"Not only is her card skill bad, her sportsmanship is also bad," Makoto commented expressionlessly, 'Speaking of which, this girl also liked to cheat.'
"Ma, Makoto-kun, why are you looking at me?" Feeling Makoto's gaze, Chika blushed and shouted.
Makoto silently withdrew his gaze and said to the three Nakiri women, who were about to start arguing again, "Redistribute the cards. Anyone who cheats again will be disqualified from eating the fruit."
In the past, Makoto would have turned a blind eye… since it was all for fun, a little cheating didn't matter. But this time was different. Makoto gave Saeko a look.
Saeko nodded, gathered the cards, and dealt them again.
Just then, Hisako said, "Good grief, Alice-sama and Leonora-sama should be as honest as Erina-sama—"
"Hisoko-chan, no signaling to Erina," Makoto said suddenly.
Instantly, Hisako blushed bright red. Leonora and Alice looked in shock at Hisako standing behind them, then at Erina sitting across from them.
Erina's face flushed red with embarrassment. She lowered her head, wishing she could bury her face in the pile of cards.
Everyone was speechless again, 'Good grief, all three are no good!'
After a fierce and satisfying bout of clumsy play—
Leonora won. The two younger girls were red-eyed with anger but had nothing to say. After all, in this round, the three had truly not cheated... luck alone had decided the winner.
Leonora excitedly hugged Makoto, throwing herself into his arms, constantly shouting, "I won! I won!"
This intimate gesture was not at all like a mother-in-law and prospective son-in-law, but more like a couple. It made the others look at them strangely.
The members of the MILF Group exchanged meaningful glances. Some of the younger girls lowered their heads, some covered their mouths, some pretended to look at the sea.
Leonora then realized the situation, quickly let go of Makoto, and pretended nothing had happened.
Makoto didn't mind. He handed the purplish-red Vampire Fruit to her. "Auntie, eat it."
Hearing his address, Leonora felt a little displeased, 'I was with you like that last night, and you still call me Auntie?'
But somehow, hearing his address made her heart inexplicably flutter. She took the fruit and, under everyone's watchful eyes, took a small bite.
"Ugh—" The indescribable disgusting taste exploded in her mouth, making her want to throw up. Like all Devil Fruits, it was terribly nasty.
But the next second, a change occurred.
A pair of blood-red bat wings suddenly spread from Leonora's back, shimmering with a dark red luster in the sunlight.
Crimson-red fur covered the upper half of her face, extending to her temples. A pair of long, pointed ears emerged from her hair, like an elf's, or more like a legendary vampire's.
Her already fair skin became even paler, nearly translucent. Her lips turned a vivid, dripping red, and her pupils became dark red, refracting an eerie glow under the sunlight. It was precisely the image of a vampire from Western fantasy novels.
In his previous life, Makoto had seen Redfield's Vampire Fruit form in a game.
To be honest, with Redfield's wrinkled, aged face and gaunt, skeletal frame, Makoto thought that form was simply ugly as hell.
But set off by Leonora, a beautiful Northern European woman, this form exuded a bewitching beauty.
"So beautiful..." Yotsuba couldn't help but sigh.
"Mother..." Alice looked at her mother's new form with mixed feelings. Although she was happy for her mother, she felt more jealousy. If only she had been luckier.
"It's a shame Redfield is already dead," Makoto said with some regret. "Otherwise, he could have taught Auntie."
Then, he assigned Leonora to Charlotte Linlin's teaching group. After all, that woman learned a real mishmash of things… the three types of Haki, Devil Fruit abilities, swordsmanship, and some fighting skills.
"Nice to meet you, ma'am," Leonora said to Linlin with a smile.
Linlin raised an eyebrow but didn't respond. She turned to look at Makoto, gathered her courage, and asked, "Um... since we're teaching your women, you won't kill us, right?"
His earlier remark about 'killing them and taking their fruits' had truly frightened her. Although Rocks was also ruthless, when his subordinates disobeyed, he would at most beat them up... he wouldn't actually harbor killing intent.
After all, Rocks still needed their power to help him fight the World Government.
But Makoto was different… he would kill at the drop of a hat.
Makoto thought for a moment and said, "Teach them well, and I won't kill you for thirty years." Although they didn't know why Makoto limited the time to thirty years, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Shiki couldn't help but ask, "But what if they're too stupid to learn?"
As soon as he said this, everyone fell silent. Newgate slapped his forehead, 'Do you not want your other leg either?'
Makoto glanced at Shiki and said, "The two students I'm giving you are the most talented. If they can't learn, that's your problem."
If it were clumsy athletes like Miku or Eriri who couldn't learn, Makoto could understand. But damn it, if Saeko and Kotonoha couldn't learn, that was definitely Shiki's problem.
The banquet officially ended. The remnants of the Rocks Pirates returned to the Rocks' Fury one after another. Just then, Linlin wriggled her curvaceous, though sturdy, body and extended an invitation to Makoto. "Commander-sama, want to go for a round?"
The deck fell silent instantly. The women behind Makoto were all dumbfounded. They remembered the previous encounter with Tritoma, then thought, 'Are all the women in this world this bold?'
The Rocks Pirates' members, however, were not surprised. Many of them were 'brothers in arms' in this regard.
Makoto looked at Linlin expressionlessly. "Although I don't really mind driving a car someone else has driven, I'm not interested in a car that's about to be scrapped."
Hearing this, Linlin didn't quite understand… after all, there was no such thing as a 'car' in this world, and she didn't know what 'a car someone else has driven' meant.
Nayuta said mockingly, expressionlessly, "Auntie, Makoto-kun means your vagina has been used by too many people and it's worn out."
"What did you say, you damned brat?!" Linlin was furious. She rolled up her sleeves, ready to teach Nayuta a lesson.
'I can't beat Nishikawa Makoto, but I can't beat you?'
However, Newgate and Kaido quickly grabbed Linlin by the arms, one on each side.
To be honest, it didn't matter if this crazy woman died… they were mainly afraid that Makoto would take his anger out on them.
"Let me go! I'm going to teach that damned brat a lesson!"
"Alright, alright, stop embarrassing yourself," Newgate said expressionlessly, dragging her towards his ship.
Kaido silently held her other arm, walking quickly.
But both Newgate and Kaido thought Makoto's words just now had some truth. Actually, Linlin had hinted at both of them many times, but they had both refused.
Although pirates didn't have such mental hangups in this regard, there was no helping it… too many people had used Linlin's place. Maybe when you were doing it with her, the previous person's remnants would still be warm.
She was truly the One Piece Version of Bonnie Blue. Newgate had no interest in being 'brothers in arms' with the others on the ship.
…
Night fell. Both the Otherworlder-Go and the Rocks' Fury were vibrating. After all, Rocks also understood… besides main executives like Newgate and Shiki, the ship also had ordinary crew members for the men's entertainment. That was the structure of a normal pirate crew.
A pirate crew like the Straw Hats, where after two or three years together, the crew was still full of virgins, was the real rarity.
Who knows what was wrong with the Straw Hats… they had two sexy women on the ship, yet never made a move.