, so he probably wouldn't fare well against Luna either, and would suffer the same fate.
Even if the opponent this time wasn't Luna, getting the Pink Hat Pirates to agree to let him fight the small green-haired girl named Tatsumaki seemed like a very difficult thing to do.
"Forget it, forget it. I'll worry about it when I meet them. There seems to be an uninhabited island ahead. I'll go sleep on it first."
Aokiji, who couldn't think of a good idea even after thinking for a long time, suddenly felt annoyed and decided to go up to the small isolated island ahead and sleep first.
But he didn't know that he was about to encounter two troubles in succession: a small one and a big one.
Because, unknowingly, the Straw Hat Pirates were heading this way, and they might soon run into Aokiji after landing on the island to look for herbs.
At the same time, the Pink Hat Pirates were also about to arrive here. Luna probably never expected that she would have the chance to participate in such a minor but important subplot... "How is it? Do you like it?"
Meanwhile, on the Pink Hat Pirates' ship, Luna, still sitting at the stern and enjoying the sea breeze, looked at Tatsumaki beside her and asked with a smile.
She had forgotten earlier, so she called Tatsumaki over now and used the Conqueror's Haki Awakening Card on her.
Tatsumaki now possessed fully awakened Conqueror's Haki.
"Is this the Conqueror's Haki you spoke of? It is indeed a very powerful force. It's certainly good for clearing out small fries."
Tatsumaki felt the new power that had appeared within her body. This kingly aura had an astonishing presence.
As if everything and everyone in the world should tremble before her, Tatsumaki really liked this feeling and acknowledged Conqueror's Haki as a special power belonging to the Pirate World.
"I'm glad you like it. This thing can't be actively trained; it depends on your luck and the improvement of your personal spirit in the future," Luna said with a smile.
"I believe I can do it." Tatsumaki was full of confidence. Obviously, she was a top powerhouse from the One-Punch Man world. Moreover, she had always believed she possessed the demeanor of a queen.
Luna believed her as well, but suddenly, the system's voice sounded in her mind, announcing yet another new mission. This instantly filled Luna with pleasant surprise.
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