Compared to the news of Makoto's return to the world, the matter of his wives competing for the Dark-Dark Fruit was pushed to the back pages and didn't attract much attention.
After all, the Dark-Dark Fruit was still too mysterious, and many people didn't actually know its effects.
Marshall D. Teach, the Second Division's Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates on the Moby Dick who had not yet obtained the title [Blackbeard], had a very interesting expression when he saw this news.
He never expected that the Dark-Dark Fruit had been eaten by one of Makoto's women.
Under these circumstances, obtaining the Dark-Dark Fruit was absolutely an impossible mission.
If so, was he to spend the rest of his life on the Whitebeard Pirates' ship?
The World Government, on the other hand, appeared the calmest among these forces.
Mainly because over the past nearly forty years, except for the time he captured Imu, Makoto had hardly ever made a move against the World Government.
This gave the World Government the false illusion that 'Makoto is not interested in them'.
So, they continued living as usual, singing and dancing, pretending they knew nothing.
After all, this was the same attitude they held towards [Nika].
As long as the fire wasn't singeing their eyebrows, they weren't in a hurry.
…
On the other side, on Fish-Man Island, ten thousand meters below the sea.
Because the entire fish-man race had relocated to the New Amazon Lily thirty years ago, Fish-Man Island, which served as the hub connecting the first and second halves of the Grand Line, had now degenerated into a pirate's paradise, much like the Sabaody Archipelago.
Moreover, because the Celestial Dragons couldn't easily come here, the situation on Fish-Man Island was even more chaotic than on Sabaody.
When Makoto and his group arrived, they happened to encounter a very special person—
One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the world's richest man, Gild Tesoro.
Yes, Gild Tesoro was the user of the Gol-Gol Fruit, a character who appeared in the movie.
It was rumored that he controlled twenty percent of all the Belly in the world, indisputably the world's richest man.
Of course, that was excluding the World Government.
In the original work, he was not one of the Seven Warlords.
But because of Makoto's butterfly effect, Hancock and Jinbei had not joined the Seven Warlords.
And Bartholomew Kuma, that poor soul, had died at the hands of Garling, that speed bump from God Valley, over thirty years ago when Makoto attacked Mary Geoise.
Thus, compared to the original work, there were three vacant spots in the Seven Warlords.
And one of the people who filled those three spots was Gild Tesoro.
In the original work, Tesoro built the world's largest entertainment ship, named Gran Tesoro.
Now, Fish-Man Island, which had become a lawless area, had also been transformed by him into the world's most lavish entertainment city.
After all, this place was simply too crucial.
For non-World Government forces wanting to travel between the first and second halves of the Grand Line, passing through Fish-Man Island was a necessity.
And after discovering that Makoto and the fish-man race indeed did nothing about this place, Tesoro got the idea and occupied it.
When Makoto and his group arrived, they barely recognized this place as Fish-Man Island.
Compared to the last time they had visited, the style had changed too drastically.
The originally colorful coral buildings were now plated with countless golden decorations, and the streets were lined with neon lights and billboards.
They took out telescopes, passed them through the bubbles, and looked towards the island.
Bunny girl waitresses in revealing outfits stood at the entrances of various entertainment establishments, flirting with passersby.
The air was thick with the smell of perfume, alcohol, and money.
Seeing this scene, Hiyori expressed great dissatisfaction.
She argued that although Neptune and his people had abandoned Fish-Man Island, Neptune was her father's 'henchman', and Fish-Man Island was Neptune's territory.
Put another way, this place was also her father's territory.
And that mongrel Gild Tesoro, without asking her father for permission, what right did he have to occupy this place?
"We need to teach him a lesson, make him understand that there are things he cannot touch!"
Hiyori clenched her fists, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.
Makoto wasn't really concerned about this initially, but hearing his precious 'daughter' say so, he felt it was probably time to deal with it.
Perfume Yuda began to enter the tunnel to Fish-Man Island.
The tunnel was long and dimly lit, with only a faint glow at the exit.
During the journey, some luminous powder fell like light rain, about to land on Makoto and his group.
"Is this... gold dust?"
Komachi asked curiously, looking at the fine powder on her skin.
Makoto said with a smile, "It's a little trick from Tesoro."
The women around him looked at him curiously.
Makoto explained, "This is the ability of Tesoro's Gol-Gol Fruit. Anyone who passes through this tunnel will secretly have gold dust sprinkled on them in this hidden passage. Then, as a Gol-Gol Fruit user, Tesoro can restrain these people's movements."
"What a sinister guy!"
Chika puffed out her cheeks angrily.
Then, Makoto made a hand seal.
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall."
The seawater behind was attracted by the Chakra, winding like a serpent around the women, cascading over their skin, hair, and clothes, washing away all the gold dust attached to the surfaces.
Like Moria's zombies, seawater was also the bane of Tesoro's ability.
Once washed by seawater, the gold dust would fall off on its own.
One could only say, Devil Fruit abilities are just too vulnerable to seawater.
After being rinsed by Makoto's Water Release, many women were drenched, their clothes clinging to their curvaceous bodies, revealing their exquisite, perfect figures.
Rebecca looked down at herself, then at the figures of the sisters around her, let out a yelp, and ran into the restroom.
Other women playfully glared at Makoto before turning and going to their rooms to change clothes.
Makoto shrugged helplessly.
"You did that on purpose!"
Chika turned back and made a face at him as she walked.
By the time Perfume Yuda passed through the dark tunnel and successfully arrived at New Fish-Man Island, which had become the world's largest entertainment city, everyone was awestruck by the sight before them.
The original coral harbor had been expanded into a massive dock, filled with ships from all over the world.
At the end of the port stood a huge golden archway bearing the words—
New Fish-Man Island.