One slash nailed Wolf Rat to the ground, completely cutting off his vitality.
Benefits to his physique, strength, Haki, and more came pouring in.
Maud lowered his eyelids, wearing a faintly enlightened look.
Right.
Two years ago, back in Mad Hatter Town, he had written Wolf Rat's name and ability information into his notebook.
He simply hadn't been able to kill Wolf Rat back then, and as time passed, he had nearly forgotten about it.
Now, as Maud felt the changes in his body brought by the abundant benefits, he had a strange sense of déjà vu—as if he were harvesting leeks.
This inevitably made him think of the tremendously promising Kid.
They had been apart for two years. He wondered how Kid was doing now.
Had he been eating, sleeping, and taking good care of himself?
Had he become stronger?
Had he successfully eaten a Devil Fruit?
Perhaps he could harvest Kid's leek ahead of time. Or perhaps he could let Kid continue developing until he reached the Sabaody Archipelago.
The sudden benefits sent Maud's thoughts racing under the circumstances.
Far away, in a restaurant reduced to utter disarray, Kid, who had one foot planted on someone, suddenly shuddered.
"This feeling..."
Kid frowned slightly. His previously savage gaze suddenly grew heavy, and he muttered, "It's just like when Grandpa called me home for dinner when I was little..."
"What?"
Nearby, Killer, wearing a blue mask with holes in it, looked over in confusion.
The heaviness in Kid's eyes receded like the tide. He shook his head. "Nothing."
When he was little, he often ran off to play at the scrap-metal recycling center, usually staying there for half a day or more and constantly missing mealtimes.
He had been growing at the time, so missing even one meal would earn