"It's been over a month and there's still no news? Your accomplices must have already failed, right?" Violet's tone suggested, "How much longer are you going to stay in Dressrosa?"
Women are such a hassle. Violet was really unhappy being in the lab all the time lately, and even though Sig's experiment has made some progress these past few days and I've come out to spend some time with her, she's still just as unhappy...
"Well, maybe they knew I had a beautiful lady with me, so they killed a whole ship of them to liven things up," Sig said in a very easygoing manner.
This is why Violet casually uses "capsizing" as a joke—many pirates... no, most people working at sea are still very concerned about "avoiding bad luck."
However, with Sig constantly muttering things like, "My Captain might have been eaten by Sea King," "No news for a month, should we build them a cenotaph?" and "Which pirate crew should I join next?" Violet naturally became more relaxed as well.
Violet feigned indifference upon hearing Sig's bland praise.
Yeah, women are so easy to please.
"You've been acting all mysterious today, sending Little Sugar on errands for you. What are you planning to do? Isn't it time for her to reunite with her sister?" Violet spoke up for Little Sugar.
"You can see for yourself, it's in this direction, about five kilometers away," Sig pointed casually.
The two were sitting on outdoor seating at a dessert shop when Sig pointed at a burly man at the next table, who then tapped the table in displeasure.
Sig turned his head and glared back, flexing his biceps to reveal the "Sword of Freedom" skull and crossbones flag. The two people sitting next to him immediately shrank back, then paid the bill and left.
"These two brothers invited me!" Sig called out.
"Could you please not be so rude..." Violet somewhat embarrassedly, rubbing her necklace back and forth.
That's so One Piece style! And the most vulgar kind at that...
"No need to rub it, the necklace will activate naturally without needing to be activated," Sig reminded her.
Violet rolled her eyes at him, then made the gesture to activate her power.
Well, even after making such a shameful gesture, no one associated her with "Princess Violet".
"Ah!" Violet exclaimed, unable to help but stand up.
She saw that Sugar and Rebecca, who were running errands for Sig, were in danger—a group of thugs had their eyes on them. Rebecca, using her basic skills, managed to sneak up on one of them by striking his calf, but soon others surrounded them.
"Damn it..." Violet couldn't stand it any longer and was about to rush over.
However, seeing that Sig was still sitting and drinking cola, Violet calmed down.
"You can see it too? No... did you arrange this?" Violet shrewdly guessed.
Sig simply smiled and continued to observe.
Although it wasn't as far as four thousand or three thousand kilometers, it was only five miles, Sig could see using his imitated Stare-Stare Devil Fruit ability.
Besides, Sig could see it from the perspective of a petty thug.
As Violet said, it was no coincidence. Sig had already hypnotized and controlled those thugs. Although he could read emotions and use dreams, Sig still wanted to see how Sugar would choose when things actually happened.
Normal emotions don't necessarily reflect emotions when something happens. As for dreams... Sig isn't a true "Dreamwalker" after all; he doesn't weave dreams himself, but rather guides the other person's dreams to change.
In natural dreams, a person's rational and logical thinking abilities are reduced, and therefore cannot fully represent reality.
In the real world, Sugar faced this situation, watching her best friend get kicked away—of course, Sig used lighting effects here, so Rebecca was actually just pushed over— Sugar was filled with fear and anger, but her heart was still conflicted...
"You've scared Sugar to death! Honestly! At a time like this, hurry up and turn them back into dolls!" Violet was getting increasingly anxious.
Fortunately, from her perspective, she could see that Rebecca hadn't been beaten badly; she had just fallen to the ground. Otherwise, she probably would have been the first to confront Sig.
Sig, however, continued watching with unhurried composure...
As expected, Sugar wasn't completely stupid. When she sensed that Rebecca and she were in mortal danger, she gritted her teeth and secretly "touched" the two people. Suddenly, there were two more rag dolls on the ground and two fewer thugs on the street.
If they really were thugs, they should be surprised to see two talking dolls. And the person who turned into a doll, while filled with fear, should be trying to forget their accomplices and explain their identity.
However, since these were all thugs hypnotized by Sig, those who weren't turned into toys ignored the anomaly, while those who were turned into toys only knew how to run away...
In no time at all, all six people had been turned into toys by the Sugar.
At that moment, Rebecca stood up, clutching her slightly scraped elbow. "Ah, I tripped and fell... Hahaha, Sugar, you fell too?"
That's right. From Sugar's perspective, it looked like a merciless beating, but in reality, the two of them had only taken a few falls.
Sugar didn't notice the awkwardness at the time, and just nodded somewhat awkwardly. Then, as if she had something on her mind, she continued to go buy soy sauce with Rebecca.
That scoundrel said that if I ran one last errand for him today, it would remind my sister of me. Well... it's better if what just happened "didn't happen"!
"What a pair of silly girls, they actually fell down... By the way, what did you want me to see?" Violet had already forgotten about the thugs by this time.
"It's nothing..." Sig didn't explain immediately, but instead accompanied Violet shopping as usual—mainly to tell Violet stories while they were shopping.
Violet loved stories about the sea. Although she had been to sea, she had only gone to nearby island nations and had never encountered any danger, not even extreme weather.
Violet seemed very interested in what Sig described as a real sea adventure.
"An elephant as tall as a mountain, with a back that reaches into the clouds? And an island on its back inhabited by the Mink Tribe look like animals? You're not lying to me?" Violet looked at Sig with suspicion.
"I've never been there either, but... I think it must be true." Sig piqued Violet's interest in Zou.
Just then, Sugar and Rebecca returned from their errand.
"The soy sauce is back! Hurry up and help Sugar's sister regain her memory!" Rebecca said to Sig without any politeness.
"That's right, that's right, you can't lie to children," Violet added from the side.
Sugar lowered her head, looking hesitant as if she wanted to say something.
"Alright... after all, Sugar has been quite well-behaved lately, so I'll..." Sig said, seemingly normally.
But just then, Sugar suddenly blurted out, "Wait, wait... Actually... we encountered bad guys! I... I turned them into toys to protect myself and Rebecca... They escaped... I... I don't know where they are... Waaah... I didn't mean to. If you find them, I can restore them..."
Sugar finally admitted it, and Sig breathed a sigh of relief.
When encountering an "enemy," of course you can use your abilities; the basis for judgment isn't based on that.
The question is whether Sugar will tell the truth afterward...
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