This time, Yamato had played a crucial role in the rescue operation.
As the beneficiaries of Yamato's actions, Maud and the others naturally had no intention of slandering her.
As for Yamato's constant claims that she wanted to become Kozuki Oden, Maud and the others could only keep their strange feelings to themselves.
They were curious about how Yamato had become like this, but they had neither the time nor the inclination to investigate further.
"Od... Oden, why don't you have a good talk with your retainer?"
Seeing how deeply Yamato had immersed herself in the role, Maud simply left the uninvited Denjiro for Yamato to deal with.
Hearing Maud call her Oden, Yamato instinctively looked toward him, her face full of delight and her eyes brimming with starlight,
"Mm-hmm."
Yamato quickly nodded three or four times at Maud, then looked toward Denjiro in front of her. The starlight in her eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Denjiro instinctively took a step back.
The endless question marks that kept popping up left his thoughts in a complete mess.
Maud paid Denjiro no further attention and called for his companions to head to the battlefield.
Besides extracting the Ancient Zoan Devil Fruits from several people on the battlefield, they also had to search for spoils in Onigashima's castle, which had been more than half destroyed.
Maud strode toward the battlefield, with the rest of the pirate crew close behind.
As he walked, Maud glanced back at Denjiro, who was being pestered by Yamato. After pausing briefly, he raised his eyes toward Kin'emon and the others farther away.
Actually, from the moment Denjiro had introduced himself and deliberately emphasized his hostile relationship with the Beasts Pirates, Maud had already seen through his purpose.
It was nothing more than wanting to join forces with