"You idiots, can you stop arguing for a moment? Take a look at Harald."
Whitebeard's voice quickly drowned out their arguing.
Everyone froze, then followed his gaze in unison.
Finally, they spotted Harald on a piece of broken wreckage.
On Harald's face, the area injured by Kaido's Bolo Breath was covered by a layer of churning black mist.
Then the burned, charred flesh began repairing itself at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"This... why do I feel like I've seen this somewhere before?" Kaido muttered, images flashing through his mind.
Back when he had struck that blonde woman with his spiked club, her head had flattened, then grown back on its own, too.
The exact same black mist.
The exact same unnaturalness.
"This is bad, Rocks! That big lug isn't human. Something's wrong with him!" Kaido suddenly shouted.
Rocks ignored him. With Harald in this state, of course he knew what it meant.
But Rocks still found it hard to believe that the friend he had once shared drinks with had actually sold his body to the King of the World.
"Hmm..." Linlin, aboard the Saber of Xebec, also gave a slight nod. She had seen this black mist on the island with Ron before.
Golden Lion also sucked in a sharp breath. This black mist was exactly like that of the creature he had seen before, neither human nor ghost.
"Hey, hey, hey... can someone tell me what this is?" Stussy asked, her voice somewhat urgent.
Though no one explained, judging by their expressions... she could already tell it was something very dangerous.
Ron was also somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected... Harald to have earned Imu's trust so early, gaining an immortal body himself.
"Looks like once this trip is over, it'll be time to look into