"Why is it like this..."
Back in the villa, Hiyori rarely didn't do any training. She buried herself in her bed, covering her head with a pillow.
However, even so, the experience from last night remained vivid. Why did Mother appear there too?
Thinking about yesterday's events, Hiyori felt her whole body burning, and even felt like she was on the verge of a breakdown.
"It must be Kotoamatsukami! It must be that guy Vegapunk who used Kotoamatsukami to do this!"
Gritting her teeth, Hiyori could only constantly hypnotize herself. However, as someone who was also hit by Kotoamatsukami, Hiyori knew very well in her heart that although her subconscious had been tampered with, it wouldn't change her personality.
Vegapunk's twisted sense of humor wasn't that obvious...
"Little Hiyori, sister has come to see you!"
Hearing the voice at the door, Hiyori gritted her teeth in anger: "Get out!! I don't want to see you bastard again!"
Stella's voice carried a hint of a smile:
"Oh my, some people are tough once they put their clothes on. Remember last night when some people couldn't take it and begged me for help? How did you call me then? Sister Stella? Hmm, maybe I remembered wrong, it wasn't you begging for help, but Lady Toki?"
"Damn it!!! You bad woman!!!"
Hiyori's eyes were watery, her face flushed with anger, but she ultimately couldn't compete with Stella, this old pro, in dirty talk.
Opening her room door, Hiyori saw Stella sitting in the living room, smiling and fiddling with a hand order. Seeing her, she opened her arms, making a hugging gesture.
Hiyori instinctively wanted to dodge, but looking at Stella's beaming smile, she felt inexplicably timid, and ended up being hugged by Stella.
Feeling the friction between them, Hiyori's face immediately turned red, reminding her of the madness of Stella last night.
Watching Stella licking the corner of her mouth, Hiyori was a bit stunned. This woman... seemed a bit off?
Struggling to break free from Stella's embrace, Hiyori pulled a long face and said coldly:
"What do you want with me again? I've already done what you said. Do you still want to use the people of Wano Country to threaten me?"
"Little Hiyori is so cold!"
Stella showed a heartbroken expression. Seeing Hiyori indifferent, she finally sighed:
"Sigh, since that's the case, let's return this transfer order for Hiyori to go to Wano Country!"
"Really, I thought Little Hiyori would miss her hometown, so I specially asked Vegapunk for the order... Now it seems, Little Hiyori should just stay at home!"
"Wait! Wait a moment!"
Hearing Stella's words and seeing her turn to leave, even though Hiyori knew clearly that this woman was definitely doing it on purpose, she couldn't help but take the bait voluntarily, calling out to stop Stella.
After fidgeting for a while, Hiyori finally spoke:
"That... Miss Stella, I... I was just speaking in anger, please don't blame me..."
Stella looked at the apologizing Hiyori with satisfaction, nodded triumphantly, and tossed the hand order in her hand. The order transformed into a square metal block in mid-air.
Hiyori reached out and caught the metal block, and the entire block turned into a pool of liquid, merging into her palm and forming a diamond-shaped mark.
Subsequently, Hiyori felt that she could directly communicate with Stella mentally, and as long as she focused her attention on that diamond-shaped mark, she could feel that she could issue commands to many ports.
"Going to Wano Country isn't for a vacation. This key allows you to temporarily command tens of thousands of combat robots. You'll need to help when fighting the Beasts Pirates!"
Hearing Stella's words, Hiyori's face showed excitement, and she nodded excitedly:
"Don't worry! I've been looking forward to the battle with the Beasts Pirates for a long time!"
...
Hiyori, who had been looking forward to this battle for a long time, soon stepped onto the Floating Battleship specially prepared for combat on the Dream Star.
The four Floating Battleships didn't look big, seemingly no different from ordinary large pirate ships, but each battleship had an expanded spatial area inside, where ten thousand ordinary combat robots were in hibernation.
The Floating Battleships could connect to the internal teleportation system of the Dream Star and teleport directly to the sky above the target, without needing to fly through space and the atmosphere.
However, Hiyori, who had come to the Floating Battleship, had no mind to look at this battleship that represented the highest technology of the One Piece World, but instead hid away timidly.
"Why is Mother here too!"
Hiyori, with a face full of shame and annoyance, grabbed Vegapunk's collar and asked.
Vegapunk rolled his eyes:
"She requested it herself! You're the one who cut in line later!"
"Mother doesn't have any combat power! How can you take her to such a dangerous place?"
"I don't think Wano Country is dangerous. In the end, you're just shy, right?"
Vegapunk looked at Hiyori and said thoughtfully.
Hiyori gritted her teeth and turned to look at Stella next to Vegapunk:
"You must have done it on purpose, right? You knew Mother was here too!"
"Hehe, Little Hiyori, you're still so cute. Does such an obvious thing need me to say it out loud?"
"You damn bad woman!"
Although a bit ashamed, Hiyori still stayed on the ship awkwardly.
Kozuki Toki had average strength, not even possessing Two-Color Haki. With Hiyori intentionally avoiding her, she didn't discover her daughter's presence at all. Instead, she was completely natural, and even at night, she shyly went to serve Vegapunk, making Hiyori, who was observing from the shadows, grit her teeth.
The preparation time before the battle took about a day or two, but the speed of the Floating Battleship traveling to Wano Country was just an instant. In a very short time, it was teleported to the sky above Wano Country and hidden.
...
Kaido had been irritable recently.
For some reason, he didn't know the cause, he was just irritable, as if there was a dark eye in the sky, staring at him all the time. Even when eating, sleeping, bathing, or going to the bathroom, he couldn't get rid of the feeling of being watched.
He searched the entire Wano Country but couldn't find the source of his surveillance. However, Kaido didn't treat it as his own illusion. As a veteran pirate who had experienced many battles and even awakened Observation Haki to predict the future, Kaido always trusted his intuition.
"Devil Fruit User, it must be a Devil Fruit User!"
Drinking alcohol, Kaido said indignantly:
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