Faced with Erina's enthusiastic hospitality, Makoto didn't stand on ceremony.
He took a pair of exquisite white chopsticks from Hisako, picked up a piece of salmon sushi from Erina's collarbone, dipped it in soy sauce, and put it in his mouth.
"Not bad."
Makoto nodded. To be honest, he didn't usually like sushi or sashimi, but for some reason, this time it tasted quite good.
Hisako stood nearby, holding the soy sauce and wasabi dishes, acting as a maid. Her face was already flushed to the roots of her neck.
She watched as the exquisite sushi pieces were taken one by one by Makoto from the body of Erina, the woman she admired most, revealing white skin that glowed alluringly under the light.
She just felt her heartbeat getting faster and faster.
Especially when she saw Makoto's physical reaction growing more pronounced, she couldn't help but swallow nervously.
After nearly twenty years in the One Piece World, she was now an old virgin in her thirties.
This level of stimulation was still too much for her.
Hisako tried to look away, but her gaze kept drifting back, then away, then back.
Just as the ingredients on Erina's body were running out, and Makoto was about to get down to business—
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A sudden knock came from outside the door.
Followed by a series of sharp, feminine scolding voices.
"Erina! Erina! Open the door! Open the damn door! You have the guts to compete for the man, but not the guts to open the door?"
Erina's pupils contracted sharply.
"Alice?!"
She instinctively tried to sit up, but the sushi on her body wasn't finished yet. If she sat up, it would all fall off.
Alice had returned a little later than Erina.
After getting back on the ship and not finding her man or Erina, suspicion immediately arose in her heart.
She asked around and was told, "Makoto went to taste Erina's new dish."
But after searching the kitchen thoroughly, she didn't see anyone.
She immediately guessed that her sneaky cousin was making a secret move.
"Erina! Don't just hide in there without a sound. I know you're in there! Open the door now, or I'll smash it down!"
Alice kept shouting for the door to open.
Instantly, Erina, who was forcing herself to endure the shame of lying there, and Hisako, who had been wondering if she should find an excuse to leave for the bathroom to 'be a miner', were both frightened.
Erina knew she absolutely could not let her cousin cause a huge scene.
If the others on the ship found out about her current state, how could she ever show her face again?
She was not like the perverts such as Saeko or Reze.
"Hisako... open the door..."
Erina bit her lip, her voice trembling.
Hisako hesitated for a moment, but still walked over and opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, Alice strutted into her cousin's room like a proud white swan.
Then—
She saw her own cousin lying naked on the bed, her body covered with all sorts of sushi and seafood ingredients.
And by the bed, her own man was holding chopsticks, with grains of rice still stuck to his mouth.
Although she was already a married woman and in her thirties in this world, the stimulating sight still made Alice's eyes widen as she exclaimed, "Erina! You, you, you—!"
"Eek!"
"Don't look at me!"
Erina covered her face with both hands in embarrassment, not daring to meet her cousin's gaze.
Just then, before Alice could fully process the scene, Hisako quickly spoke up. "Commander! Please award Erina-sama the right to consume the future Soul-Soul Fruit!"
She knew that if Alice came to her senses, she would argue unreasonably.
At that point, the plan she and Erina had devised might fail. She had to secure Makoto's promise now.
Hearing Hisako's words, Alice immediately understood everything.
"You... you two are so despicable!"
Alice's face reddened with anger.
Hearing this moral accusation from her, Erina, surprisingly, felt less ashamed.
She snorted cutely, and pouted. "Who are you to criticize me?"
She would bet that her cousin had also gone ashore earlier to buy embarrassing things.
Everyone was competing. What right did she have to take the moral high ground?
Alice then looked at Makoto with pleading eyes, as if saying she was being wronged.
She hadn't expected Erina to be so extreme as to think of this trick. She really couldn't compete with that.
But then, Alice turned a resentful gaze towards Hisako.
She was sure that her foolish cousin couldn't have come up with this idea herself. It must have been Hisako, that annoying little secretary.
What infuriated Alice even more was that she couldn't immediately think of a way to counter Erina's move.
At that moment, Alice remembered her childhood, having toys she liked forcibly taken by the elders and given to Erina.
She looked at her man with pleading eyes, afraid that Makoto would just agree to give the Soul-Soul Fruit to Erina.
Makoto looked at the two women, was silent for a moment, and then slowly spoke.
"Stop arguing."
"Both of you will participate in the upcoming fight with Big Mom. Whoever lands the killing blow gets the Soul-Soul Fruit."
Alice's eyes lit up.
Of course, neither of these two sisters could kill that madwoman Charlotte Linlin on their own.
Even together, it would be impossible.
But Makoto would naturally provide assistants to help them… whoever got the final blow would get the fruit.
That was fair enough.
Hearing this, Alice immediately beamed, threw herself into her man's arms, and rubbed against his chest. "I knew you were the best!"
Erina, on the other hand, felt a bit wronged.
She was very embarrassed to do such a thing. She hadn't expected that even after going this far, Makoto still wouldn't give her the Soul-Soul Fruit outright.
Hisako also wanted to protest on behalf of her idol, Erina, but didn't dare to disobey Makoto's decision.
Suddenly…
Makoto grabbed both sisters and pulled them over.
"You two like to compete so much?"
"Then compete to your hearts' content."
Makoto pushed both sisters' heads down simultaneously.
Instantly, Erina, who had been wearing a wronged expression moments ago, began to tremble, the injustice in her eyes quickly replaced by desire.
Normally, Makoto didn't mind his women squabbling over him, as it added some spice to life.
But this time, the Nakiri sisters had clearly gone too far.
He had to give them a thorough pounding to remind them who was in charge.
Instantly, the sushi ingredients on Erina's body scattered all over the floor.
He lifted Erina slightly and then brought her back down.
Fully inserted.
Erina's violet eyes, full of grievance just moments ago, instantly rolled back as she let out a satisfied cry.
"Ah—!"