Law stayed in the room to mend Smuji's body.

This is quite rare corpse material, and it deserves Maude's attention.

As for Van der Dyken's corpse, it was Lafayette's trip to dump the corpse in the deep sea outside Ryugu City to feed the fish.

In the room, only Maud and Law were left.

Law was concentrating on mending the corpse, while Maud casually straddled the table.

Qiang –

Maude pulled out the autumn water and waved it a few times, and suddenly there was an indescribable weird feeling, as if she was wielding a toy knife.

Luo heard the movement and looked up at Maude, who was swinging the knife, and couldn't help but have a strange color in his eyes.

In his point of view, Maude, who has more than doubled in height, is holding autumn water with a length of only about 1.1 meters, and looks as weird as it looks.

"Maud, do you need me to help you with your 'amputation'?"

"Huh? Give you a chance to reorganize your language. ”

Maud stopped swinging her knife and looked at Law playfully.

"Uh...... I'm kidding. ”

Under Maude's eye attack, Luo was instantly defeated and continued to mend the corpse honestly.

Maud sheathed the water and got up to look at the shadow behind her.

The abrupt change in body shape really made it a little difficult for him to adapt.

Especially the problem with the sabre......

Bailey's little fool could have gained weight to match his current size, but Qiushui couldn't.

The biggest problem is the sense of incongruity that comes with length.

"Forget it, let's go back......"

Although with his current body type, he can make it easier to use a variety of moves, but the lingering stiffness is frantically protesting to the brain......

Maud stared down at the shadow, using her ability to knead and compress the shadow with her mind.

Under his control, the shadow slowly shrank inward, and the body became smaller with it.

On the side, Luo peeked at Maude, who was making [adjustments] to the [body type], and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In a short time, Maude's height returned to more than three meters, and so did his body size.

"The speed at which you can adjust your height and body shape seems to be a little faster."

In the process of adjusting, Maud realized that this skill could be applied to combat.

For example, when fighting an enemy in close combat, you can suddenly lengthen your arm and directly attack the enemy behind the weapon.

Or you can suddenly shrink in size to avoid enemy attacks.

The thought came to him, and Maud began to try to increase the speed at which he adjusted his body, going back and forth to get bigger and smaller, shorter and longer, thicker and thinner.

Since he got the Shadow Fruit, it seems that he has tried to do something like this many times.

Each time is lively and interesting, and it deepens his understanding of the Shadow Fruit's abilities.

In particular, it seems that it can also be used to cooperate with [Life Return], so as to do many things that ordinary people can't do.

It can greatly increase the intensity of the attack!

Maude was lively and had a good time over there, while Luo was looking at the black lines here.

"Is this still human......

Luo had mixed feelings.

Ultimately.

After many attempts, Maude adjusted his height to 2.6 meters, which is only about 0.6 meters taller than the big swordsman like the redhead and Hawkeye.

Although Maude can adjust his height at will, he feels that with a height of 2.6 meters, the fit and feel will be better when swinging the knife, and even when he makes moves, there will be a smoother feeling.

When Maud chooses his height, Law's mending of the body is over.

Maud takes Smuge's body into the shadow box.

Currently, the Shadow Box contains the corpses of Whitebeard and Smuge, as well as five Devil Fruits.

The entire space of the shadow box was almost filled.

Maud has the intention to expand the storage space of the shadow box, but this kind of thing cannot be done by training skills hard, and can only usher in significant changes when the star level enters the ninth star.

"Let's go, let's eat."

Maud led the way out of the room.

I haven't eaten for most of the day, and I've used my abilities repeatedly, but I'm a little hungry.

Law walked out of the room together, following closely behind Maude.

Meanwhile.

Princess Shirahoshi, who was stunned by Maude's overlord color, slowly woke up from her bed.

Neptune sat beside the bed, slightly relieved to see Shirahoshi wake up.

"Shirahoshi, how do you feel?"

Neptune reached out and gently stroked Shirahoshi's forehead.

Shirahoshi looked at his father and did not speak, but bit his lip and wept silently.

In the entire Fish-Man Island, only she and her pet Megalo know the truth about the assassination of her mother Otohime eight years ago.

But inheriting her mother's legacy, she hides this secret in her heart and endures grief and loneliness alone in the Shell Tower.

Eight years of patience have made her heart much stronger.

And when she saw the death of the three royal brothers, although she wanted to cry out loud, in order not to make her father uncomfortable, she endured it very hard, but tears still gushed out uncontrollably.

Neptune instantly understood Shirahoshi's thoughts, and his eyes suddenly moistened.

While hating his own incompetence, he touched Shirahoshi's head and said softly, "Shark Star, they are no longer in serious trouble, it was the doctor of the Maude Pirates who saved them." ”

"Really, really?"

Shirahoshi looked at Neptune in disbelief.

Neptune nodded toward the white star.

"Woo ......"

After learning that the three imperial brothers were fine, Bai Xing couldn't hold back anymore and cried loudly.

Tears flowed from his eyes, like streams, and fell on the bed.

Neptune hugged Shirahoshi into his arms and said with pity, "It's been a hard time for you......"

The king of Ryugu Castle had apparently learned from his pet Megalo what Shirahoshi had endured for eight years.

After Shirahoshi's mood stabilized, Neptune told everything that happened in Ryugu Castle.

"Although they are pirates, there is no doubt that they are the benefactors of our Dragon Palace Kingdom."

After informing Shirahoshi of what had happened, Neptune looked solemn.

Shirahoshi nodded silently, agreeing with Neptune's statement.

But the image of Maude ruthlessly killing tens of thousands of human pirates in the square has turned into fear and is rooted in her head.

She couldn't imagine how Maud would feel if she stood in front of her.

"Father, I'd like to meet the mermaid named Luna."

"Okay."

Neptune complied with White Star's request.

Half an hour later.

Luna arrives at Shirahoshi's room, looking very restrained.

"Princess Shirahoshi."

She looked up at Shirahoshi's beautiful face, and a flash of amazement flashed in her eyes.

This was the first time she had seen Shirahoshi with her own eyes, and as a woman, she couldn't help but be impressed by Shirahoshi's charm.

"Hello, Luna."

Shirahoshi takes the initiative to greet Luna.

She wanted to learn more about the outside world through the mermaid girl in front of her, who had experienced ups and downs, and the man she feared, Maude.

"Can you tell me about it...... What was your experience during this time? ”

"Huh?"

Luna looked at Shirahoshi in surprise.

Before she came, she was very surprised that Princess Shirahoshi, whom she had never known, would summon her specifically.

Unexpectedly, the reason why Princess Shirahoshi summoned her was to ask her about her ups and downs during this time.

What is the reason for this?

Luna didn't respond to Shirahoshi immediately, but subconsciously thought about it.

Then, a name quietly popped up in her mind.

It seems that it is precisely because of this name that she has an intersection with the high-flying princess of Dragon Palace City.

After the thought was cleared, Luna blurted out, "Is it because of Maude-sama ......?" ”

"Hmm."

Shirahoshi was slightly stunned, and quickly confirmed Luna's guess.

Seeing this, Luna's bright face suddenly darkened a little.

..........

Night falls.

Fish-Man Island is brightly lit.

Without the threat from pirates and slave trappers, the mermaids, who had been hiding in the deep-sea apartments, returned to the streets one after another.

With the return of the mermaids, even at night, the streets that had been deserted for a while began to gradually become lively.

The various parts of Fish-Man Island, like spring, are slowly recovering.

At this time, through the live broadcast of the Walking Imaging Bug, Neptune appeared on the screens of various places on Fish-Man Island.

In his capacity as king, he explained to the people what was happening on Fish-Man Island today.

It's just that he still deliberately concealed the fact that the New Fishman Pirates invaded Ryugu City and brutally killed many Ryugu City soldiers.

In contrast, the key role played by the Maude Pirates in this incident, Neptune did not miss anything at all, and solemnly expressed his gratitude to the Maude Pirates.

It's just that even if Neptune didn't express his attitude and stance towards the Maude Pirates through the live broadcast, with Maude's current influence, it has also penetrated into the hearts of the people of Fish-Man Island.

At the end of the livestream, Neptune gave an impassioned speech, and then issued a long-awaited conscription order facing the nation!

The people of Fish-Man Island did not know that this paper conscription order was the first step for Neptune to officially make a change.

From this moment on, with Maude's intervention, the future of Fish-Man Island began to take a different path.

Subsequently, the live broadcast ended.

Many fishmen on the island, who usually have nothing to do, have their minds about this paper conscription order.

And just half an hour after the end of Neptune's live broadcast, another major event happened that shocked the entire Fish-Man Island.

A few fish-men return to Coral Hill, a port town previously occupied by pirates, and then in a messy tavern, they find several newspapers with explosive news.

"Benefactor...... Not only attacked the Holy Land of Mary Joya, but also killed two Draconians with his own hands! ”

These tall and muscular fishmen looked at the contents of the newspaper in extreme shock.

Even though they had carefully checked the content of the report several times, they still doubted their eyes.

And this newspaper is actually an old newspaper from some time ago.

Fish-Man Island, which is located 10,000 meters below the seabed, is difficult to receive newspaper news in the first place.

Coupled with the invasion and occupation of the pirates, not to mention the newspapers, even the reinforcements sent symbolically by the navy were intercepted by the pirates.

Right now.

There are no more pirates on Fish-Man Island.

This newspaper, which is not known to the residents of Fish-Man Island, was directly exposed to the residents of Fish-Man Island in this way when Maude helped Fish-Man Island resolve the crisis.

Under the push of these few fishmen, this shocking and explosive news spread throughout the entire Fishman Island in a short period of time.

"Kill two Draconians...... I can't even think about this kind of thing! ”

"I can't believe it's true."

"What kind of courage does it take to do such a great thing!"

"I didn't expect there to be such a person in this world......"

With the spread of this news, Fish-Man Island, which had just regained its life, was directly boiling.

A mermaid café in Coral Hill.

Hachi, whose injuries have been properly treated, is temporarily placed here by Kemi.

The news that Maude had killed two Draconians with his own hands also spread to the café and was learned by Hachi and others.

"This kind of thing ......"

Kemi, who heard the news, opened his eyes wide and covered his mouth tightly.

Hachi lowered his head, his body trembling slightly.

A moment later.

He said in an inexplicable tone, "That man...... It's the most terrifying human I've ever encountered in my life. ”

When he said this, Hachi's mind couldn't help but think of the scene when Maude destroyed the evil dragon's territory.

"If it's him......"

Xiaoba subconsciously clenched his fists and said in a low voice: "Maybe I can save ......"

At this point, Hachi smiled bitterly and shook his head violently.

This fierce action touched the wound and made his face look painful.

"How is that possible......"

Hachi muttered to himself.

Kemi heard Hachi's muttering to himself and asked curiously, "Who are you going to rescue?" ”

Xiao Hachi was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head and said, "It's nothing ......."

Tonight.

In the mouths of everyone on Fish-Man Island, the name Maude is in their mouths!

Ryugu Castle, inside the palace.

"Mr. Maude, you are ...... Killed two Draconians? ”

Neptune, who learned of this, was looking at Maud with a shocked expression.

"It's just killing two pieces of garbage, nothing surprising."

Maud sat in her chair, her reaction very flat.

"Garbage, garbage......?!"

Neptune's jaw almost fell out raw.

He suddenly thought of something, suppressed his shocked heart, and said: "Mr. Maude, you have done such an earth-shattering thing, but the world government has not taken measures against you, what ......is this?"

"Because I still have 'control' over the lives of the three Celestial Dragons."

Maud smiled slightly, and told Neptune the reason very simply.

He had already decided to firmly control the [Ancient Weapon Sea King Poseidon] in the palm of his hand, and the first step was to pull Fish-Man Island into his camp.

To do this, he had to establish a good relationship with this king.

"In control of the lives of the three Draconians...... That's a ...... Unbelievable. ”

Neptune couldn't hide the look of shock on his face.

"Unbelievable......"

Maude rubbed her chin and said softly, "I have a 'family member' who unfortunately fell into the hands of the slave hunters, and in order to avoid a tragic future that can be foreseen, she slashed her face nineteen times......"

"Huh?"

Neptune's expression froze.

In the side room of the palace, Princess Shirahoshi, who was eavesdropping, trembled slightly.

In the palace.

Maude continued: "She didn't know, I had carefully counted the number of scars on her face, and at that time, I couldn't imagine her despair and helplessness at that time, ...... helpless."

At this point, Maude's eyes became extremely terrifying.

"She's one of the people I value the most, and whatever she wants to do, I'll do everything I can to help her."

"She didn't want to see anyone enslaved again, so I came all the way and killed countless slave catchers."

"Her enemies are the Draconians, so, once I have enough power......"

Maude raised his eyes to look at Neptune, who had a solemn expression, and said in an extremely calm tone: "I will definitely kill not one of the Draconians, and now, I will only kill two." ”

“！！！”

Listening to Maude's words, Neptune was so shocked that he couldn't say a word.

Before today, as the king of Ryugu City, he could never have imagined that there would be such a "powerful" human being in the world.

Inside the palace, and even in the side rooms of the palace.

In those few seconds, it was so quiet that the pins were falling.

After a long time.

Maude's voice rang out again.

"During the time when pirates and slave traps invaded Fish-Man Island, I don't know how many mermaids were taken captive...... Neptune, if you want to put an end to this phenomenon altogether, make a pact with me. ”

"You say ......"

Neptune's mind was racing.

Maude's expression suddenly became extremely serious.

"I, Bacardi. Maude, someday, will lead you to land. ”

“！！！”

Neptune, and even the white star in the side room, exuded an incredible expression.