After Gloriosa, Shakky, and Tritoma, the three generations of empresses, were all huddled under the office desk staring at each other with wide eyes, Makoto finally spoke unhurriedly.
"Ishigami, I'm a bit occupied right now. You don't need to come in. Just report at the door."
"Yes, Senpai!"
Yu's voice came clearly through the door: "Senpai, Foreign Teacher and the others sent me to ask… since the Roger Pirates are just sitting idle in the hold, can they... have some fun with them?"
Under the desk, the three generations of empresses who were 'sharing the meal' were all stunned for a moment.
'Foreign Teacher?'
They naturally knew who that was… that strange-looking dog with the creepy smile, apparently a Zoan-type ability user. He was accompanied by several other Zoan-types that looked like a dolphin, a gorilla, and a rabbit. They were all trusted subordinates of Makoto.
But the problem was...
'What did he mean by 'have some fun'?'
'What kind of 'fun' did they want?'
Makoto, however, looked completely unconcerned: "It's fine. Let them go, but there's one thing to note: they can play, but they can't kill them, especially Roger."
"Yes!" Yu acknowledged, and his footsteps quickly faded away.
The captain's quarters were quiet for a moment.
Only then did Makoto look down at the three faces under the desk, each with a different expression.
Gloriosa spoke first, her voice tentative: "Um... Nishikawa-sama, what exactly did Ishigami-san mean by 'have fun' just now..."
"If you want to break people out, go break them out yourselves." Makoto interrupted her, speaking casually. "As for me letting one of them go... it depends on your performance."
He paused, his gaze sweeping over the three of them.
"Whoever performs best. If Gloriosa performs best, I'll let Roger go. If Shakky performs best, I'll let Rayleigh go. If Tritoma performs best, I'll let Gaban go."
"Huh?!" Tritoma was the first to explode, nearly popping her head out from under the desk, but Makoto pushed it back down.
"Makoto-kun, what are you talking about? I don't like Gaban. What do I care if he lives or dies?"
She had heard what the two captains were saying earlier and understood their intentions… they just wanted to use their bodies to buy the right for their beloved to live.
But what did that have to do with her?
She didn't have a beloved.
In fact, she was quite enjoying sucking on something belonging to the person she liked.
Makoto smiled at this: "Alright, alright. Then forget Gaban. It depends on the performance of you two, Gloriosa and Shakky, whether I let Roger or Rayleigh go."
As his words fell, Gloriosa and Shakky looked at each other.
In that instant, sparks seemed to fly in the air.
In the eyes of the two former/current empresses of Amazon Lily, a fierce fighting spirit ignited simultaneously.
The next moment, a battle for supremacy officially began.
For a time, the cries of the three generations of Amazon Lily's Empresses rose and fell, echoing through the captain's quarters of the Oro Jackson.
And the cries of Roger, Rayleigh, and the others echoed through the hold.
It was quite a coincidence.
The soundproofing on the Oro Jackson was decent, but it couldn't withstand the volume coming from both sides.
Yu, having just finished reporting, had only taken a few steps when his ears caught a suspicious sound.
The next second, his expression changed dramatically. He spun around and, with lightning speed, grabbed the male crew members like Miyuki and Futaro, carrying them like chicks and throwing them all into the hold.
"I-Ishigami-sama! Why did you bring us here?!"
Futaro and Miyuki, looking at the Roger Pirates currently entangled with the [Four Gay Bros] before them, were completely dumbfounded.
'Did we have to do it too?'
"You absolutely cannot go upstairs." Yu found a chair, sat down, put in earplugs, and closed his eyes to rest.
The door to the hold slammed shut.
Haruno stood at the corner of the corridor, her nails digging deep into her palms.
She had been so proactive last night, and Makoto still wouldn't have her.
And now, in broad daylight, he was entangled with those three Kuja women?
It was like trampling her pride underfoot.
"Yo... Yotsuba, aren't you angry?" Nino's expression was strange upon hearing the sounds.
But what shocked her even more was that Yotsuba, who had already given herself to Makoto, was, after finishing her training for the day, playing chess with Ran and Sonoko without a care in the world.
And it wasn't just Yotsuba.
Utaha, Kotonoha, Yui, and the other women busy with their own things, one by one, focused on their own tasks as if nothing was happening.
Instead, the female players who didn't have a 'deep relationship' with Makoto, like the rest of Nakano Quintuplets, Chika, and even Leonora, were more and more shocked.
'Wait... your husband is messing around with other women right now, and you don't care at all?'
Yotsuba waved her hand nonchalantly: "It's fine. Makoto-kun doesn't like them anyway."
It wasn't just Yotsuba. Megumi and the others could also tell that Makoto genuinely wasn't interested in those Kuja women.
So there was nothing to worry about.
Wasn't he just ordering takeout? No big deal.
Ichika, Nino, Miku, Itsuki were all dumbfounded.
'No, seriously—'
'Is that the issue? Whether he likes them or not?'
'The issue is that he's cheating!'
Saeko walked over with a smile, her tone light and casual: "Everyone was tired yesterday and didn't satisfy Makoto-kun. Now he's hungry. It's normal for him to eat something."
The Nakano Quintuplets, Kei, and the other women were completely numb.
They felt that the brain circuits of Makoto's women were completely in a different dimension from theirs, 'normal women'.
'So, in your opinion, your husband ordering takeout is just a minor issue, right?'
Besides Haruno, the person angriest was probably Erina.
She had also experienced a battle yesterday and was exhausted. She fell asleep soon after boarding the ship.
She made breakfast for a large group of people in the morning, then went back to catch up on sleep—
And when she woke up, those Kuja bitches were already at it?!
Damn, was everyone out to get her?!
Erina secretly swore—
If she didn't seize the next opportunity, she'd be a dog!
…
A full month passed.
The three generations of Amazon Lily's Empresses officially joined the ranks of the [Morning Exercise MILFs Group] and the [Evening Exercise Girls Group].
Tritoma naturally joined the girls' group.
Shakky and Gloriosa were assigned to the MILFs' group.
Originally, they thought the MILFs' group was far more open-minded than the girls' group—
But when Shakky and Gloriosa actually joined in, they still gave Yukiko, Eri, and the others quite a scare.
Especially when they saw the masks the two put on, with a hole in the mouth the size of Makoto's little brother.
Even Yukiko, the most open-minded of them all, was stunned.
'Had these two women never seen a man before?'
'Wasn't this a bit extreme?'
The full month-long 'battle' finally came to an end under the evaluation of the various MILFs.
After fierce competition and a comprehensive evaluation from a professional perspective by the wives… Shakky won by a large margin, defeating Gloriosa.
Yukiko, Mrs. Yukinoshita, and Kayoko had all voted for Shakky.
Only Eri, out of sympathy, had voted for Gloriosa.
That meant the person to be released was Rayleigh.
When Shakky took off the mask, tears streamed down her face.
Gloriosa watched from the side, her expression complex.
Tritoma just shrugged indifferently.
After all, she didn't have a beloved in the Roger Pirates anyway.
Makoto, as the beneficiary, was quite calm. He got up and went to take a shower.