After dinner.
On the deck of the Otherworlder-Go, the remaining glow of the sunset dyed the sea surface a golden red.
Makoto was sitting on a wicker chair, playing chess with Eri.
Nayuta was sitting entirely on Makoto's lap, her arms wrapped around his neck, adoringly watching her man's profile.
Her chin rested on Makoto's shoulder, her golden ringed eyes full of possessiveness.
Kokoro stood behind Makoto, constantly massaging his shoulders.
Her bust, which had already surpassed 100, pressed against the back of Makoto's head, giving him a taste of a 'brain pillow' treatment.
While Nayuta monopolized Makoto, the only person currently able to get a share was her best friend Kokoro.
After all, during the ten years they had known each other, Kokoro had basically followed Nayuta's lead… if the big sister eats the meat, the little sister should also get a share.
By the way, Eri had the highest combat power among the MILF Group, aside from Leonora, the user of the Vampire Fruit.
After all, in the real world, she practiced judo as a daily hobby, so her physical fitness was quite high.
Eri glanced at Nayuta, who had been sticking to Makoto like a piece of toffee for the past few days. Although this girl had been like this since she was little, it had been even more intense these days.
But it wasn't incomprehensible… after all, girls who had just given their bodies for the first time were all like this.
The reaction of those of them who were married, or even had children, after doing such a thing with Makoto was basically... keep going, dammit!
"Kyaaa! Makoto-kun, Eri, something terrible has happened!"
Just then, Yukiko came running over noisily.
"What's wrong?"
Eri turned her head to look at her friend who was rushing over noisily, her expression not changing much.
She was used to Yukiko's crazy antics.
Yukiko came to their side, showed a smile, and pointed to her cheekbones.
"Look, the skin here is sagging!!"
Nayuta mercilessly mocked, "Isn't that normal? Auntie, you're almost 50."
Makoto immediately pinched her pert buttocks hard, telling Nayuta to shut up.
Although Eri also wanted to comfort her friend, hearing this topic, her expression soured as well.
Actually, she had recently noticed that she had the same problem, just not in the same place.
"Makoto-kun, you need to talk to that Fish-Man Island's king and have him find Pure Gold quickly."
Yukiko shook Makoto's arm, crying and shouting.
In the past, Mrs. Yukinoshita, Kayoko, and the others would have come up to pull Yukiko away. But this time, the MILFs didn't say anything.
After all, they had also noticed physical changes recently. There was no helping it. Even in a 2D world, they were now almost fifty years old.
No matter how well they maintained themselves, they would inevitably show some signs of aging.
The 'girl group', oh no, they couldn't be called the girl group anymore.
The 'older sister group' was also getting anxious.
After all, they were also almost thirty. Although they were in the most beautiful stage of a woman's life, there were still over twenty years left until the estimated end of the mission as described by Makoto.
They didn't want to wait until they were over fifty and let their lover see them aged.
Yukiko cried miserably, but Makoto couldn't do anything about it.
After all, although the fish-men were very good at finding things in the sea, their population was only so large.
Neptune himself knew that his delay in finding Pure Gold might displease Makoto, so every year he proactively offered a large number of treasures to alleviate any potential discontent Makoto might have.
Of course, the main discontent came from these girls with age anxiety. Makoto wasn't in a hurry.
Just then, a flock of News Coos flew overhead.
Makoto subconsciously waved his hand.
One News Coo flew down and handed over a newspaper.
Eri, sitting opposite Makoto, promptly handed the bird a coin.
Makoto opened it and saw a face that made him instinctively nauseous.
Noticing the look of disgust on Makoto's face, the girls temporarily forgot about the Pure Gold issue and curiously gathered around.
The headline of the newspaper read:
[Kozuki Oden, Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates' Second Division, Bounty: 550 Million Belly.]
Unknowingly, this point in time had arrived.
Kozuki Oden had officially joined the Whitebeard Pirates and was serving as the first Commander of the Second Division.
The girls discussed it among themselves.
But they were all curious: Why did their man have such a disgusted expression whenever he saw the news about this Kozuki Oden?
Although this man wasn't much to look at, it shouldn't be to the point of disgust, right?
Those guys like Golden Lion, Streusen, and others were uglier than Oden, but they hadn't seen their husband make such a face.
Just then, looking at the word 'Kozuki' in the newspaper, Makoto had a sudden flash of inspiration.
"I have a way."
All the girls looked at him.
Makoto placed the newspaper on the table, looked up, and swept his gaze across every face present, whether anxious or expectant.
"Since we can't find Pure Gold, let's just jump through time."
"Jump through time?"
Yukiko blinked, not understanding.
"What do you mean?"
Eri pushed up her glasses and also showed a puzzled expression.
Makoto pointed to the silly face in the newspaper and explained unhurriedly:
"This idiot's wife, Kozuki Toki, is the user of the Time-Time Fruit. The ability of this fruit is to allow oneself and others to travel into the future.
Kozuki Toki herself originally came from eight hundred years ago.
She used the power of the Time-Time Fruit to keep jumping into the future, all the way to this era.
In the original work, Momonosuke, Kin'emon, and those people also used her ability to jump from the Roger era to the Luffy era."
"That means..."
Megumi spoke softly.
"We can use this ability to jump directly to the mission time point of the Reincarnation Game?"
"Exactly."
Makoto nodded.
"That way, we don't have to endure so many years in this world. We can jump to the future, complete the mission, and return directly to the real world."
The deck was silent for a moment.
A few seconds later.
"Really?!"
Yukiko was the first to jump up, her eyes wide. The tear stains on her face weren't dry yet, but the corners of her mouth were already curling up uncontrollably.
"That means we don't have to wait over twenty years?!"
"Yeah."
Makoto nodded.
"But... what will happen to our bodies when we jump through time?"
Eri asked.
"The ability of the Time-Time Fruit sends people to a specific point in the future. The body does not age or change."
Makoto explained.
"Simply put, whatever you looked like before the jump, you'll look like after the jump."
"So that means... we won't age anymore?!"
Yukiko's voice rose an octave.
"Correct."
"Ahhh! Ahhh! Ahhh—!"
Yukiko grabbed Eri beside her and jumped up and down.
"..."
Yotsuba breathed a long sigh of relief and patted her chest, her full bosom bouncing along.
"I thought I'd really have to endure until I was fifty..."
"After all, I don't want Makoto-kun to see me old either."
Megumi tilted her head and smiled.
"However—"
Sayuri asked,
"We have to find this Kozuki Oden's wife first, right?"