Whole Cake Chateau, the castle that originally belonged to Big Mom.
"So, you need Brulee's Mira Mira no Mi's Ability?"
Jin tossed a chocolate chiffon cake made by Pudding into his mouth, some cocoa powder still clinging to his lips as he asked.
Sitting opposite Jin was Koala, who had been promoted from Chief of Staff to the new Supreme Commander.
But saying 'promoted' wasn't quite right either.
After all, the Revolutionary Army had now been split in two.
Sabo took the majority, with two-thirds of the personnel.
Koala only had one-third.
If not for Kuzan choosing her side, probably even fewer would have been willing to follow Koala, at least half less.
"Originally, we should have used Morley-san's ability to infiltrate Mary Geoise, but now..."
Koala hung her head low, muttering with tone full of resentment.
The reason she came to visit was to borrow people from Jin.
The most important being the Mira Mira no Mi's User, Charlotte Brulee.
Because Koala planned to take advantage of the Levely to infiltrate Mary Geoise and rescue Bartholomew Kuma, who had become a slave.
Of course, it would be even better if they could uncover the secrets of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.
Originally, the key to this plan was Morley, the West Army's Commander.
His Oshi Oshi no Mi allowed people to move underground. (T/N: Push-Push Fruit.)
It was the best plan for infiltrating the Holy Land without anyone noticing.
But now that Morley had gone with Sabo, Koala had no choice but to seek Jin's help.
"Helping my girlfriend with such a small favor is nothing. Someone, call Brulee here!"
Jin turned his head and shouted outside.
Anyway, these people had nothing better to do.
"But how will you repay me?"
Jin let out a mischievous laugh, pinching Koala's chin as he asked.
"Mm~~"
Koala's pretty face turned bright red. After a few seconds, she barely managed to utter a sentence in a voice as soft as a mosquito's, "I shaved there."
Jin's heart skipped a beat.
'Damn.'
'So she came prepared.'
Without another word, Jin picked Koala up and started lifting the short skirt around her waist.
Koala was startled and pressed down on Jin's wrist with her hand.
But how could she be a match for him?
After he succeeded, Koala couldn't stand Jin's blazing gaze directed there.
She could only cover her eyes tightly with both hands, like an ostrich burrowing its head.
Purupuru purupuru purupuru~
Just then, the Revolutionary Army's special portable Den Den Mushi placed on the tea table suddenly rang.
Koala originally wanted to ignore it.
But the damned Jin directly pressed the answer button on the Den Den Mushi's shell.
"Hello... um... Koala?"
Hearing the voice from the Den Den Mushi, both Jin and Koala were stunned.
'Sabo!?'
"...Koala, is that you? I want to talk to you about rescuing Kuma-san."
After a moment of silence, Sabo spoke up, steeling himself.
"Ee... hmm..."
Koala's breathing was a bit heavy.
"Hello? Koala, are you listening?"
"Ye... yes, you, you talk..."
Koala bit her finger and forced out the words.
Jin really regretted that he couldn't transform into a Super Saiyan yet.
At a time like this, not dyeing his hair blonde felt like something was missing.
"You... you're still planning to rescue Kuma during the Levely, right? But that plan should require Morley's ability, right?"
Sabo stammered:
"I originally wanted to go with Morley to support you, but Luffy and the others are preparing to infiltrate Wano Country to meet up with the Kozuki Family's samurai and prepare to take down Kaido. These two things are happening at the same time... How about I send Morley over to meet up with you?"
'Luffy again?'
Koala frowned deeply.
She really didn't like Sabo's behavior of using public resources for private purposes.
Although Dragon had also rescued Luffy multiple times, it was always under the premise of not affecting the Revolutionary Army's official operations.
Just from the fact that he handed Luffy over to Garp and hardly ever visited his son growing up, it was evident.
But Sabo's brother complex was clearly incurable.
'You might as well be his babysitter!'
"Since you don't want to come, then don't. There's no need to trouble Morley-san either. I've already found a way. Ah!... Don't you dare?!"
Koala glared with shame and anger at Jin, who had already buried his head down there.
"Huh?"
Sabo was taken aback.
"I, I mean, don't be naive! Wanting to have your cake and eat it too. If you want to be a pirate, go be one yourself! I will continue developing the Revolutionary Army with the goal of overthrowing the World Government!"
Koala said with a stern expression.
Only, the blush on her face contrasted extremely with her tone.
"No... how am I a pirate? I'm just concerned about my brother, and strengthening our forces is good too, right? Luffy and Ace's former companions are all good people. They can also contribute to the revolution."
Sabo explained while feeling curious.
'Koala's tone sounded strange.'
'Did she have a fever?'
"I can't be bothered with your questionable friends!"
A strange sensation came from under Koala's arm.
Using the last bit of her strength, she shouted into the Den Den Mushi:
"I will rescue Kuma-san my way... You, you go ahead and hang out with pirates... Mmm!"
"Hello? Hello! Koala."
Sabo instinctively dialed the Den Den Mushi again.
But no one answered anymore.
"Wow, Luffy's brother! Look at this adult book I found in the pleasure district! The female lead actually does it with someone else while talking to her boyfriend on the Den Den Mushi... and even shaved for another man... This author writes really wild stuff!"
Sanji came over to Sabo with a book.
"Thanks, I don't read that. You enjoy it."
Sabo dialed again.
He felt the conflict between him and Koala wasn't that big.
At the very least, it shouldn't have reached the point of splitting the Revolutionary Army in two.
They were both too emotional at the time.
Now that they've calmed down a bit, it should be fine.
With this in mind, Sabo dialed the number again and again.
After Sabo himself lost count of how many times he dialed, the Den Den Mushi finally connected.
But before he could speak, a roar echoed throughout the new Moby Dick.
"I already said don't call anymore! Are you annoying or what!?"
This time, not just Sabo, but Marco, Jozu, Izou, and the others on the ship were stunned speechless.
After a long while, Ivankov came over and asked:
"That was Koala's voice, right? It's the first time hearing her so angry."
"Maybe she's still upset? I'll call again in a couple of days."
Sabo scratched his head.
...
"By the way, bring Hancock along. She's probably been waiting for this day for a long time."
A few hours later, after Jin gulped down a carton of milk, he remembered something and turned to say.
Koala, who was applying medicine to herself, shot him a resentful glare, then remembered something and asked with a hopeful look:
"Are you coming too?"
Purupuru purupuru purupuru~
The Den Den Mushi's ringing sounded again.
Even someone as good-tempered as Koala almost couldn't resist smashing the damn thing.
It's so troublesome that this thing didn't have a block function.
"Don't get excited, it's not yours."
Jin took out another Den Den Mushi from the cabinet.
"Jin-kun, Blackbeard plans to ally with Kaido."
Orochimaru's androgynous, cold voice came from the Den Den Mushi.
"Whoa, not surprising."
Jin brought the Den Den Mushi closer, sat down next to Koala, snatched the ointment from her hand, and applied it for her.
Blackbeard replacing Big Mom as Kaido's ally in the Onigashima battle really didn't require surprise.
After all, one-third of the Straw Hat Grand Alliance were Whitebeard Pirates' remnants.
If Blackbeard stood by and did nothing, once Kaido was gone, the next would be him!
"Seems like it'll be fun. So? Are you coming?"
Orochimaru invited.
'Another invitation?'
'Doesn't that conflict with Koala's invitation?'
Although a girlfriend's invitation is definitely more important than someone like Orochimaru, Wano Country seemed more fun.
'Roughly calculating, there are Straw Hat Grand Fleet, Whitebeard Pirates' remnants, Revolutionary Army, Kozuki Fam, Beast Pirates, Blackbeard Pirates...'
'If I didn't know better, I'd think it was Super Bowl… so lively.'