Bearing the side effects of the Devil Fruit, a rocking small Marine ship carried the sisters away from Dressrosa.
“Big Sister, where are we sailing to next?”
Whenever Sadi had free time, she would nestle up to Domino.
On the surface, she was reporting the situation, but in reality, she was savoring Domino’s “love.”
Her cheeks flushed as her legs squirmed incessantly, giving Domino a weirded-out feeling.
“First, head into the Calm Belt to shake off the pursuers behind us.”
As she spoke, her gaze shifted to the sailboat pursuing them in the distance.
[Judging by the distance between our ships…
it seems they’ve already figured out the effective range of my Devil Fruit ability.]
“No problem!
Big Sister is so cool!
Sadi is so happy and loves this Ark of Love the most!”
The moment the words left her mouth, Sadi ran off to steer the ship, leaving Domino with a complicated expression, not knowing how to react.
Xiao Wu, wearing a white wedding dress, leaned in closer.
“Darling, what is the ‘Ark of Love’?
Can I ride on it with you?”
Her face was already pale from the abdominal pain, yet she still took the initiative to snuggle into Domino’s arms, trying to stay close to her beloved.
Domino had no idea how to explain, so she had to try changing the subject:
“You’ll find out later.
By the way…
being dragged into this by me, don’t you find the pain unbearable?”
“It’s okay!
Sadi told me that this pain comes from your early training years when you were constantly soaked in seawater.
Right now, I can feel our hearts connecting through it.”
Domino complained silently in her heart: [One masochist is enough.
What am I supposed to do if the whole ship turns into one?]
“Uh, don’t listen to her, and don’t pick up her way of thinking.”
The young girl’s agonizing distress caused her to overlook an important clue.
Rebecca asked in a trembling voice, “Captain, is this recurring abdominal pain also part of the training?”
“Yes.” Domino spoke with a firm tone.
“On the path of training, you must endure a thousand times more pain to forge an indomitable heart.”
“I understand…
It seems I still underestimated training.”
Domino gave her an encouraging look, letting her continue drifting in an ocean of pain.
Meanwhile, looking back at the enemies relentlessly pursuing them, she decided to temporarily avoid a direct confrontation.
Xiao Wu in her wedding dress leaned over, asking Domino for a kiss.
Domino could only respond helplessly, but seeing the girl’s unsatisfied expression, she couldn’t help but wonder inwardly:
[We’re the same gender…
What kind of feeling could there even be?]
“Xiao Wu, do you really like this?”
The girl in her arms practically squirmed inside her clothes, speaking in a pampered tone:
“I’m not particularly interested, but doing this helps relieve the stomach ache.”
Xiao Wu was terrified that Domino would misunderstand her as a woman with strange kinks.
After all, she had always viewed herself as a “perfect wife” and only wanted to show her pure side in front of her.
Domino could only look helplessly at Sadi, who understood implicitly:
“When Big Sister focuses intently on thinking about certain things, it really does ease the pain in my stomach, and it even gives me a floating, euphoric feeling.”
Halfway through, her own face flushed deep red with embarrassment.
The first half of the sentence gave Domino some insight, but the second half made a terrifying thought flash through her mind:
[Could it be…
the problem isn’t Sadi, but my own sexual orientation?]
Frightened into a cold sweat by this idea, she quickly pretended nothing was wrong and forced herself to avoid the subject.
In less than three days, the ship entered the Calm Belt.
Domino gave the command with smug satisfaction:
“Fire my special cannonballs!”
“They’ve been ready for a long time~ Big Sister is so mighty!”
Sadi had a look of complete contentment—over the past few days, she was the only one who had been thoroughly bathed in Big Sister’s surging “love.”
Poor Rebecca fell unconscious on the third day…
And whenever Xiao Wu was on the verge of giving up, she would proactively seek a kiss from Domino as a way to relieve her pain.
Though feeling deeply helpless about this, since she had promised to take care of her, she could never break her word.
As an ironclad beauty who kept her promises, as long as she didn’t lose her true self, she would just treat these kisses as “painkillers.”
Looking back once more, that sailboat was still closing in step by step.
Domino curled her lips into a charmingly wicked smile.
“Boom!
Boom!”
The cannonballs whistled through the air, landing far ahead of the pursuers and blasting towering splashes of water off the sea’s surface.
Diamante, who was leading the pursuit, sneered:
“Fools, firing from so far away?
Just like frightened prey, it only gets me more excited.”
“Look, look, they’re scared!
I love seeing her in a state of panic the most.”
“Hey Buffalo, can you cut it out?
You were just taught a lesson by someone not long ago.”
Dellinger exposed him without mercy.
“Dellinger, how dare you laugh at me?
When Baby 5 gets back, I’ll definitely make you apologize to me!”
“Focus on the battle!”
Diamante interrupted the two irritably, his body floating forward to scout ahead.
A moment later…
He returned to the ship with a look of joy on his face:
“The pain ability has disappeared!
Close in on them while we can!”
As his voice fell, oars extended from both sides of the pirate ship, and they began rowing manually.
Seeing this, Sadi broke into a cold sweat.
“Big Sister, look!
They actually have a trick like that up their sleeve!”
“That line sounds like something I should say!”
Having her catchphrase copied, Domino felt a wave of gloom.
“Captain, if this continues, we’ll be caught soon…
I’m prepared to fight to the death!”
“You’re so young, stop constantly thinking about dying!”
“Darling, what should we do?
If we really get caught, why don’t we commit double suicide—embracing each other before we die, wouldn’t that be so romantic?”
Her head was entirely filled with the love-suicide stories Domino had told her.
Instead of anyone helping, everyone was thinking about how to die.
Domino burst into tears on the spot:
“Why are all your minds arriving at the exact same conclusion…
Even if three women make a drama, I don’t want to star in a tragedy!”
With no choice left, she took matters into her own hands and fired all the prepared cannonballs!
As the cannonballs exploded across the surface, the entire area of sea was dyed scarlet red.
The pursuing ship charged into this “Red Sea” without hesitation, its hull quickly becoming slicked with a strange liquid.
Domino laughed wildly:
“Come forth, my summoned beasts!”
Before her words even settled, giant Sea Kings surfaced one after another, staring in unison at the Donquixote Family’s ship.
Standing at the bow, Diamante barked furiously:
“These despicable fools have no manhood whatsoever, relying on cheap women’s tricks to escape!”
Buffalo looked bewildered.
“Aren’t they literally women?”
Dellinger sighed.
“No wonder nobody wants to team up with you.
With your lack of brains, probably only Baby 5 can tolerate you.”
“What—I don’t have brains?
Could it be that the Spin-Spin Fruit affected my brain?”
The mental imagery in his head left his crewmates on ship completely petrified…
With the help of the fearsome Sea Kings, they easily shook off the Donquixote Family’s pursuers.
Domino shouted excitedly:
“Just a bunch of stinky pirates who keep trying to stalk me?
Go amuse yourselves now!”
Clap clap clap—
The applause came from Rebecca.
“Captain, you’re amazing!
We finally don’t have to face death!”
“The first half was a compliment, but the second half ruined it again?”
Domino facepalmed.
“In the future, don’t call me Captain, just call me Big Sister.
In a little while, Big Sister will give you a physical exam.
It’s standard procedure for all crew members.”
“Darling, you’re amazing!”
Xiao Wu threw herself into her arms.
“I thought we were going to die together in love.
Just now, I was even wondering whose name should go under the ‘Husband’ column on our tombstone…”
“…I’ll accept the compliment, but let’s end the love-suicide topic here.
Naturally, there won’t be any tombstone columns either.”
“It looks like Big Sister is in good spirits~ Now that we’re safe, why don’t we head back to the cabin to rest, and could Big Sister give us a little ‘pointer-whip reward’?”
Sadi-chan began squirming bashfully once more.
“…We are Marines with principles, not bottomless pirates.
I am giving you enhanced moral education.”
She corrected again, “And besides, that is a teacher’s pointer!”
“I’ll go prepare the torture devices!” Sadi ran off excitedly.
Domino could only keep correcting her: “They are teaching aids!”
“I’ll go prepare the food!” Xiao Wu obediently followed along.
Rebecca took initiative to grab the ship’s wheel and said sweetly, “Captain Big Sister, can you help me change my name?”
“A name carries the expectations of your parents.
Why do you want to change it?”
“Precisely because it carries their expectations, I’m afraid I’ll disappoint them one day…
that’s why I want to change it.”
She actually wanted to completely bid farewell to her past and truly integrate into this team, and she was even more afraid of her name looking unsightly if she got put on a wanted poster.
Domino pondered for a moment.
“How about Rebecca?
People who know you will still recognize it, while strangers won’t know at all.”
“Mm!
I really like the name Rebecca.”
Having received her new name, Rebecca was thrilled:
“By the way…
why do you ask to be called ‘Domino’ during night classes?”
Domino flashed a deep, mischievous grin:
“Do you want to know?”
As she spoke, she was guiding Rebecca hand-in-hand on how to grip the helm.