Two Mere Admirals

Devil Fruit abilities were truly wondrous.

Bonney's ability to turn people into old men and children in an instant could actually be applied to hatching bird eggs as well.

This meant—

The targets of Bonney's ability weren't limited to humans. They also included other life-forms.

Accelerating reproduction...

That was only one of the values Bonney's ability possessed.

With a little imagination, the value of this ability would absolutely exceed ordinary people's understanding.

No wonder the World Government cared so much about Bonney.

But to be fair,

Bonney had only demonstrated her ability. She hadn't answered the main point.

If the World Government really needed Bonney's ability to accelerate reproduction,

then what sort of existence needed its reproduction accelerated?

Maud slowly shook off the question marks filling his head. He looked toward Bonney, who was still demonstrating with gestures, and sighed. "All right, I roughly understand what's going on, but... huh?"

He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.

Several clear and powerful presences appeared on the distant sea. They were as conspicuous as moons in the night sky—even without activating Observation Haki, they could be sensed.

Maud, who had originally been prepared to get to the bottom of the matter, temporarily set his questions aside. He strode to the bow and looked toward the source of those presences.

Three warships were cutting through the waves in the distance.

A red glow flashed in Maud's eyes. He saw two familiar figures standing at the bows of the warships.

One purple, one yellow.

Who else could they be but Fujitora and Kizaru?

Lafitte and the others also sensed the hostile presence. They came to Maud's side and looked toward the three warships speeding toward the Sabaody Archipelago.

Although they were still quite far away, with the aid of Observation Haki, everyone could see