Pirates: Martial Arts Masters on the Straw Hat Ship

Seeing Brin's frightened expression, Ronan's gaze shifted slightly upwards, brazenly and unabashedly examining the third eye on her forehead.

"Oh?"

"You have three eyes. Lift your head up so I can get a good look at you."

Upon hearing the words "three eyes" and "raise your head," Brin's delicate body stiffened abruptly.

For the past ten years or so, this sentence has felt like a vicious curse.

Every time someone asks her to raise her head and reveal her third eye, what follows is inevitably fear, insults, and disgust and slander as if she were a monster!

Even her mother, Big Mom, would make no attempt to hide her disgust when she saw this eye, calling her a horrifying monster.

A trace of extreme grievance, years of accumulated resentment, anger and unwillingness towards fate, like a jumble of mixed emotions, intertwined and twisted wildly on Brin's pretty face.

But she dared not resist.

Before this terrifying god of death, Pudding bit her lower lip in sorrow, forcing back the tears welling up in her eyes, like a death row inmate awaiting judgment.

He slowly and humiliatingly raised his face, which had three eyes.

She was even prepared to close her eyes and receive Ronan's vicious words, full of disgust and mockery.

however.

The expected insults did not come.

In the cold sea breeze, what reached Brin's ears was a sincere, even slightly admiring, chuckle.

"interesting."

For the first time ever, a hint of appreciation flashed in Ronan's usually indifferent eyes.

He carefully examined Brin's three eyes, which were like brown gemstones:

"What beautiful eyes."

"I've heard that the rare 'Three-Eyed Clan' on the high seas, once truly awakened, possess a third eye that can not only see through the essence of all things, but also contains strange spiritual power, and can even decipher the Poneglyphs..."

Ronan's lips curled into a smile:

"And then there's your 'Memory Fruit' ability to manipulate cognition... This truly is a perfect gift bestowed upon you by the Creator."

"Buzz..."

These words were like a ray of warm sunshine falling from the sky, instantly cleaving open the dark abyss in Brin's heart that had been frozen for more than a decade!

Pudding's three eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at Ronan in front of her!

No disgust!

There was no panic!

There was none of that disgusting expression when looking at deformed monsters!

In the eyes of this overlord with the power to destroy the world, what she saw was pure appreciation and absolute recognition of her abilities!

"He...he doesn't find me disgusting? He actually finds these monstrous eyes...interesting? Even...beautiful?"

Brin's mind was filled with a loud roar.

Her already wounded heart was struck by an unprecedented and intense shock at that moment.

A strange feeling she had never experienced before, called "acceptance," spread wildly through her body like a flood breaking through a dam.

Tears finally welled up and spilled uncontrollably from those three eyes.

But this time, it wasn't out of fear, but because in this cruel hell, she finally discovered that not everyone in this world... would treat her like a monster.

Seeing the dramatic psychological transformation in Brin's expression, Ronan knew that his goal of winning her over had been achieved.

He didn't give Brin any more time to savor the moment, but casually put his hands in the pockets of his trench coat.

In the deathly silence that only the waves crashing against the rocks remained, Ronan, in a calm tone, as if discussing what to eat for breakfast the next morning, unveiled a mad plan that would ignite the entire new world:

"Puren".

Ronan's eyes were unfathomable, and his voice was like the whisper of a demon from the abyss:

"If I were to ask you to act now... could you completely alter the memories of your Mama, the high and mighty Yonko Big Mom?"

"boom!!!"

These words were even more shocking than Luffy's clash with Big Mom just now!

The air on the entire deserted island seemed to be sucked out in that instant!

Whether it was the Straw Hat crew or the remnants of the Charlotte family, everyone stared wide-eyed in horror. All eyes, like countless spotlights, instantly converged on Ronan and Pudding in terror!

"What...what is this man thinking?!"

Katakuri, standing in the crowd, suddenly narrowed his scarlet eyes!

Cold sweat instantly soaked his back.

As a brilliant and courageous general, Katakuri's mind was racing:

"So that's why he didn't just kill Mama directly!"

"He was plotting this chilling idea—"

"First, use overwhelming force to completely destroy Mama's consciousness, and then use Pudding's undefendable Memory-Memory Fruit ability to tamper with Mama's memories."

"So, without shedding a drop of blood, he turns one of the Four Emperors into his most loyal puppet, achieving the terrifying goal of completely subjugating the entire Big Mom Pirates and turning them into the foundation of a grand fleet?!"

What a vicious, domineering, and insane scheme!

However… in his extreme shock, Katakuri keenly grasped a fatal weakness:

"But... he's too naive."

"The Four Emperors are absolute overlords standing at the pinnacle of this ocean!"

"Even though Mama has been knocked unconscious by Luffy and is in a deep coma right now... her innate, incredibly powerful soul defense is something that a power user like Pudding couldn't easily break through or manipulate!"

Katakuri was not the only one who saw the danger.

In the Straw Hat crew's camp.

"Click".

Zoro's brows furrowed tightly, forming a deep "川" (river) shape.

His fingers tightened slightly as he gripped the Wado Ichimonji, and he took a disapproving step forward, his eyes flashing with a sharp, wary glint.

"Hey, Ronan, you're not kidding, are you?"

Zoro's voice was deep and stern, like the proud alpha wolf guarding its pack, and he questioned the pack without hesitation:

"Are you planning to use this bizarre ability to forcibly bring Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, back under our command?!"

"You're playing with fire!"

"That monster is essentially a mad, insane beast that has lost its mind!"

"What if one day we're not there to suppress her, and the seal on her memories breaks, causing her to completely lose control..."

"That would leave a super bomb that could explode at any moment behind us!"

"This is too troublesome and too dangerous!"