She neither used protective gear nor borrowed any medical tools.
Maya walked straight toward the unconscious giant children.
She inhaled deeply.
Then slowly raised her arms, palms facing forward.
Her eyes gently closed.
Maya began focusing on channeling the witch-like spiritual energy that resided within her.
"What is she doing?"
"Could she be a Devil Fruit user?"
"Doesn't look like it…"
Confused murmurs rippled through the crowd.
Noticing this, Bai Yu cast a cold glance around.
The commotion silenced immediately.
All eyes locked onto Maya.
Then, in the very next breath—Maya's eyes snapped open.
Hum…
A strange wave of spiritual energy burst from her body, accompanied by a low, resonant buzz.
Light green energy radiated from her palms—bright, yet soft, like the shimmer of early spring leaves.
The moment it emerged, even the air seemed fresher, almost sacred.
This was pure healing energy—untainted and potent.
Snap.
Maya pressed both palms against the side of the giant boy's enormous frame.
The glowing energy instantly flowed from her hands into his body, spreading rapidly.
In seconds, his entire body was enveloped in a thin film of shimmering green light.
Guided by Maya's mental focus, the healing energy began to seep deeper beneath the skin.
Chiii... chiii...
A reaction erupted.
The leftover compound—Caesar's experimental drug—still lingering on and inside the boy's body began to dissolve at a terrifying rate.
Black smoke rose as toxins were burned away, hissing out from every pore.
The smoke reeked—a pungent, caustic stench of something unnatural being forcibly expelled.
The crowd gasped in awe.
Some navy medics and junior officers—those with sharper eyes—quickly realized: this wasn't Devil Fruit ability.
But they had no clue what it was.
Only that Maya's technique was capable of purging toxins that had infiltrated deep into a body… a feat not even the best medical Devil Fruits could accomplish so swiftly.
"Amazing… Is she the one who's been training under Bai Yu?" someone whispered.
"No wonder. She's got some sort of secret technique."
Smoker, watching quietly from a distance, narrowed his eyes.
He had seen many strange powers during his time in the New World—but this kind of spiritual healing? Never once.
It wasn't like Chopper's medicine, nor Marco's regenerative phoenix flames. It was entirely different—gentler, purer, and more invasive in how it targeted internal harm.
Yet on the other side, Bai Yu's expression wasn't as relieved.
He knew better.
Maya had only recently received the system's spiritual training manual.
No matter how gifted she was, or how thorough the manual's instructions—mastery required time, practice, and mental fortitude.
And purging poison this deeply rooted—especially one engineered by Caesar Clown—was no simple task.
Sure enough, Bai Yu observed her carefully… and noticed something.
The purification rate was beginning to slow.
The green energy was encountering greater resistance—not from the skin or muscle, but deep within the bone marrow.
Purging to that level was exponentially more difficult.
"Ugh…"
A soft grunt escaped Maya's lips.
Her brow furrowed.
The black smoke's flow visibly slowed, almost tapering off.
"…Is something going wrong again?" Bai Yu muttered, concern creeping in.
But in the very next instant, that concern faded.
He felt it.
Maya was not giving up.
She was gathering strength—compressing a larger reserve of healing energy for a final push.
Whuuuush!
Wind whipped around her as her aura surged upward.
Spiritual pressure bloomed outward, more intense than before.
Then—she released it.
All that concentrated energy was funneled back into the boy's body.
Chiiiiii—!!
A second surge of black gas exploded outward.
So intense was the wave of expelled toxins, even the onlookers had to step back.
After several long moments, the boy's skin—once pale and grayish—gradually returned to a healthier pink hue.
His shallow breaths deepened.
Maya exhaled.
She pulled her hands away and allowed the healing aura to recede.
"Mmm…"
To everyone's shock, the previously unconscious giant boy stirred.
He blinked.
Then opened his eyes.
Whaaa!
Gasps and cries echoed through the crowd.
Even the ship doctors who had warned Maya earlier were stunned speechless.
They wished they could vanish into the sea out of embarrassment.
"I… where am I…?" the boy mumbled groggily.
He rubbed his eyes, confused by the unfamiliar surroundings.
"You fainted on a raft," Bai Yu explained gently, stepping forward.
"This sister just saved your life."
"…Thank you," the boy replied, voice still childlike despite his size.
Maya smiled and nodded, offering no words.
"Kid," Bai Yu continued, his tone shifting, "if I'm not mistaken… you came from Punk Hazard, didn't you?"
"Punk Hazard—?!"
At those words, the boy's eyes widened in panic.
"No! Don't take me back!"
"I don't want any more of that… that 'candy'!"
He suddenly jumped up, staggering away, trying to flee.
"Whoa! Easy!"
"We're not your enemies!"
"We're Navy soldiers!"
Bai Yu quickly calmed him.
The boy froze.
He'd heard of the Navy before—fighters of justice, protectors of civilians.
He glanced around cautiously.
Everyone was indeed wearing Navy uniforms.
"…You're really Navy?"
he asked warily.
Still trembling, he scanned their faces.
Seeing no cruelty or trickery, he finally let out a shaky breath.
"Help me!"
"Please save the others!"
"We weren't sick! They just kept forcing us to eat that 'candy'! And every time we ate it… my body would burn! It hurt!"
The boy gripped Bai Yu's hand, pleading.
Bai Yu clenched his jaw.
He knew exactly what the boy was referring to.
Punk Hazard.
Where Caesar Clown—a rogue scientist and former associate of the World Government—conducted illegal experiments under the guise of medical research.
In truth, he had lured children from surrounding islands using false promises.
Once there, he began feeding them stimulant-laced "candy" to artificially accelerate their growth.
Giantification experiments.
The candy was nothing more than a drug.
The goal? To develop a stable method for enlarging humans—useful for weaponization and shady deals with underground brokers.
But overuse of the drug led to physical collapse and, eventually, death by internal explosion.
Bai Yu's gaze darkened.
They had to act.
Quickly.
Before it was too late for the other children.
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