As Violet watched, Maud manipulated his shadow to scoop up the four burly men who had fallen, not even sparing the other five knocked down by Tears of Hot Iron, Eye Whale in the distance.
That amounted to nine more laborers for him.
Violet stared blankly at Maud, completely unable to understand what he meant.
"What?"
Maud looked at Violet in puzzlement.
He recognized this woman. She was a Glint-Glint Fruit user.
As for her identity, he did not care in the slightest.
Still, the Glint-Glint Fruit was a rare auxiliary-type ability.
What a pity...
The woman before him did not meet the conditions for him to take action.
Faced with Maud's second question, Violet finally came back to her senses. She had so many things she wanted to say and ask, but in the end, the simplest and most heartfelt words were all she could get out.
"Thank you..."
Violet spoke from the heart.
If not for this man before her, who knew when the country she loved would have broken free from the Donquixote Family's darkness?
Although the city was filled with turmoil, it would certainly return to its former peace and prosperity.
Maud quietly watched Violet without saying a word.
Under Maud's gaze, Violet's eyes trembled slightly, and her heartbeat gradually quickened.
A few seconds later, Maud did not accept Violet's thanks. He turned around and left.
He had come to Dressrosa specifically to obtain the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and eliminate the Donquixote Family's loose ends, not to save Violet and her country as she believed.
Dragging the nine unconscious laborers behind him, Maud searched for his next target.
When he passed a shop engulfed in raging flames, Maud paused briefly. The shadow beside him flowed like a tide, extinguishing the fire in the shop, after which he