"You guys go ahead. I have some business to attend to. Remember not to be too harsh; they still have a tough battle to fight."
Hera's Observation Haki sensed two other relatively powerful presences; it should be Sentomaru and Kuma arriving with the Pacifistas.
Hera's transponder snail rang. After answering, Sentomaru's image appeared from the transponder snail: "This is Sentomaru. Following orders from the World Government, I am here to test the combat capabilities of the Pacifistas."
Hera nodded and marked several locations on the map, saying:
"These are the locations of 'Mad Monk' Urouge, 'Surgeon of Death' Law, 'Fallen Marine Rear Admiral' Drake, and the Straw Hat Pirates."
"'Roar of the Sea' Apoo and 'Magician' Hawkins have already been slain by me. The other two are being searched for."
Sentomaru said: "Thank you for the intelligence. I will have the Pacifistas head to the locations you mentioned."
With the help of the City of Devouring Time, Hera's Observation Haki spread across the entire island, finding Bonney and Capone Bege, who were looking to set sail and leave immediately.
She first found Capone Bege. 'saikū' slashed out; under the coverage of Hera's Observation Haki, distance was no longer an issue.
Before Capone Bege could react, the 'Seventh Bullet' hit him, pausing his time.
After the subordinates inside Capone Bege's body discovered that the Godfather could not move, they immediately panicked. The white clock face of the ability manifested behind Hera's back, and a burst of white light was injected, completing his modification.
Upon waking up, Capone Bege saw Hera and knelt on one knee, saying: "Boss, what are your orders?"
Hera looked at Capone Bege with satisfaction and said: "Merge your underworld forces with the Vinsmoke Family and the Gold Emperor's forces. Remember, I want to become the Emperor of the Underworld."
Capone Bege said: "Your will is my direction."
Hera nodded in satisfaction and left the location.
Now her underworld influence consisted of the Gold Emperor, the Godfather, and the Vinsmoke Family—three major forces—making her quite famous across the Four Seas.
Hera thought of a certain Flamingo's figure: "Donquixote Doflamingo, no rush. Let's see how the Gold Emperor's development goes first, and whether he can swallow Doflamingo's piece of the cake."
Next, Hera searched for Bonney, who was preparing to set sail. In the next second, 'saikū' tore through space, arriving at Bonney's side.
Hera's hand reached out from the rift and pressed onto Bonney's shoulder: "A child is a child. Why pretend to be an adult to go out to sea?"
The power of time flowed from Bonney's body into Hera's. The impatient ability absorbed the Toshi Toshi no Mi from within Bonney, and the Roman numeral III on the clock face flickered with light.
Having her Toshi Toshi no Mi power absorbed, Bonney turned into an 8-year-old child. She sat on the ground, looking at her small hands, and began to cry.
"My power, what's going on? Why can't I control my ability anymore?"
Then she turned her head to look at Hera, her eyes red, giving Hera a sense of guilt for bullying a child.
Hera comforted Bonney: "There, there. Why would a child go out to sea? Where's your Mama Ginny? Didn't she look after you?"
Bonney brought her emotions under control, crossed her arms, and looked at Hera with resistance.
Hera said: "I, Hera, the head of the New Navy, am going to send you back and let your Mama Ginny spank your bottom."
Hearing this, Bonney seemed to think of her Mama Ginny's stern gaze, and the corners of her mouth gradually curved downward: "I don't want to go back! I want to find Kuma! I want to have adventures on the sea!"
Looking at the somewhat bratty Bonney, Hera was a bit at a loss, as another aura belonging to a powerful individual approached.
Hera waved her hand and said to the arriving Tyrant Kuma: "Quickly take your child away."
Bonney saw her father and hurriedly hugged Kuma, saying: "Daddy, she's the one bullying me! She stole my fruit ability!"
Hera gathered her own power of time, forming a special 'Third Bullet': "Alright, alright, stop talking. I'll give it back to you, okay?"
Having absorbed the Toshi Toshi no Mi, Hera could also use the 'Third Bullet' to influence the future. Having gathered more than half of her accumulated energy, Hera looked at the bullet she had formed with heartache.
'Third Bullet': The future of having eaten the Toshi Toshi no Mi.
The 'Third Bullet' was shot into Bonney's body, and Bonney felt the familiar power return.
Hera looked at the accumulated energy with heartache; the 'Third Bullet' had replaced the fruit ability in Bonney's body, taking the place of the original Devil Fruit.
"Truly a massive energy consumer. Now I don't even have enough to condense a single spirit crystal."
Having regained her fruit ability, Bonney became happy again, constantly making herself bigger and smaller.
Looking at Bonney's behavior gave Hera a headache. She quickly waved her hand and said to Tyrant Kuma:
"Fine, fine. Half of my energy has been spent on your child. Send her away quickly. It breaks my heart just looking at her."
Tyrant Kuma nodded. With a swipe of his paw, Bonney was teleported back to the Revolutionary Army base.
Ginny looked at Bonney, who suddenly appeared in front of her, and grabbed her ear: "Where did you run off to? One moment I'm not looking and you run off to sea to be a pirate, and one of the Eleven Supernovas at that! Do you know your mistake now?"
Dragon, who was in the middle of a meeting, looked at the suddenly furious Ginny and knocked on the table somewhat helplessly: "We're still in a meeting. Pay attention, Ginny."
Ginny looked at Dragon with eyes full of rage: "I haven't even talked about you yet! How can you lose track of such a big child? You actually felt safe letting her run out alone!"
Dragon opened his mouth, but in the end, he couldn't find any words to rebut her, and could only awkwardly watch Ginny lecture Bonney.
The leaders of the Revolutionary Army laughed seeing Dragon get shut down. Inazuma, the Vice-Captain of the 'Grand Line Army', smiled and said: "Boss, let's not interfere when a woman is lecturing a child. Let's move elsewhere."
Dragon nodded, and the others tactfully left to continue the meeting in another location.
Ginny continued to lecture Bonney, then hugged her and began to cry: "I was really so worried about you. Let me see if you suffered any grievances during your voyage."
Looking at her crying mother, Bonney stopped fussing and said: "I'm a Supernova with a bounty over a hundred million; how could I suffer? Never mind that, I found Daddy, Tyrant Kuma. He was the one who sent me back."
"But why won't he come back? Has something happened? I heard bad people say they're going to turn Daddy into a robot."
Ginny sighed and said: "Kuma has his own mission. I didn't want to tell you originally, but he has to go undercover in the World Government to gather intelligence."
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