In front of the ancient castle, Shano quickly figured out the whole story.
Back on Drum Island, after Kuma parted ways with him, he followed Kureha's directions and went straight to Dressrosa in the New World, where he met Doflamingo and reached an agreement with him.
The content of the agreement was simple.
——Help Doflamingo with three things, and he could temporarily take Mansherry away to the South Sea to heal Bonney.
The first two tasks were not difficult, just helping Doflamingo deal with two pirate gangs with whom he had issues.
However, the third task was to have Kuma go to an island called "Agatha" to massacre the local civilians and seize their holy artifacts.
This went against Kuma's true nature.
In the end, he couldn't bring himself to do it.
Not only did he let those innocent civilians go, but he also helped them escape from the pursuing forces of the Donquixote Family.
And he severely injured Diamante, the Float-Float Fruit Ability User, who came to chase them.
From then on, Kuma completely broke with the Donquixote Family.
Using his flexible Fruit Ability, he infiltrated Dressrosa multiple times.
Ultimately, he successfully found Mansherry, who was imprisoned, and broke through heavy blockades to rescue her from the dungeon.
However, it was, after all, the enemy's main stronghold.
Although Kuma was powerful, able to overpower Doflamingo in a one-on-one fight,
Yet...
Facing the onslaught of the Donquixote Family, he was ultimately outnumbered.
Plus, he had to protect Mansherry, and was eventually severely injured by a trap set by Doflamingo, leading to this escape.
As for why Mansherry, as a Heal-Heal Fruit Ability User, couldn't help with healing...
"No wonder you kept asking us to find a doctor."
Shano lifted Mansherry's skirt slightly, his gaze falling on her ankle, where a miniature Seastone shackle was bound, "I see..."
"The key is still with the Donquixote Family, it can't be opened." Mansherry looked pitiful, "I haven't been able to use my ability, boohoo..."
Before her tears could fall.
Shano squeezed his right hand hard, and the Seastone immediately went "crack," directly breaking in half.
"Eh?"
Mansherry was dumbfounded.
In her understanding, Seastone shouldn't be breakable by external force; how could this big human in front of her open it so easily without even using a weapon?
"Big brother is not a Fruit Ability User, you know."
Nami said proudly from the side, "The world's strongest Great Sword Master, opening this thing is nothing. A simple flick of the fingers, the Sword Qi emitted, could tear through all darkness and... ow ow ow! Big brother, why!"
Shano expressionlessly released his right hand, which was twisting his sister's ear.
At fourteen, it was undoubtedly the peak of teenage angst.
Something about using fingers as a sword, all nonsense...
The fact he could break the Seastone with his bare hands was simply because his physique was strong enough, coupled with the tearing power of the Supreme King Entanglement.
"Help Kuma with the healing."
Shano looked at Mansherry, "He should be healed quickly, right?"
"Yes! Thank you, Lord Shano, leave it to me!"
Mansherry nodded vigorously, then lifted her skirt and hurried to Kuma's side.
Everyone else gathered around curiously, eager to witness firsthand how the Heal-Heal Fruit works.
Especially the girls, their eyes were wide open.
The Heal-Heal Fruit, it sounded too magical.
In their minds, Mansherry should soon resemble a mage from the fairy tales they heard as children, raising her hands, chanting some magical words, then a holy golden light would blossom, dispelling all surrounding illness and pain.
The result...
Mansherry took a deep breath, her small face taut, she clambered onto Kuma's body, then suddenly pinched her own thigh with force!
"Wahhhh——!!!"
Large teardrops instantly welled up in her eyes, pattering down on Kuma's chest.
"Eh?!" Nami's eyes widened, "Wait, what's going on? Why'd she start crying all of a sudden?"
"So painful, so painful, so painful..."
Mansherry cried as she rubbed her reddened thigh, "I don't want to either, but if I don't do this, I can't activate the ability!"
Why hasn't it worked yet? She pinched herself again with great force, and the tears fell like broken pearls once more.
Surely because Kuma isn't a normal human, he is a super, super large Giant, so more tears are needed!
"Mr. Kuma, please, please endure a bit longer!"
Finally, a pale green healing light bloomed from her tears, spreading like ripples, enveloping all of Kuma.
In just a few seconds.
The ghastly wounds began to heal at a visible rate, and Kuma's pale face gradually regained its color, becoming rosy.
"Though it's a bit different than imagined 'healing magic,' this ability is indeed impressive." Kuina couldn't help but admire.
"And very cute too." Robin chuckled, watching Mansherry's teary, yet determined stance.
"Kind and cute, with such powerful healing ability, and crucially, as a non-combative member of the Dwarves Race, her bounty surely won't be too high. I've decided!"
Nami's eyes lit up, bringing her fist to her palm, "She'll be our ship doctor!"
"You're not the captain, what decision are you making!" Nojiko scolded sharply, delivering a punch to her head.
Just then, Kuma's eyelashes slightly trembled as he slowly opened his eyes.