Yukino pressed her lips tightly together, a flicker of disgust in her eyes.
Although she didn't know Roger well, having never even spoken to him, she felt that a man deliberately leaving offspring when he knows he's about to die was an extremely immoral, even beastly act.
You know you're going to die, that you can't take care of the mother and child. Why have a child then?
To bring a child into the world without a father? To leave the mother to face this cruel world alone?
The more Yukino thought about it, the angrier she became. Her fingers unconsciously clenched the hem of her clothes.
This wasn't love.
This was selfishness.
This was sheer, utter selfishness, thinking only of 'leaving one's bloodline behind'.
Hearing this, Kaido couldn't help but laugh. "If that guy Roger leaves offspring, the Marine and the World Government will go crazy, right?"
Yamato, for once, sided with her father and nodded. "They'll probably search frantically."
Yukino pressed her lips tightly together, her face pale.
She felt that if Roger really did this, it would be even more beastly.
You know who you are.
Who are you? You're the Pirate King… the person the World Government most wants to eliminate.
If you leave offspring but can't protect them, that mother and child will face a catastrophic disaster.
And you just pat your butt and die.
That's not just being irresponsible anymore.
Yukino opened her mouth to curse, but her vocabulary for insults was too poor. She couldn't think of words to describe such behavior.
Yotsuba, hearing this, tilted her head and asked an innocent question, "Um... what if they never find the child?"
Makoto smiled and looked at his curious wife Yotsuba. "What do you think?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
Then, they began to recall.
They recalled the things they had seen, heard, and the World Government had done over the years.
Mrs. Yuigahama, holding Hiyori, who was starting to learn to speak, unconsciously tightened her fingers and finally uttered two difficult words. "C-catch... catch them?"
Kaido let out a cold laugh. "Kill them."
Kaido had also been captured by the World Government as an experimental subject. That was where he met King. He knew better than anyone the World Government's way of doing things.
Catch them?
You're thinking too kindly of the World Government.
Just kill them.
Killing them solves everything.
Kaido picked up his sake bowl and took another swig, continuing with a hint of sarcasm. "And— it probably wouldn't just be the infants that get killed."
Kaido put down his sake bowl and swept his gaze across everyone present.
"Pregnant women, along with the fetus, would all be killed together."
The moment these words fell, the entire scene fell silent.
Mrs. Yuigahama immediately held Hiyori even tighter.
Yukino was silent for a long time.
She closed her eyes, and a scene formed in her mind—
A pregnant woman, with a big belly, surrounded by men in black suits.
She begged desperately, saying the child was innocent.
Then—
A flash of a blade.
Blood spurted.
Yukino snapped her eyes open, shaking the image from her mind.
She took a deep breath, her voice somewhat hoarse. "The population of this world is so large... If the World Government really does this, how many would they have to kill?"
Facing the shocked expressions of Yukino and the other girls, Makoto said casually, "Kill them all, of course."
Makoto wasn't just talking nonsense.
There's an interesting detail in the original work: when Luffy set sail, there were no twenty-two-year-olds in the entire world.
And that era was exactly twenty-two years after Roger's execution.
Think about that.
"How can they? How can they do this?"
Yukino's voice trembled.
The anger surging from her chest nearly drove her insane.
Yukino closed her eyes, then opened them again, unable to even imagine that scene.
She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. But her voice still carried an uncontrollable tremor. "Did he... Roger... did he not consider the consequences?"
Makoto smiled and asked her back, "What can you do about it? Watch him and stop him from having sex?"
Yukino fell silent.
She opened her mouth, wanting to say, "I could go talk him out of it." But the words caught in her throat.
She had been in this world for over ten years without achieving anything. Who could she persuade?
Yukino bit her lip, trying hard to suppress the urge to cry.
Makoto looked at Yukino's extremely frustrated face and couldn't be bothered to tease her further.
He wasn't actually that interested in Roger's affairs. After all, according to Rouge's attitude in the original work, that woman seemed to have accepted Roger voluntarily after knowing the full situation.
One was willing to strike, the other willing to take the hit.
He didn't want to meddle.
However, letting Roger just have his fun, pat his butt, and then die was too easy on him.
He felt like preparing a 'big gift' for him before he died.
Thinking this, an idea formed in Makoto's mind, and his smile became increasingly perverse.
Seeing his smile, many of the Mrs. Nishikawas thought to themselves, 'That Roger was in for a world of trouble.'
But this time, they were all very supportive. After all, if Roger really did the things Makoto had just described, no matter how much he was punished, it wouldn't be too much.
Then, Makoto had Yu bring over a Den Den Mushi and dialed a number.
The Den Den Mushi rang for a long time before finally being answered.
"Hello, it's me."
Makoto greeted with a smile.
The person on the other end was silent for a long time before finally answering, "...What do you want?"
Hearing this voice, Kaido, King, Queen, and the others were all startled.
They immediately recognized it… it was the voice of Gaban, the third-in-command of the Roger Pirates.
Kaido and the others looked at Makoto in disbelief. They knew that Makoto and the Roger Pirates had an irreconcilable hatred. Why would he be in contact with the Roger Pirates' third-in-command?
Then, amidst the shocked gazes of everyone, Makoto asked with a smile, "After all these years, you still haven't taken Ripley? Do you want me to give you a hand?"
"Who is Ripley?"
Kaido couldn't help but ask.
Chika kindly explained to her 'Kaido-sensei', "Rayleigh's wife."
At these words, Kaido was completely dumbfounded.
'What? Rayleigh had a wife?'
'And now Nishikawa Makoto was calling Gaban, asking if he wanted to steal Rayleigh's wife.'
For a moment, Kaido's already not-so-bright brain capacity exploded.
'Damn, what was going on?'