--Dressrosa
Though the fighting in the country had only just ended, everything was still a frantic bustle as dusk fell.
Overall, however, people's spirits were fairly high. After all, their loved ones who had been turned into toys had returned.
The Knights of Babylon also put the skills they had developed over the past few years to use, gradually stabilizing the country with the Riku Royal Family's cooperation.
But the cancellation of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit's powers had also caused plenty of chaos.
For example... a woman's husband had been turned into a toy, and because of the fruit's powers, she had completely forgotten him. Over the past few years, she had married another man...
Though the circumstances were objectively understandable, the feelings of those involved were another matter entirely.
Aside from the initial chaos, most of the subsequent public-order problems stemmed from these conflicts, which were practically impossible to resolve.
The Knights of Babylon certainly got a taste of the sheer diversity of humanity.
On top of that, this place was known as the "island of love and passion." Its women's excessive devotion to love also gave rise to powerful jealousy.
If a man betrayed them, they would do something as terrifying as trying to murder him. The more beautiful the woman, the more vicious she was. Their love and hate were equally fierce, so romantic disputes, and even physical fights over them, were commonplace.
And so, in cases where the woman had been turned into a toy... things became even more brutal.
--King's Plateau
In the garden behind the palace, Kuma sat on a bench reading in the light of the setting sun, while Baby 5 paced anxiously back and forth.
She hadn't seen Sephiroth for several hours.
Though Baby 5 knew he had gone to face Kaido, that