Check out advanced chapters on : patreon.com/Veni_V
---------------
Just as Momonosuke finished speaking, a woman with a gentle smile appeared before him.
The woman wore a beautiful kimono, her long green hair flowing down her back. Upon seeing Momonosuke, she immediately embraced him in a warm hug.
This woman was none other than Kozuki Toki, Momonosuke's mother, conjured by his imagination in the dream.
The gentle smile in the moonlight immediately calmed Momonosuke's frightened heart.
His fear of the opposite sex gradually faded, and his perverted nature slowly began to resurface.
"As expected... mother is the gentlest person in the world..."
Not far away, Ikki frowned as he observed this scene.
Momonosuke was a timid and cowardly boy. Perhaps because of this personality, he was very dependent on his parents.
Especially in his dreams, when scared, his father Kozuki Oden would protect him like a guardian angel, and when confused, his mother Kozuki Toki would appear to comfort him.
Of course... Ikki definitely couldn't allow Momonosuke to imagine Toki comforting him...
Ikki had already made plans to treat Momonosuke's condition.
Momonosuke's attraction to beautiful older women was a problem that needed to be fixed...
With this in mind, Ikki began to manipulate Toki in the dream.
Toki gently patted Momonosuke's head and said with a smile, "Momonosuke, don't be a crybaby. You want to become a man as brave as your father, right?"
Hearing his mother's words, Momonosuke wiped away his tears, nodded and said, "Yes mother, I will become a great samurai like my father."
"If you want to become a samurai, just talking about it isn't enough! You need to work hard, both physically and mentally."
"Hmm..." Momonosuke nodded repeatedly.
"My father also taught me many things, and to give me a strong will, he even took me to a women's bath—"
Before Momonosuke could finish, Toki produced a wooden stick from nowhere and struck him hard.
Toki, who had been gentle and sweet moments ago, suddenly transformed into a demon instructor. "Momonosuke, if you're going to become a samurai, you must stop crying like this!"
"If you continue like this, how will you face your father who died protecting Wano..."
Momonosuke was stunned by the sudden change in tone... The pain told him that his mother had truly hit him.
"My mother, who is always gentle and never loses her temper with me, actually..."
"Ouch... it hurts... Mother, why did you hit me?"
"Why? Because I want to train you to become a real man!"
As Toki spoke, the environment around Momonosuke changed. The soft white sea disappeared. Instead, beautiful women began rising from the ground one by one.
Most importantly, each of these women held torture instruments in their hands.
These women were all beautiful, and they all looked at Momonosuke with gentle smiles. If they hadn't been holding those frightening torture tools, Momonosuke would have thought he was in paradise. (T/N: It is paradise for some)
"Don't worry! Once you complete the test here, you can become a real man!"
Next, under Toki's leadership, the group of women began torturing Momonosuke inhumanely.
After each round of torture, a beautiful woman who could dance would appear. Whenever Momonosuke showed interest, Toki would swiftly punish him until he could no longer react to any woman. Only then would it end.
In Momonosuke's dream, Ikki watched the entire process while being attended to by Saber, Esdeath, and others.
"Sigh... I wonder what will happen to Momonosuke after he leaves this dream!"
After muttering to himself, Ikki snapped his fingers. Momonosuke, who had been tortured to the brink of despair, suddenly lost consciousness after hearing the crisp sound.
When he regained consciousness, he had returned to the underground garbage dump.
Momonosuke opened his eyes in confusion. Looking at his surroundings, he realized that everything he had experienced seemed like a dream...
But... even though it was a dream, he could still recall those terrifying experiences whenever he closed his eyes.
"Women are so scary... Women are so scary..."
After leaving Momonosuke's dream, Ikki heard him murmuring, "Women are scary."
Seeing this, Ikki guessed that Momonosuke would never dare to touch a woman again in the future. It was a purely psychological problem, the kind that couldn't be fixed with medicine or treatment.
After completing Momonosuke's psychological transformation, Ikki's soul left the area.
After returning to his body, Ikki no longer planned to search for Momonosuke.
After giving Momonosuke some psychological "treatment," Ikki felt that the mischievous kid wasn't so annoying anymore.
When he had time, he would reinforce Momonosuke's resolve. It would definitely cure his problem of being attracted to women.
"Huh? You're awake."
Seeing that Ikki had awakened, Captain America and Kakashi, who were playing chess, looked over.
"Did anything happen while I was out?" Ikki asked.
"Ace just called and said that a group of strange people appeared on the Thousand Sunny, but he managed to defeat them all!"
Hearing this, Ikki knew it was Caesar's men who had gone to capture people on the Thousand Sunny.
Ikki rubbed his chin thoughtfully before saying, "Then let's go directly to Caesar! Let's solve this matter as quickly as possible and then find Ace's soul."
Caesar was a character that Ikki quite liked. Although he was a villain, he was also quite amusing.
Additionally, his voice actor was the same as King Frieza's.
At the beginning of the Punk Hazard arc, Caesar's strength was still considerable, but after being defeated by Luffy, he no longer possessed his former power and had become something of a joke.
Ikki remembered that many fans had speculated that Caesar might become a member of the Straw Hat crew.
After all, Luffy had once mentioned wanting a scientist as a crewmate. Unfortunately, Caesar's character was too villainous initially, and he had committed many terrible acts. If he could be redeemed, it might be possible, but joining the crew? That was just a dream. He had no chance.
However, it would be difficult for Ikki to take Captain America and Kakashi to find Caesar. The main reason was that none of them possessed Haki, which would make facing Caesar, a Logia Devil Fruit user, quite troublesome.
So it would be more reliable to return and ask Ace to join them.
With this in mind, Ikki decided that once this matter was resolved, he would find Kaido to learn.
So the three of them began walking back the way they had come.
Meanwhile, on the Thousand Sunny, after defeating a group of enemies wearing chemical protective suits, Chopper said worriedly, "We were attacked as soon as we arrived. I hope Luffy and the others are okay."
Hearing this, Nami waved her hand dismissively and smiled, "How could anything happen to them? The ones who should be worried are those causing trouble for Luffy!"
Just as Nami finished speaking, a warship approached from the other side of the island, with "G5" written on its sail.
It was indeed the Marine G5 branch where Smoker was stationed.
Standing on the bow of the ship, Smoker also spotted the Straw Hat Jolly Roger. Seeing the pirate flag, Smoker took a deep drag from his cigars and said, "It's been a while! Straw Hat..."