"Tsuru Vice Admiral, how do you feel now, are you in good health?"
"Damn Rifan, what did you do to Tsuru Vice Admiral?!"
"How dare you change Tsuru Vice Admiral into such a...young appearance, by the way, I didn't think Tsuru Vice Admiral was so beautiful when she was young."
A group of female soldiers surrounded Tsuru.
While reprimanding the actions of Rifan and Bonney and others.
Then keep looking at Tsuru who has dark blue hair and a beautiful face with great interest.
For a while, some female sailors didn't know whether to ask Bonney to unlock her Devil Fruit ability or not.
"Sister's current appearance, I haven't seen it for many years."
"But I'm curious, why are you doing this?"
After sighing for a while, Gion frowned and looked at Bonney, Nojiko and Rifan.
Nojiko and Bonney's previous behaviour made her feel an indescribable strangeness.
"Who do you think you are, and why should I tell you why I did this?"
Bonney crossed her arms and waved to Gion and the others impatiently.
Then, as if she had thought of something, she raised her hand and pressed it on Rifan's body.
In an instant, Rifan's body was shrouded in a layer of pink light.
After the light dissipated, he had already turned into the appearance of a child.
After doing this, Bonney gave Nojiko a thumbs up.
It was as if she was saying, "I've done what you asked."
Nojiko first cast a grateful look at Bonney.
Then she reached out to the child Rifan.
Rifan, who was now wearing clothes that were much too big for him, was hugged in her arms.
Bonney gestured an "okay" to Nojiko.
Then she patted her chest contentedly, her big-sisterly side fully on display at that moment.
"I said, you two have said enough code words."
Rifan sighed. He didn't use Haki to unlock Bonney's ability either.
After all, his crewmates were also very curious about his child form, and they kept rushing over to touch him.
Since they wanted to see him like this, he didn't mind letting them.
"Tsuru Vice Admiral, if you don't want to experience what it was like to be young again, I'll let Bonney unlock her abilities on you."
"But if you want to reminisce about how you used to be for a while, just wait for Bonney's abilities to wear off."
"Besides, since you have admitted defeat, just leave Hina to me temporarily."
"I have some things that I need to communicate with her properly."
Rifan deliberately emphasised the tone of the word "communicate."
This made Hina, who had been paying attention to Rifan, immediately cross her legs involuntarily.
Tsuru sighed and turned to look at Hina.
And Hina took a deep breath and nodded to Tsuru.
Then she walked up to Rifan and the others.
Although being "sent off" by Tsuru made Hina a little embarrassed,
but when she saw the child-like Rifan, she was also very interested.
If it weren't for the fact that Rifan was surrounded by many woman,
she might also want to reach out and touch his chubby face at that moment.
"Robin, Nami, Carina, Kalifa, I'll leave this to you."
"Take Tsuru and Gion back to the coast, and take a look at Mikita and Chopper's situation."
"But don't let Miss Gion run away. She will follow us for a while."
"Also, don't let the medical soldiers brought by Tsuru Vice Admiral inject Miss Gion with any medicine that may be beneficial to undo the anesthesia."
Sitting in Nojiko's arms, Rifan spoke to Robin, Nami, and the others.
When Rifan's crewmates heard this, they had a flash of regret in their eyes that they couldn't continue to touch Rifan for the time being.
But everyone still nodded, turned around, and walked towards Tsuru, Gion, and the others.
As for Hina, after Nojiko and Bonney led Rifan towards Blueno's tavern, she stepped up and followed.
…
—•—|Rifan Live Broadcast Chat Room|—•—
[This time, the conflict is finally over.]
[I really want to thank Vice Admiral Tsuru for blocking Rifan. Otherwise, Rifan would not have been able to get so many rewards. I wonder who Rifan will use the resources to strengthen this time.]
[It should be Nami, after all, she is a Thunder Fruit user.]
[That's not necessarily true. Bonney's ability is also quite strange, and Nojiko can use the abilities of other devil fruit users she touches. Rifan might strengthen the two of them this time.]
[That's right! Rifan probably called them over this time to strengthen them.]
[Green Pheasant Audience: Hmph, I think Rifan just wants to get close to his female crew members.]
[Green Pheasant: I strongly condemn Rifan. He has an ambiguous relationship with so many beautiful crew members of the Black Pearl Pirates!]
[I think you're just jealous! Besides, the crew of the Black Pearl Pirates are willing to be close to Rifan. What can you do about it?]
[That's right! At least our Rifan is not like your reincarnators! Some of them even go around snatching ordinary female citizens!]
[That's right. Some reincarnators simply find an ordinary town to live in and become local emperors!]
[Green Pheasant: Oi oi don't lump them all, we still have Otoshi and Makoto Itou!]
[Otoshi? The guy who always loses?]
[Itou? The guy who tricked a powerful female captain into giving him a fortune with his looks?]
[Speaking of Itou, he is a complete bastard! He seduced the female captain, took her away, and then made her one of his concubines. I wonder how many women that bastard has robbed.]
[Speaking of which, he is now in the first half of the Grand Line. If Rifan meets him, he might teach him a lesson. Keke. I'm looking forward to that.]
[Green Pheasant: He dares! Our Itou didn't offend him!]
Makoto Itou is one of the most outstanding reincarnators in the Green Pheasant Country. Naturally they don't want Rifan to kill him.
[Hehe, reincarnators is a competitive relationship. If Rifan really wants to kill Itou, you can't say anything!]
[With Itou's personality, if he meets the crew members around Rifan, he might accidentally offend Rifan.]
[In this way, I feel more and more like watching Rifan teach that wretched bastard a lesson!]
—•—One Piece Dungeon World—•—
Tsuru looked at Hina's back, and only sighed when she disappeared from sight. She then followed Robin, Nami, and the others towards the port.
"Nico Robin, your strength seems to be strong!" Tsuru said to Robin as they walked. "Can you tell me, which one is stronger and weaker between you and Mikita?"
Robin smiled. "As expected of Vice Admiral Tsuru, the Marine's great staff officer, you always want to collect information at any time."
"However, Captain Rifan has revealed enough information to you today." Robin did not intend to let Tsuru know her true strength in the absence of Rifan's explanation.
"Then let me change the question," Tsuru said. "Can you tell me if Nojiko is a Clone-Clone Devil Fruit user?"
"Tsuru Vice Admiral, didn't you say that Nojiko is a Bubble Devil Fruit user? Why did you suddenly change your mind?" Robin asked.
"I really believed that Nojiko was a Bubble Fruit user, but the way she touched my and other people's cheeks with her right hand really made me a little confused," Tsuru said.
Among the Marines, they suspected that Rifan had the power of the Clone-Clone Fruit. In other words, one of Rifan's crew also had the power of the Clone-Clone Fruit. At first, Tsuru didn't feel anything wrong, but after calming down, she began to feel that something was off.
"Tsuru Vice Admiral thinks a lot," Robin said. "But someone as smart as you should understand. From our mouths, there is no way to get the answer you want."
"Maybe, you can try to make a deal with Captain Rifan," Robin said. "Maybe, he will reveal some information to you."
Robin chuckled twice, then ignored Tsuru's questioning and just walked forward silently.
Seeing this, Tsuru could only sigh and return to the port with Robin and the others with doubts. Then, after continuing to exchange some information with Gion, she couldn't wait to pick up the den-den mushi and contact the Naval Headquarters.
Robin, Nami, and the others just glanced at her, but they didn't stop her. They just watched quietly.
On the other side, at Naval Headquarters, in Sengoku's office, Garp and Zephyr were talking with Sengoku when the phone bug rang, catching everyone's attention.
"Hello, this is Sengoku!" Sengoku said. "Oh, Tsuru?"
"Calculating the time, you have already arrived at the capital of water 7."
"Strange, why does the den-den mushi imitate something different?"
"Why do you look younger?"
After Sengoku picked up the microphone of the den-den mushi, the phone bug on his desk immediately transformed into a Tsuru. Of course, because the Tsuru at this moment is still in the state of being hit by the Age-Age Fruit, the face of Tsuru that the den-den mushi is her younger self.
"Sengoku, I've arrived. The handover of wounded soldiers is going well," Tsuru said. "Now Rifan's ship doctor is treating the wounded soldier. But because there are too many infected soldiers, it may take a lot of time."
"This is not a problem, as long as the tens of thousands of wounded soldiers can recover," Sengoku said. "This is a huge gain for us at Marine."
"By the way, there is nothing unusual on your side, right? Rifan and his party didn't do anything to you or Gion, did they?"
While Sengoku was speaking, Garp and Zephyr walked over curiously.
"Gion is fine, but Hina..." Tsuru shook her head and said. She had promised Hina that she would not tell anyone about their conversation, so she could only keep Hina a secret.
"Sengoku, I had a fight with Rifan earlier, and his power has become stronger..." As Tsuru spoke, she told them everything that had happened after her group arrived in the capital of water 7 and Mikita had released her advanced Conqueror's Haki.
The more Sengoku and Zephyr listened, the more serious their expressions became. Even Garp, who was usually carefree, had a grim look on his face when he heard that Rifan and Mikita both had mastered the highest level of Conqueror's Haki and that Rifan had even defeated Tsuru!
"That kid! He even attacked Tsuru! I should have sent him to Impel Down when he was in LogueTown!" Garp slammed his fist on Sengoku's desk and cursed loudly.
"Stupid Garp, don't be so loud." Sengoku glared at Garp angrily. "And you have the nerve to say that? If you hadn't let Rifan go, our Marines wouldn't be in so much trouble right now!"
"Tsuru, is what you said true?" Sengoku asked. "The Black Pearl Pirates, Rifan and Mikita, both have Conqueror's Haki that can damage entities? And that Nico Robin has the strength of a Vice Admiral?"
"Wait, if Mikita has a Conqueror's Haki that can damage entities, will she also master the technique of Conqueror's infusion like Rifan?" Zephyr frowned, his tone full of concern.
Even though Rifan was going to be a Shichibukai, Zephyr did not want Rifan and his crew to have too much power.
"Hahaha, you're overthinking, Zephyr." Garp waved his hand and laughed. "The Conqueror's infusion technique is only mastered by a few people. It's special enough that Rifan can master it. How could anyone else on his crew have also mastered it?"
"But the Conqueror's Haki that can damage entities is also very rare, Garp." Zephyr gave Garp a piercing look.
Garp's smile froze as Zephyr's words sank in. Then he fell silent. He knew how rare a Conqueror's Haki that can damage entities was. Those who possessed this power were almost as rare as those who possessed the Conqueror's Infusion.
"Stop arguing, Garp, Zephyr." Tsuru said. "Mikita didn't do anything directly. You also know that even if I wanted to test the Black Pearl Pirates, I didn't have enough manpower. I was only able to confirm that Rifan can use Conqueror's Haki that can damage things and that he can use the awakened Bubble Fruit. I only know that he can use three different Devil Fruit powers at the same time.
"To be honest, if Rifan hadn't been willing to fight me, I wouldn't have even been able to find this out. According to my calculations, although I was defeated by Rifan this time, it wasn't really a loss."
She said, involuntarily touching her extremely young cheek. Perhaps, deep down, she was glad that she had become younger.
"I don't understand, how did Rifan do it?" Zephyr asked. "Mikita and Nico Robin were much stronger than they are now. The other crew members of the Black Pearl Pirates also seem to be very strong. How did Rifan manage to make them all become stronger so quickly?"
Tsuru's thoughts were interrupted by Zephyr's doubtful voice. She shook her head softly and sighed. "Perhaps, as that guy said, he is a man who is good at discovering people's potential and teaching them. Zephyr, he might be a better Instructor than you."