"L-Lord... Rono..." Feeling that warm touch, Kaguya Otsutsuki lost consciousness completely.
"Seriously, even her clothes were torn to shreds."
Rono looked at Kaguya Otsutsuki's naked body beside him, speechless.
With no time to admire her, Rono held Kaguya Otsutsuki tightly, keeping the temporal turbulence from sweeping her somewhere beyond his reach.
Under Rono's protection, the man and woman soon passed through the spacetime gateway.
Kaguya Otsutsuki woke up and immediately realized she had been dressed in a different outfit.
D-did that mean...
Kaguya Otsutsuki huddled up, her mind running wild.
Could Lord Rono have already made me his?
Just as the thought crossed her mind, a voice from ahead interrupted her.
"Your clothes were shredded in the spacetime vortex..."
Rono explained to Kaguya Otsutsuki without turning around.
As Rono gazed at the familiar sea, a trace of nostalgia appeared in his eyes.
It really has been a long time, Whitebeard, Roger, Kaido...
Meanwhile, Kaguya Otsutsuki nodded slightly, recalling what had happened in the spacetime vortex.
She only remembered how terrifying and powerful the vortex had been. Even her body, strengthened by consuming the Chakra Fruit, had barely been able to endure it.
Just before she lost consciousness, Lord Rono had pulled her to safety.
Lord Rono saved me again, Kaguya Otsutsuki thought quietly before looking around.
Her surroundings were entirely new, unlike anything she had ever seen.
"Lord Rono, where are we?" Kaguya Otsutsuki asked instinctively.
"This is the world I grew up in." Rono spread his arms, feeling the familiar, salty, damp sea breeze. Emotions he had not felt in a long time stirred within him.
At last, I'm back in the Pirate World!
I can't wait to see my old friends.
"Is that so?" Kaguya Otsutsuki stood up and kept surveying this entirely new world.
She discovered