Back in the New Amazon Lily, Makoto and his group were also discussing this matter.
Kokoro, who had once studied under Whitebeard, said with some sympathy, "Uncle Newgate is so pitiful."
Having this happen would undoubtedly make Whitebeard the laughingstock of the seas in the near future.
Makoto smiled and didn't say anything.
He felt that in the original work, Whitebeard later didn't go to save Oden after hearing what happened in Wano Country, probably partly because he held a grudge inside.
After all, having a main crew member poached by a mortal enemy was no less humiliating than being cuckolded.
Just then, Mrs. Yuigahama came over and asked the group with a smile, "What are you all chatting about so happily?"
This beautiful woman showed quite obvious signs of age on her face.
But somehow, like Eri and the others, the older she got, the more charming she became.
In her arms was a newborn baby girl.
Her name was Kozuki Hiyori, whom Mrs. Yuigahama had just 'borrowed' from Toki to play with.
That's right, during this past year, Kozuki Hiyori, also known as 'Komurasaki', recognized by Oda as one of the three great beauties of the One Piece world, was born.
Mrs. Yuigahama often borrowed Hiyori to play with.
At first, Toki naturally disagreed.
But after living in the Shogun's mansion for a while, she gradually learned which of the women around Makoto were approachable and which were not.
Dangerous individuals like Nayuta, Reze, and Kotonoha were to be avoided at all costs.
Mrs. Yuigahama was one of the few with whom she could communicate normally.
Additionally, since she was also Makoto's quasi-mother-in-law, she was one of the few people Toki could talk to.
Toki often entrusted her daughter to Mrs. Yuigahama.
Seeing her mother once again holding this baby girl, the nearly thirty-year-old Yui couldn't help but pout and complain, "Mom, can you please stop stealing other people's kids to play with?"
Ever since Hiyori was born, every time she saw her mother, she was holding this little girl.
It made the thirty-year-old 'dumpling' a bit jealous.
Mrs. Yuigahama glanced at her daughter's increasingly fuller figure, comparable to her own peak, and made the same complaining expression, retorting, "If your belly were more productive, I wouldn't have to borrow someone else's."
She had wanted a grandchild to play with for a long time.
She never expected her daughter's belly to be so unproductive… she heard her yelling in her room every few days, but after all these years, nothing had happened.
Instantly, everyone's attention was on the mother and daughter.
Feeling everyone's gaze, Yui blushed deeply and replied with shame and anger, "If you like kids so much, Mom, go have one yourself."
Mrs. Yuigahama blinked and asked back, "Have a child with whom?"
At these words, many people subconsciously looked at Makoto.
After all, this dog of a man's tangled relationships with married women like Yukiko and Mrs. Yukinoshita were an open secret on the ship, though everyone pretended not to know.
Yui was startled and immediately stepped in front of Makoto, waving her hands frantically. "No, no, no, no!"
She could accept sharing the same 'stick' with other women, but she absolutely could not accept sharing with her own mother.
Seeing this, Alice and the Aizono sisters said, "What's the big deal?"
They had long since done that with their own mothers and Makoto more than once.
Just then, Tritoma rushed over. When she reached Makoto, she said, "Makoto-kun, I have something good to give you."
Makoto pinched her cheek. "Don't be a tease."
Tritoma brought her hand out from behind her back.
Everyone saw that she was holding a Devil Fruit.
Its outline resembled an onion, and its color was somewhat strange, split into two halves, black on top and white on bottom, with flowing cloud-like patterns on its surface.
Tritoma explained, "I found it at a fruit stand in Flower Capital this morning."
As is well known, when the previous user of a Devil Fruit dies, the devil's soul within the fruit wanders and randomly attaches itself to an ordinary fruit, reincarnating into a new Devil Fruit.
The Devil Fruit in Tritoma's hand was likely a result of this.
Utaha, after consulting the fruit encyclopedia for the first time in a while, said, "This is the Paramecia-type Brush-Brush Fruit."
Makoto was stunned for a moment, then immediately remembered, 'Wasn't this the ability of Kanjuro, one of the Nine Red Scabbards and the spy planted by Kurozumi Orochi beside Kozuki Oden?'
Makoto turned his head and asked the Four Gay Bros, who were responsible for guarding the Rebirth Pool, "Is Kanjuro dead?"
The Four Gay Bros were stunned for a moment, not immediately remembering who Kanjuro was.
After Makoto described his appearance, the Teddy Devil said in realization, "Oh oh oh! He died a few days ago! Sorry, Boss, we've been having so much fun with that three-year-old brat lately that we forgot to report it."
Although people in the One Piece World have physiques far superior to those in the normal world or even superpower worlds like Naruto, soaking in a shit pit all day still breeds bacteria and causes illness. Dying was not surprising.
The women had a hard time keeping a straight face.
Over the years, not only had Yu's temper grown increasingly irritable, but it seemed the Four Gay Bros were also becoming more and more perverse.
Makoto immediately ordered, "If the Nine Red Scabbards are about to die, take them for treatment. They can't be allowed to die so easily. Once they're healed, put them back in the Rebirth Pool."
The women were even more speechless. Even though they already knew Makoto had a grudge against the people of Wano Country, this was still playing too rough.
The Four Gay Bros nodded repeatedly and quickly headed to the Rebirth Pool to check on the remaining Nine Red Scabbards.
"The Brush-Brush Fruit? I remember something about it..."
Miku recalled.
When they first arrived in Wano Country and fought those samurai, Miku had been the one to fight Kanjuro.
It was the Bake-Danuki Fruit versus the Brush-Brush Fruit.
The outcome of the battle went without saying.
The Brush-Brush Fruit could only materialize things drawn, while the Bake-Danuki Fruit could materialize things directly by writing names on the Transformation Leaves.
At the time, Miku wrote the name 'Rocks D. Xebec' on her Transformation Leaf and completely overwhelmed Kanjuro.
"The things that person drew were so ugly."
Eriri also remembered that incident and complained.
The things Kanjuro drew back then had left a deep impression on mother and daughter Sayuri and Eriri. They were truly ugly.
Of course, that was because Kanjuro was still undercover in the Kozuki Family and hadn't shown his true strength.
But even if he had gone all out, he wouldn't have been a match for Miku.
Ichika couldn't help but comment, "It's basically an inferior version of Miku's Devil Fruit."
At these words, Nino, who had been hoping for a powerful Devil Fruit, immediately showed disappointment.
She didn't want a Devil Fruit that was clearly inferior to Miku's… wouldn't that mean she would forever be beneath Miku?
Just then, Sayuri asked, "This Devil Fruit seems very suitable for someone who can draw."
As she spoke, Sayuri frantically signaled to her daughter Eriri.