This made Kuzan, who had always been somewhat lax, rarely perk up. He followed Garp here to listen to Zephyr's lecture and training.
He felt that his ice-sword techniques still had room to improve.
As for Sakazuki, that guy had already gone to request permission from Fleet Admiral Sengoku to subjugate the Thunder God Pirates. As expected, the request would probably be refused.
He still had to properly become stronger!
…
At this moment, on the first half of the Grand Line, aboard the magnificent pirate ship.
"Yohoho, Captain, the next island is Drum Island," Laffitte came over to report the navigation situation.
"Are you confident about the matter I assigned to you, Laffitte?" Roy looked at him.
"I've gathered all the information. The old king of Drum Island passed away from illness. His eldest son seems to have been exiled to the Land of Fire because of some matter, so the new king who inherited the throne is the old king's second son. But this second son doesn't seem to be anything decent either. Hypnotizing someone like him will be simplicity itself~"
Laffitte spoke without the slightest pressure.
"Good. Then I'll leave it to you. Drum Island is a renowned medical country. Whether we can recruit enough ship's doctors on this island will all depend on you."
"Mission guaranteed, Captain~"
Laffitte withdrew. Roy continued gazing at the sea before him, the corners of his mouth lifting into a smile.
He felt that the key to unlocking the secret of Blackbeard's two Devil Fruits should be on Drum Island!
Drum Island was only a small winter country, yet it possessed the reputation of a renowned medical nation.
A renowned medical nation~
…
The Drum Kingdom had the reputation of being a renowned medical nation. Although this country was small, its medical skills were famous throughout the world.
Because what the Drum Kingdom excelled at most was medicine, and because it had many doctors, many pirate crews would think of this place first when choosing a ship's doctor.
This situation would only fade away in 1514, after Wapol returned to the island from the World Conference and suddenly came up with the bizarre Isshi-20 policy.
Therefore, when Roy and the others arrived at Drum Island, they happened to run into a group of pirates swaggering off to look for doctors.
After casually taking care of them, the magnificent giant ship remained at the harbor.
Aside from arranging for Laffitte to head to this country's palace, Roy himself also gave the order "move freely," then vanished in a flash.
When he appeared again, he was already inside a house made from a large tree on Drum Island.
"Hm?"
Kureha, who was wearing stylish purple clothes, set down the plum wine in her hand and looked at the man who had suddenly appeared before her.
Kureha sized up Roy, who had appeared out of nowhere, while Roy also looked at her. Neither of them spoke.
Finally, after some time had passed, Kureha stared into Roy's eyes and said, "Evil Thunder God? Did you come to find me because you want to know the secret to eternal youth?"
"You can just call me Roy. I think the World Government deliberately gave me such an unpleasant epithet just to spite me."
Roy casually found a place to sit down and spoke calmly.
"Besides, if it's the secret to eternal youth, I have my own unique formula."
As he spoke, Roy directly took out a thumb-sized piece of Pure Gold and placed it on the table.
"What is this?"
Kureha raised her brows. The look in her eyes became much more serious as she looked at the Pure Gold.
Although she did not recognize Pure Gold, as a doctor with top-class medical skills, she was extremely sensitive to things that could exert a powerful influence on the human body.
"This is called Pure Gold. A little girl wore it on her body for more than two hundred years, and her body only aged by one or two years at most."
The moment Roy finished speaking, a sharp gleam flashed through Kureha's eyes as she looked at the Pure Gold.
"Do with it as you please. I don't care about it at all. This piece of Pure Gold is a greeting gift from me. I have a few questions I want to ask you."
Roy truly did not care. With his strength, even if the entire World Government came after him, he would not be afraid.
As for giving away Pure Gold, all the Pure Gold on the sea was in his hands. Giving away such a tiny piece was barely a drop in the ocean.
"Since you're not asking this old woman about the secret to eternal youth, then ask away. If I can answer, I will."
"What I want to ask is this: have you ever heard of a constitution that allows someone to eat two Devil Fruits?"
"A constitution that allows someone to eat two Devil Fruits? Is there really such a constitution? This old woman has truly never heard of it. If there is, I would really like to see it."
Kureha directly picked up a bottle of plum wine and poured it into her mouth. On the surface, there was nothing unusual about her.
But before Roy, who had already mastered top-level Observation Haki and aura sensing, every part of her performance was laid bare.
Roy could clearly sense that although it was extremely subtle, her heartbeat had skipped a beat.
Looking at Kureha, who was still gulping down wine, the corners of Roy's mouth curved upward. Then two Devil Fruits instantly appeared in his hand.
The next moment, under Kureha's astonished gaze, he directly ate both Devil Fruits!
"Pfft~!!"
The mouthful of plum wine stuck in Kureha's throat sprayed straight out. She stood up and looked at Roy in shock as he swallowed the two Devil Fruits.
"Hey, hey, hey!! Are you insane?! Even with an abnormal constitution, someone can only eat two Devil Fruits! You clearly already ate one Devil Fruit before, judging from the fact that you teleported here, and now you ate two more. If you do that—!!"
Halfway through her words, Kureha shut her mouth.
Because she discovered that the scene she had imagined, where Roy's body burst apart and he died, had not happened. Instead, the latter was looking at her with a half-smiling expression.
She had let it slip~
Kureha reacted instantly, but she still gave Roy a strange look before sitting down again.
"Did you come here specifically to amuse this old woman?"
"Of course not. It's still the same question. But from the look of things, Kureha-sensei, that question has already been answered~~~"
"You brat~"
Kureha looked at Roy. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with him, she could not help but shake her head and say with considerable amazement:
"Just as you thought, I do indeed know of a constitution that allows a person to possess the power of two Devil Fruits. But only two. As for a constitution like yours, which can eat three, or perhaps even more Devil Fruits, this is the first time I've ever seen one."
(End of Chapter)
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