Hearing this, Natsumi wore a satisfied expression, smiling and nodding.
Then, as if suddenly remembering something, she clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Ah! That's right! I've been meaning to ask someone the next time I met them."
She took a few steps back, twirled in place, struck a pose, and then turned her gaze back to me. "Heh, Kyoya, can I ask you something?"
"No problem...
2025-09-11 11:04:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Nyarlathotep? What’s that?” The single silver cowlick on the girl’s head seemed to come alive, twisting into a large question mark. She blinked her emerald-green eyes—clear as a forest pool—and filled them with a pure, curious light.
She stared at Haru with an inquisitive expression, the very picture of an innocent girl so naive you could probably lead her anywhere with a pie...
2025-09-11 10:39:56 +0000 UTC View Post
If anyone had known who Luffy’s father really was, Zoro probably wouldn’t have followed him.
"Are you and my grandpa on good terms?" Luffy asked Shin with a carefree attitude.
He showed no fear of Shin, but Zoro's eyes narrowed with calculation.
Don't be fooled by Zoro's terrible sense of direction—he wasn't an idiot. He could read the fear in Zeff's eyes when the chef l...
2025-09-11 10:19:37 +0000 UTC View Post
A cold fury settled over Hawk's features. His normally calm blue eyes now burned with the inferno of vengeance as the memories of that night—September 10th, 2009—resurfaced.
Gwen watched the inferno in his eyes, her own expression unreadable.
She didn't seem surprised by his reaction.
In fact, she already knew. She had asked her father, George, for a small favor and found ...
2025-09-11 09:23:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The next morning.
Monday.
Hawk was up before the sun. He had already requested the day off last Friday, but he didn’t head straight for the cemetery.
Instead, he packed the five Chitauri weapons into a brand-new golf bag he’d bought the day before—and took a cab to a small burrito shop near a local orphanage.
The owner, a Mexican m...
2025-09-10 15:18:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Soon, an expedition team, riding on Super Spot-Billed Ducks, departed from the royal capital. The members were:
Jin, Vivi, Maya, Robin, Pell, Chaka.
They traveled from the royal capital to Rainbase, then to Yuba, Erumalu, and Katorea, visiting every town along the way. Like a player clearing the fog of war on a map, Ai created a more precise, 3D map of the region.
Along the wa...
2025-09-10 14:15:07 +0000 UTC View PostDoflamingo extended the Den Den Mushi on a long, thin thread, keeping it hovering at Arthur's side while maintaining a careful distance of several dozen meters.
Even this gap provided no real sense of security. Dealing with a man of such monstrous reputation subjected him to immense pressure, both physical and psychological.
This distance was the only thing that gave him the courage...
2025-09-10 12:18:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe hotel suite's atmosphere was beyond bizarre.
Nagisa—trapped in Tokoyogi Yuuma's body—sat obediently on the sofa, looking completely lost.
Bokue was equally baffled. He couldn't wrap his head around why Nagisa and Yuuma had suddenly swapped bodies. It made zero sense, and he couldn't even begin to figure out how it happened.
As for Natsuki, after confirming the body swa...
2025-09-10 11:47:55 +0000 UTC View PostLooking at the brilliant smile that bloomed on her enthusiastic subordinates' faces, Kotori popped a lollipop into her mouth, crossed her legs, and declared, "It's decided! This time, we'll help you with the conquest!"
On my end, hearing Kotori decide for me through the earpiece, I couldn't help but grumble, "Just this once, you'd better not pull any weird stunts."
As I spoke, I sca...
2025-09-10 11:17:13 +0000 UTC View PostDarkness had fallen over Misaki City, blanketing it in an oppressive atmosphere.
In the black sky, several silvery-blue bolts of lightning suddenly flashed, looking like ferocious claws raking across a veil.
A few seconds later…
Boom! Boom!
A colossal thunderclap echoed through the sky.
The roaring thunder, coupled with the dark sky, told every r...
2025-09-10 10:44:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Because of Arlong's death, Cocoyasi Village held a banquet, bringing out all the best food and drink they had.
It was clear that everyone was thrilled by his demise.
"Thank you, Nami. We misunderstood you before. We're sorry," a few villagers admitted, approaching her with apologetic expressions.
Nami forgave them. Or rather, she had never been angry in the first place.
...
2025-09-10 10:19:50 +0000 UTC View Post
The sewer walls were slick with a sticky, unidentifiable slime, and the stench—a foul mix of rust, raw sewage, and rot—filled the tunnel.
Hawk shut off his sense of smell entirely. Heat was manageable. Cold was nothing. But this kind of stench, this was his kryptonite.
He looked at the masked figure leading the way through the muck, a genuine curiosity in his voice.
"How i...
2025-09-10 09:23:16 +0000 UTC View Post
The monstrous Lizard.
A dangling Spider-Man.
And a dumbstruck Gwen.
Hawk didn't have time to think. He grabbed Gwen, but in that same instant, a realization hit him. He yanked her back, pulling her into his arms and spinning on the spot, turning his own back toward the Lizard.
CRACK!
The Lizard’s claws slammed into Hawk's back with the force of a falling...
2025-09-09 20:06:11 +0000 UTC View Post
"It's Peter, isn't it?"
"..."
In the middle of physics class.
Hawk glanced at the words on the note that had been slid onto his desk, a single eyebrow arching. He looked over at Gwen, who was sitting next to him.
Gwen just gave him a pointed look, her eyes flicking to the note.
Hawk offered a small, noncommittal smile and slid the note back to her.
He wasn't ...
2025-09-09 18:21:01 +0000 UTC View Post
"What did you just say?"
"Uh, I don't know?"
"No, you just said the experiment succeeded with what?"
"A mouse with a severed tail. Didn't I tell you about that last time?" Hawk frowned, looking at Gwen's stunned expression. "What's wrong?"
Gwen didn't answer. Her brow was furrowed in thought.
A successful experiment.
A mouse with a severed tail.<...
2025-09-09 16:21:16 +0000 UTC View Post
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
CRACKLE!!
Violent, ferocious crimson-black lightning erupted from Blackbeard’s body, roaring furiously in the skies above Hachinosu Island.
BAAAAAAAAAAANG!!
Though the power of this crimson-black lightning had not yet reached the Legendary-Class capable of shattering ...
2025-09-09 15:11:22 +0000 UTC View Post
"All the rocks on the earth's surface will one day crumble!"
The ground around him began to turn to sand. The rocks cracked, the plants withered, and the desertification spread rapidly outward.
"Haki? Don't be so naive! The true essence of my power is to drain the life from everything! And it has no limits! I will turn everything to sand! Everything within my reach will be reduced t...
2025-09-09 14:31:52 +0000 UTC View PostTo reclaim his ancestral home—the island of Dressrosa—and secure his family's place in the New World, Doflamingo would stop at nothing.
Whether the path was righteous or utterly depraved made no difference. He would use any means necessary to achieve his ends.
He might not be crazy enough to pick fights with the Emperors, but when it came to his fellow Supernovas, he wouldn't ba...
2025-09-09 11:50:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sun set over Itogami Island, Asagi Aiba emerged from the Keystone Gate's main entrance, her workday finally over. The moment she stepped into the plaza, a wave of hot air hit her, making her instinctively hold her breath.
God, it's hot...
The area was packed—students on summer vacation meeting friends for dinner, mixed with office workers like herself just getting ...
2025-09-09 11:18:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't know if it was just my imagination, but for a moment, I could have sworn I saw a terrifying dark aura rise from behind the gentle Kurumi.
Even Mayuri, Shiori, and Sawa were taken aback, never expecting to hear such a secret. Instantly, their faces flushed a deep crimson. Their gazes were a mixture of resentment and shyness.
Seeing everyone getting the wrong idea from Tohka...
2025-09-09 11:00:26 +0000 UTC View Post
This was a place of impenetrable darkness, so absolute you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.
However, for Haru, who had visited this place daily for the past month, the darkness was no obstacle. He strolled through the cave with the ease of a man navigating his own backyard.
Drip!
Drip~!
The uneven ceiling was covered in co...
2025-09-09 10:36:42 +0000 UTC View Post
"Two small fry down, but the main event hasn't shown his face yet. Let's send him a proper invitation—just remember not to kill Arlong."
Shin gestured meaningfully to Hancock.
Understanding his intent, Hancock raised her blade once more. This strike wouldn't be the trivial gesture that had dispatched two fish-men moments ago.
A sword slash dozens of meters long tore through ...
2025-09-09 10:07:32 +0000 UTC View Post
With a single, graceful swing, Peter landed squarely on the rooftop of Hawk's apartment building.
"Whoa, Spider—"
Hawk, who had been about to speak, stopped short as the hero ripped off his mask, revealing his true face. A look of mock surprise crossed Hawk's features.
"Peter?"
Peter just gave him a shy smile. He finally understood what Gwen had been talking about. "Ha...
2025-09-08 18:19:47 +0000 UTC View Post
A flicker of uncertainty crossed Dr. Connors's eyes.
He sat motionless in his office chair, his face calm and composed, while inside a storm raged.
One part of him was desperate to proceed with the human trials.
This was his life's work. What was the point of all the research if not to benefit humanity, to ensure no one would ever have to suffer from a debilitating injury agai...
2025-09-08 15:47:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hawk and Gwen exchanged a few more words.
Their voices carried no tension, expressions perfectly at ease. They walked side-by-side toward the main hallway, leaving a trail of stunned silence in their wake.
Behind them, Mary Jane's jaw was on the floor.
Holy shit. What the hell did I miss this summer?
Peter was just as dumbfounded.
He felt like he understoo...
2025-09-08 14:48:31 +0000 UTC View Post
It seemed no one noticed an extra eye and ear on one of the pillars.
Outside the palace, in a luxurious crocodile-drawn carriage, Robin was relaying what she had seen and heard to Crocodile.
His face was grim.
He had already considered Alabasta his. And now, someone was reaching their hand into his plate?
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That ni...
2025-09-08 13:58:08 +0000 UTC View Post“KILL HIM!!”
“KILL THE THUNDER EMPEROR, AND I’LL BE FAMOUS ACROSS THE SEAS!!”
“HIS HEAD IS MINE!”
One pirate after another, eyes blazing with greed, wore the expressions of starving wolves ready to devour Arthur whole. They surged forward from every direction like a massive, unstoppable wave.
There were too many of them—thousands, perhaps even tens of tho...
2025-09-08 12:06:07 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the blazing noon sun to its slow descent into crimson twilight, the apartment finally fell quiet.
Hours of battle had dragged them from the kitchen to the living room sofa, and then finally into the bedroom.
The place wasn’t large—it was a single-occupant arc-shaped unit, like every other in the building. But after an afternoon of constant “fighting,” the whole apartmen...
2025-09-08 11:37:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe time was precisely 8:30 PM.
As the last firework faded, the night sky once again fell into a tranquil state.
Immediately after, the sound of a loudspeaker echoed again. "This year's summer festival has now concluded. Please leave the market in an orderly fashion. Do not cause injuries due to crowding."
"Kyoya, Let's go home," Tohka called out from the side...
2025-09-08 10:57:37 +0000 UTC View PostAt the main gate of the Kuonji residence.
“Come back with me,” Alice Kuonji said, her slender, graceful arm grabbing a tuft of golden fur, her expression cold.
Following the golden fur, or rather, the golden tail, one could see a giant golden wolf, its two claws holding onto the gate’s railings, its eyes welling with tears as it roared,
“I won’t go!!...
2025-09-08 10:35:04 +0000 UTC View Post