"What?!"
Everyone in the room changed expression.
The Count's face darkened.
"Are you certain?"
Law nodded.
"It's a colorless, odorless slow-acting poison. Ordinary people wouldn't notice it. Once it takes effect, the symptoms are exactly what you described."
"Loss of appetite."
"Diarrhea."
"Weakness."
"Fatigue."
"If left untreated, it eventually kills the victim."
The Count's expression turned ugly.
Someone had tried to murder him.
His gaze slowly swept across the room before stopping on the butler.
The man's face had already gone pale.
The Count pointed.
"Take him."
The guards immediately seized the butler.
"Count!"
The butler panicked.
"I've served you for more than twenty years! How could it be me?"
"Hmph."
The Count looked at him coldly.
The butler managed all of his meals.
Naturally, he became the prime suspect.
Bepo quietly moved closer to Law.
Law paid no attention to any of it.
He had seen enough darkness to become numb.
"I can remove the poison."
The Count immediately looked at him with hopeful eyes.
"Doctor Law, what do you want? As long as I own it, you may have it."
Law's gaze shifted toward the cursed sword hanging on the wall.
The Count followed his eyes.
Kikoku.
A sword he had purchased at great expense from an auction house.
Compared to his life, however, it meant nothing.
At a signal from the Count, a maid hurried over and removed the sword.
The weapon was nearly as tall as Law himself.
Law accepted Kikoku and nodded in satisfaction.
Then he looked at the Count.
"You've heard about my treatment methods, right?"
The Count nodded.
Rumors claimed Law cut people open during treatment.
The process was horrifying.
But every patient recovered perfectly.
"Good."
Law smiled.
"Then let's begin."
The Count suddenly felt uneasy.
"ROOM."
A translucent sphere appeared and expanded, enveloping the Count.
A Devil Fruit user?
The Count was secretly shocked.
Law smiled mischievously and slashed several times with Kikoku.
The bodyguards nearly jumped out of their skin.
Had the Count not warned them beforehand, they would already have attacked.
The Count touched his body.
No blood.
No pain.
Nothing.
Just as confusion appeared on his face, Law snapped his fingers.
Whoosh!
His stomach floated out of his body.
The Count stared in horror as Law opened up his organs and began operating.
Black substances were gradually extracted and gathered in Law's hand.
The maids couldn't handle the sight.
One after another, they rolled their eyes back and fainted.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
Even the bodyguards looked pale.
They had seen plenty of gruesome things.
Nothing like this.
Fortunately, the procedure ended quickly.
Within minutes, Law restored everything.
"Done."
"We're leaving."
He flicked his hand.
Whoosh.
Law and Bepo vanished.
The Count finally came back to his senses.
He touched his stomach.
Everything felt normal.
Then he realized all his symptoms had disappeared.
"Hahahahaha!"
Count Rosmontessori burst into laughter and jumped out of bed.
The fat on his body shook violently.
"It's true!"
"I'm cured!"
The butler stared in disbelief.
The Count slowly turned toward him.
A cold smile spread across his face.
The butler's entire body trembled.
"Count! Please spare me!"
The Count looked at him as if he were already dead.
"You tried to kill me, and now you're asking for mercy?"
"My lord! It wasn't me!"
"It was the First Madam—no, the Second Madam and the Second Young Master! They forced me!"
"Please spare me!"
The Count waved a hand.
The guards immediately covered his mouth.
"Mmm! Mmm!"
The butler struggled desperately.
The Count frowned.
"Too noisy."
He glanced toward the lake outside.
"My precious sharks haven't eaten in several days."
"Feed him to them."
The butler's eyes nearly burst from their sockets.
"Mmmmmm!"
After both his legs were broken, he was dragged away screaming.
The Count didn't even blink.
Instead, he picked up a Den Den Mushi and made a call.
The moment it connected, his tone became respectful.
"Please inform Lord Doflamingo."
"I've found traces of the person he's looking for."
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