"It should be about right."
Noticing the sluggishness in Big Mom's movements, Jin raised his hands high and shouted as if praising the sun:
"ZA WARUDO!"
In an instant, a strange ripple passed through the space-time of heaven and earth.
But no one saw it except Jin himself.
Jin slowly floated in front of Big Mom using the Flight Technique.
Forcing himself to endure the mental shock from this ugly face, he spoke again:
"Time, resume its flow."
Seeing Jin suddenly appear before her, Big Mom, whose hands were still covered in Armament Haki, also had her expression change drastically.
Not out of fear, but a momentary lapse of concentration due to instinct.
And it was in that very instant.
The unique pattern of Mangekyo Sharingan in Jin's eyes suddenly spun.
Instantly, the expression on Big Mom's face froze.
"Wh-what's going on? Why isn't Mama moving?"
Standing behind Rin, Pudding, who was still hesitating between escaping or staying, cried out in surprise.
Rin spoke up to answer her confusion:
"She's under a Genjutsu control."
Pudding looked surprised towards this little girl who was even shorter than her.
But before she could ask, she saw Jin wave his hand towards them.
Rin saw this and quickly stepped forward, hurrying to Jin's side.
"Alright, start taking notes."
Jin rubbed Rin's head, then ordered Big Mom, whose eyes were vacant as if she had become a puppet:
"Demonstrate the essentials and training methods of your techniques for this girl."
That's right, Jin was making Big Mom herself, the original user, act as the teacher, giving a lesson to Rin.
Although Kurenai couldn't imitate Dragon's approach to developing the wind power, Rin could still reference Big Mom's application methods for the Soru Soru no Mi.
Moreover, Rin didn't have the Sharingan, so she couldn't perform copying.
Thus, having Big Mom teach personally was the best method.
Immediately after, Jin walked to the seaside, sitting down on the bare, devastated ground.
Because when he used Genjutsu to control Lucky Roux before, Shanks broke it once with his Conqueror's Haki, so this time, he waited until Big Mom was physically and mentally exhausted before activating his ability.
"The trick to using Homies is to inject your soul into objects. Among them, Zeus's ability is hard to control, requiring..."
Big Mom's tone held no emotional fluctuation as she began explaining the tricks of using the Soru Soru no Mi.
Rin also pricked up her ears like a serious student, listening with full concentration.
When she encountered something she didn't understand, she would raise her hand to ask.
And at those times, Big Mom would explain in more detail.
Only her voice was that of an emotionless robot.
Pudding, currently the only other bystander on the scene, had her brain completely shut down.
Even though she was young, she could see it now.
Her mother was completely under Jin's control.
And once that little girl named Rin had fully memorized the usage methods of the Soru Soru no Mi, it would be time for her mother to meet her maker!
"Charlotte Pudding, user of the Memo Memo no Mi, right?" (T/N: Memo-Memo Fruit.)
Just as Pudding was full of fear, not knowing what to do, Jin was the first to speak.
"Ah!? Y-yes, wh-what, what are your orders, please?"
Pudding's teeth chattered as she replied.
"To what extent can you alter memories? If you delete a large amount of memories, will there be any side effects?"
Jin looked calmly at Rin learning from Big Mom, while making small talk with Pudding.
Pudding swallowed hard, took several deep breaths for a while, and then her tone finally returned to normal.
"G-generally, it's best not to delete a large amount of memories at once. If not done properly, it could cause the target's memories to have gaps and become disconnected... To put it more clearly, they might become mentally handicapped."
"I see..."
Jin seemed thoughtful.
"Th-that... Jin-sama, do you want to alter someone's memories? I... I am very willing to serve."
With her bangs covering her forehead, Pudding's appearance, if not considered stunning, could definitely be called 'cute'.
Unfortunately, her smile at this moment was really too awkward.
She clearly looked like she wanted to cry but was forcing a smile.
"Not needed for now. I suddenly think deleting memories would make it less fun. I'm not a fan of the hypnosis genre."
Jin originally wanted to use this ability on Robin and have Pudding delete her memories related to the Straw Hat crew.
But on second thought, he felt that would be quite boring.
It's like the hypnosis genre in those 'educational materials'.
Jin never liked that type of series.
'It felt like playing with a large doll.'
'Not interesting at all.'
'NTR is better.'
'The female lead starts resistant, then her body yields but her heart still resists, until finally both body and spirit completely submit.'
'That's what's interesting.'
Moreover, Jin felt Robin was fine as she was now.
Nami was becoming more and more obedient, which felt less stimulating.
While Robin always had a stinky face, but under his threats, had to wear all sorts of shameful clothing to serve him.
To be honest, it was somewhat addictive.
Like the feeling in [I Want You To Show Me Your Panties With a Disgusted Face].
So deleting her memories would be a pity.
"Ah wait, there really is one person who might need you to delete her memories for me."
Jin suddenly remembered something and spoke again.
Pudding, who was standing next to Jin like a scarecrow, not daring to do anything, instantly shivered and hurriedly responded:
"Y-yes, who, who might that be?"
Pudding inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.
Because this proved Jin still had a use for her.
So during this time, he probably wouldn't do anything to her.
"No hurry, I'll call you when I need your help later. Oh right, I remember you seem to be very good at making cakes. We're going to have a banquet later, you can help with the cooking."
Although he felt modifying Robin's memories was unnecessary, Jin felt there was one person whose memories really needed formatting-
Yamato.
He really didn't know how to describe this person.
A brain-dead fan of Oden?
No, using 'brain-dead' to describe her was superficial.
It had reached a completely obsessive level.
Jin even suspected she might be the reincarnation of Oden.
Or possessed by Oden's vengeful spirit after death.
Similar to how Luffy later seemed possessed by Joy Boy.
His personality compared to the early days of his journey, when he seemed foolish but was actually wise, was just too different.
If he directly killed Yamato, it would be a pity.
After all, even ignoring her face, Yamato, possessing a Mythical Zoan-type fruit, had very high level of strength.
So after weighing the options, only memory deletion remained.
As for whether deleting too much would turn her mentally handicapped, Jin didn't care.
After all, given Yamato's current state,
Was she really that far from being mentally handicapped?
…
Pudding stared blankly at Jin.
How, how to put it?
His personality felt different from what she had imagined.
Based on Jin's various deeds so far, Pudding always thought he was a villain even worse than her mother.
But now, seeing him in person, he felt... quite easy to talk to?
By this time, it was already evening.
The setting sun cast its light on the bare Whole Cake Island.
The vast Whole Cake Island only had Big Mom and Rin standing in the middle, one teaching and one learning.
And Jin and Pudding sitting by the shore, chatting idly.
The setting sun falling on Jin actually gave him sacredness in Pudding's eyes.
Like a legendary deity.
A few seconds later, Pudding's delicate body trembled, her teeth biting her lower lip hard.
After hesitating for a few seconds, she mustered her courage and said:
"Ji, Jin-sama, c-could you allow the Big Mom Pirates to become your su, subordinate pirate group in the future?"
Although she grew up in this hellhole of the Charlotte Family, and had a crazy mother like Big Mom, and her own personality was somewhat abnormal to varying degrees, but at least towards her own people, Pudding still cherished them greatly.
And Pudding knew very well in her heart that her mother's life was already on a countdown.
At most a day or two, at shortest a few hours.
What does losing a captain mean for a pirate crew?
One can refer to the Whitebeard Pirates.
And don't forget.
The ability hunter Blackbeard Pirates are also here.
Once Big Mom is gone, never mind what Jin will do-
Just what the Blackbeard Pirates will do isn't something the leaderless Charlotte family can withstand.
Therefore, merely begging Jin for mercy, pleading with him to spare the Big Mom Pirates, is not enough.
They must also pledge allegiance to him.
Only then can they avoid enemies like Blackbeard, Kaido, or the World Government from kicking them while they're down.
Hearing Pudding's request, Jin was momentarily stunned.
But after a few seconds, he figured out the reason.
"Ha... haha... Hahaha!"
A few seconds later, Jin couldn't help but burst into loud laughter.
Even attracting the attention of Rin, who was 'attending class' in the distance.
Mainly because Jin truly didn't expect that, he, who hadn't even settled Konoha, which he intended to use as his backyard yet, but in this 'other world', someone had delivered themselves to his door.
Pudding anxiously covered her chest, which was slightly inferior to Nami's but probably could compete with Koala's, waiting for Jin's reply as if on pins and needles.
"Go ahead."
The laughter subsided, and Jin calmly replied to Pudding with two words.
The panic on Pudding's face instantly turned to surprise.
She quickly mounted Rabiyan, the carpet Homie, and flew towards the surrounding islands of Whole Cake Island: Candy Island, Biscuits Island, Komugi Island.
While flying, she shouted at the top of her lungs:
"Ceasefire! Ceasefire!!"
Pudding's shouts attracted the attention of all members of both the Big Mom Pirates and the Blackbeard Pirates below.
They heard Pudding continue to shout:
"Mama is already dead!!"
"From now on! Our Big Mom Pirates will become subordinates of the Uchiha Pirates!!"
"Anyone who dares to attack the Big Mom Pirates or the Charlotte Family!! Will be considered as provoking Uchiha Jin-sama!!!"
It has to be said, Pudding's act of running out to shout and stop the war in the heat of battle was quite similar to the [Deserter King] back in the day.
Only the Deserter King saved the enemy, while Pudding saved her own people.