Makoto didn't rescue his women every time they were in danger... he basically only intervened when they were about to suffer fatal injuries.
Otherwise, the practical training would be meaningless.
Getting hurt was no big deal.
But after rescuing them a few times, Makoto noticed a problem:
Facing the Roger Pirates, aside from a few who had trained well like Reze, Kotonoha, and Utaha,
The others, like the weaker Yui and Yumiko,
Or the even weaker Alice and Ai,
Any random counterattack from the enemy was a fatal wound for them. They were completely unable to fight opponents at this level.
For example, at that moment, facing Blumarine, the helmsman of the Roger Pirates who wielded a heavy hammer, Erina charged forward with the Flying Thunder God kunai he had given her, looking for an opportunity to ambush.
Although Erina's timing was good, every member of the Roger Pirates had at least two types of Haki, so of course they could detect her ambush.
Blumarine, wielding his heavy hammer, counterattacked instinctively. When he saw it was just a young girl, he hesitated slightly and instinctively held back, but even so, it was still a tremendous force for Erina.
Erina cried out in pain and was about to be sent flying.
At the critical moment, Makoto suddenly appeared, wrapping his right arm around Erina's slender waist and punching back with his left fist.
Bang!
Blumarine was instantly sent flying.
Makoto looked down and said: "For you guys, opponents at this level are a bit tough."
"I-I'm sorry..." Erina said quietly.
"It's fine. I'll get you a Devil Fruit later and you can practice slowly." Makoto lightly patted her rear and vanished again.
Erina felt a tingling sensation throughout her body, a slight stickiness between her legs, and whispered, "How annoying..."
Swish!
On the other side, Rayleigh, the vice-captain of the Roger Pirates, had also drawn his sword, and his opponent was Reze, who had transformed into a Bomb Human.
Unlike Blumarine, who had held back against Erina, Rayleigh, wielding his sword, dared not relax for a moment against Reze.
At that moment, Reze, in her Bomb Girl form, picked up a large chunk of flesh from a Roger Pirates' crew member on the ground, brought it to her mouth, squeezed it, and splashed the blood into her demonic mouth full of fangs.
Instantly, the sword wounds on her body inflicted by Rayleigh visibly healed.
"Drinking blood to repair the body... her ability somewhat similar to Ganzui's, but actually completely different," Rayleigh muttered to himself.
The Ganzui he mentioned was an executive-level member of the Rocks Pirates who possessed the Bomb-Bomb Fruit ability.
Although Ganzui's ability looked somewhat similar to Reze's at first glance, one would find they were completely opposite upon engaging… Ganzui's fighting skills weren't nearly as flashy, let alone the ability to heal by drinking blood.
"You're quite difficult to deal with, old man." Reze assumed a fighting stance similar to karate. "Alright, let's go again."
Bang!
Suddenly, Reze's feet exploded. Using the thrust generated by the explosion, she rushed in front of Rayleigh and threw a straight punch at his nose.
Among the observing Kuja Pirates, Shakky couldn't help but cry out: "Rayleigh!"
At the critical moment, Rayleigh had already turned his face to the side, letting Reze's fist brush past the bridge of his nose.
His Observation Haki had also reached the level of seeing the future… although no one knows why the future sight wasn't passed on to Luffy.
The next instant, Rayleigh swung his sword back, showing no mercy, directly slashing Reze's torpedo-like head off her neck.
"That Rayleigh is really ruthless." Roger, who was entangled with Yu, commented upon seeing this.
He wasn't blaming Rayleigh, just teasing him.
After all, by this point in the battle, the Roger Pirates had already lost several men. There was no doubt they had forged an irreconcilable grudge with Makoto's group.
But the next second, Reze, without her head, suddenly raised her hand and spread her five fingers.
Boom!
Instantly, the severed head caused a massive explosion, affecting half the dock, naturally engulfing Rayleigh as well.
A few seconds later, Rayleigh, his clothes stained with blood, leaped out from the smoke, looking incredulous: "Her head exploded?"
The smoke below gradually cleared.
Reze, without her head, was seen walking to Makoto's side, playfully tugging at his arm.
Seeing this, Makoto's gaze swept over every member of the Roger Pirates.
Instantly, everyone, including Roger, felt a chill run down their spines.
In an instant, Makoto vanished. Less than two seconds later, he reappeared, holding a thick, still-bleeding arm.
"ARMS! ARMS! ARMS! ARMS!"
Before anyone could react, a heart-wrenching scream suddenly erupted from the Roger Pirates' camp.
Everyone, whether fighting or watching, turned their heads and saw a large man from the Roger Pirates suddenly fall to the ground, clutching his severed arm and screaming incessantly.
It's Seagull Guns Nozdon, one of the most burly crew members of the Roger Pirates, standing nearly four meters tall.
Makoto's reason for choosing him was also simple: he looked like he had a lot of blood.
Under the incredulous gazes of the observing Kuja Pirates, Makoto squeezed the thick severed arm like a twist, pouring the blood onto Reze's headless body. Then he pulled the ring on her choker.
Bang!
Reze's severed neck grew a new beautiful head. She then gave Makoto a big kiss on the cheek.
"Love you!"
"Aaaaah!"
"Nozdon!" Gaban's pupils contracted sharply. He tightened his grip on his battle axe.
Gaban's breathing became heavy.
He had been holding back until now.
After all, there were many delicate young girls among the opponents. Even though he, Gaban, was a great pirate, he was also somewhat reluctant to go all out against women.
When facing Haruno and others earlier, he was basically just playing.
But now—
"Bastard!" Gaban growled low, his eyes turning red, veins bulging on his arms.
He gripped his battle axe with both hands, coating his entire body in pitch-black Armament Haki. A visible layer of dark energy coalesced on the axe blade.
"Gaban!" Rayleigh, sensing something wrong in the distance, shouted sharply, "Don't act impulsively!"
But it was too late.
Standing right in front of Gaban was Haruno, whom he had just repelled.
This dark-haired woman had barely regained her balance when she felt a murderous intent that chilled her to the bone.
"Oh dear..." Haruno also realized she was in deep trouble.
Gaban's battle axe swung down.
A roaring slash erupted from the axe blade, wrapped in the black energy of Haki, forming a massive crescent-shaped sword wave that barreled towards Haruno.
"Nee-san!" Yukino's face turned pale.
She knew very well… with her sister's current strength, she couldn't possibly block this attack.
Her hands involuntarily formed hand seals, Chakra surging within her body.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
Chakra poured out. The accumulated water on the ground, the moisture in the air, even the seawater from the distant harbor were forcibly drawn in, coalescing in front of Yukino into a snarling, clawing water dragon.
It charged towards the black slash with a howling torrent.
However—
Pfft—
The moment the water dragon touched the slash, it was cleaved in half like paper.
The black Haki slash cut through the entire water dragon like a hot knife through butter.
Her strongest Ninjutsu couldn't even slow it down for half a second.
Yukino's pupils shook violently.
And that slash was already inches away.
Haruno watched the rapidly approaching flying slash, her life flashing before her eyes… too late. She was going to die.