Seeing Bonnie agree, Hikaru breathed a sigh of relief. For a girl like Bonnie, who had endured a miserable life from birth, he truly had no desire to inflict further harm. Thankfully, things had gone smoothly, and he'd completed the task admirably with just his persuasive words.
Nico Robin: "So? Are you going to force me to be your concubine just because I'm only 28 years old?"
Hikaru: "Wuuu... I'm sorry, I'll do it again next time!"
Monet: "My life story is pretty miserable too, you know!"
Hikaru: "You're different. You appeared as an enemy, and your resistance was far too intense. You needed a proper lesson before you could be obedient."
Seeing everything was ready, Hikaru chuckled, gently lifted Bonnie's small frame onto his shoulders, and said, "Let's go. As long as you listen to me, I promise you'll see your father."
"Wait!" Bonnie quickly waved her hands, grabbing Hikaru's hair to stop him. He was moving too fast, so she had to resort to this last resort.
"And my uncles, you knocked them all unconscious! We can't just leave them here like this, right?"
"Oh, right! Look at my poor memory. I was too busy rubbing your little face~"
Hikaru slapped his head, then pulled a Tone Dial from his storage. He handed it to her and said, "Just let them stay here. You can record your instructions for them on this Tone Dial. When they wake up later, they'll understand."
"Um..." Bonnie was stunned after taking the Tone Dial. "I... what should I say?"
"Just tell them that I took you away to find Big Bear, and tell them to return to the Sorbet Kingdom," Hikaru said, touching his head. Why did he genuinely feel like he was looking after a child?
"Ahh~" Bonnie understood. After a moment's thought, she pressed the conch of the Tone Dial and chattered into it. Once recorded, she tucked the Tone Dial into the shirt pocket of one of the unconscious men.
"Okay, Onii-chan, let's go~"
"So good~"
Hikaru responded with a smile. If Capone Bege saw this scene, he would probably doubt whether the large Bonnie who was eating so improperly just moments ago was the same person as the little Bonnie now.
Without Bonnie's help, would Zoro have cut Saint Charlos in half right there on the street? It's truly thrilling to imagine~
Restaurant Rendezvous
On Island 33, at a restaurant somewhere in Sabaody Archipelago's Bubble Park, Hikaru strolled with little Bonnie. He took off her green hat and replaced it with a cute pink princess hat.
After just a few steps, Bonnie's stomach began to growl. Come to think of it, Bonnie had been in the middle of eating when he'd interrupted her, so she couldn't have been full.
So, Hikaru decided to treat Bonnie to a delicious meal first. He found a high-end restaurant he liked and booked the largest private room. Without even looking at the menu, he simply told the waiter to bring several servings of every dish. This extravagant attitude made Bonnie practically drool with happiness.
As the sovereign of a country, Hikaru possessed immense wealth. Even if Bonnie ate as much as she wanted until she was old, she still couldn't keep pace with how quickly he amassed money.
The food arrived swiftly, but often before all the dishes were even served, Bonnie had already cleared the plates. Even Hikaru's own appetite was whetted by her.
Upon transforming into Big Bonnie, she resumed her insatiable eating and drinking habits, piling up plate after plate until the area in front of her was overflowing with empty dishes. Only then did she stop, with a look of unfulfilled satisfaction.
With such a massive appetite, it was no wonder she was called the "Great Eater." Could it be that she had mastered Life Return? Or did the Age-Age Fruit (Sui Sui Fruit) possess a super-digestive effect?
Turning, he saw Hikaru was not to be outdone. There were also many empty plates in front of him. With the power of the Azure Dragon, his appetite had also increased several times over.
After eating and drinking their fill, Hikaru waved his hand, and Big Bonnie obediently leaped towards him, transforming into Little Bonnie in mid-air, and settled comfortably in his arms.
"Little Bonnie, you've eaten and had your fill. Now it's time for us to get down to business... How do you feel now? Are there still blue scars on your body?"
Bonnie wasn't surprised at all that Hikaru knew about her condition. She pouted and thought for a moment, then muttered, "It should be gone. Why are you asking this? It's all in the past."
"To be honest, I am actually a miracle doctor—the best miracle doctor in the world."
"Huh!?" Bonnie twisted restlessly in Hikaru's arms, looking at his serious expression with suspicious eyes. "You're a miracle doctor? Then I'm a Celestial Dragon!"
Heh~ You guessed it right, you girl do have the blood of the Celestial Dragons.
"What? Don't you believe it?"
"I don't believe it!" Bonnie stated with absolute certainty.
"Okay, then let me check your body and treat your hidden injuries. After I'm done with this, you'll know what a miracle doctor truly is."
Seeing that Hikaru had made up his mind, Bonnie had no choice but to ask tentatively: "How... can you cure this? Is there anything I need to do?"
"You don't need to do anything, just sit quietly in my arms." Hikaru lifted her body lovingly to make it easier for him to work.
"Good~"
Hikaru's move was definitely not to use this opportunity to deepen his relationship with Bonnie. He genuinely wanted to cure Bonnie's illness, because in his opinion, the "Jade Scales" on Bonnie's body had definitely not been eradicated. Otherwise, she wouldn't have used a yellow crescent under her right eye to cover the scar underneath.
(I'm just saying this nonsense. Anyway, it's just to cure her and prevent the subsequent Wano Arc from writing about her "Jade Scales" recurring. Of course, it's best if he doesn't write about the recurrence.)
Just a few years ago, Jaygarcia Saturn, one of the Five Elders, conducted inhumane human drug experiments on Bonnie's mother, Ginny. The experiment ultimately failed due to the side effect of Ginny developing blue scars on her body, and these blue scars were the manifestation of the fatal terminal illness, "Jade Scales."
Bonnie was miserable. She inherited "Jade Scales" when she was born. Some doctors even asserted that people with this disease would never live past the age of 10. Later, Bartholomew Kuma could no longer stand by.
In order to cure Bonnie, he had no choice but to accept Vegapunk's transformation. Vegapunk's treatment involved transplanting stem cells to give Bonnie a blood transfusion, thereby eliminating the "Jade Scales."
But could this method truly and completely eliminate the "Jade Scales"? Hikaru remained skeptical.
However, Hikaru didn't need to understand these intricacies. He possessed the power of healing. No matter what difficult or complicated disease you had, as long as he had enough physical strength, there was no disease he couldn't cure. This was the ability of the Heal-Heal Fruit!
"Cure - Injection Therapy!"
The healing power lingered in Hikaru's palms and fingertips, and was continuously injected into Bonnie's body through the place where their skin touched, flowing through her limbs and bones.