I Said, "Fuck Your Mother"-Are You Deaf?!!

After some questioning, Major Watt finally figured out what had happened.

So that was it...

"What do you mean Ensign Hina captured the Happo Navy's current pillar and deputy pillar alive?!!!!"

His distorted voice seeped through the crack in the door, and the two guards outside could not help pressing their ears closer to listen.

"...And she even packaged up half a ship of Happo Navy pirates?!"

"Wait, this Hina you're talking about—is she really the Hina I know? That little girl?"

"You said she slaughtered everyone on the ship until blood flowed like a river?"

"No... I'm not looking at the photos."

A moment later, Major Watt hung up the Den Den Mushi amid congratulations from the other end.

He looked utterly bewildered.

What had happened?

Before today, the reports he had received were all:

Hina was no match for Sai. Hina had been captured. Hina's cover had been exposed. Hina was in grave danger...

How the fuck had Hina suddenly become an unstoppable killing machine in the blink of an eye?

Slap!

He slapped himself across the face.

No matter what had happened, he needed to confirm the situation first!

He dialed Hina's private line.

Buru buru~ Buru buru~

No one answered.

Major Watt lowered the Den Den Mushi.

"No need to panic, no need to panic..."

"She must be busy. It was an entire pirate ship, after all."

She could not possibly be flirting with someone, could she?

He knew perfectly well how career-driven Hina was. Once she finished what she was doing, she would definitely report back to him at once.

Thinking that, he clapped his hands and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have something he needed to deal with as well. He hurried out of the cabin.

Creak!

He pushed open the door, stuck his head out, and calmly gave the guards outside an order.

"Go bring that 'envoy' back!"

"Yes, sir!"

The two of them rushed into the torrential rain.

Before long, the cabin door opened again.

The Happo Navy pirate entered, drenched from head to toe but still wearing a frivolous expression. Seeing that the major had calmed down, he patted the rainwater from his body, the loathsome smile still hanging from his lips.

"Oh~ Has the Marines finally come to their sen—"

Before he could finish, Major Watt sprang straight up from behind the desk, jabbed a finger at his nose, and spat flying saliva everywhere.

"FUCK YOUR MOTHER!!!"

Who the hell cares about Rear Admiral Stainless!

There were plenty of Marine rear admirals!

But... Chinjao only had two grandsons! And the Happo Navy only had this one pillar!!

So,

I said fuck your mother—are you deaf?!!

Meanwhile, on Cactus Finger Island, not far from Blue Crab Claw Island.

The weather was clear.

On a merchant ship headed for Iris Island, Jogo sat in the warm, comfortable reading room. Using the sunlight streaming through the porthole, he toyed with a piece of pottery etched with spiral patterns.

Paper and pen lay on the round mahogany table. In the upper left corner, a Mini Den Den Mushi spoke in Hina's voice.

"...I already asked them. Neither Sai nor Abu knows where Capone Bege is."

"The Marines don't know either?"

"If they did, they would have led people over to raid his home long ago!"

The Den Den Mushi made chewing noises. Hina seemed to be eating.

"The Five Great Mafia Families of West Blue are more secretive than the last. If not for the account book you gave us last time, the Marines might still not know that the Capone Family had businesses right under their noses."

Jogo was not surprised by this news. He had not placed much hope in those two to begin with.

"Forget that. How are things on your end? Sai and Abu haven't caused any trouble, have they?"

"They're wearing Seastone Handcuffs! Don't underestimate Hina!"

Hina's complaint came through the Den Den Mushi.

"It's just that after Sai heard what Abu did on the ship, he nearly strangled Abu to death. Now I can only keep them locked up separately."

"Oh, and Sai said he definitely wants to kill you."

Jogo smiled.

The reason he had spared Sai and Abu's lives

was, first, because neither of them could possibly pose a threat to him anymore.

Second, "Cone" Chinjao was indeed not someone to be taken lightly.

It was not that he feared Chinjao holding a grudge against him. He feared Chinjao turning his attention toward Ohara.

After all, as he remembered it, this retired former pillar of the navy was an exceedingly petty man.

Sai, on the other hand, would only direct his hatred at Jogo even after suffering such a blow.

"Tell him I'll be waiting... if he still has the courage to challenge me when he sees me again."

Hina's muttering came through the Den Den Mushi, but she suddenly changed the subject.

"Won't you reconsider Hina's suggestion?"

"What? Join the Marines?"

"Please, show some respect for my profession. I'm a Historian!"

"No one said Historians can't be Marines. If you agree, Hina can share just a tiny bit of the credit with you!"

Why, thank you so much!

Jogo knew that for this mad-dog Marine girl to even consider sharing credit with him, even just a little, meant their relationship had reached a new level.

But...

"After all this, you still won't give me a Trait?"

Jogo shook his head inwardly.

Only after meeting other women did he realize how good little Robin was.

"Forget it. I'm more likely to become a pirate than a Marine!" he brushed her off.

The Den Den Mushi widened its eyes. "If you dare become a pirate, Hina will definitely catch you!"

Hina gave a huff, then reminded him,

"Also, Hina can't stay in West Blue anymore. Marine Headquarters is having Hina enter the headquarters' recruit training camp early."

"Sai and the captured Happo Navy pirates will all be handed over to Major Watt. When that happens, the Marines will definitely publicize it throughout West Blue."

"So there are five days at most before the news gets out."

"Hina knows what you want to do, but if you don't want Capone Bege to hide like a rat, you'd better act quickly."

Jogo nodded. "Thank you, Ensign Hina!"

"Soon it'll be Lieutenant Hina..."

After chatting for a while, Jogo hung up and continued studying the antique in his hand.

His battle with Sai aboard the pirate ship had happened yesterday.

After Abu had killed until heads rolled everywhere, Jogo was finally satisfied. He had the remaining pirates sail the ship to nearby Cactus Finger Island.

The moment the ship docked, he used Conqueror's Haki to knock out every pirate and handed them over to Hina.

Then, without wasting a moment,

while Hina reported the situation to Marine Headquarters overnight, he went ashore and bought a large backpack.

He returned to the Happo Navy's treasury and selected several antiques worth writing papers about, along with a large amount of cash.

Finally, before Hina could react, he boarded this merchant ship bound for Iris Island without stopping for a breath.

—Now that he had awakened Observation Haki, there was no longer such urgency in going to the Sabaody Archipelago.

Instead, another matter was rather urgent—he needed to visit an old friend.

He could not let that old friend worry about him all day!

"Don't you agree, Capone Bege..."

Jogo turned the spiral-patterned pottery in his hand and murmured softly.

In his mind, the prompt he had received after defeating Sai flashed on the Haki Panel.

[Obtained Trait: "Shockwave (White)"]

In another corner of the reading room, a pair of sisters carefully adjusted their clothes on a soft reddish-brown sofa.

"Big Sis, I'm hungry!"

The adorable girl, who looked no older than twelve or thirteen, spoke to the young woman beside her. As if she had suddenly thought of something, her eyes lit up.

"Let's go back and have bean soup!"

The slender young woman beside her, who appeared to be in her early twenties, frowned as though she had thought of something hard to swallow.

She gently stroked her younger sister's head.

"Hold on a little longer, Angie."

"Our clothes are too conspicuous in steerage."

"Iris Island is also within the Thrips Gang's territory. Before we find Uncle, neither of us can draw attention!"

"Okay." Angie lowered her head in disappointment.

The young woman held her sister affectionately.

"The Thrips Gang on Iris Island is terrifying. They have the toughest fighters among all the gangs on Iris Island, and there's also a promiscuous, vicious woman... We have to be careful."

"But..."

Seeing her sister's pitiful expression, the young woman helplessly shook her head.

"If it's only one meal, Big Sis still has a way."

Under her sister's admiring gaze, the young woman looked toward the other end of the reading room, at the black-haired youth by the porthole.

"A boy with such a gentle temperament must be a very kind person!"

As a mafia boss's daughter, she had seen far too many greenhouse flowers like him.