This Was a Brilliant Year!

The Calm Belt.

A thousand meters above sea level.

Gold City.

Level 10, Caesar's laboratory!

"It's already been three days. Why hasn't he woken up yet?"

Stussy, dressed in a business suit with her hair tied in a ponytail, looked at the naked man inside the nutrient pod. It was none other than Chaos, his eyes still firmly shut.

"Don't worry! The Boss simply overexerted himself, and his injuries were too severe. He needs to sleep so his body can recover. It'll be faster and safer this way."

Caesar wore a white lab coat. Everyone had come by to check on him at least once over the past three days.

Stussy knitted her brows but said nothing.

Three days ago, after Kuma, Ivankov, and the others returned, they'd used Healing Hormone on Chaos. But because his injuries had struck at the root of his health, Caesar had put him in the nutrient pod.

Anyone who didn't know better might have thought he was a specimen—or a body soaking in medicinal liquor.

"Shurorororo~"

"Isn't the Boss's body sexy?"

"Baccarat watched him for an hour yesterday, and Betty did the same this morning!"

Seeing Stussy stare at the nutrient pod, Caesar broke into a leering grin.

After all, Chaos was completely naked right now.

"He'd be sexy if he still had both arms."

Stussy stayed calm, showing no shyness or embarrassment. Her expression didn't change at all, as if she were looking at a dead pig.

In fact, she was in a terrible mood.

That idiot had become a cripple again.

During the Oden incident, he'd lost an arm and a leg. This time, he'd lost both arms. He always seemed to come away from a fight missing something.

"That's no problem for the Boss. He just needs enough time to