Jayr POV - Blue Star, Grand Line, Paradise - 20 GAP

  A feassed sineeting with Crocus, the doctor and the overseer of the Twin Cape Lighthouse, and Laboon, the huge Isnd Whale with a heart of gold.

  After singing with me Binks' Sake, Laboon was finally able to accept that most of the members of the Rumbar Pirates passed away, but at the same time, I also reassured him that at the very least Brook was still alive and that I would make sure that they will reunite making sure that he would stop harming himself by bashing against the Red Line.

  After that, we spent the rest of the day in the pany of Crocus and Laboon with Python and the kids pying with Laboon, as the four of them truly got along, of course, Eri and the rest of the girls were also nearby to make sure that nothing happened, but the se of Galen, Kharna, and Python beily ejected by a jet of water from Laboon's blowhole, just for them to start flying around him and then rushing iers once again to swim together was a truly amusing one.

  Meanwhile, I made Koby swim against the currents of the Reverse Mountain as a form of training before I started to talk with Crocus about the various illhat we have entered during our careers, the symptoms, and possible cures for them, and I have to admit that this world is really dangerous on this aspect, especially in the Grand Line where all sorts of climates, seasons, and absurd ditions like the existence of a prehistorie like the isnd Little Garden allows the existence of tless different diseases, luckily it seems that nothing that Crocus told me about is outside of the knowledge I have gathered thanks to the Asklepios Imerológio (Diary of Asclepius) that I found so many years ago.

  Crootig my extensive knowledge started to talk about Gol D. Roger's illness, and hearing about its symptoms directly from the mouth of Crocus, an expert doctor who spent over 3 years taking care of him, I quickly realized robably affected him.

  Gol D. Roger very probably had a Rheumatic Heart Disease, a systemic immune dition that occurs as a plication of rheumatic fever, this usually occurs after a beta-hemolytic streptococcal iion of the throat.

  Basically, it's a disease that occurs after an initial iion from a bacteria, like S.pyogenes from a throat iion, that eventually involves the joints, skin, and more importantly the heart.

  What's iing about this disease is that if left ued and the iion persists long enough, your body will create antibodies that will injure your own tissues, and that is bad especially if the heart is involved.

  This could progress to scarring of the heart ao the valves that 't fun anymore which may lead to their hearts failing, however, this only develops in a certain amount of people due to their genes.

  This means that even if the bacteria initially was gohe body will tio damage itself afterward.

  So in a way, the cause er's death was Roger himself.

  Especially if caught te the symptoms are debilitating and cause early death via heart problems.

  Knowing that fighting and adventuring involve a lot of cardiac activity, this progressively worsens his ditioo the stress and guarantees maybe a limited life even with treatment.

  In my previous world, there was still no effective cure for Rheumatic Heart Disease, and the same be said for my current world, at the least the not supernatural one, as Asclepius found a cure for it many eons ago.

  He basically developed a poison that not only killed all the bacteria that are the source of the iion but also systematically attacked the body's immune system causing some kind, let's call it a soft reset, turning it back to the same status the patient had at birth making so that it won't be able to produce the offending antibodies anymore, after that, it was simply taking care of the remaining symptoms of the iion and the possible damages to the ans, that be easily dohrough surgery, and slowly reinf the immune system with targetted vaes.

  That is the hard way that he developed so that ah the right ingredient and skill is able to use it, then there is the faster and supernatural way of simply using his Gold Blood to elimihe iion and cure the immune system, and the Dark Resurre to heal the patients' ans taking more or less a couple of hours.

  In fact, currently, I have an even faster option of usioration Magic to turn back the time of the patient body to a point before he got the iion to heal him and then speed up the time of the now healthy body back to its actual age, something that takes just a couple of mi most.

  Of course, when I told Crocus all of that, he remaiunned in silence for a couple of mihen he rushed ihe Lighthouse and started to write dowhing I said about the disease and the cure, of course for the poison part I asked Python to produce a sample for Crocus to study so that he synthesize oh the materials avaible in this world.

  Another iing thing that happened is that Nikita, with Bidi's help, once again checked the pass of Eternal Paths, and found out that her close friend, felloion, and possible love i, Zandeer is now a lot closer than before she was even able to sense his vague position and found out that it is very likely that he is actually on the Grand Li the moment maybe a couple of isnds or so ahead of us.

  After spending the whole day with Crocus and Laboon, we said oodbyes ahe Twin Capes behind as we headed toward our destination.

  Right now, I'm standing on the deck as Koby goes through his usual m training, and I'm looking at the clear and sunny sky thinking back at what we have experienced in these few days, 'I have to admit that the weather here is even more crazy that what depicted in the anime. In these couple of days of traveling the Grand Line, we have already entered 4 storms, a couple of hails, 6 tornados, a sharknado, quite a few maelstroms, a few brief heat waves, and heavy snow, a's not talk about the sudden icebergs appearing out of nowhere and the chaotic waves that try to steer the ship away from her intended course!'

  Then I look at Koby as he goes through his exercises and think, 'At the very least the crazy weather of the Grand Line is quite good to train Koby in adapting to various harsh ditions. And luckily Athena's God Bidoof is a fantastic ship that easily power through everything standing in her way unscratched so despite the crazy weather our journey is still a rexed and peaceful one.'

  All of a sudden, I'm brought out from my musing by Koby's voice as he yells, "Jayr-san! I see an isnd in the distance!"

  I look at where Koby is pointing and ihere is an isnd with a quite peculiarly shaped set of mountains that be easily seen in the dista is our destination, Cactus Isnd, where the city of Whisky Peak be found, a town where I hope to train Koby in a one against many situations, not that he knows about it as I pn to prank him a little.

  On Cactus Isnd there are several rock mountains with multiple graves on top, the shape of the mountains along with the graves gives the mountains the appearance of giant cacti, which is the main reason behind the isnd's name.

  As we tio get closer, I notice the existence of a river flowing through the isnd which allows ships to dond and reach the city more easily.

  Soon we are all standing on the deck as the Athena's God Bidoof slowly ehe river to do the port of Whisky Peak, and of course, as we get closer, more and more people appear to enthusiastically greet us, waving at us with handmade fgs, and cheering for us.

  This of course fuses Koby who looks around fused as he asks, "What is going on here? Why are they greeting us like we are some kind of heroes!?" but before I expin what is going on, Saori decres, "Of course, it is to hide their true iions and to lower uard... Carefully look at them, even if they are clearly cheering for us their eyes are all full of greed and they 't even hide it well, moreover, they have all kinds of ons on their bodies some hidden, some not so much."

  At this point, Nikita adds, "Saori is right, this pce's name is Whisky Peak a city inhabited entirely by bounty hunters w for an anization called Baroque Works, who capture any bounty heads or rob ahy gullible travelers, that o help fund the missions of their anization. As such, the city does not have much supplies. The citizens here fool pirates, and other travelers into thinking that they are kind and hospitable and proceed to throarty for them, only to turn them in and steal everything from their ship when the pirates pass out, or in case ur travelers such as mert simply steal everything ahem on their way. Whisky Peak is also apparently famous for its liquor, but whether that is the truth or an excuse to have many barrels of alcoholic beverages to better subdue pirates and gullible merts without suspi is unknown."

  While Nikita is expining that, I notice quite a few familiar faces among these bounty hunters.

  One is a tall, muscur woman with dark skin and pink hair pulled into short twin-tails, she wears a short dress with a magenta and white diamond pattern, and three green flowers, if I remember well, she is Miss Monday and is quite strong one among this mob.

  Then there is Mr. 9 a young man who wears a golden on top of his red hair, he wears a green suit with white ce along with a ruffled red scarf.

  While his attire makes him look like a prince or a king, he isn't, anyway his current alias isn't Mr. 9 but Mr. None, because he doesn't have his agent number written on his cheeks, meaing that he is still a member of the Millions.

  The oo catch my eye is a young woman of medium height with long wavy light blue hair pulled bato a very high ponytail, with two locks hanging down, one oher side of her head which is at about -length, and brown eyes.

  She has a slender body but she also wears heavy makeup to mask her true identity while also making her look older than she is and making her facial features look much more angur.

  She wears a shirt with light blue and dark blue stripes, shorts fastened with a belt, and a white coat, she is of course, ari Vivi, the princess of the kingdom of Arabasta, who is currently undercover to find out more about the anization that is causing chaos in her kingdom.

  (Image Here - ari Vivi)

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  [colpse]Right o her, there is a big duck of yellow-brown plumage, with bck-tipped wings and tailfeathers, he is Karoo, Vivi's pet, a Super Spot-billed Duck, a fleet riding bird and one of the fastest modes of transportation avaible in Arabasta. Typical of his species, he bears a bck band around his bill and stands roughly as tall as the average human, his feet are tetradactyl, with ostrich-like talons, uhe webbed feet of normal ducks.

  His current attire sists of a blue-and-white chullo, pink goggles, and a rge saddle carrying multiple saddlebags.

  (Image Here - Karoo)

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  [colpse]And a few meters away from her there is also a tall man with a small red nose and blond hair in a style that resembles a powdered wig, he is dressed like a gentleman.

  Refleg his current ame Mr. 9, he has the number 9 at the tips of his colr, he is, of course, Igaram, the captain of Arabasta's royal guards, and obviously, he is also undercover as a of the Baroque Works just like Vivi.

  (Image Here - Igaram)

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  [colpse]Seeing them here in this pce, I immediately uand that this world Champion didn't do anything to fix the problem in the kingdom of Arabasta, meaning that at this very moment, many people are suffering because of the drought and famine caused by Crocodile, making me realize, 'I hoped that the Champion would have done something about this, but now it is clear that the situation didn't ge much from what I remember, just what the hell is he doing?... Oh well, since I don't care about the as it has already gone flying out of the window, it is better to go and quickly take care of that little problem called Crocodile before too many people suffer from his plot...'

  While I was thinking that and looking at these familiar faces, the Athena's God Bidoof was able to easily do the port of this town full of bounty hunters.

  I look at everyone around me and say, "ge of pns, it seems that the Kingdom of Arabasta is still in a state of emergency, and I don't want to waste too much time here knowing that..." then I look at Koby and say, "Sorry Koby, we will find some other pce to train you in one against many situation." but Koby then excim in surprise, "Wait, Jay-san! You wao make me fight against all of them!?"

  I look at Koby and didly reply, "Yes, that is the only reason we came to this isnd in the first pce... e on look at it, there is nothing here worth seeing nor is it a good pce for a family outing. This was just a brief stop before we visited the more iing isnds."

  After saying that, I looked at the girls and said, "Stay here, we will e back soon with some guests."

  Soon after that, only Koby and I jump dowhena's God Bidoof a foot on the dry soil of this isnd, a middle-aged man slowly walks toward us with a jolly smile on his face, his gait is a little unstable almost as if he is drunk, but in my eyes, it is clear that he is simply faking it to lower uards even more, as the man in front of us is totally sober and lucid.

  He has mid-length bck hair and bck eyes with a wide jaw and a pointed and slightly red nose, wearing a ridiculous e leopard print overcoat with a furred colr and an equally e leopard print fedora hat with a straall , uhose, he wears a simple green shirt and dark blue pants, moreover, on his hat band the number 8 easily be seen, a clear hint to his true identity, he is the current Mr. 8.

  Once close enough, Mr. 8 smiles widely and says, "Hic... Wel- Wele. My name is Gopher...Hic... I'm the mayor. You may be a little shocked at the... Hic... wele, but this is Whisky Peak, a town of liquor and music. Hic... Hospitality is our middle name. If it's fine liquor you want, we have an o's worth... Hic! So please, I cordially invite you to our ba, and I hope that you may entread- Hic! I meareat us with tales of your adventures."

  Theurns around and fag the crowd he jovially yells, "Everyone! Prepare the ba! A us sing and drink to our heart's tent for these adventurers who graced us with their presence! Hic! It's time for a party!!"

  Already tired of this farce, I urge my Spiral o and release a small spiritual shockwave that covers the whole isnd and instantly knocks out cold everyone who is now falling on the ground unscious while foaming from the mouth.

  Soon, everyone is lying on the ground, excluded, Saori, Seika, Eri, Tio, Kharna, Galen, Nikita, and Python who are still on the deck of the Athena's God Bidoof, and Koby who is beside me, I also made sure to not knock out Vivi, Igaram, and Karoo who are now looking around with clear pani their eyes, uo fully uand what is going on.

  Seeing that, I quickly call them out and reassure them, "Princess Vivi, Captain of the royal guards Igaram, please calm down they are just knocked out, they will all wake up in around 2 or 3 hours at most and won't remember anything about this."

  Hearing me call them out with their true identity causes both of them to stiffen up before, Igaram quickly rushes in front of Vivi to protect her and with a wary tone he asks, "Are you the one behind this? How do you know about us? And who are you!?"

  I calmly smile and reply, "Yes, I did this. I just didn't want to waste my time with some unscrupulous bounty hunters. But don't worry I mean no harm to you guys, in fact, I want to lend you a hand in fixing the sticky situation in Arabasta. As for who am I, well my name is Pucci Jayr, and I'm someone who likes to help other people and kie bad guy's ass."

  Then I gently ihem, "But let's not talk about that kind of stuff here, please e on my ship I'm sure it will be more fortable." but soon I notice that they are still wary and very unfortable with my invite, so I try to reassure them while pointing at all the bounty hunters lying on the ground, "As you clearly see, if I had any iion of truly harming you there is o nothing that you do to stop me. Moreover, you don't have anything I desire, I already have as many riches as I desire, I clearly don't power, and I have a loving family. I have everything a man desire and even more. I just want to help."

  At this point, after a few moments of hesitation where she is biting her bottom lip, a resolute expression appears on Vivi's face as she starts to step forward while a worried Igaram excims, "H-Hime-sama..." but Vivi ignores him and tio walk toward us with Karht behind her, and quickly after, Igaram steels his resolve and quickly follows after them.

  Vivi POV - Blue Star, Grand Line, Cactus Isnd - 20 GAP

  I slowly follow the young man called Jayr Pucci, the man who easily knocked out all the bounty hunters present in this town as he leads us on his strange-looking ship.

  At the same time, tless questions swarm chaotically in my mind, 'What is going to happen now? Who is he? How does he know about me and Igaram? Does he truly want to help us or is this some kind of trap? How did he do that? Is he a Devil Fruit User?'

  Soon I'm standing on the deck of his ship, and the se in front of me isn't something that I expected, as the first thing that catches my eyes is a pair of very young kids pying on the floor with some kind of small, cute winged serpent, besides, sittio them there are 5 beautiful women, who are clearly watg over the kids.

  The man called Jayr quickly introduces them to us o a time.

  They are Saori an otherwordly beautiful young woman with long light violet hair, and greenish blue eyes, wearing a simple white dress, Seika a very beautiful ale young woman with light brown short wavy hair reag just above the shoulders and dark brown eyes, Eri a short young woman with short bck hair that is kept in a tiny bob, brown eyes and like me she is wearing gsses, but despite her appearanething about her seems scary, especially since she is looking at me with some kind of strange gaze, almost as if she is evaluating if I'm a threat to be dealt with or not, and stly there is Tio, a beautiful and volumptous woman with long bck hair, golden eyes, and stragenly slightly pointed ears.

  There is also Jayr's friend Nikita, a short young woman, about 1,58 meters tall, with wavy auburn or dark brown hair, and bright light-colored blue eyes, she appears to be quite friendly and Koby, a lean young man with kobi pink hair and round-frame gsses.

  But the most surprising things are the two children pying on the floor, they are Jayr's children, the older one is a cute girl with bck hair, dark golden eyes, and pointy ears, a clear hint that Tio is her mother, and her name is Kharna-, then there is the younger one, a boy with dark blue hair and green eyes, just like Jayr-san, and whose mother is Saori, and his name is Galen-.

  Lastly, there is the family pet, Python, the small, cute feathered green serpent with small wings and yellow eyes full of intelligence.

  After the introdu, he led us into his ship and I couldn't help but be stunned by its inside, as it doesn't lose out to the pa Arabasta in both size and fort, it doesn't even look like the inside of a ship.

  Before I even notice it, Jayr leads us into a cozy dinner room where we all sit on the fortable chairs as Jayr offers us some light but delicious fruit juice then he says, "Now that we are all fortable... let's get to the most pressing issue. The main reason that you and Igaram infiltrated the Baroque Works in order to discover the identity of the mastermind and ultimately prove the king's innoce for what is happening to your kingdht?"

  Once again I'm stunned and 't help but ask, "How did you know!?" but Jayr simply smiles at my question and says, "Well, first of all, the man behind what is happening in Arabasta is Crocodile one of Seven Warlords Of The Sea, also referred to as the Shichibukai, he pns to take over the Kingdom of Arabasta in order to find the poneglyph, which was hidden somewhere in the kingdom, then he wants to decipher the poneglyph and gain information about Pluton, which is one of the A ons, a group of three ons capable of mass destru, each taking a different form."

  Hearing that, my body starts to shake in horror and terror while at the same time, Igaram beside me excims, "That bastard!! How could he deceive us like that!?"

  Io think that the man that many people accim as a hero because he was always defeating pirates who attacked the isnd so much that the citizens admire him and even my father, the king aowledged his good deeds, is the very person behind everything that is currentily happening in Arabasta.

  I look at Jayr and see him nod as he says, "Indeed, Crocodile is purposefully destabilizing the try with ravaging sandstorms created by the power of his Devil Fruit and an artificial drought geed through the use of Dance Powder, leading to misery and rebellion among the many citizens of your kingdom."

  With this new revetion, for a moment, I truly didn't know how to read what to do, but before I could really think of a solution, I once again heard Jayr's voice as he said, "Luckily, with my help, this tricky situation is also quite simple to fix. We just have to go to Arabasta and kick Crocodile's ass while also exposing to everyone his pn."

  Hearing that, I 't help but look at him, and with a reignite hope, I 't help but ask, "Are you really willing to help us in fighting someone of the caliber of Crocodile!?" but then I quickly remember about Jayr's children and I shake my head and mutter, "No, he is one of the Seven Warlords Of The Sea, one of the most powerful pirates in these seas, moreover he has the Wover support! I 't ask you to gh such danger for us, you have to think about your family firs-."

  But Jayr interrupts me and says, "That isn't a problem. First what he is aiming to do goes against what the Wover wishes, so ohey learn of it, they will take our side. But more important, Crocodile isn't strong enough to be even sidered a dao my family." a fident smile forms on his face as he adds, "We are a lot strohan you think."

  Odyin