Leo turned around and smiled at the worried Empress.
Clearly, she had already realized that he planned to go to the East Blue alone with Ace and the others, and she could not set her mind at ease.
"Ace's sworn brother's father is part of the Revolutionary Army, and he is also one of the companions we must win over. But you have to hold down Mock Town. Otherwise, the Marines and the other Shichibukai will all reach their hands in. You need to slap those hands back."
"Mock Town and Sky Island are one in the open and one in the shadows. One draws the enemy's attention in plain sight, while the other secretly amasses heavy forces in preparation for battle. The two sides support each other, so you have to help me keep watch over Mock Town." Leo held the Empress's hand, and the two of them gave off the sickeningly sweet stench that made single people sour with jealousy.
"But Ace isn't all that strong. He can't even beat Rindou. How about I send Sandersonia along with you?"
Ace and Rindou, standing nearby, both scratched their heads. Clearly, though, they had long grown accustomed to the Empress's blunt way of speaking and felt no discomfort at all.
Her emotional intelligence was simply too low. She was too beautiful to ever need to consider how others might react, and she was too powerful to fear what anyone might do to her.
The current Empress was undeniably at the Admiral level. That was Leo's judgment after meeting so many powerful people.
As Logia types became more common, Logia Devil Fruit Users gradually fell from their pedestal. By the later stages, Big Mom, Kaido, Red-Haired, and Whitebeard did not have a single Logia Devil Fruit User among them. That was