Two days later, God's Domain.
Padong lounged comfortably on a cushion, enjoying all kinds of food fed to them by Ulti and Sugar. Their belly was already round and swollen, and their face was filled with a blissful smile.
After Padong let out a satisfied burp, Ulti impatiently said:
"Now that you're full, hurry up and get to work."
Sugar nodded in agreement. "Yeah, you can't just eat without doing any work."
Padong patted their chest. "Don't worry. I'm not some immoral tanuki."
As they spoke, Padong skillfully used their ability, creating several Shapeshifting Leaves and scattering them into Kong. The leaves burst into clouds of smoke, and ten fierce-looking pirate replicas emerged from within—criminals Padong had personally seen, each with a bounty of over ten million.
These replicas were already the strongest pirates they could create.
Although their Shapeshifting Leaves could be given to others to use, Padong could not create replicas based on memories belonging to someone else, since they did not possess those memories.
Because Adams had instructed Padong beforehand not to give the girls leaves capable of creating living people, Padong had to activate their ability whenever the girls wanted to train with the leaves.
Seeing this, Ulti immediately activated Armament Haki and concentrated it on her forehead. In an instant, her forehead became incredibly hard. Her face brimmed with excitement, and like a hunter spotting prey, she charged fiercely at the replicas.
Sugar refused to be outdone. She was no slower than Ulti and closely followed behind her as they charged at the replicas together.
Because they had both been left behind during the operation a year ago, the two girls had naturally been holding in their frustration. They trained hard for only one reason: to be valued more highly.
Padong stood to one side,