Supreme Grand Staircase

After a long while, Louis hung up the Den Den Mushi.

A moment later, Louis spread his large wings and took flight, slowly returning to the temporary courtyard Koshiro Shimotsuki had arranged for him at Isshin Dojo.

Soon, Louis landed slowly, retracting the wings on his back.

"You're back?"

As soon as he entered, Louis heard Yelena's greeting.

Yelena was seated at a table and chair next to the tatami.

Under the soft lamplight, her long white hair cascaded down like strands of silver thread. Her pair of red eyes were deep and bright, quietly gazing at Louis, who had just returned.

Louis pulled over another chair, specially selected and delivered to suit his physique, and sat down.

"It's so late, what brings you here to find me?" Louis met Yelena's deep red eyes, full of confusion.

Since receiving treatment, Yelena's schedule had been very regular. At this time, she would have already been asleep.

Yet today, she had uncharacterically come here to find him, which made Louis a little puzzled.

Yelena reached out, tucking a strand of silver hair behind her ear, and softly stated her purpose.

"Louis, we'll be meeting up with Shanks and the others soon, right?"

"Yes, considering the travel time back, it's about time."

"Will you invite Uta to stay?" Under the soft lamplight, Yelena's expression was calm, as if indifferent to everything.

Louis was taken aback, and the next second he smiled and replied, "Of course, I will."

"Is that so..." Yelena smiled, "Then when do you plan to formally invite her?"

"In a few days..." Louis pondered before giving his answer.

Yelena nodded slightly upon hearing this.

"Then I'll be heading back first." She then stood up, preparing to return to her temporary room to rest.

However, to her surprise, Louis also slowly stood up, turned his head, and looked in another direction of Isshin Dojo.

Then, under Yelena's gaze, Louis walked out of the courtyard again, spread his large wings, and flew off in a specific direction.

Seeing this, Yelena didn't hesitate. She leaped up, stepping directly onto the roof of the house and followed.

Her height of over 2.8 meters, even taller than Louis, combined with her considerable weight, caused quite a commotion as she moved.

This attracted the attention of many, including the master of Isshin Dojo, Koshiro Shimotsuki.

He put on his glasses and walked out of the room, looking at the figures of the two with some confusion. He immediately activated his Observation Haki, extending it towards the direction the two were heading.

The next moment, his face turned ashen. He subconsciously dropped the Katana in his hand and erupted with astonishing speed, also sprinting madly in that direction.

In just an instant, he had already surpassed Yelena and landed directly beneath a certain pavilion.

When Yelena arrived at the scene, the sight that greeted her made her expression go blank for a moment.

She saw Kuina, dressed in simple clothes, lying on the ground, her body stained with mottled blood, her neck twisted at a bizarre angle.

She was on the verge of death, only one step away from expiring.

The moment Louis arrived, he utilized his Devil Fruit ability. Golden particles of light appeared from his palm and then slowly drifted onto Kuina, who was stained with her own blood.

Koshiro, who arrived a step later, looked at his daughter's tragic state, his mind almost blank. He subconsciously wanted to step forward and take her away to seek treatment.

But when he saw the particles of light emanating from Louis's body and integrating into Kuina's, and Kuina's body gradually improving as she coughed up blood.

He suppressed his impulse. In this situation, anyone could see that Louis was rescuing Kuina.

Meanwhile, Yelena, who had just arrived not long ago, took in everything at the scene.

The stairs of the pavilion were covered with traces of bodies tumbling down.

Not far from the ground, a whetstone stained with blood lay casually to the side.

After connecting all the clues at the scene, Yelena quickly understood the cause of the incident.

"Koshiro, straighten Kuina's neck."

Louis's calm voice came from the front, once again attracting Yelena's attention.

The rescue process had reached a critical juncture. Louis needed to allow the broken bones in Kuina's neck to heal.

To prevent the bones from growing in a misaligned position, Kuina's neck needed to be manually reset.

Koshiro saw this and realized the problem. Upon hearing Louis's call, he suppressed his emotions as much as possible, his hand trembling as he reached out to reset his daughter's bones.

"Crack..."

"Ugh... cough cough..." Accompanied by a sound, Kuina subconsciously let out sounds of pain.

Seeing this, Louis controlled his life energy and quickly repaired Kuina's broken neck bones.

A moment later, when Kuina's injuries had basically healed, Louis slowly withdrew his life energy.

The healing ability of the Life-Life Fruit for external injuries was undeniable. In just a moment, it had pulled the dying Kuina back from the brink of death.

Soon, Kuina's eyes widened, and she sat up abruptly, clutching her chest and gasping for breath, as if calming the lingering fear from her near-death experience.

Beside her, Koshiro, covered in blood and terrified, held Kuina close, gently comforting her, "It's alright, Kuina..."

Just then, Koshiro looked up at Louis, his eyes filled with endless gratitude.

His pale lips moved, trembling as he said, "My life debt, the Shimotsuki Family is eternally grateful..."

After speaking, he held Kuina, who was gradually realizing what had happened, and knelt down with a thud, respectfully intending to kowtow to Louis.

However, Louis did not attach much importance to these formalities and reached out to stop him, "Get up. I am a guest at Isshin Dojo, and it would be inexcusable to ignore this matter."

Since Louis arrived at Isshin Dojo, Koshiro had been extremely polite to him. He had even offered to give him the forging materials left by Kozaburo and invited them to stay as guests.

Saving Kuina was not a difficult task for Louis.

And Louis was not an unfeeling person; he would not stand by and do nothing when it was within his power to help.

After finishing all this, Louis finally looked up, his gaze thoughtful as he looked at the wooden staircase not far away, which was marked with numerous scratches.

"Supreme Grand Staircase."

In this absurd world where everyone had tough skin, could tear mountains and rocks with their bodies, and could heal from injuries by simply wrapping a bandage around them.

Some people grew teeth instantly by drinking milk and could tear through the Sound Barrier with their bodies. Yet, some people could die from falling down a staircase.