"Bad news, Arton has snapped back to reality!"
Uta's eyes widened as she looked at the new kissing photo uploaded by Arton, her mind racing to think of a way to momentarily distract Arton from his thoughts.
"Is this level of distraction no longer effective?"
Carina continued her actions while wondering internally.
She also saw the photo and message uploaded by Arton.
Thinking of some massage-related content in the doujinshis, Carina's eyes sharpened, and she abruptly pulled away from Arton.
"Captain Arton, do you need a massage?"
"I just bought some nice massage oil from a town store."
Carina smiled enchantingly at Arton.
"Carina, what's gotten into you?"
"Why are you suddenly kissing and offering to massage me?"
Arton raised an eyebrow, asking with some confusion.
"It's because your fight earlier was so manly, Captain Arton."
"I couldn't help myself."
"And you did want me to give you a massage before, didn't you?"
Carina leaned closer to Arton's ear, speaking softly.
"Is that so?"
Arton frowned, looking at Carina skeptically.
Even without accessing the Transparent World, he felt that Carina had other intentions.
"Of course, and I've discussed it with Uta; we planned to give you a massage together."
"Right, Uta?"
Carina smiled, looking towards Uta.
"Huh?"
Uta was momentarily stunned but caught on after noticing Carina's expression.
"That's right! Carina and I had discussed it earlier."
"Carina told me you were looking for someone to give you a massage, so we decided to do it for you."
"This is my way of repaying you for granting me the power of Elizabeth Bathory."
"But I was a bit unsure how to do it on my own, so I asked Carina to help me."
Uta's mind worked overtime, thinking and speaking simultaneously.
In the midst of their conversation, there was not a single pause.
"So, that's how it is."
"Then I'll thank you both in advance."
Arton smiled and nodded.
Regardless, this was a treat.
Since it was a treat, Arton thought it wouldn't hurt to accept it first.
Just as Arton was about to have Carina and Uta start the massage, a whistling sound from the direction of Garp's battleship caught his attention.
Turning his head, Arton saw it was a cannonball.
Without hesitation, he drew his sword and swung it, unleashing a burst of flame to intercept the cannonball in mid-air.
"Garp, what are you up to?"
Arton frowned, looking at Garp who maintained a posture as if he had just thrown the cannonball by hand.
Carina and Uta tensed up.
They had thought Arton had uploaded the photo of Garp in the diary copy, possibly alerting a female navy officer who then contacted Garp through a Den Den Mushi.
But they soon looked puzzled.
Because there was no photo of Garp in the diary copy.
Nor was there any mention of Garp's name.
"Hmph, Arton, you don't like my tea and senbei, so you're giving them back to me?"
Garp snorted, speaking through a megaphone in annoyance at Arton.
"When did I say I didn't like them, Garp?"
"You old man, are you losing it?"
"Or is it that a Vice Admiral and navy hero like you can't take a loss?"
Arton also shouted back at Garp, dissatisfied.
"If you liked them, why did you just throw them onto the deck like that?"
"You, boy, as soon as you got on your own ship, you threw the tea and senbei on the ground right in front of me."
"And then you were kissing in front of me."
"Are my senbei and tea so insignificant to you?"
"Enough talk, now I'm going to personally teach you a lesson."
"Iron Fist Meteor Shower!"
After finishing his words, Garp directly picked up the cannonballs already prepared beside him and started throwing them towards Arton.
"Damn it, you're just a sore loser, looking for trouble on purpose," Arton yelled, ready to draw his sword and intercept all the cannonballs.
However, at that moment, Uta stepped in front of Arton.
"Let me handle this!"
Uta confidently announced, and then a blue and white radiance emerged around her.
In no time, objects resembling dragon horns grew on her head, and a tail appeared behind her.
"Ahhhh~"
Uta clasped her hands together and sang towards the incoming cannonballs with a beautiful voice.
Of course, with the power of Elizabeth Bathory, the melodious song was filled with lethal force.
The singing directly transformed into powerful shockwaves that flew towards the cannonballs.
In an instant, the cannonballs scattered in the air, either exploding or falling into the sea.
"As expected of Uta, even ultrasonic attacks with such offensive power are very pleasant to hear."
Arton gave Uta a thumbs up, expressing his admiration.
And he took the opportunity to snap a photo of her.
[Photo: Uta using her singing to block the cannonballs!]
The diary copy holders were naturally surprised by Uta's performance.
Vinsmoke Reiju: "So quickly able to use the power of Elizabeth Bathory. Should I say it's as expected of someone whose name has been mentioned by Arton several times, or should I say it's as expected of Shanks' daughter?"
Charlotte Smoothie: "Strong Devil Fruit abilities, strong background! To win Arton's template, this woman might be more of a threat than Carina."
Black Maria: "Really interesting, with the power of Elizabeth Bathory, how far can you go?"
Whitey Bay: "Shanks' daughter, with Arton by her side, her future must have changed."
Gion: "These cannonballs... who exactly are Arton and the others fighting against?"
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