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A thick silence settled after the carriage disappeared around the corner. The distant echo of Luffy's desperate cries mingled with the lingering chill of Nami's rage. Sanji stood statue-still, his eyes hollow, deadened by the obedience forced upon him, deliberately ignoring his crew. High above, perched on the candy-tiled rooftops, you watched. Concealed by Judge's historical erasure, invisible to Big Mom's gaze, she had stayed in the shadows. But the sight of Sanji's silent suffering made her chest constrict. Judge's invisible chains were tightening. As the street below resumed its saccharine, artificial cheer, you slipped back into the gloom and activated the Den Den Mushi concealed beneath her cloak. The snail's eyes blinked open. 'Status,' she murmured, voice low. A steady, familiar v…