Sky City

The pirates who had invaded Dressrosa, along with the outlaws of the underworld, had been slaughtered to the last by the Maud Pirates.

The crisis in Dressrosa had ended.

As for the aftermath in the city—

The corpses sprawled across the streets, and the blood splattered everywhere.

Cleaning up that mess was not the Maud Pirates' responsibility.

At Maud's summons, the remaining members of the Maud Pirates, still carrying traces of killing intent, all gathered in a secret room inside the highland castle.

With their donated blood, the treatment efficiency had increased dramatically.

It seemed that Princess Mansherry would be able to free herself from treating her people before long.

At that time, she would help Rayleigh and Gaban restore their limbs.

Aokiji had just finished donating blood when he came to Maud's side. Yawning all the while, he watched Princess Mansherry busily working.

Maud glanced at Aokiji.

During the cleanup operation just now, this guy had killed with wild abandon. He had been even fiercer than Shiryu, who was passionate about slaughter.

Now that the operation was over, he had switched back to his usual mode of constantly yawning as though he could fall asleep at any moment.

"Ah la la, is there something on my face?"

Aokiji noticed Maud's gaze. He scratched his cheek with one finger, tilting his head slightly as he looked at Maud.

Maud pointed at Aokiji's right eye.

"You've got eye gunk."

"..."

The corner of Aokiji's mouth twitched faintly. Without making it obvious, the finger scratching his cheek moved toward his eye and picked out the eye gunk. He then quickly changed the subject.

"That healing ability... isn't bad."

"Mm."

Maud nodded and calmly watched Princess Mansherry transform blood into dandelions.

"If the outside world learned about this ability, I'm afraid... all sorts