They abandoned their previous agreement with the Riku Royal Family, no longer thinking about stealing whatever they wanted, but instead deciding to exchange their labor and the medicinal herbs they grew for payment.
To celebrate the rebirth of the Kingdom of Dressrosa, Riku Dold III held a grand ceremony, and Uta's singing also soothed the worries of the citizens.
After hearing Uta's singing, Bepo immediately became a loyal fan of Uta. He stayed up all night to sew a set of fan gear and waved a light stick at the concert the next day.
Trafalgar Law looked at Bepo beside him and rubbed his forehead helplessly. As the Captain, he wasn't as simple-minded as Bepo, and he had been on edge for the past few days.
He was terrified that the person next to him would take an interest in his Ope-Ope no Mi ability and force him to perform the Perpetual Youth Surgery on her.
The corpse of the Paramecia Stone-Stone Fruit user had just been devoured by Hera's City of Devouring Time, and the next moment, this devil fruit was given to Rebecca by Hera. He would never believe this was a coincidence.
Looking at it now, the rumors across the sea about Hera being able to strip Devil Fruit users of their abilities were not baseless.
Hera patted the gloomy Trafalgar Law: "What's wrong? Your treatment speed has slowed down quite a bit, Traffy. Is something bothering you?"
Trafalgar Law nodded subconsciously, then quickly shook his head after realizing it was Hera's voice: "How could that be? It's just that I've consumed a bit too much physical strength."
The Ope-Ope no Mi consumes more stamina than other Paramecia devil fruits. Hearing Trafalgar Law say this, Hera understood somewhat.
A dark shadow spread out from the City of Devouring Time and wrapped around Trafalgar Law, injecting energy into his body: "Alright, I forgot you're not very durable. This should do it, right, Traffy?"
Trafalgar Law was about to complain about the nickname Hera gave him when he felt a continuous flow of energy pouring into his body.
For a moment, he couldn't help but be surprised. He looked at his hands; at this moment, he even felt that with the boost from this power, he could use 'ROOM' indefinitely.
"What a convenient ability. Thanks, Marine-ya."
Trafalgar Law's 'Marine-ya' clearly pleased Hera. Her eyes lit up, and she proudly placed her hands on her hips.
"Hmph hmph hmph, as expected of one of the Shichibukai. You've got a good eye, kid. You've made the right choice."
However, speaking of the Shichibukai, Hera began to think. In the original timeline, after Doflamingo was defeated, the Shichibukai system was abolished under pressure from Issho.
But looking at it now, the original Shichibukai had either been defeated or had resigned.
Even the Empress had resigned from the Shichibukai because she had directly brought Amazon Lily to join the New Navy.
Now, only Kuma, who had been turned into a machine, and Hawkeye remained of the old Shichibukai. For the new Shichibukai, there was only Trafalgar Law, and Issho was also preparing to join.
That was only four people; she still needed to find three more factions. That way, for the World Government, having three forces fighting each other on the sea would better suit their interests.
She couldn't let those five old men in the World Government feel that the Marine's power was the sole dominant force on the sea.
Hera felt a bit of a headache thinking about this. These three candidates should ideally be strong enough, be people she could control, and preferably have some influence or faction of their own.
At this point, Hera suddenly remembered that there were still two criminals she had released from Impel Down out on the sea.
Bullet only respected the strong, and the Red Count was a fan of Brook. If these two could form a faction, they would have sufficient strength.
Moreover, the World Government would certainly not suspect that these two, who were imprisoned in Impel Down by the Marines, were secretly part of Hera's forces.
Thinking of this, Hera's eyes lit up. She had a plan for the next step, so she turned and asked Trafalgar Law again.
"I heard that the 'Heir of the Demon' Bullet and 'the lone red' Redfield came to the New World after escaping from Impel Down. Do you have any news of them?"
Trafalgar Law thought carefully about these two people, then shook his head and said:
"I've only heard that the two of them are acting together, and after Redfield once made a move to snatch a Devil Fruit, there has been no more news of them."
"Some people on the sea even believe that the news of these two is just a rumor."
Hearing Trafalgar Law's words, Hera nodded. It seemed Bullet hadn't held the Pirates Expo yet. That was fine; she could let Luffy participate when the time came.
It wouldn't be good if he hadn't awakened Nika by the final battle because she had taken away his experience packs by defeating his enemies herself.
Thinking of this, Hera's focus immediately shifted from how to fill the Shichibukai slots to how to cause some trouble for Luffy and arrange more enemies for him.
"Kekekekeke, Luffy, how should I arrange things for you?"
Lost in thought, Hera couldn't help but laugh out loud, causing Trafalgar Law to quietly shift a few steps away from her.
On Amazon Lily, Luffy, who was receiving training from Rayleigh, sneezed and said excitedly: "My companions must be talking about me. Why hasn't it been two years yet?"
Rayleigh hit Luffy on the head with the back of his blade and scolded him: "Can you still get distracted right under my nose? Is the pressure I'm giving you not enough?"
Luffy rubbed his aching head: "I got it, old man. Bring it on!"
He continued to deal with Rayleigh's attacks, developing his Devil Fruit abilities and Haki.
After finishing treating the injured citizens, Trafalgar Law fell into a state of confusion for a moment. Doflamingo, whom he had always wanted to defeat, had been defeated just like that by Kuina, who was by Hera's side.
He had planned for so long and thought of so many ways to defeat Doflamingo, but in the end, none of them were used, which was hard for Trafalgar Law to accept for a while.
For a moment, he even had the thought of disbanding his Pirate Crew.
Bepo and the other members finished attending Uta's concert and found their Captain.
Thanks to Bepo's recommendation, everyone in the Heart Pirates had become loyal fans of Uta. They were gathered together, discussing the concert they had just seen.
Bepo excitedly said to his Captain: "Uta's singing is truly amazing, and when you touch the music notes, all kinds of delicious food appear!"
"It's a pity the Captain had to stay here to treat the citizens and couldn't go to the concert venue."
Trafalgar Law looked at the excited Bepo, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I heard Uta's singing here at the hospital too. It was indeed beautiful."
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