The three men's sudden arrival startled Pudding awake.
She had been imprisoned here for dozens of days. It was so silent that time seemed to stand still, with the same lighting and surroundings forever.
Only when she saw the soldier delivering her meals each day did she vaguely come back to her senses and remember she was still alive...
Pudding opened her eyes to look at the newcomers and froze.
Her body trembled uncontrollably as she backed away, a dull ache stirring in her forehead.
Even days later, the agony of having her eye gouged out still lingered as an instinctive pain...
Carol opened the cell door, brought the resisting Pudding out, and removed her seastone chains.
Before the stunned Pudding could react, Sakazuki seized her by the neck, lifted her up, and moved her toward the Jinbe Seraphim:
"Use the Ripe-Ripe Fruit's power on her."
The Jinbe Seraphim nodded, raised his enormous palm, and pressed it against the struggling Pudding's back.
Held by the neck, Pudding's face flushed red and her pupils contracted sharply. She felt power welling up endlessly within her.
Yet she could do nothing about the large hand clamped around her neck...
Through his palm, Sakazuki could also sense the growth in Pudding's aura and physical condition. He nodded slightly.
He took out a dose of Optimized Nutrient Fluid and injected it into Pudding.
With the Ripe-Ripe Fruit's power working alongside the Optimized Nutrient Fluid, Pudding's aura surged dramatically and continued to rise rapidly.
He injected the remaining doses of Nutrient Fluid into her one after another.
The Third Eye that had been gouged out actually regenerated, and it seemed somewhat different, with an air of mystery about it...
A short while later.
Pudding's appearance had also changed, maturing from that of a young girl.
Sensing