Custard:"So Arton does rate me after all."
Pudding:"Great—Arton hasn't forgotten me!"
Smoothie:"Old‑age issues, huh… Looks like I'll have to take damn good care of my body."
[As for the Beasts Pirates—Kaido must be tearing his hair out over his daughter calling herself a man. If I suddenly showed up asking to marry her, he'd probably be delighted—though he'd greet me with a Bagua first.]
[Even the papers are guessing my crew ate Mythical Zoan Fruits; Kaido loves collecting Zoans, so he might really send someone for me.]
[Given his current relationship with Yamato, he can't and wouldn't dispatch her; if he did, she'd bolt anyway. Will he send Jack the Drought instead?]
[I hear that wild‑beauty Ginrummy sails on Jack's ship. Meeting Ginrummy wouldn't be half bad; with her personality I might just haul her aboard my own ship.]
Yamato: "You… I'm not becoming your bride—I'm a man!"
Ginrummy: "He mentioned me! Said he'd drag me onto his ship—Arton's interested in me!"
Black Maria: "Ara‑ara—how enviable, Ginrummy."
[Come to think of it, if that muscle‑brain Jack actually finds me, he'll probably steam right in for a fight. The guy's always charging ahead. As the Ship‑Mooring King, if we meet he might yell, 'Do you know who I am? Bring the ship alongside!'—then throw down.]
[Just like when the Navy caught Doflamingo at Dressrosa: to snatch him back, Jack ordered his men to ram Sengoku, Tsuru, and the new admiral Fujitora's convoy.]
Sugar: "Y‑Young Master?!"
Monet: "The Young Master escorted by Sengoku, Tsuru, and the new Admiral Fujitora?"
Rebecca: "What in the future dumps Doflamingo in a mess like that?"
Viola: "Whatever happens, we have to find Arton now. With his power he can topple Doflamingo without harming the people."
Belo Betty: "Pretty impressive—taking that many Marines to move one Warlord."
Gion: "Jack of the Beasts daring to ram a Navy ship? That Doflamingo is no simple man; Arton hasn't covered all his secrets yet."
Smoothie:"Business with Mama and with the Beasts, eh? And that calamity really is bold—daring a rescue right under Sengoku, Tsuru, and Fujitora. Arton's right: total muscle‑head, worthy of the 'Ship‑Mooring King' title."
Ulti: "Tch, figures Jack would pull something like that. But won't he just get killed by Sengoku and company?"
Ginrummy: "I‑In the future I go with Jack to attack Sengoku? I—I'm doomed!"
[The result of mooring went without saying: Jack got thrashed. Luckily Sengoku's group assumed he was a Devil Fruit user and would drown once knocked into the sea, so they didn't chase—letting him escape.]
[If they'd known Jack carries fish‑man blood—unable to swim freely but impossible to drown—they would've made sure he died.]
[Seriously, Jack, charge in yourself if you must—don't drag Ginrummy along. I still want a nice chat with her about life and the future.]
Ginrummy: "Jack actually lost?! I—I'm not in danger, am I?"
Black Maria:"Now Jack's secret is out; he can't count on his fish‑man lineage to slip the noose again."
Smoothie: "Fish‑man blood, yet a Devil Fruit user who can still breathe underwater—Jack bears watching."
Domino: "If we ever have to imprison him, we'll need special measures."
Ulti: "Arton keeps saying 'Ginrummy' this, 'Ginrummy' that—he's really that into her?"
[Among the Beasts Pirates' SMILE‑fruit users, most end up looking downright bizarre. Plenty of them keep a decent face, but their bodies morph into something freakish.]
[Ginrummy is one of the very few who swallowed a SMILE yet kept both her looks and figure. That's no small feat.]
[I just hope Jack doesn't get Ginrummy killed before I meet her. The brute—he's even more reckless than Kaido. He dared charge the Mink Kingdom of Zou alone; if Nekomamushi and Inuarashi hadn't been at odds and failed to fight together, he probably would've died right there on Zou and never gone on to rescue Doflamingo.]
[Frankly, without Caesar's chemical weapons, Jack would've been whittled down by those two sooner or later.]
[They once sailed with Whitebeard and reached Laugh Tale with Roger—their strength is reliable. Too bad their feud plunged Zou into a crisis that nearly wiped the whole nation out.]
[Jack rampaging against two of Roger's crewmates is bad enough, but his gas at least has real killing power. Even Inuarashi and Nekomamushi couldn't withstand that poison. But then the lunatic actually bombarded Zunesha—over 35,000 meters tall!]
[He thought the giant elephant wouldn't hit back, and look: at one word, Zunesha swung its trunk once and sent Jack, Ginrummy, and the rest plummeting to the seabed. Tch…That makes twice Jack has dragged Ginrummy into danger—and he nearly got my little bunny Carrot killed too.]
[Such a cute bunny and he still wouldn't spare her. For Ginrummy's sake and Carrot's, I'll have to give Jack a serious lesson when we meet.]
Carrot: "Zou's going to be attacked?! Duke Inuarashi and Boss Nekomamushi both defeated, and the whole kingdom in crisis?! T‑this is terrible—I have to warn everyone!"
Carrot: "But how would anyone believe a story about Arton? Maybe… I really should set sail, find Arton, gain power, and stop Jack myself?"
Ginrummy: "I—I go missing? Jack drags me into danger again and again?"
Black Maria:"You should be glad you're acting with me now, Ginrummy. Still, Arton just spilled the beans on SMILE fruits—Navy and Government are bound to react."
Kozuki Hiyori: "Inuarashi and Nekomamushi? They're in Arton's diary, and their nation faces danger… Another reason to find Arton. That Carrot—she's a rabbit‑blood Mink warrior? If she and I reach Arton together, the odds of him taking us in may be higher."
Belo Betty: "Artificial Devil Fruits… and Kaido's crew really has such things?"
Sadi: "Fake, right…? But if Arton says it, SMILEs must be real."
Domino: "The Four Emperors never rest—first SMILEs, now biochemical weapons."
Gion: "Caesar's weapons—even the Pirate King's former crew couldn't endure them. If the Beasts Pirates use those against the Navy, it'll be a nightmare. We can't drop our guard against any Yonko fleet while chasing Arton. Still, the priority is finding him… Damn it, where has he gone? With Carina, Nojiko, and the rest covering for him, have we lost all means to locate him through the diary?"
Gion clenched her fists, staring across the sea—as though sheer will could reveal Arton's position.
Since Arton left Loguetown, he hadn't failed to hint at coordinates, but every time a crewmate popped up with fan‑service and derailed his thoughts, leaving Gion empty‑handed.
It gave her a pounding headache. Because of that, even though Garp had leapt off the ship to pursue Arton at full tilt, lack of exact coordinates meant he still couldn't catch him.
[By the timeline, the current coordinates should be at—]
"Hmm?!"
Gion's eyes flashed; she fixed her gaze on the diary copy. An alert sprang onto the page.
[Video (recording): Tashigi—does this woman have an exhibitionist streak?]
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