"As I thought, your diary copy has those kinds of illustrations too."
Gion smiled softly, glancing curiously at Tashigi.
Tashigi took a deep drag of her cigarette and, without hesitation, closed her diary copy.
Seeing this, Gion could only show a look of regret.
"Vice Admiral Gion, I'm getting angry now!"
Ain pouted and looked at Gion with a flushed face.
At that moment, she realized she had been teased.
"Hehe, don't be mad, Ain.
How about this? I'll show you the 'books' from my own diary copy too."
Gion said with a smile.
"Who would want to see that kind of stuff!?"
Ain stomped her foot, shouting in embarrassment.
"Vice Admiral Gion… are you suggesting that—"
"—because the illustrations in Rosen's creations include us, that's why we received diary copies?"
At this point, Tashigi suddenly asked.
"That's right." Gion nodded slightly, speaking seriously:
"Though I don't know the exact reason, that's the conclusion I've come to."
"Each diary copy contains different illustrations or 'books' with different characters."
"To better understand Rosen, I think we should share the images in our diary copies with one another."
"After all, according to what's written in Rosen's diary, the male lead in all the books is himself."
"Maybe, from these, we can learn more about who Rosen really is."
Tashigi and Ain instinctively wanted to reject that idea.
After all, sharing such embarrassing content was out of the question.
But Gion didn't give them time to react. She directly used the friend interface to send her illustrations and "books" to both Tashigi and Ain.
Tashigi and Ain stared blankly at the notification from their diary copies, then looked helplessly at the smiling Gion.
At that moment, they knew they couldn't escape this.
Moments later, in Tashigi's dorm room, loud, sharp cries of outrage echoed from the room.
"Ahhh, damn it! That Rosen—how dare he create something like this!"
"I swear, I absolutely won't forgive him!"
Ain stood upright, raising both fists in shame and fury.
Beside her, Tashigi's cheeks were tinged red, her cigarette trembling in her hand.
Even though she didn't say anything, the scenes in the book had clearly shocked her deeply.
Gion, on the other hand, was looking at her diary's "book" with great interest.
"Oh ho? To imagine such scenes…
This man named Rosen sure has an active imagination."
"I really wonder if he'll ask us to re-enact those 'intimate scenes' when he meets us in real life."
Gion chuckled.
Ain: "..."
Tashigi: "..."
The next day, as the sky cleared, Gion boarded her navy warship under the watchful eyes of Tashigi and Ain.
No words were needed—both of them knew Gion was heading for the East Blue.
While both women wished they could go too, Tashigi had duties in the Grand Line, and Ain had to remain with Zephyr.
So all they could do was hope Gion would find Rosen.
"Vice Admiral Gion, please—you must find that man,"
Ain said seriously, her tone solemn.
"Ara~ Is our little Ain still embarrassed?"
"You really don't need to mind it so much.
That man just drew some comic panels.
He hasn't actually done anything bad to you."
Gion replied with a soft laugh.
"Even so, I can't forgive him."
"He—he actually drew me like that!?"
"I… I would never act so shamelessly!"
"And the fact that he would even think of drawing such things proves he's no good."
"Vice Admiral Gion, I don't think we should consider him for the navy."
"We should just throw him into Impel Down!"
Ain's voice was filled with righteous anger.
After reading all three versions—the ones featuring herself, Tashigi, and Gion—Ain had already made up her mind.
Rosen was just a man with his head full of women and indecent scenarios.
She had zero goodwill toward such a person.
Gion shook her head and smiled:
"Hehe, it's not so black and white.
After all, he drew those comics assuming we were fictional characters.
If he knew we were real, he might not have drawn them."
"Maybe he's not a bad person after all."
"Even though those books are full of blushing, heart-racing scenes,
the male lead in them isn't a completely evil man.
Sure, he's perverted, but he also knows to repay kindness."
"If Rosen really projected himself into those male leads,
then perhaps, if the navy shows him some grace, he'll turn out to be a decent person."
After Gion finished, Tashigi added:
"The male lead doesn't just repay kindness—he also holds grudges."
"He's ruthless toward his enemies."
"When it comes to female enemies, he's even used force."
"Vice Admiral Gion, the man even wrote in his diary that he wants to be a 'man who repays kindness and takes revenge.'"
"He also said he would deal with that female Celestial Dragon…"
"I'm worried that Rosen won't let go of that grudge.
He's still chasing the Celestial Dragon fleet, after all."
Upon hearing this, Gion nodded.
"I understand that as well.
In any case, we need to find him first."
Just then, all three of them felt a sudden prompt from the diary copies inside their bodies.
Without hesitation, Gion, Ain, and Tashigi immediately summoned their personal diary copies.
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