"What are you doing! I don't like this at all... Get out!" Monet snapped at Sig was dressed as Vampire.
Huh? Why did I invite a pervert to my house? Could it be... he's drunk?
Monet had also lost her memories of Sugar, and because her memories contained so much about Sugar, she was in a daze—it was as if twelve years of her life had become blurred.
"That's not what you just said..." Sig's eyes glazed over for a moment, then regained their focus.
The memory has been corrected!
Sig immediately looked at the rag doll on the ground and discovered that it had an effect similar to "Psychological Suggestion"... It was similar to his own Paths of the Divine ability, belonging to the category of mystical Psychological Suggestion!
It's likely that once Monet sees this rag doll, his memory will gradually be corrected.
Monet noticed the perverted gaze and looked in that direction, just as Sugar was ready...
Sig, quick as a flash, unwittingly threw out several "Psychological Suggestion," completely overriding the effect of the Sugar!
Sugar:???
Monet's gaze faltered for a moment when he saw Sugar's rag doll, then he looked at the strange man before him with even greater disdain—he even brought a rag doll with him?
Sig then realized Monet's idea and immediately understood...
The Sea of Collective Subconscious!
While it's still uncertain whether the Fruit of Hobby-Hobby Fruit truly possesses authority over the "Sea of Collective Subconscious," or whether it's an automatic memory completion rule that touches upon the "Sea of Collective Subconscious," Monet's reaction at this moment is undoubtedly related to the "Sea of Collective Subconscious."
The so-called "Sea of Collective Subconscious," also known as the "Mind World"...
If we consider the surface of the human mind as an island, then the subconscious is the Iceberg beneath that island, and all of this exists within the same "ocean," which is composed of the collective unconscious.
This is also the basis for traveling between the dreams of different individuals.
The Visionary Path, which begins after Sequence 4, allows direct manipulation of the Sea of Collective Subconscious.
It can be said that by mastering all the changes in the Sea of Collective Subconscious, one can master all the "coincidences" in the world.
At this moment, after losing Sugar's memories, Sig and Monet simultaneously begin to fill in the gaps in their own hazy memories, and the results they fill in match up perfectly...
It's clearly not due to "tacit understanding," after all, Monet is now a "good guy," and it's not normal for him to go to a bar and bring back a man.
The two simply found common ground on a conscious level—even an honest man can't resist Sig's flirting skills.
In the "virtual reality," Siegfried, unable to find a drink, went to a bar to relieve her boredom and had a chance encounter with Monet...
This is not a simple memory alteration, but rather the collective Sea of Collective Subconscious a whole being affected, which then manifested in the mental islands of Sig and Monet. Therefore, it makes sense for the two to have their memories compared.
Sig simply felt that Monet had a peculiar hobby, but this was just a misunderstanding.
As for the fact that the doll was brought by Sig, it was because Sig used Psychological Suggestion!
This is vastly different from the effect of the "Memory-Memory Fruit," representing two completely different levels of power. The Hobby-Hobby Fruit never directly affects the memory level; rather, it influences the collective Sea of Collective Subconscious through its effects on the memory level.
Sig thought about it carefully and realized that this was inevitable—otherwise, if Sugar had erased so many people in Dressrosa over ten years in the original work, Dressrosa would have been in chaos long ago if everyone had just made up their own false memories.
It is precisely because it involves the vast Sea of Collective Subconscious that everyone in the country has filled in the same false memories, thus maintaining the illusion of prosperity as a "country of love and passion".
At this point, Sugar panicked—why didn't my sister remember me?
Is it because of this strange person?
At the same time, Sugar, who had been captured, felt a sudden weakness throughout her body...
Sig's Seastone Handcuffs, now partially exposed, were stuck to the rag doll, instantly turning Sugar into a truly helpless rag doll.
"Beautiful lady, it seems we have some misunderstanding," Sig said, his eyes reddening.
Monet's eyes also turned red, then the blood whip marks on his body disappeared, and he silently sat back down.
Sig erased her false memories—tonight, everything is normal.
Then, taking the doll that Sugar had turned into, he left through the window...
Sig flew to a nearby deserted forest and dropped the Sugar down.
Once freed from the Seastone Handcuffs, Sugar immediately rolled around like a little donkey, eagerly transforming into human form—although reminding her sister of her wouldn't do her any good now, Sugar couldn't accept the feeling of being forgotten by someone important to her.
"I see. When you become a doll, you forcibly make your own mental island disappear into the Sea of Collective Subconscious. But when you voluntarily undo the change, you can choose to selectively activate the connection with other mental islands, following the flow of your own mental island?" Sig looked at Sugar and muttered to himself.
Sugar is now only concerned with her own mental island, and the potential connection with Monet's mental island, but unfortunately... Sig's Psychological Suggestion effect is still there, intercepting this "ripple" in the Sea of Collective Subconscious.
In terms of authority over the collective Sea of Collective Subconscious, the power of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit far surpasses that of Sig in his current state. Sig's ability to influence the collective Sea of Collective Subconscious is very limited, and it is mostly indirect.
However, Sugar's power also has its weaknesses, namely, like all Devil Fruits, its effect is too singular compared to the Paths of the Divine!
Although he can do things that Sig can't, it's easy for Sig to "cause trouble".
Sugar didn't understand Sig's words either; she was just using her Devil Fruit ability...
After all, in this world, only a few Devil Fruit ability can access the Sea of Collective Subconscious, so no one has given the "Sea of Collective Subconscious" a name. Even if an ability does access it, no one understands the specific principles behind it; they simply use the power.
"This direct influence on the Sea of Collective Subconscious definitely has the authority of Sequence 4 ... But unfortunately, your methods are too primitive. If it were just about interrupting, I could still do it." Sig Sugar hadn't realized her failure, Sieg explained to her, "Your sister hasn't remembered you yet!"
Well, even though he's only twelve, Sig believes that naughty kids need to be properly educated from a young age!
Judging by the strength of the Paths of the Divine, the Hobby-Hobby Fruit is somewhat too powerful. At the same time, it also exhibits side effects—similar to the Vampire Fruit, which has the effects of two and a half different fruits at the same time, but is extremely afraid of sunlight. This is quite reasonable.
The side effect of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit is that it keeps the user's mind and mentality at the level of a seven or eight-year-old. You could say they're a "child" for life. Even if they eat the fruit as adults, their minds will gradually degenerate. So, it's important to know how to prevent them from being "bratty"!
Children of this age rarely empathize with the suffering of strangers. In the original story, Sugar and the Donquixote Family do terrible things without restraint, yet from beginning to end, she feels it's no different from a game, without even a sense of guilt...
Of course, children this age can be educated, and the best way is to make them understand the principle of "Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you"... Great educator Sig is online!
Dongdong: There will be a third chapter later.