Everything had happened too suddenly.
"I couldn't even see what happened..."
"How could this happen!!!"
The officers of the New Fish-Man Pirates stared blankly at Jones's head as it fell from midair.
The shocking sight left them momentarily forgetting to attack Maud.
With his back to them, Maud sheathed his blade and lowered his head to look at the Energy Steroid in his palm.
He vaguely remembered that, in the original story, the pathetic fish-man behind him had used these Energy Steroids to enhance his strength, even managing to exchange a few blows with Straw Hat Luffy after Luffy's two years of training.
Setting everything else aside, the resistance to blows granted by the Energy Steroids was downright abnormal.
But the price was a shortened lifespan...
Maud's thoughts stirred slightly. Shadows rippled across his palm, sweeping the Energy Steroid into the Shadow Box.
There were two doctors in the crew. He could have them study the composition of the Energy Steroids.
If they could eliminate the side effect of consuming one's life force, or at least greatly reduce it...
Then this drug would be an unparalleled weapon for dominating a territory.
Maud put away the Energy Steroid, glanced at the stunned Neptune, then withdrew his gaze and swept it across the three Princes lying in pools of blood.
"..."
After a moment of silence, Maud silently turned around and looked at the remaining officers of the New Fish-Man Pirates.
At that moment, the officers finally came back to their senses.
Afraid of meeting the same fate as Jones, they did not hesitate in the slightest. They pulled out a handful of Energy Steroids and stuffed them into their mouths.
Maud made no attempt to stop them. Instead, he quietly watched them swallow the Energy Steroids.
He wanted to experience their