One Piece: Return of the Old Age

Chapter 22

In the sea area in the first half of the Grand Line, snowflakes were floating in the sky, and a thick layer of snow fell on the End of the Era.

The ship, which was dyed snow-white and hoisted red sails, moved forward slowly in this sea area. If you look at it from the outside, it is just an ordinary large pirate ship. Of course, the heavy sense of historical sedimentation on the surface of the ship is not found in ordinary ships.

If you look more carefully, you will find that there is a strange fog at the bottom of the ship. Of course, if ordinary people focus their eyes on the bottom of the ship, they will not notice the fog, because what they see is a shadow like an island that is thousands of meters long.

This is the third day since Roya and his friends left the Upside Down Mountain. Because they have lost their purpose now, Roya did not rush as before, but sailed slowly, especially in this sea area with ice and snow, sailing slowly for two days.

Because Roya likes snow very much. The falling snow can calm people down and cover up all the darkness. At least that's how Roya understands it. Before he traveled through time, he liked snowy days very much. After traveling through time for so long, he almost forgot about that world, but this hobby can be regarded as a legacy from his previous life.

These three days were very dull. No navy came to disturb them, and there were no adventures. Only a few unknown pirates who had just set foot on the Grand Line came to provoke them. Seeing that they were covered in blood, they were directly sunk to the bottom of the sea by Roya.

It can only mean that they were unlucky. Provoking Roya's ship was even more unreasonable than Jack the Drought provoking Fujitora and Sengoku.

If there was only one surprise in the three days, it should be the Lab that came with the search for Crocus. The size of several thousand meters and the pressure of the large sea kings did protect Roya and his team from being disturbed by some sea beasts or sea kings. Although it was just a matter of a glance, it would be really annoying if they came during a nap.

Roya sat at the door of the health room, squinting his eyes and taking a nap in the snow, letting the crystal snowflakes fall on his body, covering a small layer. Anyway, with his current physique, it would not be a big deal if Aokiji came to freeze him.

In the health room, Crocus was examining Whitebeard.

Since Crocus came on board three days ago, Roya handed him over to Crocus directly despite Whitebeard's dissatisfaction.

Whitebeard looks very strong and capable now, but in fact, his body has a lot of problems. Long before the war on the top, he had been hanging on the drip all day long. These were all old injuries when he was young, plus the burden of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and the continuous deterioration of physical diseases.

After all, no matter what, he is just a normal person, already in his seventies, with injuries all over his body.

Yes, Whitebeard is a normal person. Although he is 666 meters tall, at least compared to the non-human Kaido and the steel balloon-like Big Mom, Whitebeard is really a normal person. He is also a normal person with a heart, a normal body, aging, and illness.

However, what really made him the first of the Four Emperors was not only his monstrous strength, but also his monstrous willpower. In terms of willpower, Roya had never seen anyone with a more terrifying willpower than Whitebeard during the war at the top. He really relied on his willpower to delay his death.

"It's really hard to imagine how you can move around so freely with this body."Kurokas sighed after the examination.

He checked once a day, and this was the third day he checked Whitebeard, and it was also the third time he made the same sigh.

The last person who made him sigh like this was Roger. One had an incurable disease, and the other had a concentrated outbreak of hidden injuries, diseases, and aging. With the same pain, ordinary people would probably not be able to stand steadily, but the former dragged his body to conquer the Grand Line, and the latter dragged his injuries to beat Marin Fento into ruins.

"Gulala, these are all small things."Whitebeard didn't care at all. The pain of the injury was nothing to a man like him. If it weren't for Marco and his sons' strong persuasion, he wouldn't even have an IV.

"How is it, Crocus?" Roya shook off the snow on his body and asked Crocus.

This was the last comprehensive checkup. Crocus would determine the treatment process for Whitebeard today. What Roya wanted to know most was the efficacy. If the efficacy was not good, he would have to use up the remaining 220,000 origin points.

"The situation is not good."Kurokas frowned.

Upon hearing this, Whitebeard and Roja's faces darkened, but Whitebeard soon laughed again. He had a premonition in his heart. His son Marco was also a top ship doctor, and he also had the Phoenix Fruit, a healing fruit, which could only barely help him survive.

"He has a lot of injuries. When he was young, it was not a big deal. But when he got old, his organs failed and all of them broke out."Kurokas frowned and said nothing. Luo Ya's heart sank.

"It is definitely impossible to completely cure it, especially for those deep-rooted hidden injuries."Kurokas continued:"But it is still very simple to stabilize the condition, and even reduce the chance of his disease to a very low level. As long as the battle is not too intense, there will be no problem at all."

"Damn, can't you just say it all at once?"Roya was a little helpless and had to breathe heavily.

This effect was already very good. Roya didn't expect Crocus to completely cure Whitebeard. It would be much better if he could control the disease from getting worse. He could even reduce the chance of the disease to a very low level. Then he wouldn't be afraid of this time bomb exploding in the battle.

"It's a pity that my medical skills are still a little lacking, otherwise, I can completely eradicate his illness." Crocus was still a little dissatisfied.

This made Roya speechless. Even the Four Emperors Pirates' medical team couldn't help Whitebeard's body, but Crocus easily solved it. What else could he be dissatisfied with?

Of course, Roya also saw the great role of the health room. It was only the first level, but Crocus' medical skills were improved to this level. If it continues to improve, the role will be even greater. The old men he recruited in the future are not in good health.

"From today on, I will start taking medicine and getting an IV drip.

"It's another IV drip, doctor, please spare me." Whitebeard said with a wry smile

"Hey, Newgate, if you don't want to get an IV, I'll stop drinking." Roya's words shut up Whitebeard.

"By the way, Roya." After deciding on Whitebeard's treatment prescription, Kurokas suddenly seemed to remember something and called Roya over. He took out a newspaper from the drawer of the stethoscope table and threw it to Roya.

"I just remembered that you want to gather that group of people, right? I have some news here, you can take a look, but the news may be a little late."

Roya was stunned for a moment and unfolded the newspaper.

The headline said that the ship of the world's nobles was attacked by brutal pirates. Below the headline was a face with a somewhat arrogant smile, a broken horn hat, a thick beard, and sharp eyes full of destructive desire.

"Walder." Luo Ya's eyes lit up:"It turned out to be him."

PS: There's been a lot going on these past two days, so I'll start speeding up tomorrow.