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"It looks like something happened to our two Marine passengers," Nico Robin said, holding her chin. "In fact, even our memories have been damaged. It's just that Ikki doesn't seem to be affected."
"Hina, Sadi-chan, what's going on now? Could it be..." Tashigi clasped her hands together, her face full of worry.
"Don't worry too much, Tashigi," Nico Robin said, patting her on the shoulder. "Now that we have our memories back, it means that Ikki has sorted things out. Maybe Ikki is taking Hina and Sadi-chan back now."
Nico Robin found Tashigi, a lovely Marine who truly cared about justice, quite admirable.
"You're right, Hina and Sadi-chan are indeed fine," a familiar voice said from above the Explorer.
Tashigi, Nico Robin, and the others looked up. Just in time to see the one-eyed manta ray, transformed by Minazuki, descend quickly. The one who just spoke was Ikki. Behind him were Nami, Nojiko, Hina, and Sadi-chan, whom Tashigi had been worried about.
"Hina, Sadi-chan, are you okay?" Tashigi's eyes widened, and she excitedly waved her hands.
"Don't worry, although we encountered some things, Ikki has helped us solve them," Hina said, jumping off the one-eyed manta ray and nodding to Tashigi.
Subsequently, Ikki and the others landed.
"Hina, what happened? Why did you and Miss Sadi-chan disappear from our minds?" After confirming that both Hina and Sadi-chan were safe, Tashigi breathed a sigh of relief and became more and more curious about the events.
"Actually, it's like this..." Hina glanced at the curious crowd and slowly told her experience.
"Damn it, that Doflamingo actually did such a thing! What has he done to the citizens of a country?" Vivi stamped her feet, her face becoming quite gloomy. Hina's narration made Vivi instantly see the true nature of Dressrosa. The beautiful country she originally thought was simply a purgatory on earth. Especially those who had been turned into toys. Compared to Doflamingo, the dead Warlord Crocodile was considered kind.
'If I hadn't met Ikki, maybe my country wouldn't be in such a good place,' Vivi thought, turning to look at Ikki, feeling grateful once again.
"Pirates are pirates. Even if they become Warlords, they still can't change their nature." Tashigi clenched the long knife at her waist, her teeth gritted with strong anger.
"But, fortunately, we have Ikki," Tashigi said, turning to look at him. "Fortunately, you can remember Hina and Sadi-chan. Otherwise, we may have really lost them."
"Speaking of this topic, I'm curious about why you can remember them, Ikki," Kalifa said, pushing up her glasses. "According to the previous theory, the Hobby-Hobby Fruit can eliminate a person's existence, but why did this ability have no effect on you?"
"Don't you understand?" Nami, who almost exposed Kalifa's identity, coughed twice and continued, "Hina and Sadi-chan are 'mature' women personally selected by Ikki to board the ship. How could a man like him forget them?"
"That's right," Nico Robin chuckled, nodding. "Ikki's collection contains many paintings about the two Marine ladies."
Everyone on the Explorer turned to look at Ikki. They were all very curious about his ability to remember Hina and Sadi-chan. However, Ikki had no intention of speaking. Hina's situation was not bad; it only needed to be explained by the partner's seal. But he couldn't tell anyone about the fact that he had traveled through time and knew all the plots of the One Piece world.
Ikki didn't say anything, and Hina and Sadi-chan took the suspicions of Nico Robin and the others seriously. Gradually, a little blush appeared on Sadi-chan's face, and the same was true for Hina.
"Okay, let's stop talking about this topic first," Ikki said. "I called everyone here this time, and I don't need to explain the purpose. Everyone understands it. Although Hina and Sadi-chan are not members of the Explorer, they are passengers on this ship. Now that someone is attacking the passengers on this ship, it's like a slap in the face."
"So, I think we need to talk to the family that rules this country," Ikki said. "Though that Doflamingo is a Warlord, if we have the testimony of Hina, Tashigi, and Sadi-chan, the Marines will have no objections to our actions."
Hearing this, Vivi and others all nodded. For Kalifa, Perona, and others, dealing with Doflamingo was just a simple captain's order. But for Vivi and Nojiko, they could not stand the evil Doflamingo. No one had any objections to dealing with the Donquixote Family led by him. This was especially true for Sadi-chan and Hina, who were the parties involved.
"Um, Ikki, do we need to inform the Marines about this first?" Tashigi asked. As a Marine, even though she hated Doflamingo, she was worried that Ikki's actions would have a negative impact now that the war was about to begin. It could even make the Marines and the World Government have bad thoughts about Ikki.
"No, let's tell the Marines after we liberate this country," Ikki said, waving his hand and directly rejecting Tashigi's idea.
He knew that Doflamingo, as a former Celestial Dragon, held a lot of World Government secrets. If the Marines were notified now and the World Government found out about this, it was very likely that the World Government would not let him get involved. At that time, if the Explorer took action against the Donquixote Family, it would be directly provoking the World Government. But if they took action now, even if the World Government was dissatisfied, Ikki could still justify it.
'At least for now, we still have to give those guys some face,' Ikki thought to himself.