The Empress's Shock

The entire crowd was stunned!

Everyone turned their gazes toward Wu An in unison!

"What... did he just say?"

"This man said he could lift the Empress's curse?"

"That's impossible!"

"The curse on the Empress's back comes from the Gorgon, a monster of the Central Sea; it is completely unsolvable!"

"That's right, rumor has it that this curse is a giant eye, and anyone who looks upon it will be turned to stone!"

"That is why the Empress sets up a protective barrier every time she bathes, forbidding anyone from approaching!"

Everyone was whispering among themselves!

But without exception, their tones were filled with profound disbelief!

Lift the Empress's curse?

How could that be possible!

Wu An smiled nonchalantly!

Familiar with the plot, he naturally knew that there was no curse on the Empress's back at all!

The reason for this rumor was simply that the Empress did not want others to know what was actually on her back!

Upon hearing these words, the Empress's gaze toward Wu An instantly turned sharp!

"What do you think the curse on my back is?"

The Empress stared at Wu An with her deep blue pupils, speaking with immense arrogance!

In the Empress's eyes, Wu An must be just like the rest of the world, believing the rumors she had deliberately spread!

Convinced that she was suffering from some kind of curse!

It was simply laughable!

She was the dignified Empress; what curse in this world could she not resolve?

Boa Marigold and Boa Sandersonia also shook their heads slightly!

A curse?

This man actually believed that the three sisters were afflicted by a curse?

If it weren't for the fact that Wu An's display earlier had earned him a modicum of respect, they would have already thrown him into the sea!

However, even if Wu An had some ability, they did not hold him in high regard!

The leader who had attacked earlier certainly had decent strength, but within the entire Kuja Pirates, she was merely average!

Not to mention the strongest, the Empress!

Even the two sisters alone were confident they could handle Wu An!

"Do you really want me to say it out loud?"

Wu An stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the Empress!

"It is a brand!"

Wu An smiled faintly!

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene erupted into chaos!

A brand?

It was clearly a curse on the Empress's back, and you're telling me it's a brand?

Is he treating everyone like fools?

Everyone glared at Wu An with hostility!

Although Wu An was handsome and possessed a unique temperament, who could tolerate such blatant deception?

"See, men really can't be trusted!"

"He's already started lying!"

"Hmph, all men are nothing but pigs!"

"It's over; with him spouting such nonsense, will the Empress let him off lightly?"

"He deserves it!"

The crowd reacted in various ways!

Wu An smiled slightly!

He naturally understood the skepticism of the island's residents!

The truth is often held by only a few!

And the true secret on the Empress's back was, obviously, known only to the Empress and her sisters!

Of course, now one could add Wu An to that list!

"You..."

The Empress was shocked!

She could never have imagined that Wu An would actually speak of the secret she had kept hidden all this time!

This... how could this be!

This man...

How did he know!

The Empress knew very well that she had never met Wu An before!

Yet Wu An seemed to know everything about her!

Boa Marigold and Boa Sandersonia were equally filled with disbelief!

"Sister, should we just..."

Boa Marigold whispered, her tone laced with murderous intent!

Since Wu An might know, there was even less reason to let him live!

Because this secret was the greatest shame of the three sisters' lives!

Everyone who knew this secret had to die!

Thinking of this, Boa Marigold made up her mind!

"Wait!"

"Let's hear what he has to say!"

The Empress said, enunciating every word!

She clearly remembered that Wu An's words just now were about lifting this curse!

Since he dared to say such a thing, he must know something else!

"Empress, I forgot to mention, I am a divine doctor!"

"You might not understand what a divine doctor is, but think of it this way: a divine doctor can help you remove the brand on your back!"

Sensing the timing was right, Wu An spoke directly!

When it came down to it, the brand on the Empress's back was just a tattoo!

Back when the sisters were twelve, they had been abducted by human traffickers and sold to the World Nobles, the Celestial Dragons!

Ever since then, the mark of a slave had been branded onto their backs!

Later, Fisher Tiger liberated the local slaves, and the sisters were rescued!

After returning home, the Empress relied on her own strength to become the Empress of Amazon Lily and the captain of the Kuja Pirates!

The slave tattoo on her back became a secret the sisters were desperate to keep!

They even fabricated the rumor about being afflicted by a curse to cover it up!

As for removing a tattoo, for Wu An, it was a piece of cake!

The essence of a tattoo was nothing more than pigment embedded deep in the skin!

And Wu An, having inherited the medical skills of the greatest divine doctor from the world of The Outcast, had ten thousand ways in his mind to deal with such pigment!

What!

Is it really possible?

The Empress's deep blue pupils constricted instantly!

She had never imagined that Wu An would actually have the ability to remove that slave tattoo which symbolized their shame!

This was simply unbelievable!

Her two sisters nearby were also stunned!

Removing the slave tattoo from their backs was something they had dreamed of for years!

"Are you certain?"

The Empress asked solemnly!

"You know the consequences of deceiving me!"

The Empress stared deeply at Wu An!

"Since I said I can remove it, I certainly can!"

A powerful sense of self-confidence surged from within Wu An!

This was the arrogance unique to a divine physician!

In all the world, there was no illness he could not cure!

And as for removing a tattoo, what difficulty could it possibly pose to a divine physician who possessed an exhaustive understanding of human anatomy?

"This concubine shall trust you once!"

The Empress did not stand on ceremony and spoke directly!

This left the women surrounding the Empress completely dumbfounded!

This man...

What on earth was he saying?

Why did the Empress still look so trusting?

"Very well, follow this concubine back to the palace!"

The Empress waved her hand and declared haughtily!

Kuja Palace!

The Empress reclined upon her serpent-shaped throne!

"These are the silver needles you requested!"

"Do you truly intend to rely on these to remove the brand from our backs?"

Boa Sandersonia asked with curiosity!

"Precisely!"

Wu An took the silver needles and nodded!

The Star Sea Medical Arts were profound and vast!

The setting of The Outcast world was based on the traditional Tianfang background!

The divine physicians within it naturally excelled in the Star Sea Medical Arts!

Within the Star Sea Medical Arts, acupuncture was an absolutely irreplaceable component!

And Wu An intended to use this acupuncture technique to remove the tattoo from the Empress's back!

After receiving the silver needles, Wu An extended his right hand and gently stroked them!

Although Wu An had never touched silver needles before, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with them!

It was as if they had been companions for decades!

Various acupuncture methods surfaced in his mind!

There was not the slightest obscurity!

Wu An knew this was the result of the Peerless Medical Arts!

This reward had transformed Wu An from a medical novice into a peerless divine physician!

"Since everything is prepared..."

"Empress..."

"Remove your clothes..."

Wu An raised his head and looked at the Empress!