"Waaah, #￥￥￥#!@!# (Give me back my sweets~)" Having gone so long without sweets, Linlin grew even more irritable. She advanced step by step, the deck cracking beneath her feet and wood chips flying around her ankles.
"What a pain." Rocks stood before her, looking into the eyes that had lost focus because of her hunger pangs. He sighed softly, then struck without hesitation.
In the original story, Linlin neither dodged nor defended herself during an episode. She simply lashed out wildly on instinct.
Other than giving her the food she craved, there was almost no way to restore her reason.
But that was under "normal circumstances."
And the methods Rocks had at his disposal had never been normal.
Boom!
Boom!
A series of dull impacts erupted across the deck.
Moments later, Linlin lay asleep on the deck, her face swollen and bruised.
Rocks clapped his hands, looked down at the now-quiet Linlin, then turned and instructed, "Kaido, watch her. If she hasn't returned to normal when she wakes up, hit her in the forehead with your spiked club."
Kaido immediately stepped back, spread his hands, and shook his head like a rattle. "No way! Find someone else!"
"Fine." Rocks wasted no words, turning his head casually. "Ron can watch her, then. You come back and keep training."
"Wait." Kaido's tone instantly turned serious. "What did you say, Rocks?"
Rocks gave him a slightly puzzled look. "I said to come over and train."
"Before that."
"I told you to watch Linlin."
A radiant smile immediately spread across Kaido's face. "I'd be delighted, Rocks! As a member of the Rocks Pirates, of course I should contribute to the crew unconditionally!"
Watching him change his tune faster than turning a page, Rocks's mouth twitched slightly. He couldn't be bothered with him anymore.
Seeing