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If Ikki didn't know what happened to Sadi-chan by this time, he would be laughing at himself.
'I see, the power of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit is indeed working on me,' Ikki thought. 'This woman, along with Hina, was turned into a toy by Sugar. The memory of getting along with Hina has not disappeared from my mind because I engraved her with me as a partner.'
'And this Sadi-chan should also have come to my ship. Maybe I didn't imprint the seal of my partner on her, so the memory of getting along with her disappeared. However, because the original plot of One Piece that I originally knew was not within the scope of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, I kept this part of my memory.'
'Tsk, what a troublesome Devil Fruit ability,' Ikki mused, his eyes flashing with a cruel look. 'A Devil Fruit that can affect me without coming into contact with me cannot remain in this world.'
At this time, he had already made plans to let the Hobby-Hobby Fruit disappear from this world forever. No one wants to let the memory of someone who originally existed in their mind become a thing of the past without their knowledge, especially Ikki.
"This time, I happened to see Sadi-chan's portrait, so I guessed that she disappeared. What if there is no such opportunity next time? What if it is someone close to me who may be attacked by the Hobby-Hobby Fruit in the future?"
Ikki didn't want everyone close to him to disappear and he still didn't know anything.
"Found it!" Suddenly, Ikki's eyes flashed red. His powerful Observation Haki finally captured the aura of the companion seal on Hina's body. With a strong gust of wind, Ikki's figure disappeared from the Explorer.
"What on earth happened?" Tashigi pushed up her glasses, the confusion in her eyes almost spilling out through the lenses. "Why do you think Ikki is so anxious?"
Having lost the memory of Hina and Sadi-chan, she couldn't think of what Ikki was going to do. She could only helplessly shake her head and subconsciously fixed her gaze on Ikki's drawing board.
"If I dress like this, will Ikki also ask me to be his model? Wait, Tashigi, what are you thinking about. Such clothes don't suit you at all."
Tashigi looked at Sadi-chan's extremely charming appearance in the portrait, and her face was already stained with a deep blush.
'Damn it, damn it, damn it! Why did it become like this?!' Hina gritted her teeth. 'Why can't my body move freely? Have everyone really forgotten me? Tashigi, Smoker, Rear Admiral Gion, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Admiral Kuzan... and... Ikki... have you all forgotten me?'
Hina gritted her teeth and walked forward, carrying the cargo box in a daze. Her eyes revealed unspeakable anger, not only for her own experience, but also for the toys that had the same experience as her. She understood that those toys were the same as herself: a poor person who had lost herself, and whose existence had disappeared in the hearts of her family and friends.
'Hateful Doflamingo, hateful Donquixote Family! This bastard is as much a scumbag as the deposed Warlord Crocodile.'
'I must tell the Marines what's going on here!' Hina thought to herself while carrying the goods. But she also understood that it was extremely difficult for her to escape in her current state, unless someone could deal with the Donquixote Family.
'I don't know what is Ikki doing now. He might just take Tashigi and leave this country for the next stop in the New World. Damn it, if only that man could find out what's going on in this country. If it were him, maybe he would help.'
Hina was thinking, but didn't notice that she had fallen behind. The Donquixote soldiers, who were in charge of supervision, were already approaching with whips in hand.
Snap!
The whip fell on the open space in front of Hina, causing a crisp sound. Although Hina escaped the attack, she accidentally fell to the ground. The goods she was carrying fell to the ground, and the weapons in the box were scattered all over the place.
"Tsk, what a disgusting toy," the stubble-covered man sneered. "He actually knocked over the young master's goods. If Trebol finds out, I will be in a bad situation. It seems that I need to teach you a lesson."
The stubbled man stared at Hina fiercely, pulled out a dagger from his waist, and squatted down.
"I heard that there was a one-legged soldier who caused a lot of trouble in the city recently," the man said. "I don't know if it's true, but one can cause trouble with one leg? I don't know who you are, but can I ask you a favor? If you lost one leg and could move freely, I would believe this rumor."
The bearded man had a ferocious smile on his face, and the dagger held high shone with a cold light.
"Hey, be careful if you break the toy, Mr. Sugar will cause trouble for you," another guard nearby said, but his face showed a look of watching the fun.
"Haha, it's just a leg cut off anyway. What's the big deal? Just say that it accidentally broke." After the bearded man finished speaking, he swung his arm and slashed at Hina's right leg.
'Damn it, someone help me!' Unable to escape, Hina lowered her head and screamed in despair.
At this moment, a strong wind suddenly passed by. Hina felt as if her body was already in someone's arms.
'It's him! He really came!' Hina raised her head, and who was it that caught her eye if it wasn't Ikki? At this moment, she suddenly felt that Ikki was so reliable.
"Who are you?!" The stubble-bearded man frowned, looked at the dagger he had stuck on the ground, and then looked at Ikki who had appeared on the side at some point, and a big question mark popped up in his head.