Hearing Robin's suggestion, Makoto blinked.
Then, as if thinking of something interesting, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.
To be honest, compared to the remaining three Emperor crews, the Revolutionary Army was indeed more suitable.
Although it was said in the original work that the Revolutionary Army was probably the only force capable of directly defeating the World Government.
But to be frank, looking at both the overall strength displayed by the Revolutionary Army in the original and the pathetic level of its leader, the [Sweat King], it never seemed like they could actually defeat the World Government.
However now, with the 'enhanced version' of the Revolutionary Army caused by the butterfly effect of Yukino, they had truly reached that level.
But there was one problem.
Makoto felt that even if he handed over Yukino to the Marine, it wouldn't trigger an all-out war between the Marine Headquarters and the Revolutionary Army.
After all, there was the precedent of Ginny being captured while the [Sweat King] remained unmoved.
Although Yukino now held a high position within the Revolutionary Army, Makoto didn't think the Sweat King would go to war with the Marine for her.
'If I am to capture someone...'
Thinking of this, Makoto thought of a more suitable candidate.
Seeing the smile on Makoto's face, Robin felt relieved inside.
She knew she had said the right thing.
Makoto showed a bright smile and said to Robin, "You spoke well. Here's a reward for you."
Robin blinked in confusion and was about to ask 'what reward', when Makoto took her hand and placed it on his belt.
"The reward is here. Help yourself," Makoto said with a smile.
Robin's face immediately flushed red.
That night.
Robin demonstrated the ability of her Flower-Flower Fruit.
Six-Flower - Grand Thunder Sextet!
In addition to two blossoms on her own body gripping Makoto's jewel, she created four more blossoms, respectively gripping Makoto's head and pressing against his chest.
Incidentally, the sensory organs created by the Hana-Hana Fruit were connected to Robin's own senses.
This directly tripled the sensitivity.
Seeing Robin's technique, the other girls were stunned.
'These new members, every single one of them, possessed exceptional skills.'
…
The next day.
Makoto was doing his daily push-up training.
Ragnir, a giant squirrel whose weight rivaled that of a Complete Body Susanoo, was lying on his back cracking sunflower seeds, its furry tail gently swaying in the air.
Crack, crack—
While doing push-ups, Makoto pondered his plan.
He had decided to hand over Monkey D. Luffy to the World Government.
Thus triggering a new version of the Summit War.
Yes, handing over Yukino might not guarantee that the Sweat King would make a move.
But handing over Luffy would definitely work.
After all, the Sweat King's first, and almost only, official appearance in the entire story was when his son was about to be captured.
But Makoto then thought of another issue… he felt he shouldn't hand over Luffy to the World Government personally.
Because if he did, those paranoid fools might overthink it and become afraid to publicly execute Luffy.
Therefore, he needed a puppet.
Makoto thought for a moment and decided that Blackbeard was the most suitable.
After all, in the original work, Blackbeard had planned to hand Luffy over to the Marine in exchange for the position of Warlord.
It was only because Ace, that unfortunate idiot, interfered that the target was switched to him.
After making his decision, Alice, now the user of the Soul-Soul Fruit, rode on Zeus as if on a somersault cloud and floated out.
"Makoto-kun, breakfast is ready," Alice said with a smile.
Makoto looked at Zeus beneath Alice's bottom and said somewhat speechlessly, "Do you really need to ride a cloud on the ship?"
Clearly, Alice was simply trying to show off her new ability.
And for once, Alice didn't listen to her man. She kissed his cheek, pulled him up, and together they rode Zeus back to the dining room.
What would be the point of gaining such a powerful ability if you didn't show it off?
Subsequently, the news of Makoto's group killing Big Mom spread across the seas.
Unsurprisingly, the world was shocked.
No one expected that only a few days after Makoto's return, he would immediately target an Emperor.
This allowed the rookies of this era to witness firsthand what it meant to be the [King of the World], and provided Pochita with another massive wave of fear.
"So strong!"
At Baltigo, the main base of the Revolutionary Army, Koala, a member of the West Army under Yukino, couldn't help but exclaim while looking at today's newspaper.
In her era, Makoto's prestige was no longer as prominent as it had once been.
This was the first time she had personally witnessed the terror of the [King of the World].
Casually killing an Emperor was just too exaggerated.
Afterward, Koala found Yukino to discuss Makoto.
Seeing no surprise on her Army Commander's face, she became curious.
Yukino calmly said, "Given his strength, there's nothing strange about it."
Just then, Haruno, the Vice-Army Commander, joined the conversation, flipping the newspaper to the second page.
The second page featured Alice as the new user of the Soul-Soul Fruit. In the photo, Alice sat on Zeus with a radiant smile, Prometheus guarding her side, Napoleon on her head as a hat… she had officially inherited Big Mom's Homies.
Haruno remarked, "Nakiri Alice's talent isn't great, but after inheriting this power, her strength has jumped straight to the level of a top-tier Emperor Commander, even extremely close to the level of an Emperor herself."
It could only be said that choice was more important than effort.
She and her sister had never slacked in their training over the years, yet they had only reached the level of Vice Admirals.
But Alice, whose talent was inferior to theirs, had been upgraded directly to the level of a top-tier Emperor Commander simply because Makoto doted on her.
Yukino remained silent.
After a few seconds, she said, "If this is just chatting, let's do it another time. I still have work to do."
Seeing that her Army Commander didn't seem interested in the topic, Koala blinked and prepared to change the subject.
Just then, Smoker, the Army Commander of the South Army, knocked on the door outside and said, "Something big has come up. Come to the meeting."
The three women left the office and, along with Smoker and Tashigi, the Vice-Army Commander of the South Army, made their way to the main meeting room.
Dragon was already seated in the main seat. After everyone sat down, the meeting began.
Dragon's first words shocked everyone.
"Nishikawa Makoto's group is heading toward Whitebeard's territory."
At these words, even the Yukinoshita sisters, who as players had spent over a decade on Makoto's ship, were startled.
Issho, the blind Army Commander of the North Army, asked, "After Big Mom, is the King of the World going after Whitebeard now?"
'Good heavens, was he planning to wipe out all the Emperor crews?'
Belo Betty, the Army Commander of the East Army, said, "Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit is the strongest Paramecia type. It wouldn't be surprising if Nishikawa Makoto wanted it."
Sabo, the Chief of Staff and nominal number two of the Revolutionary Army, said, "This doesn't concern us, does it? If the King of the World wants to kill more pirates, that's a good thing for us."
Although Sabo considered the World Government his primary enemy, he didn't have much fondness for pirates either.
If Makoto was willing to kill more great pirates, that was good… at least it would reduce the suffering of ordinary people.
However, Yukino disagreed.
She felt that Makoto probably wasn't going to kill Whitebeard.
The others were puzzled and asked why.
Yukino said that back in the day, Makoto and Whitebeard had gotten along quite well. She didn't believe Makoto would go after Whitebeard.
Back then, Makoto had beaten and berated the remnants of the Rocks Pirates, treating them like dirt… but he had been somewhat decent toward Whitebeard, Edward Newgate.
Therefore, Yukino felt that even if he went after Red Hair Shanks, he probably wouldn't go after Whitebeard.
The Revolutionary Army's members discussed for a while longer and finally decided to observe quietly from the shadows and not act rashly.