He covered his face and his voice came out muffled from between his fingers. "I... I... Oh! What a shame!"
Putting down his hands, Shanks looked sad and angry, as if he had been greatly wronged. "It's that old witch Imu! An antique from eight hundred years ago! Her heart is evil and her hands are even more evil!"
Amid everyone's shocked gazes, he spoke like a fool, "After Captain Roger disbanded the pirate group, I... I did go back to Mary Geoise... after all, it is the place of birth."
He paused, a little embarrassed to speak, "Then... I was summoned by Imu. The old witch smiled and said something about 'welcome the return of the bloodline', and then left something like 'Abyss Mark' on my left arm, saying it was 'proof of returning to the embrace of God'!"
"Later, I really couldn't stand Celestial Dragons's behavior, so I decided to quit and give up my identity. When I went to find Imu to remove the mark, she pretended to be very 'refreshing' and said with a wave of her hand, 'The mark has been removed, so I can do it myself'!"
Shanks became more and more angry as he spoke, and hit the ground with his fist, "The result! The result is not erasure at all! She just hid that damn mark deeper! It's like she planted a time bomb! Just waiting for the critical moment to trick me! Let me make a fool of myself in front of the whole world! Turn into that ghost! She almost hurt Ms. Robin!"
At the end of the sentence, he almost beat his chest and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Robin conjured up a perfect white porcelain teacup from somewhere and took a sip gracefully.
She put down the cup, her voice soft but like a heavy hammer hitting Shanks's heart. "Mr. Shanks, thanks to Allen's timely intervention this time, he helped you eliminate the influence of Abyss Power."
She changed the subject, looked directly at Shanks with her beautiful eyes, and said with insightful wisdom, "But... what about next time?"
These two words made everyone's hearts tremble.
"Imu can be activated unnoticed and leave a mark on you, and it can be activated a second or third time. Do we have to be on tenterhooks every time a war is imminent, worried that you will suddenly 'transform'? Or..."
She paused slightly, her eyes drifting to Shanks's left arm vaguely, "Before every war, let Allen spend all his energy tying you into a rice dumpling?"
This very graphic proposal made Shanks shudder.
"Ah! I have an idea!"
Yamato slammed the table, carrying her Glazed Sword, and excitedly jumped in front of Shanks, her eyes sparkling, full of the simplicity of "solving the problem" Enthusiasm: "Robin's meaning is too clear! Since the problem lies in the tattoo on the left arm, why not just uproot it? Cut off this 'contaminated' arm! Once and for all, there will be no future troubles!"
She patted her chest in assurance, and even danced the huge Glazed Sword like the wind. "Shanks! Don't be afraid! My stick skills... ah no, my sword skills are very fast! Look, it's so sharp, I guarantee that it won't hurt at all when raising and lowering the sword! Just like..."
She tried hard to remember, "... just like when I hit you, six punches per second, and you didn't even say a word."
"But it was just back then. Now I am so powerful that I can punch 10 times in one second!"
Yamato finished speaking and made a slashing motion with a knife.
"Cut... chop off?!!"
Shanks's face instantly changed from blushing to pale as a sheet, without any blood!
He looked at the gleaming Glazed Sword in Yamato's hand, which was thicker than his waist, and then looked at his strong and powerful left arm. A cold air went straight from the soles of his feet to the Tianling Gai! "No -!!! Yamato! Calm down! Calm down!!"
The dignified Yonko was so frightened that his image was completely lost!
Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, he tightly covered his left arm with his right hand, rolled and crawled back, and knocked over a chair in embarrassment.
"Beck! Help! Take care of her!!"
He screamed like a slaughtering pig towards his First Mate.
Beckman covered his face, shrugged his shoulders, not knowing whether he was angry or laughing, and didn't want to pay attention to him at all.
Luffy looked shocked and worried. "Eh?!! Cut Shanks's arm?! No! I want to compete with him to see whose arm is stronger! Gomu Gomu..."
Zoro said with disgust in his tone, "Tsk, it's so noisy. I'm just going to cut off my hand, what's the big deal?"
Luffy immediately. "As for that!!"
Sanji was very conflicted. "Although the lady's suggestion is worthy of respect... but cutting off the hand... this is too... Mr. Shanks, why don't you consider prosthetics? I know a good craftsman..."
Chopper panicked. "Doctor! Doctor!! There are patients here who need emergency sedatives! Psychological trauma level MAX!!"
Crocodile snorted coldly, "Huh, cowardly."
Moria sounded excited, "Can you chop off your arm and make me a zombie? Hehehehe..."
Red Hair Pirates members collectively covered their faces, unable to bear the sight of their Captain's shame.
Seeing Shanks being chased by Yamato, Kikoku howling like a wolf, and the chaotic scene, Allen rolled his eyes with an unprecedented huge eye, feeling that his Conqueror's Haki was about to be pissed off by these two living treasures.
"That's enough! Give me a break!"
He shouted in a low voice, with a helpless smile, "Why do you want to chop? Do you think I am a miracle doctor in vain? A problem that can be solved by just registering is as big as an amputation!"
Allen flipped his wrist, and the Divine Sword "Heavenly Demise Sword" that had absorbed countless Devil Fruit Ability appeared in his hand.
He took one step forward and appeared in front of the embarrassed Shanks in an instant. Ignoring the other's frightened eyes, he pressed the tip of Infusion's sword with colorful light precisely on the hidden mark on Shanks's left arm.
"Abyss Mark, right? It's quite hidden... show me... come out!"
As he shouted softly, the sword's body shone brightly! A powerful suction force erupted!
"Tsk tsk tsk--!"
I saw only wisps of Purple-Black gas that was as thick as ink and exuded an ominous aura, as if it was forcibly torn out from the depths of Shanks's muscles and bones by invisible hands!
These Black Energy twisted and struggled, vaguely forming a vague and malicious face belonging to Imu, making a silent scream, but in the end they could not resist, and were all sucked into Divine Sword.
When the last strand of Black Energy was pulled away, Shanks felt as if a thousand pounds of weight had been lifted off his left arm, and a long-lost, pure sense of relaxation and warmth surged throughout his body.
The cold feeling like a tarsal maggot completely disappeared!
"Disappeared... disappeared! Really completely disappeared!"
Shanks moved his left arm in disbelief, and even punched a few times hard. Feeling the power that was completely his own, his eyes were a little red with excitement.
He looked at Allen, full of sincere gratitude. "Allen! Thank you so much! You saved me again! I..."
He excitedly wanted to give Allen a hug full of brotherly friendship.
Allen, however, stretched out his hand with a look of disgust and put a finger on his forehead to stop him from approaching. "Stop, stop, stop! If you thank me, you can avoid being covered in ash and smell of burnt food."
He took back his hand and patted the non-existent dust.