The Quiet-Quiet Fruit power activates.
Soundproof Wall!
An unseen wall covered the four people there.
It was a power from a devil fruit, able to stop sound from traveling between inside and outside the wall.
Kureha acted like she didn't see it as she continued her duty as a doctor, checking over the little boy's body.
As for Rowan, he was quietly looking at the blonde man in clown makeup.
He knew that name, of course.
...
Donquixote Rosinante -
A former Celestial Dragon, and the younger brother of Donquixote Doflamingo.
A user of the Quiet-Quiet Fruit.
When he was young, his father, Donquixote Homing, willingly gave up his status as a Celestial Dragon and left Mary Geoise.
The family wanted to live a normal life, but regular people who hated the Celestial Dragons took revenge on them, leaving them homeless and suffering greatly.
Their mother also died from hunger and sickness.
From then on, the two Donquixote brothers made very different choices about their lives.
Rosinante was protected by Sengoku, who was a Vice Admiral at the time, and later joined the Marines.
While Doflamingo blamed all the suffering his family went through on his father, Homing.
To become a Celestial Dragon again, Doflamingo even killed his father in front of Rosinante, despite his younger brother's pleas.
After that, Doflamingo took Homing's head back to Mary Geoise, but the Celestial Dragons refused to accept him as one of the "family of traitors."
Out of anger, Doflamingo swore to turn the world ruled by the Celestial Dragons upside down!
Rosinante knew how dark and crazy his brother was inside, so to stop him, Rosinante went undercover in the Donquixote Family, pretending he couldn't talk, and became an executive, given the position of "Heart", the second "Corazon".
...
Suddenly one day, a kid with Amber Lead Syndrome came to Doflamingo, asking to join the Donquixote Family.
That kid had an incurable disease and was going to die soon, and all Rosinante could see in his eyes was "hatred."
At first, Rosinante didn't care, and just acted like he hated kids, trying to kick him out of the Donquixote Family.
But as time passed, after several fights, their relationship got a little better.
It was not long after that when Rosinante heard the boy's full name by chance -
Trafalgar D. Water Law.
A member of the D clan?!
After hearing this, Rosinante immediately dragged Law out to sea, telling Doflamingo that he was going to get Law treated.
That was one of the reasons, but Rosinante also didn't want Law to go down the same path as his brother.
...
The journey to find a cure wasn't easy.
Amber Lead Syndrome was a type of poisoning caused by the buildup of toxins from mining, and it wasn't actually contagious.
But the World Government covered up their mistake by saying that Amber Lead Syndrome was terrible and very contagious, and they even killed everyone in towns where it spread.
Law was a survivor of one of those massacres.
In short, they searched countless islands, from the North Blue to the Grand Line, but they couldn't get him treated, or even find a hospital willing to take Law in!
...
Half a year passed in a flash.
Law's Amber Lead Syndrome was getting worse. White spots were spreading all over his skin, and the toxins were building up, ready to burst and take the boy's life!
...
Rowan didn't know much about what happened after that.
But Rosinante himself told Rowan the answer.
About a week ago, Rosinante took Law from the North Blue to the Grand Line, hoping for a miracle.
He had heard that there was a country known as the "Medical Kingdom" on a certain route in the Grand Line – Drum Kingdom.
But Rosinante was worried because he had heard that the current king of Drum Kingdom was a dim-witted tyrant who had closed the country off for a long time and didn't allow doctors to treat people from other countries.
"It doesn't matter!"
Rosinante gritted his teeth.
If he had to, he would just blow up those doctors with no morals, like he had done before!
But when Rosinante arrived at Drum Island, he heard unexpected news from the villagers of Big Horn Village.
"A doctor? No problem! There's a big hospital in the next village!"
"..."
"The best doctor? Hmm... You mean Doctor Kureha? She's not on Drum Island right now, she's probably in Alabasta."
Regular doctors couldn't cure Amber Lead Syndrome, so he had to find the best doctor!
Rosinante immediately took Law to Alabasta.
To avoid any trouble, they didn't take a regular merchant ship but traveled in a small boat by themselves.
And that's how they ended up on Fish-Man Island.
Even though he was prepared, Rosinante was still shocked to see so many fish-men living in a human country.
As a former Celestial Dragon, Rosinante knew how prejudiced the world was against fish-men.
It was already rare for a country to treat fish-men well, let alone build a village named after them!
Four Seas Alliance -
Rosinante kept hearing this name everywhere he went.
And the man who was mentioned most often with that name was the emperor who had caused a stir in the newspapers, the one who had returned from 800 years ago.
...
And now, Ryan Rowan, also known as "Golden Dawn", was standing right in front of Rosinante!
Rosinante's eyes shifted as he looked around.
There were many fish-men, especially that big one, who was definitely strong.
There was also a man in a black fur coat - one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, "Sand Crocodile" Crocodile.
They were all top-notch fighters!
Along with that doctor who wasn't afraid of Amber Lead Syndrome, were all these people members of that "Four Seas Alliance"?
...
Well, whatever.
From what he had tested so far, Rosinante knew that he wouldn't be able to escape with Law if the other side really wanted to stop him.
Since they had shown some honesty, he should return the favor.
So, while hiding the fact that he was a Marine spy, he admitted to Rowan that he was an executive in the Donquixote Family.
The Four Seas Alliance's territory was far from the Donquixote Family, so the news of him being able to talk shouldn't reach them.
But Kureha's stubbornness was making things difficult for Rosinante.
"Doctor, thank you for your help, but about what you said earlier..."
"Nonsense, of course I meant it!"
Kureha glared at him, pulling Law to her side, and said, "If you choose to let me treat him, you have to follow my rules!"
Seeing how determined she was, Rosinante was even more conflicted.
He actually knew a way to cure Amber Lead Syndrome, but it was also the riskiest and last resort option -
The Op-Op Fruit.
...
A few days ago, Rosinante received a message from his brother, Doflamingo.
A group of pirates had gotten a devil fruit called the Op-Op Fruit, but they didn't know its true value, so they were planning to sell it to the Marines for 5 billion Berry.
The Donquixote Family had found out and was planning to steal the Op-Op Fruit.
And that fruit was the key to curing Amber Lead Syndrome!
...
With no other choice, Rosinante explained, "There's a devil fruit called the Op-Op Fruit that can completely cure Amber Lead Syndrome, and I know where it is."
He nodded slightly to everyone, "Thank you for your help, but this kid can't wait for conservative treatment anymore, I have to take him to gamble on this last hope!"
Rosinante didn't plan to lie.
First, there was no need to lie, and second, he didn't want to use lies to deceive this rare good doctor.
Rowan didn't say anything after hearing this, but instead turned to ask Kureha.
"Can the rules be broken?"
The rules - that for patients in front of Kureha, there were only two possibilities: "cured" or "dead".
Kureha narrowed her eyes, understanding what Rowan meant.
Rowan needed her to give a "reason", and this also fit Kureha's wishes.
So Kureha grinned and said, "Of course not!"
Rowan nodded and shrugged helplessly at Rosinante.
"See, even my doctor said so."
After saying that, in Rowan's pupils, a tiny but detailed sand table slowly turned.
Rosinante: "... Huh?"
He was stunned and didn't understand what the other side meant.
Seeing this, Kureha walked up and patted Rosinante on the shoulder, laughing loudly:
"You little brat, it looks like we'll be involved in that Op-Op Fruit thing too!"
But what was flowing in Rowan's eyes wasn't the North Blue, or Alabasta, but a complex continent.
That continent was red.
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