Sugar muttered under her breath as she tugged hard at Garen's face with her soft little hands, as though she were tearing apart a giant marshmallow.
To Nami and Rebecca, Sugar's actions looked as cute and harmless as a child throwing a tantrum.
But Monet's eyes were already filled with deep shock:
Sugar's ability actually didn't work on Garen?
Sugar herself was even more stunned. She had never encountered an enemy completely immune to her ability.
She wanted to try a few more times, but Garen had already copied Sugar's movements. Smiling, he gently placed his broad palm on her fair little face, still streaked with tears.
"Hm?"
Sugar's body suddenly stiffened, and the little hand pressed against Garen's large face stopped moving entirely.
For some reason, she suddenly felt a chilling sense of danger.
"Become a toy!"
Garen activated the Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability he had picked up from Sugar.
In an instant, the adorable little girl in Garen's arms, dressed in a polka-dot dress and wearing a bear shawl, turned into a fluffy, soft stuffed bear.
The Hobby-Hobby Fruit could turn anyone it touched into whatever toy the user desired, while making everyone forget the victim's existence.
"You!"
Even as a stuffed bear, Sugar retained the ability to speak. But her voice was twisted by fear and panic. "What exactly did you do to me?"
"What did I do?"
Garen viciously rapped the stuffed bear's head, his face filled with a "kind" smile.
"You turned so many people into toys before. Now, you'll have to experience what it feels like to become a toy yourself!"
Perhaps because he was the ability's user, Garen still remembered Sugar's existence perfectly clearly.
Sugar looked at her furry little bear paws, her heart filled with terror.
"L-let me go!"
Sugar nearly broke down