[134] Cheating Men Must Die

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Chapter 134: Cheating Men Must Die

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None in the country knew what happened between Hashirama and Tsunade, so the Vice Admiral's resignation was too sudden and surprising for everyone. 

Except for Viola, who had seen everything with her Devil Fruit powers.

The Glare-Glare Fruit provided the user with the ability to see across very large distances, from any angle; it covered the entirety of Dressrosa and even the sea beyond. She was the first to see Doflamingo dead; a mixture of emotions built up in her heart when she saw that. 

Later, she was also the only one in the entire country who had seen the sibling fight, and although she was unable to hear anything since her fruit didn't provide hearing powers, reading the body language was enough for her to comprehend the situation. Especially when Tsunade held his leg and refused to let go.

Thereafter, when Tsunade announced her resignation, Viola wasn't surprised. She was rather glad that things didn't become so serious as to force the siblings to go all out, she would hate to see Hashirama sad, let alone broken or killed. Though she doubted the second part, she didn't think he would lose if Tsunade wasn't his sister.

Viola was the only one in the entire country who had seen that hexagon manifestation in the sky. It was a foreign power, she knew it was foreign from deep within her, it was odd, perhaps her Fruit provided some kind of optic reading that determined that thing didn't belong to this world. It was grand, with a certain depth within it, like the vibe of a wise man; the aura of a Sage.

Regardless, Viola wanted to congratulate Hashirama as soon as possible, and so she made her way down from Flower Hill to where Hashirama was just below. 

Thanks to having deactivated her powers to run fast without stumbling, she missed the part where Hashirama took advantage of Nami. Viola still thought Hashirama was a strong and chivalrous man, pure and filled with loyalty, as she ran to him and called.

"Hashirama!" 

She yelled, breaking the daze in the air; until now, everyone was staring at Tsunade who was watching her marine subordinates leave the area, except for the red-haired girl who stood confused, staring at Tsunade with a question-filled face.

Everyone turned to her, even Tsunade and Marianne, and Hashirama blinked. He got up from the ground, where he was lying too close to Nami, but Viola was too excited to put thought into it. She leaped into his arms when he stood.

"Hashirama! You did it!"

"Oh, yeah, I did." Hashirama smiled seeing her excitement. "I won! There you go, it's a promise fulfilled."

"I love you, Hashirama."

"Oh."

Immediately, the air in the vicinity grew thick as Viola blinked and looked around.

…

'Uh oh.' Hashirama panicked as the girls made eye contact. 

Viola looked back as she felt daggers of glare on her back, meeting her eyes with Vivi, Mikita, and then even Nami. Lastly, she met eyes with Robin who merely sighed as her shoulders drooped.

"Who's this, Shira?" Vivi looked at him with a frown.

"Did I hear that correctly? Did you just call him 'Shira', Vivi?" Tsunade chimed in, looking at Vivi and then at Hashirama for an explanation.

"Hashirama, why is Miss Nefertari Vivi acting like this?" Viola turned back to him too and asked.

Hashirama chewed on his lips. 'Fuck.' He spent a few seconds thinking as he started with Vivi.

"Remember that spy girl I talked about? This is her, meet Viola. Viola!"

"It's not funny." Vivi frowned. "This is the girl who tried to seduce you? Didn't you say you deflected her attempts or something, what is she suddenly confessing then?"

"Er…"

"Hashirama, you're not answering me. I think that nickname was exclusive to me?" Tsunade asked again, looking at him. She looked half amused, half angry; not really taking this to heart, but at the same time curious enough to ask.

"I made some improvisation and decided to let some others call me that," Hashirama replied, and suddenly realized that was a wrong answer in this situation.

"Sounds like that's a nickname exclusive to people who are special to you?" Mikita said, glaring at him. "Fucking bastard, are you finally admitting it?"

"Excuse me, did you just call my brother bastard?" Tsunade turned to Mikita with an offended look, as the girl trembled, almost falling to her knees. She had seen Tsunade's fist crumble a kilometer-long Pica into dust.

"Sis, leave her be, she's allowed to mess around a little." Hashirama quickly came in clutch to save her, and Tsunade raised an eyebrow.

"I thought you were with Vivi, but what's this? This girl too? What's her name?" She said and then looked at Nami. "I also saw you were kissing this one earlier. A harem crew? That's a recipe for disaster in these seas."

Mikita was about to answer the 'what's her name' part, but she realized Tsunade wasn't really interested. Nami on the other hand brightened like a tomato, realizing she had just been classified as a girl who was in love with Hashirama.

"Wait," Viola finally caught on, looking at him with horrific eyes. "You're not single? Hashirama, why didn't you tell me?!"

"Erm…"

"It's worse than that, Miss Viola." It was Robin who chimed in, sitting on top of Karoo, as she looked at him with a rare mischievous smile. "He has multiple lovers. Maybe he was thinking you'd jump on his arms despite knowing that, that's why he didn't bother to tell you."

Viola heard out Robin and then snapped her head at Hashirama. "Is that true?! Y-you imbecile! And here I thought there was something special between us…!"

The situation was growing worse, and to Hashirama's misery, nobody was taking his side to help him out. There were three super angry women; Vivi, Mikita, and Viola, with one half-angry half embarrassed Nami, and two amused women in the form of Tsunade and Robin.

"By the way," Tsunade chimed in, looking at Robin. "Why do you look familiar?"

"Ah…"

The situation was just about to avert to something else; Hashirama was ready to take revenge on Robin by giving her a little heart attack. The marines were yet to know that she was alive, and though his sister just resigned, it should still be enough to scare Robin.

"Sis, that is-" Just when he was about to change the subject, a large crowd ran in from afar.

It was a crowd led by Kyros, who wasn't a toy anymore, along with King Riku III and Rebecca. It seemed they had met and caught up with one another, talked things over, and now a happy Rebecca was rushing towards this scene.

"Ra!" She yelled, waving her hand at him. She looked at Kyros and Riku. "I told you he will be here. Father, Grandfather, that's him, that's Ra."

She reached near him, and then leaped into his arms. Robin on the side planted her face on Karoo's back. "Not another one…"

"Ra! You did it, you killed Doflamingo!" Rebecca hugged him and said. Even as the air grew thicker with tension, Hashirama managed to notice her wounds. She had scars and was also bleeding from some parts. There was a cut running from her chin to her neck.

"Hey, why are you injured? You are a logia user now, how could you get hurt?" He asked, worried.

"Oh," Rebecca looked embarrassed. "Well, I thought… I thought I wouldn't get hurt, so I was fighting without caring to dodge. But some Haki users hurt my logia body, so I got some wounds… But don't worry, I don't mind them! They will dry and make honor scars in the future, reminding me of the day when I fought for my country."

"Stupid," Hashirama flickered her in the forehead, "Let me heal them for you." He said and then pressed his palm on her neck, quickly healing the wound. Then his hands wandered to her other wounds.

Kyros and Riku flinched, seeing his hands grope her, but they tried to calm themselves by telling their mind that this was a medical procedure. It was true too, they could see her wounds heal in real time. They didn't want their princess to be wounded and bear scars.

"Incredible," Kyros muttered to Riku. "So you said the truth, father-in-law, when you said this Ra is a man of many talents."

"Indeed," Riku nodded. "Though… I don't know, something is confusing right now."

"What is it, father-in-law?" Kyros looked at Riku who rubbed the back of his head.

"Well, earlier, he told me Viola gave him her heart. But right now, looking at how close he and Rebecca seem, given she even went and hugged him, could he have said Viola's name accidentally in place of Rebecca? Doesn't something feel odd?" Riku asked.

"Hmm, you're right, father-in-law." Kyros nodded, serious, wondering for a moment to think about it.

Then, both of the men blinked. The two of them exchanged glances, and slowly turned to look at Hashirama and Rebecca.

"Father, Grandfather!" Rebecca was in his arms; the girls around them were glaring at her and Hashirama. She turned to Riku and Kyros and grinned. "I want to marry him. If you'd give us your blessing, I want to make him my prince."

"That bastard."

"That fucker!"

Riku and Kyros yelled at the same time, realizing the situation, while Rebecca blinked in confusion.

"Cheater! Scumbag-!" Viola yelled next, drawing out her hidden dagger in her hair. Her country's women were known to stab cheating men to death; being the country's former princess, she ought to share the same habits. "You better not have done anything bad to my niece!"

"You bastard, you did it again!" Vivi yelled next, taking out her nunchucks. "What gave you the idea that I'll allow more princesses around you?!"

"What the heck, ungrateful pricks." In the meantime, Hashirama dodged a blade from Riku. The others were fast to join, attacking him and he clicked his tongue. "Tsk, tsk. Why make such a big deal out of this? Oh well, whatever. Bye." Hashirama decided he had enough of this as he called forth a new pair of wings, and then took off to the air.

"You- AHAHAHA," Tsunade leaped after him, laughing as she did. "When did you become like this? Playing with so many girl's hearts at the same time isn't good, you know?"

Hashirama shook his head, sighing as he flew away from the area. His master had taught him how to seduce rich ladies to take them to the bedroom for a night, but nobody taught him how to handle an ever-growing harem.

Hashirama had to play by trial and failure, and only then will he master the art.

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