When misfortune strikes, there is no room left to resist.
There is no truly peaceful life in this world.
Maud had thought before that she might as well live a comfortable life in Mad Hatter Town.
This is what a normal person should think.
But this world is not normal.
Maybe it can be without power, but there is no guarantee that one day it will be annihilated.
That's why Maud wanted to have the power to rule the top that would not be shaken by any external force.
"Soon."
He thought to himself, and immediately sat in the seat arranged for him by Tatamu.
As soon as he sat down, there were eyes full of admiration from all around him.
Yesterday, that move instantly killed Waldo in the battle, and it was obvious that he had completely conquered almost all the revolutionary troops present.
Maude didn't pay attention to these looks and took the breakfast from Tatamu's hand.
The breakfast prepared by the revolutionary army was very simple. It was just a bowl of porridge and a piece of grilled sea fish. It tasted okay, and Maude was able to finish it in a few moments.
After breakfast, Maud went directly to Betty.
"When are we leaving?"
"Not that fast. At least we have to wait until this place recovers."
Betty looked at Maud who came to inquire about the situation. She could see that Maud didn't seem to want to stay here for too long. After thinking about it, she suggested:
"If you are in a hurry to go back, the boat on the shore will take you there."
The Revolutionary Army has always been in short supply of supplies, especially ships, but if the recipient of the gift is Mod, there is no need to consider gains and losses.
Let alone one ship, Betty would not even frown if she sent Maude ten ships.
After all, the organization just received 100,000 sets of sophisticated weapons and equipment for free from Mod a few days ago...
Listening to Betty's suggestion, Maude asked speechlessly: "How can we go back without a navigator?"
“…”
Betty was speechless for a moment.
There is only one navigator in her team, and it is difficult to escape.
From this point of view, it is unrealistic to expect Maud and Luo to return to the terrifying barque by themselves.
She was determined to satisfy Maud's request to return to the terrifying barque as soon as possible, but she couldn't leave the victims in front of her alone.
Betty suddenly felt embarrassed.
Maude regretted not letting Lafayette follow.
He looked at Betty's reaction and said calmly: "Just tell me, how many more days will I have to stay here?"
"Well."
Betty groaned, then turned her head to look at the lost victims in the distance.
This devastated place is when it needs help the most.
"It may take about 20 days."
Although the Revolutionary Army is currently very short on manpower, Betty still chooses to stay in order to help this group of victims, and on the other hand, it can also allow her colleagues to rest in peace and recover.
"20 days..."
Maude sighed softly.
Including the return trip time after 20 days, it will take about a month to return to the terrifying three-masted ship.
After such a long time, Dressrosa has probably been rebuilt.
Maude looked up at the ruins of the town in the distance.
As long as this place recovers quickly, we can leave...
Chapter 419 Another disastrous defeat for the Navy
Manpower is obviously tight, but they still have to stay on Penggu Island to rescue this group of victims who were persecuted by Waldo.
Maud can understand Betty's decision.
If the revolutionary army cannot do this, what qualifications do they have to ask Sunny to put her efforts into it.
“How far do you want to go for this group of people?”
Maud looked at Betty and asked meaningfully.
Hearing this, Betty looked at Maud with a hint of surprise. She never expected that a big pirate like Maud would care about such a thing.
She suppressed her surprise and said solemnly: "At least let them have a shelter from the wind and rain, and... be able to recover from this blow."
"Um?"
Maud raised his eyebrows and subconsciously looked at the ruins of the town.
Waldo was so completely destroyed that not even a single intact building was left in the town.
It is not that simple to rebuild a qualified residence here.
Just clearing the ruins is a huge workload.
As for relocation, on this island with extremely high plant coverage, there is obviously no second more suitable place.
The grieving residents relied on the dense forest of Penggu Island to escape the disaster.
Thanks to the fact that the creatures living in the forest are relatively gentle and lack aggressiveness.
Otherwise, the consequences will be unpredictable.
Besides…
Maud glanced at the revolutionary soldiers sitting cross-legged around him.
Leaving aside the old, weak, sick and disabled who can provide assistance, there are only about forty people on the field who can contribute.
about 20 days
I'm afraid I can't even clean up the ruins, right
Thinking of this, Maud did not point out this fact in a embarrassing way, but said calmly:
"Then let's do it quickly. I can be of some help and try to finish it within half a month."
"ah?"
Betty showed a horrified expression.
The surrounding revolutionary troops who secretly admired Mod all looked dumbfounded.
The man who is currently one of the Four Emperors, who attracts the attention of the world all the time, actually wants to help a group of ordinary people who are not relatives to rebuild their homes
Just thinking about this kind of thing makes me feel ridiculous.
But it happened right in front of their eyes.
"You, you want to help?"
Betty's eyes widened, as if she was in a dream.
"Is there a problem?"
Maude asked rhetorically.
Betty was suddenly speechless, not knowing what to say.
Luo, who was sitting not far away, raised his eyes and looked at Betty, who seemed to have seen a ghost, with a hint of amusement on the corner of his mouth.
He could somewhat understand Betty's reaction.
after all.
There has always been an incredibly strong sense of contrast in our own captain.
When facing the enemy, he is so ruthless that he can kill thousands of people with one sword without changing his expression.
When facing ordinary people, he is as gentle as a normal person who can be seen everywhere.
This is his captain.
An unusual current Yonko.
"Let's start quickly."
Regardless of how everyone reacted, Maude urged.
Under his request, the revolutionary troops, who were still a little confused, could only start work quickly.
Then.
Just as Maud expected, cleaning up the building ruins has become the most difficult task at the moment.
In order to speed up the progress, Betty could only involve every resident who could, including older children, to help appropriately.
Afterwards, she can use the ability of the Encouragement Fruit to improve everyone's efficiency.
But even so, it will still take some time to clean up so much building debris.
"Sir Betty, thank you very much for your help. I can't trouble you anymore with the rest of the matter. Let us solve it ourselves."
The residents thought that reconstruction was too difficult and they were embarrassed to waste the time of Betty and others. So after discussion, they sent an old man as a representative to decline the good intentions of the revolutionary army.
However.
Betty herself is the kind of person who, once she makes a decision, doesn't change it easily.
She took the lead in moving the ruins and responded to the residents with practical actions.
And her enthusiastic actions can naturally help the revolutionary army gain a group of supporters invisibly.
This is also…
One of the seemingly insignificant seeds sown by the revolutionary army throughout the world.
There are many, many more seeds like this.
Everyone started cleaning up the ruins, and the reconstruction plan officially took the first step.
But the overall efficiency is not very good.
Because of Betty's Inspiration Fruit ability, although it can increase the target's power for a certain period of time, it cannot increase the target's physical limit.
"Do you think about 20 days is enough?"
Maude came to Betty's side and looked at the busy people.
Betty was a little embarrassed and resisted stubbornly: "That's why I used the word 'maybe'."
"Then you used this word really quintessentially."
Maud glanced at Betty.
This woman, who only wore a small waistcoat on her upper body, looked slightly red at the moment.
"Don't you want to help?"
Betty took a deep breath and began to change the subject.
Maude nodded, and immediately squatted down, placing her right hand lightly on the ground.
Seeing Maud's inexplicable behavior, Betty asked in surprise: "What... are you going to do?"
"My way will be faster."
Maud replied casually, then concentrated on controlling his shadow ability.
Suddenly, a large group of shadows appeared under the palms covering the ground.
Immediately afterwards, with Maud's palm as the origin, the shadow suddenly appeared and surged in all directions like a wave.
When Betty saw this, her pupils shrank sharply, and she saw a large number of shadows covering the ruins of the entire town in just a few seconds.
The residents and revolutionary soldiers who were unaware of the situation were all startled by this sudden change, and screams continued for a while.