Over with Makoto, as they chatted, Nino took the initiative to lean closer.
Her soft, warm breasts gradually pressed against Makoto's arm.
Makoto couldn't help but tease, "Are you this direct with all guys?"
Nino blushed, "How could that be?"
She lowered her head, her voice growing softer.
"Only with the one I like..."
Chika and Reze beside them were a little surprised by Nino's direct attitude.
Makoto, however, wasn't surprised.
After all, the nickname [Runaway Locomotive] was no joke.
Frankly, in the early part of the original work, Nino had left the worst impression on readers among the five sisters.
Since readers viewed the story from the protagonist's perspective, Nino, who showed the strongest hostility towards the protagonist early on, even resorting to drugging him to drive him away, naturally didn't inspire much affection.
However, later, when she fell for him, she became utterly unscrupulous in vying for him. This contrast won her a wave of fans.
Makoto suddenly said, "Among your five sisters, you're probably the one whose personality is most like your mother's."
Hearing him bring up her mother, Nino was startled.
"Why?"
Their mother had died young, and Nino didn't think Makoto had ever met her.
Makoto said, "If your mother hadn't been as much of a 'lovestruck fool' as you, she wouldn't have had kids with her scumbag teacher."
Thinking back carefully, the mother of the quintuplets was quite an extreme case.
She fell for her teacher, got pregnant, and he ran off.
How lovestruck did you have to be to do something like that?
But even more incredible, she then found such a good catch as Nakano Maruo to be the stepfather.
And Maruo was also her student.
At the time, Nakano Rena probably knew she didn't have long to live, and she also knew that Maruo had been secretly in love with her for a long time.
It's hard not to suspect she deliberately found Maruo to be the stepfather.
Thinking of this, Makoto couldn't help but sigh, "Sigh, I suddenly feel sorry for your father."
Not only did he take on the responsibility, but it was also very likely that until Rena died, Maruo never even slept with her once.
And even more heartbreakingly, after painstakingly raising five adopted daughters, they all ran off for the same young man.
If Makoto were Maruo, he would have immediately announced the severance of the father-daughter relationship and had a biological child of his own to show those five unfilial daughters some real pressure.
Thinking of this, Makoto looked at Nino beside him and the other four Nakano sisters not far away, a strange expression on his face.
He thought to himself that if he ever had children, he absolutely had to educate them properly.
After raising you for over ten years, you forget all about it for a little guy you've known for less than two weeks?
Seeing the topic suddenly veer off track, Nino quickly interrupted.
She lowered her gaze and said docilely, "Daddy, what are you talking about? Am I not right here with you?"
'Whoa.'
'It was a good thing Nakano Maruo hadn't been transported there, or he would have coughed up blood.'
Well, Makoto had to admit—
Being the homewrecker is really satisfying.
That night, Nino almost lost her voice from screaming.
As the 'lovestruck fool' of the five sisters, having held back for over a decade, the state she erupted in on her first time was comparable to the drought-stricken Mana.
Having finally gotten what she wanted, of course she would scream loudly.
Incidentally, another reason she screamed so loudly last night was because Miku kept slapping her on the butt.
Thus, Makoto had now claimed three of the five Nakano sisters.
By the way, last night, Miku's constant slapping also contributed to Nino's loudness.
…
Morning came.
Nino stood before a mirror, scissors in hand.
Snip, snip—
Locks of hair fell.
She cut her waist-length hair, which had been as long as Miku's, into shoulder-length hair, similar to Yotsuba's.
The woman in the mirror looked fresh, capable, with a newfound vibrancy in her eyes, quite dashing and heroic.
"Show-off."
Miku stood behind her, watching, and muttered.
Last night, the 'Runaway Locomotive' had gone completely wild.
On her first time, she had used all three holes, stunning even the [Pervert Group], Saeko, Chika, and Reze.
For them, what she's doing is too insane!
"Oh my~ Miku, is it that you can't beat me in bed, so you're trying to get back at me elsewhere?"
Nino turned around, her new hairstyle in place, and asked with a grin.
Hearing this, Miku's expression darkened. Her left palm faced up, and a Transformation Leaf flew out. Her right hand produced a pen and rapidly wrote a line on it.
White smoke rose, and a [Nakano Yotsuba] appeared before Miku.
"Yotsuba, show her what you've got!"
'Yotsuba' clenched her fists, instantly activating the power of the Magma-Magma Fruit. Her hands transformed into orange-red magma, radiating intense heat.
Nino refused to back down. Orange-red flames surged from her fists, heading towards Miku's direction.
"Fire Fist!"
Nino's fist, wrapped in roaring flames, crashed towards 'Yotsuba'.
'Yotsuba' countered with a magma-heavy punch, colliding with Nino's flames.
Boom—!
Orange-red and reddish-orange intertwined, flames and magma exploded, shockwaves spreading outwards, blasting a large hole in the hotel roof.
Tiles flew, debris scattered.
In the distance, Ace and Beam, who were doing their morning training, changed expressions.
Ace snapped his head around, staring at the rising column of fire, frowning deeply. "That's... the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit? Who ate it?"
Beam scratched his head.
"I think it's the second Nakano sister?"
Ace was silent for a beat, then withdrew his gaze and continued his training.
Whoever ate the Flame-Flame Fruit was none of his concern anymore.
He had already decided to go back and get Roger's blade.
It was a pity Roger had been dead for many years... otherwise, he could have fulfilled his long-cherished wish of killing his own father.
Inside the room, because the commotion was too loud, Makoto was woken up as well.
He opened his eyes to see Nino and Miku, sisters who usually didn't get along, now facing off.
Nino's entire body was wreathed in flames, making her look like a moving inferno.
In front of Miku stood 'Yotsuba' and 'Ai'… though that 'Ai' was a Transformation Leaf creation.
The real Ai was still in bed, sleeping in Kaguya's arms. She had also been quite worn out last night and was sleeping soundly.
After Makoto had claimed Kaguya, this universal maid had offered herself for duty.
According to her logic, a young lady getting married should have a dowry maidservant.
Well, the women around him were becoming more and more sensible.
The real Yotsuba, on the other hand, was sleeping in Makoto's arms like a lazy cat, completely undisturbed by the ruckus outside.
"So lively this early in the morning."
Alice yawned, peeking her head out from under the covers. Her silver hair, matching her mother's, lay scattered on the pillow.
Erina, beside her, also woke up, rubbing her eyes. She glanced at the two facing off, then at Alice. "Why didn't you take the Flame-Flame Fruit?"
Last night, after the main event, Makoto had brought out the Flame-Flame Fruit and asked who was interested in it.
In the end, Nino was the one who stepped forward.
Now a part of the family, Nino naturally had the right.
But if senior members like Erina or Alice had expressed interest, their chances would have been higher.
Alice, like a haughty Persian cat, lay languidly on Makoto's abs, squinting. "I want the Soul-Soul Fruit."
Yes, she had set her sights on that fruit ever since first witnessing Big Mom's ability.
Hearing this, Erina's expression changed slightly.
It seemed she and her cousin had the same idea… she had also wanted that fruit.
"Are we going to go after Sensei?" Yotsuba said with some distress. She had finally been woken up by the noise and rubbed her eyes, looking conflicted.
Back then, she had primarily trained under Big Mom.
Although Big Mom was brutal, having trained together for two years, Yotsuba still harbored some affection for her.
Not to mention, Yotsuba was naturally a nice person and would have trouble going through with it.
"Yotsuba-nee, that teacher of yours isn't a good person."
Kokoro leaned over and quipped.
"Didn't you see the newspaper a couple of days ago? She burned down an entire country just because it couldn't deliver the sweets she wanted on time."
Yotsuba fell silent, her conflict deepening.
Kokono then turned to Makoto. "Makoto-nii, we won't go after Old Man Whitebeard, will we?"
Kokono didn't want to go against her teacher either, as back then, she had trained under Whitebeard.
Makoto nodded casually.
"Probably not."
Although the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was also strong, there were few power-type girls left who needed abilities, so there was no particular need to take that fruit.
Moreover, Whitebeard's relationship with him was decent, and Makoto genuinely didn't want to fight him.
Kokono happily kissed Makoto's cheek.
"Thanks, Makoto-nii!"
Just then, Nino and Miku started fighting again.
Nino made the first move, punching towards Miku, her fist wrapped in orange-red flame.
"Fire Fist!"
A massive fiery fist transformed into a roaring pillar of flame, charging at Miku.
Miku remained calm, directing 'Ai' to step forward.
"Ai" raised her right hand, palm upward, and black mist surged from her palm, forming a vortex of darkness.
Dark Water.
The moment the fiery fist touched the dark vortex, it vanished as if devoured by an invisible giant beast.
"What?!"
Nino's pupils contracted sharply.
Miku's lips curled slightly. She then directed 'Yotsuba' to charge forward.
'Yotsuba's' hands became orange-red magma, and she threw a heavy punch at Nino's stomach.
The attack was still some distance away, but the intense heat from the magma made Nino feel distinctly uncomfortable.
It was true that the Magma-Magma Fruit was a hard counter to the Flame-Flame Fruit.
"Miku! Are you serious?!"
"Who's playing with you?"
Miku remained expressionless, continuing to have the two 'clones' attack Nino from both sides.
One had to admit, Miku had a very clear grasp of Nino's weaknesses… directly using users of the Dark-Dark Fruit and Magma-Magma Fruit to counter Nino, who was now a Flame-Flame Fruit user.
"Stop it! Both of you, stop it!"
Finally, Yotsuba, as the mediating sister, couldn't stand it anymore.
She sat up from Makoto's embrace, ran between the two, and spread her arms wide, instantly activating her Magma-Magma Fruit power to create a wall of magma on the ground, separating them.
"Nino! Miku! That's enough!"
Yotsuba's cheeks puffed up in anger.
Nino and Miku glanced at each other, snorted simultaneously, and turned their heads away.